Continuous Improvement Contracts in London

Continual Improvement
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Continuous Improvement skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Continuous Improvement over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 65 75
Rank change year-on-year +8 +10 +9
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 520 598 869
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 4.14% 3.35% 3.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.50% 3.79% 3.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 325 406 594
10th Percentile £363 £375 £400
25th Percentile £435 £431 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £588
Median % change year-on-year - -6.38% -2.08%
75th Percentile £738 £688 £700
90th Percentile £878 £850 £800
England median daily rate £518 £525 £563
% change year-on-year -1.30% -6.67% +2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 14 9
10th Percentile £22.00 £17.00 £47.46
25th Percentile £24.75 £20.25 £56.25
Median hourly rate £30.81 £30.75 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +0.18% -50.80% +40.45%
75th Percentile £45.74 £64.69 £64.00
90th Percentile £58.50 £81.63 £75.00
England median hourly rate £50.00 £37.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +33.33% -37.50% +34.83%

All Process and 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 11,564 15,790 24,631
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.16% 88.55% 91.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,847 11,316 17,711
10th Percentile £350 £338 £375
25th Percentile £440 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £700
90th Percentile £813 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 324 278
10th Percentile £16.17 £16.00 £18.59
25th Percentile £22.68 £20.00 £22.53
Median hourly rate £31.67 £29.50 £38.13
Median % change year-on-year +7.36% -22.62% +5.90%
75th Percentile £50.75 £47.56 £62.64
90th Percentile £63.75 £65.93 £76.78
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Continuous Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Continuous Improvement as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Continuous Improvement in London

Continuous Improvement
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Continuous Improvement in London.

Daily rate trend for Continuous Improvement in London

Continuous Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Continuous Improvement in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Continuous Improvement in London

Continuous Improvement
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Continuous Improvement in London.

Hourly rate trend for Continuous Improvement in London

Continuous Improvement
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Continuous Improvement in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

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 1 May 2025. 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 +23 102 £518 -1.43% 94
West London 0 16 £494 +9.72% 57
South London +11 9 £583 +19.59% 18
East London +9 1 - - 14
Continuous Improvement
England

Continuous Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 24 (4.62%) Confluence
2 13 (2.50%) SharePoint
3 12 (2.31%) CMS
4 10 (1.92%) Headless CMS
5 9 (1.73%) Apache Spark
6 7 (1.35%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.77%) Apache
7 4 (0.77%) IIS
8 3 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.58%) SharePoint 2010
8 3 (0.58%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.38%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.38%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.19%) JBoss
10 1 (0.19%) Oracle Application Server
10 1 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.19%) SAS
10 1 (0.19%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.19%) WebLogic
Applications
1 28 (5.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (2.88%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (2.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 13 (2.50%) Microsoft Project
4 11 (2.12%) Trello
5 8 (1.54%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.96%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.58%) InfoPath
8 2 (0.38%) AutoCAD
8 2 (0.38%) Revit
9 1 (0.19%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.19%) Camtasia
9 1 (0.19%) Final Cut Pro
9 1 (0.19%) Sketch
9 1 (0.19%) SketchUp
Business Applications
1 11 (2.12%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.77%) Teamcenter
3 3 (0.58%) iTrent
3 3 (0.58%) SAP CO
3 3 (0.58%) SAP FI
3 3 (0.58%) SAP FI/CO
3 3 (0.58%) SAP PP
3 3 (0.58%) Workday HCM
4 2 (0.38%) Endur
4 2 (0.38%) SAP GRC
4 2 (0.38%) SAP Hybris
4 2 (0.38%) SAP PLM
4 2 (0.38%) SAP QM
4 2 (0.38%) SAP SRM
5 1 (0.19%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.19%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.19%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.19%) SAP PP-PI
5 1 (0.19%) SAP SCM
5 1 (0.19%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 84 (16.15%) Azure
2 64 (12.31%) AWS
3 43 (8.27%) Power Platform
4 24 (4.62%) SaaS
5 19 (3.65%) Microsoft 365
6 18 (3.46%) Azure DevOps
7 17 (3.27%) GitHub
8 15 (2.88%) Serverless
9 14 (2.69%) GCP
10 12 (2.31%) Entra ID
11 10 (1.92%) AWS Lambda
11 10 (1.92%) IaaS
12 9 (1.73%) dbt
12 9 (1.73%) OneDrive
12 9 (1.73%) PaaS
12 9 (1.73%) Snowflake
13 8 (1.54%) Microsoft Purview
14 7 (1.35%) Amazon S3
14 7 (1.35%) Power Automate
15 6 (1.15%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.50%) DNS
2 12 (2.31%) Network Security
3 10 (1.92%) 4G
3 10 (1.92%) 5G
3 10 (1.92%) Radio Access Network
3 10 (1.92%) TCP/IP
4 9 (1.73%) Firewall
5 8 (1.54%) 5G NR
5 8 (1.54%) LTE
6 6 (1.15%) DHCP
7 5 (0.96%) VPN
8 4 (0.77%) BGP
8 4 (0.77%) OSPF
9 3 (0.58%) LAN
9 3 (0.58%) MPLS
9 3 (0.58%) Software-Defined Networking
9 3 (0.58%) Structured Cabling
9 3 (0.58%) WAN
10 2 (0.38%) Cisco ASA
10 2 (0.38%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (6.54%) Power BI
2 20 (3.85%) Data Warehouse
3 12 (2.31%) Tableau
4 11 (2.12%) Data Lake
5 8 (1.54%) NoSQL
5 8 (1.54%) Oracle Database
6 7 (1.35%) Data Mining
6 7 (1.35%) Relational Database
6 7 (1.35%) SQL Server
7 6 (1.15%) Big Data
7 6 (1.15%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (0.96%) MongoDB
9 4 (0.77%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (0.77%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (0.77%) Data Vault
9 4 (0.77%) DB2
9 4 (0.77%) Geospatial Data
9 4 (0.77%) Snowflake Schema
10 3 (0.58%) Metadata
10 3 (0.58%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 66 (12.69%) JIRA
2 36 (6.92%) Jenkins
3 25 (4.81%) Git
4 7 (1.35%) GitLab
4 7 (1.35%) Selenium
4 7 (1.35%) Subversion
5 6 (1.15%) Bitbucket
6 5 (0.96%) JMeter
6 5 (0.96%) JUnit
6 5 (0.96%) TeamCity
7 4 (0.77%) Maven
7 4 (0.77%) Postman
8 3 (0.58%) Ant
8 3 (0.58%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.58%) Gatling
8 3 (0.58%) MSTest
8 3 (0.58%) NUnit
8 3 (0.58%) REST Assured
8 3 (0.58%) Terragrunt
9 2 (0.38%) SonarQube
General
1 237 (45.58%) Social Skills
2 165 (31.73%) Analytical Skills
3 135 (25.96%) Finance
4 59 (11.35%) Banking
5 44 (8.46%) Public Sector
6 41 (7.88%) Marketing
7 35 (6.73%) Organisational Skills
8 30 (5.77%) Investment Banking
9 27 (5.19%) Legal
9 27 (5.19%) Telecoms
10 24 (4.62%) Front Office
11 18 (3.46%) Presentation Skills
12 16 (3.08%) Retail
13 13 (2.50%) Manufacturing
14 12 (2.31%) Financial Institution
15 11 (2.12%) Law
16 10 (1.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 9 (1.73%) Influencing Skills
17 9 (1.73%) Pharmaceutical
18 8 (1.54%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 67 (12.88%) Developer
2 61 (11.73%) Lead
3 54 (10.38%) Analyst
3 54 (10.38%) Senior
4 43 (8.27%) Project Manager
5 27 (5.19%) Architect
5 27 (5.19%) Python Developer
6 22 (4.23%) Gen AI Developer
7 21 (4.04%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
8 18 (3.46%) Delivery Manager
9 17 (3.27%) Business Analyst
9 17 (3.27%) Consultant
10 15 (2.88%) C# Developer
10 15 (2.88%) C# Developer - Electronic Trading
10 15 (2.88%) Electronic Trading Developer
10 15 (2.88%) Product Manager
10 15 (2.88%) Real Time Developer
10 15 (2.88%) Senior Manager
11 14 (2.69%) Data Analyst
11 14 (2.69%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (11.35%) .NET
2 37 (7.12%) React
3 32 (6.15%) AngularJS
4 26 (5.00%) FastAPI
5 25 (4.81%) Django
6 21 (4.04%) CSS
7 20 (3.85%) HTML
8 15 (2.88%) Reactive Extensions
8 15 (2.88%) REST
9 11 (2.12%) Vue
10 10 (1.92%) Next.js
11 7 (1.35%) .NET Core
11 7 (1.35%) RESTful
12 6 (1.15%) Spring
13 5 (0.96%) AWS CDK
13 5 (0.96%) Blazor
13 5 (0.96%) HTML5
13 5 (0.96%) Kafka
13 5 (0.96%) PySpark
13 5 (0.96%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 32 (6.15%) Product Ownership
2 24 (4.62%) Management Information System
3 23 (4.42%) Cloud Native
4 16 (3.08%) Enterprise Software
5 13 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
6 11 (2.12%) Legacy Systems
7 10 (1.92%) Data Centre
7 10 (1.92%) Data Protection Act
8 8 (1.54%) Cyber Defence
8 8 (1.54%) Security Posture
9 7 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
9 7 (1.35%) Cyber Threat
9 7 (1.35%) Onboarding
9 7 (1.35%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 6 (1.15%) Algorithms
10 6 (1.15%) Mobile App
10 6 (1.15%) Virtual Team
11 5 (0.96%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 5 (0.96%) Public Cloud
11 5 (0.96%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 25 (4.81%) Windows
2 14 (2.69%) Linux
3 11 (2.12%) Unix
4 8 (1.54%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.77%) Solaris
6 2 (0.38%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.38%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.19%) Android
7 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.19%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 221 (42.50%) Agile
2 165 (31.73%) Problem-Solving
3 100 (19.23%) CI/CD
4 98 (18.85%) DevOps
5 95 (18.27%) Project Management
6 74 (14.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 73 (14.04%) Stakeholder Management
8 66 (12.69%) Analytics
9 62 (11.92%) Risk Management
10 59 (11.35%) Decision-Making
11 55 (10.58%) Project Delivery
12 53 (10.19%) ITIL
13 52 (10.00%) Artificial Intelligence
14 48 (9.23%) Machine Learning
15 46 (8.85%) Business Intelligence
15 46 (8.85%) Scrum
16 44 (8.46%) Change Management
17 41 (7.88%) Roadmaps
18 40 (7.69%) Process Improvement
18 40 (7.69%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 108 (20.77%) Python
2 102 (19.62%) SQL
3 66 (12.69%) Java
4 58 (11.15%) C#
5 42 (8.08%) TypeScript
6 38 (7.31%) JavaScript
7 27 (5.19%) PowerShell
8 13 (2.50%) Bash
9 8 (1.54%) PHP
10 7 (1.35%) R
11 6 (1.15%) Ruby
12 5 (0.96%) Go
12 5 (0.96%) Groovy
12 5 (0.96%) Perl
13 4 (0.77%) C++
13 4 (0.77%) PL/SQL
13 4 (0.77%) Scala
14 3 (0.58%) Shell Script
15 2 (0.38%) T-SQL
16 1 (0.19%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 73 (14.04%) Degree
2 52 (10.00%) Security Cleared
3 43 (8.27%) SC Cleared
4 25 (4.81%) PMI Certification
5 20 (3.85%) PMP
6 16 (3.08%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (2.31%) Master's Degree
8 11 (2.12%) AWS Certification
8 11 (2.12%) CISSP
9 7 (1.35%) Azure Certification
9 7 (1.35%) CEH
10 6 (1.15%) CISM
10 6 (1.15%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (0.96%) CCSAS
11 5 (0.96%) CREST Certified
11 5 (0.96%) GIAC
11 5 (0.96%) GPEN
11 5 (0.96%) GWAPT
11 5 (0.96%) OSCP
12 4 (0.77%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (8.08%) QA
2 27 (5.19%) GDPR
3 16 (3.08%) Accessibility
4 15 (2.88%) Data Quality
5 14 (2.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (1.73%) PMO
7 8 (1.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 7 (1.35%) GRC
8 7 (1.35%) HIPAA
8 7 (1.35%) NIST
8 7 (1.35%) SLA
9 3 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.58%) NCSC
9 3 (0.58%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.38%) Basel II
10 2 (0.38%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 2 (0.38%) GxP
10 2 (0.38%) MiFID
11 1 (0.19%) IFRS
11 1 (0.19%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 47 (9.04%) Docker
2 19 (3.65%) Active Directory
3 10 (1.92%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.77%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.38%) IAG
5 2 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.19%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.19%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 53 (10.19%) Kubernetes
2 48 (9.23%) Ansible
3 24 (4.62%) Terraform
4 7 (1.35%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (1.35%) SCCM
5 5 (0.96%) NSN NetAct
6 4 (0.77%) EMC NetWorker
6 4 (0.77%) QRadar
6 4 (0.77%) Red Hat Satellite
6 4 (0.77%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.77%) Tivoli
6 4 (0.77%) Tivoli Storage Manager
7 3 (0.58%) Grafana
7 3 (0.58%) WSUS
8 2 (0.38%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.38%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.38%) Puppet
9 1 (0.19%) CASB
9 1 (0.19%) Kubeflow
9 1 (0.19%) Plesk
Vendors
1 78 (15.00%) Microsoft
2 36 (6.92%) Oracle
3 33 (6.35%) SAP
4 31 (5.96%) ServiceNow
5 16 (3.08%) Google
6 12 (2.31%) Splunk
7 10 (1.92%) Databricks
7 10 (1.92%) IBM
8 9 (1.73%) Adobe
9 8 (1.54%) Ericsson
9 8 (1.54%) Salesforce
10 7 (1.35%) Cisco
11 6 (1.15%) CyberArk
11 6 (1.15%) Nokia
11 6 (1.15%) Workday
12 5 (0.96%) VMware
13 4 (0.77%) Red Hat
13 4 (0.77%) Siemens
13 4 (0.77%) TIBCO
13 4 (0.77%) Veritas