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

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 50 71
Rank change year-on-year +23 +21 +7
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 1,340 550 558
As % of all contract jobs in London 7.22% 4.53% 3.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.13% 4.91% 3.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 886 370 388
10th Percentile £350 £356 £359
25th Percentile £425 £425 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £544 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.70% -1.18% -7.82%
75th Percentile £600 £695 £677
90th Percentile £725 £850 £800
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 8 15
10th Percentile £25.25 £26.80 £17.00
25th Percentile £25.57 £28.03 £21.84
Median hourly rate £41.00 £38.99 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.16% +29.97% -50.00%
75th Percentile £70.00 £49.38 £53.13
90th Percentile £93.75 £57.63 £83.75
England median hourly rate £55.00 £47.79 £36.50
% change year-on-year +15.09% +30.93% -28.78%

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 16,474 11,204 15,470
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.70% 92.30% 88.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,987 7,490 11,076
10th Percentile £358 £350 £340
25th Percentile £435 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £683 £675
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £515 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 247 196 317
10th Percentile £18.48 £16.50 £15.50
25th Percentile £25.22 £24.66 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £32.25 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +16.28% +15.18% -28.21%
75th Percentile £58.96 £49.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £79.25 £63.50 £68.30
England median hourly rate £47.50 £28.53 £37.50
% change year-on-year +66.52% -23.93% +1.99%

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 6 June 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 6 June 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 6 June 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 +7 153 £525 +5.00% 201
South London +16 45 £500 -13.04% 7
West London -4 40 £500 - 29
East London +8 15 £600 +2.56% 30
North London - 1 £450 - 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 67 (5.00%) Confluence
2 54 (4.03%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.04%) Apache Airflow
3 14 (1.04%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (0.90%) Apache Spark
5 9 (0.67%) CMS
6 7 (0.52%) Apache
7 6 (0.45%) IIS
8 5 (0.37%) Camunda
9 3 (0.22%) Appian
9 3 (0.22%) WordPress
10 2 (0.15%) HCL Notes
10 2 (0.15%) SAS
10 2 (0.15%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.075%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.075%) ColdFusion
11 1 (0.075%) Mule
11 1 (0.075%) Oracle Application Server
11 1 (0.075%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.075%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 64 (4.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 28 (2.09%) Microsoft Office
2 28 (2.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 23 (1.72%) Microsoft Project
4 20 (1.49%) MS Visio
5 9 (0.67%) Chatbot
6 4 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.15%) CPLEX
7 2 (0.15%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.075%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.075%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.075%) Autodesk Smoke
8 1 (0.075%) Mingle
8 1 (0.075%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.075%) Trello
Business Applications
1 20 (1.49%) NetSuite
2 13 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (0.90%) SAP S/4HANA
4 8 (0.60%) Actimize
4 8 (0.60%) Loan IQ
4 8 (0.60%) Oracle ERP
5 7 (0.52%) Remedy ITSM
6 5 (0.37%) Aladdin
6 5 (0.37%) Oracle Payables
6 5 (0.37%) Salesforce CRM
7 4 (0.30%) Magento
7 4 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
7 4 (0.30%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 3 (0.22%) Oracle Financials
8 3 (0.22%) SAP Oil and Gas
9 2 (0.15%) Endur
9 2 (0.15%) Front Arena
9 2 (0.15%) Global One
9 2 (0.15%) SAP FSCM
9 2 (0.15%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 301 (22.46%) Azure
2 246 (18.36%) AWS
3 132 (9.85%) Power Platform
4 95 (7.09%) GitHub
5 94 (7.01%) Azure DevOps
6 74 (5.52%) GCP
7 63 (4.70%) Microsoft 365
8 56 (4.18%) SaaS
9 53 (3.96%) GitHub Actions
10 52 (3.88%) Dynamics 365
11 50 (3.73%) Serverless
12 48 (3.58%) Entra ID
13 43 (3.21%) Amazon S3
13 43 (3.21%) AWS Lambda
14 32 (2.39%) Amazon EC2
15 28 (2.09%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 27 (2.01%) AWS CloudFormation
17 26 (1.94%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 22 (1.64%) Amazon EKS
18 22 (1.64%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 35 (2.61%) Firewall
2 29 (2.16%) Network Security
3 17 (1.27%) DNS
4 15 (1.12%) WAN
5 10 (0.75%) LAN
5 10 (0.75%) VoIP
6 8 (0.60%) SD-WAN
7 7 (0.52%) DHCP
8 6 (0.45%) BGP
8 6 (0.45%) Ethernet
8 6 (0.45%) OSPF
8 6 (0.45%) TCP/IP
8 6 (0.45%) VPN
9 5 (0.37%) Modbus
9 5 (0.37%) NGFW
9 5 (0.37%) RS-232
9 5 (0.37%) RS-485
10 4 (0.30%) IOS XR
10 4 (0.30%) NX-OS
10 4 (0.30%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 108 (8.06%) Power BI
2 41 (3.06%) Tableau
3 39 (2.91%) SQL Server
4 31 (2.31%) Metadata
4 31 (2.31%) Relational Database
5 26 (1.94%) Data Warehouse
6 25 (1.87%) PostgreSQL
7 23 (1.72%) Amazon RDS
8 19 (1.42%) Data Lake
9 15 (1.12%) NoSQL
10 14 (1.04%) Power Query
11 12 (0.90%) Delta Lake
12 10 (0.75%) Big Data
13 9 (0.67%) BigQuery
13 9 (0.67%) Parquet
14 8 (0.60%) Amazon Athena
15 7 (0.52%) Oracle Reports
15 7 (0.52%) Snowflake Schema
16 6 (0.45%) RDBMS
17 5 (0.37%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 164 (12.24%) JIRA
2 56 (4.18%) Jenkins
3 52 (3.88%) Git
4 39 (2.91%) GitLab
5 20 (1.49%) Selenium
6 16 (1.19%) Cucumber
7 13 (0.97%) Cypress.io
8 10 (0.75%) Team Foundation Server
9 9 (0.67%) JMeter
10 7 (0.52%) Bitbucket
10 7 (0.52%) JUnit
10 7 (0.52%) REST Assured
11 6 (0.45%) Postman
11 6 (0.45%) Visual Studio
11 6 (0.45%) Vite
12 5 (0.37%) Mocha
12 5 (0.37%) MSTest
12 5 (0.37%) tSQLt
12 5 (0.37%) XCTest
12 5 (0.37%) Zephyr
General
1 529 (39.48%) Social Skills
2 469 (35.00%) Finance
3 273 (20.37%) Analytical Skills
4 176 (13.13%) Public Sector
5 110 (8.21%) Banking
6 48 (3.58%) Organisational Skills
7 47 (3.51%) Legal
8 45 (3.36%) Law
8 45 (3.36%) Retail
9 38 (2.84%) Influencing Skills
10 35 (2.61%) Marketing
11 33 (2.46%) Documentation Skills
12 32 (2.39%) Presentation Skills
13 28 (2.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 27 (2.01%) Local Government
14 27 (2.01%) Telecoms
15 23 (1.72%) Front Office
16 16 (1.19%) Pharmaceutical
17 15 (1.12%) Investment Banking
18 13 (0.97%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 183 (13.66%) Lead
2 139 (10.37%) Analyst
3 124 (9.25%) Senior
4 108 (8.06%) Developer
5 84 (6.27%) Architect
6 58 (4.33%) Project Manager
7 53 (3.96%) Delivery Manager
8 50 (3.73%) DevOps Engineer
9 48 (3.58%) Business Analyst
10 47 (3.51%) Consultant
11 43 (3.21%) Data Engineer
12 37 (2.76%) Scrum Master
13 35 (2.61%) Senior Manager
14 32 (2.39%) Lead Architect
15 31 (2.31%) Azure Engineer
15 31 (2.31%) Functional Architect
16 27 (2.01%) Technical Manager
17 26 (1.94%) Cloud Engineer
18 25 (1.87%) Security Engineer
19 23 (1.72%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (3.51%) React
1 47 (3.51%) REST
2 43 (3.21%) RESTful
3 35 (2.61%) HTML
4 32 (2.39%) .NET
4 32 (2.39%) CSS
5 31 (2.31%) Spring
6 28 (2.09%) Spring Boot
7 24 (1.79%) AngularJS
8 22 (1.64%) Kafka
9 18 (1.34%) Node.js
10 16 (1.19%) Middleware
10 16 (1.19%) Web Services
11 15 (1.12%) Next.js
12 13 (0.97%) OAuth
12 13 (0.97%) Playwright
12 13 (0.97%) PySpark
13 10 (0.75%) Elastic Stack
13 10 (0.75%) GraphQL
14 9 (0.67%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 138 (10.30%) Product Ownership
2 92 (6.87%) Cloud Native
3 65 (4.85%) Onboarding
4 37 (2.76%) Data Protection Act
5 35 (2.61%) Virtual Team
6 33 (2.46%) Management Information System
7 27 (2.01%) Legacy Systems
8 26 (1.94%) Data Centre
9 24 (1.79%) Analytical Mindset
9 24 (1.79%) Security Posture
10 22 (1.64%) AI Agents
11 20 (1.49%) Distributed Systems
12 19 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
13 16 (1.19%) Data Structures
14 15 (1.12%) Derivative
14 15 (1.12%) FMCG
15 13 (0.97%) CMDB
15 13 (0.97%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 13 (0.97%) Replication
16 11 (0.82%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 63 (4.70%) Windows
2 43 (3.21%) Linux
3 16 (1.19%) Windows Server
4 13 (0.97%) Apple iOS
5 11 (0.82%) Mac OS
6 10 (0.75%) Windows 10
7 9 (0.67%) Unix
8 6 (0.45%) Android
9 5 (0.37%) FreeRTOS
9 5 (0.37%) VMS
10 4 (0.30%) Amazon Linux
11 3 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.075%) AIX
13 1 (0.075%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 504 (37.61%) Agile
2 318 (23.73%) Stakeholder Management
3 287 (21.42%) DevOps
3 287 (21.42%) Problem-Solving
4 276 (20.60%) CI/CD
5 237 (17.69%) Decision-Making
6 223 (16.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 203 (15.15%) AI
8 169 (12.61%) Analytics
9 155 (11.57%) Roadmaps
10 150 (11.19%) Migration
11 139 (10.37%) Change Management
12 137 (10.22%) Scrum
13 125 (9.33%) Business Intelligence
14 121 (9.03%) Test Automation
15 118 (8.81%) Risk Management
16 117 (8.73%) Infrastructure as Code
17 113 (8.43%) Project Management
18 107 (7.99%) Mentoring
19 106 (7.91%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 208 (15.52%) Python
2 202 (15.07%) SQL
3 92 (6.87%) Java
4 60 (4.48%) JavaScript
5 56 (4.18%) PowerShell
6 41 (3.06%) C#
7 37 (2.76%) TypeScript
8 27 (2.01%) Bash
9 22 (1.64%) T-SQL
10 21 (1.57%) PL/SQL
11 17 (1.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 10 (0.75%) Apex Code
12 10 (0.75%) Bicep
12 10 (0.75%) C++
12 10 (0.75%) Kotlin
13 8 (0.60%) R
13 8 (0.60%) Ruby
13 8 (0.60%) Swift
14 7 (0.52%) Go
14 7 (0.52%) Perl
Qualifications
1 264 (19.70%) Security Cleared
2 220 (16.42%) SC Cleared
3 126 (9.40%) Degree
4 39 (2.91%) Computer Science Degree
5 33 (2.46%) CISSP
6 32 (2.39%) DV Cleared
7 30 (2.24%) PMI Certification
8 29 (2.16%) PMP
9 28 (2.09%) Azure Certification
10 23 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
11 22 (1.64%) CISM
12 19 (1.42%) AWS Certification
12 19 (1.42%) Cisco Certification
13 16 (1.19%) ACCA
14 11 (0.82%) CCNP
14 11 (0.82%) ISTQB
15 10 (0.75%) ITIL Certification
15 10 (0.75%) Master's Degree
16 8 (0.60%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 8 (0.60%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 129 (9.63%) QA
2 88 (6.57%) Data Quality
3 60 (4.48%) PMO
4 50 (3.73%) GDPR
5 48 (3.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 47 (3.51%) NIST
7 33 (2.46%) Accessibility
7 33 (2.46%) SLA
8 19 (1.42%) Actionable Recommendations
8 19 (1.42%) GRC
9 16 (1.19%) PCI DSS
10 15 (1.12%) IFRS
11 11 (0.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 9 (0.67%) NCSC
13 7 (0.52%) WCAG
14 6 (0.45%) NIST 800
15 5 (0.37%) GAAP
15 5 (0.37%) Government Security Classifications
15 5 (0.37%) ISO 22301
16 4 (0.30%) GMP
System Software
1 75 (5.60%) Docker
2 41 (3.06%) Active Directory
3 17 (1.27%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (0.37%) Embedded Firmware
5 5 (0.37%) Firmware
6 4 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
7 3 (0.22%) IAG
8 2 (0.15%) Squid
9 1 (0.075%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.075%) Sendmail
9 1 (0.075%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.075%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.075%) vSphere
9 1 (0.075%) zsh
Systems Management
1 119 (8.88%) Terraform
2 106 (7.91%) Kubernetes
3 38 (2.84%) Ansible
4 27 (2.01%) Grafana
4 27 (2.01%) Prometheus
5 21 (1.57%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (0.52%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 6 (0.45%) SCCM
7 6 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.30%) Cisco CUCM
8 4 (0.30%) HP ALM
8 4 (0.30%) Kibana
8 4 (0.30%) Puppet
9 3 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.22%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.22%) WSUS
10 2 (0.15%) Control-M
10 2 (0.15%) ITRS Geneos
10 2 (0.15%) Nessus
11 1 (0.075%) Nagios
Vendors
1 224 (16.72%) Microsoft
2 93 (6.94%) ServiceNow
3 78 (5.82%) Oracle
4 68 (5.07%) Salesforce
5 49 (3.66%) Google
6 43 (3.21%) SAP
7 30 (2.24%) Databricks
8 15 (1.12%) Cisco
9 14 (1.04%) VMware
10 11 (0.82%) Okta
11 10 (0.75%) ForgeRock
11 10 (0.75%) OpenAI
12 9 (0.67%) Foundry
12 9 (0.67%) Splunk
13 8 (0.60%) Murex
13 8 (0.60%) Remedy
13 8 (0.60%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 8 (0.60%) Zscaler
14 7 (0.52%) CrowdStrike
14 7 (0.52%) Dynatrace