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

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 40 61
Rank change year-on-year +14 +21 +8
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 1,719 768 617
As % of all contract jobs in London 8.50% 5.79% 3.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.57% 6.25% 4.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,119 509 371
10th Percentile £350 £323 £350
25th Percentile £438 £420 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £563
Median % change year-on-year - -6.67% -4.66%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £688
90th Percentile £763 £750 £775
England median daily rate £520 £500 £529
% change year-on-year +4.00% -5.44% -8.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 17 9
10th Percentile £18.50 £17.00 £17.08
25th Percentile £25.25 £22.50 £26.68
Median hourly rate £29.15 £34.00 £33.75
Median % change year-on-year -14.26% +0.74% -31.82%
75th Percentile £52.88 £47.50 £55.00
90th Percentile £62.85 £69.75 £61.25
England median hourly rate £32.23 £25.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +28.90% -28.57% -46.15%

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 17,965 12,280 14,371
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.83% 92.50% 89.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,777 8,103 9,542
10th Percentile £359 £330 £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 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 310 249 177
10th Percentile £16.50 £17.00 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.50 £24.77 £23.80
Median hourly rate £35.00 £31.49 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.15% -10.03% -7.28%
75th Percentile £57.50 £47.50 £55.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £75.00
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -2.95%

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 22 September 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 22 September 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 22 September 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 0 191 £550 +6.80% 348
West London +5 57 £520 +4.00% 134
South London +22 46 £525 -9.76% 50
East London +2 10 £600 +215.79% 50
North London +2 5 £488 -11.36% 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 81 (4.71%) SharePoint
2 77 (4.48%) Confluence
3 30 (1.75%) Microsoft Exchange
4 22 (1.28%) Apache Airflow
5 19 (1.11%) Apache Spark
6 18 (1.05%) CMS
7 13 (0.76%) Apache
8 6 (0.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 6 (0.35%) IIS
9 4 (0.23%) Sitecore CMS
9 4 (0.23%) WordPress
10 3 (0.17%) Jupyter
10 3 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 3 (0.17%) SAS
11 2 (0.12%) Appian
11 2 (0.12%) Camunda
11 2 (0.12%) CICS
11 2 (0.12%) JBoss
11 2 (0.12%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 76 (4.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 39 (2.27%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (1.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 21 (1.22%) Microsoft Project
4 16 (0.93%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.23%) Chatbot
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
7 2 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 17 (0.99%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (0.81%) NetSuite
2 14 (0.81%) Oracle EBS
3 12 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
4 8 (0.47%) Oracle ERP
5 7 (0.41%) Magento
6 6 (0.35%) Oracle Payables
6 6 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
7 5 (0.29%) Actimize
7 5 (0.29%) Loan IQ
7 5 (0.29%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 5 (0.29%) SAP PM
8 4 (0.23%) SAP QM
8 4 (0.23%) Shopify
9 3 (0.17%) Aladdin
9 3 (0.17%) Endur
9 3 (0.17%) IBM Planning Analytics
9 3 (0.17%) Orchestrade
9 3 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
10 2 (0.12%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 386 (22.45%) Azure
2 323 (18.79%) AWS
3 148 (8.61%) Power Platform
4 116 (6.75%) Microsoft 365
5 113 (6.57%) GitHub
6 107 (6.22%) Azure DevOps
7 96 (5.58%) GCP
8 82 (4.77%) Entra ID
9 71 (4.13%) Serverless
10 62 (3.61%) SaaS
11 60 (3.49%) GitHub Actions
12 56 (3.26%) Amazon S3
13 54 (3.14%) AWS Lambda
14 40 (2.33%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 40 (2.33%) Microsoft Copilot
15 39 (2.27%) Amazon EC2
16 36 (2.09%) Dynamics 365
17 33 (1.92%) Snowflake
18 30 (1.75%) Azure AKS
18 30 (1.75%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 35 (2.04%) Firewall
2 34 (1.98%) Network Security
3 32 (1.86%) DNS
4 22 (1.28%) TCP/IP
5 18 (1.05%) WAN
6 17 (0.99%) VPN
7 13 (0.76%) DHCP
8 11 (0.64%) LAN
9 9 (0.52%) VoIP
10 8 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (0.35%) HTTPS
11 6 (0.35%) SD-WAN
12 5 (0.29%) HTTP
12 5 (0.29%) Unified Communications
12 5 (0.29%) WebEx
13 4 (0.23%) BGP
13 4 (0.23%) DKIM
13 4 (0.23%) DMARC
13 4 (0.23%) Kerberos
13 4 (0.23%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 108 (6.28%) Power BI
2 59 (3.43%) SQL Server
3 48 (2.79%) Data Warehouse
4 45 (2.62%) Metadata
5 38 (2.21%) PostgreSQL
6 35 (2.04%) Relational Database
7 30 (1.75%) Amazon RDS
8 25 (1.45%) NoSQL
9 24 (1.40%) Delta Lake
9 24 (1.40%) Tableau
10 20 (1.16%) Data Lake
11 16 (0.93%) Power Query
12 15 (0.87%) Parquet
13 12 (0.70%) Oracle Database
14 11 (0.64%) Big Data
15 10 (0.58%) MongoDB
16 9 (0.52%) MySQL
17 7 (0.41%) Amazon Athena
17 7 (0.41%) BigQuery
17 7 (0.41%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 154 (8.96%) JIRA
2 110 (6.40%) Git
3 92 (5.35%) Jenkins
4 51 (2.97%) GitLab
5 36 (2.09%) Selenium
6 16 (0.93%) Cypress.io
7 15 (0.87%) Cucumber
8 14 (0.81%) JUnit
9 13 (0.76%) Bitbucket
9 13 (0.76%) Postman
10 10 (0.58%) Visual Studio
11 9 (0.52%) CircleCI
11 9 (0.52%) Maven
12 7 (0.41%) Gradle
12 7 (0.41%) Mockito
13 6 (0.35%) SonarQube
13 6 (0.35%) XCTest
13 6 (0.35%) XCUITest
13 6 (0.35%) Zephyr
14 5 (0.29%) Claude Code
General
1 778 (45.26%) Social Skills
2 530 (30.83%) Finance
3 399 (23.21%) Analytical Skills
4 296 (17.22%) Public Sector
5 202 (11.75%) Banking
6 75 (4.36%) Influencing Skills
7 70 (4.07%) Organisational Skills
8 58 (3.37%) Legal
9 51 (2.97%) Retail
10 50 (2.91%) Front Office
11 48 (2.79%) Documentation Skills
11 48 (2.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 38 (2.21%) Law
13 36 (2.09%) Local Government
13 36 (2.09%) Marketing
14 34 (1.98%) Investment Banking
15 27 (1.57%) Presentation Skills
16 26 (1.51%) Telecoms
17 24 (1.40%) Pharmaceutical
18 23 (1.34%) Military
Job Titles
1 225 (13.09%) Lead
2 200 (11.63%) Senior
3 174 (10.12%) Analyst
4 172 (10.01%) Developer
5 86 (5.00%) Architect
6 66 (3.84%) DevOps Engineer
7 65 (3.78%) Project Manager
8 56 (3.26%) Data Engineer
9 55 (3.20%) Delivery Manager
10 52 (3.03%) Business Analyst
10 52 (3.03%) Consultant
11 47 (2.73%) Software Engineer
12 40 (2.33%) Scrum Master
13 39 (2.27%) Product Manager
13 39 (2.27%) Senior Manager
14 35 (2.04%) Product Owner
15 32 (1.86%) Support Engineer
16 31 (1.80%) Java Developer
17 29 (1.69%) Applications Support
17 29 (1.69%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 145 (8.44%) Terraform
2 98 (5.70%) REST
3 79 (4.60%) RESTful
4 57 (3.32%) .NET
5 55 (3.20%) Kafka
6 53 (3.08%) React
6 53 (3.08%) Spring
7 49 (2.85%) Spring Boot
8 42 (2.44%) AngularJS
8 42 (2.44%) HTML
8 42 (2.44%) Web Services
9 36 (2.09%) CSS
10 31 (1.80%) Django
10 31 (1.80%) SOAP
11 30 (1.75%) PySpark
12 24 (1.40%) Node.js
13 23 (1.34%) JSON
13 23 (1.34%) Middleware
13 23 (1.34%) XML
14 21 (1.22%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 216 (12.57%) Product Ownership
2 137 (7.97%) Onboarding
3 120 (6.98%) Cloud Native
4 52 (3.03%) Management Information System
5 46 (2.68%) Enterprise Software
6 45 (2.62%) Data Protection Act
6 45 (2.62%) Distributed Systems
7 40 (2.33%) Virtual Team
8 39 (2.27%) AI Agents
9 38 (2.21%) Legacy Systems
10 34 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
11 31 (1.80%) Security Posture
12 28 (1.63%) Data Structures
13 25 (1.45%) CMDB
14 24 (1.40%) Data Centre
14 24 (1.40%) NHS
15 22 (1.28%) Hybrid Cloud
16 20 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
17 19 (1.11%) Low-Code
18 18 (1.05%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 119 (6.92%) Windows
2 91 (5.29%) Linux
3 35 (2.04%) Windows Server
4 27 (1.57%) Unix
5 21 (1.22%) Apple iOS
5 21 (1.22%) Windows 10
6 17 (0.99%) Android
7 15 (0.87%) Mac OS
7 15 (0.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (0.35%) Amazon Linux
9 3 (0.17%) VMS
9 3 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.12%) AIX
10 2 (0.12%) zOS
11 1 (0.058%) HPUX
11 1 (0.058%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.058%) Solaris
11 1 (0.058%) SUSE
11 1 (0.058%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 677 (39.38%) Agile
2 573 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 452 (26.29%) Problem-Solving
4 371 (21.58%) CI/CD
5 355 (20.65%) DevOps
6 341 (19.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 312 (18.15%) Decision-Making
8 301 (17.51%) AI
9 246 (14.31%) Roadmaps
10 212 (12.33%) Analytics
11 194 (11.29%) Scrum
12 177 (10.30%) Change Management
13 165 (9.60%) Infrastructure as Code
13 165 (9.60%) Software Engineering
14 162 (9.42%) Test Automation
15 157 (9.13%) Migration
16 153 (8.90%) Technical Leadership
17 151 (8.78%) Risk Management
18 145 (8.44%) ITIL
18 145 (8.44%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 305 (17.74%) Python
2 272 (15.82%) SQL
3 146 (8.49%) Java
4 94 (5.47%) JavaScript
5 88 (5.12%) PowerShell
6 76 (4.42%) C#
7 61 (3.55%) Bash
8 58 (3.37%) TypeScript
9 25 (1.45%) T-SQL
10 23 (1.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 17 (0.99%) PL/SQL
12 16 (0.93%) Groovy
13 15 (0.87%) Go
14 14 (0.81%) Korn
14 14 (0.81%) Perl
15 13 (0.76%) Bicep
16 12 (0.70%) R
17 11 (0.64%) Shell Script
18 10 (0.58%) Apex Code
18 10 (0.58%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 398 (23.15%) Security Cleared
2 341 (19.84%) SC Cleared
3 149 (8.67%) Degree
4 55 (3.20%) Computer Science Degree
5 54 (3.14%) PMP
6 53 (3.08%) DV Cleared
7 45 (2.62%) PMI Certification
8 36 (2.09%) AWS Certification
9 34 (1.98%) Azure Certification
10 33 (1.92%) CISSP
11 27 (1.57%) BPSS Clearance
12 19 (1.11%) CISM
13 17 (0.99%) Cisco Certification
14 16 (0.93%) ITIL Certification
15 11 (0.64%) CompTIA Security+
15 11 (0.64%) ISTQB
15 11 (0.64%) Microsoft Certification
16 10 (0.58%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 10 (0.58%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 9 (0.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 154 (8.96%) QA
2 149 (8.67%) Data Quality
3 76 (4.42%) PMO
4 49 (2.85%) Accessibility
5 46 (2.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 41 (2.39%) SLA
7 40 (2.33%) NIST
8 34 (1.98%) GDPR
9 32 (1.86%) GRC
10 19 (1.11%) NCSC
11 17 (0.99%) Actionable Recommendations
12 12 (0.70%) COBIT
12 12 (0.70%) WCAG
13 11 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials
14 9 (0.52%) PCI DSS
14 9 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 6 (0.35%) ISO 20022
16 5 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 5 (0.29%) HIPAA
16 5 (0.29%) P3O
System Software
1 119 (6.92%) Docker
2 82 (4.77%) Active Directory
3 20 (1.16%) Virtual Machines
4 14 (0.81%) Virtual Desktop
5 13 (0.76%) VMware Infrastructure
6 9 (0.52%) IAG
7 3 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.17%) vSphere
8 2 (0.12%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.12%) RACF
8 2 (0.12%) Squid
8 2 (0.12%) Time Sharing Option
8 2 (0.12%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.12%) zsh
9 1 (0.058%) Ceph
9 1 (0.058%) UAG
9 1 (0.058%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 148 (8.61%) Kubernetes
2 58 (3.37%) Ansible
3 49 (2.85%) Grafana
4 48 (2.79%) Prometheus
5 39 (2.27%) Microsoft Intune
6 13 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
7 12 (0.70%) Kibana
7 12 (0.70%) SCCM
8 5 (0.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 5 (0.29%) Cisco CUCM
8 5 (0.29%) Puppet
9 4 (0.23%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (0.23%) QRadar
10 3 (0.17%) Control-M
10 3 (0.17%) Nagios
10 3 (0.17%) Packer
11 2 (0.12%) HP Fortify
11 2 (0.12%) Red Hat Satellite
11 2 (0.12%) SCOM
11 2 (0.12%) WSUS
Vendors
1 320 (18.62%) Microsoft
2 112 (6.52%) ServiceNow
3 111 (6.46%) Oracle
4 60 (3.49%) Salesforce
5 55 (3.20%) Google
5 55 (3.20%) SAP
6 44 (2.56%) Splunk
7 43 (2.50%) Databricks
8 32 (1.86%) IBM
9 24 (1.40%) Cisco
10 22 (1.28%) VMware
11 19 (1.11%) Dynatrace
12 16 (0.93%) Zscaler
13 14 (0.81%) Apple
13 14 (0.81%) UiPath
14 13 (0.76%) Adobe
14 13 (0.76%) Red Hat
15 10 (0.58%) Okta
15 10 (0.58%) Qualys
15 10 (0.58%) Workday