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

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 62 65
Rank change year-on-year +35 +3 +12
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 1,187 481 594
As % of all contract jobs in London 7.22% 3.76% 3.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.04% 4.13% 3.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 796 286 407
10th Percentile £350 £358 £387
25th Percentile £425 £438 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £555 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.41% +0.91% -4.35%
75th Percentile £631 £750 £713
90th Percentile £750 £881 £850
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 8 12
10th Percentile - £22.00 -
25th Percentile £17.50 £26.13 £17.00
Median hourly rate £19.69 £40.40 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -51.27% +34.68% -52.00%
75th Percentile £35.00 £59.81 £64.06
90th Percentile £76.69 £72.38 £65.00
England median hourly rate £45.46 £56.38 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.36% +50.33% -36.44%

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 14,757 11,654 16,064
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.76% 91.18% 88.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,899 7,809 11,494
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% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £681 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £504 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.05% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 234 162 342
10th Percentile £18.13 £20.05 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.00 £24.66 £19.93
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.70 £30.16
Median % change year-on-year -0.55% +18.35% -18.49%
75th Percentile £56.85 £53.75 £49.97
90th Percentile £71.75 £77.25 £69.43
England median hourly rate £31.45 £33.40 £32.50
% change year-on-year -5.84% +2.77% -10.41%

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 March 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 March 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 March 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 +23 144 £533 +6.50% 185
South London +2 31 £503 -13.81% 19
West London -16 15 £475 - 33
East London +7 9 £450 - 24
North London - 2 £550 - 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 83 (6.99%) Confluence
2 45 (3.79%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.10%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (0.84%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.51%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.42%) Apache
6 5 (0.42%) CMS
7 4 (0.34%) Camunda
7 4 (0.34%) HCL Notes
8 3 (0.25%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.25%) Appian
8 3 (0.25%) Ethereum
8 3 (0.25%) Hyperledger
9 2 (0.17%) IIS
9 2 (0.17%) MQSeries
9 2 (0.17%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.084%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.084%) ColdFusion
10 1 (0.084%) Oracle Application Server
10 1 (0.084%) SAS
Applications
1 76 (6.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (3.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 25 (2.11%) Microsoft Project
4 24 (2.02%) Microsoft Office
5 16 (1.35%) MS Visio
6 12 (1.01%) Chatbot
7 5 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.34%) Notion
9 3 (0.25%) Trello
10 2 (0.17%) Autodesk Smoke
11 1 (0.084%) Adobe After Effects
11 1 (0.084%) Adobe XD
11 1 (0.084%) Mingle
11 1 (0.084%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 19 (1.60%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (1.10%) NetSuite
3 11 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
4 10 (0.84%) Loan IQ
5 6 (0.51%) Remedy ITSM
6 5 (0.42%) Aladdin
7 4 (0.34%) Actimize
8 3 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
8 3 (0.25%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 3 (0.25%) Workday HCM
9 2 (0.17%) iTrent
9 2 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
9 2 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
9 2 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
9 2 (0.17%) SAP EWM
9 2 (0.17%) SAP FSCM
9 2 (0.17%) SAP HCM
9 2 (0.17%) SAP IBP
9 2 (0.17%) SAP PM
9 2 (0.17%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 268 (22.58%) Azure
2 193 (16.26%) AWS
3 109 (9.18%) Power Platform
4 108 (9.10%) Azure DevOps
5 85 (7.16%) GitHub
6 56 (4.72%) GCP
7 47 (3.96%) GitHub Actions
8 46 (3.88%) Serverless
9 44 (3.71%) Microsoft 365
10 43 (3.62%) SaaS
11 37 (3.12%) Amazon S3
12 35 (2.95%) AWS Lambda
13 32 (2.70%) Entra ID
14 30 (2.53%) Dynamics 365
15 28 (2.36%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 22 (1.85%) Amazon EC2
17 21 (1.77%) Amazon EKS
18 19 (1.60%) Azure Monitor
18 19 (1.60%) Power Automate
18 19 (1.60%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 31 (2.61%) Firewall
2 26 (2.19%) Network Security
3 17 (1.43%) DNS
4 12 (1.01%) DHCP
4 12 (1.01%) WAN
5 11 (0.93%) TCP/IP
6 9 (0.76%) SD-WAN
6 9 (0.76%) VPN
7 7 (0.59%) BGP
7 7 (0.59%) LAN
7 7 (0.59%) OSPF
8 6 (0.51%) Broadband
8 6 (0.51%) Ethernet
8 6 (0.51%) Modbus
8 6 (0.51%) RS-232
8 6 (0.51%) RS-485
9 5 (0.42%) 5G
9 5 (0.42%) Cisco IOS
9 5 (0.42%) MPLS
10 4 (0.34%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 86 (7.25%) Power BI
2 34 (2.86%) SQL Server
3 28 (2.36%) Tableau
4 24 (2.02%) Relational Database
5 22 (1.85%) Metadata
6 21 (1.77%) PostgreSQL
7 18 (1.52%) Data Warehouse
8 17 (1.43%) Amazon RDS
9 13 (1.10%) Data Lake
10 8 (0.67%) BigQuery
10 8 (0.67%) NoSQL
11 7 (0.59%) Delta Lake
11 7 (0.59%) MySQL
12 6 (0.51%) Amazon Athena
12 6 (0.51%) Amazon Redshift
12 6 (0.51%) Big Data
12 6 (0.51%) Redis
12 6 (0.51%) Snowflake Schema
13 5 (0.42%) MongoDB
13 5 (0.42%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 166 (13.98%) JIRA
2 51 (4.30%) Jenkins
3 40 (3.37%) GitLab
4 39 (3.29%) Git
5 21 (1.77%) Selenium
6 17 (1.43%) Cucumber
7 12 (1.01%) JMeter
8 11 (0.93%) JUnit
8 11 (0.93%) Team Foundation Server
9 10 (0.84%) Cypress.io
10 8 (0.67%) REST Assured
11 7 (0.59%) Postman
12 5 (0.42%) Bitbucket
12 5 (0.42%) Gatling
12 5 (0.42%) Maven
12 5 (0.42%) MSTest
12 5 (0.42%) TestRail
13 4 (0.34%) Gradle
13 4 (0.34%) SonarQube
13 4 (0.34%) Zephyr
General
1 511 (43.05%) Social Skills
2 400 (33.70%) Finance
3 245 (20.64%) Analytical Skills
4 144 (12.13%) Public Sector
5 86 (7.25%) Banking
6 50 (4.21%) Legal
7 43 (3.62%) Influencing Skills
8 41 (3.45%) Marketing
9 37 (3.12%) Retail
10 33 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
11 32 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
12 28 (2.36%) Telecoms
13 27 (2.27%) Documentation Skills
14 26 (2.19%) Front Office
15 20 (1.68%) Manufacturing
16 18 (1.52%) Financial Institution
16 18 (1.52%) Law
17 16 (1.35%) Local Government
18 15 (1.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 14 (1.18%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 165 (13.90%) Lead
2 162 (13.65%) Analyst
3 111 (9.35%) Senior
4 91 (7.67%) Developer
5 73 (6.15%) Architect
6 67 (5.64%) Business Analyst
7 48 (4.04%) Consultant
7 48 (4.04%) Delivery Manager
8 46 (3.88%) Project Manager
9 34 (2.86%) Data Engineer
10 30 (2.53%) DevOps Engineer
10 30 (2.53%) Senior Manager
11 24 (2.02%) Scrum Master
11 24 (2.02%) Technical Manager
12 23 (1.94%) Azure Engineer
12 23 (1.94%) Cloud Engineer
12 23 (1.94%) Lead Architect
12 23 (1.94%) Senior Analyst
13 22 (1.85%) Solutions Architect
14 21 (1.77%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (3.45%) .NET
2 37 (3.12%) REST
3 33 (2.78%) React
4 27 (2.27%) HTML
4 27 (2.27%) Node.js
4 27 (2.27%) RESTful
5 26 (2.19%) CSS
6 18 (1.52%) AngularJS
6 18 (1.52%) Spring
7 14 (1.18%) Web Services
8 13 (1.10%) Middleware
8 13 (1.10%) Playwright
8 13 (1.10%) PySpark
8 13 (1.10%) Spring Boot
9 12 (1.01%) Elastic Stack
9 12 (1.01%) Kafka
10 11 (0.93%) XML
11 10 (0.84%) Next.js
11 10 (0.84%) OAuth
11 10 (0.84%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 108 (9.10%) Product Ownership
2 74 (6.23%) Cloud Native
3 48 (4.04%) Onboarding
4 36 (3.03%) Analytical Mindset
5 29 (2.44%) Virtual Team
6 26 (2.19%) Management Information System
7 20 (1.68%) Data Centre
7 20 (1.68%) Data Protection Act
8 19 (1.60%) Hybrid Cloud
8 19 (1.60%) Legacy Systems
9 18 (1.52%) Security Posture
10 17 (1.43%) Mobile App
11 16 (1.35%) Public Cloud
11 16 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
12 15 (1.26%) Distributed Systems
12 15 (1.26%) Enterprise Software
13 14 (1.18%) AI Agents
13 14 (1.18%) PMI
14 13 (1.10%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 11 (0.93%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 55 (4.63%) Windows
2 48 (4.04%) Linux
3 12 (1.01%) Mac OS
3 12 (1.01%) Windows Server
4 11 (0.93%) Apple iOS
5 10 (0.84%) Unix
6 7 (0.59%) Android
6 7 (0.59%) VMS
6 7 (0.59%) Windows 10
7 6 (0.51%) FreeRTOS
8 4 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.17%) AIX
10 1 (0.084%) Amazon Linux
10 1 (0.084%) Solaris
10 1 (0.084%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.084%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.084%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 456 (38.42%) Agile
2 287 (24.18%) Stakeholder Management
3 273 (23.00%) Problem-Solving
4 257 (21.65%) DevOps
5 249 (20.98%) CI/CD
6 202 (17.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 178 (15.00%) Decision-Making
8 148 (12.47%) Analytics
9 144 (12.13%) AI
10 132 (11.12%) Roadmaps
11 128 (10.78%) Migration
12 113 (9.52%) Test Automation
13 107 (9.01%) Business Intelligence
13 107 (9.01%) Infrastructure as Code
14 103 (8.68%) Risk Management
15 102 (8.59%) Scrum
16 100 (8.42%) Project Delivery
17 99 (8.34%) Change Management
18 98 (8.26%) Project Management
19 92 (7.75%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 186 (15.67%) SQL
2 185 (15.59%) Python
3 75 (6.32%) Java
4 55 (4.63%) JavaScript
5 54 (4.55%) PowerShell
6 37 (3.12%) C#
6 37 (3.12%) TypeScript
7 30 (2.53%) Bash
8 16 (1.35%) T-SQL
9 14 (1.18%) C++
9 14 (1.18%) Kusto Query Language
10 12 (1.01%) Bicep
10 12 (1.01%) PL/SQL
11 8 (0.67%) Swift
12 7 (0.59%) Go
12 7 (0.59%) Kotlin
13 6 (0.51%) Embedded C++
13 6 (0.51%) Shell Script
14 5 (0.42%) ABAP
14 5 (0.42%) Korn
Qualifications
1 202 (17.02%) Security Cleared
2 170 (14.32%) SC Cleared
3 113 (9.52%) Degree
4 33 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
5 30 (2.53%) Azure Certification
6 29 (2.44%) PMI Certification
7 23 (1.94%) ACCA
8 22 (1.85%) CISSP
9 19 (1.60%) BPSS Clearance
9 19 (1.60%) CISM
10 17 (1.43%) PMP
11 15 (1.26%) Cisco Certification
11 15 (1.26%) DV Cleared
11 15 (1.26%) ISTQB
12 12 (1.01%) Master's Degree
12 12 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
13 11 (0.93%) AWS Certification
13 11 (0.93%) IIBA
14 9 (0.76%) CIMA
15 8 (0.67%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 128 (10.78%) QA
2 75 (6.32%) Data Quality
3 57 (4.80%) GDPR
4 52 (4.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 42 (3.54%) NIST
6 40 (3.37%) Accessibility
7 36 (3.03%) PMO
8 28 (2.36%) SLA
9 21 (1.77%) Actionable Recommendations
10 19 (1.60%) GRC
11 18 (1.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 14 (1.18%) IFRS
13 11 (0.93%) COBIT
13 11 (0.93%) NCSC
13 11 (0.93%) PCI DSS
14 7 (0.59%) ITGC
14 7 (0.59%) MiFID
14 7 (0.59%) WCAG
15 6 (0.51%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 6 (0.51%) PERC
System Software
1 71 (5.98%) Docker
2 28 (2.36%) Active Directory
3 14 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (0.51%) Embedded Firmware
4 6 (0.51%) Firmware
5 4 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.25%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.084%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.084%) ProxySG
7 1 (0.084%) Sendmail
7 1 (0.084%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.084%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.084%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 99 (8.34%) Terraform
2 83 (6.99%) Kubernetes
3 44 (3.71%) Ansible
4 21 (1.77%) Grafana
5 20 (1.68%) Prometheus
6 17 (1.43%) Microsoft Intune
7 15 (1.26%) SCCM
8 8 (0.67%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 7 (0.59%) ITRS Geneos
10 6 (0.51%) HP ALM
11 5 (0.42%) WSUS
12 4 (0.34%) Kibana
12 4 (0.34%) Puppet
12 4 (0.34%) SCOM
13 3 (0.25%) logstash
13 3 (0.25%) Progress Chef
13 3 (0.25%) vRealize
14 2 (0.17%) Control-M
14 2 (0.17%) Jamf Pro
14 2 (0.17%) Packer
Vendors
1 206 (17.35%) Microsoft
2 79 (6.66%) ServiceNow
3 61 (5.14%) SAP
4 55 (4.63%) Oracle
5 54 (4.55%) Salesforce
6 44 (3.71%) Google
7 30 (2.53%) Databricks
8 17 (1.43%) VMware
9 14 (1.18%) Splunk
10 12 (1.01%) OpenAI
11 10 (0.84%) Adobe
12 9 (0.76%) Cisco
12 9 (0.76%) Foundry
13 8 (0.67%) Remedy
14 7 (0.59%) Dynatrace
15 6 (0.51%) HP
15 6 (0.51%) IBM
15 6 (0.51%) Murex
15 6 (0.51%) Okta
15 6 (0.51%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud