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

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 43 66
Rank change year-on-year +16 +23 +7
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 1,645 724 561
As % of all contract jobs in London 8.16% 5.33% 3.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.16% 5.77% 3.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,058 489 352
10th Percentile £350 £340 £350
25th Percentile £435 £425 £442
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -6.78%
75th Percentile £629 £675 £685
90th Percentile £750 £775 £775
England median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 12 11
10th Percentile £18.50 £23.33 £17.08
25th Percentile £25.25 £24.70 £28.34
Median hourly rate £41.00 £35.24 £33.75
Median % change year-on-year +16.35% +4.41% -41.30%
75th Percentile £62.25 £46.94 £56.25
90th Percentile £92.50 £54.25 £76.25
England median hourly rate £47.50 £28.75 £52.50
% change year-on-year +65.22% -45.24% -14.29%

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 17,953 12,554 14,427
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.10% 92.35% 88.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,817 8,388 10,113
10th Percentile £363 £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 £660 £675 £688
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 294 250 200
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £17.05
25th Percentile £19.50 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.75 £35.61
Median % change year-on-year +19.33% -16.44% -12.67%
75th Percentile £56.25 £48.44 £54.06
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.30 £71.31
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +3.61%

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 12 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 12 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 12 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 -2 169 £547 +9.95% 179
South London +22 62 £500 -13.94% 41
West London +5 53 £520 +1.56% 93
East London +6 11 £675 +255.26% 30
North London -2 3 £450 -18.18% 8
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 77 (4.68%) Confluence
2 73 (4.44%) SharePoint
3 26 (1.58%) Microsoft Exchange
4 20 (1.22%) Apache Airflow
5 16 (0.97%) CMS
6 14 (0.85%) Apache Spark
7 9 (0.55%) Apache
8 7 (0.43%) IIS
9 5 (0.30%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 4 (0.24%) Sitecore CMS
10 4 (0.24%) WordPress
11 3 (0.18%) Appian
11 3 (0.18%) Camunda
12 2 (0.12%) JBoss
12 2 (0.12%) Jupyter
12 2 (0.12%) OpenStack
12 2 (0.12%) SAS
13 1 (0.061%) MTS
13 1 (0.061%) Tomcat
13 1 (0.061%) WebLogic
Applications
1 77 (4.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (2.25%) Microsoft Office
3 26 (1.58%) Microsoft Project
4 20 (1.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 17 (1.03%) MS Visio
6 8 (0.49%) Chatbot
7 6 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.12%) CPLEX
8 2 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
9 1 (0.061%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.061%) InDesign
9 1 (0.061%) Mingle
9 1 (0.061%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 22 (1.34%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (1.16%) NetSuite
3 12 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
4 11 (0.67%) Oracle EBS
5 8 (0.49%) Oracle ERP
6 7 (0.43%) 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
1 386 (23.47%) Azure
2 308 (18.72%) AWS
3 156 (9.48%) Power Platform
4 110 (6.69%) Azure DevOps
5 102 (6.20%) GitHub
5 102 (6.20%) Microsoft 365
6 99 (6.02%) GCP
7 83 (5.05%) Entra ID
8 62 (3.77%) SaaS
9 59 (3.59%) Serverless
10 57 (3.47%) GitHub Actions
11 55 (3.34%) Dynamics 365
12 48 (2.92%) Amazon S3
13 47 (2.86%) AWS Lambda
14 41 (2.49%) Amazon EC2
15 37 (2.25%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 33 (2.01%) Azure AKS
17 31 (1.88%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 27 (1.64%) Microsoft Copilot
18 27 (1.64%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 40 (2.43%) Firewall
2 31 (1.88%) DNS
3 29 (1.76%) Network Security
4 21 (1.28%) WAN
5 15 (0.91%) TCP/IP
6 13 (0.79%) DHCP
6 13 (0.79%) VPN
7 12 (0.73%) LAN
8 10 (0.61%) SD-WAN
8 10 (0.61%) VoIP
9 8 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (0.36%) BGP
10 6 (0.36%) MPLS
11 5 (0.30%) Ethernet VPN
11 5 (0.30%) HTTP
11 5 (0.30%) HTTPS
11 5 (0.30%) NX-OS
11 5 (0.30%) Unified Communications
11 5 (0.30%) VXLAN
11 5 (0.30%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 122 (7.42%) Power BI
2 45 (2.74%) SQL Server
3 41 (2.49%) Metadata
4 39 (2.37%) Data Warehouse
5 32 (1.95%) Amazon RDS
5 32 (1.95%) Tableau
6 28 (1.70%) PostgreSQL
6 28 (1.70%) Relational Database
7 21 (1.28%) NoSQL
8 18 (1.09%) Data Lake
8 18 (1.09%) Delta Lake
9 14 (0.85%) Power Query
10 13 (0.79%) Parquet
11 12 (0.73%) Big Data
12 11 (0.67%) BigQuery
13 8 (0.49%) Oracle Database
14 7 (0.43%) MySQL
15 6 (0.36%) Oracle Reports
15 6 (0.36%) RDBMS
15 6 (0.36%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 162 (9.85%) JIRA
2 87 (5.29%) Git
3 81 (4.92%) Jenkins
4 45 (2.74%) GitLab
5 25 (1.52%) Selenium
6 18 (1.09%) Cucumber
7 14 (0.85%) Cypress.io
8 10 (0.61%) Bitbucket
9 9 (0.55%) JUnit
9 9 (0.55%) Postman
9 9 (0.55%) Visual Studio
10 8 (0.49%) Maven
10 8 (0.49%) Zephyr
11 7 (0.43%) CircleCI
11 7 (0.43%) Gradle
11 7 (0.43%) JMeter
11 7 (0.43%) REST Assured
11 7 (0.43%) Sonatype Nexus
12 5 (0.30%) WebDriver
13 4 (0.24%) MSTest
General
1 719 (43.71%) Social Skills
2 546 (33.19%) Finance
3 367 (22.31%) Analytical Skills
4 280 (17.02%) Public Sector
5 176 (10.70%) Banking
6 65 (3.95%) Organisational Skills
7 63 (3.83%) Influencing Skills
7 63 (3.83%) Legal
8 54 (3.28%) Law
9 53 (3.22%) Retail
10 48 (2.92%) Documentation Skills
11 44 (2.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 43 (2.61%) Local Government
13 38 (2.31%) Front Office
14 36 (2.19%) Marketing
15 33 (2.01%) Investment Banking
16 30 (1.82%) Presentation Skills
17 29 (1.76%) Telecoms
18 21 (1.28%) Pharmaceutical
19 19 (1.16%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 222 (13.50%) Lead
2 173 (10.52%) Senior
3 158 (9.60%) Analyst
4 150 (9.12%) Developer
5 107 (6.50%) Architect
6 65 (3.95%) Project Manager
7 60 (3.65%) Delivery Manager
8 57 (3.47%) DevOps Engineer
9 56 (3.40%) Consultant
10 51 (3.10%) Business Analyst
11 46 (2.80%) Data Engineer
12 40 (2.43%) Scrum Master
12 40 (2.43%) Software Engineer
13 38 (2.31%) Senior Manager
14 34 (2.07%) Lead Architect
14 34 (2.07%) Product Owner
15 33 (2.01%) Cloud Engineer
16 31 (1.88%) Azure Engineer
16 31 (1.88%) Functional Architect
16 31 (1.88%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (4.86%) REST
2 68 (4.13%) RESTful
3 48 (2.92%) React
4 45 (2.74%) Spring
5 44 (2.67%) .NET
6 43 (2.61%) Kafka
7 39 (2.37%) HTML
7 39 (2.37%) Spring Boot
8 36 (2.19%) AngularJS
9 33 (2.01%) CSS
10 27 (1.64%) Web Services
11 23 (1.40%) Django
11 23 (1.40%) Node.js
12 22 (1.34%) Middleware
13 21 (1.28%) JSON
13 21 (1.28%) SOAP
14 19 (1.16%) Playwright
14 19 (1.16%) XML
15 16 (0.97%) PySpark
16 15 (0.91%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 193 (11.73%) Product Ownership
2 119 (7.23%) Onboarding
3 113 (6.87%) Cloud Native
4 45 (2.74%) Data Protection Act
5 43 (2.61%) Management Information System
5 43 (2.61%) Virtual Team
6 42 (2.55%) Distributed Systems
7 39 (2.37%) Legacy Systems
8 29 (1.76%) Enterprise Software
9 28 (1.70%) AI Agents
10 27 (1.64%) Data Structures
10 27 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
11 26 (1.58%) CMDB
12 25 (1.52%) Data Centre
13 23 (1.40%) Security Posture
14 21 (1.28%) Hybrid Cloud
15 20 (1.22%) NHS
16 19 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
17 18 (1.09%) Greenfield Project
17 18 (1.09%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 106 (6.44%) Windows
2 73 (4.44%) Linux
3 27 (1.64%) Windows Server
4 19 (1.16%) Windows 10
5 16 (0.97%) Unix
6 15 (0.91%) Mac OS
7 13 (0.79%) Apple iOS
8 12 (0.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 10 (0.61%) Android
10 6 (0.36%) Amazon Linux
11 2 (0.12%) AIX
11 2 (0.12%) VMS
12 1 (0.061%) HPUX
12 1 (0.061%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.061%) Solaris
12 1 (0.061%) SUSE
12 1 (0.061%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.061%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 648 (39.39%) Agile
2 481 (29.24%) Stakeholder Management
3 413 (25.11%) Problem-Solving
4 346 (21.03%) DevOps
5 339 (20.61%) CI/CD
6 333 (20.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 300 (18.24%) Decision-Making
8 262 (15.93%) AI
9 212 (12.89%) Roadmaps
10 192 (11.67%) Analytics
11 183 (11.12%) Change Management
12 167 (10.15%) Migration
13 166 (10.09%) Scrum
14 151 (9.18%) Test Automation
15 149 (9.06%) Infrastructure as Code
16 144 (8.75%) Software Engineering
17 140 (8.51%) Business Intelligence
17 140 (8.51%) Mentoring
18 131 (7.96%) Translating Business Requirements
19 130 (7.90%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 272 (16.53%) Python
2 241 (14.65%) SQL
3 134 (8.15%) Java
4 84 (5.11%) JavaScript
5 81 (4.92%) PowerShell
6 61 (3.71%) C#
7 49 (2.98%) Bash
8 42 (2.55%) TypeScript
9 21 (1.28%) PL/SQL
10 18 (1.09%) T-SQL
11 17 (1.03%) Bicep
11 17 (1.03%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 14 (0.85%) Groovy
13 13 (0.79%) Go
14 12 (0.73%) Apex Code
14 12 (0.73%) Kotlin
14 12 (0.73%) Perl
15 10 (0.61%) VBA
16 9 (0.55%) C++
16 9 (0.55%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 358 (21.76%) Security Cleared
2 307 (18.66%) SC Cleared
3 147 (8.94%) Degree
4 51 (3.10%) Computer Science Degree
5 46 (2.80%) DV Cleared
6 45 (2.74%) PMP
7 41 (2.49%) PMI Certification
8 34 (2.07%) CISSP
9 33 (2.01%) Azure Certification
10 31 (1.88%) AWS Certification
11 21 (1.28%) Cisco Certification
12 20 (1.22%) CISM
13 17 (1.03%) BPSS Clearance
14 12 (0.73%) ITIL Certification
15 11 (0.67%) CCNP
16 10 (0.61%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 10 (0.61%) CompTIA Security+
16 10 (0.61%) Master's Degree
17 9 (0.55%) CompTIA CySA+
17 9 (0.55%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 142 (8.63%) QA
2 122 (7.42%) Data Quality
3 78 (4.74%) PMO
4 45 (2.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 44 (2.67%) Accessibility
6 41 (2.49%) GDPR
7 40 (2.43%) NIST
7 40 (2.43%) SLA
8 22 (1.34%) GRC
9 16 (0.97%) Actionable Recommendations
10 15 (0.91%) NCSC
11 10 (0.61%) COBIT
11 10 (0.61%) PCI DSS
11 10 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 9 (0.55%) WCAG
13 8 (0.49%) IFRS
14 6 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
15 5 (0.30%) Government Security Classifications
15 5 (0.30%) HIPAA
15 5 (0.30%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 95 (5.78%) Docker
2 80 (4.86%) Active Directory
3 19 (1.16%) Virtual Machines
4 13 (0.79%) Virtual Desktop
5 11 (0.67%) VMware Infrastructure
6 9 (0.55%) IAG
7 3 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.18%) vSphere
8 2 (0.12%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.12%) Squid
8 2 (0.12%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.12%) zsh
9 1 (0.061%) Ceph
9 1 (0.061%) Sendmail
9 1 (0.061%) UAG
9 1 (0.061%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 140 (8.51%) Kubernetes
2 136 (8.27%) Terraform
3 46 (2.80%) Ansible
4 43 (2.61%) Grafana
4 43 (2.61%) Prometheus
5 40 (2.43%) Microsoft Intune
6 13 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (0.49%) SCCM
8 7 (0.43%) Kibana
9 5 (0.30%) Cisco CUCM
10 4 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
10 4 (0.24%) Puppet
10 4 (0.24%) QRadar
10 4 (0.24%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 3 (0.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.18%) Control-M
11 3 (0.18%) HP ALM
11 3 (0.18%) ITRS Geneos
11 3 (0.18%) WSUS
12 2 (0.12%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 296 (17.99%) Microsoft
2 113 (6.87%) ServiceNow
3 96 (5.84%) Oracle
4 67 (4.07%) Salesforce
5 64 (3.89%) Google
6 63 (3.83%) SAP
7 36 (2.19%) Databricks
8 26 (1.58%) Cisco
9 23 (1.40%) Splunk
10 21 (1.28%) IBM
10 21 (1.28%) VMware
11 18 (1.09%) Dynatrace
12 14 (0.85%) Apple
12 14 (0.85%) Okta
12 14 (0.85%) Zscaler
13 12 (0.73%) OpenAI
14 11 (0.67%) Foundry
14 11 (0.67%) Red Hat
15 10 (0.61%) ForgeRock
16 9 (0.55%) Workday