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 26 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 52 72
Rank change year-on-year +26 +20 +6
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 1,289 544 557
As % of all contract jobs in London 7.08% 4.50% 3.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.01% 4.88% 3.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 857 361 390
10th Percentile £350 £358 £363
25th Percentile £425 £425 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.73% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £600 £695 £700
90th Percentile £725 £850 £838
England median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% -7.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 9 14
10th Percentile - £24.52 £17.00
25th Percentile £25.25 £27.50 £19.42
Median hourly rate £35.00 £36.48 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.06% +21.60% -50.00%
75th Percentile £76.67 £47.50 £44.75
90th Percentile £95.00 £56.75 £79.38
England median hourly rate £55.00 £48.46 £36.50
% change year-on-year +13.50% +32.77% -28.78%

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 16,097 11,157 15,430
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.41% 92.20% 88.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,758 7,514 11,083
10th Percentile £358 £350 £340
25th Percentile £435 £431 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £675
90th Percentile £761 £800 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 236 181 312
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.50 £15.95
25th Percentile £25.25 £23.75 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.00 £30.81 £27.92
Median % change year-on-year +20.11% +10.33% -29.17%
75th Percentile £57.50 £48.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £75.84 £63.00 £66.98
England median hourly rate £45.59 £28.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year +62.80% -23.29% -2.67%

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 26 May 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 26 May 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 26 May 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 +8 144 £544 +8.80% 164
South London +13 43 £495 -15.09% 10
West London -5 39 £510 +3.34% 26
East London +9 15 £600 - 24
North London - 1 £500 - 4
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 67 (5.20%) Confluence
2 53 (4.11%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.16%) Apache Airflow
4 13 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
5 11 (0.85%) Apache Spark
6 8 (0.62%) CMS
7 7 (0.54%) Apache
8 5 (0.39%) Camunda
8 5 (0.39%) IIS
9 3 (0.23%) HCL Notes
10 2 (0.16%) Appian
10 2 (0.16%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.16%) WordPress
11 1 (0.078%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 1 (0.078%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.078%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.078%) govService
11 1 (0.078%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.078%) Mule
11 1 (0.078%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 66 (5.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 32 (2.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 27 (2.09%) Microsoft Office
4 25 (1.94%) Microsoft Project
5 20 (1.55%) MS Visio
6 9 (0.70%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.23%) Notion
9 2 (0.16%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.078%) Adobe After Effects
10 1 (0.078%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.078%) Autodesk Smoke
10 1 (0.078%) Mingle
10 1 (0.078%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.078%) Trello
Business Applications
1 20 (1.55%) NetSuite
2 15 (1.16%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (0.93%) SAP S/4HANA
4 8 (0.62%) Loan IQ
4 8 (0.62%) Oracle ERP
5 7 (0.54%) Actimize
6 6 (0.47%) Oracle Payables
6 6 (0.47%) Remedy ITSM
7 5 (0.39%) Aladdin
8 4 (0.31%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 3 (0.23%) Magento
9 3 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
9 3 (0.23%) Oracle Financials
9 3 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
9 3 (0.23%) SAP Oil and Gas
10 2 (0.16%) Endur
10 2 (0.16%) Front Arena
10 2 (0.16%) Global One
10 2 (0.16%) SAP FSCM
10 2 (0.16%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 288 (22.34%) Azure
2 229 (17.77%) AWS
3 136 (10.55%) Power Platform
4 91 (7.06%) Azure DevOps
5 89 (6.90%) GitHub
6 70 (5.43%) GCP
7 56 (4.34%) Microsoft 365
8 54 (4.19%) SaaS
9 52 (4.03%) Dynamics 365
10 48 (3.72%) GitHub Actions
11 45 (3.49%) Serverless
12 41 (3.18%) Entra ID
13 39 (3.03%) Amazon S3
14 38 (2.95%) AWS Lambda
15 27 (2.09%) Amazon EC2
16 26 (2.02%) AWS CloudFormation
17 24 (1.86%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 22 (1.71%) Power Automate
18 22 (1.71%) PowerApps
18 22 (1.71%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 34 (2.64%) Firewall
2 28 (2.17%) Network Security
3 18 (1.40%) DNS
4 15 (1.16%) WAN
5 10 (0.78%) LAN
6 9 (0.70%) DHCP
6 9 (0.70%) SD-WAN
7 8 (0.62%) VoIP
8 7 (0.54%) BGP
8 7 (0.54%) OSPF
9 6 (0.47%) Ethernet
9 6 (0.47%) TCP/IP
9 6 (0.47%) VPN
10 5 (0.39%) Modbus
10 5 (0.39%) RS-232
10 5 (0.39%) RS-485
11 4 (0.31%) IOS XR
11 4 (0.31%) NX-OS
11 4 (0.31%) VXLAN
11 4 (0.31%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (8.46%) Power BI
2 41 (3.18%) Tableau
3 38 (2.95%) SQL Server
4 32 (2.48%) Metadata
5 31 (2.40%) Relational Database
6 24 (1.86%) PostgreSQL
7 22 (1.71%) Data Warehouse
8 19 (1.47%) Amazon RDS
9 18 (1.40%) Data Lake
10 15 (1.16%) NoSQL
11 12 (0.93%) Delta Lake
11 12 (0.93%) Power Query
12 9 (0.70%) BigQuery
12 9 (0.70%) Oracle Reports
12 9 (0.70%) Parquet
13 8 (0.62%) Amazon Athena
13 8 (0.62%) Big Data
14 7 (0.54%) Snowflake Schema
15 6 (0.47%) RDBMS
16 5 (0.39%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 161 (12.49%) JIRA
2 54 (4.19%) Jenkins
3 49 (3.80%) Git
4 35 (2.72%) GitLab
5 17 (1.32%) Selenium
6 15 (1.16%) Cucumber
7 11 (0.85%) Cypress.io
8 10 (0.78%) Team Foundation Server
9 9 (0.70%) JMeter
10 8 (0.62%) JUnit
11 7 (0.54%) Bitbucket
12 6 (0.47%) Vite
13 5 (0.39%) Postman
13 5 (0.39%) REST Assured
13 5 (0.39%) Sonatype Nexus
13 5 (0.39%) Visual Studio
14 4 (0.31%) Maven
14 4 (0.31%) Mocha
14 4 (0.31%) Mockito
14 4 (0.31%) MSTest
General
1 500 (38.79%) Social Skills
2 461 (35.76%) Finance
3 252 (19.55%) Analytical Skills
4 160 (12.41%) Public Sector
5 109 (8.46%) Banking
6 44 (3.41%) Retail
7 43 (3.34%) Law
7 43 (3.34%) Legal
8 40 (3.10%) Influencing Skills
8 40 (3.10%) Organisational Skills
9 33 (2.56%) Marketing
10 31 (2.40%) Documentation Skills
11 29 (2.25%) Presentation Skills
12 27 (2.09%) Telecoms
13 25 (1.94%) Local Government
14 22 (1.71%) Front Office
14 22 (1.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 17 (1.32%) Financial Institution
16 14 (1.09%) Investment Banking
16 14 (1.09%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 178 (13.81%) Lead
2 138 (10.71%) Analyst
3 117 (9.08%) Senior
4 98 (7.60%) Developer
5 85 (6.59%) Architect
6 51 (3.96%) Delivery Manager
7 50 (3.88%) Business Analyst
7 50 (3.88%) Project Manager
8 43 (3.34%) Consultant
8 43 (3.34%) DevOps Engineer
9 42 (3.26%) Data Engineer
10 36 (2.79%) Scrum Master
10 36 (2.79%) Senior Manager
11 32 (2.48%) Lead Architect
12 31 (2.40%) Functional Architect
13 28 (2.17%) Azure Engineer
14 26 (2.02%) Technical Manager
15 25 (1.94%) Cloud Engineer
15 25 (1.94%) Security Engineer
16 22 (1.71%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (3.57%) React
2 43 (3.34%) REST
3 41 (3.18%) RESTful
4 34 (2.64%) HTML
5 32 (2.48%) .NET
5 32 (2.48%) CSS
6 30 (2.33%) Spring
7 25 (1.94%) Spring Boot
8 24 (1.86%) AngularJS
9 21 (1.63%) Kafka
10 18 (1.40%) Node.js
11 16 (1.24%) Middleware
11 16 (1.24%) Next.js
12 14 (1.09%) PySpark
13 13 (1.01%) OAuth
13 13 (1.01%) Web Services
14 12 (0.93%) Playwright
15 10 (0.78%) Elastic Stack
15 10 (0.78%) GraphQL
15 10 (0.78%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 133 (10.32%) Product Ownership
2 85 (6.59%) Cloud Native
3 62 (4.81%) Onboarding
4 35 (2.72%) Virtual Team
5 34 (2.64%) Management Information System
6 33 (2.56%) Data Protection Act
7 27 (2.09%) Legacy Systems
8 25 (1.94%) Data Centre
9 22 (1.71%) AI Agents
9 22 (1.71%) Security Posture
10 21 (1.63%) Analytical Mindset
11 19 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
12 17 (1.32%) Data Structures
12 17 (1.32%) Distributed Systems
13 14 (1.09%) Derivative
14 13 (1.01%) CMDB
14 13 (1.01%) FMCG
15 12 (0.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 11 (0.85%) Hybrid Cloud
16 11 (0.85%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 57 (4.42%) Windows
2 40 (3.10%) Linux
3 13 (1.01%) Windows Server
4 10 (0.78%) Apple iOS
5 9 (0.70%) Mac OS
5 9 (0.70%) Windows 10
6 8 (0.62%) Unix
7 5 (0.39%) Android
7 5 (0.39%) FreeRTOS
7 5 (0.39%) VMS
8 4 (0.31%) Amazon Linux
9 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.078%) AIX
10 1 (0.078%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.078%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 494 (38.32%) Agile
2 300 (23.27%) Stakeholder Management
3 275 (21.33%) DevOps
4 270 (20.95%) Problem-Solving
5 262 (20.33%) CI/CD
6 228 (17.69%) Decision-Making
7 214 (16.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 189 (14.66%) AI
9 167 (12.96%) Analytics
10 154 (11.95%) Roadmaps
11 150 (11.64%) Migration
12 135 (10.47%) Change Management
13 129 (10.01%) Scrum
14 126 (9.78%) Business Intelligence
15 117 (9.08%) Risk Management
16 116 (9.00%) Test Automation
17 113 (8.77%) Project Management
18 112 (8.69%) Infrastructure as Code
19 104 (8.07%) Mentoring
20 103 (7.99%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 195 (15.13%) SQL
2 193 (14.97%) Python
3 83 (6.44%) Java
4 59 (4.58%) JavaScript
5 52 (4.03%) PowerShell
6 38 (2.95%) C#
7 37 (2.87%) TypeScript
8 21 (1.63%) T-SQL
9 20 (1.55%) Bash
9 20 (1.55%) PL/SQL
10 14 (1.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 9 (0.70%) Apex Code
11 9 (0.70%) Bicep
12 8 (0.62%) C++
12 8 (0.62%) Kusto Query Language
13 7 (0.54%) Go
13 7 (0.54%) Kotlin
13 7 (0.54%) R
13 7 (0.54%) Ruby
13 7 (0.54%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 246 (19.08%) Security Cleared
2 205 (15.90%) SC Cleared
3 122 (9.46%) Degree
4 35 (2.72%) Computer Science Degree
5 31 (2.40%) CISSP
6 29 (2.25%) DV Cleared
7 27 (2.09%) Azure Certification
8 24 (1.86%) PMI Certification
8 24 (1.86%) PMP
9 22 (1.71%) BPSS Clearance
10 21 (1.63%) Cisco Certification
10 21 (1.63%) CISM
11 16 (1.24%) ACCA
12 15 (1.16%) AWS Certification
13 12 (0.93%) CCNP
14 11 (0.85%) ISTQB
15 10 (0.78%) Master's Degree
16 8 (0.62%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 8 (0.62%) CompTIA CySA+
16 8 (0.62%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 130 (10.09%) QA
2 88 (6.83%) Data Quality
3 60 (4.65%) PMO
4 49 (3.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 48 (3.72%) GDPR
6 46 (3.57%) NIST
7 32 (2.48%) Accessibility
8 28 (2.17%) SLA
9 21 (1.63%) Actionable Recommendations
10 17 (1.32%) GRC
11 16 (1.24%) PCI DSS
12 15 (1.16%) IFRS
13 11 (0.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 9 (0.70%) NCSC
15 8 (0.62%) WCAG
16 6 (0.47%) NIST 800
17 5 (0.39%) GAAP
17 5 (0.39%) Government Security Classifications
17 5 (0.39%) ISO 22301
18 4 (0.31%) GMP
System Software
1 70 (5.43%) Docker
2 34 (2.64%) Active Directory
3 16 (1.24%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.39%) Embedded Firmware
4 5 (0.39%) Firmware
4 5 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.31%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.23%) IAG
7 2 (0.16%) Squid
8 1 (0.078%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.078%) Sendmail
8 1 (0.078%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.078%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.078%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 114 (8.84%) Terraform
2 100 (7.76%) Kubernetes
3 37 (2.87%) Ansible
4 22 (1.71%) Grafana
5 21 (1.63%) Prometheus
6 20 (1.55%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (0.54%) SCCM
7 7 (0.54%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 5 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.31%) Cisco CUCM
9 4 (0.31%) HP ALM
9 4 (0.31%) Puppet
10 3 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (0.23%) Kibana
10 3 (0.23%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.23%) WSUS
11 2 (0.16%) Control-M
11 2 (0.16%) ITRS Geneos
11 2 (0.16%) Packer
12 1 (0.078%) Nagios
Vendors
1 215 (16.68%) Microsoft
2 92 (7.14%) ServiceNow
3 76 (5.90%) Oracle
4 66 (5.12%) Salesforce
5 46 (3.57%) Google
6 44 (3.41%) SAP
7 28 (2.17%) Databricks
8 16 (1.24%) Cisco
9 15 (1.16%) VMware
10 10 (0.78%) ForgeRock
10 10 (0.78%) Okta
10 10 (0.78%) OpenAI
11 9 (0.70%) Foundry
11 9 (0.70%) Splunk
12 8 (0.62%) CrowdStrike
12 8 (0.62%) Dynatrace
12 8 (0.62%) Remedy
12 8 (0.62%) Zscaler
13 7 (0.54%) Adobe
13 7 (0.54%) Workday