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

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 39 61
Rank change year-on-year +13 +22 +10
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 1,693 733 598
As % of all contract jobs in London 8.44% 5.55% 3.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.47% 6.00% 4.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,091 488 364
10th Percentile £350 £325 £364
25th Percentile £438 £424 £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 +4.00% -4.76% -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 17 10
10th Percentile £18.50 £18.12 £17.08
25th Percentile £25.25 £23.33 £27.51
Median hourly rate £30.30 £36.48 £40.63
Median % change year-on-year -16.94% -10.20% -29.35%
75th Percentile £54.75 £55.00 £56.88
90th Percentile £63.75 £69.75 £77.50
England median hourly rate £35.00 £28.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year +22.81% -43.00% -18.37%

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 17,884 12,219 14,282
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.13% 92.48% 89.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,701 8,101 9,738
10th Percentile £359 £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 £682
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 288 254 186
10th Percentile £17.18 £17.00 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.98 £25.00 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £32.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.94% -8.57% -12.50%
75th Percentile £57.50 £49.69 £54.69
90th Percentile £85.53 £63.75 £71.88
England median hourly rate £43.56 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +73.20% -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 4 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 4 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 4 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 -1 176 £550 +10.00% 248
West London +7 56 £520 +2.77% 131
South London +20 48 £525 -9.17% 47
East London +4 13 £750 +294.74% 37
North London +2 4 £450 -18.18% 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 81 (4.78%) SharePoint
2 74 (4.37%) Confluence
3 30 (1.77%) Microsoft Exchange
4 22 (1.30%) Apache Airflow
5 18 (1.06%) CMS
6 17 (1.00%) Apache Spark
7 11 (0.65%) Apache
8 6 (0.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 6 (0.35%) IIS
9 4 (0.24%) Camunda
9 4 (0.24%) Sitecore CMS
9 4 (0.24%) WordPress
10 3 (0.18%) Appian
10 3 (0.18%) SAS
11 2 (0.12%) JBoss
11 2 (0.12%) Jupyter
11 2 (0.12%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 2 (0.12%) WebLogic
12 1 (0.059%) MTS
Applications
1 79 (4.67%) 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 5 (0.30%) 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
9 1 (0.059%) Trello
Business Applications
1 20 (1.18%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (0.89%) NetSuite
3 13 (0.77%) Oracle EBS
4 12 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
5 8 (0.47%) Oracle ERP
6 7 (0.41%) Oracle Payables
7 6 (0.35%) Actimize
7 6 (0.35%) Magento
7 6 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
8 5 (0.30%) Loan IQ
8 5 (0.30%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 5 (0.30%) SAP PM
9 4 (0.24%) Endur
9 4 (0.24%) Oracle Financials
9 4 (0.24%) SAP QM
9 4 (0.24%) Shopify
10 3 (0.18%) Orchestrade
10 3 (0.18%) Remedy ITSM
10 3 (0.18%) SAP MDG
10 3 (0.18%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 393 (23.21%) Azure
2 318 (18.78%) AWS
3 166 (9.81%) Power Platform
4 113 (6.67%) Azure DevOps
5 110 (6.50%) Microsoft 365
6 103 (6.08%) GitHub
7 99 (5.85%) GCP
8 82 (4.84%) Entra ID
9 64 (3.78%) Serverless
10 63 (3.72%) SaaS
11 53 (3.13%) GitHub Actions
12 52 (3.07%) Dynamics 365
13 50 (2.95%) AWS Lambda
14 48 (2.84%) Amazon S3
15 35 (2.07%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 35 (2.07%) Microsoft Copilot
16 32 (1.89%) Amazon EC2
17 30 (1.77%) PowerApps
18 27 (1.59%) Datadog
18 27 (1.59%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 38 (2.24%) Network Security
2 35 (2.07%) Firewall
3 33 (1.95%) DNS
4 21 (1.24%) TCP/IP
5 19 (1.12%) WAN
6 15 (0.89%) DHCP
6 15 (0.89%) VPN
7 12 (0.71%) LAN
8 9 (0.53%) VoIP
9 8 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
10 7 (0.41%) SD-WAN
11 5 (0.30%) HTTP
11 5 (0.30%) HTTPS
11 5 (0.30%) Unified Communications
11 5 (0.30%) WebEx
11 5 (0.30%) Wireless
12 4 (0.24%) BGP
12 4 (0.24%) DKIM
12 4 (0.24%) Kerberos
12 4 (0.24%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 128 (7.56%) Power BI
2 52 (3.07%) SQL Server
3 48 (2.84%) Metadata
4 41 (2.42%) Data Warehouse
5 37 (2.19%) PostgreSQL
6 33 (1.95%) Relational Database
7 29 (1.71%) Amazon RDS
8 27 (1.59%) Tableau
9 26 (1.54%) Delta Lake
10 24 (1.42%) NoSQL
11 17 (1.00%) Data Lake
12 16 (0.95%) Power Query
13 15 (0.89%) Parquet
14 12 (0.71%) Big Data
15 11 (0.65%) Oracle Database
16 9 (0.53%) MySQL
17 8 (0.47%) MongoDB
18 7 (0.41%) BigQuery
18 7 (0.41%) RDBMS
19 6 (0.35%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 152 (8.98%) JIRA
2 103 (6.08%) Git
3 84 (4.96%) Jenkins
4 45 (2.66%) 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
1 762 (45.01%) Social Skills
2 546 (32.25%) Finance
3 391 (23.10%) Analytical Skills
4 289 (17.07%) Public Sector
5 196 (11.58%) Banking
6 70 (4.13%) Influencing Skills
7 65 (3.84%) Organisational Skills
8 58 (3.43%) Legal
9 55 (3.25%) Law
10 52 (3.07%) Retail
11 49 (2.89%) Documentation Skills
12 48 (2.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 46 (2.72%) Front Office
14 40 (2.36%) Local Government
15 37 (2.19%) Investment Banking
16 36 (2.13%) Marketing
17 30 (1.77%) Telecoms
18 27 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
19 22 (1.30%) Military
19 22 (1.30%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 232 (13.70%) Lead
2 193 (11.40%) Senior
3 175 (10.34%) Analyst
4 165 (9.75%) Developer
5 113 (6.67%) Architect
6 64 (3.78%) DevOps Engineer
6 64 (3.78%) Project Manager
7 57 (3.37%) Consultant
8 54 (3.19%) Delivery Manager
9 51 (3.01%) Business Analyst
10 49 (2.89%) Data Engineer
11 43 (2.54%) Software Engineer
12 41 (2.42%) Scrum Master
13 39 (2.30%) Senior Manager
14 36 (2.13%) Product Owner
15 34 (2.01%) Lead Architect
16 33 (1.95%) Product Manager
17 32 (1.89%) Support Engineer
18 31 (1.83%) Solutions Architect
19 30 (1.77%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 133 (7.86%) Terraform
2 94 (5.55%) REST
3 78 (4.61%) RESTful
4 55 (3.25%) React
5 52 (3.07%) Kafka
6 51 (3.01%) Spring
7 50 (2.95%) .NET
8 48 (2.84%) Spring Boot
9 43 (2.54%) AngularJS
10 42 (2.48%) HTML
11 37 (2.19%) CSS
12 36 (2.13%) Web Services
13 31 (1.83%) Django
14 26 (1.54%) SOAP
15 25 (1.48%) PySpark
16 23 (1.36%) Middleware
16 23 (1.36%) Node.js
17 22 (1.30%) JSON
17 22 (1.30%) XML
18 21 (1.24%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 205 (12.11%) Product Ownership
2 132 (7.80%) Onboarding
3 116 (6.85%) Cloud Native
4 52 (3.07%) Management Information System
5 46 (2.72%) Data Protection Act
6 45 (2.66%) Distributed Systems
7 39 (2.30%) Enterprise Software
7 39 (2.30%) Legacy Systems
8 37 (2.19%) Virtual Team
9 32 (1.89%) AI Agents
10 31 (1.83%) Security Posture
11 30 (1.77%) Data Structures
12 27 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
13 26 (1.54%) CMDB
14 25 (1.48%) Data Centre
15 24 (1.42%) Hybrid Cloud
16 23 (1.36%) NHS
17 20 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
18 19 (1.12%) Operational Technology
19 18 (1.06%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 111 (6.56%) Windows
2 86 (5.08%) Linux
3 33 (1.95%) Windows Server
4 26 (1.54%) Unix
5 22 (1.30%) Windows 10
6 21 (1.24%) Apple iOS
7 16 (0.95%) Android
8 15 (0.89%) 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
1 673 (39.75%) Agile
2 529 (31.25%) Stakeholder Management
3 446 (26.34%) Problem-Solving
4 348 (20.56%) CI/CD
4 348 (20.56%) DevOps
5 346 (20.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 307 (18.13%) Decision-Making
7 279 (16.48%) AI
8 226 (13.35%) Roadmaps
9 202 (11.93%) Analytics
10 188 (11.10%) Scrum
11 183 (10.81%) Change Management
12 173 (10.22%) Migration
13 156 (9.21%) Test Automation
14 153 (9.04%) Software Engineering
15 152 (8.98%) Infrastructure as Code
16 147 (8.68%) Business Intelligence
17 145 (8.56%) Mentoring
18 142 (8.39%) Technical Leadership
19 140 (8.27%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 289 (17.07%) Python
2 254 (15.00%) SQL
3 136 (8.03%) Java
4 91 (5.38%) JavaScript
5 88 (5.20%) PowerShell
6 69 (4.08%) C#
7 59 (3.48%) Bash
8 53 (3.13%) TypeScript
9 23 (1.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 21 (1.24%) T-SQL
11 19 (1.12%) PL/SQL
12 15 (0.89%) Bicep
12 15 (0.89%) Go
12 15 (0.89%) Groovy
12 15 (0.89%) Perl
13 13 (0.77%) Korn
14 12 (0.71%) Kotlin
14 12 (0.71%) R
15 10 (0.59%) Apex Code
15 10 (0.59%) VBA
Qualifications
1 377 (22.27%) Security Cleared
2 321 (18.96%) SC Cleared
3 151 (8.92%) Degree
4 54 (3.19%) Computer Science Degree
5 51 (3.01%) DV Cleared
6 48 (2.84%) PMP
7 41 (2.42%) PMI Certification
8 36 (2.13%) Azure Certification
9 34 (2.01%) AWS Certification
10 31 (1.83%) CISSP
11 20 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
12 16 (0.95%) Cisco Certification
12 16 (0.95%) CISM
12 16 (0.95%) ITIL Certification
13 11 (0.65%) ISTQB
13 11 (0.65%) Microsoft Certification
14 10 (0.59%) CompTIA Security+
14 10 (0.59%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 10 (0.59%) Master's Degree
15 9 (0.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 150 (8.86%) QA
2 138 (8.15%) Data Quality
3 80 (4.73%) 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 (0.95%) 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 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 5 (0.30%) HIPAA
17 5 (0.30%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 107 (6.32%) Docker
2 85 (5.02%) 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 (8.09%) Kubernetes
2 50 (2.95%) Grafana
2 50 (2.95%) Prometheus
3 48 (2.84%) 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 (0.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 5 (0.30%) 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
1 327 (19.31%) Microsoft
2 111 (6.56%) ServiceNow
3 106 (6.26%) Oracle
4 65 (3.84%) Salesforce
5 63 (3.72%) SAP
6 60 (3.54%) Google
7 40 (2.36%) Splunk
8 38 (2.24%) Databricks
9 25 (1.48%) Cisco
10 24 (1.42%) VMware
11 22 (1.30%) IBM
12 19 (1.12%) Dynatrace
13 16 (0.95%) 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%) Okta
17 9 (0.53%) Qualys