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 28 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 37 57
Rank change year-on-year +10 +20 +12
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 1,702 782 637
As % of all contract jobs in London 8.46% 5.85% 3.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.53% 6.32% 4.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,110 520 375
10th Percentile £339 £324 £355
25th Percentile £438 £420 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £565
Median % change year-on-year - -7.08% -4.16%
75th Percentile £638 £670 £688
90th Percentile £755 £750 £775
England median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 16 11
10th Percentile £18.50 £17.00 £17.08
25th Percentile £25.25 £18.72 £28.34
Median hourly rate £28.00 £25.08 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.67% -49.85% +23.58%
75th Percentile £48.00 £46.94 £64.38
90th Percentile £60.35 £69.38 £75.00
England median hourly rate £30.30 £23.33 £42.50
% change year-on-year +29.88% -45.11% -34.62%

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 17,861 12,373 14,498
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.73% 92.58% 89.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,722 8,170 9,513
10th Percentile £358 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £669 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 317 241 181
10th Percentile £16.19 £17.08 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.03 £25.00 £24.15
Median hourly rate £32.63 £30.00 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.75% -17.81% -2.67%
75th Percentile £57.50 £47.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £75.00
England median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +63.02% -41.51% -3.37%

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 28 September 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 28 September 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 28 September 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 +2 188 £550 +4.76% 330
West London 0 52 £520 +4.00% 121
South London +19 45 £530 -8.90% 40
East London +2 10 £600 +215.79% 39
North London +2 5 £488 -11.36% 3
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 80 (4.70%) SharePoint
2 79 (4.64%) Confluence
3 30 (1.76%) Microsoft Exchange
4 23 (1.35%) Apache Airflow
5 20 (1.18%) Apache Spark
6 18 (1.06%) CMS
7 13 (0.76%) Apache
8 6 (0.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 6 (0.35%) IIS
9 4 (0.24%) Sitecore CMS
9 4 (0.24%) WordPress
10 3 (0.18%) Jupyter
10 3 (0.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 3 (0.18%) SAS
11 2 (0.12%) CICS
11 2 (0.12%) JBoss
11 2 (0.12%) nginx
11 2 (0.12%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
11 2 (0.12%) WebLogic
Applications
1 68 (4.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 40 (2.35%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (1.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (1.12%) Microsoft Project
5 15 (0.88%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.18%) Adobe Illustrator
7 3 (0.18%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.18%) InDesign
7 3 (0.18%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.12%) CPLEX
8 2 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
8 2 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 17 (1.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (0.82%) NetSuite
2 14 (0.82%) Oracle EBS
3 11 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (0.41%) Magento
4 7 (0.41%) Oracle ERP
5 6 (0.35%) Oracle Payables
5 6 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
6 5 (0.29%) Actimize
6 5 (0.29%) Loan IQ
6 5 (0.29%) SAP PM
7 4 (0.24%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 4 (0.24%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 4 (0.24%) SAP QM
7 4 (0.24%) Shopify
8 3 (0.18%) Aladdin
8 3 (0.18%) Endur
8 3 (0.18%) Orchestrade
8 3 (0.18%) Remedy ITSM
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 385 (22.62%) Azure
2 322 (18.92%) AWS
3 133 (7.81%) Power Platform
4 114 (6.70%) Microsoft 365
5 113 (6.64%) GitHub
6 107 (6.29%) Azure DevOps
7 93 (5.46%) GCP
8 79 (4.64%) Entra ID
9 69 (4.05%) Serverless
10 60 (3.53%) SaaS
11 59 (3.47%) GitHub Actions
12 58 (3.41%) Amazon S3
13 54 (3.17%) AWS Lambda
14 40 (2.35%) Microsoft Copilot
15 38 (2.23%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 38 (2.23%) Amazon EC2
16 35 (2.06%) Snowflake
17 30 (1.76%) AWS CloudFormation
17 30 (1.76%) PowerApps
18 29 (1.70%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 37 (2.17%) Firewall
2 35 (2.06%) Network Security
3 32 (1.88%) DNS
4 22 (1.29%) TCP/IP
5 18 (1.06%) WAN
6 17 (1.00%) VPN
7 13 (0.76%) DHCP
8 12 (0.71%) LAN
9 9 (0.53%) VoIP
10 8 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (0.35%) HTTPS
11 6 (0.35%) SD-WAN
12 5 (0.29%) HTTP
12 5 (0.29%) Unified Communications
12 5 (0.29%) WebEx
13 4 (0.24%) BGP
13 4 (0.24%) Kerberos
13 4 (0.24%) SAN
13 4 (0.24%) SSL
13 4 (0.24%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 95 (5.58%) Power BI
2 63 (3.70%) SQL Server
3 50 (2.94%) Data Warehouse
4 45 (2.64%) Metadata
5 43 (2.53%) PostgreSQL
6 33 (1.94%) Relational Database
7 29 (1.70%) Amazon RDS
8 26 (1.53%) NoSQL
9 24 (1.41%) Delta Lake
10 22 (1.29%) Tableau
11 21 (1.23%) Data Lake
12 15 (0.88%) Power Query
13 14 (0.82%) MySQL
14 13 (0.76%) Parquet
15 12 (0.71%) Oracle Database
16 11 (0.65%) MongoDB
17 10 (0.59%) Big Data
18 7 (0.41%) Amazon Athena
18 7 (0.41%) BigQuery
18 7 (0.41%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 153 (8.99%) JIRA
2 113 (6.64%) Git
3 91 (5.35%) Jenkins
4 51 (3.00%) GitLab
5 36 (2.12%) Selenium
6 15 (0.88%) Cucumber
6 15 (0.88%) Cypress.io
7 14 (0.82%) Postman
8 13 (0.76%) Bitbucket
8 13 (0.76%) JUnit
9 9 (0.53%) CircleCI
9 9 (0.53%) Maven
9 9 (0.53%) Visual Studio
10 7 (0.41%) Gradle
10 7 (0.41%) SonarQube
11 6 (0.35%) Mockito
11 6 (0.35%) XCTest
11 6 (0.35%) XCUITest
11 6 (0.35%) Zephyr
12 5 (0.29%) Claude Code
General
1 770 (45.24%) Social Skills
2 510 (29.96%) Finance
3 391 (22.97%) Analytical Skills
4 295 (17.33%) Public Sector
5 200 (11.75%) Banking
6 74 (4.35%) Influencing Skills
7 70 (4.11%) Organisational Skills
8 60 (3.53%) Legal
9 50 (2.94%) Front Office
9 50 (2.94%) Retail
10 48 (2.82%) Documentation Skills
11 46 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 37 (2.17%) Local Government
13 36 (2.12%) Marketing
14 35 (2.06%) Investment Banking
15 29 (1.70%) Law
16 26 (1.53%) Presentation Skills
17 25 (1.47%) Telecoms
18 24 (1.41%) Military
19 23 (1.35%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 209 (12.28%) Lead
2 199 (11.69%) Senior
3 177 (10.40%) Developer
4 169 (9.93%) Analyst
5 78 (4.58%) Architect
6 68 (4.00%) DevOps Engineer
7 66 (3.88%) Project Manager
8 55 (3.23%) Data Engineer
9 54 (3.17%) Consultant
10 52 (3.06%) Business Analyst
11 51 (3.00%) Delivery Manager
12 48 (2.82%) Software Engineer
13 41 (2.41%) Product Manager
14 40 (2.35%) Scrum Master
15 36 (2.12%) Product Owner
15 36 (2.12%) Senior Manager
16 32 (1.88%) Applications Support
16 32 (1.88%) Support Engineer
17 31 (1.82%) Java Developer
18 30 (1.76%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 144 (8.46%) Terraform
2 98 (5.76%) REST
3 78 (4.58%) RESTful
4 60 (3.53%) .NET
4 60 (3.53%) Kafka
5 52 (3.06%) Spring
6 51 (3.00%) React
7 49 (2.88%) Spring Boot
8 44 (2.59%) AngularJS
8 44 (2.59%) Web Services
9 43 (2.53%) HTML
10 36 (2.12%) CSS
10 36 (2.12%) SOAP
11 33 (1.94%) Django
12 30 (1.76%) PySpark
13 25 (1.47%) JSON
13 25 (1.47%) XML
14 23 (1.35%) Middleware
14 23 (1.35%) Node.js
15 21 (1.23%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 213 (12.51%) Product Ownership
2 137 (8.05%) Onboarding
3 127 (7.46%) Cloud Native
4 51 (3.00%) Management Information System
5 47 (2.76%) Enterprise Software
6 46 (2.70%) Distributed Systems
7 44 (2.59%) Data Protection Act
8 40 (2.35%) Virtual Team
9 39 (2.29%) Legacy Systems
10 37 (2.17%) AI Agents
11 33 (1.94%) Security Posture
11 33 (1.94%) Self-Motivation
12 25 (1.47%) Data Structures
13 24 (1.41%) Data Centre
13 24 (1.41%) NHS
14 23 (1.35%) CMDB
15 21 (1.23%) Hybrid Cloud
16 19 (1.12%) Analytical Mindset
16 19 (1.12%) Low-Code
17 18 (1.06%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 119 (6.99%) Windows
2 95 (5.58%) Linux
3 36 (2.12%) Windows Server
4 27 (1.59%) Unix
5 21 (1.23%) Apple iOS
5 21 (1.23%) Windows 10
6 17 (1.00%) Android
7 15 (0.88%) Mac OS
7 15 (0.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (0.35%) Amazon Linux
9 3 (0.18%) VMS
9 3 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.12%) AIX
10 2 (0.12%) zOS
11 1 (0.059%) HPUX
11 1 (0.059%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.059%) Solaris
11 1 (0.059%) SUSE
11 1 (0.059%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 674 (39.60%) Agile
2 576 (33.84%) Stakeholder Management
3 440 (25.85%) Problem-Solving
4 373 (21.92%) CI/CD
5 351 (20.62%) DevOps
6 333 (19.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 302 (17.74%) AI
8 300 (17.63%) Decision-Making
9 242 (14.22%) Roadmaps
10 210 (12.34%) Analytics
11 196 (11.52%) Scrum
12 178 (10.46%) Change Management
13 168 (9.87%) Test Automation
14 165 (9.69%) Infrastructure as Code
15 164 (9.64%) Software Engineering
16 157 (9.22%) Risk Management
17 149 (8.75%) Technical Leadership
18 147 (8.64%) Migration
19 145 (8.52%) ITIL
20 140 (8.23%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 302 (17.74%) Python
2 274 (16.10%) SQL
3 145 (8.52%) Java
4 97 (5.70%) JavaScript
5 85 (4.99%) PowerShell
6 81 (4.76%) C#
7 63 (3.70%) Bash
8 57 (3.35%) TypeScript
9 27 (1.59%) T-SQL
10 21 (1.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 16 (0.94%) Go
11 16 (0.94%) Groovy
11 16 (0.94%) PL/SQL
12 14 (0.82%) Korn
12 14 (0.82%) Perl
13 13 (0.76%) Bicep
13 13 (0.76%) Shell Script
14 11 (0.65%) R
15 10 (0.59%) C++
15 10 (0.59%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 402 (23.62%) Security Cleared
2 344 (20.21%) SC Cleared
3 150 (8.81%) Degree
4 57 (3.35%) PMP
5 54 (3.17%) Computer Science Degree
5 54 (3.17%) DV Cleared
6 48 (2.82%) PMI Certification
7 36 (2.12%) CISSP
8 34 (2.00%) AWS Certification
9 31 (1.82%) Azure Certification
10 27 (1.59%) BPSS Clearance
11 20 (1.18%) CISM
12 19 (1.12%) Cisco Certification
13 15 (0.88%) ITIL Certification
14 11 (0.65%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 11 (0.65%) CompTIA Security+
14 11 (0.65%) ISTQB
14 11 (0.65%) Microsoft Certification
15 10 (0.59%) GIAC
15 10 (0.59%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 150 (8.81%) QA
2 146 (8.58%) Data Quality
3 70 (4.11%) PMO
4 48 (2.82%) Accessibility
4 48 (2.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 41 (2.41%) NIST
6 39 (2.29%) SLA
7 33 (1.94%) GDPR
8 32 (1.88%) GRC
9 20 (1.18%) NCSC
10 18 (1.06%) Actionable Recommendations
11 13 (0.76%) COBIT
11 13 (0.76%) WCAG
12 11 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
13 9 (0.53%) PCI DSS
13 9 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 6 (0.35%) ISO 20022
15 5 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 5 (0.29%) HIPAA
15 5 (0.29%) P3O
System Software
1 121 (7.11%) Docker
2 80 (4.70%) Active Directory
3 19 (1.12%) Virtual Machines
4 14 (0.82%) Virtual Desktop
5 13 (0.76%) VMware Infrastructure
6 7 (0.41%) IAG
7 3 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.18%) vSphere
8 2 (0.12%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.12%) RACF
8 2 (0.12%) Squid
8 2 (0.12%) Time Sharing Option
8 2 (0.12%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.12%) zsh
9 1 (0.059%) Ceph
9 1 (0.059%) UAG
9 1 (0.059%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 147 (8.64%) Kubernetes
2 57 (3.35%) Ansible
3 50 (2.94%) Grafana
3 50 (2.94%) Prometheus
4 37 (2.17%) Microsoft Intune
5 13 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
6 12 (0.71%) Kibana
7 11 (0.65%) SCCM
8 6 (0.35%) Puppet
9 5 (0.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 5 (0.29%) Cisco CUCM
10 4 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
10 4 (0.24%) QRadar
11 3 (0.18%) Argo
11 3 (0.18%) Control-M
11 3 (0.18%) HP Fortify
11 3 (0.18%) Nagios
11 3 (0.18%) Packer
12 2 (0.12%) Istio
12 2 (0.12%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 315 (18.51%) Microsoft
2 112 (6.58%) Oracle
3 108 (6.35%) ServiceNow
4 57 (3.35%) Salesforce
5 55 (3.23%) Google
6 54 (3.17%) SAP
7 46 (2.70%) Splunk
8 45 (2.64%) Databricks
9 36 (2.12%) IBM
10 25 (1.47%) Cisco
11 22 (1.29%) VMware
12 19 (1.12%) Dynatrace
13 16 (0.94%) Zscaler
14 15 (0.88%) UiPath
15 14 (0.82%) Adobe
15 14 (0.82%) Apple
16 13 (0.76%) Red Hat
17 10 (0.59%) Okta
17 10 (0.59%) Qualys
17 10 (0.59%) Workday