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 20 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 45 74
Rank change year-on-year +18 +29 +3
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 1,546 681 543
As % of all contract jobs in London 7.80% 4.99% 3.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.78% 5.42% 3.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,012 455 364
10th Percentile £350 £353 £350
25th Percentile £430 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.90% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £688 £691
90th Percentile £750 £838 £788
England median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 8 14
10th Percentile £24.75 £27.29 £19.90
25th Percentile £25.25 £31.05 £30.00
Median hourly rate £41.00 £38.99 £30.75
Median % change year-on-year +5.16% +26.80% -37.88%
75th Percentile £63.75 £49.38 £53.44
90th Percentile £93.00 £57.63 £70.63
England median hourly rate £54.00 £31.40 £36.50
% change year-on-year +71.96% -13.97% -34.15%

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 17,611 12,570 15,108
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.90% 92.12% 88.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,652 8,414 10,744
10th Percentile £363 £331 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 274 239 254
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.25
25th Percentile £21.63 £24.66 £20.99
Median hourly rate £36.00 £31.00 £33.53
Median % change year-on-year +16.13% -7.53% -22.03%
75th Percentile £57.50 £49.88 £51.50
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.35 £70.73
England median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £39.50
% change year-on-year +88.87% -36.33% -7.06%

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 20 July 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 20 July 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 20 July 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 -1 166 £550 +10.00% 117
South London +21 57 £500 -14.00% 24
West London +2 49 £516 +2.03% 36
East London +10 11 £675 +15.38% 25
North London 0 3 £450 -18.18% 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 74 (4.79%) Confluence
2 61 (3.95%) SharePoint
3 19 (1.23%) Microsoft Exchange
4 15 (0.97%) Apache Airflow
5 13 (0.84%) CMS
6 12 (0.78%) Apache Spark
7 8 (0.52%) Apache
8 6 (0.39%) IIS
9 4 (0.26%) WordPress
10 3 (0.19%) Camunda
11 2 (0.13%) Appian
11 2 (0.13%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.13%) SAS
12 1 (0.065%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 1 (0.065%) JBoss
12 1 (0.065%) Oracle Application Server
12 1 (0.065%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.065%) Sitecore CMS
12 1 (0.065%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.065%) WebLogic
Applications
1 74 (4.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (2.26%) Microsoft Office
3 30 (1.94%) Microsoft Project
4 24 (1.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 19 (1.23%) MS Visio
6 11 (0.71%) Chatbot
7 5 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.13%) CPLEX
8 2 (0.13%) Oracle Smart View
9 1 (0.065%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.065%) InDesign
9 1 (0.065%) Mingle
9 1 (0.065%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 21 (1.36%) NetSuite
1 21 (1.36%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (0.58%) Actimize
3 9 (0.58%) Oracle EBS
3 9 (0.58%) Oracle ERP
4 7 (0.45%) Loan IQ
4 7 (0.45%) Salesforce CRM
5 6 (0.39%) Oracle Payables
6 5 (0.32%) Magento
6 5 (0.32%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 5 (0.32%) SAP PM
7 4 (0.26%) Endur
7 4 (0.26%) Remedy ITSM
7 4 (0.26%) SAP QM
8 3 (0.19%) Aladdin
8 3 (0.19%) Oracle Financials
8 3 (0.19%) Orchestrade
8 3 (0.19%) SAP MDG
8 3 (0.19%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 350 (22.64%) Azure
2 290 (18.76%) AWS
3 138 (8.93%) Power Platform
4 108 (6.99%) Azure DevOps
5 96 (6.21%) GitHub
6 88 (5.69%) GCP
7 79 (5.11%) Microsoft 365
8 65 (4.20%) Entra ID
9 62 (4.01%) SaaS
10 55 (3.56%) Serverless
11 54 (3.49%) GitHub Actions
12 51 (3.30%) Dynamics 365
13 45 (2.91%) Amazon S3
14 43 (2.78%) AWS Lambda
15 36 (2.33%) Amazon EC2
16 33 (2.13%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 29 (1.88%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 27 (1.75%) Azure AKS
19 25 (1.62%) AWS CloudFormation
20 22 (1.42%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 33 (2.13%) Firewall
2 26 (1.68%) Network Security
3 22 (1.42%) DNS
4 15 (0.97%) WAN
5 11 (0.71%) VoIP
6 9 (0.58%) LAN
7 8 (0.52%) SD-WAN
8 7 (0.45%) TCP/IP
9 6 (0.39%) BGP
10 5 (0.32%) DHCP
10 5 (0.32%) HTTP
10 5 (0.32%) HTTPS
10 5 (0.32%) MPLS
10 5 (0.32%) OSPF
10 5 (0.32%) Unified Communications
10 5 (0.32%) WebEx
11 4 (0.26%) DKIM
11 4 (0.26%) IOS XR
11 4 (0.26%) NX-OS
11 4 (0.26%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (7.24%) Power BI
2 42 (2.72%) SQL Server
3 36 (2.33%) Metadata
4 35 (2.26%) Tableau
5 33 (2.13%) Data Warehouse
6 29 (1.88%) PostgreSQL
7 28 (1.81%) Amazon RDS
7 28 (1.81%) Relational Database
8 20 (1.29%) NoSQL
9 18 (1.16%) Data Lake
10 14 (0.91%) Delta Lake
11 11 (0.71%) Parquet
11 11 (0.71%) Power Query
12 10 (0.65%) Big Data
12 10 (0.65%) BigQuery
13 7 (0.45%) Oracle Database
13 7 (0.45%) Oracle Reports
13 7 (0.45%) Snowflake Schema
14 6 (0.39%) MySQL
14 6 (0.39%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 165 (10.67%) JIRA
2 69 (4.46%) Git
3 68 (4.40%) Jenkins
4 39 (2.52%) GitLab
5 24 (1.55%) Selenium
6 18 (1.16%) Cucumber
7 14 (0.91%) Cypress.io
8 9 (0.58%) JMeter
9 8 (0.52%) Bitbucket
9 8 (0.52%) JUnit
9 8 (0.52%) Postman
9 8 (0.52%) Team Foundation Server
10 7 (0.45%) CircleCI
10 7 (0.45%) Maven
10 7 (0.45%) REST Assured
10 7 (0.45%) XCTest
11 6 (0.39%) Gradle
11 6 (0.39%) Visual Studio
11 6 (0.39%) Zephyr
12 5 (0.32%) tSQLt
General
1 643 (41.59%) Social Skills
2 533 (34.48%) Finance
3 337 (21.80%) Analytical Skills
4 237 (15.33%) Public Sector
5 149 (9.64%) Banking
6 58 (3.75%) Influencing Skills
7 57 (3.69%) Legal
7 57 (3.69%) Organisational Skills
8 53 (3.43%) Law
9 49 (3.17%) Retail
10 41 (2.65%) Documentation Skills
11 40 (2.59%) Local Government
12 39 (2.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 36 (2.33%) Marketing
14 32 (2.07%) Front Office
14 32 (2.07%) Presentation Skills
15 28 (1.81%) Telecoms
16 26 (1.68%) Investment Banking
17 19 (1.23%) Pharmaceutical
18 16 (1.03%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 216 (13.97%) Lead
2 159 (10.28%) Senior
3 154 (9.96%) Analyst
4 138 (8.93%) Developer
5 95 (6.14%) Architect
6 68 (4.40%) Project Manager
7 56 (3.62%) Delivery Manager
8 53 (3.43%) Consultant
9 50 (3.23%) DevOps Engineer
10 45 (2.91%) Business Analyst
11 42 (2.72%) Scrum Master
12 41 (2.65%) Data Engineer
13 39 (2.52%) Software Engineer
14 37 (2.39%) Senior Manager
15 34 (2.20%) Lead Architect
16 31 (2.01%) Functional Architect
16 31 (2.01%) Product Owner
17 30 (1.94%) Java Developer
18 29 (1.88%) Cloud Engineer
18 29 (1.88%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (4.33%) REST
2 59 (3.82%) RESTful
3 45 (2.91%) React
4 40 (2.59%) .NET
4 40 (2.59%) Spring
5 36 (2.33%) Kafka
6 35 (2.26%) HTML
6 35 (2.26%) Spring Boot
7 31 (2.01%) AngularJS
7 31 (2.01%) CSS
8 23 (1.49%) Node.js
9 21 (1.36%) Middleware
9 21 (1.36%) Web Services
10 20 (1.29%) Django
11 18 (1.16%) SOAP
12 17 (1.10%) JSON
12 17 (1.10%) Playwright
13 15 (0.97%) Next.js
14 13 (0.84%) GraphQL
14 13 (0.84%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 175 (11.32%) Product Ownership
2 103 (6.66%) Cloud Native
3 99 (6.40%) Onboarding
4 46 (2.98%) Virtual Team
5 42 (2.72%) Data Protection Act
6 41 (2.65%) Management Information System
7 38 (2.46%) Distributed Systems
8 36 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
9 27 (1.75%) Security Posture
10 26 (1.68%) Data Centre
11 25 (1.62%) Data Structures
11 25 (1.62%) Self-Motivation
12 24 (1.55%) AI Agents
12 24 (1.55%) CMDB
13 21 (1.36%) Analytical Mindset
13 21 (1.36%) Enterprise Software
14 17 (1.10%) Operational Technology
15 16 (1.03%) FMCG
15 16 (1.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 15 (0.97%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 84 (5.43%) Windows
2 56 (3.62%) Linux
3 21 (1.36%) Windows Server
4 15 (0.97%) Apple iOS
5 14 (0.91%) Mac OS
5 14 (0.91%) Windows 10
6 12 (0.78%) Unix
7 7 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (0.32%) Amazon Linux
8 5 (0.32%) Android
9 2 (0.13%) AIX
9 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.065%) FreeRTOS
10 1 (0.065%) HPUX
10 1 (0.065%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.065%) Solaris
10 1 (0.065%) SUSE
10 1 (0.065%) VMS
10 1 (0.065%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 597 (38.62%) Agile
2 429 (27.75%) Stakeholder Management
3 375 (24.26%) Problem-Solving
4 319 (20.63%) DevOps
5 307 (19.86%) CI/CD
6 295 (19.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 286 (18.50%) Decision-Making
8 243 (15.72%) AI
9 184 (11.90%) Roadmaps
10 183 (11.84%) Analytics
11 165 (10.67%) Change Management
12 163 (10.54%) Scrum
13 153 (9.90%) Migration
14 136 (8.80%) Test Automation
15 133 (8.60%) Business Intelligence
16 129 (8.34%) Risk Management
16 129 (8.34%) Software Engineering
17 128 (8.28%) Validation
18 127 (8.21%) Mentoring
19 122 (7.89%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 246 (15.91%) Python
2 224 (14.49%) SQL
3 116 (7.50%) Java
4 76 (4.92%) JavaScript
5 65 (4.20%) PowerShell
6 55 (3.56%) C#
7 43 (2.78%) TypeScript
8 40 (2.59%) Bash
9 24 (1.55%) T-SQL
10 22 (1.42%) PL/SQL
11 15 (0.97%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 12 (0.78%) Apex Code
12 12 (0.78%) Bicep
13 11 (0.71%) Kotlin
14 10 (0.65%) Groovy
15 9 (0.58%) C++
15 9 (0.58%) Go
15 9 (0.58%) Perl
15 9 (0.58%) Ruby
15 9 (0.58%) Swift
Qualifications
1 321 (20.76%) Security Cleared
2 274 (17.72%) SC Cleared
3 137 (8.86%) Degree
4 46 (2.98%) Computer Science Degree
5 42 (2.72%) PMP
6 41 (2.65%) DV Cleared
7 38 (2.46%) PMI Certification
8 33 (2.13%) CISSP
9 31 (2.01%) Azure Certification
10 26 (1.68%) AWS Certification
11 21 (1.36%) Cisco Certification
12 20 (1.29%) CISM
13 19 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
14 13 (0.84%) ITIL Certification
15 12 (0.78%) ACCA
16 11 (0.71%) CCNP
16 11 (0.71%) Master's Degree
17 10 (0.65%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 10 (0.65%) ISTQB
18 9 (0.58%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 134 (8.67%) QA
2 106 (6.86%) Data Quality
3 71 (4.59%) PMO
4 45 (2.91%) GDPR
4 45 (2.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 41 (2.65%) Accessibility
6 38 (2.46%) NIST
7 33 (2.13%) SLA
8 21 (1.36%) GRC
9 14 (0.91%) Actionable Recommendations
10 13 (0.84%) PCI DSS
11 11 (0.71%) IFRS
12 10 (0.65%) NCSC
13 9 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 7 (0.45%) WCAG
15 6 (0.39%) GAAP
15 6 (0.39%) NIST 800
16 5 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
16 5 (0.32%) Government Security Classifications
16 5 (0.32%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 82 (5.30%) Docker
2 62 (4.01%) Active Directory
3 13 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (0.52%) IAG
4 8 (0.52%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.19%) vSphere
7 2 (0.13%) Squid
8 1 (0.065%) Ceph
8 1 (0.065%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.065%) Firmware
8 1 (0.065%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.065%) Sendmail
8 1 (0.065%) UAG
8 1 (0.065%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.065%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.065%) zsh
Systems Management
1 121 (7.83%) Kubernetes
1 121 (7.83%) Terraform
2 39 (2.52%) Ansible
3 37 (2.39%) Grafana
4 35 (2.26%) Prometheus
5 27 (1.75%) Microsoft Intune
6 9 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (0.45%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 6 (0.39%) Kibana
9 5 (0.32%) Cisco CUCM
9 5 (0.32%) SCCM
10 4 (0.26%) HP ALM
10 4 (0.26%) QRadar
11 3 (0.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.13%) Control-M
12 2 (0.13%) FortiGate
12 2 (0.13%) ITRS Geneos
12 2 (0.13%) Puppet
12 2 (0.13%) vCenter Server
12 2 (0.13%) WSUS
Vendors
1 256 (16.56%) Microsoft
2 102 (6.60%) ServiceNow
3 95 (6.14%) Oracle
4 70 (4.53%) Salesforce
5 59 (3.82%) SAP
6 52 (3.36%) Google
7 31 (2.01%) Databricks
8 20 (1.29%) Cisco
9 17 (1.10%) VMware
10 16 (1.03%) Splunk
11 13 (0.84%) Dynatrace
12 12 (0.78%) Apple
12 12 (0.78%) IBM
12 12 (0.78%) OpenAI
13 11 (0.71%) Okta
14 10 (0.65%) ForgeRock
14 10 (0.65%) Foundry
14 10 (0.65%) Zscaler
15 9 (0.58%) Murex
15 9 (0.58%) Workday