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

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 52 59
Rank change year-on-year +23 +7 +20
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 980 572 648
As % of all contract jobs in London 6.71% 4.09% 3.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.36% 4.52% 4.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 653 316 429
10th Percentile £325 £363 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - -
75th Percentile £638 £700 £725
90th Percentile £750 £838 £850
England median daily rate £500 £528 £550
% change year-on-year -5.21% -4.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 8 8
10th Percentile - £17.08 £17.00
25th Percentile £17.50 £20.77 £18.13
Median hourly rate £18.50 £26.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.85% -56.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £35.00 £59.81 £71.25
90th Percentile £60.00 £72.38 £91.13
England median hourly rate £26.11 £50.00 £60.57
% change year-on-year -47.78% -17.45% -1.11%

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 13,320 12,644 16,077
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.20% 90.45% 88.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,835 8,066 11,489
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £555
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -0.90% -7.50%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 221 159 292
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.60 £16.25
25th Percentile £24.61 £24.66 £19.83
Median hourly rate £34.00 £35.00 £30.63
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +14.29% -14.34%
75th Percentile £56.00 £53.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £72.00 £80.15 £73.56
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.50 £38.00
% change year-on-year -27.10% -9.21% +8.57%

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 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 22 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 22 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 +13 128 £525 -4.55% 113
East London +4 18 £190 -65.69% 22
West London -13 15 £488 +2.63% 41
South London -13 6 £563 -3.43% 34
North London +8 2 £550 - 6
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 63 (6.43%) Confluence
2 39 (3.98%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.22%) 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 (7.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 40 (4.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 23 (2.35%) Microsoft Office
4 17 (1.73%) Microsoft Project
5 13 (1.33%) 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 (2.76%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.71%) Remedy ITSM
4 6 (0.61%) Loan IQ
4 6 (0.61%) NetSuite
5 5 (0.51%) Workday HCM
6 4 (0.41%) Oracle ERP
6 4 (0.41%) SAP PS
7 3 (0.31%) Aladdin
7 3 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.31%) SAP IBP
8 2 (0.20%) Endur
8 2 (0.20%) iTrent
8 2 (0.20%) SAP CO
8 2 (0.20%) SAP MM
8 2 (0.20%) SAP PM
8 2 (0.20%) SAP PP
8 2 (0.20%) Summit
8 2 (0.20%) Teamcenter
8 2 (0.20%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 179 (18.27%) Azure
2 139 (14.18%) AWS
3 87 (8.88%) Power Platform
4 79 (8.06%) Azure DevOps
5 63 (6.43%) GitHub
6 41 (4.18%) Microsoft 365
7 40 (4.08%) GCP
7 40 (4.08%) GitHub Actions
8 38 (3.88%) SaaS
9 30 (3.06%) Serverless
10 25 (2.55%) Amazon S3
11 22 (2.24%) AWS Lambda
11 22 (2.24%) Power Automate
12 21 (2.14%) Entra ID
13 19 (1.94%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 19 (1.94%) PowerApps
14 18 (1.84%) Dynamics 365
15 15 (1.53%) AWS CloudFormation
16 14 (1.43%) Amazon ECS
17 13 (1.33%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 25 (2.55%) Firewall
2 21 (2.14%) DNS
3 16 (1.63%) Network Security
4 15 (1.53%) DHCP
5 14 (1.43%) 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%) Ethernet
8 6 (0.61%) RS-232
8 6 (0.61%) RS-485
9 5 (0.51%) Broadband
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%) OSPF
11 3 (0.31%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (7.04%) Power BI
2 21 (2.14%) Relational Database
3 20 (2.04%) Tableau
4 18 (1.84%) PostgreSQL
5 15 (1.53%) 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%) DynamoDB
13 5 (0.51%) Power Query
14 4 (0.41%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 128 (13.06%) JIRA
2 46 (4.69%) Jenkins
3 31 (3.16%) GitLab
4 24 (2.45%) 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 4 (0.41%) Maven
11 4 (0.41%) MLflow
11 4 (0.41%) Team Foundation Server
12 3 (0.31%) Gradle
12 3 (0.31%) Mockito
12 3 (0.31%) Oracle APEX
12 3 (0.31%) SoapUI
12 3 (0.31%) TestRail
General
1 454 (46.33%) Social Skills
2 285 (29.08%) Finance
3 203 (20.71%) Analytical Skills
4 114 (11.63%) Public Sector
5 76 (7.76%) Banking
6 46 (4.69%) Influencing Skills
7 41 (4.18%) Legal
8 39 (3.98%) Marketing
9 31 (3.16%) Manufacturing
10 28 (2.86%) Retail
11 25 (2.55%) Organisational Skills
12 23 (2.35%) Telecoms
13 21 (2.14%) Documentation Skills
14 18 (1.84%) Front Office
15 17 (1.73%) Presentation Skills
16 16 (1.63%) Financial Institution
16 16 (1.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 15 (1.53%) Publishing
18 14 (1.43%) Pharmaceutical
19 11 (1.12%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 152 (15.51%) Analyst
2 132 (13.47%) Lead
3 95 (9.69%) Senior
4 78 (7.96%) Developer
5 62 (6.33%) Business Analyst
6 50 (5.10%) Consultant
7 48 (4.90%) Architect
8 39 (3.98%) Project Manager
9 26 (2.65%) DevOps Engineer
10 24 (2.45%) Senior Analyst
11 23 (2.35%) Delivery Manager
11 23 (2.35%) Senior Manager
12 22 (2.24%) Security Engineer
13 21 (2.14%) Data Engineer
14 17 (1.73%) Product Manager
15 15 (1.53%) Cloud Engineer
15 15 (1.53%) Designer
15 15 (1.53%) Product Owner
16 14 (1.43%) QA Engineer
16 14 (1.43%) Scrum Master
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (2.86%) REST
2 27 (2.76%) .NET
3 25 (2.55%) React
4 24 (2.45%) Node.js
5 22 (2.24%) CSS
5 22 (2.24%) RESTful
6 21 (2.14%) HTML
7 20 (2.04%) Spring
8 17 (1.73%) Spring Boot
9 15 (1.53%) XML
10 14 (1.43%) Web Services
11 13 (1.33%) SOAP
12 11 (1.12%) AngularJS
13 10 (1.02%) ARM Templates
13 10 (1.02%) OAuth
13 10 (1.02%) PySpark
14 9 (0.92%) JSON
14 9 (0.92%) Kafka
14 9 (0.92%) Playwright
15 7 (0.71%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 87 (8.88%) Product Ownership
2 56 (5.71%) Onboarding
3 55 (5.61%) Cloud Native
4 34 (3.47%) Analytical Mindset
5 24 (2.45%) Management Information System
6 20 (2.04%) Virtual Team
7 18 (1.84%) Distributed Systems
8 16 (1.63%) Enterprise Software
8 16 (1.63%) Mobile App
8 16 (1.63%) PMI
9 15 (1.53%) Data Protection Act
9 15 (1.53%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 14 (1.43%) Public Cloud
11 12 (1.22%) Cyber Defence
12 11 (1.12%) Hybrid Cloud
12 11 (1.12%) Legacy Systems
12 11 (1.12%) Security Posture
13 10 (1.02%) AI Agents
14 9 (0.92%) Data Centre
14 9 (0.92%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 51 (5.20%) Windows
2 45 (4.59%) Linux
3 14 (1.43%) Unix
4 13 (1.33%) Mac OS
5 11 (1.12%) Windows Server
6 10 (1.02%) Android
7 9 (0.92%) VMS
8 7 (0.71%) Windows 10
9 6 (0.61%) Apple iOS
9 6 (0.61%) FreeRTOS
10 4 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.20%) AIX
12 1 (0.10%) Solaris
12 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 376 (38.37%) Agile
2 265 (27.04%) Problem-Solving
3 231 (23.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 202 (20.61%) DevOps
5 182 (18.57%) CI/CD
6 171 (17.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 124 (12.65%) Decision-Making
8 122 (12.45%) Roadmaps
9 120 (12.24%) Analytics
10 94 (9.59%) Project Delivery
11 93 (9.49%) AI
12 90 (9.18%) Project Management
13 87 (8.88%) Scrum
14 85 (8.67%) Test Automation
15 81 (8.27%) Infrastructure as Code
16 80 (8.16%) Business Intelligence
17 76 (7.76%) Mentoring
18 75 (7.65%) ITIL
19 74 (7.55%) Migration
20 73 (7.45%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 138 (14.08%) Python
2 135 (13.78%) SQL
3 70 (7.14%) Java
4 48 (4.90%) PowerShell
5 47 (4.80%) JavaScript
6 33 (3.37%) Bash
7 32 (3.27%) 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%) Korn
12 6 (0.61%) R
13 5 (0.51%) T-SQL
14 4 (0.41%) ABAP
14 4 (0.41%) RPG
15 3 (0.31%) VBA
Qualifications
1 147 (15.00%) Security Cleared
2 122 (12.45%) SC Cleared
3 97 (9.90%) Degree
4 33 (3.37%) PMI Certification
5 28 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
6 27 (2.76%) Azure Certification
7 22 (2.24%) 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 97 (9.90%) QA
2 51 (5.20%) Data Quality
3 43 (4.39%) GDPR
4 42 (4.29%) Accessibility
5 40 (4.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 29 (2.96%) PMO
7 26 (2.65%) NIST
8 20 (2.04%) Actionable Recommendations
9 19 (1.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 19 (1.94%) SLA
10 17 (1.73%) GRC
11 10 (1.02%) COBIT
11 10 (1.02%) NCSC
12 8 (0.82%) ITGC
12 8 (0.82%) PCI DSS
13 7 (0.71%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 6 (0.61%) GMP
14 6 (0.61%) IFRS
14 6 (0.61%) SOX 404
14 6 (0.61%) WCAG
System Software
1 70 (7.14%) 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%) RACF
7 1 (0.10%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 74 (7.55%) Terraform
2 73 (7.45%) Kubernetes
3 39 (3.98%) Ansible
4 20 (2.04%) Microsoft Intune
5 19 (1.94%) SCCM
6 16 (1.63%) Grafana
7 14 (1.43%) Prometheus
8 9 (0.92%) ITRS Geneos
9 8 (0.82%) WSUS
10 6 (0.61%) Kibana
11 5 (0.51%) Puppet
12 4 (0.41%) Control-M
12 4 (0.41%) Progress Chef
12 4 (0.41%) SCOM
13 3 (0.31%) HP ALM
13 3 (0.31%) logstash
13 3 (0.31%) vRealize
14 2 (0.20%) Jamf Pro
14 2 (0.20%) Packer
14 2 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 161 (16.43%) Microsoft
2 60 (6.12%) SAP
3 53 (5.41%) ServiceNow
4 49 (5.00%) Salesforce
5 43 (4.39%) Oracle
6 40 (4.08%) Google
7 16 (1.63%) Databricks
8 15 (1.53%) Splunk
9 12 (1.22%) Adobe
10 9 (0.92%) Dynatrace
10 9 (0.92%) Remedy
10 9 (0.92%) VMware
10 9 (0.92%) Workday
11 7 (0.71%) IBM
12 6 (0.61%) BMC
12 6 (0.61%) Murex
12 6 (0.61%) New Relic
12 6 (0.61%) OpenAI
12 6 (0.61%) Sophos
12 6 (0.61%) TIBCO