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

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 53 73
Rank change year-on-year +26 +20 +5
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 1,345 550 549
As % of all contract jobs in London 7.22% 4.49% 3.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.14% 4.87% 3.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 889 369 384
10th Percentile £350 £355 £354
25th Percentile £425 £425 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.30% -3.64% -6.78%
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 25 8 15
10th Percentile - £26.80 £17.00
25th Percentile £25.25 £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 £58.75 £49.38 £53.13
90th Percentile £94.00 £57.63 £83.75
England median hourly rate £55.00 £46.06 £36.50
% change year-on-year +19.41% +26.19% -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 16,527 11,302 15,611
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.72% 92.31% 88.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,014 7,563 11,181
10th Percentile £358 £347 £340
25th Percentile £435 £425 £446
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £681 £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 248 199 318
10th Percentile £18.07 £16.50 £15.50
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.66 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.00 £32.89 £28.25
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% +16.42% -28.34%
75th Percentile £58.75 £49.88 £48.75
90th Percentile £80.38 £63.75 £68.23
England median hourly rate £47.00 £28.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year +67.86% -25.33% +4.17%

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 10 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 10 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 10 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 +4 148 £535 +7.44% 157
South London +17 45 £500 -13.04% 9
West London -5 41 £500 - 27
East London +11 15 £600 +2.56% 32
North London 0 1 £450 -18.18% 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 67 (4.98%) Confluence
2 55 (4.09%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.12%) Microsoft Exchange
4 14 (1.04%) Apache Airflow
5 12 (0.89%) Apache Spark
6 9 (0.67%) CMS
7 7 (0.52%) Apache
8 5 (0.37%) Camunda
8 5 (0.37%) IIS
9 3 (0.22%) Appian
9 3 (0.22%) WordPress
10 2 (0.15%) SAS
10 2 (0.15%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.074%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.074%) ColdFusion
11 1 (0.074%) HCL Notes
11 1 (0.074%) Mule
11 1 (0.074%) Oracle Application Server
11 1 (0.074%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.074%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 66 (4.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 29 (2.16%) Microsoft Office
3 28 (2.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 23 (1.71%) Microsoft Project
5 21 (1.56%) MS Visio
6 9 (0.67%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.15%) CPLEX
8 2 (0.15%) Oracle Smart View
9 1 (0.074%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.074%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.074%) Mingle
9 1 (0.074%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.074%) Trello
Business Applications
1 20 (1.49%) NetSuite
2 13 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (0.97%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (0.59%) Actimize
3 8 (0.59%) Loan IQ
3 8 (0.59%) Oracle ERP
4 7 (0.52%) Remedy ITSM
5 5 (0.37%) Aladdin
5 5 (0.37%) Magento
5 5 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
5 5 (0.37%) Oracle Payables
5 5 (0.37%) Salesforce CRM
6 4 (0.30%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 3 (0.22%) Oracle Financials
7 3 (0.22%) Orchestrade
7 3 (0.22%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 2 (0.15%) Front Arena
8 2 (0.15%) Global One
8 2 (0.15%) Maximo
8 2 (0.15%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 299 (22.23%) Azure
2 243 (18.07%) AWS
3 132 (9.81%) Power Platform
4 93 (6.91%) GitHub
5 91 (6.77%) Azure DevOps
6 75 (5.58%) GCP
7 63 (4.68%) Microsoft 365
8 56 (4.16%) SaaS
9 53 (3.94%) GitHub Actions
10 52 (3.87%) Dynamics 365
11 50 (3.72%) Serverless
12 49 (3.64%) Entra ID
13 43 (3.20%) Amazon S3
13 43 (3.20%) AWS Lambda
14 32 (2.38%) Amazon EC2
15 28 (2.08%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 28 (2.08%) AWS CloudFormation
16 26 (1.93%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 22 (1.64%) Amazon EKS
17 22 (1.64%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 35 (2.60%) Firewall
2 30 (2.23%) Network Security
3 16 (1.19%) DNS
4 15 (1.12%) WAN
5 10 (0.74%) LAN
5 10 (0.74%) VoIP
6 8 (0.59%) SD-WAN
7 6 (0.45%) BGP
7 6 (0.45%) DHCP
7 6 (0.45%) Ethernet
7 6 (0.45%) OSPF
7 6 (0.45%) VPN
8 5 (0.37%) Modbus
8 5 (0.37%) NGFW
8 5 (0.37%) RS-232
8 5 (0.37%) RS-485
8 5 (0.37%) TCP/IP
9 4 (0.30%) IOS XR
9 4 (0.30%) NX-OS
9 4 (0.30%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 108 (8.03%) Power BI
2 41 (3.05%) Tableau
3 37 (2.75%) SQL Server
4 32 (2.38%) Metadata
5 31 (2.30%) Relational Database
6 26 (1.93%) Data Warehouse
7 25 (1.86%) PostgreSQL
8 23 (1.71%) Amazon RDS
9 19 (1.41%) Data Lake
10 16 (1.19%) NoSQL
11 14 (1.04%) Power Query
12 12 (0.89%) Delta Lake
13 10 (0.74%) Big Data
14 9 (0.67%) BigQuery
14 9 (0.67%) Parquet
15 8 (0.59%) Amazon Athena
16 7 (0.52%) Oracle Reports
16 7 (0.52%) Snowflake Schema
17 6 (0.45%) RDBMS
18 5 (0.37%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 163 (12.12%) JIRA
2 55 (4.09%) Jenkins
3 53 (3.94%) Git
4 38 (2.83%) GitLab
5 21 (1.56%) Selenium
6 16 (1.19%) Cucumber
7 12 (0.89%) Cypress.io
8 9 (0.67%) JMeter
8 9 (0.67%) Team Foundation Server
9 8 (0.59%) Bitbucket
9 8 (0.59%) REST Assured
10 7 (0.52%) JUnit
11 6 (0.45%) CircleCI
11 6 (0.45%) Postman
11 6 (0.45%) Visual Studio
11 6 (0.45%) Vite
11 6 (0.45%) XCTest
12 5 (0.37%) Sonatype Nexus
12 5 (0.37%) TestRail
12 5 (0.37%) Zephyr
General
1 536 (39.85%) Social Skills
2 472 (35.09%) Finance
3 276 (20.52%) Analytical Skills
4 178 (13.23%) Public Sector
5 114 (8.48%) Banking
6 49 (3.64%) Organisational Skills
7 48 (3.57%) Legal
8 45 (3.35%) Law
8 45 (3.35%) Retail
9 41 (3.05%) Influencing Skills
10 34 (2.53%) Documentation Skills
10 34 (2.53%) Marketing
11 32 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
12 31 (2.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 29 (2.16%) Local Government
14 27 (2.01%) Telecoms
15 22 (1.64%) Front Office
16 16 (1.19%) Investment Banking
16 16 (1.19%) Pharmaceutical
17 15 (1.12%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 183 (13.61%) Lead
2 140 (10.41%) Analyst
3 128 (9.52%) Senior
4 108 (8.03%) Developer
5 82 (6.10%) Architect
6 57 (4.24%) Project Manager
7 53 (3.94%) Delivery Manager
8 49 (3.64%) Consultant
8 49 (3.64%) DevOps Engineer
9 48 (3.57%) Business Analyst
10 44 (3.27%) Data Engineer
11 38 (2.83%) Scrum Master
12 35 (2.60%) Senior Manager
13 32 (2.38%) Lead Architect
14 31 (2.30%) Azure Engineer
14 31 (2.30%) Functional Architect
15 27 (2.01%) Cloud Engineer
15 27 (2.01%) Technical Manager
16 25 (1.86%) Security Engineer
17 23 (1.71%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (3.49%) React
1 47 (3.49%) REST
2 43 (3.20%) RESTful
3 35 (2.60%) HTML
4 31 (2.30%) CSS
4 31 (2.30%) Spring
5 30 (2.23%) .NET
6 28 (2.08%) Spring Boot
7 24 (1.78%) AngularJS
8 22 (1.64%) Kafka
9 17 (1.26%) Node.js
10 16 (1.19%) Middleware
10 16 (1.19%) Web Services
11 14 (1.04%) Next.js
12 13 (0.97%) OAuth
12 13 (0.97%) Playwright
12 13 (0.97%) PySpark
13 10 (0.74%) Elastic Stack
13 10 (0.74%) GraphQL
14 9 (0.67%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 143 (10.63%) Product Ownership
2 94 (6.99%) Cloud Native
3 64 (4.76%) Onboarding
4 38 (2.83%) Data Protection Act
5 37 (2.75%) Virtual Team
6 32 (2.38%) Management Information System
7 28 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
8 26 (1.93%) Data Centre
9 24 (1.78%) Security Posture
10 23 (1.71%) Analytical Mindset
11 22 (1.64%) AI Agents
12 21 (1.56%) Distributed Systems
13 19 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
14 17 (1.26%) Data Structures
15 15 (1.12%) Derivative
15 15 (1.12%) FMCG
16 14 (1.04%) CMDB
16 14 (1.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 12 (0.89%) Replication
18 11 (0.82%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 64 (4.76%) Windows
2 43 (3.20%) Linux
3 15 (1.12%) Windows Server
4 14 (1.04%) Apple iOS
5 12 (0.89%) Mac OS
6 10 (0.74%) Windows 10
7 9 (0.67%) Unix
8 6 (0.45%) Android
9 5 (0.37%) FreeRTOS
10 4 (0.30%) Amazon Linux
10 4 (0.30%) VMS
11 3 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.074%) AIX
13 1 (0.074%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 504 (37.47%) Agile
2 320 (23.79%) Stakeholder Management
3 290 (21.56%) Problem-Solving
4 287 (21.34%) DevOps
5 278 (20.67%) CI/CD
6 242 (17.99%) Decision-Making
7 228 (16.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 205 (15.24%) AI
9 171 (12.71%) Analytics
10 157 (11.67%) Roadmaps
11 148 (11.00%) Migration
12 140 (10.41%) Scrum
13 137 (10.19%) Change Management
14 124 (9.22%) Business Intelligence
15 123 (9.14%) Test Automation
16 118 (8.77%) Risk Management
17 117 (8.70%) Infrastructure as Code
18 114 (8.48%) Project Management
19 112 (8.33%) Mentoring
20 105 (7.81%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 209 (15.54%) Python
2 202 (15.02%) SQL
3 94 (6.99%) Java
4 61 (4.54%) JavaScript
5 55 (4.09%) PowerShell
6 43 (3.20%) C#
7 37 (2.75%) TypeScript
8 28 (2.08%) Bash
9 21 (1.56%) PL/SQL
9 21 (1.56%) T-SQL
10 17 (1.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 11 (0.82%) C++
12 10 (0.74%) Apex Code
12 10 (0.74%) Kotlin
13 9 (0.67%) Bicep
13 9 (0.67%) Swift
14 8 (0.59%) Go
14 8 (0.59%) Perl
14 8 (0.59%) R
14 8 (0.59%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 264 (19.63%) Security Cleared
2 220 (16.36%) SC Cleared
3 126 (9.37%) Degree
4 39 (2.90%) Computer Science Degree
5 33 (2.45%) CISSP
6 32 (2.38%) DV Cleared
7 29 (2.16%) Azure Certification
7 29 (2.16%) PMP
8 28 (2.08%) PMI Certification
9 22 (1.64%) BPSS Clearance
9 22 (1.64%) CISM
10 20 (1.49%) AWS Certification
11 19 (1.41%) Cisco Certification
12 16 (1.19%) ACCA
13 11 (0.82%) CCNP
13 11 (0.82%) ISTQB
14 10 (0.74%) ITIL Certification
14 10 (0.74%) Master's Degree
15 9 (0.67%) CompTIA CySA+
15 9 (0.67%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 124 (9.22%) QA
2 91 (6.77%) Data Quality
3 61 (4.54%) PMO
4 50 (3.72%) GDPR
5 48 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 47 (3.49%) NIST
7 32 (2.38%) Accessibility
8 28 (2.08%) SLA
9 19 (1.41%) Actionable Recommendations
9 19 (1.41%) GRC
10 16 (1.19%) PCI DSS
11 15 (1.12%) IFRS
12 11 (0.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 9 (0.67%) NCSC
14 6 (0.45%) NIST 800
15 5 (0.37%) GAAP
15 5 (0.37%) Government Security Classifications
15 5 (0.37%) ISO 22301
15 5 (0.37%) WCAG
16 4 (0.30%) COBIT
System Software
1 75 (5.58%) Docker
2 45 (3.35%) Active Directory
3 15 (1.12%) 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 (0.074%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.074%) Sendmail
9 1 (0.074%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.074%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.074%) vSphere
9 1 (0.074%) zsh
Systems Management
1 120 (8.92%) Terraform
2 106 (7.88%) Kubernetes
3 39 (2.90%) Ansible
4 27 (2.01%) Grafana
4 27 (2.01%) Prometheus
5 21 (1.56%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (0.52%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 6 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (0.37%) SCCM
9 4 (0.30%) Cisco CUCM
9 4 (0.30%) HP ALM
9 4 (0.30%) Kibana
9 4 (0.30%) Puppet
10 3 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (0.22%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.15%) Control-M
11 2 (0.15%) ITRS Geneos
11 2 (0.15%) Nessus
11 2 (0.15%) QRadar
11 2 (0.15%) WSUS
Vendors
1 224 (16.65%) Microsoft
2 89 (6.62%) ServiceNow
3 79 (5.87%) Oracle
4 71 (5.28%) Salesforce
5 48 (3.57%) Google
6 45 (3.35%) SAP
7 30 (2.23%) Databricks
8 15 (1.12%) Cisco
9 13 (0.97%) VMware
10 11 (0.82%) Okta
11 10 (0.74%) ForgeRock
11 10 (0.74%) OpenAI
11 10 (0.74%) Splunk
12 9 (0.67%) Foundry
13 8 (0.59%) Apple
13 8 (0.59%) Remedy
13 8 (0.59%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 8 (0.59%) Zscaler
14 7 (0.52%) CrowdStrike
14 7 (0.52%) Dynatrace