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 30 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 51 57
Rank change year-on-year +23 +6 +23
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 1,007 551 651
As % of all contract jobs in London 6.80% 3.97% 3.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.47% 4.38% 3.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 676 301 435
10th Percentile £325 £356 £400
25th Percentile £425 £460 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £574
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +0.17% -0.17%
75th Percentile £638 £723 £713
90th Percentile £750 £850 £850
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 8 10
10th Percentile £17.45 £17.08 -
25th Percentile £17.50 £20.77 £17.00
Median hourly rate £18.50 £26.00 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.85% -34.18% -39.23%
75th Percentile £35.00 £59.81 £65.00
90th Percentile £61.67 £72.38 £90.38
England median hourly rate £28.79 £50.00 £42.25
% change year-on-year -42.42% +18.34% -29.58%

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 13,486 12,571 16,357
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.07% 90.51% 88.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,936 7,985 11,699
10th Percentile £350 £350 £340
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £501 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.67% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 211 158 330
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.75 £16.24
25th Percentile £24.81 £24.81 £19.52
Median hourly rate £34.27 £35.00 £30.33
Median % change year-on-year -2.09% +15.40% -19.12%
75th Percentile £56.00 £53.11 £52.50
90th Percentile £72.00 £79.13 £72.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.31 £36.34
% change year-on-year -26.69% -5.59% +3.81%

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 30 January 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 30 January 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 30 January 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 +13 133 £525 -2.78% 118
East London +6 18 £190 -65.69% 21
West London -15 15 £488 +2.63% 19
South London -14 6 £563 -3.43% 13
North London +5 2 £550 - 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 66 (6.55%) Confluence
2 39 (3.87%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.39%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (0.99%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.60%) CMS
6 5 (0.50%) Apache
7 4 (0.40%) Appian
7 4 (0.40%) HCL Notes
7 4 (0.40%) MQSeries
8 3 (0.30%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.30%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.30%) Camunda
8 3 (0.30%) Ethereum
8 3 (0.30%) Hyperledger
9 2 (0.20%) Drupal
9 2 (0.20%) Luigi
9 2 (0.20%) WordPress
10 1 (0.099%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.099%) nginx
10 1 (0.099%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 74 (7.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 41 (4.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 24 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
4 19 (1.89%) Microsoft Project
5 15 (1.49%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.70%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.40%) Notion
7 4 (0.40%) Trello
8 3 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.20%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.20%) Autodesk Smoke
10 1 (0.099%) Adobe After Effects
10 1 (0.099%) Adobe Captivate
10 1 (0.099%) Camtasia
10 1 (0.099%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.099%) Sketch
10 1 (0.099%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 27 (2.68%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (1.19%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.79%) Loan IQ
4 7 (0.70%) NetSuite
5 6 (0.60%) Remedy ITSM
6 5 (0.50%) Workday HCM
7 4 (0.40%) Oracle ERP
7 4 (0.40%) SAP PS
8 3 (0.30%) Aladdin
8 3 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
8 3 (0.30%) SAP IBP
9 2 (0.20%) Endur
9 2 (0.20%) iTrent
9 2 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
9 2 (0.20%) SAP BPC
9 2 (0.20%) SAP EWM
9 2 (0.20%) SAP GTS
9 2 (0.20%) SAP HCM
9 2 (0.20%) SAP MM
9 2 (0.20%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 190 (18.87%) Azure
2 144 (14.30%) AWS
3 87 (8.64%) Azure DevOps
4 85 (8.44%) Power Platform
5 67 (6.65%) GitHub
6 42 (4.17%) GCP
7 40 (3.97%) GitHub Actions
8 39 (3.87%) SaaS
9 37 (3.67%) Microsoft 365
10 32 (3.18%) Serverless
11 26 (2.58%) Amazon S3
12 23 (2.28%) AWS Lambda
13 20 (1.99%) Entra ID
13 20 (1.99%) Power Automate
14 18 (1.79%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 18 (1.79%) Dynamics 365
15 17 (1.69%) PowerApps
16 16 (1.59%) AWS CloudFormation
17 15 (1.49%) Google Workspace
18 14 (1.39%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (2.38%) Firewall
2 18 (1.79%) DNS
3 17 (1.69%) Network Security
4 14 (1.39%) DHCP
5 13 (1.29%) TCP/IP
6 11 (1.09%) VPN
7 8 (0.79%) LAN
7 8 (0.79%) Modbus
7 8 (0.79%) WAN
8 6 (0.60%) Broadband
8 6 (0.60%) Ethernet
8 6 (0.60%) RS-232
8 6 (0.60%) RS-485
9 5 (0.50%) SD-WAN
10 4 (0.40%) 5G
11 3 (0.30%) DKIM
11 3 (0.30%) DMARC
11 3 (0.30%) Internet
11 3 (0.30%) Multicast
11 3 (0.30%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (6.75%) Power BI
2 22 (2.18%) Tableau
3 21 (2.09%) Relational Database
4 18 (1.79%) PostgreSQL
4 18 (1.79%) SQL Server
5 13 (1.29%) Data Warehouse
5 13 (1.29%) NoSQL
6 12 (1.19%) Metadata
7 10 (0.99%) Amazon RDS
7 10 (0.99%) Data Lake
7 10 (0.99%) MySQL
8 9 (0.89%) MongoDB
9 8 (0.79%) Redis
10 7 (0.70%) Amazon Athena
11 6 (0.60%) Amazon Redshift
11 6 (0.60%) Oracle Reports
12 5 (0.50%) Delta Lake
12 5 (0.50%) Power Query
13 4 (0.40%) DynamoDB
13 4 (0.40%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 135 (13.41%) JIRA
2 46 (4.57%) Jenkins
3 31 (3.08%) GitLab
4 29 (2.88%) Git
5 16 (1.59%) Selenium
6 12 (1.19%) JUnit
7 9 (0.89%) Cucumber
7 9 (0.89%) Cypress.io
8 8 (0.79%) Postman
9 7 (0.70%) SonarQube
9 7 (0.70%) Team Foundation Server
10 6 (0.60%) JMeter
10 6 (0.60%) REST Assured
11 4 (0.40%) Maven
11 4 (0.40%) MLflow
12 3 (0.30%) Mockito
12 3 (0.30%) Oracle APEX
12 3 (0.30%) SoapUI
12 3 (0.30%) TestRail
12 3 (0.30%) Vite
General
1 466 (46.28%) Social Skills
2 306 (30.39%) Finance
3 209 (20.75%) Analytical Skills
4 109 (10.82%) Public Sector
5 79 (7.85%) Banking
6 43 (4.27%) Influencing Skills
6 43 (4.27%) Legal
7 38 (3.77%) Marketing
8 33 (3.28%) Retail
9 31 (3.08%) Manufacturing
10 26 (2.58%) Organisational Skills
11 23 (2.28%) Telecoms
12 20 (1.99%) Documentation Skills
12 20 (1.99%) Presentation Skills
13 19 (1.89%) Front Office
14 16 (1.59%) Financial Institution
15 15 (1.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 15 (1.49%) Publishing
16 13 (1.29%) Pharmaceutical
17 12 (1.19%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 157 (15.59%) Analyst
2 136 (13.51%) Lead
3 98 (9.73%) Senior
4 80 (7.94%) Developer
5 63 (6.26%) Business Analyst
6 48 (4.77%) Architect
6 48 (4.77%) Consultant
7 43 (4.27%) Project Manager
8 25 (2.48%) Delivery Manager
8 25 (2.48%) Senior Manager
9 24 (2.38%) DevOps Engineer
10 23 (2.28%) Data Engineer
10 23 (2.28%) Senior Analyst
11 21 (2.09%) Security Engineer
12 17 (1.69%) Designer
12 17 (1.69%) Product Owner
13 16 (1.59%) Cloud Engineer
13 16 (1.59%) Product Manager
14 15 (1.49%) QA Engineer
14 15 (1.49%) Scrum Master
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (2.88%) REST
2 28 (2.78%) .NET
3 27 (2.68%) Node.js
4 26 (2.58%) React
5 25 (2.48%) RESTful
6 22 (2.18%) CSS
7 21 (2.09%) HTML
8 19 (1.89%) Spring
9 16 (1.59%) Spring Boot
10 15 (1.49%) XML
11 14 (1.39%) Web Services
12 13 (1.29%) SOAP
13 11 (1.09%) AngularJS
13 11 (1.09%) Kafka
13 11 (1.09%) OAuth
14 10 (0.99%) ARM Templates
14 10 (0.99%) JSON
14 10 (0.99%) PySpark
15 8 (0.79%) Middleware
15 8 (0.79%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 92 (9.14%) Product Ownership
2 57 (5.66%) Cloud Native
3 56 (5.56%) Onboarding
4 35 (3.48%) Analytical Mindset
5 25 (2.48%) Management Information System
6 21 (2.09%) Virtual Team
7 17 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
7 17 (1.69%) Distributed Systems
8 16 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
8 16 (1.59%) Mobile App
9 15 (1.49%) Public Cloud
10 14 (1.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 14 (1.39%) PMI
11 13 (1.29%) Security Posture
12 12 (1.19%) Cyber Defence
12 12 (1.19%) Hybrid Cloud
13 11 (1.09%) Legacy Systems
14 10 (0.99%) AI Agents
14 10 (0.99%) Data Centre
15 9 (0.89%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 50 (4.97%) Windows
2 48 (4.77%) Linux
3 14 (1.39%) Mac OS
4 12 (1.19%) Unix
5 10 (0.99%) Windows Server
6 9 (0.89%) Android
6 9 (0.89%) VMS
7 7 (0.70%) Apple iOS
8 6 (0.60%) FreeRTOS
8 6 (0.60%) Windows 10
9 4 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.20%) AIX
11 1 (0.099%) Solaris
11 1 (0.099%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.099%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.099%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 387 (38.43%) Agile
2 267 (26.51%) Problem-Solving
3 238 (23.63%) Stakeholder Management
4 214 (21.25%) DevOps
5 188 (18.67%) CI/CD
6 175 (17.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 129 (12.81%) Decision-Making
7 129 (12.81%) Roadmaps
8 123 (12.21%) Analytics
9 101 (10.03%) AI
10 95 (9.43%) Project Delivery
11 92 (9.14%) Project Management
12 91 (9.04%) Scrum
13 86 (8.54%) Migration
14 85 (8.44%) Test Automation
15 83 (8.24%) Business Intelligence
16 81 (8.04%) Infrastructure as Code
17 78 (7.75%) Risk Management
18 77 (7.65%) Mentoring
19 72 (7.15%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 144 (14.30%) SQL
2 139 (13.80%) Python
3 67 (6.65%) Java
4 47 (4.67%) JavaScript
5 45 (4.47%) PowerShell
6 33 (3.28%) Bash
6 33 (3.28%) TypeScript
7 24 (2.38%) C#
8 17 (1.69%) Kusto Query Language
9 14 (1.39%) C++
10 8 (0.79%) T-SQL
11 7 (0.70%) PL/SQL
12 6 (0.60%) Bicep
12 6 (0.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 6 (0.60%) Embedded C++
13 5 (0.50%) Korn
13 5 (0.50%) R
14 4 (0.40%) ABAP
14 4 (0.40%) Go
14 4 (0.40%) RPG
Qualifications
1 152 (15.09%) Security Cleared
2 126 (12.51%) SC Cleared
3 95 (9.43%) Degree
4 30 (2.98%) PMI Certification
5 28 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
6 27 (2.68%) Azure Certification
7 20 (1.99%) BPSS Clearance
8 19 (1.89%) PMP
9 16 (1.59%) ACCA
10 12 (1.19%) AWS Certification
10 12 (1.19%) ISTQB
11 11 (1.09%) Master's Degree
11 11 (1.09%) Microsoft Certification
12 10 (0.99%) DV Cleared
13 9 (0.89%) CIMA
13 9 (0.89%) CISSP
13 9 (0.89%) IIBA
14 8 (0.79%) CBAP
14 8 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
14 8 (0.79%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (10.03%) QA
2 54 (5.36%) Data Quality
3 45 (4.47%) GDPR
4 44 (4.37%) Accessibility
5 39 (3.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 27 (2.68%) PMO
7 26 (2.58%) NIST
8 21 (2.09%) Actionable Recommendations
8 21 (2.09%) SLA
9 19 (1.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 17 (1.69%) GRC
11 10 (0.99%) COBIT
11 10 (0.99%) NCSC
12 8 (0.79%) PCI DSS
12 8 (0.79%) WCAG
13 7 (0.70%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 7 (0.70%) IFRS
13 7 (0.70%) ITGC
14 6 (0.60%) GMP
14 6 (0.60%) SOX 404
System Software
1 72 (7.15%) Docker
2 24 (2.38%) Active Directory
3 17 (1.69%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (0.60%) Embedded Firmware
4 6 (0.60%) Firmware
5 3 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.099%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.099%) ProxySG
7 1 (0.099%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.099%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 75 (7.45%) Terraform
2 74 (7.35%) Kubernetes
3 37 (3.67%) Ansible
4 18 (1.79%) SCCM
5 17 (1.69%) Microsoft Intune
6 15 (1.49%) Grafana
7 13 (1.29%) Prometheus
8 8 (0.79%) ITRS Geneos
9 7 (0.70%) WSUS
10 5 (0.50%) Kibana
11 4 (0.40%) Control-M
11 4 (0.40%) logstash
11 4 (0.40%) Puppet
11 4 (0.40%) SCOM
12 3 (0.30%) HP ALM
12 3 (0.30%) Progress Chef
12 3 (0.30%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 3 (0.30%) vRealize
13 2 (0.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 2 (0.20%) Argo
Vendors
1 166 (16.48%) Microsoft
2 62 (6.16%) SAP
3 57 (5.66%) ServiceNow
4 51 (5.06%) Salesforce
5 42 (4.17%) Oracle
6 40 (3.97%) Google
7 16 (1.59%) Databricks
8 15 (1.49%) Splunk
9 12 (1.19%) Adobe
9 12 (1.19%) VMware
10 10 (0.99%) Workday
11 8 (0.79%) Dynatrace
11 8 (0.79%) Remedy
12 7 (0.70%) IBM
12 7 (0.70%) OpenAI
13 6 (0.60%) Murex
13 6 (0.60%) New Relic
14 5 (0.50%) BMC
14 5 (0.50%) Cisco
14 5 (0.50%) Sophos