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

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 57 65
Rank change year-on-year +30 +8 +12
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 1,243 508 598
As % of all contract jobs in London 7.18% 4.01% 3.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.06% 4.37% 3.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 832 311 414
10th Percentile £360 £356 £363
25th Percentile £425 £425 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £751 £700
90th Percentile £750 £881 £850
England median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 7 14
10th Percentile £17.50 £22.00 £17.00
25th Percentile £18.25 £24.75 £20.25
Median hourly rate £28.03 £30.81 £30.75
Median % change year-on-year -9.02% +0.18% -50.80%
75th Percentile £49.75 £45.74 £64.69
90th Percentile £93.25 £58.50 £81.63
England median hourly rate £54.00 £56.38 £37.50
% change year-on-year -4.21% +50.33% -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 15,428 11,636 15,825
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.09% 91.87% 88.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,331 7,886 11,336
10th Percentile £353 £350 £338
25th Percentile £428 £440 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £675
90th Percentile £755 £800 £799
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 253 168 334
10th Percentile £18.37 £16.48 £16.00
25th Percentile £23.00 £23.75 £19.65
Median hourly rate £35.50 £34.58 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.68% +15.25% -22.58%
75th Percentile £57.00 £50.56 £49.00
90th Percentile £72.90 £63.40 £66.93
England median hourly rate £41.56 £31.76 £34.21
% change year-on-year +30.84% -7.16% -8.77%

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 16 April 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 16 April 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 16 April 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 +12 143 £525 +5.00% 179
South London +11 38 £500 -14.24% 7
West London -15 26 £500 +5.26% 30
East London +10 14 £598 - 19
North London - 2 £550 -
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 76 (6.11%) Confluence
2 53 (4.26%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.13%) Apache Airflow
4 11 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (0.56%) Apache Spark
6 6 (0.48%) Apache
6 6 (0.48%) CMS
7 5 (0.40%) Camunda
8 4 (0.32%) HCL Notes
9 3 (0.24%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 2 (0.16%) Appian
10 2 (0.16%) IIS
10 2 (0.16%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.080%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.080%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.080%) Cloud Foundry
11 1 (0.080%) ColdFusion
11 1 (0.080%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.080%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.080%) SAS
Applications
1 74 (5.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 41 (3.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 27 (2.17%) Microsoft Project
4 22 (1.77%) Microsoft Office
5 18 (1.45%) MS Visio
6 11 (0.88%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.24%) Notion
8 3 (0.24%) Trello
9 2 (0.16%) Autodesk Smoke
10 1 (0.080%) Adobe After Effects
10 1 (0.080%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.080%) Mingle
10 1 (0.080%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.080%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 18 (1.45%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (1.13%) Dynamics CRM
3 13 (1.05%) NetSuite
4 10 (0.80%) Loan IQ
5 6 (0.48%) Remedy ITSM
6 5 (0.40%) Oracle Payables
7 4 (0.32%) Actimize
7 4 (0.32%) Aladdin
7 4 (0.32%) Oracle ERP
7 4 (0.32%) Oracle Financials
7 4 (0.32%) Workday HCM
8 3 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
8 3 (0.24%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 3 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
8 3 (0.24%) SAP Oil and Gas
9 2 (0.16%) Front Arena
9 2 (0.16%) Global One
9 2 (0.16%) iTrent
9 2 (0.16%) SAP IBP
9 2 (0.16%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 278 (22.37%) Azure
2 206 (16.57%) AWS
3 130 (10.46%) Power Platform
4 103 (8.29%) Azure DevOps
5 86 (6.92%) GitHub
6 65 (5.23%) GCP
7 53 (4.26%) SaaS
8 52 (4.18%) Microsoft 365
9 48 (3.86%) Dynamics 365
9 48 (3.86%) Serverless
10 45 (3.62%) GitHub Actions
11 39 (3.14%) Entra ID
12 38 (3.06%) Amazon S3
13 37 (2.98%) AWS Lambda
14 30 (2.41%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 23 (1.85%) AWS CloudFormation
16 22 (1.77%) Amazon EC2
16 22 (1.77%) Power Automate
16 22 (1.77%) PowerApps
17 21 (1.69%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 31 (2.49%) Firewall
2 26 (2.09%) Network Security
3 20 (1.61%) DNS
4 13 (1.05%) WAN
5 12 (0.97%) DHCP
6 10 (0.80%) SD-WAN
7 8 (0.64%) TCP/IP
8 7 (0.56%) BGP
8 7 (0.56%) LAN
8 7 (0.56%) OSPF
8 7 (0.56%) VPN
9 6 (0.48%) Broadband
9 6 (0.48%) Ethernet
9 6 (0.48%) Modbus
9 6 (0.48%) RS-232
9 6 (0.48%) RS-485
10 5 (0.40%) 5G
10 5 (0.40%) DKIM
10 5 (0.40%) DMARC
10 5 (0.40%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 105 (8.45%) Power BI
2 36 (2.90%) SQL Server
3 32 (2.57%) Tableau
4 29 (2.33%) Metadata
5 27 (2.17%) Relational Database
6 22 (1.77%) PostgreSQL
7 18 (1.45%) Amazon RDS
7 18 (1.45%) Data Warehouse
8 11 (0.88%) Data Lake
9 10 (0.80%) NoSQL
10 9 (0.72%) BigQuery
11 8 (0.64%) Amazon Athena
12 7 (0.56%) Delta Lake
12 7 (0.56%) Oracle Reports
13 6 (0.48%) Amazon Redshift
13 6 (0.48%) Big Data
13 6 (0.48%) MySQL
13 6 (0.48%) Snowflake Schema
14 5 (0.40%) Parquet
14 5 (0.40%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 166 (13.35%) JIRA
2 50 (4.02%) Jenkins
3 43 (3.46%) Git
4 36 (2.90%) GitLab
5 20 (1.61%) Selenium
6 15 (1.21%) Cucumber
7 12 (0.97%) JMeter
8 11 (0.88%) Cypress.io
9 10 (0.80%) JUnit
10 9 (0.72%) Team Foundation Server
11 8 (0.64%) Postman
11 8 (0.64%) REST Assured
12 5 (0.40%) MSTest
12 5 (0.40%) TestRail
12 5 (0.40%) Zephyr
13 4 (0.32%) Bitbucket
13 4 (0.32%) Gatling
13 4 (0.32%) Maven
13 4 (0.32%) MLflow
13 4 (0.32%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 502 (40.39%) Social Skills
2 442 (35.56%) Finance
3 246 (19.79%) Analytical Skills
4 155 (12.47%) Public Sector
5 99 (7.96%) Banking
6 51 (4.10%) Legal
7 46 (3.70%) Influencing Skills
8 44 (3.54%) Marketing
9 39 (3.14%) Law
10 36 (2.90%) Organisational Skills
10 36 (2.90%) Retail
11 34 (2.74%) Presentation Skills
12 31 (2.49%) Telecoms
13 26 (2.09%) Documentation Skills
14 21 (1.69%) Front Office
14 21 (1.69%) Manufacturing
15 20 (1.61%) Local Government
16 17 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 15 (1.21%) Financial Institution
18 14 (1.13%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 182 (14.64%) Lead
2 139 (11.18%) Analyst
3 108 (8.69%) Senior
4 96 (7.72%) Developer
5 92 (7.40%) Architect
6 57 (4.59%) Business Analyst
7 51 (4.10%) Consultant
7 51 (4.10%) Delivery Manager
8 44 (3.54%) Project Manager
9 40 (3.22%) Data Engineer
10 39 (3.14%) Lead Architect
11 32 (2.57%) Senior Manager
12 31 (2.49%) Functional Architect
13 30 (2.41%) DevOps Engineer
14 28 (2.25%) Scrum Master
15 27 (2.17%) Technical Manager
16 26 (2.09%) Cloud Engineer
16 26 (2.09%) Solutions Architect
17 25 (2.01%) Azure Engineer
18 22 (1.77%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (3.30%) React
2 38 (3.06%) .NET
3 37 (2.98%) REST
3 37 (2.98%) RESTful
4 35 (2.82%) HTML
5 33 (2.65%) CSS
6 29 (2.33%) Node.js
7 26 (2.09%) Spring
8 19 (1.53%) AngularJS
9 18 (1.45%) Spring Boot
10 17 (1.37%) Web Services
11 16 (1.29%) Kafka
12 13 (1.05%) Middleware
12 13 (1.05%) Next.js
12 13 (1.05%) OAuth
12 13 (1.05%) Playwright
12 13 (1.05%) PySpark
13 12 (0.97%) Elastic Stack
13 12 (0.97%) Oracle Fusion
14 10 (0.80%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 122 (9.81%) Product Ownership
2 73 (5.87%) Cloud Native
3 51 (4.10%) Onboarding
4 31 (2.49%) Virtual Team
5 30 (2.41%) Management Information System
6 26 (2.09%) Analytical Mindset
7 21 (1.69%) AI Agents
7 21 (1.69%) Data Centre
7 21 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
8 18 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
8 18 (1.45%) Security Posture
9 17 (1.37%) Mobile App
9 17 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
10 16 (1.29%) Data Structures
10 16 (1.29%) Distributed Systems
10 16 (1.29%) Enterprise Software
10 16 (1.29%) Hybrid Cloud
11 15 (1.21%) CMDB
11 15 (1.21%) Public Cloud
12 14 (1.13%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 52 (4.18%) Windows
2 41 (3.30%) Linux
3 12 (0.97%) Windows Server
4 11 (0.88%) Apple iOS
4 11 (0.88%) Mac OS
5 8 (0.64%) Windows 10
6 6 (0.48%) Android
6 6 (0.48%) FreeRTOS
6 6 (0.48%) Unix
7 5 (0.40%) VMS
8 2 (0.16%) AIX
8 2 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.080%) Amazon Linux
9 1 (0.080%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.080%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.080%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 486 (39.10%) Agile
2 302 (24.30%) Stakeholder Management
3 269 (21.64%) DevOps
4 266 (21.40%) Problem-Solving
5 255 (20.51%) CI/CD
6 219 (17.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 201 (16.17%) Decision-Making
8 164 (13.19%) AI
9 152 (12.23%) Analytics
10 151 (12.15%) Migration
11 148 (11.91%) Roadmaps
12 123 (9.90%) Business Intelligence
13 120 (9.65%) Change Management
14 114 (9.17%) Test Automation
15 111 (8.93%) Scrum
16 110 (8.85%) Infrastructure as Code
17 105 (8.45%) Risk Management
18 103 (8.29%) Project Management
19 102 (8.21%) User Acceptance Testing
20 100 (8.05%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 184 (14.80%) Python
1 184 (14.80%) SQL
2 77 (6.19%) Java
3 64 (5.15%) JavaScript
4 50 (4.02%) PowerShell
5 39 (3.14%) TypeScript
6 37 (2.98%) C#
7 22 (1.77%) Bash
8 19 (1.53%) T-SQL
9 16 (1.29%) PL/SQL
10 12 (0.97%) Kusto Query Language
11 11 (0.88%) Bicep
12 10 (0.80%) C++
13 9 (0.72%) Kotlin
14 8 (0.64%) Swift
15 7 (0.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 7 (0.56%) Go
16 6 (0.48%) Embedded C++
16 6 (0.48%) R
16 6 (0.48%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 222 (17.86%) Security Cleared
2 189 (15.21%) SC Cleared
3 112 (9.01%) Degree
4 34 (2.74%) Computer Science Degree
5 29 (2.33%) Azure Certification
6 25 (2.01%) PMI Certification
7 22 (1.77%) ACCA
7 22 (1.77%) CISSP
8 21 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
9 19 (1.53%) CISM
10 16 (1.29%) DV Cleared
11 14 (1.13%) AWS Certification
11 14 (1.13%) Cisco Certification
11 14 (1.13%) ISTQB
12 13 (1.05%) PMP
13 11 (0.88%) Master's Degree
14 10 (0.80%) Microsoft Certification
15 9 (0.72%) CIMA
15 9 (0.72%) IIBA
16 7 (0.56%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 130 (10.46%) QA
2 81 (6.52%) Data Quality
3 54 (4.34%) GDPR
4 51 (4.10%) PMO
5 45 (3.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 39 (3.14%) NIST
7 35 (2.82%) Accessibility
8 28 (2.25%) SLA
9 19 (1.53%) Actionable Recommendations
10 16 (1.29%) GRC
11 15 (1.21%) IFRS
12 13 (1.05%) NCSC
13 11 (0.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 10 (0.80%) PCI DSS
15 8 (0.64%) WCAG
16 6 (0.48%) California Consumer Privacy Act
16 6 (0.48%) COBIT
16 6 (0.48%) NIST 800
16 6 (0.48%) PERC
17 5 (0.40%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 66 (5.31%) Docker
2 31 (2.49%) Active Directory
3 16 (1.29%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (0.48%) Embedded Firmware
4 6 (0.48%) Firmware
5 4 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.24%) IAG
7 2 (0.16%) VMware Infrastructure
8 1 (0.080%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.080%) ProxySG
8 1 (0.080%) Sendmail
8 1 (0.080%) Squid
8 1 (0.080%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.080%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.080%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 106 (8.53%) Terraform
2 87 (7.00%) Kubernetes
3 41 (3.30%) Ansible
4 18 (1.45%) Microsoft Intune
5 17 (1.37%) Grafana
6 15 (1.21%) Prometheus
7 14 (1.13%) SCCM
8 8 (0.64%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 6 (0.48%) HP ALM
10 5 (0.40%) ITRS Geneos
10 5 (0.40%) WSUS
11 4 (0.32%) Kibana
11 4 (0.32%) Puppet
11 4 (0.32%) SCOM
11 4 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
12 3 (0.24%) Progress Chef
12 3 (0.24%) vRealize
13 2 (0.16%) Control-M
13 2 (0.16%) logstash
13 2 (0.16%) Packer
Vendors
1 222 (17.86%) Microsoft
2 90 (7.24%) ServiceNow
3 68 (5.47%) Oracle
4 61 (4.91%) SAP
5 57 (4.59%) Salesforce
6 46 (3.70%) Google
7 26 (2.09%) Databricks
8 15 (1.21%) VMware
9 13 (1.05%) OpenAI
10 10 (0.80%) Adobe
10 10 (0.80%) Foundry
11 9 (0.72%) Okta
12 8 (0.64%) ForgeRock
12 8 (0.64%) Planview
12 8 (0.64%) Remedy
12 8 (0.64%) Splunk
12 8 (0.64%) Workday
13 7 (0.56%) Cisco
13 7 (0.56%) Dynatrace
13 7 (0.56%) Murex