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

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 44 64
Rank change year-on-year +18 +20 +6
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 1,695 727 587
As % of all contract jobs in London 8.45% 5.48% 3.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.48% 5.93% 4.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,091 486 356
10th Percentile £350 £325 £356
25th Percentile £438 £422 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £763 £775 £775
England median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +3.90% -4.76% -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 16 10
10th Percentile £18.50 £17.94 £17.08
25th Percentile £25.25 £23.12 £27.51
Median hourly rate £30.30 £35.24 £40.63
Median % change year-on-year -14.02% -13.26% -29.35%
75th Percentile £54.75 £49.38 £56.88
90th Percentile £63.75 £61.88 £77.50
England median hourly rate £35.00 £27.21 £50.00
% change year-on-year +28.63% -45.58% -16.67%

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 17,877 12,261 14,329
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.14% 92.47% 88.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,701 8,147 9,784
10th Percentile £360 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £660 £675 £688
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 287 256 190
10th Percentile £17.46 £17.00 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.94 £24.94 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £31.75 £35.75
Median % change year-on-year +11.81% -11.19% -10.63%
75th Percentile £57.25 £49.75 £54.69
90th Percentile £85.63 £63.75 £71.88
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +1.18%

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 3 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 3 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 3 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 0 176 £550 +10.00% 239
West London +8 57 £520 +2.77% 133
South London +19 48 £525 -9.17% 44
East London +4 13 £750 +294.74% 38
North London +2 4 £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 82 (4.84%) SharePoint
2 74 (4.37%) Confluence
3 30 (1.77%) Microsoft Exchange
4 22 (1.30%) Apache Airflow
5 17 (1.00%) Apache Spark
5 17 (1.00%) CMS
6 11 (0.65%) Apache
7 6 (0.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 6 (0.35%) IIS
8 4 (0.24%) Camunda
8 4 (0.24%) Sitecore CMS
8 4 (0.24%) WordPress
9 3 (0.18%) Appian
9 3 (0.18%) SAS
10 2 (0.12%) JBoss
10 2 (0.12%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.12%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.059%) MTS
11 1 (0.059%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.059%) WebLogic
Applications
1 80 (4.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 41 (2.42%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (1.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 21 (1.24%) Microsoft Project
5 17 (1.00%) MS Visio
6 6 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.24%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.12%) CPLEX
8 2 (0.12%) InDesign
8 2 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
8 2 (0.12%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.059%) Mingle
Business Applications
1 21 (1.24%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (0.88%) NetSuite
3 12 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (0.71%) Oracle EBS
4 8 (0.47%) Oracle ERP
5 7 (0.41%) Oracle Payables
6 6 (0.35%) Actimize
6 6 (0.35%) Magento
6 6 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
7 5 (0.29%) Aladdin
7 5 (0.29%) Loan IQ
7 5 (0.29%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 5 (0.29%) SAP PM
8 4 (0.24%) Endur
8 4 (0.24%) Oracle Financials
8 4 (0.24%) SAP QM
8 4 (0.24%) Shopify
9 3 (0.18%) Remedy ITSM
9 3 (0.18%) SAP MDG
9 3 (0.18%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 393 (23.19%) Azure
2 319 (18.82%) AWS
3 168 (9.91%) Power Platform
4 114 (6.73%) Azure DevOps
5 110 (6.49%) Microsoft 365
6 102 (6.02%) GitHub
7 99 (5.84%) GCP
8 83 (4.90%) Entra ID
9 63 (3.72%) Serverless
10 62 (3.66%) SaaS
11 53 (3.13%) Dynamics 365
11 53 (3.13%) GitHub Actions
12 50 (2.95%) AWS Lambda
13 48 (2.83%) Amazon S3
14 35 (2.06%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 35 (2.06%) Microsoft Copilot
15 31 (1.83%) Amazon EC2
15 31 (1.83%) PowerApps
16 29 (1.71%) Snowflake
17 28 (1.65%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 38 (2.24%) Network Security
2 36 (2.12%) Firewall
3 33 (1.95%) DNS
4 21 (1.24%) TCP/IP
5 20 (1.18%) WAN
6 15 (0.88%) DHCP
6 15 (0.88%) VPN
7 12 (0.71%) LAN
8 9 (0.53%) VoIP
9 8 (0.47%) SD-WAN
9 8 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
10 5 (0.29%) BGP
10 5 (0.29%) HTTP
10 5 (0.29%) HTTPS
10 5 (0.29%) Unified Communications
10 5 (0.29%) WebEx
10 5 (0.29%) Wireless
11 4 (0.24%) DKIM
11 4 (0.24%) Kerberos
11 4 (0.24%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 129 (7.61%) Power BI
2 52 (3.07%) SQL Server
3 48 (2.83%) Metadata
4 41 (2.42%) Data Warehouse
5 37 (2.18%) PostgreSQL
6 33 (1.95%) Relational Database
7 29 (1.71%) Amazon RDS
8 27 (1.59%) Tableau
9 26 (1.53%) Delta Lake
10 23 (1.36%) NoSQL
11 17 (1.00%) Data Lake
12 15 (0.88%) Parquet
12 15 (0.88%) Power Query
13 12 (0.71%) Big Data
14 10 (0.59%) Oracle Database
15 9 (0.53%) MySQL
16 8 (0.47%) MongoDB
17 7 (0.41%) BigQuery
17 7 (0.41%) RDBMS
18 6 (0.35%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 151 (8.91%) JIRA
2 104 (6.14%) Git
3 84 (4.96%) Jenkins
4 45 (2.65%) GitLab
5 32 (1.89%) Selenium
6 17 (1.00%) Cypress.io
7 12 (0.71%) Cucumber
7 12 (0.71%) JUnit
7 12 (0.71%) Postman
8 11 (0.65%) Bitbucket
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%) Mockito
10 7 (0.41%) REST Assured
10 7 (0.41%) Zephyr
11 6 (0.35%) JMeter
11 6 (0.35%) XCTest
11 6 (0.35%) XCUITest
General
1 764 (45.07%) Social Skills
2 550 (32.45%) Finance
3 391 (23.07%) Analytical Skills
4 287 (16.93%) Public Sector
5 199 (11.74%) Banking
6 71 (4.19%) Influencing Skills
7 66 (3.89%) Organisational Skills
8 58 (3.42%) Legal
9 56 (3.30%) Law
10 51 (3.01%) Retail
11 49 (2.89%) Documentation Skills
12 48 (2.83%) Front Office
12 48 (2.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 40 (2.36%) Local Government
14 39 (2.30%) Investment Banking
15 36 (2.12%) Marketing
16 30 (1.77%) Telecoms
17 27 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
18 22 (1.30%) Military
18 22 (1.30%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 234 (13.81%) Lead
2 194 (11.45%) Senior
3 176 (10.38%) Analyst
4 165 (9.73%) Developer
5 113 (6.67%) Architect
6 64 (3.78%) DevOps Engineer
6 64 (3.78%) Project Manager
7 57 (3.36%) Consultant
8 54 (3.19%) Delivery Manager
9 51 (3.01%) Business Analyst
10 48 (2.83%) Data Engineer
11 43 (2.54%) Software Engineer
12 41 (2.42%) Scrum Master
13 39 (2.30%) Senior Manager
14 36 (2.12%) Product Owner
15 35 (2.06%) Lead Architect
16 33 (1.95%) Product Manager
17 32 (1.89%) Support Engineer
18 30 (1.77%) Functional Architect
18 30 (1.77%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 134 (7.91%) Terraform
2 93 (5.49%) REST
3 78 (4.60%) RESTful
4 54 (3.19%) React
5 52 (3.07%) Kafka
6 51 (3.01%) Spring
7 50 (2.95%) .NET
8 48 (2.83%) Spring Boot
9 43 (2.54%) AngularJS
10 42 (2.48%) HTML
11 37 (2.18%) CSS
12 36 (2.12%) Web Services
13 31 (1.83%) Django
14 26 (1.53%) SOAP
15 25 (1.47%) PySpark
16 22 (1.30%) JSON
16 22 (1.30%) Middleware
16 22 (1.30%) Node.js
16 22 (1.30%) XML
17 21 (1.24%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 206 (12.15%) Product Ownership
2 130 (7.67%) Onboarding
3 117 (6.90%) Cloud Native
4 52 (3.07%) Management Information System
5 46 (2.71%) Data Protection Act
6 44 (2.60%) Distributed Systems
7 39 (2.30%) Enterprise Software
7 39 (2.30%) Legacy Systems
8 37 (2.18%) Virtual Team
9 32 (1.89%) AI Agents
10 31 (1.83%) Security Posture
11 29 (1.71%) Data Structures
12 27 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
13 26 (1.53%) CMDB
13 26 (1.53%) Data Centre
14 24 (1.42%) Hybrid Cloud
15 23 (1.36%) NHS
16 20 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
17 19 (1.12%) Operational Technology
18 18 (1.06%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 111 (6.55%) Windows
2 85 (5.01%) Linux
3 33 (1.95%) Windows Server
4 25 (1.47%) Unix
5 22 (1.30%) Windows 10
6 21 (1.24%) Apple iOS
7 16 (0.94%) Android
8 15 (0.88%) Mac OS
9 14 (0.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 6 (0.35%) Amazon Linux
11 3 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.12%) AIX
12 2 (0.12%) VMS
13 1 (0.059%) HPUX
13 1 (0.059%) Oracle Linux
13 1 (0.059%) Solaris
13 1 (0.059%) SUSE
13 1 (0.059%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 674 (39.76%) Agile
2 529 (31.21%) Stakeholder Management
3 446 (26.31%) Problem-Solving
4 351 (20.71%) CI/CD
5 350 (20.65%) DevOps
6 346 (20.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 309 (18.23%) Decision-Making
8 279 (16.46%) AI
9 226 (13.33%) Roadmaps
10 202 (11.92%) Analytics
11 190 (11.21%) Scrum
12 183 (10.80%) Change Management
13 174 (10.27%) Migration
14 157 (9.26%) Test Automation
15 153 (9.03%) Infrastructure as Code
15 153 (9.03%) Software Engineering
16 148 (8.73%) Business Intelligence
17 145 (8.55%) Mentoring
18 141 (8.32%) Risk Management
18 141 (8.32%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 291 (17.17%) Python
2 254 (14.99%) SQL
3 136 (8.02%) Java
4 91 (5.37%) JavaScript
5 89 (5.25%) PowerShell
6 69 (4.07%) C#
7 59 (3.48%) Bash
8 52 (3.07%) TypeScript
9 22 (1.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 21 (1.24%) T-SQL
11 18 (1.06%) PL/SQL
12 16 (0.94%) Bicep
13 15 (0.88%) Go
13 15 (0.88%) Groovy
13 15 (0.88%) Perl
14 13 (0.77%) Korn
15 12 (0.71%) Kotlin
15 12 (0.71%) R
16 10 (0.59%) Apex Code
16 10 (0.59%) VBA
Qualifications
1 375 (22.12%) Security Cleared
2 319 (18.82%) SC Cleared
3 154 (9.09%) Degree
4 56 (3.30%) Computer Science Degree
5 51 (3.01%) DV Cleared
6 48 (2.83%) PMP
7 41 (2.42%) PMI Certification
8 36 (2.12%) Azure Certification
9 34 (2.01%) AWS Certification
10 31 (1.83%) CISSP
11 18 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
12 17 (1.00%) Cisco Certification
13 16 (0.94%) CISM
13 16 (0.94%) ITIL Certification
14 11 (0.65%) ISTQB
14 11 (0.65%) Microsoft Certification
15 10 (0.59%) CompTIA Security+
15 10 (0.59%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 10 (0.59%) Master's Degree
16 9 (0.53%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 150 (8.85%) QA
2 139 (8.20%) Data Quality
3 80 (4.72%) PMO
4 44 (2.60%) Accessibility
5 43 (2.54%) SLA
6 42 (2.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 41 (2.42%) NIST
8 40 (2.36%) GDPR
9 30 (1.77%) GRC
10 17 (1.00%) NCSC
11 16 (0.94%) Actionable Recommendations
12 12 (0.71%) COBIT
12 12 (0.71%) WCAG
13 10 (0.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 9 (0.53%) PCI DSS
15 7 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
16 6 (0.35%) ISO 22301
17 5 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 5 (0.29%) HIPAA
17 5 (0.29%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 107 (6.31%) Docker
2 85 (5.01%) Active Directory
3 20 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
4 13 (0.77%) Virtual Desktop
4 13 (0.77%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (0.53%) IAG
6 3 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.18%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.18%) vSphere
7 2 (0.12%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.12%) Squid
7 2 (0.12%) zsh
8 1 (0.059%) Ceph
8 1 (0.059%) Sendmail
8 1 (0.059%) UAG
8 1 (0.059%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 137 (8.08%) Kubernetes
2 50 (2.95%) Grafana
2 50 (2.95%) Prometheus
3 49 (2.89%) Ansible
4 39 (2.30%) Microsoft Intune
5 14 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (0.59%) Kibana
6 10 (0.59%) SCCM
7 5 (0.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 5 (0.29%) Cisco CUCM
8 4 (0.24%) Control-M
8 4 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
8 4 (0.24%) Puppet
8 4 (0.24%) QRadar
9 3 (0.18%) ITRS Geneos
9 3 (0.18%) Nagios
9 3 (0.18%) WSUS
10 2 (0.12%) HP ALM
10 2 (0.12%) Packer
10 2 (0.12%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 326 (19.23%) Microsoft
2 112 (6.61%) ServiceNow
3 105 (6.19%) Oracle
4 65 (3.83%) Salesforce
5 64 (3.78%) SAP
6 60 (3.54%) Google
7 39 (2.30%) Splunk
8 38 (2.24%) Databricks
9 26 (1.53%) Cisco
10 24 (1.42%) VMware
11 22 (1.30%) IBM
12 19 (1.12%) Dynatrace
13 16 (0.94%) Zscaler
14 14 (0.83%) Apple
15 13 (0.77%) Adobe
15 13 (0.77%) Red Hat
16 10 (0.59%) Ariba
16 10 (0.59%) OpenAI
17 9 (0.53%) Murex
17 9 (0.53%) Qualys