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

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 36 53
Rank change year-on-year +10 +17 +12
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 1,765 797 628
As % of all contract jobs in London 8.73% 5.95% 3.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.82% 6.43% 4.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,153 532 362
10th Percentile £338 £325 £351
25th Percentile £438 £425 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £563
Median % change year-on-year - -6.67% -4.66%
75th Percentile £638 £664 £688
90th Percentile £750 £750 £775
England median daily rate £523 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.50% -4.76% -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 17 11
10th Percentile £17.69 £17.00 £17.08
25th Percentile £21.44 £18.25 £28.34
Median hourly rate £28.00 £25.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% -50.00% +23.58%
75th Percentile £49.00 £46.75 £64.38
90th Percentile £57.25 £67.50 £75.00
England median hourly rate £29.00 £20.66 £35.00
% change year-on-year +40.37% -40.97% -46.15%

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 17,967 12,400 14,406
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.89% 92.57% 89.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,762 8,167 9,402
10th Percentile £359 £331 £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 £664 £663 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 336 240 183
10th Percentile £16.00 £18.22 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.02 £25.03 £24.17
Median hourly rate £33.60 £30.25 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +11.07% -17.12% -8.36%
75th Percentile £59.25 £47.50 £56.00
90th Percentile £80.63 £64.78 £78.68
England median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £42.69
% change year-on-year +59.05% -41.09% -4.07%

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 8 October 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 8 October 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 8 October 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 +3 194 £550 +4.76% 378
West London +4 52 £520 +4.00% 89
South London +21 46 £525 -9.76% 40
East London +2 9 £600 +215.79% 35
North London +2 5 £488 -11.36% 4
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 80 (4.53%) Confluence
1 80 (4.53%) SharePoint
2 33 (1.87%) Microsoft Exchange
3 25 (1.42%) Apache Airflow
4 22 (1.25%) Apache Spark
5 20 (1.13%) CMS
6 15 (0.85%) Apache
7 6 (0.34%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 6 (0.34%) IIS
8 5 (0.28%) Jupyter
9 4 (0.23%) SAS
9 4 (0.23%) Sitecore CMS
9 4 (0.23%) WordPress
10 3 (0.17%) nginx
10 3 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 3 (0.17%) Oracle Workflow
11 2 (0.11%) CICS
11 2 (0.11%) JBoss
11 2 (0.11%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.11%) WebLogic
Applications
1 74 (4.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 39 (2.21%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (1.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (1.08%) Microsoft Project
5 15 (0.85%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.23%) Adobe Illustrator
7 4 (0.23%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.17%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.17%) InDesign
8 3 (0.17%) Productboard
9 2 (0.11%) CPLEX
9 2 (0.11%) Oracle Smart View
9 2 (0.11%) Trello
10 1 (0.057%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 17 (0.96%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (0.79%) NetSuite
2 14 (0.79%) Oracle EBS
3 11 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (0.40%) Magento
4 7 (0.40%) Salesforce CRM
5 6 (0.34%) Oracle ERP
6 5 (0.28%) Actimize
6 5 (0.28%) Loan IQ
6 5 (0.28%) SAP PM
7 4 (0.23%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 4 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
7 4 (0.23%) SAP QM
7 4 (0.23%) Shopify
8 3 (0.17%) Aladdin
8 3 (0.17%) Endur
8 3 (0.17%) Maximo
8 3 (0.17%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 3 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
9 2 (0.11%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 414 (23.46%) Azure
2 341 (19.32%) AWS
3 137 (7.76%) Power Platform
4 126 (7.14%) GitHub
5 119 (6.74%) Microsoft 365
6 115 (6.52%) Azure DevOps
7 98 (5.55%) GCP
8 88 (4.99%) Entra ID
9 76 (4.31%) Serverless
10 66 (3.74%) SaaS
11 65 (3.68%) GitHub Actions
12 63 (3.57%) Amazon S3
13 54 (3.06%) AWS Lambda
14 42 (2.38%) Amazon EC2
15 41 (2.32%) Microsoft Copilot
16 39 (2.21%) Snowflake
17 38 (2.15%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 34 (1.93%) Amazon EKS
19 33 (1.87%) AWS CloudFormation
20 32 (1.81%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 37 (2.10%) Network Security
2 36 (2.04%) Firewall
3 32 (1.81%) DNS
4 22 (1.25%) TCP/IP
5 18 (1.02%) VPN
5 18 (1.02%) WAN
6 13 (0.74%) DHCP
7 12 (0.68%) LAN
8 10 (0.57%) VoIP
9 8 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (0.34%) HTTPS
10 6 (0.34%) SD-WAN
10 6 (0.34%) Unified Communications
10 6 (0.34%) WebEx
11 5 (0.28%) HTTP
12 4 (0.23%) BGP
12 4 (0.23%) Kerberos
12 4 (0.23%) SAN
12 4 (0.23%) SSL
12 4 (0.23%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 96 (5.44%) Power BI
2 74 (4.19%) SQL Server
3 53 (3.00%) Data Warehouse
4 52 (2.95%) PostgreSQL
5 50 (2.83%) Metadata
6 38 (2.15%) Relational Database
7 34 (1.93%) Amazon RDS
8 27 (1.53%) NoSQL
9 25 (1.42%) Delta Lake
10 22 (1.25%) Data Lake
11 21 (1.19%) Tableau
12 17 (0.96%) MongoDB
13 16 (0.91%) Oracle Database
14 15 (0.85%) MySQL
15 14 (0.79%) Power Query
16 11 (0.62%) Big Data
17 10 (0.57%) Parquet
18 9 (0.51%) Redis
19 7 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
19 7 (0.40%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 151 (8.56%) JIRA
2 128 (7.25%) Git
3 96 (5.44%) Jenkins
4 59 (3.34%) GitLab
5 38 (2.15%) Selenium
6 19 (1.08%) Cypress.io
7 17 (0.96%) Postman
8 15 (0.85%) Cucumber
9 14 (0.79%) Bitbucket
9 14 (0.79%) JUnit
10 12 (0.68%) Maven
11 10 (0.57%) Gradle
12 9 (0.51%) CircleCI
12 9 (0.51%) Visual Studio
13 7 (0.40%) Mockito
13 7 (0.40%) SonarQube
14 6 (0.34%) JMeter
14 6 (0.34%) XCTest
14 6 (0.34%) XCUITest
15 5 (0.28%) WebDriver
General
1 791 (44.82%) Social Skills
2 522 (29.58%) Finance
3 417 (23.63%) Analytical Skills
4 306 (17.34%) Public Sector
5 211 (11.95%) Banking
6 75 (4.25%) Influencing Skills
7 70 (3.97%) Organisational Skills
8 63 (3.57%) Legal
9 54 (3.06%) Front Office
10 49 (2.78%) Retail
11 48 (2.72%) Documentation Skills
12 46 (2.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 41 (2.32%) Investment Banking
14 39 (2.21%) Local Government
15 34 (1.93%) Marketing
16 31 (1.76%) Presentation Skills
17 27 (1.53%) Telecoms
18 24 (1.36%) Financial Institution
18 24 (1.36%) Law
19 23 (1.30%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 213 (12.07%) Senior
2 208 (11.78%) Lead
3 185 (10.48%) Developer
4 179 (10.14%) Analyst
5 79 (4.48%) Architect
6 74 (4.19%) DevOps Engineer
7 69 (3.91%) Project Manager
8 58 (3.29%) Data Engineer
9 57 (3.23%) Business Analyst
10 54 (3.06%) Consultant
11 51 (2.89%) Delivery Manager
12 49 (2.78%) Software Engineer
13 46 (2.61%) Product Manager
14 39 (2.21%) Product Owner
15 37 (2.10%) Scrum Master
15 37 (2.10%) Senior Manager
16 36 (2.04%) Applications Support
17 33 (1.87%) Java Developer
17 33 (1.87%) Support Engineer
18 32 (1.81%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 156 (8.84%) Terraform
2 119 (6.74%) REST
3 80 (4.53%) RESTful
4 69 (3.91%) .NET
5 65 (3.68%) Kafka
6 55 (3.12%) Spring
7 53 (3.00%) React
7 53 (3.00%) Spring Boot
8 48 (2.72%) AngularJS
9 46 (2.61%) HTML
10 44 (2.49%) Web Services
11 39 (2.21%) CSS
12 35 (1.98%) SOAP
13 33 (1.87%) Django
14 31 (1.76%) PySpark
15 29 (1.64%) JSON
16 25 (1.42%) Node.js
16 25 (1.42%) XML
17 24 (1.36%) Playwright
18 23 (1.30%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 215 (12.18%) Product Ownership
2 137 (7.76%) Cloud Native
2 137 (7.76%) Onboarding
3 57 (3.23%) Enterprise Software
3 57 (3.23%) Management Information System
4 49 (2.78%) Distributed Systems
5 44 (2.49%) Data Protection Act
6 40 (2.27%) Virtual Team
7 39 (2.21%) AI Agents
7 39 (2.21%) Legacy Systems
8 36 (2.04%) Security Posture
9 35 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
10 29 (1.64%) Data Structures
11 28 (1.59%) Data Centre
12 24 (1.36%) Hybrid Cloud
12 24 (1.36%) NHS
13 22 (1.25%) Analytical Mindset
13 22 (1.25%) CMDB
14 20 (1.13%) Low-Code
15 18 (1.02%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 127 (7.20%) Windows
2 103 (5.84%) Linux
3 40 (2.27%) Windows Server
4 28 (1.59%) Unix
5 22 (1.25%) Windows 10
6 21 (1.19%) Apple iOS
7 17 (0.96%) Android
7 17 (0.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 15 (0.85%) Mac OS
9 6 (0.34%) Amazon Linux
10 3 (0.17%) VMS
10 3 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.11%) AIX
11 2 (0.11%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.11%) zOS
12 1 (0.057%) Embedded Linux
12 1 (0.057%) HPUX
12 1 (0.057%) Solaris
12 1 (0.057%) SUSE
12 1 (0.057%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 693 (39.26%) Agile
2 604 (34.22%) Stakeholder Management
3 462 (26.18%) Problem-Solving
4 397 (22.49%) CI/CD
5 368 (20.85%) DevOps
6 329 (18.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 317 (17.96%) AI
8 312 (17.68%) Decision-Making
9 260 (14.73%) Roadmaps
10 225 (12.75%) Analytics
11 203 (11.50%) Scrum
12 187 (10.59%) Test Automation
13 180 (10.20%) Infrastructure as Code
14 177 (10.03%) Change Management
15 174 (9.86%) Software Engineering
16 164 (9.29%) Risk Management
17 158 (8.95%) Validation
18 154 (8.73%) Migration
18 154 (8.73%) Technical Leadership
19 147 (8.33%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 322 (18.24%) Python
2 296 (16.77%) SQL
3 147 (8.33%) Java
4 106 (6.01%) JavaScript
5 94 (5.33%) PowerShell
6 93 (5.27%) C#
7 69 (3.91%) Bash
8 64 (3.63%) TypeScript
9 28 (1.59%) T-SQL
10 20 (1.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 19 (1.08%) Bicep
12 17 (0.96%) Groovy
13 16 (0.91%) Go
14 15 (0.85%) PL/SQL
15 14 (0.79%) Korn
15 14 (0.79%) Shell Script
16 13 (0.74%) Perl
17 10 (0.57%) R
18 9 (0.51%) C++
18 9 (0.51%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 418 (23.68%) Security Cleared
2 361 (20.45%) SC Cleared
3 156 (8.84%) Degree
4 59 (3.34%) PMP
5 55 (3.12%) Computer Science Degree
6 52 (2.95%) DV Cleared
7 50 (2.83%) PMI Certification
8 38 (2.15%) AWS Certification
9 37 (2.10%) CISSP
10 32 (1.81%) Azure Certification
11 30 (1.70%) BPSS Clearance
12 21 (1.19%) CISM
13 20 (1.13%) Cisco Certification
14 15 (0.85%) ITIL Certification
15 12 (0.68%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 12 (0.68%) ISTQB
15 12 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
16 11 (0.62%) CompTIA Security+
17 10 (0.57%) CRISC
17 10 (0.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 164 (9.29%) QA
2 155 (8.78%) Data Quality
3 65 (3.68%) PMO
4 52 (2.95%) Accessibility
5 50 (2.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 43 (2.44%) NIST
7 38 (2.15%) SLA
8 35 (1.98%) GDPR
9 34 (1.93%) GRC
10 20 (1.13%) NCSC
11 19 (1.08%) Actionable Recommendations
12 13 (0.74%) COBIT
12 13 (0.74%) WCAG
13 12 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
14 9 (0.51%) PCI DSS
15 8 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 7 (0.40%) NIST 800
17 6 (0.34%) ISO 20022
18 5 (0.28%) HIPAA
18 5 (0.28%) P3O
System Software
1 136 (7.71%) Docker
2 83 (4.70%) Active Directory
3 19 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
4 15 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
5 13 (0.74%) VMware Infrastructure
6 7 (0.40%) IAG
7 3 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.17%) vSphere
8 2 (0.11%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.11%) RACF
8 2 (0.11%) Squid
8 2 (0.11%) Time Sharing Option
8 2 (0.11%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.11%) zsh
9 1 (0.057%) Ceph
9 1 (0.057%) UAG
9 1 (0.057%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 158 (8.95%) Kubernetes
2 60 (3.40%) Ansible
3 58 (3.29%) Grafana
4 53 (3.00%) Prometheus
5 37 (2.10%) Microsoft Intune
6 14 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
7 13 (0.74%) Kibana
8 12 (0.68%) SCCM
9 9 (0.51%) Puppet
10 5 (0.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 5 (0.28%) Cisco CUCM
11 4 (0.23%) Jamf Pro
11 4 (0.23%) QRadar
12 3 (0.17%) Argo
12 3 (0.17%) HP Fortify
12 3 (0.17%) Karpenter
12 3 (0.17%) Nagios
12 3 (0.17%) Packer
12 3 (0.17%) Progress Chef
13 2 (0.11%) WSUS
Vendors
1 341 (19.32%) Microsoft
2 118 (6.69%) Oracle
3 107 (6.06%) ServiceNow
4 59 (3.34%) SAP
5 57 (3.23%) Salesforce
6 54 (3.06%) Databricks
7 53 (3.00%) Google
8 47 (2.66%) Splunk
9 38 (2.15%) IBM
10 27 (1.53%) Cisco
11 24 (1.36%) Dynatrace
12 22 (1.25%) VMware
13 17 (0.96%) UiPath
14 16 (0.91%) Adobe
14 16 (0.91%) Zscaler
15 14 (0.79%) Apple
16 13 (0.74%) Red Hat
17 11 (0.62%) Workday
18 10 (0.57%) Ariba
18 10 (0.57%) Qualys