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

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 42 62
Rank change year-on-year +15 +20 +9
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 1,668 727 569
As % of all contract jobs in London 8.31% 5.41% 3.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.32% 5.85% 3.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,078 489 353
10th Percentile £350 £329 £353
25th Percentile £435 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £681
90th Percentile £750 £775 £775
England median daily rate £514 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.80% -4.76% -7.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 13 11
10th Percentile £18.50 £22.67 £17.08
25th Percentile £25.25 £23.33 £28.34
Median hourly rate £33.60 £36.48 £33.75
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% +8.09% -41.30%
75th Percentile £55.00 £47.50 £56.25
90th Percentile £76.15 £62.00 £76.25
England median hourly rate £40.57 £28.75 £50.00
% change year-on-year +41.10% -42.50% -20.00%

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 17,902 12,422 14,415
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.17% 92.40% 88.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,758 8,269 10,048
10th Percentile £361 £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 £663 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £511 £525
% change year-on-year +2.68% -2.61% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 288 254 197
10th Percentile £17.18 £16.50 £16.99
25th Percentile £19.50 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.29 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +21.22% -16.33% -12.50%
75th Percentile £56.44 £48.44 £53.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £71.50
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +5.81%

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 19 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 19 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 19 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 0 173 £550 +11.11% 165
West London +5 57 £520 +1.51% 73
South London +22 50 £515 -10.90% 30
East London +1 11 £675 +255.26% 35
North London -2 3 £450 -18.18% 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 78 (4.68%) SharePoint
2 71 (4.26%) Confluence
3 27 (1.62%) Microsoft Exchange
4 19 (1.14%) Apache Airflow
5 16 (0.96%) CMS
6 15 (0.90%) Apache Spark
7 9 (0.54%) Apache
8 7 (0.42%) IIS
9 5 (0.30%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 4 (0.24%) Camunda
10 4 (0.24%) Sitecore CMS
10 4 (0.24%) WordPress
11 3 (0.18%) Appian
11 3 (0.18%) SAS
12 2 (0.12%) JBoss
12 2 (0.12%) Jupyter
12 2 (0.12%) OpenStack
13 1 (0.060%) MTS
13 1 (0.060%) Tomcat
13 1 (0.060%) WebLogic
Applications
1 80 (4.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 40 (2.40%) Microsoft Office
3 26 (1.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 25 (1.50%) Microsoft Project
5 17 (1.02%) MS Visio
6 6 (0.36%) Chatbot
6 6 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
7 2 (0.12%) CPLEX
7 2 (0.12%) InDesign
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
7 2 (0.12%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.060%) Mingle
Business Applications
1 21 (1.26%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (1.02%) NetSuite
3 12 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
4 11 (0.66%) Oracle EBS
5 8 (0.48%) Oracle ERP
6 7 (0.42%) 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
1 394 (23.62%) Azure
2 308 (18.47%) AWS
3 157 (9.41%) Power Platform
4 116 (6.95%) Azure DevOps
5 106 (6.35%) Microsoft 365
6 102 (6.12%) GitHub
7 98 (5.88%) GCP
8 85 (5.10%) Entra ID
9 62 (3.72%) SaaS
10 55 (3.30%) Dynamics 365
11 54 (3.24%) GitHub Actions
12 52 (3.12%) Serverless
13 40 (2.40%) AWS Lambda
14 39 (2.34%) Amazon S3
15 33 (1.98%) Azure AKS
16 31 (1.86%) Microsoft Copilot
17 30 (1.80%) Amazon EC2
18 29 (1.74%) PowerApps
19 28 (1.68%) Power Automate
20 27 (1.62%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 42 (2.52%) Firewall
2 33 (1.98%) DNS
2 33 (1.98%) Network Security
3 22 (1.32%) WAN
4 18 (1.08%) TCP/IP
5 14 (0.84%) DHCP
5 14 (0.84%) VPN
6 12 (0.72%) LAN
7 11 (0.66%) SD-WAN
8 10 (0.60%) VoIP
9 8 (0.48%) BGP
9 8 (0.48%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (0.36%) Ethernet VPN
10 6 (0.36%) MPLS
10 6 (0.36%) NX-OS
10 6 (0.36%) VXLAN
11 5 (0.30%) HTTP
11 5 (0.30%) HTTPS
11 5 (0.30%) WebEx
11 5 (0.30%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 121 (7.25%) Power BI
2 51 (3.06%) SQL Server
3 46 (2.76%) Metadata
4 39 (2.34%) Data Warehouse
5 32 (1.92%) Relational Database
6 30 (1.80%) PostgreSQL
7 29 (1.74%) Tableau
8 26 (1.56%) Amazon RDS
9 25 (1.50%) NoSQL
10 21 (1.26%) Delta Lake
11 18 (1.08%) Data Lake
12 14 (0.84%) Parquet
12 14 (0.84%) Power Query
13 12 (0.72%) Big Data
14 9 (0.54%) BigQuery
14 9 (0.54%) Oracle Database
15 8 (0.48%) MongoDB
15 8 (0.48%) MySQL
16 6 (0.36%) Oracle Reports
16 6 (0.36%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 157 (9.41%) JIRA
2 95 (5.70%) Git
3 84 (5.04%) Jenkins
4 46 (2.76%) GitLab
5 31 (1.86%) Selenium
6 16 (0.96%) Cypress.io
7 15 (0.90%) Cucumber
8 11 (0.66%) Bitbucket
8 11 (0.66%) Postman
9 10 (0.60%) JUnit
10 9 (0.54%) Visual Studio
11 8 (0.48%) CircleCI
11 8 (0.48%) Maven
11 8 (0.48%) REST Assured
11 8 (0.48%) Zephyr
12 7 (0.42%) Gradle
12 7 (0.42%) Sonatype Nexus
13 6 (0.36%) JMeter
14 5 (0.30%) Mockito
14 5 (0.30%) WebDriver
General
1 738 (44.24%) Social Skills
2 547 (32.79%) Finance
3 374 (22.42%) Analytical Skills
4 279 (16.73%) Public Sector
5 182 (10.91%) Banking
6 69 (4.14%) Influencing Skills
7 67 (4.02%) Organisational Skills
8 63 (3.78%) Legal
9 55 (3.30%) Law
10 51 (3.06%) Retail
11 49 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
12 48 (2.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 42 (2.52%) Front Office
14 41 (2.46%) Local Government
15 39 (2.34%) Marketing
16 35 (2.10%) Investment Banking
17 30 (1.80%) Telecoms
18 27 (1.62%) Presentation Skills
19 23 (1.38%) Pharmaceutical
20 20 (1.20%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 228 (13.67%) Lead
2 180 (10.79%) Senior
3 167 (10.01%) Developer
4 165 (9.89%) Analyst
5 110 (6.59%) Architect
6 61 (3.66%) Project Manager
7 59 (3.54%) DevOps Engineer
8 56 (3.36%) Consultant
8 56 (3.36%) Delivery Manager
9 50 (3.00%) Business Analyst
10 46 (2.76%) Data Engineer
11 42 (2.52%) Software Engineer
12 39 (2.34%) Scrum Master
13 38 (2.28%) Senior Manager
14 35 (2.10%) Lead Architect
14 35 (2.10%) Product Owner
15 34 (2.04%) Java Developer
16 33 (1.98%) Azure Engineer
16 33 (1.98%) Cloud Engineer
16 33 (1.98%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 94 (5.64%) REST
2 77 (4.62%) RESTful
3 52 (3.12%) .NET
3 52 (3.12%) React
4 50 (3.00%) Spring
5 48 (2.88%) Kafka
6 45 (2.70%) Spring Boot
7 43 (2.58%) HTML
8 42 (2.52%) AngularJS
9 36 (2.16%) CSS
10 33 (1.98%) Web Services
11 27 (1.62%) Django
12 24 (1.44%) Node.js
12 24 (1.44%) SOAP
13 22 (1.32%) JSON
13 22 (1.32%) Playwright
14 21 (1.26%) Middleware
14 21 (1.26%) XML
15 18 (1.08%) PySpark
16 15 (0.90%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 194 (11.63%) Product Ownership
2 123 (7.37%) Onboarding
3 116 (6.95%) Cloud Native
4 49 (2.94%) Management Information System
5 45 (2.70%) Data Protection Act
5 45 (2.70%) Distributed Systems
6 41 (2.46%) Virtual Team
7 39 (2.34%) Legacy Systems
8 34 (2.04%) Enterprise Software
9 30 (1.80%) AI Agents
10 27 (1.62%) Self-Motivation
11 26 (1.56%) CMDB
11 26 (1.56%) Data Structures
12 25 (1.50%) Data Centre
13 24 (1.44%) Security Posture
14 23 (1.38%) Hybrid Cloud
15 22 (1.32%) NHS
16 20 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
17 18 (1.08%) Greenfield Project
17 18 (1.08%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 108 (6.47%) Windows
2 82 (4.92%) Linux
3 28 (1.68%) Windows Server
4 24 (1.44%) Unix
5 20 (1.20%) Windows 10
6 18 (1.08%) Apple iOS
7 16 (0.96%) Mac OS
8 14 (0.84%) Android
9 12 (0.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (0.30%) Amazon Linux
11 2 (0.12%) AIX
11 2 (0.12%) VMS
11 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.060%) HPUX
12 1 (0.060%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.060%) Solaris
12 1 (0.060%) SUSE
12 1 (0.060%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 660 (39.57%) Agile
2 499 (29.92%) Stakeholder Management
3 423 (25.36%) Problem-Solving
4 355 (21.28%) DevOps
5 348 (20.86%) CI/CD
6 338 (20.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 301 (18.05%) Decision-Making
8 272 (16.31%) AI
9 221 (13.25%) Roadmaps
10 194 (11.63%) Analytics
11 177 (10.61%) Change Management
12 170 (10.19%) Scrum
13 169 (10.13%) Migration
14 163 (9.77%) Test Automation
15 152 (9.11%) Software Engineering
16 150 (8.99%) Infrastructure as Code
17 144 (8.63%) Mentoring
18 139 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
19 137 (8.21%) Translating Business Requirements
20 133 (7.97%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 282 (16.91%) Python
2 255 (15.29%) SQL
3 142 (8.51%) Java
4 88 (5.28%) JavaScript
5 82 (4.92%) PowerShell
6 68 (4.08%) C#
7 53 (3.18%) Bash
8 47 (2.82%) TypeScript
9 21 (1.26%) PL/SQL
10 18 (1.08%) Bicep
10 18 (1.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 18 (1.08%) T-SQL
11 15 (0.90%) Go
12 14 (0.84%) Groovy
13 13 (0.78%) Kotlin
14 12 (0.72%) Apex Code
14 12 (0.72%) Perl
15 10 (0.60%) VBA
16 9 (0.54%) C++
16 9 (0.54%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 361 (21.64%) Security Cleared
2 308 (18.47%) SC Cleared
3 153 (9.17%) Degree
4 53 (3.18%) Computer Science Degree
5 46 (2.76%) DV Cleared
6 44 (2.64%) PMP
7 38 (2.28%) PMI Certification
8 31 (1.86%) AWS Certification
8 31 (1.86%) Azure Certification
9 30 (1.80%) CISSP
10 19 (1.14%) Cisco Certification
11 18 (1.08%) BPSS Clearance
12 16 (0.96%) CISM
13 13 (0.78%) ITIL Certification
14 12 (0.72%) CCNP
14 12 (0.72%) ISTQB
15 10 (0.60%) CompTIA Security+
16 9 (0.54%) CompTIA CySA+
16 9 (0.54%) Master's Degree
17 8 (0.48%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 151 (9.05%) QA
2 130 (7.79%) Data Quality
3 74 (4.44%) PMO
4 45 (2.70%) Accessibility
5 42 (2.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 41 (2.46%) GDPR
6 41 (2.46%) NIST
6 41 (2.46%) SLA
7 22 (1.32%) GRC
8 17 (1.02%) Actionable Recommendations
9 16 (0.96%) NCSC
10 12 (0.72%) COBIT
11 10 (0.60%) PCI DSS
11 10 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 10 (0.60%) WCAG
12 6 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
12 6 (0.36%) IFRS
13 5 (0.30%) HIPAA
13 5 (0.30%) ISO 22301
14 4 (0.24%) GAAP
System Software
1 97 (5.82%) Docker
2 82 (4.92%) Active Directory
3 20 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
4 13 (0.78%) Virtual Desktop
5 12 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
6 9 (0.54%) IAG
7 3 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.18%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.18%) vSphere
8 2 (0.12%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.12%) Squid
8 2 (0.12%) zsh
9 1 (0.060%) Ceph
9 1 (0.060%) Sendmail
9 1 (0.060%) UAG
9 1 (0.060%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 143 (8.57%) Kubernetes
2 134 (8.03%) Terraform
3 49 (2.94%) Ansible
4 45 (2.70%) Grafana
5 44 (2.64%) Prometheus
6 41 (2.46%) Microsoft Intune
7 13 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
8 9 (0.54%) SCCM
9 8 (0.48%) Kibana
10 5 (0.30%) Cisco CUCM
11 4 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
11 4 (0.24%) Puppet
11 4 (0.24%) QRadar
12 3 (0.18%) Control-M
12 3 (0.18%) HP ALM
12 3 (0.18%) ITRS Geneos
12 3 (0.18%) WSUS
13 2 (0.12%) Packer
13 2 (0.12%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 309 (18.53%) Microsoft
2 110 (6.59%) ServiceNow
3 102 (6.12%) Oracle
4 64 (3.84%) Salesforce
4 64 (3.84%) SAP
5 61 (3.66%) Google
6 36 (2.16%) Databricks
7 29 (1.74%) Cisco
8 27 (1.62%) Splunk
9 21 (1.26%) IBM
9 21 (1.26%) VMware
10 19 (1.14%) Dynatrace
11 14 (0.84%) Apple
11 14 (0.84%) Okta
11 14 (0.84%) Zscaler
12 12 (0.72%) OpenAI
12 12 (0.72%) Red Hat
13 11 (0.66%) Adobe
14 10 (0.60%) ForgeRock
15 9 (0.54%) Workday