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

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 54 60
Rank change year-on-year +26 +6 +20
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 1,044 526 635
As % of all contract jobs in London 6.85% 3.87% 3.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.55% 4.27% 3.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 702 296 433
10th Percentile £350 £358 £400
25th Percentile £425 £457 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £583 £557
Median % change year-on-year -9.95% +4.67% -3.13%
75th Percentile £638 £738 £700
90th Percentile £750 £856 £850
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 7 12
10th Percentile £17.40 £22.00 -
25th Percentile £17.50 £24.75 £17.00
Median hourly rate £18.50 £30.81 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -39.94% +2.68% -53.85%
75th Percentile £35.00 £63.63 £64.06
90th Percentile £63.33 £72.75 £65.00
England median hourly rate £33.00 £52.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -36.54% +38.67% -37.50%

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 13,833 12,324 16,296
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 90.73% 90.63% 88.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,202 7,872 11,677
10th Percentile £350 £350 £338
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 £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 211 152 339
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.03 £16.02
25th Percentile £25.15 £25.56 £19.49
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.25 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.04% +24.17% -14.29%
75th Percentile £56.25 £55.38 £51.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £79.88 £72.50
England median hourly rate £25.77 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -26.37% - -

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 13 February 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 13 February 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 13 February 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 +12 136 £538 +3.61% 109
South London -3 19 £525 -9.95% 16
West London -15 16 £475 +18.75% 27
East London +6 11 £450 -18.74% 25
North London +5 2 £550 - 5
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 72 (6.90%) Confluence
2 41 (3.93%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.25%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (0.96%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.57%) Apache
6 5 (0.48%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.48%) CMS
7 4 (0.38%) Appian
7 4 (0.38%) HCL Notes
7 4 (0.38%) MQSeries
8 3 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.29%) Camunda
8 3 (0.29%) Ethereum
8 3 (0.29%) Hyperledger
9 2 (0.19%) Drupal
9 2 (0.19%) WordPress
10 1 (0.096%) Mule
10 1 (0.096%) nginx
10 1 (0.096%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.096%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 74 (7.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 39 (3.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 22 (2.11%) Microsoft Office
4 20 (1.92%) Microsoft Project
5 15 (1.44%) MS Visio
6 10 (0.96%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.38%) Notion
7 4 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.38%) Trello
8 2 (0.19%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.19%) Autodesk Smoke
9 1 (0.096%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.096%) Adobe Captivate
9 1 (0.096%) Camtasia
9 1 (0.096%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.096%) Sketch
9 1 (0.096%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 18 (1.72%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (0.96%) NetSuite
4 8 (0.77%) Loan IQ
5 7 (0.67%) Remedy ITSM
6 4 (0.38%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.29%) Aladdin
7 3 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.29%) SAP IBP
7 3 (0.29%) Teamcenter
7 3 (0.29%) Workday HCM
8 2 (0.19%) iTrent
8 2 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
8 2 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.19%) SAP BPC
8 2 (0.19%) SAP EWM
8 2 (0.19%) SAP GTS
8 2 (0.19%) SAP HCM
8 2 (0.19%) SAP SCM
8 2 (0.19%) SAP SRM
Cloud Services
1 205 (19.64%) Azure
2 156 (14.94%) AWS
3 93 (8.91%) Azure DevOps
4 90 (8.62%) Power Platform
5 72 (6.90%) GitHub
6 43 (4.12%) GCP
7 42 (4.02%) GitHub Actions
8 41 (3.93%) SaaS
9 37 (3.54%) Microsoft 365
10 36 (3.45%) Serverless
11 33 (3.16%) Amazon S3
12 26 (2.49%) AWS Lambda
13 24 (2.30%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 21 (2.01%) Entra ID
14 21 (2.01%) Power Automate
15 18 (1.72%) PowerApps
16 17 (1.63%) Dynamics 365
17 16 (1.53%) Amazon EC2
17 16 (1.53%) AWS CloudFormation
17 16 (1.53%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 25 (2.39%) Firewall
2 19 (1.82%) Network Security
3 18 (1.72%) DNS
4 14 (1.34%) DHCP
5 13 (1.25%) TCP/IP
6 11 (1.05%) VPN
7 8 (0.77%) LAN
7 8 (0.77%) Modbus
7 8 (0.77%) WAN
8 6 (0.57%) Broadband
8 6 (0.57%) Ethernet
8 6 (0.57%) RS-232
8 6 (0.57%) RS-485
9 5 (0.48%) SD-WAN
10 4 (0.38%) 5G
11 3 (0.29%) DKIM
11 3 (0.29%) DMARC
11 3 (0.29%) Multicast
11 3 (0.29%) tcpdump
11 3 (0.29%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (6.99%) Power BI
2 25 (2.39%) Tableau
3 23 (2.20%) Relational Database
4 22 (2.11%) SQL Server
5 20 (1.92%) PostgreSQL
6 15 (1.44%) Amazon RDS
7 14 (1.34%) Data Warehouse
8 13 (1.25%) Metadata
9 11 (1.05%) Data Lake
10 10 (0.96%) NoSQL
11 9 (0.86%) MySQL
12 8 (0.77%) MongoDB
12 8 (0.77%) Redis
13 7 (0.67%) Oracle Reports
14 6 (0.57%) Amazon Athena
14 6 (0.57%) Amazon Redshift
14 6 (0.57%) BigQuery
15 5 (0.48%) Delta Lake
15 5 (0.48%) Power Query
16 4 (0.38%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 144 (13.79%) JIRA
2 48 (4.60%) Jenkins
3 33 (3.16%) Git
3 33 (3.16%) GitLab
4 18 (1.72%) Selenium
5 11 (1.05%) Cucumber
5 11 (1.05%) JUnit
6 10 (0.96%) Cypress.io
6 10 (0.96%) JMeter
7 9 (0.86%) Postman
8 8 (0.77%) Team Foundation Server
9 7 (0.67%) SonarQube
10 6 (0.57%) REST Assured
11 5 (0.48%) Gatling
11 5 (0.48%) TestRail
12 4 (0.38%) Bitbucket
12 4 (0.38%) Maven
12 4 (0.38%) MLflow
12 4 (0.38%) XCTest
13 3 (0.29%) Oracle APEX
General
1 471 (45.11%) Social Skills
2 333 (31.90%) Finance
3 215 (20.59%) Analytical Skills
4 118 (11.30%) Public Sector
5 78 (7.47%) Banking
6 42 (4.02%) Legal
7 40 (3.83%) Influencing Skills
7 40 (3.83%) Marketing
8 36 (3.45%) Retail
9 29 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
10 25 (2.39%) Presentation Skills
11 24 (2.30%) Manufacturing
11 24 (2.30%) Telecoms
12 22 (2.11%) Documentation Skills
12 22 (2.11%) Front Office
13 15 (1.44%) Financial Institution
13 15 (1.44%) Publishing
14 14 (1.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 13 (1.25%) Local Government
15 13 (1.25%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 158 (15.13%) Analyst
2 144 (13.79%) Lead
3 104 (9.96%) Senior
4 85 (8.14%) Developer
5 64 (6.13%) Business Analyst
6 46 (4.41%) Architect
7 43 (4.12%) Project Manager
8 40 (3.83%) Consultant
9 36 (3.45%) Delivery Manager
10 28 (2.68%) Data Engineer
11 26 (2.49%) Senior Manager
12 24 (2.30%) DevOps Engineer
13 23 (2.20%) Senior Analyst
14 22 (2.11%) Security Engineer
15 18 (1.72%) Scrum Master
16 17 (1.63%) Designer
16 17 (1.63%) Product Manager
16 17 (1.63%) Product Owner
17 16 (1.53%) Technical Manager
18 15 (1.44%) QA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (3.07%) REST
2 31 (2.97%) .NET
3 26 (2.49%) Node.js
4 25 (2.39%) CSS
4 25 (2.39%) React
4 25 (2.39%) RESTful
5 24 (2.30%) HTML
6 17 (1.63%) Spring
7 15 (1.44%) Spring Boot
7 15 (1.44%) XML
8 14 (1.34%) SOAP
9 13 (1.25%) Web Services
10 12 (1.15%) AngularJS
10 12 (1.15%) PySpark
11 11 (1.05%) OAuth
12 10 (0.96%) ARM Templates
12 10 (0.96%) JSON
12 10 (0.96%) Kafka
13 9 (0.86%) Elastic Stack
13 9 (0.86%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 93 (8.91%) Product Ownership
2 57 (5.46%) Cloud Native
3 50 (4.79%) Onboarding
4 37 (3.54%) Analytical Mindset
5 28 (2.68%) Management Information System
6 23 (2.20%) Virtual Team
7 20 (1.92%) Mobile App
8 18 (1.72%) Distributed Systems
9 15 (1.44%) Data Protection Act
9 15 (1.44%) Enterprise Software
9 15 (1.44%) Public Cloud
9 15 (1.44%) Security Posture
10 14 (1.34%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 12 (1.15%) Hybrid Cloud
11 12 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
12 11 (1.05%) PMI
13 10 (0.96%) Cyber Defence
13 10 (0.96%) Data Centre
13 10 (0.96%) Replication
14 9 (0.86%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 47 (4.50%) Linux
1 47 (4.50%) Windows
2 13 (1.25%) Mac OS
3 11 (1.05%) Apple iOS
3 11 (1.05%) Unix
4 9 (0.86%) Android
4 9 (0.86%) VMS
4 9 (0.86%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.57%) FreeRTOS
5 6 (0.57%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.19%) AIX
8 1 (0.096%) Amazon Linux
8 1 (0.096%) Solaris
8 1 (0.096%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.096%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.096%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 411 (39.37%) Agile
2 256 (24.52%) Problem-Solving
3 248 (23.75%) Stakeholder Management
4 222 (21.26%) DevOps
5 201 (19.25%) CI/CD
6 170 (16.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 144 (13.79%) Decision-Making
8 135 (12.93%) Analytics
9 130 (12.45%) Roadmaps
10 113 (10.82%) AI
11 97 (9.29%) Project Delivery
12 96 (9.20%) Migration
13 93 (8.91%) Scrum
14 90 (8.62%) Project Management
15 88 (8.43%) Business Intelligence
15 88 (8.43%) Test Automation
16 87 (8.33%) Risk Management
17 85 (8.14%) Infrastructure as Code
18 80 (7.66%) Change Management
19 78 (7.47%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 158 (15.13%) SQL
2 144 (13.79%) Python
3 68 (6.51%) Java
4 52 (4.98%) JavaScript
5 42 (4.02%) PowerShell
6 32 (3.07%) TypeScript
7 30 (2.87%) Bash
8 27 (2.59%) C#
9 15 (1.44%) Kusto Query Language
10 14 (1.34%) C++
11 11 (1.05%) T-SQL
12 8 (0.77%) PL/SQL
13 7 (0.67%) Swift
14 6 (0.57%) Bicep
14 6 (0.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 6 (0.57%) Embedded C++
15 5 (0.48%) Go
15 5 (0.48%) Korn
15 5 (0.48%) R
16 4 (0.38%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 161 (15.42%) Security Cleared
2 136 (13.03%) SC Cleared
3 92 (8.81%) Degree
4 27 (2.59%) Azure Certification
4 27 (2.59%) PMI Certification
5 26 (2.49%) Computer Science Degree
6 19 (1.82%) ACCA
7 18 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
8 17 (1.63%) PMP
9 14 (1.34%) ISTQB
10 12 (1.15%) CISSP
10 12 (1.15%) DV Cleared
11 11 (1.05%) CISM
11 11 (1.05%) Microsoft Certification
12 10 (0.96%) Cisco Certification
12 10 (0.96%) Master's Degree
13 9 (0.86%) AWS Certification
13 9 (0.86%) CIMA
13 9 (0.86%) IIBA
14 8 (0.77%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 109 (10.44%) QA
2 60 (5.75%) Data Quality
3 49 (4.69%) GDPR
4 47 (4.50%) Accessibility
5 45 (4.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 30 (2.87%) NIST
7 27 (2.59%) PMO
8 23 (2.20%) Actionable Recommendations
9 22 (2.11%) SLA
10 19 (1.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 18 (1.72%) GRC
12 11 (1.05%) PCI DSS
13 10 (0.96%) COBIT
13 10 (0.96%) IFRS
13 10 (0.96%) NCSC
14 8 (0.77%) WCAG
15 7 (0.67%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 7 (0.67%) ITGC
16 6 (0.57%) MiFID
16 6 (0.57%) SOX 404
System Software
1 73 (6.99%) Docker
2 25 (2.39%) Active Directory
3 18 (1.72%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (0.57%) Embedded Firmware
4 6 (0.57%) Firmware
5 3 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.096%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.096%) ProxySG
7 1 (0.096%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.096%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 77 (7.38%) Terraform
2 74 (7.09%) Kubernetes
3 36 (3.45%) Ansible
4 18 (1.72%) SCCM
5 17 (1.63%) Microsoft Intune
6 15 (1.44%) Grafana
6 15 (1.44%) Prometheus
7 8 (0.77%) ITRS Geneos
8 7 (0.67%) WSUS
9 6 (0.57%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 5 (0.48%) Kibana
11 4 (0.38%) Control-M
11 4 (0.38%) HP ALM
11 4 (0.38%) logstash
11 4 (0.38%) Puppet
11 4 (0.38%) SCOM
12 3 (0.29%) Progress Chef
12 3 (0.29%) vRealize
13 2 (0.19%) Jamf Pro
13 2 (0.19%) Packer
Vendors
1 163 (15.61%) Microsoft
2 63 (6.03%) ServiceNow
3 57 (5.46%) SAP
4 51 (4.89%) Salesforce
5 42 (4.02%) Oracle
6 41 (3.93%) Google
7 21 (2.01%) Databricks
8 14 (1.34%) Splunk
8 14 (1.34%) VMware
9 12 (1.15%) Adobe
10 9 (0.86%) Remedy
11 7 (0.67%) Dynatrace
12 6 (0.57%) IBM
12 6 (0.57%) Informatica
12 6 (0.57%) Murex
12 6 (0.57%) OpenAI
13 5 (0.48%) BMC
13 5 (0.48%) CheckPoint
13 5 (0.48%) Cisco
13 5 (0.48%) Red Hat