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

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 47 76
Rank change year-on-year +20 +29 -1
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 1,501 652 547
As % of all contract jobs in London 7.67% 4.88% 3.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.63% 5.30% 3.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 991 433 374
10th Percentile £350 £350 £363
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £528 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% -4.00% -4.35%
75th Percentile £613 £688 £700
90th Percentile £749 £848 £796
England median daily rate £507 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +1.40% -4.76% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 8 16
10th Percentile £25.25 £27.29 £17.00
25th Percentile £26.20 £31.05 £24.26
Median hourly rate £41.00 £38.99 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.16% +29.97% -47.83%
75th Percentile £66.25 £49.38 £50.31
90th Percentile £93.25 £57.63 £66.88
England median hourly rate £55.00 £28.75 £35.00
% change year-on-year +91.30% -17.86% -28.57%

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 17,398 12,312 15,542
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.95% 92.16% 88.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,552 8,218 11,064
10th Percentile £358 £331 £340
25th Percentile £440 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - -5.66%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £680
90th Percentile £763 £799 £800
England median daily rate £524 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +1.65% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 271 230 293
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £15.96
25th Percentile £22.91 £24.66 £20.02
Median hourly rate £37.00 £32.25 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.73% +7.50% -27.31%
75th Percentile £59.00 £50.38 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £68.60
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% -4.70%

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 8 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 8 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 8 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 -2 158 £525 +3.97% 167
South London +21 49 £500 -14.00% 18
West London 0 47 £520 +2.77% 44
East London +10 13 £675 +15.38% 30
North London +1 2 £450 -18.18% 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 73 (4.86%) Confluence
2 61 (4.06%) SharePoint
3 20 (1.33%) Microsoft Exchange
4 15 (1.00%) Apache Airflow
5 12 (0.80%) Apache Spark
6 10 (0.67%) CMS
7 7 (0.47%) Apache
8 6 (0.40%) IIS
9 4 (0.27%) WordPress
10 3 (0.20%) Camunda
11 2 (0.13%) Appian
11 2 (0.13%) SAS
12 1 (0.067%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.067%) HCL Notes
12 1 (0.067%) Mule
12 1 (0.067%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.067%) Oracle Application Server
12 1 (0.067%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.067%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.067%) WebLogic
Applications
1 74 (4.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (2.20%) Microsoft Office
3 29 (1.93%) Microsoft Project
4 27 (1.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 19 (1.27%) MS Visio
6 11 (0.73%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.13%) CPLEX
8 2 (0.13%) Oracle Smart View
9 1 (0.067%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.067%) InDesign
9 1 (0.067%) Mingle
9 1 (0.067%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 21 (1.40%) NetSuite
2 17 (1.13%) SAP S/4HANA
3 11 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
4 9 (0.60%) Actimize
4 9 (0.60%) Oracle ERP
5 8 (0.53%) Loan IQ
5 8 (0.53%) Oracle EBS
6 7 (0.47%) Salesforce CRM
7 6 (0.40%) Oracle Payables
7 6 (0.40%) Remedy ITSM
8 5 (0.33%) Aladdin
8 5 (0.33%) Magento
8 5 (0.33%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 5 (0.33%) 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
1 337 (22.45%) Azure
2 287 (19.12%) AWS
3 141 (9.39%) Power Platform
4 108 (7.20%) Azure DevOps
5 93 (6.20%) GitHub
6 82 (5.46%) GCP
7 75 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
8 62 (4.13%) SaaS
9 60 (4.00%) Entra ID
10 55 (3.66%) GitHub Actions
11 54 (3.60%) Serverless
12 52 (3.46%) Dynamics 365
13 45 (3.00%) Amazon S3
14 43 (2.86%) AWS Lambda
15 35 (2.33%) Amazon EC2
16 33 (2.20%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 30 (2.00%) AWS CloudFormation
18 29 (1.93%) Virtual Private Cloud
19 27 (1.80%) Azure AKS
20 24 (1.60%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 33 (2.20%) Firewall
2 28 (1.87%) Network Security
3 20 (1.33%) DNS
4 16 (1.07%) WAN
5 11 (0.73%) VoIP
6 10 (0.67%) LAN
7 9 (0.60%) SD-WAN
8 6 (0.40%) BGP
8 6 (0.40%) DHCP
8 6 (0.40%) OSPF
8 6 (0.40%) TCP/IP
8 6 (0.40%) VPN
9 5 (0.33%) HTTPS
9 5 (0.33%) MPLS
9 5 (0.33%) NGFW
9 5 (0.33%) Unified Communications
9 5 (0.33%) WebEx
10 4 (0.27%) IOS XR
10 4 (0.27%) NX-OS
10 4 (0.27%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 116 (7.73%) Power BI
2 41 (2.73%) SQL Server
3 37 (2.47%) Tableau
4 36 (2.40%) Metadata
5 34 (2.27%) Data Warehouse
6 28 (1.87%) Relational Database
7 27 (1.80%) Amazon RDS
8 26 (1.73%) PostgreSQL
9 20 (1.33%) NoSQL
10 18 (1.20%) Data Lake
11 15 (1.00%) Delta Lake
12 12 (0.80%) Power Query
13 11 (0.73%) Parquet
14 10 (0.67%) Big Data
15 9 (0.60%) BigQuery
16 8 (0.53%) Snowflake Schema
17 7 (0.47%) Oracle Database
17 7 (0.47%) Oracle Reports
18 6 (0.40%) RDBMS
19 5 (0.33%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 164 (10.93%) JIRA
2 69 (4.60%) Jenkins
3 68 (4.53%) Git
4 45 (3.00%) GitLab
5 24 (1.60%) Selenium
6 17 (1.13%) Cucumber
7 12 (0.80%) Cypress.io
8 9 (0.60%) JMeter
9 8 (0.53%) Bitbucket
9 8 (0.53%) JUnit
9 8 (0.53%) Postman
9 8 (0.53%) REST Assured
9 8 (0.53%) Team Foundation Server
10 6 (0.40%) CircleCI
10 6 (0.40%) Visual Studio
10 6 (0.40%) Vite
10 6 (0.40%) XCTest
11 5 (0.33%) Mocha
11 5 (0.33%) MSTest
11 5 (0.33%) TestRail
General
1 614 (40.91%) Social Skills
2 522 (34.78%) Finance
3 323 (21.52%) Analytical Skills
4 212 (14.12%) Public Sector
5 146 (9.73%) Banking
6 57 (3.80%) Influencing Skills
6 57 (3.80%) Legal
7 55 (3.66%) Organisational Skills
8 51 (3.40%) Law
9 47 (3.13%) Retail
10 40 (2.66%) Documentation Skills
11 38 (2.53%) Local Government
12 35 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 34 (2.27%) Marketing
14 33 (2.20%) Front Office
14 33 (2.20%) Presentation Skills
15 28 (1.87%) Telecoms
16 27 (1.80%) Investment Banking
17 17 (1.13%) Pharmaceutical
18 16 (1.07%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 208 (13.86%) Lead
2 151 (10.06%) Analyst
3 150 (9.99%) Senior
4 132 (8.79%) Developer
5 94 (6.26%) Architect
6 64 (4.26%) Project Manager
7 55 (3.66%) DevOps Engineer
8 54 (3.60%) Consultant
9 51 (3.40%) Delivery Manager
10 45 (3.00%) Data Engineer
11 43 (2.86%) Business Analyst
12 39 (2.60%) Scrum Master
13 37 (2.47%) Software Engineer
14 36 (2.40%) Senior Manager
15 34 (2.27%) Lead Architect
16 31 (2.07%) Functional Architect
17 30 (2.00%) Azure Engineer
18 29 (1.93%) Product Owner
19 27 (1.80%) Cloud Engineer
19 27 (1.80%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (4.13%) REST
2 53 (3.53%) RESTful
3 50 (3.33%) React
4 35 (2.33%) .NET
4 35 (2.33%) Spring
5 34 (2.27%) Kafka
6 32 (2.13%) HTML
7 31 (2.07%) Spring Boot
8 29 (1.93%) CSS
9 28 (1.87%) AngularJS
10 26 (1.73%) Node.js
11 20 (1.33%) Middleware
12 19 (1.27%) Django
12 19 (1.27%) Web Services
13 16 (1.07%) JSON
13 16 (1.07%) Playwright
14 15 (1.00%) Next.js
14 15 (1.00%) SOAP
15 14 (0.93%) OAuth
15 14 (0.93%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 160 (10.66%) Product Ownership
2 100 (6.66%) Cloud Native
3 85 (5.66%) Onboarding
4 45 (3.00%) Virtual Team
5 42 (2.80%) Data Protection Act
6 41 (2.73%) Management Information System
7 34 (2.27%) Legacy Systems
8 33 (2.20%) Distributed Systems
9 29 (1.93%) Security Posture
10 27 (1.80%) Data Centre
11 26 (1.73%) Self-Motivation
12 23 (1.53%) AI Agents
12 23 (1.53%) Analytical Mindset
12 23 (1.53%) Data Structures
13 22 (1.47%) CMDB
14 18 (1.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 17 (1.13%) Derivative
16 14 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
17 13 (0.87%) Greenfield Project
17 13 (0.87%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 85 (5.66%) Windows
2 57 (3.80%) Linux
3 19 (1.27%) Windows Server
4 15 (1.00%) Mac OS
5 14 (0.93%) Apple iOS
6 12 (0.80%) Windows 10
7 10 (0.67%) Unix
8 5 (0.33%) Amazon Linux
8 5 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.27%) Android
10 2 (0.13%) AIX
10 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.067%) FreeRTOS
11 1 (0.067%) HPUX
11 1 (0.067%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.067%) Solaris
11 1 (0.067%) SUSE
11 1 (0.067%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 569 (37.91%) Agile
2 401 (26.72%) Stakeholder Management
3 362 (24.12%) Problem-Solving
4 320 (21.32%) DevOps
5 308 (20.52%) CI/CD
6 280 (18.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 273 (18.19%) Decision-Making
8 228 (15.19%) AI
9 181 (12.06%) Roadmaps
10 179 (11.93%) Analytics
11 160 (10.66%) Scrum
12 159 (10.59%) Change Management
13 149 (9.93%) Migration
14 141 (9.39%) Test Automation
15 135 (8.99%) Business Intelligence
16 134 (8.93%) Risk Management
17 129 (8.59%) Infrastructure as Code
18 123 (8.19%) Mentoring
19 120 (7.99%) Validation
20 119 (7.93%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 236 (15.72%) Python
2 223 (14.86%) SQL
3 112 (7.46%) Java
4 75 (5.00%) JavaScript
5 67 (4.46%) PowerShell
6 51 (3.40%) C#
7 45 (3.00%) TypeScript
8 40 (2.66%) Bash
9 25 (1.67%) T-SQL
10 22 (1.47%) PL/SQL
11 16 (1.07%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 12 (0.80%) Apex Code
13 11 (0.73%) Bicep
13 11 (0.73%) Kotlin
14 10 (0.67%) Go
15 9 (0.60%) C++
15 9 (0.60%) Groovy
15 9 (0.60%) Perl
15 9 (0.60%) Ruby
15 9 (0.60%) Swift
Qualifications
1 307 (20.45%) Security Cleared
2 261 (17.39%) SC Cleared
3 138 (9.19%) Degree
4 48 (3.20%) Computer Science Degree
5 40 (2.66%) DV Cleared
6 35 (2.33%) CISSP
6 35 (2.33%) PMP
7 34 (2.27%) PMI Certification
8 30 (2.00%) Azure Certification
9 25 (1.67%) AWS Certification
10 23 (1.53%) CISM
11 20 (1.33%) BPSS Clearance
11 20 (1.33%) Cisco Certification
12 13 (0.87%) ACCA
12 13 (0.87%) ITIL Certification
13 12 (0.80%) CCNP
13 12 (0.80%) Master's Degree
14 10 (0.67%) ISTQB
15 9 (0.60%) CISA
16 8 (0.53%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 132 (8.79%) QA
2 106 (7.06%) Data Quality
3 71 (4.73%) PMO
4 50 (3.33%) GDPR
5 47 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 40 (2.66%) NIST
7 38 (2.53%) Accessibility
8 32 (2.13%) SLA
9 24 (1.60%) GRC
10 16 (1.07%) PCI DSS
11 13 (0.87%) Actionable Recommendations
11 13 (0.87%) IFRS
12 11 (0.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 8 (0.53%) NCSC
14 6 (0.40%) GAAP
14 6 (0.40%) NIST 800
15 5 (0.33%) Government Security Classifications
15 5 (0.33%) HIPAA
15 5 (0.33%) ISO 22301
16 4 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 83 (5.53%) Docker
2 56 (3.73%) Active Directory
3 13 (0.87%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (0.40%) IAG
5 4 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.13%) Squid
6 2 (0.13%) vSphere
7 1 (0.067%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.067%) Firmware
7 1 (0.067%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.067%) Sendmail
7 1 (0.067%) UAG
7 1 (0.067%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.067%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.067%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.067%) zsh
Systems Management
1 127 (8.46%) Terraform
2 119 (7.93%) Kubernetes
3 44 (2.93%) Ansible
4 36 (2.40%) Grafana
4 36 (2.40%) Prometheus
5 27 (1.80%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (0.47%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 5 (0.33%) Cisco CUCM
8 5 (0.33%) Kibana
8 5 (0.33%) 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 (0.13%) Control-M
11 2 (0.13%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.13%) ITRS Geneos
11 2 (0.13%) WSUS
Vendors
1 246 (16.39%) Microsoft
2 104 (6.93%) ServiceNow
3 92 (6.13%) Oracle
4 72 (4.80%) Salesforce
5 52 (3.46%) SAP
6 45 (3.00%) Google
7 31 (2.07%) Databricks
8 19 (1.27%) Cisco
9 16 (1.07%) Splunk
10 14 (0.93%) VMware
11 13 (0.87%) Dynatrace
12 12 (0.80%) Apple
13 11 (0.73%) Okta
13 11 (0.73%) OpenAI
14 10 (0.67%) ForgeRock
14 10 (0.67%) Murex
15 9 (0.60%) Foundry
15 9 (0.60%) IBM
16 8 (0.53%) Zscaler
17 7 (0.47%) Workday