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

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 45 66
Rank change year-on-year +18 +21 +5
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 1,676 721 567
As % of all contract jobs in London 8.35% 5.37% 3.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.37% 5.81% 3.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,084 483 350
10th Percentile £350 £326 £350
25th Percentile £435 £425 £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 £750 £775 £775
England median daily rate £514 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.80% -4.76% -7.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 13 11
10th Percentile £18.50 £22.67 £17.08
25th Percentile £25.25 £23.33 £28.34
Median hourly rate £33.60 £36.48 £33.75
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% +8.09% -41.30%
75th Percentile £55.00 £47.50 £56.25
90th Percentile £76.15 £62.00 £76.25
England median hourly rate £38.82 £28.75 £49.24
% change year-on-year +35.01% -41.61% -21.22%

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 17,896 12,411 14,387
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.21% 92.39% 88.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,750 8,257 10,026
10th Percentile £362 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £530
% change year-on-year +2.94% -3.77% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 287 255 196
10th Percentile £17.16 £16.50 £17.08
25th Percentile £19.50 £24.72 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.34% -15.71% -12.50%
75th Percentile £56.63 £48.13 £53.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £71.56
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +4.83%

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 August 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 August 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 August 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 0 171 £550 +10.55% 196
West London +5 57 £520 +1.51% 63
South London +23 49 £525 -9.17% 21
East London +5 11 £675 +255.26% 33
North London -2 4 £450 -18.18% 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 79 (4.71%) SharePoint
2 72 (4.30%) Confluence
3 27 (1.61%) Microsoft Exchange
4 20 (1.19%) Apache Airflow
5 16 (0.95%) CMS
6 15 (0.89%) Apache Spark
7 9 (0.54%) Apache
8 7 (0.42%) IIS
9 5 (0.30%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 4 (0.24%) Camunda
10 4 (0.24%) Sitecore CMS
10 4 (0.24%) WordPress
11 3 (0.18%) Appian
11 3 (0.18%) SAS
12 2 (0.12%) JBoss
12 2 (0.12%) Jupyter
12 2 (0.12%) OpenStack
13 1 (0.060%) MTS
13 1 (0.060%) Tomcat
13 1 (0.060%) WebLogic
Applications
1 80 (4.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 40 (2.39%) Microsoft Office
3 26 (1.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 25 (1.49%) Microsoft Project
5 17 (1.01%) MS Visio
6 6 (0.36%) Chatbot
6 6 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
7 2 (0.12%) CPLEX
7 2 (0.12%) InDesign
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
7 2 (0.12%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.060%) Mingle
Business Applications
1 21 (1.25%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (1.01%) NetSuite
3 12 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
4 11 (0.66%) Oracle EBS
5 8 (0.48%) Oracle ERP
6 7 (0.42%) Actimize
7 6 (0.36%) Loan IQ
7 6 (0.36%) Oracle Payables
7 6 (0.36%) Salesforce CRM
8 5 (0.30%) Magento
8 5 (0.30%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 5 (0.30%) SAP PM
9 4 (0.24%) Aladdin
9 4 (0.24%) Endur
9 4 (0.24%) SAP QM
9 4 (0.24%) Shopify
10 3 (0.18%) Oracle Financials
10 3 (0.18%) Orchestrade
10 3 (0.18%) SAP MDG
10 3 (0.18%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 397 (23.69%) Azure
2 309 (18.44%) AWS
3 158 (9.43%) Power Platform
4 117 (6.98%) Azure DevOps
5 107 (6.38%) Microsoft 365
6 103 (6.15%) GitHub
7 99 (5.91%) GCP
8 85 (5.07%) Entra ID
9 64 (3.82%) SaaS
10 55 (3.28%) GitHub Actions
10 55 (3.28%) Serverless
11 54 (3.22%) Dynamics 365
12 41 (2.45%) AWS Lambda
13 40 (2.39%) Amazon S3
14 33 (1.97%) Azure AKS
15 32 (1.91%) Microsoft Copilot
16 30 (1.79%) Amazon EC2
17 29 (1.73%) PowerApps
18 28 (1.67%) Power Automate
19 27 (1.61%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 42 (2.51%) Firewall
2 33 (1.97%) DNS
2 33 (1.97%) Network Security
3 22 (1.31%) WAN
4 20 (1.19%) TCP/IP
5 14 (0.84%) DHCP
5 14 (0.84%) VPN
6 12 (0.72%) LAN
7 11 (0.66%) SD-WAN
8 10 (0.60%) VoIP
9 8 (0.48%) BGP
9 8 (0.48%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (0.36%) Ethernet VPN
10 6 (0.36%) MPLS
10 6 (0.36%) NX-OS
10 6 (0.36%) VXLAN
11 5 (0.30%) HTTP
11 5 (0.30%) HTTPS
11 5 (0.30%) WebEx
11 5 (0.30%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 122 (7.28%) Power BI
2 51 (3.04%) SQL Server
3 47 (2.80%) Metadata
4 39 (2.33%) Data Warehouse
5 33 (1.97%) Relational Database
6 32 (1.91%) PostgreSQL
7 29 (1.73%) Tableau
8 26 (1.55%) Amazon RDS
9 25 (1.49%) NoSQL
10 23 (1.37%) Delta Lake
11 17 (1.01%) Data Lake
12 14 (0.84%) Parquet
12 14 (0.84%) Power Query
13 12 (0.72%) Big Data
14 9 (0.54%) Oracle Database
15 8 (0.48%) BigQuery
15 8 (0.48%) MongoDB
15 8 (0.48%) MySQL
16 6 (0.36%) Oracle Reports
16 6 (0.36%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 159 (9.49%) JIRA
2 97 (5.79%) Git
3 85 (5.07%) Jenkins
4 46 (2.74%) GitLab
5 31 (1.85%) Selenium
6 16 (0.95%) Cypress.io
7 15 (0.89%) Cucumber
8 11 (0.66%) Bitbucket
8 11 (0.66%) Postman
9 10 (0.60%) JUnit
10 9 (0.54%) CircleCI
10 9 (0.54%) Visual Studio
11 8 (0.48%) Maven
11 8 (0.48%) REST Assured
11 8 (0.48%) Zephyr
12 7 (0.42%) Gradle
12 7 (0.42%) Sonatype Nexus
13 6 (0.36%) JMeter
13 6 (0.36%) XCTest
13 6 (0.36%) XCUITest
General
1 745 (44.45%) Social Skills
2 547 (32.64%) Finance
3 377 (22.49%) Analytical Skills
4 279 (16.65%) Public Sector
5 187 (11.16%) Banking
6 70 (4.18%) Influencing Skills
7 69 (4.12%) Organisational Skills
8 62 (3.70%) Legal
9 55 (3.28%) Law
10 52 (3.10%) Retail
11 50 (2.98%) Documentation Skills
12 48 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 43 (2.57%) Front Office
14 41 (2.45%) Local Government
15 37 (2.21%) Marketing
16 36 (2.15%) Investment Banking
17 31 (1.85%) Telecoms
18 29 (1.73%) Presentation Skills
19 23 (1.37%) Pharmaceutical
20 20 (1.19%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 232 (13.84%) Lead
2 180 (10.74%) Senior
3 168 (10.02%) Analyst
4 167 (9.96%) Developer
5 113 (6.74%) Architect
6 62 (3.70%) Project Manager
7 60 (3.58%) DevOps Engineer
8 56 (3.34%) Consultant
9 55 (3.28%) Delivery Manager
10 52 (3.10%) Business Analyst
11 46 (2.74%) Data Engineer
12 42 (2.51%) Software Engineer
13 39 (2.33%) Scrum Master
14 38 (2.27%) Senior Manager
15 36 (2.15%) Lead Architect
16 35 (2.09%) Product Owner
17 34 (2.03%) Java Developer
18 33 (1.97%) Azure Engineer
18 33 (1.97%) Cloud Engineer
18 33 (1.97%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 134 (8.00%) Terraform
2 97 (5.79%) REST
3 78 (4.65%) RESTful
4 52 (3.10%) .NET
4 52 (3.10%) React
5 50 (2.98%) Kafka
6 49 (2.92%) Spring
7 44 (2.63%) Spring Boot
8 43 (2.57%) HTML
9 42 (2.51%) AngularJS
10 36 (2.15%) CSS
11 33 (1.97%) Web Services
12 27 (1.61%) Django
13 24 (1.43%) Node.js
13 24 (1.43%) SOAP
14 22 (1.31%) JSON
14 22 (1.31%) Middleware
14 22 (1.31%) Playwright
15 21 (1.25%) XML
16 20 (1.19%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 195 (11.63%) Product Ownership
2 123 (7.34%) Onboarding
3 117 (6.98%) Cloud Native
4 49 (2.92%) Management Information System
5 44 (2.63%) Data Protection Act
5 44 (2.63%) Distributed Systems
6 41 (2.45%) Virtual Team
7 39 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
8 35 (2.09%) Enterprise Software
9 31 (1.85%) AI Agents
10 28 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
11 26 (1.55%) CMDB
11 26 (1.55%) Data Structures
12 25 (1.49%) Data Centre
12 25 (1.49%) Security Posture
13 23 (1.37%) Hybrid Cloud
13 23 (1.37%) NHS
14 20 (1.19%) Analytical Mindset
15 18 (1.07%) Greenfield Project
15 18 (1.07%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 108 (6.44%) Windows
2 84 (5.01%) Linux
3 28 (1.67%) Windows Server
4 25 (1.49%) Unix
5 20 (1.19%) Windows 10
6 19 (1.13%) Apple iOS
7 16 (0.95%) Mac OS
8 14 (0.84%) Android
9 13 (0.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (0.30%) Amazon Linux
11 2 (0.12%) AIX
11 2 (0.12%) VMS
11 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.060%) HPUX
12 1 (0.060%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.060%) Solaris
12 1 (0.060%) SUSE
12 1 (0.060%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 665 (39.68%) Agile
2 508 (30.31%) Stakeholder Management
3 425 (25.36%) Problem-Solving
4 359 (21.42%) DevOps
5 354 (21.12%) CI/CD
6 341 (20.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 303 (18.08%) Decision-Making
8 276 (16.47%) AI
9 223 (13.31%) Roadmaps
10 198 (11.81%) Analytics
11 178 (10.62%) Change Management
12 170 (10.14%) Migration
13 169 (10.08%) Scrum
14 163 (9.73%) Test Automation
15 152 (9.07%) Software Engineering
16 150 (8.95%) Infrastructure as Code
17 147 (8.77%) Mentoring
18 142 (8.47%) Business Intelligence
19 137 (8.17%) Translating Business Requirements
20 135 (8.05%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 287 (17.12%) Python
2 259 (15.45%) SQL
3 142 (8.47%) Java
4 88 (5.25%) JavaScript
5 84 (5.01%) PowerShell
6 69 (4.12%) C#
7 54 (3.22%) Bash
8 47 (2.80%) TypeScript
9 21 (1.25%) PL/SQL
10 19 (1.13%) T-SQL
11 18 (1.07%) Bicep
11 18 (1.07%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 15 (0.89%) Go
13 14 (0.84%) Groovy
14 13 (0.78%) Perl
15 12 (0.72%) Apex Code
15 12 (0.72%) Kotlin
16 10 (0.60%) Korn
16 10 (0.60%) R
16 10 (0.60%) VBA
Qualifications
1 361 (21.54%) Security Cleared
2 308 (18.38%) SC Cleared
3 153 (9.13%) Degree
4 53 (3.16%) Computer Science Degree
5 46 (2.74%) DV Cleared
6 44 (2.63%) PMP
7 38 (2.27%) PMI Certification
8 31 (1.85%) AWS Certification
8 31 (1.85%) Azure Certification
9 29 (1.73%) CISSP
10 18 (1.07%) Cisco Certification
11 17 (1.01%) BPSS Clearance
12 15 (0.89%) CISM
13 13 (0.78%) ITIL Certification
14 12 (0.72%) CCNP
14 12 (0.72%) ISTQB
15 9 (0.54%) CompTIA Security+
15 9 (0.54%) Master's Degree
16 8 (0.48%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 8 (0.48%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 151 (9.01%) QA
2 132 (7.88%) Data Quality
3 75 (4.47%) PMO
4 44 (2.63%) Accessibility
5 43 (2.57%) SLA
6 41 (2.45%) GDPR
7 40 (2.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 40 (2.39%) NIST
8 22 (1.31%) GRC
9 17 (1.01%) Actionable Recommendations
10 16 (0.95%) NCSC
11 13 (0.78%) COBIT
12 10 (0.60%) PCI DSS
12 10 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 10 (0.60%) WCAG
13 6 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
13 6 (0.36%) IFRS
14 5 (0.30%) HIPAA
14 5 (0.30%) ISO 22301
15 4 (0.24%) GAAP
System Software
1 98 (5.85%) Docker
2 82 (4.89%) Active Directory
3 20 (1.19%) Virtual Machines
4 13 (0.78%) Virtual Desktop
5 12 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
6 9 (0.54%) IAG
7 3 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.18%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.18%) vSphere
8 2 (0.12%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.12%) Squid
8 2 (0.12%) zsh
9 1 (0.060%) Ceph
9 1 (0.060%) Sendmail
9 1 (0.060%) UAG
9 1 (0.060%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 144 (8.59%) Kubernetes
2 50 (2.98%) Ansible
3 46 (2.74%) Grafana
4 45 (2.68%) Prometheus
5 41 (2.45%) Microsoft Intune
6 13 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
7 9 (0.54%) SCCM
8 8 (0.48%) Kibana
9 5 (0.30%) Cisco CUCM
10 4 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (0.24%) Control-M
10 4 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
10 4 (0.24%) Puppet
10 4 (0.24%) QRadar
11 3 (0.18%) HP ALM
11 3 (0.18%) ITRS Geneos
11 3 (0.18%) WSUS
12 2 (0.12%) Argo
12 2 (0.12%) Istio
12 2 (0.12%) Packer
Vendors
1 308 (18.38%) Microsoft
2 112 (6.68%) ServiceNow
3 103 (6.15%) Oracle
4 65 (3.88%) Salesforce
5 64 (3.82%) SAP
6 60 (3.58%) Google
7 38 (2.27%) Databricks
8 29 (1.73%) Cisco
9 28 (1.67%) Splunk
10 22 (1.31%) IBM
11 21 (1.25%) VMware
12 19 (1.13%) Dynatrace
13 14 (0.84%) Apple
13 14 (0.84%) Okta
13 14 (0.84%) Zscaler
14 12 (0.72%) OpenAI
14 12 (0.72%) Red Hat
15 11 (0.66%) Adobe
16 10 (0.60%) ForgeRock
17 9 (0.54%) Workday