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

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 54 58
Rank change year-on-year +25 +4 +22
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 1,004 550 646
As % of all contract jobs in London 6.79% 3.96% 3.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.46% 4.37% 3.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 672 303 430
10th Percentile £325 £358 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £563
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +2.22% -2.17%
75th Percentile £638 £718 £713
90th Percentile £750 £848 £850
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 8 10
10th Percentile £17.45 £17.08 -
25th Percentile £17.50 £20.77 £17.00
Median hourly rate £18.50 £26.00 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.85% -34.18% -39.23%
75th Percentile £35.00 £59.81 £65.00
90th Percentile £61.67 £72.38 £90.38
England median hourly rate £28.79 £50.00 £41.35
% change year-on-year -42.42% +20.93% -31.09%

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 13,453 12,575 16,185
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.03% 90.47% 88.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,910 7,994 11,570
10th Percentile £350 £350 £340
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £501 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.67% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 213 156 322
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.75 £16.25
25th Percentile £25.00 £24.66 £19.65
Median hourly rate £34.50 £35.00 £30.08
Median % change year-on-year -1.44% +16.36% -19.79%
75th Percentile £56.50 £53.75 £52.50
90th Percentile £71.60 £79.38 £72.73
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year -26.03% -6.85% +4.29%

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 January 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 January 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 January 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 +13 133 £525 -2.78% 118
East London +6 18 £190 -65.69% 17
West London -11 15 £488 +2.63% 22
South London -12 6 £563 -3.43% 13
North London +5 2 £550 - 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 67 (6.67%) Confluence
2 39 (3.88%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.39%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (1.00%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.60%) CMS
6 5 (0.50%) Apache
7 4 (0.40%) Appian
7 4 (0.40%) HCL Notes
7 4 (0.40%) MQSeries
8 3 (0.30%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.30%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.30%) Camunda
8 3 (0.30%) Ethereum
8 3 (0.30%) Hyperledger
9 2 (0.20%) Drupal
9 2 (0.20%) Luigi
9 2 (0.20%) WordPress
10 1 (0.100%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.100%) nginx
10 1 (0.100%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 74 (7.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 40 (3.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 24 (2.39%) Microsoft Office
4 18 (1.79%) Microsoft Project
5 15 (1.49%) MS Visio
6 6 (0.60%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.40%) Notion
7 4 (0.40%) Trello
8 3 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.20%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.20%) Autodesk Smoke
10 1 (0.100%) Adobe After Effects
10 1 (0.100%) Adobe Captivate
10 1 (0.100%) Camtasia
10 1 (0.100%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.100%) Sketch
10 1 (0.100%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 27 (2.69%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (1.10%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.70%) Loan IQ
3 7 (0.70%) NetSuite
4 6 (0.60%) Remedy ITSM
5 5 (0.50%) Workday HCM
6 4 (0.40%) Oracle ERP
6 4 (0.40%) SAP PS
7 3 (0.30%) Aladdin
7 3 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.30%) SAP IBP
8 2 (0.20%) Endur
8 2 (0.20%) iTrent
8 2 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
8 2 (0.20%) SAP BPC
8 2 (0.20%) SAP EWM
8 2 (0.20%) SAP GTS
8 2 (0.20%) SAP HCM
8 2 (0.20%) SAP MM
8 2 (0.20%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 190 (18.92%) Azure
2 144 (14.34%) AWS
3 86 (8.57%) Azure DevOps
4 85 (8.47%) Power Platform
5 66 (6.57%) GitHub
6 43 (4.28%) GCP
7 40 (3.98%) GitHub Actions
8 39 (3.88%) SaaS
9 38 (3.78%) Microsoft 365
10 31 (3.09%) Serverless
11 26 (2.59%) Amazon S3
12 23 (2.29%) AWS Lambda
13 21 (2.09%) Entra ID
14 20 (1.99%) Power Automate
15 18 (1.79%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 17 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
16 17 (1.69%) PowerApps
17 16 (1.59%) AWS CloudFormation
18 14 (1.39%) Amazon ECS
18 14 (1.39%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (2.39%) Firewall
2 18 (1.79%) DNS
3 17 (1.69%) Network Security
4 14 (1.39%) DHCP
5 13 (1.29%) TCP/IP
6 11 (1.10%) VPN
7 8 (0.80%) LAN
7 8 (0.80%) Modbus
7 8 (0.80%) WAN
8 6 (0.60%) Broadband
8 6 (0.60%) Ethernet
8 6 (0.60%) RS-232
8 6 (0.60%) RS-485
9 5 (0.50%) SD-WAN
10 4 (0.40%) 5G
11 3 (0.30%) Cisco IPT
11 3 (0.30%) DKIM
11 3 (0.30%) DMARC
11 3 (0.30%) Multicast
11 3 (0.30%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (6.77%) Power BI
2 21 (2.09%) Relational Database
2 21 (2.09%) Tableau
3 18 (1.79%) PostgreSQL
3 18 (1.79%) SQL Server
4 13 (1.29%) Data Warehouse
4 13 (1.29%) NoSQL
5 12 (1.20%) Metadata
6 10 (1.00%) Amazon RDS
6 10 (1.00%) Data Lake
6 10 (1.00%) MySQL
7 9 (0.90%) MongoDB
8 7 (0.70%) Amazon Athena
8 7 (0.70%) Redis
9 6 (0.60%) Amazon Redshift
9 6 (0.60%) Oracle Reports
10 5 (0.50%) Delta Lake
10 5 (0.50%) Power Query
11 4 (0.40%) BigQuery
11 4 (0.40%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 135 (13.45%) JIRA
2 46 (4.58%) Jenkins
3 31 (3.09%) GitLab
4 28 (2.79%) Git
5 17 (1.69%) Selenium
6 12 (1.20%) JUnit
7 10 (1.00%) Cypress.io
8 9 (0.90%) Cucumber
9 8 (0.80%) Postman
10 7 (0.70%) SonarQube
10 7 (0.70%) Team Foundation Server
11 6 (0.60%) JMeter
11 6 (0.60%) REST Assured
12 4 (0.40%) Maven
12 4 (0.40%) MLflow
13 3 (0.30%) Mockito
13 3 (0.30%) Oracle APEX
13 3 (0.30%) SoapUI
13 3 (0.30%) TestRail
13 3 (0.30%) Vite
General
1 461 (45.92%) Social Skills
2 303 (30.18%) Finance
3 207 (20.62%) Analytical Skills
4 110 (10.96%) Public Sector
5 79 (7.87%) Banking
6 44 (4.38%) Influencing Skills
7 43 (4.28%) Legal
8 37 (3.69%) Marketing
9 31 (3.09%) Manufacturing
9 31 (3.09%) Retail
10 25 (2.49%) Organisational Skills
11 24 (2.39%) Telecoms
12 20 (1.99%) Documentation Skills
13 19 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
14 18 (1.79%) Front Office
15 16 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 15 (1.49%) Financial Institution
16 15 (1.49%) Publishing
17 13 (1.29%) Pharmaceutical
18 12 (1.20%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 156 (15.54%) Analyst
2 136 (13.55%) Lead
3 98 (9.76%) Senior
4 80 (7.97%) Developer
5 63 (6.27%) Business Analyst
6 49 (4.88%) Consultant
7 47 (4.68%) Architect
8 42 (4.18%) Project Manager
9 25 (2.49%) Delivery Manager
9 25 (2.49%) Senior Manager
10 24 (2.39%) DevOps Engineer
11 23 (2.29%) Data Engineer
11 23 (2.29%) Senior Analyst
12 22 (2.19%) Security Engineer
13 17 (1.69%) Cloud Engineer
13 17 (1.69%) Designer
13 17 (1.69%) Product Manager
14 16 (1.59%) Product Owner
14 16 (1.59%) Scrum Master
15 15 (1.49%) QA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (2.79%) .NET
1 28 (2.79%) REST
2 26 (2.59%) Node.js
3 25 (2.49%) React
4 24 (2.39%) RESTful
5 22 (2.19%) CSS
6 21 (2.09%) HTML
7 19 (1.89%) Spring
8 16 (1.59%) Spring Boot
9 15 (1.49%) XML
10 13 (1.29%) SOAP
10 13 (1.29%) Web Services
11 11 (1.10%) AngularJS
11 11 (1.10%) Kafka
11 11 (1.10%) OAuth
12 10 (1.00%) ARM Templates
12 10 (1.00%) PySpark
13 9 (0.90%) JSON
14 8 (0.80%) Middleware
14 8 (0.80%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 92 (9.16%) Product Ownership
2 59 (5.88%) Cloud Native
3 56 (5.58%) Onboarding
4 35 (3.49%) Analytical Mindset
5 24 (2.39%) Management Information System
6 21 (2.09%) Virtual Team
7 18 (1.79%) Distributed Systems
8 17 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
9 16 (1.59%) Mobile App
10 15 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
10 15 (1.49%) Public Cloud
11 14 (1.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 14 (1.39%) PMI
12 13 (1.29%) Security Posture
13 12 (1.20%) Cyber Defence
13 12 (1.20%) Hybrid Cloud
14 11 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
15 10 (1.00%) AI Agents
15 10 (1.00%) Data Centre
16 9 (0.90%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 48 (4.78%) Windows
2 47 (4.68%) Linux
3 13 (1.29%) Mac OS
4 12 (1.20%) Unix
5 10 (1.00%) Windows Server
6 9 (0.90%) Android
6 9 (0.90%) VMS
7 7 (0.70%) Apple iOS
8 6 (0.60%) FreeRTOS
8 6 (0.60%) Windows 10
9 4 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.20%) AIX
11 1 (0.100%) Solaris
11 1 (0.100%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.100%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.100%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 386 (38.45%) Agile
2 265 (26.39%) Problem-Solving
3 235 (23.41%) Stakeholder Management
4 214 (21.31%) DevOps
5 188 (18.73%) CI/CD
6 176 (17.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 128 (12.75%) Roadmaps
8 126 (12.55%) Decision-Making
9 120 (11.95%) Analytics
10 98 (9.76%) AI
11 94 (9.36%) Project Delivery
12 93 (9.26%) Scrum
13 91 (9.06%) Project Management
14 84 (8.37%) Migration
14 84 (8.37%) Test Automation
15 82 (8.17%) Business Intelligence
15 82 (8.17%) Infrastructure as Code
16 78 (7.77%) Mentoring
17 75 (7.47%) Risk Management
18 73 (7.27%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 142 (14.14%) SQL
2 137 (13.65%) Python
3 69 (6.87%) Java
4 48 (4.78%) JavaScript
5 44 (4.38%) PowerShell
6 32 (3.19%) Bash
6 32 (3.19%) TypeScript
7 23 (2.29%) C#
8 16 (1.59%) Kusto Query Language
9 14 (1.39%) C++
10 8 (0.80%) T-SQL
11 7 (0.70%) PL/SQL
12 6 (0.60%) Bicep
12 6 (0.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 6 (0.60%) Embedded C++
13 5 (0.50%) Korn
13 5 (0.50%) R
14 4 (0.40%) ABAP
14 4 (0.40%) Go
14 4 (0.40%) RPG
Qualifications
1 152 (15.14%) Security Cleared
2 127 (12.65%) SC Cleared
3 97 (9.66%) Degree
4 31 (3.09%) PMI Certification
5 29 (2.89%) Computer Science Degree
6 27 (2.69%) Azure Certification
7 20 (1.99%) PMP
8 19 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
9 16 (1.59%) ACCA
10 12 (1.20%) AWS Certification
10 12 (1.20%) ISTQB
11 11 (1.10%) Master's Degree
11 11 (1.10%) Microsoft Certification
12 10 (1.00%) Cisco Certification
12 10 (1.00%) DV Cleared
13 9 (0.90%) CIMA
13 9 (0.90%) CISSP
13 9 (0.90%) IIBA
14 8 (0.80%) CBAP
14 8 (0.80%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 102 (10.16%) QA
2 52 (5.18%) Data Quality
3 44 (4.38%) Accessibility
4 43 (4.28%) GDPR
5 40 (3.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 28 (2.79%) PMO
7 27 (2.69%) NIST
8 21 (2.09%) Actionable Recommendations
8 21 (2.09%) SLA
9 19 (1.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 17 (1.69%) GRC
11 10 (1.00%) COBIT
11 10 (1.00%) NCSC
12 8 (0.80%) PCI DSS
12 8 (0.80%) WCAG
13 7 (0.70%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 7 (0.70%) IFRS
13 7 (0.70%) ITGC
14 6 (0.60%) GMP
14 6 (0.60%) SOX 404
System Software
1 72 (7.17%) Docker
2 25 (2.49%) Active Directory
3 17 (1.69%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (0.60%) Embedded Firmware
4 6 (0.60%) Firmware
5 3 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.100%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.100%) ProxySG
7 1 (0.100%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.100%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 75 (7.47%) Kubernetes
1 75 (7.47%) Terraform
2 37 (3.69%) Ansible
3 18 (1.79%) SCCM
4 17 (1.69%) Microsoft Intune
5 15 (1.49%) Grafana
6 13 (1.29%) Prometheus
7 8 (0.80%) ITRS Geneos
8 7 (0.70%) WSUS
9 5 (0.50%) Kibana
10 4 (0.40%) Control-M
10 4 (0.40%) logstash
10 4 (0.40%) Puppet
10 4 (0.40%) SCOM
11 3 (0.30%) HP ALM
11 3 (0.30%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.30%) vRealize
12 2 (0.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.20%) Argo
12 2 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 162 (16.14%) Microsoft
2 62 (6.18%) SAP
3 57 (5.68%) ServiceNow
4 52 (5.18%) Salesforce
5 42 (4.18%) Oracle
6 40 (3.98%) Google
7 16 (1.59%) Databricks
8 15 (1.49%) Splunk
9 12 (1.20%) Adobe
9 12 (1.20%) VMware
10 10 (1.00%) Workday
11 8 (0.80%) Dynatrace
11 8 (0.80%) Remedy
12 7 (0.70%) IBM
13 6 (0.60%) Murex
13 6 (0.60%) New Relic
13 6 (0.60%) OpenAI
14 5 (0.50%) Cisco
14 5 (0.50%) Guidewire
14 5 (0.50%) Solace