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

6 months to
4 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 49 76
Rank change year-on-year +22 +27 +3
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 1,479 640 552
As % of all contract jobs in London 7.64% 4.84% 3.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.60% 5.25% 3.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 980 424 376
10th Percentile £350 £350 £363
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.12% -3.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £613 £689 £688
90th Percentile £749 £850 £788
England median daily rate £510 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +1.90% -4.76% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 8 15
10th Percentile £25.25 £27.29 £17.00
25th Percentile £26.20 £31.05 £21.84
Median hourly rate £41.00 £38.99 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.16% +29.97% -50.62%
75th Percentile £66.25 £49.38 £51.88
90th Percentile £93.25 £57.63 £68.75
England median hourly rate £54.50 £28.75 £35.00
% change year-on-year +89.57% -17.86% -30.00%

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 17,207 12,190 15,592
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.94% 92.22% 88.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,434 8,142 11,106
10th Percentile £360 £331 £340
25th Percentile £438 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - -5.98%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £523 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +1.46% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 265 227 296
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £15.97
25th Percentile £23.16 £24.66 £20.02
Median hourly rate £37.00 £32.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.85% +8.33% -25.47%
75th Percentile £59.00 £50.25 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.45 £68.75
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% +1.65%

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 4 July 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 4 July 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 4 July 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 -1 158 £525 +2.45% 234
South London +21 48 £500 -14.00% 13
West London -2 45 £516 +2.03% 35
East London +11 13 £675 +15.38% 29
North London +1 2 £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 73 (4.94%) Confluence
2 62 (4.19%) SharePoint
3 20 (1.35%) Microsoft Exchange
4 15 (1.01%) Apache Airflow
5 12 (0.81%) Apache Spark
6 10 (0.68%) CMS
7 7 (0.47%) Apache
8 6 (0.41%) IIS
9 4 (0.27%) WordPress
10 3 (0.20%) Camunda
11 2 (0.14%) Appian
11 2 (0.14%) SAS
12 1 (0.068%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.068%) HCL Notes
12 1 (0.068%) Mule
12 1 (0.068%) Oracle Application Server
12 1 (0.068%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.068%) SharePoint 2013
12 1 (0.068%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.068%) WebLogic
Applications
1 72 (4.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (2.10%) Microsoft Office
3 27 (1.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 27 (1.83%) Microsoft Project
4 19 (1.28%) MS Visio
5 11 (0.74%) Chatbot
6 4 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.14%) CPLEX
7 2 (0.14%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.068%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.068%) InDesign
8 1 (0.068%) Mingle
8 1 (0.068%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 21 (1.42%) NetSuite
2 17 (1.15%) SAP S/4HANA
3 11 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
4 9 (0.61%) Actimize
4 9 (0.61%) Oracle ERP
5 8 (0.54%) Loan IQ
5 8 (0.54%) Oracle EBS
6 7 (0.47%) Salesforce CRM
7 6 (0.41%) Oracle Payables
7 6 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
8 5 (0.34%) Aladdin
8 5 (0.34%) Magento
8 5 (0.34%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 5 (0.34%) SAP PM
9 4 (0.27%) Endur
9 4 (0.27%) SAP QM
10 3 (0.20%) Oracle Financials
10 3 (0.20%) Orchestrade
10 3 (0.20%) SAP Oil and Gas
10 3 (0.20%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 331 (22.38%) Azure
2 280 (18.93%) AWS
3 141 (9.53%) Power Platform
4 105 (7.10%) Azure DevOps
5 92 (6.22%) GitHub
6 80 (5.41%) GCP
7 75 (5.07%) Microsoft 365
8 61 (4.12%) SaaS
9 60 (4.06%) Entra ID
10 55 (3.72%) GitHub Actions
11 53 (3.58%) Serverless
12 52 (3.52%) Dynamics 365
13 44 (2.97%) Amazon S3
14 43 (2.91%) AWS Lambda
15 34 (2.30%) Amazon EC2
16 32 (2.16%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 30 (2.03%) AWS CloudFormation
18 28 (1.89%) Virtual Private Cloud
19 27 (1.83%) Azure AKS
20 24 (1.62%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 32 (2.16%) Firewall
2 28 (1.89%) Network Security
3 20 (1.35%) DNS
4 16 (1.08%) WAN
5 11 (0.74%) VoIP
6 10 (0.68%) LAN
7 9 (0.61%) SD-WAN
8 6 (0.41%) BGP
8 6 (0.41%) DHCP
8 6 (0.41%) OSPF
8 6 (0.41%) TCP/IP
8 6 (0.41%) VPN
9 5 (0.34%) HTTPS
9 5 (0.34%) MPLS
9 5 (0.34%) NGFW
9 5 (0.34%) Unified Communications
9 5 (0.34%) WebEx
10 4 (0.27%) DKIM
10 4 (0.27%) IOS XR
10 4 (0.27%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 116 (7.84%) Power BI
2 39 (2.64%) SQL Server
3 37 (2.50%) Tableau
4 35 (2.37%) Metadata
5 34 (2.30%) Data Warehouse
6 28 (1.89%) Relational Database
7 26 (1.76%) Amazon RDS
8 24 (1.62%) PostgreSQL
9 19 (1.28%) NoSQL
10 18 (1.22%) Data Lake
11 14 (0.95%) Delta Lake
12 12 (0.81%) Power Query
13 10 (0.68%) Big Data
13 10 (0.68%) Parquet
14 9 (0.61%) BigQuery
15 8 (0.54%) Snowflake Schema
16 7 (0.47%) Oracle Database
16 7 (0.47%) Oracle Reports
17 6 (0.41%) RDBMS
18 5 (0.34%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 164 (11.09%) JIRA
2 67 (4.53%) Jenkins
3 64 (4.33%) Git
4 44 (2.97%) GitLab
5 24 (1.62%) Selenium
6 17 (1.15%) Cucumber
7 10 (0.68%) Cypress.io
8 9 (0.61%) JMeter
9 8 (0.54%) Bitbucket
9 8 (0.54%) JUnit
9 8 (0.54%) Postman
9 8 (0.54%) REST Assured
9 8 (0.54%) Team Foundation Server
10 6 (0.41%) CircleCI
10 6 (0.41%) Visual Studio
10 6 (0.41%) Vite
10 6 (0.41%) XCTest
11 5 (0.34%) Mocha
11 5 (0.34%) MSTest
11 5 (0.34%) TestRail
General
1 603 (40.77%) Social Skills
2 515 (34.82%) Finance
3 321 (21.70%) Analytical Skills
4 207 (14.00%) Public Sector
5 140 (9.47%) Banking
6 57 (3.85%) Legal
7 54 (3.65%) Influencing Skills
7 54 (3.65%) Organisational Skills
8 51 (3.45%) Law
9 47 (3.18%) Retail
10 38 (2.57%) Documentation Skills
10 38 (2.57%) Local Government
11 35 (2.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 34 (2.30%) Marketing
13 33 (2.23%) Presentation Skills
14 32 (2.16%) Front Office
15 27 (1.83%) Investment Banking
15 27 (1.83%) Telecoms
16 18 (1.22%) Pharmaceutical
17 16 (1.08%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 204 (13.79%) Lead
2 150 (10.14%) Analyst
3 148 (10.01%) Senior
4 127 (8.59%) Developer
5 92 (6.22%) Architect
6 62 (4.19%) Project Manager
7 54 (3.65%) Consultant
7 54 (3.65%) DevOps Engineer
8 51 (3.45%) Delivery Manager
9 45 (3.04%) Data Engineer
10 42 (2.84%) Business Analyst
11 39 (2.64%) Scrum Master
12 36 (2.43%) Software Engineer
13 35 (2.37%) Senior Manager
14 33 (2.23%) Lead Architect
15 31 (2.10%) Functional Architect
16 30 (2.03%) Azure Engineer
17 28 (1.89%) Product Owner
18 27 (1.83%) Cloud Engineer
18 27 (1.83%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (4.06%) REST
2 50 (3.38%) RESTful
3 49 (3.31%) React
4 35 (2.37%) Spring
5 33 (2.23%) Kafka
6 32 (2.16%) .NET
7 31 (2.10%) Spring Boot
8 30 (2.03%) HTML
9 27 (1.83%) AngularJS
9 27 (1.83%) CSS
10 24 (1.62%) Node.js
11 20 (1.35%) Middleware
12 19 (1.28%) Web Services
13 18 (1.22%) Django
14 16 (1.08%) JSON
15 15 (1.01%) Next.js
15 15 (1.01%) SOAP
16 14 (0.95%) OAuth
16 14 (0.95%) Playwright
16 14 (0.95%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 157 (10.62%) Product Ownership
2 97 (6.56%) Cloud Native
3 83 (5.61%) Onboarding
4 43 (2.91%) Virtual Team
5 42 (2.84%) Data Protection Act
6 40 (2.70%) Management Information System
7 32 (2.16%) Legacy Systems
8 31 (2.10%) Distributed Systems
9 29 (1.96%) Security Posture
10 27 (1.83%) Data Centre
11 26 (1.76%) Self-Motivation
12 23 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
13 22 (1.49%) Data Structures
14 21 (1.42%) AI Agents
14 21 (1.42%) CMDB
15 18 (1.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 16 (1.08%) Derivative
17 14 (0.95%) Enterprise Software
17 14 (0.95%) FMCG
18 13 (0.88%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 83 (5.61%) Windows
2 55 (3.72%) Linux
3 18 (1.22%) Windows Server
4 15 (1.01%) Mac OS
5 14 (0.95%) Apple iOS
6 12 (0.81%) Windows 10
7 10 (0.68%) Unix
8 5 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.27%) Amazon Linux
9 4 (0.27%) Android
10 2 (0.14%) AIX
10 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.068%) FreeRTOS
11 1 (0.068%) HPUX
11 1 (0.068%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.068%) Solaris
11 1 (0.068%) SUSE
11 1 (0.068%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 555 (37.53%) Agile
2 389 (26.30%) Stakeholder Management
3 356 (24.07%) Problem-Solving
4 314 (21.23%) DevOps
5 303 (20.49%) CI/CD
6 273 (18.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 266 (17.99%) Decision-Making
8 224 (15.15%) AI
9 176 (11.90%) Roadmaps
10 175 (11.83%) Analytics
11 157 (10.62%) Change Management
12 156 (10.55%) Scrum
13 148 (10.01%) Migration
14 138 (9.33%) Test Automation
15 135 (9.13%) Business Intelligence
16 132 (8.92%) Risk Management
17 127 (8.59%) Infrastructure as Code
18 121 (8.18%) Mentoring
19 118 (7.98%) Validation
20 117 (7.91%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 234 (15.82%) Python
2 218 (14.74%) SQL
3 110 (7.44%) Java
4 73 (4.94%) JavaScript
5 66 (4.46%) PowerShell
6 48 (3.25%) C#
7 43 (2.91%) TypeScript
8 40 (2.70%) Bash
9 24 (1.62%) T-SQL
10 21 (1.42%) PL/SQL
11 16 (1.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 12 (0.81%) Apex Code
13 11 (0.74%) Bicep
13 11 (0.74%) Kotlin
14 10 (0.68%) Go
15 9 (0.61%) Ruby
15 9 (0.61%) Swift
16 8 (0.54%) Groovy
16 8 (0.54%) Perl
16 8 (0.54%) R
Qualifications
1 299 (20.22%) Security Cleared
2 254 (17.17%) SC Cleared
3 137 (9.26%) Degree
4 47 (3.18%) Computer Science Degree
5 40 (2.70%) DV Cleared
6 35 (2.37%) CISSP
7 33 (2.23%) PMI Certification
7 33 (2.23%) PMP
8 29 (1.96%) Azure Certification
9 24 (1.62%) AWS Certification
10 23 (1.56%) CISM
11 20 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
12 18 (1.22%) BPSS Clearance
13 13 (0.88%) ACCA
13 13 (0.88%) ITIL Certification
14 12 (0.81%) CCNP
14 12 (0.81%) Master's Degree
15 10 (0.68%) ISTQB
16 9 (0.61%) CISA
17 8 (0.54%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 130 (8.79%) QA
2 105 (7.10%) Data Quality
3 69 (4.67%) PMO
4 50 (3.38%) GDPR
5 48 (3.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 41 (2.77%) NIST
7 39 (2.64%) Accessibility
8 32 (2.16%) SLA
9 24 (1.62%) GRC
10 16 (1.08%) PCI DSS
11 13 (0.88%) Actionable Recommendations
11 13 (0.88%) IFRS
12 11 (0.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 7 (0.47%) NCSC
14 6 (0.41%) GAAP
14 6 (0.41%) NIST 800
15 5 (0.34%) Government Security Classifications
15 5 (0.34%) GxP
15 5 (0.34%) HIPAA
15 5 (0.34%) WCAG
System Software
1 81 (5.48%) Docker
2 55 (3.72%) Active Directory
3 13 (0.88%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.34%) IAG
5 4 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.14%) Squid
6 2 (0.14%) vSphere
7 1 (0.068%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.068%) Firmware
7 1 (0.068%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.068%) Sendmail
7 1 (0.068%) UAG
7 1 (0.068%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.068%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.068%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.068%) zsh
Systems Management
1 125 (8.45%) Terraform
2 118 (7.98%) Kubernetes
3 44 (2.97%) Ansible
4 35 (2.37%) Grafana
4 35 (2.37%) Prometheus
5 27 (1.83%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (0.47%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 5 (0.34%) Cisco CUCM
8 5 (0.34%) Kibana
8 5 (0.34%) SCCM
9 4 (0.27%) HP ALM
9 4 (0.27%) Puppet
10 3 (0.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (0.20%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.20%) QRadar
11 2 (0.14%) Control-M
11 2 (0.14%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.14%) ITRS Geneos
11 2 (0.14%) WSUS
Vendors
1 243 (16.43%) Microsoft
2 102 (6.90%) ServiceNow
3 89 (6.02%) Oracle
4 72 (4.87%) Salesforce
5 52 (3.52%) SAP
6 45 (3.04%) Google
7 31 (2.10%) Databricks
8 19 (1.28%) Cisco
9 16 (1.08%) Splunk
10 14 (0.95%) VMware
11 13 (0.88%) Dynatrace
12 12 (0.81%) Apple
13 11 (0.74%) Okta
13 11 (0.74%) OpenAI
14 10 (0.68%) ForgeRock
14 10 (0.68%) Murex
15 9 (0.61%) Foundry
16 8 (0.54%) IBM
16 8 (0.54%) Zscaler
17 7 (0.47%) Workday