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 17 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 53 63
Rank change year-on-year +22 +10 +32
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 906 614 734
As % of all contract jobs in London 6.54% 3.93% 3.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.08% 4.41% 4.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 599 334 489
10th Percentile £331 £354 £388
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £567 £575
Median % change year-on-year -7.33% -1.48% -
75th Percentile £656 £697 £700
90th Percentile £750 £800 £800
England median daily rate £500 £526 £563
% change year-on-year -4.99% -6.44% +2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 9 8
10th Percentile £17.40 £17.08 £19.55
25th Percentile £17.50 £30.00 £34.57
Median hourly rate £18.50 £50.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -63.00% -16.67% -19.30%
75th Percentile £35.00 £71.25 £70.39
90th Percentile £49.40 £75.25 £87.59
England median hourly rate £20.66 £33.93 £65.00
% change year-on-year -39.11% -47.80% -5.52%

All Process and 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 12,793 13,929 18,148
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.39% 89.24% 89.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,409 8,974 13,045
10th Percentile £334 £350 £355
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £570
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% -3.51% -3.39%
75th Percentile £656 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £507 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.43% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 259 165 251
10th Percentile £17.98 £17.35 £18.57
25th Percentile £24.77 £23.80 £21.63
Median hourly rate £29.50 £37.50 £36.84
Median % change year-on-year -21.33% +1.79% -1.76%
75th Percentile £47.25 £55.75 £61.75
90th Percentile £67.87 £80.45 £76.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £37.25 £44.50
% change year-on-year -32.48% -16.29% +27.14%

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 17 November 2025.

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 17 November 2025.

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 17 November 2025. 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 +15 131 £523 -12.55% 498
West London -1 20 £484 +13.82% 79
East London +8 14 £190 -63.98% 24
South London -3 12 £581 +22.39% 30
North London +5 4 £575 - 12
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 60 (6.62%) Confluence
2 35 (3.86%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.43%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (1.10%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.66%) Apache
5 6 (0.66%) CMS
6 5 (0.55%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.55%) MQSeries
7 3 (0.33%) Appian
7 3 (0.33%) Ethereum
7 3 (0.33%) HCL Notes
7 3 (0.33%) Hyperledger
8 2 (0.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.22%) Luigi
8 2 (0.22%) nginx
8 2 (0.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.11%) Camunda
9 1 (0.11%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.11%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 59 (6.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (2.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 21 (2.32%) Microsoft Office
4 15 (1.66%) Microsoft Project
5 11 (1.21%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.77%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.33%) Trello
9 1 (0.11%) Adobe Captivate
9 1 (0.11%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.11%) Autodesk Smoke
9 1 (0.11%) Camtasia
9 1 (0.11%) Notion
9 1 (0.11%) Revit
9 1 (0.11%) Sketch
9 1 (0.11%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 29 (3.20%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.10%) Endur
3 4 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.44%) Infor SunSystems
3 4 (0.44%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.44%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (0.44%) SAP PS
3 4 (0.44%) Workday HCM
4 3 (0.33%) ION MarketView
4 3 (0.33%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (0.33%) SAP IBP
4 3 (0.33%) SAP MM
5 2 (0.22%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.22%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.22%) SAP EWM
5 2 (0.22%) SAP GTS
5 2 (0.22%) SAP PM
5 2 (0.22%) SAP PP
5 2 (0.22%) SAP SCM
5 2 (0.22%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 152 (16.78%) Azure
2 125 (13.80%) AWS
3 71 (7.84%) Power Platform
4 56 (6.18%) Azure DevOps
5 49 (5.41%) Microsoft 365
6 38 (4.19%) GCP
7 36 (3.97%) GitHub
7 36 (3.97%) SaaS
8 30 (3.31%) Serverless
9 23 (2.54%) Entra ID
9 23 (2.54%) GitHub Actions
10 20 (2.21%) Amazon S3
11 19 (2.10%) Power Automate
12 18 (1.99%) AWS Lambda
12 18 (1.99%) Dynamics 365
13 17 (1.88%) PowerApps
14 15 (1.66%) AWS CloudFormation
15 14 (1.55%) PaaS
16 13 (1.43%) Snowflake
17 12 (1.32%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 20 (2.21%) Firewall
2 17 (1.88%) DNS
3 11 (1.21%) TCP/IP
3 11 (1.21%) VPN
4 10 (1.10%) DHCP
5 8 (0.88%) WAN
6 7 (0.77%) LAN
6 7 (0.77%) Network Security
7 4 (0.44%) Broadband
7 4 (0.44%) DKIM
7 4 (0.44%) DMARC
7 4 (0.44%) Multicast
7 4 (0.44%) tcpdump
7 4 (0.44%) Wireshark
8 3 (0.33%) 5G
8 3 (0.33%) Cisco IPT
8 3 (0.33%) SD-WAN
8 3 (0.33%) SSL
9 2 (0.22%) Modbus
9 2 (0.22%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (6.40%) Power BI
2 27 (2.98%) PostgreSQL
3 21 (2.32%) Data Warehouse
4 19 (2.10%) Relational Database
5 15 (1.66%) Tableau
6 13 (1.43%) NoSQL
7 11 (1.21%) Amazon RDS
7 11 (1.21%) Data Lake
7 11 (1.21%) MySQL
8 10 (1.10%) Metadata
8 10 (1.10%) SQL Server
9 8 (0.88%) DynamoDB
9 8 (0.88%) Oracle Database
9 8 (0.88%) Redis
10 7 (0.77%) Amazon Redshift
11 6 (0.66%) Geospatial Data
11 6 (0.66%) MongoDB
12 5 (0.55%) Big Data
12 5 (0.55%) Elasticsearch
13 4 (0.44%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 115 (12.69%) JIRA
2 37 (4.08%) Git
2 37 (4.08%) Jenkins
3 16 (1.77%) GitLab
3 16 (1.77%) Selenium
4 12 (1.32%) JUnit
5 10 (1.10%) Postman
6 9 (0.99%) SonarQube
7 8 (0.88%) Cucumber
7 8 (0.88%) REST Assured
8 6 (0.66%) Cypress.io
8 6 (0.66%) Maven
8 6 (0.66%) SoapUI
9 5 (0.55%) Mockito
9 5 (0.55%) Xcode
10 4 (0.44%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 4 (0.44%) Subversion
10 4 (0.44%) XCTest
11 3 (0.33%) JMeter
11 3 (0.33%) TestRail
General
1 431 (47.57%) Social Skills
2 250 (27.59%) Finance
3 182 (20.09%) Analytical Skills
4 123 (13.58%) Public Sector
5 78 (8.61%) Banking
6 42 (4.64%) Influencing Skills
7 40 (4.42%) Legal
8 34 (3.75%) Marketing
9 31 (3.42%) Manufacturing
10 29 (3.20%) Retail
11 25 (2.76%) Telecoms
12 23 (2.54%) Organisational Skills
13 22 (2.43%) Documentation Skills
14 20 (2.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 18 (1.99%) Front Office
16 15 (1.66%) Local Government
17 14 (1.55%) Financial Institution
17 14 (1.55%) Investment Banking
18 13 (1.43%) Publishing
19 11 (1.21%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 140 (15.45%) Analyst
2 123 (13.58%) Lead
3 90 (9.93%) Developer
4 86 (9.49%) Senior
5 58 (6.40%) Business Analyst
6 57 (6.29%) Consultant
7 46 (5.08%) Architect
8 41 (4.53%) Project Manager
9 21 (2.32%) Data Engineer
9 21 (2.32%) Delivery Manager
9 21 (2.32%) Senior Analyst
10 20 (2.21%) Product Owner
11 17 (1.88%) Product Manager
12 16 (1.77%) Java Developer
12 16 (1.77%) Security Engineer
12 16 (1.77%) Senior Manager
13 15 (1.66%) Designer
13 15 (1.66%) IT Analyst
14 14 (1.55%) Programme Manager
15 13 (1.43%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (3.75%) REST
2 31 (3.42%) Spring
3 27 (2.98%) .NET
3 27 (2.98%) RESTful
4 22 (2.43%) Kafka
5 20 (2.21%) Node.js
5 20 (2.21%) Spring Boot
5 20 (2.21%) Web Services
6 19 (2.10%) React
7 16 (1.77%) SOAP
8 15 (1.66%) XML
9 14 (1.55%) CSS
9 14 (1.55%) HTML
10 13 (1.43%) AngularJS
10 13 (1.43%) OAuth
11 9 (0.99%) GraphQL
11 9 (0.99%) Hibernate
11 9 (0.99%) Middleware
11 9 (0.99%) PySpark
12 8 (0.88%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 91 (10.04%) Product Ownership
2 52 (5.74%) Onboarding
3 41 (4.53%) Cloud Native
4 31 (3.42%) Analytical Mindset
5 21 (2.32%) Management Information System
6 20 (2.21%) Distributed Systems
7 17 (1.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 16 (1.77%) Data Protection Act
8 16 (1.77%) Enterprise Software
8 16 (1.77%) Virtual Team
9 15 (1.66%) Mobile App
10 13 (1.43%) Algorithms
10 13 (1.43%) PMI
11 12 (1.32%) Cyber Defence
11 12 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
11 12 (1.32%) Security Posture
12 11 (1.21%) Self-Motivation
13 10 (1.10%) Fixed Income
13 10 (1.10%) Operational Technology
14 9 (0.99%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 38 (4.19%) Linux
1 38 (4.19%) Windows
2 21 (2.32%) Unix
3 10 (1.10%) Mac OS
4 9 (0.99%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.66%) Android
6 4 (0.44%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (0.44%) VMS
6 4 (0.44%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.22%) AIX
8 1 (0.11%) Solaris
8 1 (0.11%) tvOS
8 1 (0.11%) watchOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 346 (38.19%) Agile
2 277 (30.57%) Problem-Solving
3 193 (21.30%) Stakeholder Management
4 169 (18.65%) DevOps
5 158 (17.44%) CI/CD
6 154 (17.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 116 (12.80%) Roadmaps
8 106 (11.70%) Decision-Making
9 100 (11.04%) Analytics
10 96 (10.60%) Scrum
11 86 (9.49%) Project Management
12 78 (8.61%) Project Delivery
13 74 (8.17%) AI
13 74 (8.17%) Mentoring
14 71 (7.84%) Change Management
15 67 (7.40%) Business Intelligence
15 67 (7.40%) Test Automation
16 60 (6.62%) Microservices
16 60 (6.62%) Risk Management
17 59 (6.51%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 133 (14.68%) SQL
2 121 (13.36%) Python
3 77 (8.50%) Java
4 46 (5.08%) JavaScript
5 45 (4.97%) PowerShell
6 31 (3.42%) Bash
7 27 (2.98%) C#
8 24 (2.65%) TypeScript
9 13 (1.43%) Kusto Query Language
10 10 (1.10%) C++
10 10 (1.10%) VBA
11 8 (0.88%) Korn
11 8 (0.88%) PL/SQL
12 6 (0.66%) Bicep
13 5 (0.55%) Groovy
13 5 (0.55%) Kotlin
13 5 (0.55%) Ruby
13 5 (0.55%) Scala
13 5 (0.55%) Shell Script
14 4 (0.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 133 (14.68%) Security Cleared
2 105 (11.59%) SC Cleared
3 85 (9.38%) Degree
4 40 (4.42%) PMI Certification
5 31 (3.42%) PMP
6 29 (3.20%) Computer Science Degree
7 20 (2.21%) Azure Certification
8 15 (1.66%) Master's Degree
9 14 (1.55%) DV Cleared
10 12 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
11 10 (1.10%) Microsoft Certification
12 8 (0.88%) ACCA
12 8 (0.88%) AWS Certification
12 8 (0.88%) CIMA
12 8 (0.88%) CISSP
12 8 (0.88%) ISTQB
13 7 (0.77%) Cisco Certification
13 7 (0.77%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 6 (0.66%) ITIL Certification
15 5 (0.55%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (8.28%) QA
2 42 (4.64%) Accessibility
3 39 (4.30%) Data Quality
4 37 (4.08%) GDPR
5 32 (3.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 23 (2.54%) PMO
7 20 (2.21%) NIST
8 17 (1.88%) SLA
9 15 (1.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 14 (1.55%) GRC
11 10 (1.10%) ITGC
12 9 (0.99%) Actionable Recommendations
12 9 (0.99%) NCSC
13 8 (0.88%) COBIT
14 7 (0.77%) MiFID
15 6 (0.66%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 6 (0.66%) HIPAA
15 6 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 6 (0.66%) SOX 404
16 5 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 66 (7.28%) Docker
2 28 (3.09%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.77%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.11%) ProxySG
5 1 (0.11%) RACF
Systems Management
1 68 (7.51%) Kubernetes
2 48 (5.30%) Terraform
3 27 (2.98%) Ansible
4 22 (2.43%) Grafana
5 17 (1.88%) Microsoft Intune
5 17 (1.88%) Prometheus
6 16 (1.77%) SCCM
7 13 (1.43%) ITRS Geneos
8 6 (0.66%) Kibana
9 5 (0.55%) Control-M
10 4 (0.44%) SCOM
10 4 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.44%) WSUS
11 3 (0.33%) BladeLogic
11 3 (0.33%) HP ALM
11 3 (0.33%) logstash
11 3 (0.33%) QRadar
11 3 (0.33%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 2 (0.22%) Packer
12 2 (0.22%) Puppet
Vendors
1 162 (17.88%) Microsoft
2 56 (6.18%) SAP
3 49 (5.41%) Oracle
4 33 (3.64%) Google
5 30 (3.31%) Salesforce
6 29 (3.20%) ServiceNow
7 24 (2.65%) Splunk
8 19 (2.10%) Databricks
9 13 (1.43%) Dynatrace
10 9 (0.99%) Adobe
10 9 (0.99%) TIBCO
11 8 (0.88%) UiPath
11 8 (0.88%) VMware
11 8 (0.88%) Workday
12 7 (0.77%) Informatica
12 7 (0.77%) OpenAI
13 6 (0.66%) CA Agile Central
13 6 (0.66%) Guidewire
13 6 (0.66%) IBM
13 6 (0.66%) Solace