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 11 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 41 61
Rank change year-on-year +15 +20 +7
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 1,734 759 618
As % of all contract jobs in London 8.53% 5.62% 3.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.58% 6.07% 4.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,115 503 376
10th Percentile £350 £325 £365
25th Percentile £440 £421 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £762 £775 £775
England median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 18 10
10th Percentile £18.50 £17.00 £17.08
25th Percentile £24.59 £22.71 £27.51
Median hourly rate £29.15 £35.24 £40.63
Median % change year-on-year -17.28% -13.26% -17.93%
75th Percentile £52.88 £53.13 £56.88
90th Percentile £62.85 £68.25 £77.50
England median hourly rate £33.30 £27.21 £47.99
% change year-on-year +22.38% -43.30% -23.22%

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 18,096 12,500 14,495
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.98% 92.57% 89.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,817 8,259 9,770
10th Percentile £358 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £660 £675 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 305 257 182
10th Percentile £16.70 £17.00 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.00 £23.29
Median hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% -8.57% -12.50%
75th Percentile £57.00 £49.50 £55.00
90th Percentile £85.84 £63.75 £71.88
England median hourly rate £42.30 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.19% -41.51% +1.18%

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 11 September 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 11 September 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 11 September 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 -1 188 £550 +10.00% 257
West London +5 58 £520 +2.77% 95
South London +26 48 £525 -9.64% 33
East London +5 14 £750 +294.74% 44
North London 0 5 £488 -11.36% 3
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 84 (4.84%) SharePoint
2 75 (4.33%) Confluence
3 31 (1.79%) Microsoft Exchange
4 23 (1.33%) Apache Airflow
5 18 (1.04%) Apache Spark
5 18 (1.04%) CMS
6 12 (0.69%) Apache
7 6 (0.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 6 (0.35%) IIS
8 4 (0.23%) Sitecore CMS
8 4 (0.23%) WordPress
9 3 (0.17%) Appian
9 3 (0.17%) Camunda
9 3 (0.17%) Jupyter
9 3 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 3 (0.17%) SAS
10 2 (0.12%) JBoss
10 2 (0.12%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
10 2 (0.12%) WebLogic
Applications
1 82 (4.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 43 (2.48%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (1.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 21 (1.21%) Microsoft Project
5 17 (0.98%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.23%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.12%) CPLEX
8 2 (0.12%) InDesign
8 2 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
8 2 (0.12%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.058%) Trello
Business Applications
1 19 (1.10%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (0.81%) NetSuite
2 14 (0.81%) Oracle EBS
3 12 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
4 8 (0.46%) Oracle ERP
5 7 (0.40%) Magento
5 7 (0.40%) Oracle Payables
6 6 (0.35%) Actimize
6 6 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
7 5 (0.29%) Loan IQ
7 5 (0.29%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 5 (0.29%) SAP PM
8 4 (0.23%) Endur
8 4 (0.23%) Oracle Financials
8 4 (0.23%) SAP QM
8 4 (0.23%) Shopify
9 3 (0.17%) Orchestrade
9 3 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
9 3 (0.17%) SAP MDG
9 3 (0.17%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 401 (23.13%) Azure
2 324 (18.69%) AWS
3 164 (9.46%) Power Platform
4 116 (6.69%) Microsoft 365
5 115 (6.63%) Azure DevOps
6 110 (6.34%) GitHub
7 99 (5.71%) GCP
8 82 (4.73%) Entra ID
9 66 (3.81%) Serverless
10 63 (3.63%) SaaS
11 59 (3.40%) GitHub Actions
12 52 (3.00%) Amazon S3
12 52 (3.00%) AWS Lambda
13 50 (2.88%) Dynamics 365
14 38 (2.19%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 36 (2.08%) Amazon EC2
16 35 (2.02%) Microsoft Copilot
17 30 (1.73%) PowerApps
18 29 (1.67%) Azure AKS
18 29 (1.67%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 37 (2.13%) Network Security
2 34 (1.96%) Firewall
3 33 (1.90%) DNS
4 22 (1.27%) TCP/IP
5 19 (1.10%) WAN
6 16 (0.92%) VPN
7 15 (0.87%) DHCP
8 12 (0.69%) LAN
9 9 (0.52%) VoIP
10 8 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
11 7 (0.40%) SD-WAN
12 5 (0.29%) HTTP
12 5 (0.29%) HTTPS
12 5 (0.29%) Unified Communications
12 5 (0.29%) WebEx
12 5 (0.29%) Wireless
13 4 (0.23%) BGP
13 4 (0.23%) DKIM
13 4 (0.23%) Kerberos
13 4 (0.23%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 125 (7.21%) Power BI
2 55 (3.17%) SQL Server
3 46 (2.65%) Metadata
4 43 (2.48%) Data Warehouse
5 37 (2.13%) PostgreSQL
6 34 (1.96%) Relational Database
7 30 (1.73%) Amazon RDS
8 27 (1.56%) Tableau
9 26 (1.50%) Delta Lake
10 25 (1.44%) NoSQL
11 17 (0.98%) Data Lake
12 16 (0.92%) Power Query
13 15 (0.87%) Parquet
14 13 (0.75%) Oracle Database
15 10 (0.58%) Big Data
16 9 (0.52%) MongoDB
16 9 (0.52%) MySQL
17 7 (0.40%) BigQuery
17 7 (0.40%) RDBMS
18 6 (0.35%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 154 (8.88%) JIRA
2 107 (6.17%) Git
3 89 (5.13%) Jenkins
4 47 (2.71%) GitLab
5 35 (2.02%) Selenium
6 17 (0.98%) Cypress.io
7 13 (0.75%) JUnit
7 13 (0.75%) Postman
8 12 (0.69%) Bitbucket
8 12 (0.69%) Cucumber
9 9 (0.52%) CircleCI
9 9 (0.52%) Maven
9 9 (0.52%) Visual Studio
10 7 (0.40%) Gradle
10 7 (0.40%) Mockito
10 7 (0.40%) REST Assured
10 7 (0.40%) Zephyr
11 6 (0.35%) JMeter
11 6 (0.35%) XCTest
11 6 (0.35%) XCUITest
General
1 780 (44.98%) Social Skills
2 566 (32.64%) Finance
3 397 (22.90%) Analytical Skills
4 293 (16.90%) Public Sector
5 203 (11.71%) Banking
6 71 (4.09%) Influencing Skills
7 69 (3.98%) Organisational Skills
8 58 (3.34%) Legal
9 53 (3.06%) Law
10 52 (3.00%) Retail
11 50 (2.88%) Front Office
12 49 (2.83%) Documentation Skills
13 48 (2.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 38 (2.19%) Local Government
15 37 (2.13%) Investment Banking
16 36 (2.08%) Marketing
17 28 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
18 27 (1.56%) Telecoms
19 23 (1.33%) Military
19 23 (1.33%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 237 (13.67%) Lead
2 201 (11.59%) Senior
3 179 (10.32%) Analyst
4 169 (9.75%) Developer
5 107 (6.17%) Architect
6 67 (3.86%) Project Manager
7 65 (3.75%) DevOps Engineer
8 56 (3.23%) Consultant
9 54 (3.11%) Data Engineer
10 53 (3.06%) Delivery Manager
11 52 (3.00%) Business Analyst
12 47 (2.71%) Software Engineer
13 44 (2.54%) Scrum Master
14 39 (2.25%) Senior Manager
15 36 (2.08%) Product Owner
16 35 (2.02%) Product Manager
17 32 (1.85%) Support Engineer
18 31 (1.79%) Lead Architect
19 30 (1.73%) Java Developer
19 30 (1.73%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 138 (7.96%) Terraform
2 95 (5.48%) REST
3 81 (4.67%) RESTful
4 55 (3.17%) React
5 54 (3.11%) .NET
5 54 (3.11%) Kafka
6 53 (3.06%) Spring
7 50 (2.88%) Spring Boot
8 42 (2.42%) AngularJS
8 42 (2.42%) HTML
9 38 (2.19%) Web Services
10 37 (2.13%) CSS
11 31 (1.79%) Django
12 28 (1.61%) PySpark
13 27 (1.56%) SOAP
14 23 (1.33%) JSON
14 23 (1.33%) Node.js
14 23 (1.33%) XML
15 22 (1.27%) Playwright
16 21 (1.21%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 212 (12.23%) Product Ownership
2 132 (7.61%) Onboarding
3 120 (6.92%) Cloud Native
4 52 (3.00%) Management Information System
5 47 (2.71%) Data Protection Act
6 46 (2.65%) Distributed Systems
7 42 (2.42%) Enterprise Software
8 41 (2.36%) Virtual Team
9 40 (2.31%) Legacy Systems
10 36 (2.08%) AI Agents
11 32 (1.85%) Security Posture
12 31 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
13 29 (1.67%) Data Structures
14 25 (1.44%) CMDB
15 24 (1.38%) Hybrid Cloud
16 23 (1.33%) Data Centre
16 23 (1.33%) NHS
17 20 (1.15%) Analytical Mindset
18 18 (1.04%) Greenfield Project
18 18 (1.04%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 111 (6.40%) Windows
2 87 (5.02%) Linux
3 32 (1.85%) Windows Server
4 26 (1.50%) Unix
5 22 (1.27%) Windows 10
6 21 (1.21%) Apple iOS
7 16 (0.92%) Android
8 15 (0.87%) Mac OS
8 15 (0.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 6 (0.35%) Amazon Linux
10 3 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.12%) AIX
11 2 (0.12%) VMS
12 1 (0.058%) HPUX
12 1 (0.058%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.058%) Solaris
12 1 (0.058%) SUSE
12 1 (0.058%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.058%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 683 (39.39%) Agile
2 552 (31.83%) Stakeholder Management
3 452 (26.07%) Problem-Solving
4 364 (20.99%) CI/CD
5 360 (20.76%) DevOps
6 352 (20.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 312 (17.99%) Decision-Making
8 291 (16.78%) AI
9 237 (13.67%) Roadmaps
10 208 (12.00%) Analytics
11 197 (11.36%) Scrum
12 184 (10.61%) Change Management
13 176 (10.15%) Migration
14 162 (9.34%) Software Engineering
14 162 (9.34%) Test Automation
15 159 (9.17%) Infrastructure as Code
16 148 (8.54%) Risk Management
17 147 (8.48%) Mentoring
18 146 (8.42%) Technical Leadership
19 145 (8.36%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 300 (17.30%) Python
2 268 (15.46%) SQL
3 143 (8.25%) Java
4 93 (5.36%) JavaScript
5 90 (5.19%) PowerShell
6 72 (4.15%) C#
7 59 (3.40%) Bash
8 55 (3.17%) TypeScript
9 23 (1.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 22 (1.27%) T-SQL
11 19 (1.10%) PL/SQL
12 15 (0.87%) Bicep
12 15 (0.87%) Go
12 15 (0.87%) Groovy
12 15 (0.87%) Perl
13 14 (0.81%) Korn
14 12 (0.69%) Kotlin
14 12 (0.69%) R
15 10 (0.58%) Apex Code
15 10 (0.58%) VBA
Qualifications
1 387 (22.32%) Security Cleared
2 331 (19.09%) SC Cleared
3 153 (8.82%) Degree
4 56 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
5 54 (3.11%) DV Cleared
6 51 (2.94%) PMP
7 44 (2.54%) PMI Certification
8 35 (2.02%) AWS Certification
8 35 (2.02%) Azure Certification
9 33 (1.90%) CISSP
10 20 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
11 19 (1.10%) CISM
12 16 (0.92%) Cisco Certification
12 16 (0.92%) ITIL Certification
13 13 (0.75%) ISTQB
14 12 (0.69%) Microsoft Certification
15 11 (0.63%) CompTIA Security+
16 10 (0.58%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 10 (0.58%) Master's Degree
17 9 (0.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 157 (9.05%) QA
2 142 (8.19%) Data Quality
3 81 (4.67%) PMO
4 44 (2.54%) Accessibility
5 42 (2.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 41 (2.36%) SLA
7 40 (2.31%) NIST
8 39 (2.25%) GDPR
9 31 (1.79%) GRC
10 17 (0.98%) Actionable Recommendations
10 17 (0.98%) NCSC
11 12 (0.69%) COBIT
11 12 (0.69%) WCAG
12 10 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 9 (0.52%) PCI DSS
14 7 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
15 6 (0.35%) ISO 20022
15 6 (0.35%) ISO 22301
16 5 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 5 (0.29%) P3O
System Software
1 111 (6.40%) Docker
2 85 (4.90%) Active Directory
3 20 (1.15%) Virtual Machines
4 13 (0.75%) Virtual Desktop
4 13 (0.75%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (0.52%) IAG
6 3 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.17%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.17%) vSphere
7 2 (0.12%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.12%) Squid
7 2 (0.12%) zsh
8 1 (0.058%) Ceph
8 1 (0.058%) RACF
8 1 (0.058%) Sendmail
8 1 (0.058%) Time Sharing Option
8 1 (0.058%) UAG
8 1 (0.058%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 141 (8.13%) Kubernetes
2 53 (3.06%) Ansible
3 49 (2.83%) Grafana
3 49 (2.83%) Prometheus
4 39 (2.25%) Microsoft Intune
5 14 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
6 11 (0.63%) SCCM
7 10 (0.58%) Kibana
8 5 (0.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 5 (0.29%) Cisco CUCM
9 4 (0.23%) Control-M
9 4 (0.23%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (0.23%) Puppet
9 4 (0.23%) QRadar
10 3 (0.17%) ITRS Geneos
10 3 (0.17%) Nagios
10 3 (0.17%) WSUS
11 2 (0.12%) HP ALM
11 2 (0.12%) Packer
11 2 (0.12%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 336 (19.38%) Microsoft
2 116 (6.69%) Oracle
3 110 (6.34%) ServiceNow
4 65 (3.75%) Salesforce
5 64 (3.69%) SAP
6 56 (3.23%) Google
7 43 (2.48%) Splunk
8 41 (2.36%) Databricks
9 26 (1.50%) IBM
10 24 (1.38%) Cisco
10 24 (1.38%) VMware
11 19 (1.10%) Dynatrace
12 17 (0.98%) Zscaler
13 14 (0.81%) Apple
13 14 (0.81%) Red Hat
14 13 (0.75%) Adobe
15 10 (0.58%) Ariba
15 10 (0.58%) OpenAI
15 10 (0.58%) UiPath
15 10 (0.58%) Workday