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

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 45 65
Rank change year-on-year +18 +20 +5
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 1,683 721 578
As % of all contract jobs in London 8.39% 5.39% 3.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.42% 5.83% 4.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,082 483 351
10th Percentile £350 £325 £350
25th Percentile £438 £423 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £678
90th Percentile £750 £775 £775
England median daily rate £515 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.90% -4.76% -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 14 10
10th Percentile £18.50 £19.96 £17.08
25th Percentile £25.25 £23.33 £27.51
Median hourly rate £33.60 £35.24 £40.63
Median % change year-on-year -4.65% -13.26% -29.35%
75th Percentile £55.00 £47.31 £56.88
90th Percentile £76.15 £61.13 £77.50
England median hourly rate £37.50 £28.63 £50.00
% change year-on-year +31.00% -42.75% -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 17,874 12,372 14,467
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.11% 92.51% 88.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,706 8,225 9,980
10th Percentile £360 £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 +2.74% -2.67% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 291 254 190
10th Percentile £17.25 £16.50 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.85 £24.77 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £30.75 £35.25
Median % change year-on-year +15.47% -12.78% -11.88%
75th Percentile £56.63 £48.44 £53.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £71.31
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +1.18%

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 25 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 25 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 25 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 -2 168 £547 +9.40% 163
West London +5 57 £520 +1.56% 96
South London +20 50 £525 -9.17% 23
East London +5 12 £750 +294.74% 31
North London -1 4 £450 -18.18% 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 80 (4.75%) SharePoint
2 77 (4.58%) Confluence
3 29 (1.72%) Microsoft Exchange
4 19 (1.13%) Apache Airflow
5 16 (0.95%) CMS
6 15 (0.89%) Apache Spark
7 9 (0.53%) 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
12 2 (0.12%) JBoss
12 2 (0.12%) Jupyter
12 2 (0.12%) OpenStack
12 2 (0.12%) SAS
13 1 (0.059%) MTS
13 1 (0.059%) Tomcat
13 1 (0.059%) WebLogic
Applications
1 81 (4.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 40 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
3 25 (1.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 24 (1.43%) Microsoft Project
5 18 (1.07%) MS Visio
6 6 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.24%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.12%) CPLEX
8 2 (0.12%) InDesign
8 2 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
8 2 (0.12%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.059%) Mingle
Business Applications
1 21 (1.25%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (0.95%) NetSuite
3 12 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
4 11 (0.65%) Oracle EBS
5 8 (0.48%) Oracle ERP
6 6 (0.36%) Actimize
6 6 (0.36%) Loan IQ
6 6 (0.36%) Oracle Payables
6 6 (0.36%) Salesforce CRM
7 5 (0.30%) Aladdin
7 5 (0.30%) Magento
7 5 (0.30%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 5 (0.30%) SAP PM
8 4 (0.24%) Endur
8 4 (0.24%) SAP QM
8 4 (0.24%) Shopify
9 3 (0.18%) Oracle Financials
9 3 (0.18%) Orchestrade
9 3 (0.18%) SAP MDG
9 3 (0.18%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 400 (23.77%) Azure
2 312 (18.54%) AWS
3 161 (9.57%) Power Platform
4 119 (7.07%) Azure DevOps
5 108 (6.42%) Microsoft 365
6 101 (6.00%) GitHub
7 99 (5.88%) GCP
8 85 (5.05%) Entra ID
9 62 (3.68%) SaaS
10 58 (3.45%) Serverless
11 55 (3.27%) Dynamics 365
11 55 (3.27%) GitHub Actions
12 44 (2.61%) AWS Lambda
13 43 (2.55%) Amazon S3
14 33 (1.96%) Azure AKS
15 32 (1.90%) Amazon EC2
15 32 (1.90%) Microsoft Copilot
16 30 (1.78%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 29 (1.72%) PowerApps
18 28 (1.66%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 42 (2.50%) Firewall
2 34 (2.02%) DNS
3 33 (1.96%) Network Security
4 22 (1.31%) WAN
5 21 (1.25%) TCP/IP
6 15 (0.89%) DHCP
6 15 (0.89%) VPN
7 12 (0.71%) LAN
8 11 (0.65%) SD-WAN
9 10 (0.59%) VoIP
10 8 (0.48%) BGP
10 8 (0.48%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (0.36%) Ethernet VPN
11 6 (0.36%) MPLS
11 6 (0.36%) NX-OS
11 6 (0.36%) VXLAN
12 5 (0.30%) HTTP
12 5 (0.30%) HTTPS
12 5 (0.30%) WebEx
12 5 (0.30%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 125 (7.43%) Power BI
2 50 (2.97%) SQL Server
3 47 (2.79%) Metadata
4 38 (2.26%) Data Warehouse
5 32 (1.90%) PostgreSQL
5 32 (1.90%) Relational Database
6 29 (1.72%) Tableau
7 27 (1.60%) Amazon RDS
8 25 (1.49%) NoSQL
9 23 (1.37%) Delta Lake
10 16 (0.95%) Data Lake
11 14 (0.83%) Parquet
11 14 (0.83%) Power Query
12 12 (0.71%) Big Data
13 9 (0.53%) Oracle Database
14 8 (0.48%) MongoDB
14 8 (0.48%) MySQL
15 7 (0.42%) BigQuery
16 6 (0.36%) Amazon Aurora
16 6 (0.36%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 162 (9.63%) JIRA
2 102 (6.06%) Git
3 83 (4.93%) Jenkins
4 45 (2.67%) GitLab
5 32 (1.90%) Selenium
6 16 (0.95%) Cypress.io
7 14 (0.83%) Cucumber
8 11 (0.65%) Bitbucket
8 11 (0.65%) Postman
9 10 (0.59%) JUnit
10 9 (0.53%) CircleCI
10 9 (0.53%) Visual Studio
11 8 (0.48%) REST Assured
11 8 (0.48%) Zephyr
12 7 (0.42%) Gradle
12 7 (0.42%) Maven
12 7 (0.42%) Sonatype Nexus
13 6 (0.36%) JMeter
13 6 (0.36%) XCTest
13 6 (0.36%) XCUITest
General
1 756 (44.92%) Social Skills
2 546 (32.44%) Finance
3 378 (22.46%) Analytical Skills
4 284 (16.87%) Public Sector
5 190 (11.29%) Banking
6 69 (4.10%) Influencing Skills
7 68 (4.04%) Organisational Skills
8 61 (3.62%) Legal
9 56 (3.33%) Law
10 53 (3.15%) Documentation Skills
11 50 (2.97%) Retail
12 48 (2.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 46 (2.73%) Front Office
14 41 (2.44%) Local Government
15 38 (2.26%) Marketing
16 36 (2.14%) Investment Banking
17 31 (1.84%) Telecoms
18 28 (1.66%) Presentation Skills
19 23 (1.37%) Pharmaceutical
20 20 (1.19%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 233 (13.84%) Lead
2 182 (10.81%) Senior
3 169 (10.04%) Analyst
3 169 (10.04%) Developer
4 113 (6.71%) Architect
5 64 (3.80%) DevOps Engineer
6 62 (3.68%) Project Manager
7 57 (3.39%) Consultant
8 56 (3.33%) Delivery Manager
9 51 (3.03%) Business Analyst
10 44 (2.61%) Data Engineer
10 44 (2.61%) Software Engineer
11 40 (2.38%) Scrum Master
12 38 (2.26%) Senior Manager
13 36 (2.14%) Lead Architect
14 35 (2.08%) Product Owner
15 33 (1.96%) Cloud Engineer
15 33 (1.96%) Java Developer
15 33 (1.96%) Product Manager
16 31 (1.84%) Functional Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 134 (7.96%) Terraform
2 97 (5.76%) REST
3 77 (4.58%) RESTful
4 52 (3.09%) React
5 51 (3.03%) .NET
6 49 (2.91%) Kafka
7 48 (2.85%) Spring
8 44 (2.61%) HTML
9 43 (2.55%) AngularJS
9 43 (2.55%) Spring Boot
10 37 (2.20%) CSS
11 33 (1.96%) Web Services
12 31 (1.84%) Django
13 24 (1.43%) Node.js
13 24 (1.43%) SOAP
14 22 (1.31%) JSON
14 22 (1.31%) Middleware
15 21 (1.25%) Playwright
15 21 (1.25%) PySpark
15 21 (1.25%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 197 (11.71%) Product Ownership
2 126 (7.49%) Onboarding
3 115 (6.83%) Cloud Native
4 48 (2.85%) Management Information System
5 45 (2.67%) Data Protection Act
6 44 (2.61%) Distributed Systems
7 40 (2.38%) Legacy Systems
8 39 (2.32%) Virtual Team
9 35 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
10 32 (1.90%) AI Agents
11 29 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
12 26 (1.54%) CMDB
12 26 (1.54%) Data Centre
12 26 (1.54%) Security Posture
13 25 (1.49%) Data Structures
14 24 (1.43%) NHS
15 23 (1.37%) Hybrid Cloud
16 20 (1.19%) Analytical Mindset
17 19 (1.13%) Operational Technology
18 18 (1.07%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 109 (6.48%) Windows
2 84 (4.99%) Linux
3 28 (1.66%) Windows Server
4 24 (1.43%) Unix
5 22 (1.31%) Windows 10
6 20 (1.19%) Apple iOS
7 16 (0.95%) Mac OS
8 15 (0.89%) Android
9 13 (0.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 6 (0.36%) Amazon Linux
11 2 (0.12%) AIX
11 2 (0.12%) VMS
11 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.059%) HPUX
12 1 (0.059%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.059%) Solaris
12 1 (0.059%) SUSE
12 1 (0.059%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 671 (39.87%) Agile
2 513 (30.48%) Stakeholder Management
3 428 (25.43%) Problem-Solving
4 362 (21.51%) DevOps
5 352 (20.92%) CI/CD
6 342 (20.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 302 (17.94%) Decision-Making
8 280 (16.64%) AI
9 221 (13.13%) Roadmaps
10 202 (12.00%) Analytics
11 183 (10.87%) Change Management
12 175 (10.40%) Scrum
13 171 (10.16%) Migration
14 161 (9.57%) Test Automation
15 153 (9.09%) Software Engineering
16 151 (8.97%) Infrastructure as Code
17 146 (8.67%) Mentoring
18 145 (8.62%) Business Intelligence
19 138 (8.20%) ITIL
20 136 (8.08%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 286 (16.99%) Python
2 254 (15.09%) SQL
3 140 (8.32%) Java
4 89 (5.29%) JavaScript
5 85 (5.05%) PowerShell
6 67 (3.98%) C#
7 55 (3.27%) Bash
8 46 (2.73%) TypeScript
9 20 (1.19%) PL/SQL
10 19 (1.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 19 (1.13%) T-SQL
11 18 (1.07%) Bicep
12 15 (0.89%) Go
12 15 (0.89%) Groovy
13 14 (0.83%) Perl
14 12 (0.71%) Apex Code
14 12 (0.71%) Kotlin
15 11 (0.65%) Korn
15 11 (0.65%) R
16 10 (0.59%) VBA
Qualifications
1 369 (21.93%) Security Cleared
2 316 (18.78%) SC Cleared
3 153 (9.09%) Degree
4 52 (3.09%) Computer Science Degree
5 47 (2.79%) DV Cleared
6 45 (2.67%) PMP
7 39 (2.32%) PMI Certification
8 33 (1.96%) Azure Certification
9 32 (1.90%) AWS Certification
10 29 (1.72%) CISSP
11 19 (1.13%) Cisco Certification
12 17 (1.01%) BPSS Clearance
13 15 (0.89%) CISM
14 14 (0.83%) ITIL Certification
15 12 (0.71%) CCNP
15 12 (0.71%) ISTQB
16 9 (0.53%) CompTIA Security+
16 9 (0.53%) Master's Degree
17 8 (0.48%) DBS Check
17 8 (0.48%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 150 (8.91%) QA
2 131 (7.78%) Data Quality
3 79 (4.69%) PMO
4 46 (2.73%) Accessibility
5 44 (2.61%) SLA
6 40 (2.38%) NIST
7 39 (2.32%) GDPR
8 38 (2.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 23 (1.37%) GRC
10 17 (1.01%) Actionable Recommendations
11 16 (0.95%) NCSC
12 13 (0.77%) COBIT
13 12 (0.71%) WCAG
14 10 (0.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 9 (0.53%) PCI DSS
16 6 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
17 5 (0.30%) HIPAA
17 5 (0.30%) IFRS
17 5 (0.30%) ISO 22301
18 4 (0.24%) GxP
System Software
1 102 (6.06%) Docker
2 85 (5.05%) Active Directory
3 20 (1.19%) Virtual Machines
4 13 (0.77%) Virtual Desktop
5 12 (0.71%) VMware Infrastructure
6 9 (0.53%) 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 (0.059%) Ceph
9 1 (0.059%) Sendmail
9 1 (0.059%) UAG
9 1 (0.059%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 142 (8.44%) Kubernetes
2 51 (3.03%) Ansible
3 48 (2.85%) Grafana
4 47 (2.79%) Prometheus
5 41 (2.44%) Microsoft Intune
6 13 (0.77%) Single Sign-On
7 10 (0.59%) SCCM
8 9 (0.53%) Kibana
9 5 (0.30%) Cisco CUCM
10 4 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (0.24%) Control-M
10 4 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
10 4 (0.24%) Puppet
10 4 (0.24%) QRadar
11 3 (0.18%) HP ALM
11 3 (0.18%) ITRS Geneos
11 3 (0.18%) WSUS
12 2 (0.12%) Argo
12 2 (0.12%) Istio
12 2 (0.12%) Packer
Vendors
1 314 (18.66%) Microsoft
2 114 (6.77%) ServiceNow
3 101 (6.00%) Oracle
4 66 (3.92%) Salesforce
5 64 (3.80%) SAP
6 58 (3.45%) Google
7 35 (2.08%) Databricks
8 31 (1.84%) Splunk
9 29 (1.72%) Cisco
10 22 (1.31%) IBM
11 21 (1.25%) VMware
12 19 (1.13%) Dynatrace
13 14 (0.83%) Apple
13 14 (0.83%) Okta
13 14 (0.83%) Zscaler
14 12 (0.71%) OpenAI
14 12 (0.71%) Red Hat
15 11 (0.65%) Adobe
16 10 (0.59%) ForgeRock
17 9 (0.53%) Workday