Continuous Improvement Contract Job Trends in London

Continual Improvement
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Continuous Improvement skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 64 68
Rank change year-on-year +37 +4 +10
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 1,225 472 584
As % of all contract jobs in London 7.33% 3.74% 3.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.17% 4.08% 3.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 827 283 398
10th Percentile £352 £361 £381
25th Percentile £425 £437 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £751 £690
90th Percentile £750 £881 £850
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 7 13
10th Percentile - £22.00 -
25th Percentile £17.50 £24.75 £17.00
Median hourly rate £20.00 £30.81 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.08% +2.68% -52.00%
75th Percentile £35.00 £45.74 £65.00
90th Percentile £76.70 £58.50 £84.00
England median hourly rate £45.46 £56.38 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.36% +50.33% -37.50%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

Continuous Improvement falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,995 11,556 15,957
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.68% 91.45% 88.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,050 7,835 11,420
10th Percentile £355 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £440 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -7.17%
75th Percentile £650 £676 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 233 169 333
10th Percentile £18.11 £19.16 £15.96
25th Percentile £22.00 £24.66 £19.57
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.00 £30.16
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% +16.05% -22.67%
75th Percentile £57.00 £51.25 £50.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £67.50 £69.90
England median hourly rate £35.91 £32.50 £33.00
% change year-on-year +10.49% -1.52% -12.00%

Continuous Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Continuous Improvement relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Continuous Improvement job vacancy trend in London

Continuous Improvement
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Continuous Improvement.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Continuous Improvement

Continuous Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Continuous Improvement in London over the 6 months to 27 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Continuous Improvement in London

Continuous Improvement
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Continuous Improvement.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Continuous Improvement

Continuous Improvement
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Continuous Improvement in London over the 6 months to 27 March 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Continuous Improvement in London

Continuous Improvement
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Continuous Improvement within the London region over the 6 months to 27 March 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +24 145 £525 +5.00% 175
South London +5 35 £500 -14.24% 10
West London -9 19 £488 +2.63% 27
East London +8 12 £598 - 21
North London - 2 £550 - 2
Continuous Improvement
England

Continuous Improvement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 82 (6.69%) Confluence
2 49 (4.00%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.14%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (0.57%) Apache Spark
6 6 (0.49%) Apache
7 5 (0.41%) CMS
8 4 (0.33%) Camunda
8 4 (0.33%) HCL Notes
9 3 (0.24%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.24%) Ethereum
9 3 (0.24%) Hyperledger
10 2 (0.16%) Appian
10 2 (0.16%) IIS
10 2 (0.16%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.082%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.082%) Cloud Foundry
11 1 (0.082%) MQSeries
11 1 (0.082%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.082%) SAS
Applications
1 76 (6.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 40 (3.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 26 (2.12%) Microsoft Project
4 24 (1.96%) Microsoft Office
5 19 (1.55%) MS Visio
6 11 (0.90%) Chatbot
7 5 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.33%) Notion
9 3 (0.24%) Trello
10 2 (0.16%) Autodesk Smoke
11 1 (0.082%) Adobe After Effects
11 1 (0.082%) Adobe XD
11 1 (0.082%) Mingle
11 1 (0.082%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 20 (1.63%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (1.06%) NetSuite
3 12 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
4 10 (0.82%) Loan IQ
5 6 (0.49%) Remedy ITSM
6 4 (0.33%) Actimize
6 4 (0.33%) Aladdin
7 3 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.24%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.24%) Oracle Financials
7 3 (0.24%) Oracle Payables
7 3 (0.24%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 3 (0.24%) Workday HCM
8 2 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.16%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.16%) SAP EWM
8 2 (0.16%) SAP FSCM
8 2 (0.16%) SAP HCM
8 2 (0.16%) SAP PM
8 2 (0.16%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 280 (22.86%) Azure
2 201 (16.41%) AWS
3 121 (9.88%) Power Platform
4 110 (8.98%) Azure DevOps
5 88 (7.18%) GitHub
6 59 (4.82%) GCP
7 49 (4.00%) GitHub Actions
7 49 (4.00%) Serverless
8 46 (3.76%) Microsoft 365
9 45 (3.67%) SaaS
10 42 (3.43%) Dynamics 365
11 39 (3.18%) Amazon S3
12 37 (3.02%) AWS Lambda
13 36 (2.94%) Entra ID
14 30 (2.45%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 23 (1.88%) Amazon EC2
16 22 (1.80%) Amazon EKS
17 21 (1.71%) Azure Monitor
17 21 (1.71%) Power Automate
18 20 (1.63%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 32 (2.61%) Firewall
2 24 (1.96%) Network Security
3 19 (1.55%) DNS
4 13 (1.06%) DHCP
4 13 (1.06%) WAN
5 11 (0.90%) TCP/IP
6 10 (0.82%) SD-WAN
7 9 (0.73%) VPN
8 7 (0.57%) BGP
8 7 (0.57%) LAN
8 7 (0.57%) OSPF
9 6 (0.49%) Broadband
9 6 (0.49%) Ethernet
9 6 (0.49%) Modbus
9 6 (0.49%) RS-232
9 6 (0.49%) RS-485
10 5 (0.41%) 5G
10 5 (0.41%) Cisco IOS
10 5 (0.41%) MPLS
11 4 (0.33%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 98 (8.00%) Power BI
2 34 (2.78%) SQL Server
3 28 (2.29%) Tableau
4 26 (2.12%) Relational Database
5 24 (1.96%) Metadata
6 21 (1.71%) PostgreSQL
7 18 (1.47%) Amazon RDS
8 17 (1.39%) Data Warehouse
9 13 (1.06%) Data Lake
10 9 (0.73%) BigQuery
10 9 (0.73%) NoSQL
11 7 (0.57%) Amazon Athena
11 7 (0.57%) MySQL
12 6 (0.49%) Amazon Redshift
12 6 (0.49%) Big Data
12 6 (0.49%) Delta Lake
12 6 (0.49%) Oracle Reports
12 6 (0.49%) Snowflake Schema
13 5 (0.41%) MongoDB
13 5 (0.41%) Redis
Development Applications
1 167 (13.63%) JIRA
2 52 (4.24%) Jenkins
3 40 (3.27%) Git
3 40 (3.27%) GitLab
4 19 (1.55%) Selenium
5 15 (1.22%) Cucumber
6 12 (0.98%) JMeter
7 11 (0.90%) Cypress.io
7 11 (0.90%) JUnit
7 11 (0.90%) Team Foundation Server
8 8 (0.65%) REST Assured
9 7 (0.57%) Postman
10 5 (0.41%) Bitbucket
10 5 (0.41%) Gatling
10 5 (0.41%) Maven
10 5 (0.41%) MSTest
10 5 (0.41%) TestRail
11 4 (0.33%) Gradle
11 4 (0.33%) Sonatype Nexus
11 4 (0.33%) Zephyr
General
1 517 (42.20%) Social Skills
2 434 (35.43%) Finance
3 252 (20.57%) Analytical Skills
4 149 (12.16%) Public Sector
5 94 (7.67%) Banking
6 51 (4.16%) Legal
7 43 (3.51%) Influencing Skills
8 41 (3.35%) Marketing
9 39 (3.18%) Retail
10 33 (2.69%) Organisational Skills
10 33 (2.69%) Presentation Skills
11 32 (2.61%) Law
12 28 (2.29%) Documentation Skills
13 27 (2.20%) Telecoms
14 26 (2.12%) Front Office
15 20 (1.63%) Manufacturing
16 17 (1.39%) Financial Institution
16 17 (1.39%) Local Government
17 15 (1.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 15 (1.22%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 178 (14.53%) Lead
2 162 (13.22%) Analyst
3 118 (9.63%) Senior
4 91 (7.43%) Developer
5 88 (7.18%) Architect
6 67 (5.47%) Business Analyst
7 52 (4.24%) Consultant
7 52 (4.24%) Delivery Manager
8 44 (3.59%) Project Manager
9 37 (3.02%) Data Engineer
10 35 (2.86%) Lead Architect
11 32 (2.61%) DevOps Engineer
11 32 (2.61%) Senior Manager
12 27 (2.20%) Technical Manager
13 26 (2.12%) Functional Architect
14 25 (2.04%) Solutions Architect
15 24 (1.96%) Azure Engineer
15 24 (1.96%) Cloud Engineer
15 24 (1.96%) Scrum Master
15 24 (1.96%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (3.35%) .NET
2 37 (3.02%) REST
3 35 (2.86%) React
4 31 (2.53%) RESTful
5 29 (2.37%) HTML
6 28 (2.29%) Node.js
7 27 (2.20%) CSS
8 20 (1.63%) Spring
9 17 (1.39%) AngularJS
10 16 (1.31%) Web Services
11 15 (1.22%) Middleware
12 14 (1.14%) Kafka
12 14 (1.14%) Spring Boot
13 13 (1.06%) Elastic Stack
13 13 (1.06%) Next.js
13 13 (1.06%) Playwright
14 12 (0.98%) PySpark
15 11 (0.90%) Oracle Fusion
16 10 (0.82%) ARM Templates
17 9 (0.73%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 115 (9.39%) Product Ownership
2 76 (6.20%) Cloud Native
3 50 (4.08%) Onboarding
4 33 (2.69%) Analytical Mindset
5 30 (2.45%) Virtual Team
6 26 (2.12%) Management Information System
7 21 (1.71%) Data Centre
8 20 (1.63%) Hybrid Cloud
8 20 (1.63%) Legacy Systems
9 19 (1.55%) Data Protection Act
10 18 (1.47%) Security Posture
11 17 (1.39%) Distributed Systems
11 17 (1.39%) Mobile App
11 17 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
12 16 (1.31%) AI Agents
12 16 (1.31%) Public Cloud
13 15 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
13 15 (1.22%) PMI
14 14 (1.14%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 12 (0.98%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 55 (4.49%) Windows
2 48 (3.92%) Linux
3 13 (1.06%) Windows Server
4 12 (0.98%) Mac OS
5 11 (0.90%) Apple iOS
6 8 (0.65%) Unix
6 8 (0.65%) Windows 10
7 7 (0.57%) Android
7 7 (0.57%) VMS
8 6 (0.49%) FreeRTOS
9 4 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.16%) AIX
11 1 (0.082%) Amazon Linux
11 1 (0.082%) Solaris
11 1 (0.082%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.082%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.082%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 473 (38.61%) Agile
2 294 (24.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 284 (23.18%) Problem-Solving
4 265 (21.63%) DevOps
5 253 (20.65%) CI/CD
6 215 (17.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 189 (15.43%) Decision-Making
8 153 (12.49%) AI
8 153 (12.49%) Analytics
9 142 (11.59%) Migration
10 140 (11.43%) Roadmaps
11 116 (9.47%) Business Intelligence
11 116 (9.47%) Infrastructure as Code
12 109 (8.90%) Test Automation
13 108 (8.82%) Change Management
14 105 (8.57%) Scrum
15 101 (8.24%) Risk Management
16 100 (8.16%) Mentoring
16 100 (8.16%) Project Delivery
17 97 (7.92%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 189 (15.43%) Python
2 184 (15.02%) SQL
3 73 (5.96%) Java
4 58 (4.73%) PowerShell
5 57 (4.65%) JavaScript
6 38 (3.10%) TypeScript
7 37 (3.02%) C#
8 30 (2.45%) Bash
9 17 (1.39%) T-SQL
10 14 (1.14%) Kusto Query Language
11 13 (1.06%) C++
11 13 (1.06%) PL/SQL
12 12 (0.98%) Bicep
13 8 (0.65%) Swift
14 7 (0.57%) Go
14 7 (0.57%) Kotlin
15 6 (0.49%) Embedded C++
15 6 (0.49%) Shell Script
16 5 (0.41%) ABAP
16 5 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 209 (17.06%) Security Cleared
2 179 (14.61%) SC Cleared
3 113 (9.22%) Degree
4 35 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
5 32 (2.61%) Azure Certification
6 29 (2.37%) PMI Certification
7 24 (1.96%) ACCA
8 21 (1.71%) CISSP
9 19 (1.55%) BPSS Clearance
9 19 (1.55%) CISM
10 16 (1.31%) PMP
11 15 (1.22%) DV Cleared
12 14 (1.14%) Cisco Certification
12 14 (1.14%) ISTQB
13 13 (1.06%) AWS Certification
13 13 (1.06%) Master's Degree
14 12 (0.98%) Microsoft Certification
15 11 (0.90%) IIBA
16 10 (0.82%) CIMA
17 8 (0.65%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 129 (10.53%) QA
2 76 (6.20%) Data Quality
3 57 (4.65%) GDPR
4 51 (4.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 44 (3.59%) NIST
6 42 (3.43%) PMO
7 38 (3.10%) Accessibility
8 29 (2.37%) SLA
9 20 (1.63%) Actionable Recommendations
10 19 (1.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 18 (1.47%) GRC
12 14 (1.14%) IFRS
13 11 (0.90%) COBIT
13 11 (0.90%) NCSC
14 10 (0.82%) PCI DSS
15 8 (0.65%) WCAG
16 7 (0.57%) ITGC
16 7 (0.57%) MiFID
17 6 (0.49%) California Consumer Privacy Act
17 6 (0.49%) PERC
System Software
1 73 (5.96%) Docker
2 30 (2.45%) Active Directory
3 16 (1.31%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (0.49%) Embedded Firmware
4 6 (0.49%) Firmware
5 4 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
7 2 (0.16%) IAG
8 1 (0.082%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.082%) ProxySG
8 1 (0.082%) Sendmail
8 1 (0.082%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.082%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.082%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 104 (8.49%) Terraform
2 89 (7.27%) Kubernetes
3 44 (3.59%) Ansible
4 23 (1.88%) Grafana
5 22 (1.80%) Prometheus
6 19 (1.55%) Microsoft Intune
7 15 (1.22%) SCCM
8 8 (0.65%) ITRS Geneos
8 8 (0.65%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 5 (0.41%) HP ALM
9 5 (0.41%) WSUS
10 4 (0.33%) Kibana
10 4 (0.33%) Puppet
10 4 (0.33%) SCOM
11 3 (0.24%) logstash
11 3 (0.24%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.24%) vRealize
12 2 (0.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.16%) Control-M
12 2 (0.16%) Packer
Vendors
1 218 (17.80%) Microsoft
2 81 (6.61%) ServiceNow
3 64 (5.22%) Oracle
3 64 (5.22%) SAP
4 57 (4.65%) Salesforce
5 43 (3.51%) Google
6 28 (2.29%) Databricks
7 17 (1.39%) VMware
8 15 (1.22%) Splunk
9 12 (0.98%) OpenAI
10 9 (0.73%) Adobe
10 9 (0.73%) Foundry
11 8 (0.65%) Cisco
11 8 (0.65%) Remedy
12 7 (0.57%) Dynatrace
12 7 (0.57%) Planview
12 7 (0.57%) Red Hat
13 6 (0.49%) CrowdStrike
13 6 (0.49%) Okta
13 6 (0.49%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud