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

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 52 67
Rank change year-on-year +26 +15 +11
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 1,250 549 555
As % of all contract jobs in London 6.94% 4.43% 3.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.86% 4.80% 3.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 827 363 389
10th Percentile £350 £363 £374
25th Percentile £425 £436 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £603 £695 £700
90th Percentile £725 £850 £850
England median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% -7.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 10 13
10th Percentile £25.00 £22.00 -
25th Percentile £25.25 £25.74 £17.00
Median hourly rate £31.78 £33.64 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.55% +12.14% -50.00%
75th Percentile £76.69 £46.31 £48.75
90th Percentile £95.38 £55.88 £82.50
England median hourly rate £56.50 £48.46 £36.50
% change year-on-year +16.59% +32.77% -27.00%

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 15,896 11,429 15,488
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.31% 92.26% 88.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,636 7,715 11,109
10th Percentile £358 £350 £343
25th Percentile £431 £435 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -7.17%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £680
90th Percentile £760 £812 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 237 185 307
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.10 £15.77
25th Percentile £25.25 £22.90 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £34.00 £27.84
Median % change year-on-year +10.29% +22.13% -25.44%
75th Percentile £57.50 £50.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £63.75 £66.85
England median hourly rate £46.11 £28.75 £36.50
% change year-on-year +60.37% -21.23% -1.75%

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 20 May 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 20 May 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 20 May 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 +10 138 £525 +2.94% 111
South London +14 43 £495 -15.09% 14
West London -9 35 £520 +5.37% 32
East London +6 14 £600 - 26
North London - 1 £500 - 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 72 (5.76%) Confluence
2 50 (4.00%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.12%) Apache Airflow
4 13 (1.04%) Microsoft Exchange
5 11 (0.88%) Apache Spark
6 8 (0.64%) CMS
7 7 (0.56%) Apache
8 5 (0.40%) Camunda
8 5 (0.40%) IIS
9 3 (0.24%) HCL Notes
10 2 (0.16%) Appian
10 2 (0.16%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.16%) WordPress
11 1 (0.080%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 1 (0.080%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.080%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.080%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.080%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.080%) Oracle Application Server
11 1 (0.080%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 68 (5.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 34 (2.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 27 (2.16%) Microsoft Project
4 25 (2.00%) Microsoft Office
5 20 (1.60%) MS Visio
6 9 (0.72%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.24%) Notion
9 2 (0.16%) Oracle Smart View
9 2 (0.16%) Trello
10 1 (0.080%) Adobe After Effects
10 1 (0.080%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.080%) Autodesk Smoke
10 1 (0.080%) Mingle
10 1 (0.080%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 17 (1.36%) NetSuite
2 15 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
3 13 (1.04%) SAP S/4HANA
4 11 (0.88%) Loan IQ
5 8 (0.64%) Oracle ERP
6 7 (0.56%) Actimize
7 6 (0.48%) Oracle Payables
8 5 (0.40%) Aladdin
9 4 (0.32%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 4 (0.32%) Remedy ITSM
10 3 (0.24%) Oracle Financials
10 3 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
10 3 (0.24%) SAP Oil and Gas
11 2 (0.16%) Endur
11 2 (0.16%) Front Arena
11 2 (0.16%) Global One
11 2 (0.16%) iTrent
11 2 (0.16%) SAP HCM
11 2 (0.16%) SAP MDG
11 2 (0.16%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 278 (22.24%) Azure
2 220 (17.60%) AWS
3 132 (10.56%) Power Platform
4 88 (7.04%) GitHub
5 85 (6.80%) Azure DevOps
6 68 (5.44%) GCP
7 56 (4.48%) SaaS
8 53 (4.24%) Microsoft 365
9 51 (4.08%) Dynamics 365
10 48 (3.84%) GitHub Actions
11 44 (3.52%) Serverless
12 39 (3.12%) Amazon S3
12 39 (3.12%) Entra ID
13 37 (2.96%) AWS Lambda
14 27 (2.16%) Amazon EC2
15 25 (2.00%) AWS CloudFormation
16 24 (1.92%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 22 (1.76%) Power Automate
17 22 (1.76%) PowerApps
17 22 (1.76%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 34 (2.72%) Firewall
2 28 (2.24%) Network Security
3 19 (1.52%) DNS
4 14 (1.12%) WAN
5 10 (0.80%) DHCP
6 9 (0.72%) LAN
6 9 (0.72%) SD-WAN
7 7 (0.56%) BGP
7 7 (0.56%) Ethernet
7 7 (0.56%) OSPF
7 7 (0.56%) TCP/IP
8 6 (0.48%) Modbus
8 6 (0.48%) RS-232
8 6 (0.48%) RS-485
8 6 (0.48%) VPN
9 5 (0.40%) VoIP
10 4 (0.32%) Cisco IOS
10 4 (0.32%) IOS XR
10 4 (0.32%) MPLS
10 4 (0.32%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 104 (8.32%) Power BI
2 40 (3.20%) Tableau
3 38 (3.04%) SQL Server
4 32 (2.56%) Metadata
5 30 (2.40%) Relational Database
6 22 (1.76%) PostgreSQL
7 21 (1.68%) Data Warehouse
8 19 (1.52%) Amazon RDS
9 15 (1.20%) Data Lake
10 12 (0.96%) NoSQL
10 12 (0.96%) Power Query
11 11 (0.88%) Delta Lake
12 9 (0.72%) BigQuery
12 9 (0.72%) Oracle Reports
12 9 (0.72%) Parquet
13 8 (0.64%) Amazon Athena
13 8 (0.64%) Big Data
14 6 (0.48%) Snowflake Schema
15 5 (0.40%) PowerPivot
15 5 (0.40%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 161 (12.88%) JIRA
2 53 (4.24%) Jenkins
3 48 (3.84%) Git
4 34 (2.72%) GitLab
5 19 (1.52%) Selenium
6 15 (1.20%) Cucumber
7 13 (1.04%) Cypress.io
8 10 (0.80%) Team Foundation Server
9 9 (0.72%) JMeter
9 9 (0.72%) JUnit
10 7 (0.56%) Bitbucket
11 6 (0.48%) Postman
11 6 (0.48%) REST Assured
11 6 (0.48%) Vite
12 5 (0.40%) Sonatype Nexus
12 5 (0.40%) TestRail
12 5 (0.40%) Visual Studio
13 4 (0.32%) Maven
13 4 (0.32%) tSQLt
13 4 (0.32%) Zephyr
General
1 485 (38.80%) Social Skills
2 447 (35.76%) Finance
3 248 (19.84%) Analytical Skills
4 150 (12.00%) Public Sector
5 104 (8.32%) Banking
6 42 (3.36%) Law
7 41 (3.28%) Legal
8 40 (3.20%) Retail
9 39 (3.12%) Influencing Skills
9 39 (3.12%) Organisational Skills
10 33 (2.64%) Marketing
10 33 (2.64%) Presentation Skills
11 31 (2.48%) Documentation Skills
12 28 (2.24%) Telecoms
13 24 (1.92%) Local Government
14 23 (1.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 22 (1.76%) Front Office
16 14 (1.12%) Financial Institution
16 14 (1.12%) Investment Banking
17 13 (1.04%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 173 (13.84%) Lead
2 141 (11.28%) Analyst
3 112 (8.96%) Senior
4 94 (7.52%) Developer
5 85 (6.80%) Architect
6 51 (4.08%) Delivery Manager
7 49 (3.92%) Business Analyst
8 47 (3.76%) Project Manager
9 41 (3.28%) Consultant
10 40 (3.20%) Data Engineer
11 39 (3.12%) DevOps Engineer
12 34 (2.72%) Scrum Master
12 34 (2.72%) Senior Manager
13 32 (2.56%) Lead Architect
14 31 (2.48%) Functional Architect
15 27 (2.16%) Security Engineer
16 26 (2.08%) Azure Engineer
16 26 (2.08%) Technical Manager
17 25 (2.00%) Cloud Engineer
18 21 (1.68%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (3.52%) React
2 40 (3.20%) RESTful
3 39 (3.12%) REST
4 33 (2.64%) HTML
5 31 (2.48%) .NET
5 31 (2.48%) CSS
6 28 (2.24%) Spring
7 23 (1.84%) Spring Boot
8 22 (1.76%) AngularJS
9 19 (1.52%) Kafka
10 18 (1.44%) Node.js
11 16 (1.28%) Next.js
12 15 (1.20%) Middleware
13 13 (1.04%) Playwright
13 13 (1.04%) PySpark
14 12 (0.96%) OAuth
14 12 (0.96%) Web Services
15 10 (0.80%) Elastic Stack
15 10 (0.80%) GraphQL
15 10 (0.80%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 127 (10.16%) Product Ownership
2 84 (6.72%) Cloud Native
3 56 (4.48%) Onboarding
4 33 (2.64%) Management Information System
4 33 (2.64%) Virtual Team
5 31 (2.48%) Data Protection Act
6 25 (2.00%) Data Centre
6 25 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
7 22 (1.76%) Security Posture
8 21 (1.68%) Analytical Mindset
9 20 (1.60%) AI Agents
10 18 (1.44%) Data Structures
10 18 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
11 16 (1.28%) Distributed Systems
12 13 (1.04%) CMDB
12 13 (1.04%) Derivative
13 12 (0.96%) FMCG
14 11 (0.88%) Hybrid Cloud
14 11 (0.88%) Public Cloud
15 10 (0.80%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 56 (4.48%) Windows
2 40 (3.20%) Linux
3 12 (0.96%) Windows Server
4 11 (0.88%) Apple iOS
5 10 (0.80%) Mac OS
6 8 (0.64%) Unix
6 8 (0.64%) Windows 10
7 6 (0.48%) Android
7 6 (0.48%) FreeRTOS
8 5 (0.40%) VMS
9 4 (0.32%) Amazon Linux
10 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.080%) AIX
11 1 (0.080%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.080%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 484 (38.72%) Agile
2 284 (22.72%) Stakeholder Management
3 266 (21.28%) DevOps
4 262 (20.96%) Problem-Solving
5 253 (20.24%) CI/CD
6 219 (17.52%) Decision-Making
7 206 (16.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 179 (14.32%) AI
9 158 (12.64%) Analytics
10 149 (11.92%) Migration
11 148 (11.84%) Roadmaps
12 129 (10.32%) Change Management
13 125 (10.00%) Scrum
14 120 (9.60%) Business Intelligence
15 114 (9.12%) Test Automation
16 112 (8.96%) Risk Management
17 110 (8.80%) Infrastructure as Code
17 110 (8.80%) Project Management
18 103 (8.24%) Mentoring
19 101 (8.08%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 190 (15.20%) SQL
2 184 (14.72%) Python
3 79 (6.32%) Java
4 58 (4.64%) JavaScript
5 52 (4.16%) PowerShell
6 38 (3.04%) C#
7 35 (2.80%) TypeScript
8 21 (1.68%) T-SQL
9 20 (1.60%) Bash
9 20 (1.60%) PL/SQL
10 14 (1.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 9 (0.72%) Apex Code
11 9 (0.72%) Bicep
11 9 (0.72%) C++
11 9 (0.72%) Kusto Query Language
12 7 (0.56%) Go
12 7 (0.56%) Kotlin
12 7 (0.56%) R
12 7 (0.56%) Ruby
12 7 (0.56%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 235 (18.80%) Security Cleared
2 197 (15.76%) SC Cleared
3 121 (9.68%) Degree
4 35 (2.80%) Computer Science Degree
5 29 (2.32%) CISSP
6 28 (2.24%) DV Cleared
7 27 (2.16%) Azure Certification
8 25 (2.00%) PMI Certification
9 23 (1.84%) PMP
10 21 (1.68%) BPSS Clearance
11 20 (1.60%) Cisco Certification
12 19 (1.52%) CISM
13 16 (1.28%) ACCA
14 15 (1.20%) AWS Certification
15 11 (0.88%) CCNP
15 11 (0.88%) ISTQB
16 9 (0.72%) Master's Degree
17 8 (0.64%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 8 (0.64%) CompTIA Security+
17 8 (0.64%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 127 (10.16%) QA
2 87 (6.96%) Data Quality
3 60 (4.80%) PMO
4 47 (3.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 46 (3.68%) GDPR
5 46 (3.68%) NIST
6 32 (2.56%) Accessibility
7 25 (2.00%) SLA
8 21 (1.68%) Actionable Recommendations
9 17 (1.36%) GRC
10 15 (1.20%) IFRS
10 15 (1.20%) PCI DSS
11 11 (0.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 9 (0.72%) NCSC
13 8 (0.64%) WCAG
14 6 (0.48%) NIST 800
15 5 (0.40%) COBIT
15 5 (0.40%) GAAP
15 5 (0.40%) Government Security Classifications
15 5 (0.40%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 68 (5.44%) Docker
2 32 (2.56%) Active Directory
3 18 (1.44%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (0.48%) Embedded Firmware
4 6 (0.48%) Firmware
5 4 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.24%) IAG
7 2 (0.16%) Squid
8 1 (0.080%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.080%) Sendmail
8 1 (0.080%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.080%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.080%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 111 (8.88%) Terraform
2 94 (7.52%) Kubernetes
3 37 (2.96%) Ansible
4 22 (1.76%) Grafana
5 21 (1.68%) Prometheus
6 19 (1.52%) Microsoft Intune
7 9 (0.72%) SCCM
8 7 (0.56%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 5 (0.40%) HP ALM
9 5 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (0.40%) WSUS
10 4 (0.32%) Puppet
11 3 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.24%) Cisco CUCM
11 3 (0.24%) Kibana
11 3 (0.24%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.16%) Control-M
12 2 (0.16%) ITRS Geneos
12 2 (0.16%) Packer
13 1 (0.080%) Nagios
Vendors
1 211 (16.88%) Microsoft
2 90 (7.20%) ServiceNow
3 73 (5.84%) Oracle
4 62 (4.96%) Salesforce
5 45 (3.60%) SAP
6 43 (3.44%) Google
7 28 (2.24%) Databricks
8 15 (1.20%) Cisco
8 15 (1.20%) VMware
9 10 (0.80%) ForgeRock
9 10 (0.80%) Okta
9 10 (0.80%) OpenAI
9 10 (0.80%) Splunk
10 9 (0.72%) CrowdStrike
10 9 (0.72%) Foundry
11 8 (0.64%) Dynatrace
12 7 (0.56%) Fortinet
12 7 (0.56%) Murex
12 7 (0.56%) Workday
12 7 (0.56%) Zscaler