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

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 53 57
Rank change year-on-year +24 +4 +25
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 947 573 657
As % of all contract jobs in London 6.59% 4.08% 3.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.22% 4.52% 4.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 635 312 435
10th Percentile £325 £375 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - -
75th Percentile £650 £700 £713
90th Percentile £756 £838 £850
England median daily rate £500 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -5.66% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 8 6
10th Percentile £17.45 £17.08 £36.75
25th Percentile £17.50 £20.77 £55.00
Median hourly rate £18.50 £26.00 £61.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.85% -57.55% -2.00%
75th Percentile £35.00 £59.81 £83.75
90th Percentile £61.67 £72.38 £91.88
England median hourly rate £27.22 £51.25 £65.00
% change year-on-year -46.89% -21.15% +8.33%

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 13,119 12,681 15,833
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.32% 90.30% 88.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,670 8,100 11,299
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £451
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% -6.25%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 222 154 257
10th Percentile £18.25 £18.77 £16.48
25th Percentile £24.61 £23.90 £19.99
Median hourly rate £32.05 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.43% +7.69% -13.33%
75th Percentile £53.59 £53.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £68.65 £80.53 £73.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.75 £42.50
% change year-on-year -27.63% -18.24% +21.43%

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 15 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 15 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 15 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 +9 125 £530 -3.64% 97
East London +4 17 £190 -65.69% 13
West London -11 15 £488 +2.63% 24
South London -8 6 £563 +6.43% 18
North London +6 3 £600 - 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 63 (6.65%) Confluence
2 40 (4.22%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.16%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (0.95%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (0.53%) Apache
5 5 (0.53%) CMS
5 5 (0.53%) HCL Notes
5 5 (0.53%) MQSeries
6 4 (0.42%) Appian
7 3 (0.32%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 3 (0.32%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.32%) Camunda
7 3 (0.32%) Ethereum
7 3 (0.32%) Hyperledger
8 2 (0.21%) Drupal
8 2 (0.21%) Luigi
8 2 (0.21%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.21%) WordPress
9 1 (0.11%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.11%) SAS
Applications
1 68 (7.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 36 (3.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 22 (2.32%) Microsoft Office
4 15 (1.58%) Microsoft Project
5 13 (1.37%) MS Visio
6 6 (0.63%) Chatbot
7 5 (0.53%) Trello
8 4 (0.42%) Notion
9 3 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (0.21%) Adobe XD
10 2 (0.21%) Autodesk Smoke
11 1 (0.11%) Adobe After Effects
11 1 (0.11%) Adobe Captivate
11 1 (0.11%) Camtasia
11 1 (0.11%) Photoshop
11 1 (0.11%) Sketch
11 1 (0.11%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 28 (2.96%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (1.16%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.63%) Remedy ITSM
4 5 (0.53%) NetSuite
4 5 (0.53%) Workday HCM
5 4 (0.42%) SAP PS
6 3 (0.32%) Endur
6 3 (0.32%) Loan IQ
6 3 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.32%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.32%) SAP IBP
7 2 (0.21%) Aladdin
7 2 (0.21%) SAP CO
7 2 (0.21%) SAP MM
7 2 (0.21%) SAP PM
7 2 (0.21%) SAP PP
7 2 (0.21%) SAP SCM
7 2 (0.21%) Summit
7 2 (0.21%) Teamcenter
7 2 (0.21%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 175 (18.48%) Azure
2 127 (13.41%) AWS
3 84 (8.87%) Power Platform
4 75 (7.92%) Azure DevOps
5 59 (6.23%) GitHub
6 42 (4.44%) Microsoft 365
7 39 (4.12%) GCP
8 38 (4.01%) GitHub Actions
9 35 (3.70%) SaaS
10 29 (3.06%) Serverless
11 23 (2.43%) Power Automate
12 22 (2.32%) Amazon S3
12 22 (2.32%) Entra ID
13 20 (2.11%) AWS Lambda
13 20 (2.11%) PowerApps
14 18 (1.90%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 18 (1.90%) Dynamics 365
15 14 (1.48%) Google Workspace
16 13 (1.37%) Azure Monitor
16 13 (1.37%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (2.53%) Firewall
2 19 (2.01%) DNS
3 14 (1.48%) DHCP
3 14 (1.48%) Network Security
4 13 (1.37%) TCP/IP
5 12 (1.27%) VPN
6 7 (0.74%) Modbus
7 6 (0.63%) LAN
7 6 (0.63%) WAN
8 5 (0.53%) Broadband
8 5 (0.53%) Ethernet
8 5 (0.53%) RS-232
8 5 (0.53%) RS-485
9 4 (0.42%) SD-WAN
10 3 (0.32%) 5G
10 3 (0.32%) DKIM
10 3 (0.32%) DMARC
10 3 (0.32%) Multicast
10 3 (0.32%) tcpdump
10 3 (0.32%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (6.97%) Power BI
2 20 (2.11%) Tableau
3 19 (2.01%) Relational Database
4 18 (1.90%) PostgreSQL
5 14 (1.48%) SQL Server
6 12 (1.27%) Data Warehouse
6 12 (1.27%) NoSQL
7 11 (1.16%) Amazon RDS
8 10 (1.06%) MySQL
9 9 (0.95%) Data Lake
9 9 (0.95%) Metadata
10 7 (0.74%) MongoDB
11 6 (0.63%) Amazon Athena
11 6 (0.63%) Oracle Reports
12 5 (0.53%) Amazon Redshift
12 5 (0.53%) DynamoDB
12 5 (0.53%) Redis
13 4 (0.42%) BigQuery
13 4 (0.42%) Elasticsearch
13 4 (0.42%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 125 (13.20%) JIRA
2 45 (4.75%) Jenkins
3 30 (3.17%) GitLab
4 22 (2.32%) Git
5 16 (1.69%) Selenium
6 13 (1.37%) JUnit
7 11 (1.16%) Cypress.io
8 9 (0.95%) Cucumber
9 8 (0.84%) Postman
10 6 (0.63%) JMeter
10 6 (0.63%) SonarQube
11 5 (0.53%) REST Assured
12 4 (0.42%) Maven
12 4 (0.42%) MLflow
12 4 (0.42%) Mockito
12 4 (0.42%) Team Foundation Server
13 3 (0.32%) Gradle
13 3 (0.32%) Oracle APEX
13 3 (0.32%) SoapUI
13 3 (0.32%) TestRail
General
1 441 (46.57%) Social Skills
2 274 (28.93%) Finance
3 195 (20.59%) Analytical Skills
4 119 (12.57%) Public Sector
5 75 (7.92%) Banking
6 45 (4.75%) Influencing Skills
7 38 (4.01%) Legal
7 38 (4.01%) Marketing
8 31 (3.27%) Manufacturing
9 27 (2.85%) Retail
10 21 (2.22%) Documentation Skills
10 21 (2.22%) Organisational Skills
11 20 (2.11%) Telecoms
12 18 (1.90%) Front Office
13 17 (1.80%) Financial Institution
14 16 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 15 (1.58%) Publishing
16 14 (1.48%) Pharmaceutical
16 14 (1.48%) Presentation Skills
17 12 (1.27%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 147 (15.52%) Analyst
2 129 (13.62%) Lead
3 92 (9.71%) Senior
4 73 (7.71%) Developer
5 61 (6.44%) Business Analyst
6 50 (5.28%) Consultant
7 47 (4.96%) Architect
8 36 (3.80%) Project Manager
9 24 (2.53%) DevOps Engineer
9 24 (2.53%) Senior Analyst
10 23 (2.43%) Senior Manager
11 22 (2.32%) Security Engineer
12 20 (2.11%) Delivery Manager
13 17 (1.80%) Product Manager
14 16 (1.69%) Programme Manager
15 15 (1.58%) Change Manager
15 15 (1.58%) Cloud Engineer
15 15 (1.58%) Data Engineer
15 15 (1.58%) Product Owner
16 14 (1.48%) Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (2.96%) REST
2 25 (2.64%) .NET
3 23 (2.43%) React
4 22 (2.32%) Node.js
4 22 (2.32%) RESTful
5 20 (2.11%) CSS
5 20 (2.11%) HTML
5 20 (2.11%) Spring
6 17 (1.80%) Spring Boot
7 15 (1.58%) XML
8 13 (1.37%) SOAP
9 11 (1.16%) Web Services
10 10 (1.06%) AngularJS
10 10 (1.06%) Kafka
11 9 (0.95%) ARM Templates
11 9 (0.95%) OAuth
11 9 (0.95%) Playwright
12 8 (0.84%) JSON
12 8 (0.84%) Middleware
12 8 (0.84%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 85 (8.98%) Product Ownership
2 56 (5.91%) Onboarding
3 51 (5.39%) Cloud Native
4 35 (3.70%) Analytical Mindset
5 21 (2.22%) Management Information System
6 19 (2.01%) Distributed Systems
6 19 (2.01%) Virtual Team
7 16 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
7 16 (1.69%) Mobile App
7 16 (1.69%) PMI
8 15 (1.58%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 15 (1.58%) Public Cloud
9 13 (1.37%) Data Protection Act
10 12 (1.27%) Cyber Defence
11 11 (1.16%) Hybrid Cloud
11 11 (1.16%) Legacy Systems
12 10 (1.06%) AI Agents
12 10 (1.06%) Security Posture
13 9 (0.95%) Data Centre
13 9 (0.95%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 49 (5.17%) Windows
2 43 (4.54%) Linux
3 14 (1.48%) Unix
4 13 (1.37%) Mac OS
5 10 (1.06%) Android
5 10 (1.06%) Windows Server
6 9 (0.95%) VMS
7 6 (0.63%) Apple iOS
8 5 (0.53%) FreeRTOS
8 5 (0.53%) Windows 10
9 4 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.21%) AIX
11 1 (0.11%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 363 (38.33%) Agile
2 256 (27.03%) Problem-Solving
3 218 (23.02%) Stakeholder Management
4 197 (20.80%) DevOps
5 173 (18.27%) CI/CD
6 171 (18.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 121 (12.78%) Decision-Making
8 119 (12.57%) Roadmaps
9 116 (12.25%) Analytics
10 92 (9.71%) AI
11 90 (9.50%) Project Delivery
12 85 (8.98%) Project Management
13 83 (8.76%) Scrum
14 76 (8.03%) Business Intelligence
14 76 (8.03%) Infrastructure as Code
14 76 (8.03%) Test Automation
15 75 (7.92%) ITIL
15 75 (7.92%) Mentoring
16 71 (7.50%) Change Management
17 70 (7.39%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 129 (13.62%) SQL
2 128 (13.52%) Python
3 69 (7.29%) Java
4 47 (4.96%) PowerShell
5 43 (4.54%) JavaScript
6 33 (3.48%) Bash
7 29 (3.06%) TypeScript
8 22 (2.32%) C#
9 16 (1.69%) Kusto Query Language
10 13 (1.37%) C++
11 7 (0.74%) Bicep
11 7 (0.74%) PL/SQL
12 6 (0.63%) Korn
12 6 (0.63%) R
13 5 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 5 (0.53%) Embedded C++
14 4 (0.42%) ABAP
14 4 (0.42%) Kotlin
14 4 (0.42%) RPG
14 4 (0.42%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 142 (14.99%) Security Cleared
2 118 (12.46%) SC Cleared
3 92 (9.71%) Degree
4 32 (3.38%) PMI Certification
5 25 (2.64%) Azure Certification
6 24 (2.53%) Computer Science Degree
7 21 (2.22%) PMP
8 15 (1.58%) BPSS Clearance
9 14 (1.48%) ACCA
10 12 (1.27%) AWS Certification
10 12 (1.27%) ISTQB
11 11 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
12 10 (1.06%) DV Cleared
12 10 (1.06%) Master's Degree
13 9 (0.95%) CIMA
13 9 (0.95%) Cisco Certification
14 8 (0.84%) IIBA
15 7 (0.74%) CBAP
15 7 (0.74%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 7 (0.74%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (9.82%) QA
2 44 (4.65%) Data Quality
3 43 (4.54%) Accessibility
4 41 (4.33%) GDPR
5 39 (4.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 28 (2.96%) PMO
7 24 (2.53%) NIST
8 20 (2.11%) Actionable Recommendations
9 19 (2.01%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 19 (2.01%) SLA
10 15 (1.58%) GRC
11 10 (1.06%) COBIT
11 10 (1.06%) NCSC
12 8 (0.84%) ITGC
13 7 (0.74%) PCI DSS
13 7 (0.74%) WCAG
14 6 (0.63%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 6 (0.63%) MiFID
14 6 (0.63%) SOX 404
15 5 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 66 (6.97%) Docker
2 25 (2.64%) Active Directory
3 17 (1.80%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.53%) Embedded Firmware
4 5 (0.53%) Firmware
5 3 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.11%) ProxySG
7 1 (0.11%) RACF
Systems Management
1 74 (7.81%) Kubernetes
2 68 (7.18%) Terraform
3 38 (4.01%) Ansible
4 20 (2.11%) Microsoft Intune
5 18 (1.90%) SCCM
6 17 (1.80%) Grafana
7 14 (1.48%) Prometheus
8 9 (0.95%) ITRS Geneos
9 8 (0.84%) WSUS
10 6 (0.63%) Kibana
11 4 (0.42%) Control-M
11 4 (0.42%) Puppet
11 4 (0.42%) SCOM
12 3 (0.32%) HP ALM
12 3 (0.32%) logstash
12 3 (0.32%) Progress Chef
12 3 (0.32%) vRealize
13 2 (0.21%) Argo
13 2 (0.21%) Packer
13 2 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 160 (16.90%) Microsoft
2 61 (6.44%) SAP
3 52 (5.49%) ServiceNow
4 46 (4.86%) Salesforce
5 41 (4.33%) Oracle
6 39 (4.12%) Google
7 15 (1.58%) Databricks
7 15 (1.58%) Splunk
8 12 (1.27%) Adobe
9 9 (0.95%) Dynatrace
9 9 (0.95%) VMware
9 9 (0.95%) Workday
10 8 (0.84%) IBM
10 8 (0.84%) Remedy
11 7 (0.74%) Murex
12 6 (0.63%) BMC
12 6 (0.63%) OpenAI
12 6 (0.63%) Sophos
12 6 (0.63%) TIBCO
13 5 (0.53%) Solace