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

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 60 68
Rank change year-on-year +33 +8 +9
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 1,205 479 587
As % of all contract jobs in London 7.26% 3.78% 3.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.09% 4.14% 3.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 816 286 399
10th Percentile £350 £358 £384
25th Percentile £425 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £749 £695
90th Percentile £750 £881 £850
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 5 13
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £17.50 £22.00 £17.00
Median hourly rate £20.00 £30.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% - -52.00%
75th Percentile £35.00 £33.40 £65.00
90th Percentile £76.70 £46.36 £84.00
England median hourly rate £45.46 £56.38 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.36% +50.33% -36.44%

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 14,898 11,581 15,984
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.70% 91.39% 88.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,994 7,826 11,435
10th Percentile £353 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £444 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -7.17%
75th Percentile £650 £680 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 229 164 337
10th Percentile £18.07 £19.06 £15.98
25th Percentile £22.00 £24.54 £19.57
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.25 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year +0.71% +15.57% -21.79%
75th Percentile £57.00 £51.20 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £67.50 £70.50
England median hourly rate £35.00 £33.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year +6.06% - -12.00%

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 24 March 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 24 March 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 24 March 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 +24 144 £541 +8.25% 163
South London +4 35 £500 -14.24% 9
West London -14 15 £475 - 29
East London +7 12 £598 - 19
North London - 2 £550 - 2
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 84 (6.97%) Confluence
2 48 (3.98%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.08%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.50%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.41%) Apache
7 4 (0.33%) Camunda
7 4 (0.33%) CMS
7 4 (0.33%) HCL Notes
8 3 (0.25%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.25%) Ethereum
8 3 (0.25%) Hyperledger
9 2 (0.17%) Appian
9 2 (0.17%) IIS
9 2 (0.17%) MQSeries
9 2 (0.17%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.083%) Anypoint
10 1 (0.083%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.083%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.083%) SAS
Applications
1 75 (6.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 39 (3.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 25 (2.07%) Microsoft Office
3 25 (2.07%) Microsoft Project
4 18 (1.49%) MS Visio
5 11 (0.91%) Chatbot
6 5 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.33%) Notion
8 3 (0.25%) Trello
9 2 (0.17%) Autodesk Smoke
10 1 (0.083%) Adobe After Effects
10 1 (0.083%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.083%) Mingle
10 1 (0.083%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 21 (1.74%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (1.08%) NetSuite
3 11 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
4 10 (0.83%) Loan IQ
5 6 (0.50%) Remedy ITSM
6 5 (0.41%) Aladdin
7 4 (0.33%) Actimize
8 3 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
8 3 (0.25%) Oracle Financials
8 3 (0.25%) Oracle Payables
8 3 (0.25%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 3 (0.25%) Workday HCM
9 2 (0.17%) iTrent
9 2 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
9 2 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
9 2 (0.17%) SAP EWM
9 2 (0.17%) SAP IBP
9 2 (0.17%) SAP MDG
9 2 (0.17%) SAP PM
9 2 (0.17%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 276 (22.90%) Azure
2 197 (16.35%) AWS
3 116 (9.63%) Power Platform
4 111 (9.21%) Azure DevOps
5 86 (7.14%) GitHub
6 58 (4.81%) GCP
7 48 (3.98%) GitHub Actions
8 47 (3.90%) Serverless
9 45 (3.73%) Microsoft 365
10 42 (3.49%) SaaS
11 38 (3.15%) Amazon S3
11 38 (3.15%) Dynamics 365
12 36 (2.99%) AWS Lambda
13 35 (2.90%) Entra ID
14 29 (2.41%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 23 (1.91%) Amazon EC2
16 21 (1.74%) Amazon EKS
17 20 (1.66%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 19 (1.58%) AWS CloudFormation
18 19 (1.58%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 31 (2.57%) Firewall
2 26 (2.16%) Network Security
3 18 (1.49%) DNS
4 13 (1.08%) DHCP
5 12 (1.00%) WAN
6 11 (0.91%) TCP/IP
7 9 (0.75%) SD-WAN
8 8 (0.66%) VPN
9 7 (0.58%) BGP
9 7 (0.58%) LAN
9 7 (0.58%) OSPF
10 6 (0.50%) Broadband
10 6 (0.50%) Ethernet
10 6 (0.50%) Modbus
10 6 (0.50%) RS-232
10 6 (0.50%) RS-485
11 5 (0.41%) 5G
11 5 (0.41%) Cisco IOS
11 5 (0.41%) MPLS
12 4 (0.33%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 94 (7.80%) Power BI
2 33 (2.74%) SQL Server
3 29 (2.41%) Tableau
4 23 (1.91%) Metadata
4 23 (1.91%) Relational Database
5 21 (1.74%) PostgreSQL
6 18 (1.49%) Amazon RDS
7 17 (1.41%) Data Warehouse
8 13 (1.08%) Data Lake
9 8 (0.66%) BigQuery
9 8 (0.66%) NoSQL
10 7 (0.58%) MySQL
11 6 (0.50%) Amazon Athena
11 6 (0.50%) Amazon Redshift
11 6 (0.50%) Big Data
11 6 (0.50%) Delta Lake
11 6 (0.50%) Redis
11 6 (0.50%) Snowflake Schema
12 5 (0.41%) MongoDB
12 5 (0.41%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 169 (14.02%) JIRA
2 53 (4.40%) Jenkins
3 40 (3.32%) GitLab
4 39 (3.24%) Git
5 20 (1.66%) Selenium
6 16 (1.33%) Cucumber
7 12 (1.00%) JMeter
8 11 (0.91%) JUnit
8 11 (0.91%) Team Foundation Server
9 10 (0.83%) Cypress.io
10 8 (0.66%) REST Assured
11 7 (0.58%) Postman
12 5 (0.41%) Bitbucket
12 5 (0.41%) Gatling
12 5 (0.41%) Maven
12 5 (0.41%) MSTest
12 5 (0.41%) TestRail
13 4 (0.33%) Gradle
13 4 (0.33%) Sonatype Nexus
13 4 (0.33%) Zephyr
General
1 516 (42.82%) Social Skills
2 423 (35.10%) Finance
3 245 (20.33%) Analytical Skills
4 144 (11.95%) Public Sector
5 90 (7.47%) Banking
6 51 (4.23%) Legal
7 44 (3.65%) Influencing Skills
8 41 (3.40%) Marketing
9 39 (3.24%) Retail
10 33 (2.74%) Organisational Skills
10 33 (2.74%) Presentation Skills
11 28 (2.32%) Documentation Skills
12 27 (2.24%) Front Office
12 27 (2.24%) Telecoms
13 26 (2.16%) Law
14 20 (1.66%) Manufacturing
15 18 (1.49%) Financial Institution
16 17 (1.41%) Local Government
17 15 (1.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 15 (1.24%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 171 (14.19%) Lead
2 163 (13.53%) Analyst
3 116 (9.63%) Senior
4 90 (7.47%) Developer
5 81 (6.72%) Architect
6 68 (5.64%) Business Analyst
7 51 (4.23%) Consultant
8 48 (3.98%) Delivery Manager
9 44 (3.65%) Project Manager
10 34 (2.82%) Data Engineer
11 32 (2.66%) DevOps Engineer
12 31 (2.57%) Lead Architect
12 31 (2.57%) Senior Manager
13 25 (2.07%) Scrum Master
14 24 (1.99%) Azure Engineer
14 24 (1.99%) Cloud Engineer
14 24 (1.99%) Senior Analyst
14 24 (1.99%) Technical Manager
15 22 (1.83%) Functional Architect
15 22 (1.83%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (3.49%) .NET
2 36 (2.99%) REST
3 32 (2.66%) React
4 28 (2.32%) Node.js
5 27 (2.24%) HTML
5 27 (2.24%) RESTful
6 25 (2.07%) CSS
7 18 (1.49%) Spring
8 17 (1.41%) AngularJS
9 15 (1.24%) Middleware
10 14 (1.16%) Web Services
11 13 (1.08%) Elastic Stack
11 13 (1.08%) Kafka
11 13 (1.08%) Playwright
11 13 (1.08%) Spring Boot
12 12 (1.00%) PySpark
13 11 (0.91%) Next.js
14 10 (0.83%) OAuth
14 10 (0.83%) XML
15 9 (0.75%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 111 (9.21%) Product Ownership
2 75 (6.22%) Cloud Native
3 48 (3.98%) Onboarding
4 33 (2.74%) Analytical Mindset
5 30 (2.49%) Virtual Team
6 26 (2.16%) Management Information System
7 20 (1.66%) Data Centre
7 20 (1.66%) Data Protection Act
7 20 (1.66%) Hybrid Cloud
7 20 (1.66%) Legacy Systems
8 18 (1.49%) Security Posture
9 17 (1.41%) Mobile App
10 16 (1.33%) Distributed Systems
10 16 (1.33%) Public Cloud
10 16 (1.33%) Self-Motivation
11 15 (1.24%) Enterprise Software
11 15 (1.24%) PMI
12 14 (1.16%) AI Agents
12 14 (1.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 11 (0.91%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 55 (4.56%) Windows
2 49 (4.07%) Linux
3 13 (1.08%) Windows Server
4 12 (1.00%) Mac OS
5 11 (0.91%) Apple iOS
6 9 (0.75%) Unix
7 8 (0.66%) Windows 10
8 7 (0.58%) Android
8 7 (0.58%) VMS
9 6 (0.50%) FreeRTOS
10 4 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.17%) AIX
12 1 (0.083%) Amazon Linux
12 1 (0.083%) Solaris
12 1 (0.083%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.083%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.083%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 463 (38.42%) Agile
2 291 (24.15%) Stakeholder Management
3 275 (22.82%) Problem-Solving
4 261 (21.66%) DevOps
5 250 (20.75%) CI/CD
6 211 (17.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 180 (14.94%) Decision-Making
8 152 (12.61%) Analytics
9 146 (12.12%) AI
10 136 (11.29%) Migration
10 136 (11.29%) Roadmaps
11 112 (9.29%) Business Intelligence
11 112 (9.29%) Infrastructure as Code
12 110 (9.13%) Test Automation
13 107 (8.88%) Change Management
14 104 (8.63%) Risk Management
14 104 (8.63%) Scrum
15 101 (8.38%) Project Delivery
16 96 (7.97%) Project Management
17 94 (7.80%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 186 (15.44%) Python
2 182 (15.10%) SQL
3 74 (6.14%) Java
4 57 (4.73%) PowerShell
5 54 (4.48%) JavaScript
6 37 (3.07%) C#
7 35 (2.90%) TypeScript
8 31 (2.57%) Bash
9 16 (1.33%) T-SQL
10 14 (1.16%) C++
10 14 (1.16%) Kusto Query Language
11 12 (1.00%) Bicep
11 12 (1.00%) PL/SQL
12 8 (0.66%) Swift
13 7 (0.58%) Go
13 7 (0.58%) Kotlin
14 6 (0.50%) Embedded C++
14 6 (0.50%) Shell Script
15 5 (0.41%) ABAP
15 5 (0.41%) Korn
Qualifications
1 206 (17.10%) Security Cleared
2 175 (14.52%) SC Cleared
3 112 (9.29%) Degree
4 34 (2.82%) Computer Science Degree
5 30 (2.49%) Azure Certification
5 30 (2.49%) PMI Certification
6 23 (1.91%) ACCA
7 22 (1.83%) CISSP
8 19 (1.58%) BPSS Clearance
8 19 (1.58%) CISM
9 17 (1.41%) PMP
10 15 (1.24%) Cisco Certification
10 15 (1.24%) DV Cleared
10 15 (1.24%) ISTQB
11 12 (1.00%) Master's Degree
11 12 (1.00%) Microsoft Certification
12 11 (0.91%) AWS Certification
12 11 (0.91%) IIBA
13 9 (0.75%) CIMA
14 8 (0.66%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 130 (10.79%) QA
2 73 (6.06%) Data Quality
3 58 (4.81%) GDPR
4 53 (4.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 44 (3.65%) NIST
6 38 (3.15%) PMO
7 37 (3.07%) Accessibility
8 27 (2.24%) SLA
9 21 (1.74%) Actionable Recommendations
10 19 (1.58%) GRC
10 19 (1.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 14 (1.16%) IFRS
12 11 (0.91%) COBIT
12 11 (0.91%) NCSC
12 11 (0.91%) PCI DSS
13 7 (0.58%) ITGC
13 7 (0.58%) MiFID
13 7 (0.58%) WCAG
14 6 (0.50%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 6 (0.50%) PERC
System Software
1 71 (5.89%) Docker
2 29 (2.41%) Active Directory
3 15 (1.24%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (0.50%) Embedded Firmware
4 6 (0.50%) Firmware
5 4 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.25%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.083%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.083%) ProxySG
7 1 (0.083%) Sendmail
7 1 (0.083%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.083%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.083%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 102 (8.46%) Terraform
2 85 (7.05%) Kubernetes
3 43 (3.57%) Ansible
4 23 (1.91%) Grafana
5 22 (1.83%) Prometheus
6 19 (1.58%) Microsoft Intune
7 16 (1.33%) SCCM
8 8 (0.66%) ITRS Geneos
8 8 (0.66%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 6 (0.50%) WSUS
10 5 (0.41%) HP ALM
11 4 (0.33%) Kibana
11 4 (0.33%) Puppet
11 4 (0.33%) SCOM
12 3 (0.25%) Control-M
12 3 (0.25%) logstash
12 3 (0.25%) Progress Chef
12 3 (0.25%) vRealize
13 2 (0.17%) Jamf Pro
13 2 (0.17%) Packer
Vendors
1 214 (17.76%) Microsoft
2 79 (6.56%) ServiceNow
3 63 (5.23%) SAP
4 60 (4.98%) Oracle
5 57 (4.73%) Salesforce
6 46 (3.82%) Google
7 29 (2.41%) Databricks
8 17 (1.41%) VMware
9 15 (1.24%) Splunk
10 12 (1.00%) OpenAI
11 9 (0.75%) Adobe
11 9 (0.75%) Foundry
12 8 (0.66%) Cisco
12 8 (0.66%) Remedy
13 7 (0.58%) Dynatrace
13 7 (0.58%) Murex
13 7 (0.58%) Planview
13 7 (0.58%) Red Hat
14 6 (0.50%) Okta
14 6 (0.50%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud