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

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 52 74
Rank change year-on-year +25 +22 +5
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 1,387 565 547
As % of all contract jobs in London 7.33% 4.57% 3.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.26% 4.95% 3.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 923 383 380
10th Percentile £350 £356 £361
25th Percentile £425 £425 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £537 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.56% -2.36% -4.35%
75th Percentile £613 £695 £677
90th Percentile £726 £850 £800
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 8 15
10th Percentile £25.25 £26.80 £17.00
25th Percentile £25.88 £28.03 £21.84
Median hourly rate £41.00 £38.99 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.16% +29.97% -50.00%
75th Percentile £68.75 £49.38 £53.13
90th Percentile £93.50 £57.63 £83.75
England median hourly rate £55.00 £46.06 £36.50
% change year-on-year +19.41% +26.19% -12.74%

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 16,795 11,414 15,551
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.80% 92.28% 88.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,181 7,654 11,105
10th Percentile £360 £343 £343
25th Percentile £435 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.09% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £518 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -0.48% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 260 205 313
10th Percentile £18.07 £16.50 £15.50
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.66 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.25 £34.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.56% +13.33% -24.84%
75th Percentile £59.00 £50.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £67.80
England median hourly rate £47.00 £27.45 £37.75
% change year-on-year +71.22% -27.28% +7.09%

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 17 June 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 17 June 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 17 June 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 +4 157 £525 +3.97% 86
South London +20 46 £498 -14.22% 8
West London -3 41 £500 -1.19% 28
East London +12 16 £600 +2.56% 29
North London 0 1 £450 -18.18% 7
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 74 (5.34%) Confluence
2 53 (3.82%) SharePoint
3 16 (1.15%) Microsoft Exchange
4 13 (0.94%) Apache Airflow
4 13 (0.94%) Apache Spark
5 9 (0.65%) CMS
6 7 (0.50%) Apache
7 6 (0.43%) IIS
8 5 (0.36%) Camunda
9 3 (0.22%) WordPress
10 2 (0.14%) Appian
10 2 (0.14%) SAS
10 2 (0.14%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.072%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.072%) Apache Pulsar
11 1 (0.072%) govService
11 1 (0.072%) HCL Notes
11 1 (0.072%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.072%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.072%) WebLogic
Applications
1 68 (4.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (2.16%) Microsoft Office
3 26 (1.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 23 (1.66%) Microsoft Project
5 19 (1.37%) MS Visio
6 9 (0.65%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.14%) CPLEX
8 2 (0.14%) Oracle Smart View
9 1 (0.072%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.072%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.072%) Mingle
9 1 (0.072%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.072%) Trello
Business Applications
1 21 (1.51%) NetSuite
2 13 (0.94%) SAP S/4HANA
3 12 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
4 9 (0.65%) Oracle ERP
5 8 (0.58%) Actimize
5 8 (0.58%) Loan IQ
6 6 (0.43%) Oracle EBS
6 6 (0.43%) Oracle Payables
6 6 (0.43%) Remedy ITSM
6 6 (0.43%) Salesforce CRM
7 5 (0.36%) Aladdin
7 5 (0.36%) Magento
7 5 (0.36%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 3 (0.22%) Endur
8 3 (0.22%) Oracle Financials
8 3 (0.22%) Orchestrade
8 3 (0.22%) SAP HCM
8 3 (0.22%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 3 (0.22%) SAP PM
8 3 (0.22%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 313 (22.57%) Azure
2 254 (18.31%) AWS
3 138 (9.95%) Power Platform
4 99 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
5 96 (6.92%) GitHub
6 80 (5.77%) GCP
7 64 (4.61%) Microsoft 365
8 60 (4.33%) SaaS
9 56 (4.04%) GitHub Actions
10 51 (3.68%) Dynamics 365
10 51 (3.68%) Entra ID
10 51 (3.68%) Serverless
11 43 (3.10%) Amazon S3
11 43 (3.10%) AWS Lambda
12 33 (2.38%) Amazon EC2
13 30 (2.16%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 28 (2.02%) AWS CloudFormation
15 27 (1.95%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 24 (1.73%) Azure AKS
17 23 (1.66%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 36 (2.60%) Firewall
2 33 (2.38%) Network Security
3 16 (1.15%) DNS
4 15 (1.08%) WAN
5 10 (0.72%) LAN
5 10 (0.72%) VoIP
6 8 (0.58%) SD-WAN
7 6 (0.43%) BGP
7 6 (0.43%) DHCP
7 6 (0.43%) Ethernet
7 6 (0.43%) OSPF
7 6 (0.43%) VPN
8 5 (0.36%) HTTPS
8 5 (0.36%) Modbus
8 5 (0.36%) NGFW
8 5 (0.36%) RS-232
8 5 (0.36%) RS-485
8 5 (0.36%) TCP/IP
9 4 (0.29%) IOS XR
9 4 (0.29%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 113 (8.15%) Power BI
2 41 (2.96%) Tableau
3 35 (2.52%) SQL Server
4 32 (2.31%) Metadata
5 31 (2.24%) Relational Database
6 28 (2.02%) Data Warehouse
7 25 (1.80%) Amazon RDS
8 24 (1.73%) PostgreSQL
9 21 (1.51%) Data Lake
10 19 (1.37%) NoSQL
11 14 (1.01%) Power Query
12 13 (0.94%) Delta Lake
13 12 (0.87%) Big Data
14 9 (0.65%) BigQuery
14 9 (0.65%) Parquet
15 8 (0.58%) Snowflake Schema
16 7 (0.50%) Oracle Reports
17 6 (0.43%) Amazon Athena
17 6 (0.43%) Oracle Database
17 6 (0.43%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 170 (12.26%) JIRA
2 60 (4.33%) Jenkins
3 56 (4.04%) Git
4 40 (2.88%) GitLab
5 21 (1.51%) Selenium
6 16 (1.15%) Cucumber
7 12 (0.87%) Cypress.io
8 10 (0.72%) JMeter
9 9 (0.65%) JUnit
10 8 (0.58%) Bitbucket
10 8 (0.58%) REST Assured
10 8 (0.58%) Team Foundation Server
11 7 (0.50%) Postman
12 6 (0.43%) CircleCI
12 6 (0.43%) Visual Studio
12 6 (0.43%) Vite
12 6 (0.43%) XCTest
13 5 (0.36%) Maven
13 5 (0.36%) Mocha
13 5 (0.36%) Mockito
General
1 551 (39.73%) Social Skills
2 486 (35.04%) Finance
3 285 (20.55%) Analytical Skills
4 188 (13.55%) Public Sector
5 121 (8.72%) Banking
6 51 (3.68%) Legal
6 51 (3.68%) Organisational Skills
7 48 (3.46%) Law
8 45 (3.24%) Retail
9 43 (3.10%) Influencing Skills
10 37 (2.67%) Documentation Skills
11 34 (2.45%) Marketing
12 33 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 32 (2.31%) Local Government
13 32 (2.31%) Presentation Skills
14 26 (1.87%) Telecoms
15 25 (1.80%) Front Office
16 18 (1.30%) Investment Banking
17 17 (1.23%) Pharmaceutical
18 16 (1.15%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 188 (13.55%) Lead
2 143 (10.31%) Analyst
3 132 (9.52%) Senior
4 117 (8.44%) Developer
5 88 (6.34%) Architect
6 59 (4.25%) Project Manager
7 52 (3.75%) DevOps Engineer
8 50 (3.60%) Consultant
9 49 (3.53%) Delivery Manager
10 46 (3.32%) Business Analyst
11 44 (3.17%) Data Engineer
12 38 (2.74%) Scrum Master
13 33 (2.38%) Lead Architect
13 33 (2.38%) Senior Manager
14 31 (2.24%) Azure Engineer
14 31 (2.24%) Functional Architect
15 30 (2.16%) Cloud Engineer
16 26 (1.87%) Solutions Architect
17 25 (1.80%) IT Manager
17 25 (1.80%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (3.68%) REST
2 48 (3.46%) React
3 46 (3.32%) RESTful
4 37 (2.67%) HTML
5 35 (2.52%) Spring
6 33 (2.38%) CSS
7 31 (2.24%) Spring Boot
8 30 (2.16%) .NET
9 26 (1.87%) AngularJS
9 26 (1.87%) Kafka
10 17 (1.23%) Middleware
10 17 (1.23%) Node.js
11 16 (1.15%) Web Services
12 14 (1.01%) Next.js
12 14 (1.01%) PySpark
13 13 (0.94%) JSON
13 13 (0.94%) OAuth
14 11 (0.79%) Playwright
15 10 (0.72%) Elastic Stack
15 10 (0.72%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 148 (10.67%) Product Ownership
2 96 (6.92%) Cloud Native
3 68 (4.90%) Onboarding
4 41 (2.96%) Virtual Team
5 39 (2.81%) Data Protection Act
6 33 (2.38%) Management Information System
7 30 (2.16%) Legacy Systems
8 27 (1.95%) Distributed Systems
9 26 (1.87%) Data Centre
10 25 (1.80%) Security Posture
11 23 (1.66%) Analytical Mindset
12 21 (1.51%) AI Agents
13 19 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
14 18 (1.30%) Data Structures
15 16 (1.15%) CMDB
15 16 (1.15%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 15 (1.08%) Derivative
16 15 (1.08%) FMCG
17 12 (0.87%) NHS
17 12 (0.87%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 68 (4.90%) Windows
2 46 (3.32%) Linux
3 15 (1.08%) Windows Server
4 14 (1.01%) Apple iOS
5 12 (0.87%) Mac OS
6 10 (0.72%) Unix
6 10 (0.72%) Windows 10
7 5 (0.36%) Android
7 5 (0.36%) FreeRTOS
8 4 (0.29%) Amazon Linux
8 4 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (0.29%) VMS
9 2 (0.14%) AIX
9 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.072%) HPUX
10 1 (0.072%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.072%) Solaris
10 1 (0.072%) SUSE
10 1 (0.072%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 517 (37.27%) Agile
2 334 (24.08%) Stakeholder Management
3 306 (22.06%) Problem-Solving
4 299 (21.56%) DevOps
5 287 (20.69%) CI/CD
6 250 (18.02%) Decision-Making
7 239 (17.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 206 (14.85%) AI
9 174 (12.55%) Analytics
10 164 (11.82%) Roadmaps
11 151 (10.89%) Migration
12 145 (10.45%) Change Management
12 145 (10.45%) Scrum
13 129 (9.30%) Business Intelligence
14 126 (9.08%) Test Automation
15 124 (8.94%) Risk Management
16 123 (8.87%) Infrastructure as Code
17 113 (8.15%) Mentoring
18 110 (7.93%) Project Management
19 108 (7.79%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 213 (15.36%) Python
2 208 (15.00%) SQL
3 103 (7.43%) Java
4 65 (4.69%) JavaScript
5 54 (3.89%) PowerShell
6 43 (3.10%) C#
7 38 (2.74%) TypeScript
8 29 (2.09%) Bash
9 22 (1.59%) PL/SQL
10 21 (1.51%) T-SQL
11 18 (1.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 11 (0.79%) Apex Code
12 11 (0.79%) Bicep
12 11 (0.79%) C++
13 10 (0.72%) Go
13 10 (0.72%) Kotlin
13 10 (0.72%) R
14 9 (0.65%) Swift
15 8 (0.58%) Perl
15 8 (0.58%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 278 (20.04%) Security Cleared
2 235 (16.94%) SC Cleared
3 132 (9.52%) Degree
4 42 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
5 35 (2.52%) CISSP
6 34 (2.45%) DV Cleared
7 31 (2.24%) PMP
8 30 (2.16%) PMI Certification
9 29 (2.09%) Azure Certification
10 23 (1.66%) CISM
11 22 (1.59%) AWS Certification
12 19 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
12 19 (1.37%) Cisco Certification
13 16 (1.15%) ACCA
14 13 (0.94%) ISTQB
15 12 (0.87%) Master's Degree
16 11 (0.79%) CCNP
17 10 (0.72%) CompTIA Security+
17 10 (0.72%) ITIL Certification
18 9 (0.65%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 121 (8.72%) QA
2 91 (6.56%) Data Quality
3 59 (4.25%) PMO
4 50 (3.60%) GDPR
5 49 (3.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 47 (3.39%) NIST
7 34 (2.45%) Accessibility
8 29 (2.09%) SLA
9 22 (1.59%) GRC
10 19 (1.37%) Actionable Recommendations
11 17 (1.23%) PCI DSS
12 15 (1.08%) IFRS
13 11 (0.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 10 (0.72%) NCSC
15 6 (0.43%) GAAP
15 6 (0.43%) NIST 800
16 5 (0.36%) COBIT
16 5 (0.36%) Government Security Classifications
16 5 (0.36%) HIPAA
16 5 (0.36%) WCAG
System Software
1 80 (5.77%) Docker
2 48 (3.46%) Active Directory
3 15 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (0.36%) Embedded Firmware
5 5 (0.36%) Firmware
6 4 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
7 3 (0.22%) IAG
8 2 (0.14%) Squid
9 1 (0.072%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.072%) Sendmail
9 1 (0.072%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.072%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.072%) vSphere
9 1 (0.072%) zsh
Systems Management
1 124 (8.94%) Terraform
2 114 (8.22%) Kubernetes
3 41 (2.96%) Ansible
4 29 (2.09%) Prometheus
5 28 (2.02%) Grafana
6 22 (1.59%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (0.50%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 6 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (0.36%) SCCM
10 4 (0.29%) Cisco CUCM
10 4 (0.29%) HP ALM
10 4 (0.29%) Kibana
10 4 (0.29%) Puppet
11 3 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.22%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.14%) Control-M
12 2 (0.14%) ITRS Geneos
12 2 (0.14%) Nessus
12 2 (0.14%) QRadar
12 2 (0.14%) WSUS
Vendors
1 232 (16.73%) Microsoft
2 91 (6.56%) ServiceNow
3 85 (6.13%) Oracle
4 75 (5.41%) Salesforce
5 51 (3.68%) Google
6 46 (3.32%) SAP
7 32 (2.31%) Databricks
8 15 (1.08%) Cisco
9 13 (0.94%) VMware
10 11 (0.79%) Okta
10 11 (0.79%) OpenAI
10 11 (0.79%) Splunk
11 10 (0.72%) ForgeRock
12 9 (0.65%) Dynatrace
12 9 (0.65%) Foundry
12 9 (0.65%) Murex
13 8 (0.58%) Apple
13 8 (0.58%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 8 (0.58%) Zscaler
14 7 (0.50%) CrowdStrike