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

6 months to
25 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 51 56
Rank change year-on-year +22 +5 +24
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 981 569 666
As % of all contract jobs in London 6.73% 4.09% 3.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.39% 4.52% 4.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 655 313 442
10th Percentile £328 £363 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +0.09% -0.09%
75th Percentile £638 £713 £713
90th Percentile £754 £838 £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 £26.11 £50.00 £42.25
% change year-on-year -47.78% +18.34% -29.58%

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 13,275 12,586 16,423
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.02% 90.47% 88.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,810 8,009 11,751
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 £503 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.29% -1.41% -3.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 215 155 311
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.75 £16.14
25th Percentile £24.89 £24.66 £19.15
Median hourly rate £34.00 £35.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +16.67% -15.49%
75th Percentile £56.25 £52.25 £52.50
90th Percentile £71.20 £79.50 £72.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.06 £37.18
% change year-on-year -26.15% -8.41% +9.93%

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 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 25 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 25 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 +12 131 £525 -4.55% 122
East London +3 18 £190 -65.69% 28
West London -11 15 £488 +2.63% 38
South London -10 6 £563 -3.43% 34
North London +7 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 66 (6.73%) Confluence
2 39 (3.98%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.43%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (1.02%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (0.51%) Apache
5 5 (0.51%) CMS
6 4 (0.41%) Appian
6 4 (0.41%) HCL Notes
6 4 (0.41%) MQSeries
7 3 (0.31%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 3 (0.31%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.31%) Camunda
7 3 (0.31%) Ethereum
7 3 (0.31%) Hyperledger
8 2 (0.20%) Drupal
8 2 (0.20%) Luigi
8 2 (0.20%) WordPress
9 1 (0.10%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.10%) nginx
9 1 (0.10%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 73 (7.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 39 (3.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 23 (2.34%) Microsoft Office
4 18 (1.83%) Microsoft Project
5 15 (1.53%) MS Visio
6 6 (0.61%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.41%) Notion
7 4 (0.41%) Trello
8 3 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.20%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.20%) Autodesk Smoke
10 1 (0.10%) Adobe After Effects
10 1 (0.10%) Adobe Captivate
10 1 (0.10%) Camtasia
10 1 (0.10%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.10%) Sketch
10 1 (0.10%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 27 (2.75%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.61%) Loan IQ
3 6 (0.61%) NetSuite
3 6 (0.61%) Remedy ITSM
4 5 (0.51%) Workday HCM
5 4 (0.41%) Oracle ERP
5 4 (0.41%) SAP PS
6 3 (0.31%) Aladdin
6 3 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.31%) SAP IBP
7 2 (0.20%) Endur
7 2 (0.20%) iTrent
7 2 (0.20%) SAP CO
7 2 (0.20%) SAP MM
7 2 (0.20%) SAP PM
7 2 (0.20%) SAP PP
7 2 (0.20%) SAP SCM
7 2 (0.20%) Summit
7 2 (0.20%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 183 (18.65%) Azure
2 139 (14.17%) AWS
3 85 (8.66%) Power Platform
4 83 (8.46%) Azure DevOps
5 64 (6.52%) GitHub
6 40 (4.08%) GCP
6 40 (4.08%) GitHub Actions
7 38 (3.87%) Microsoft 365
7 38 (3.87%) SaaS
8 31 (3.16%) Serverless
9 26 (2.65%) Amazon S3
10 23 (2.34%) AWS Lambda
11 21 (2.14%) Entra ID
12 20 (2.04%) Power Automate
13 18 (1.83%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 17 (1.73%) Dynamics 365
14 17 (1.73%) PowerApps
15 15 (1.53%) AWS CloudFormation
16 14 (1.43%) Azure Monitor
17 13 (1.33%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (2.45%) Firewall
2 20 (2.04%) DNS
3 17 (1.73%) Network Security
4 14 (1.43%) DHCP
5 13 (1.33%) TCP/IP
6 12 (1.22%) VPN
7 8 (0.82%) LAN
7 8 (0.82%) Modbus
7 8 (0.82%) WAN
8 6 (0.61%) Broadband
8 6 (0.61%) Ethernet
8 6 (0.61%) RS-232
8 6 (0.61%) RS-485
9 5 (0.51%) SD-WAN
10 4 (0.41%) 5G
11 3 (0.31%) BGP
11 3 (0.31%) DKIM
11 3 (0.31%) DMARC
11 3 (0.31%) Internet
11 3 (0.31%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (6.93%) Power BI
2 21 (2.14%) Relational Database
3 20 (2.04%) Tableau
4 17 (1.73%) PostgreSQL
5 16 (1.63%) SQL Server
6 14 (1.43%) Data Warehouse
7 12 (1.22%) NoSQL
8 11 (1.12%) Amazon RDS
8 11 (1.12%) Metadata
9 10 (1.02%) Data Lake
9 10 (1.02%) MySQL
10 8 (0.82%) MongoDB
11 7 (0.71%) Amazon Athena
12 6 (0.61%) Amazon Redshift
12 6 (0.61%) Oracle Reports
12 6 (0.61%) Redis
13 5 (0.51%) Delta Lake
13 5 (0.51%) Power Query
14 4 (0.41%) BigQuery
14 4 (0.41%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 131 (13.35%) JIRA
2 46 (4.69%) Jenkins
3 31 (3.16%) GitLab
4 26 (2.65%) Git
5 17 (1.73%) Selenium
6 12 (1.22%) JUnit
7 10 (1.02%) Cypress.io
8 9 (0.92%) Cucumber
9 8 (0.82%) Postman
10 6 (0.61%) JMeter
10 6 (0.61%) REST Assured
10 6 (0.61%) SonarQube
11 5 (0.51%) Team Foundation Server
12 4 (0.41%) Maven
12 4 (0.41%) MLflow
13 3 (0.31%) Gradle
13 3 (0.31%) Mockito
13 3 (0.31%) Oracle APEX
13 3 (0.31%) SoapUI
13 3 (0.31%) TestRail
General
1 453 (46.18%) Social Skills
2 290 (29.56%) Finance
3 202 (20.59%) Analytical Skills
4 110 (11.21%) Public Sector
5 77 (7.85%) Banking
6 45 (4.59%) Influencing Skills
7 42 (4.28%) Legal
8 37 (3.77%) Marketing
9 31 (3.16%) Manufacturing
10 30 (3.06%) Retail
11 25 (2.55%) Organisational Skills
12 24 (2.45%) Telecoms
13 21 (2.14%) Documentation Skills
14 18 (1.83%) Front Office
14 18 (1.83%) Presentation Skills
15 16 (1.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 15 (1.53%) Financial Institution
16 15 (1.53%) Publishing
17 13 (1.33%) Pharmaceutical
18 11 (1.12%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 151 (15.39%) Analyst
2 133 (13.56%) Lead
3 95 (9.68%) Senior
4 76 (7.75%) Developer
5 62 (6.32%) Business Analyst
6 48 (4.89%) Consultant
7 47 (4.79%) Architect
8 40 (4.08%) Project Manager
9 26 (2.65%) DevOps Engineer
10 24 (2.45%) Delivery Manager
10 24 (2.45%) Senior Manager
11 23 (2.34%) Data Engineer
12 22 (2.24%) Security Engineer
12 22 (2.24%) Senior Analyst
13 17 (1.73%) Cloud Engineer
13 17 (1.73%) Product Manager
14 16 (1.63%) Designer
14 16 (1.63%) Scrum Master
15 15 (1.53%) Product Owner
16 14 (1.43%) QA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (2.75%) .NET
1 27 (2.75%) REST
2 24 (2.45%) Node.js
2 24 (2.45%) React
3 22 (2.24%) CSS
3 22 (2.24%) RESTful
4 21 (2.14%) HTML
5 19 (1.94%) Spring
6 16 (1.63%) Spring Boot
7 15 (1.53%) XML
8 13 (1.33%) SOAP
8 13 (1.33%) Web Services
9 11 (1.12%) AngularJS
9 11 (1.12%) Kafka
10 10 (1.02%) ARM Templates
10 10 (1.02%) OAuth
10 10 (1.02%) PySpark
11 9 (0.92%) JSON
12 8 (0.82%) Playwright
13 7 (0.71%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 89 (9.07%) Product Ownership
2 57 (5.81%) Cloud Native
3 56 (5.71%) Onboarding
4 34 (3.47%) Analytical Mindset
5 23 (2.34%) Management Information System
6 21 (2.14%) Virtual Team
7 18 (1.83%) Distributed Systems
8 16 (1.63%) Data Protection Act
8 16 (1.63%) Mobile App
9 15 (1.53%) Enterprise Software
9 15 (1.53%) Public Cloud
10 14 (1.43%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 14 (1.43%) PMI
11 12 (1.22%) Cyber Defence
11 12 (1.22%) Hybrid Cloud
12 11 (1.12%) Legacy Systems
12 11 (1.12%) Security Posture
13 10 (1.02%) AI Agents
13 10 (1.02%) Data Centre
14 8 (0.82%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 49 (4.99%) Windows
2 46 (4.69%) Linux
3 13 (1.33%) Mac OS
4 12 (1.22%) Unix
5 11 (1.12%) Windows Server
6 9 (0.92%) Android
6 9 (0.92%) VMS
7 6 (0.61%) Apple iOS
7 6 (0.61%) FreeRTOS
7 6 (0.61%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.20%) AIX
10 1 (0.10%) Solaris
10 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 378 (38.53%) Agile
2 263 (26.81%) Problem-Solving
3 230 (23.45%) Stakeholder Management
4 206 (21.00%) DevOps
5 185 (18.86%) CI/CD
6 173 (17.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 124 (12.64%) Decision-Making
7 124 (12.64%) Roadmaps
8 119 (12.13%) Analytics
9 95 (9.68%) AI
10 94 (9.58%) Project Delivery
11 90 (9.17%) Project Management
11 90 (9.17%) Scrum
12 82 (8.36%) Test Automation
13 81 (8.26%) Infrastructure as Code
14 80 (8.15%) Business Intelligence
15 78 (7.95%) Migration
16 77 (7.85%) Mentoring
17 72 (7.34%) Change Management
17 72 (7.34%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 138 (14.07%) SQL
2 137 (13.97%) Python
3 69 (7.03%) Java
4 46 (4.69%) JavaScript
5 45 (4.59%) PowerShell
6 33 (3.36%) Bash
7 31 (3.16%) TypeScript
8 22 (2.24%) C#
9 16 (1.63%) Kusto Query Language
10 14 (1.43%) C++
11 7 (0.71%) Bicep
11 7 (0.71%) PL/SQL
12 6 (0.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 6 (0.61%) Embedded C++
12 6 (0.61%) T-SQL
13 5 (0.51%) Korn
13 5 (0.51%) R
14 4 (0.41%) ABAP
14 4 (0.41%) RPG
15 3 (0.31%) VBA
Qualifications
1 147 (14.98%) Security Cleared
2 122 (12.44%) SC Cleared
3 96 (9.79%) Degree
4 31 (3.16%) PMI Certification
5 28 (2.85%) Computer Science Degree
6 27 (2.75%) Azure Certification
7 20 (2.04%) PMP
8 17 (1.73%) BPSS Clearance
9 15 (1.53%) ACCA
10 12 (1.22%) AWS Certification
10 12 (1.22%) ISTQB
11 11 (1.12%) Microsoft Certification
12 10 (1.02%) DV Cleared
12 10 (1.02%) Master's Degree
13 9 (0.92%) CIMA
13 9 (0.92%) Cisco Certification
13 9 (0.92%) CISSP
14 8 (0.82%) CISM
14 8 (0.82%) IIBA
15 7 (0.71%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (9.99%) QA
2 52 (5.30%) Data Quality
3 43 (4.38%) Accessibility
3 43 (4.38%) GDPR
4 40 (4.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 29 (2.96%) PMO
6 26 (2.65%) NIST
7 20 (2.04%) Actionable Recommendations
8 19 (1.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 19 (1.94%) SLA
9 17 (1.73%) GRC
10 10 (1.02%) COBIT
10 10 (1.02%) NCSC
11 8 (0.82%) PCI DSS
12 7 (0.71%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 7 (0.71%) ITGC
12 7 (0.71%) WCAG
13 6 (0.61%) GMP
13 6 (0.61%) IFRS
13 6 (0.61%) SOX 404
System Software
1 69 (7.03%) Docker
2 26 (2.65%) Active Directory
3 17 (1.73%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (0.61%) Embedded Firmware
4 6 (0.61%) Firmware
5 3 (0.31%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.10%) ProxySG
7 1 (0.10%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.10%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 74 (7.54%) Terraform
2 72 (7.34%) Kubernetes
3 38 (3.87%) Ansible
4 18 (1.83%) SCCM
5 17 (1.73%) Microsoft Intune
6 16 (1.63%) Grafana
7 14 (1.43%) Prometheus
8 8 (0.82%) ITRS Geneos
9 7 (0.71%) WSUS
10 6 (0.61%) Kibana
11 5 (0.51%) Puppet
12 4 (0.41%) Control-M
12 4 (0.41%) logstash
12 4 (0.41%) Progress Chef
12 4 (0.41%) SCOM
13 3 (0.31%) HP ALM
13 3 (0.31%) vRealize
14 2 (0.20%) Jamf Pro
14 2 (0.20%) Packer
14 2 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 159 (16.21%) Microsoft
2 63 (6.42%) SAP
3 54 (5.50%) ServiceNow
4 49 (4.99%) Salesforce
5 42 (4.28%) Oracle
6 39 (3.98%) Google
7 16 (1.63%) Databricks
8 15 (1.53%) Splunk
9 12 (1.22%) Adobe
10 10 (1.02%) VMware
10 10 (1.02%) Workday
11 8 (0.82%) Dynatrace
11 8 (0.82%) Remedy
12 7 (0.71%) IBM
13 6 (0.61%) Murex
13 6 (0.61%) New Relic
13 6 (0.61%) OpenAI
14 5 (0.51%) BMC
14 5 (0.51%) Guidewire
14 5 (0.51%) Solace