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

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 51 71
Rank change year-on-year +24 +20 +7
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 1,319 552 559
As % of all contract jobs in London 7.17% 4.56% 3.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.10% 4.94% 3.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 875 367 395
10th Percentile £350 £360 £363
25th Percentile £425 £435 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £600 £695 £700
90th Percentile £725 £850 £838
England median daily rate £500 £508 £525
% change year-on-year -1.48% -3.33% -7.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 9 14
10th Percentile - £24.52 £17.00
25th Percentile £25.25 £27.50 £19.42
Median hourly rate £35.00 £36.48 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.06% +21.60% -50.00%
75th Percentile £75.94 £47.50 £44.75
90th Percentile £94.75 £56.75 £79.38
England median hourly rate £55.00 £48.46 £36.50
% change year-on-year +13.50% +32.77% -28.78%

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 16,287 11,179 15,460
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.56% 92.25% 88.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,870 7,505 11,106
10th Percentile £358 £350 £340
25th Percentile £433 £431 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £675
90th Percentile £758 £800 £800
England median daily rate £514 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.10% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 242 190 316
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.50 £15.72
25th Percentile £25.25 £23.80 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.25 £31.17 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.50% +11.33% -29.34%
75th Percentile £58.88 £49.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £76.74 £63.03 £66.88
England median hourly rate £47.00 £28.18 £36.84
% change year-on-year +66.78% -23.51% -1.29%

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 29 May 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 29 May 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 29 May 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 +6 145 £525 +5.00% 93
South London +12 45 £500 -14.24% 8
West London -8 39 £500 -2.34% 29
East London +7 15 £600 +2.56% 19
North London - 2 £475 - 5
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 71 (5.38%) Confluence
2 55 (4.17%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.06%) Apache Airflow
4 12 (0.91%) Apache Spark
4 12 (0.91%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (0.61%) CMS
6 7 (0.53%) Apache
7 5 (0.38%) Camunda
7 5 (0.38%) IIS
8 3 (0.23%) Appian
8 3 (0.23%) HCL Notes
8 3 (0.23%) WordPress
9 2 (0.15%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.076%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.076%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.076%) ColdFusion
10 1 (0.076%) Mule
10 1 (0.076%) Oracle Application Server
10 1 (0.076%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.076%) SAS
Applications
1 69 (5.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (2.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 28 (2.12%) Microsoft Office
4 25 (1.90%) Microsoft Project
5 21 (1.59%) MS Visio
6 9 (0.68%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.23%) Notion
9 2 (0.15%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.076%) Adobe After Effects
10 1 (0.076%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.076%) Autodesk Smoke
10 1 (0.076%) Mingle
10 1 (0.076%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.076%) Trello
Business Applications
1 20 (1.52%) NetSuite
2 16 (1.21%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (0.91%) SAP S/4HANA
4 8 (0.61%) Loan IQ
4 8 (0.61%) Oracle ERP
5 7 (0.53%) Actimize
5 7 (0.53%) Remedy ITSM
6 6 (0.45%) Oracle Payables
7 5 (0.38%) Aladdin
8 4 (0.30%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 4 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
9 3 (0.23%) Magento
9 3 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
9 3 (0.23%) Oracle Financials
9 3 (0.23%) SAP Oil and Gas
10 2 (0.15%) Endur
10 2 (0.15%) Front Arena
10 2 (0.15%) Global One
10 2 (0.15%) SAP FSCM
10 2 (0.15%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 293 (22.21%) Azure
2 234 (17.74%) AWS
3 138 (10.46%) Power Platform
4 91 (6.90%) Azure DevOps
4 91 (6.90%) GitHub
5 71 (5.38%) GCP
6 58 (4.40%) Microsoft 365
7 57 (4.32%) SaaS
8 55 (4.17%) Dynamics 365
9 49 (3.71%) GitHub Actions
10 46 (3.49%) Serverless
11 42 (3.18%) Entra ID
12 40 (3.03%) Amazon S3
13 39 (2.96%) AWS Lambda
14 28 (2.12%) Amazon EC2
15 26 (1.97%) AWS CloudFormation
16 25 (1.90%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 23 (1.74%) Power Automate
17 23 (1.74%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 22 (1.67%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 35 (2.65%) Firewall
2 28 (2.12%) Network Security
3 17 (1.29%) DNS
4 16 (1.21%) WAN
5 11 (0.83%) LAN
6 9 (0.68%) SD-WAN
6 9 (0.68%) VoIP
7 8 (0.61%) DHCP
8 7 (0.53%) BGP
8 7 (0.53%) OSPF
9 6 (0.45%) Ethernet
9 6 (0.45%) TCP/IP
9 6 (0.45%) VPN
10 5 (0.38%) Modbus
10 5 (0.38%) NGFW
10 5 (0.38%) RS-232
10 5 (0.38%) RS-485
11 4 (0.30%) IOS XR
11 4 (0.30%) NX-OS
11 4 (0.30%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (8.49%) Power BI
2 42 (3.18%) Tableau
3 38 (2.88%) SQL Server
4 32 (2.43%) Metadata
4 32 (2.43%) Relational Database
5 25 (1.90%) Data Warehouse
6 24 (1.82%) PostgreSQL
7 20 (1.52%) Amazon RDS
8 19 (1.44%) Data Lake
9 15 (1.14%) NoSQL
10 14 (1.06%) Power Query
11 12 (0.91%) Delta Lake
12 9 (0.68%) Big Data
12 9 (0.68%) BigQuery
12 9 (0.68%) Oracle Reports
12 9 (0.68%) Parquet
13 8 (0.61%) Amazon Athena
14 7 (0.53%) Snowflake Schema
15 6 (0.45%) RDBMS
16 5 (0.38%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 168 (12.74%) JIRA
2 52 (3.94%) Jenkins
3 49 (3.71%) Git
4 35 (2.65%) GitLab
5 18 (1.36%) Selenium
6 15 (1.14%) Cucumber
7 11 (0.83%) Cypress.io
8 10 (0.76%) Team Foundation Server
9 9 (0.68%) JMeter
10 8 (0.61%) JUnit
11 7 (0.53%) Bitbucket
12 6 (0.45%) Visual Studio
12 6 (0.45%) Vite
13 5 (0.38%) Postman
13 5 (0.38%) REST Assured
13 5 (0.38%) Sonatype Nexus
13 5 (0.38%) TestRail
13 5 (0.38%) Zephyr
14 4 (0.30%) Gatling
14 4 (0.30%) tSQLt
General
1 518 (39.27%) Social Skills
2 469 (35.56%) Finance
3 265 (20.09%) Analytical Skills
4 167 (12.66%) Public Sector
5 109 (8.26%) Banking
6 44 (3.34%) Legal
6 44 (3.34%) Organisational Skills
6 44 (3.34%) Retail
7 43 (3.26%) Law
8 39 (2.96%) Influencing Skills
9 34 (2.58%) Marketing
10 33 (2.50%) Documentation Skills
11 29 (2.20%) Local Government
11 29 (2.20%) Presentation Skills
12 27 (2.05%) Telecoms
13 22 (1.67%) Front Office
13 22 (1.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 16 (1.21%) Financial Institution
15 15 (1.14%) Pharmaceutical
16 14 (1.06%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 183 (13.87%) Lead
2 142 (10.77%) Analyst
3 123 (9.33%) Senior
4 104 (7.88%) Developer
5 85 (6.44%) Architect
6 52 (3.94%) Business Analyst
6 52 (3.94%) Project Manager
7 51 (3.87%) Delivery Manager
8 45 (3.41%) Consultant
8 45 (3.41%) DevOps Engineer
9 42 (3.18%) Data Engineer
10 38 (2.88%) Scrum Master
11 37 (2.81%) Senior Manager
12 32 (2.43%) Lead Architect
13 31 (2.35%) Functional Architect
14 30 (2.27%) Azure Engineer
15 26 (1.97%) Cloud Engineer
15 26 (1.97%) Security Engineer
15 26 (1.97%) Technical Manager
16 23 (1.74%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (3.41%) React
2 44 (3.34%) REST
3 41 (3.11%) RESTful
4 34 (2.58%) HTML
5 31 (2.35%) .NET
5 31 (2.35%) CSS
5 31 (2.35%) Spring
6 26 (1.97%) Spring Boot
7 24 (1.82%) AngularJS
8 21 (1.59%) Kafka
9 19 (1.44%) Node.js
10 16 (1.21%) Middleware
11 15 (1.14%) Next.js
12 14 (1.06%) Web Services
13 13 (0.99%) OAuth
13 13 (0.99%) Playwright
13 13 (0.99%) PySpark
14 10 (0.76%) Elastic Stack
14 10 (0.76%) GraphQL
14 10 (0.76%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 137 (10.39%) Product Ownership
2 86 (6.52%) Cloud Native
3 63 (4.78%) Onboarding
4 34 (2.58%) Data Protection Act
4 34 (2.58%) Management Information System
4 34 (2.58%) Virtual Team
5 27 (2.05%) Legacy Systems
6 26 (1.97%) Data Centre
7 23 (1.74%) Analytical Mindset
8 22 (1.67%) AI Agents
8 22 (1.67%) Security Posture
9 19 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
10 18 (1.36%) Distributed Systems
11 16 (1.21%) Data Structures
12 14 (1.06%) Derivative
12 14 (1.06%) FMCG
13 12 (0.91%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 11 (0.83%) CMDB
14 11 (0.83%) Hybrid Cloud
14 11 (0.83%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 57 (4.32%) Windows
2 42 (3.18%) Linux
3 14 (1.06%) Windows Server
4 11 (0.83%) Apple iOS
5 9 (0.68%) Mac OS
5 9 (0.68%) Unix
5 9 (0.68%) Windows 10
6 5 (0.38%) Android
6 5 (0.38%) FreeRTOS
6 5 (0.38%) VMS
7 4 (0.30%) Amazon Linux
8 2 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.076%) AIX
9 1 (0.076%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 507 (38.44%) Agile
2 312 (23.65%) Stakeholder Management
3 279 (21.15%) Problem-Solving
4 278 (21.08%) DevOps
5 264 (20.02%) CI/CD
6 233 (17.66%) Decision-Making
7 223 (16.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 202 (15.31%) AI
9 172 (13.04%) Analytics
10 154 (11.68%) Roadmaps
11 151 (11.45%) Migration
12 138 (10.46%) Scrum
13 136 (10.31%) Change Management
14 130 (9.86%) Business Intelligence
15 119 (9.02%) Risk Management
16 118 (8.95%) Test Automation
17 114 (8.64%) Project Management
18 113 (8.57%) Infrastructure as Code
19 105 (7.96%) Validation
20 103 (7.81%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 198 (15.01%) Python
1 198 (15.01%) SQL
2 85 (6.44%) Java
3 60 (4.55%) JavaScript
4 53 (4.02%) PowerShell
5 40 (3.03%) C#
6 36 (2.73%) TypeScript
7 24 (1.82%) Bash
8 21 (1.59%) T-SQL
9 20 (1.52%) PL/SQL
10 17 (1.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 10 (0.76%) Apex Code
11 10 (0.76%) Bicep
12 8 (0.61%) C++
12 8 (0.61%) Kotlin
13 7 (0.53%) Go
13 7 (0.53%) Perl
13 7 (0.53%) R
13 7 (0.53%) Ruby
13 7 (0.53%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 253 (19.18%) Security Cleared
2 211 (16.00%) SC Cleared
3 123 (9.33%) Degree
4 35 (2.65%) Computer Science Degree
5 32 (2.43%) CISSP
6 31 (2.35%) DV Cleared
7 28 (2.12%) Azure Certification
8 25 (1.90%) PMI Certification
8 25 (1.90%) PMP
9 23 (1.74%) BPSS Clearance
10 21 (1.59%) CISM
11 20 (1.52%) Cisco Certification
12 17 (1.29%) AWS Certification
13 16 (1.21%) ACCA
14 12 (0.91%) CCNP
14 12 (0.91%) ISTQB
15 10 (0.76%) ITIL Certification
15 10 (0.76%) Master's Degree
16 8 (0.61%) CompTIA CySA+
16 8 (0.61%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 131 (9.93%) QA
2 86 (6.52%) Data Quality
3 62 (4.70%) PMO
4 48 (3.64%) GDPR
5 46 (3.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 46 (3.49%) NIST
6 32 (2.43%) Accessibility
7 31 (2.35%) SLA
8 21 (1.59%) Actionable Recommendations
9 17 (1.29%) GRC
10 15 (1.14%) IFRS
10 15 (1.14%) PCI DSS
11 10 (0.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 9 (0.68%) NCSC
13 7 (0.53%) WCAG
14 6 (0.45%) NIST 800
15 5 (0.38%) GAAP
15 5 (0.38%) Government Security Classifications
15 5 (0.38%) GxP
15 5 (0.38%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 71 (5.38%) Docker
2 37 (2.81%) Active Directory
3 17 (1.29%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.38%) Embedded Firmware
4 5 (0.38%) Firmware
4 5 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.23%) IAG
7 2 (0.15%) Squid
8 1 (0.076%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.076%) Sendmail
8 1 (0.076%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.076%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.076%) vSphere
8 1 (0.076%) zsh
Systems Management
1 115 (8.72%) Terraform
2 100 (7.58%) Kubernetes
3 36 (2.73%) Ansible
4 24 (1.82%) Grafana
5 23 (1.74%) Prometheus
6 19 (1.44%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (0.53%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 6 (0.45%) SCCM
8 6 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.30%) Cisco CUCM
9 4 (0.30%) HP ALM
9 4 (0.30%) Puppet
10 3 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (0.23%) Kibana
10 3 (0.23%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.23%) WSUS
11 2 (0.15%) Control-M
11 2 (0.15%) ITRS Geneos
11 2 (0.15%) Nessus
12 1 (0.076%) Nagios
Vendors
1 221 (16.76%) Microsoft
2 90 (6.82%) ServiceNow
3 77 (5.84%) Oracle
4 66 (5.00%) Salesforce
5 46 (3.49%) Google
6 43 (3.26%) SAP
7 29 (2.20%) Databricks
8 16 (1.21%) Cisco
9 14 (1.06%) VMware
10 11 (0.83%) Okta
11 10 (0.76%) ForgeRock
11 10 (0.76%) OpenAI
12 9 (0.68%) Foundry
12 9 (0.68%) Remedy
13 8 (0.61%) CrowdStrike
13 8 (0.61%) Splunk
13 8 (0.61%) Zscaler
14 7 (0.53%) Dynatrace
14 7 (0.53%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
14 7 (0.53%) Workday