Continuous Improvement Contracts in London

Continual Improvement
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Continuous Improvement skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Continuous Improvement over the 6 months leading up to 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 75 79
Rank change year-on-year +28 +4 +10
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 650 547 793
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 4.89% 3.10% 3.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.31% 3.51% 3.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 431 373 544
10th Percentile £350 £363 £400
25th Percentile £425 £425 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -4.35% -2.54%
75th Percentile £691 £688 £691
90th Percentile £850 £788 £784
England median daily rate £500 £525 £563
% change year-on-year -4.76% -6.67% +2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 16 7
10th Percentile £27.29 £17.00 £31.65
25th Percentile £31.05 £24.26 £39.84
Median hourly rate £38.99 £30.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +29.97% -47.83% +29.21%
75th Percentile £49.38 £50.31 £75.28
90th Percentile £57.63 £66.88 £87.94
England median hourly rate £28.75 £35.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year -17.86% -28.57% +10.11%

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 12,241 15,588 23,258
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.16% 88.47% 90.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,173 11,098 16,857
10th Percentile £331 £340 £370
25th Percentile £425 £445 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £585
Median % change year-on-year - -5.98% +1.74%
75th Percentile £675 £680 £700
90th Percentile £799 £800 £800
England median daily rate £515 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 226 295 265
10th Percentile £16.50 £15.97 £18.50
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.02 £23.00
Median hourly rate £32.00 £30.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -25.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £50.50 £48.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £63.75 £68.75 £82.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £37.50
% change year-on-year -34.02% +1.65% +46.03%

Continuous Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Continuous Improvement as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Continuous Improvement in London

Continuous Improvement
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Continuous Improvement in London.

Daily rate trend for Continuous Improvement in London

Continuous Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Continuous Improvement in London over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Continuous Improvement in London

Continuous Improvement
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Continuous Improvement in London.

Hourly rate trend for Continuous Improvement in London

Continuous Improvement
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Continuous Improvement in London over the 6 months to 5 July 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 5 July 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 +42 124 £515 -13.99% 488
West London +9 24 £506 +19.06% 100
South London +3 9 £581 +19.26% 33
East London +7 2 £585 +18.18% 41
North London -4 2 £550 -2.00% 10
Continuous Improvement
England

Continuous Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 38 (5.85%) Confluence
2 21 (3.23%) SharePoint
3 17 (2.62%) CMS
4 13 (2.00%) Apache Spark
4 13 (2.00%) Headless CMS
5 11 (1.69%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (0.92%) Apache
6 6 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.46%) IIS
7 3 (0.46%) SharePoint 2010
7 3 (0.46%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.31%) JBoss
9 1 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.15%) IBM Notes
9 1 (0.15%) Oracle Service Bus
9 1 (0.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.15%) SAS
9 1 (0.15%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.15%) WebLogic
Applications
1 37 (5.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (2.62%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (2.15%) Microsoft Project
4 13 (2.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (1.23%) MS Visio
5 8 (1.23%) Trello
6 7 (1.08%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.46%) AutoCAD
7 3 (0.46%) InfoPath
7 3 (0.46%) Revit
8 2 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.15%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.15%) Camtasia
9 1 (0.15%) Final Cut Pro
9 1 (0.15%) Sketch
9 1 (0.15%) SketchUp
Business Applications
1 28 (4.31%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (2.15%) Endur
3 4 (0.62%) Teamcenter
4 3 (0.46%) iTrent
4 3 (0.46%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.31%) Infor SunSystems
5 2 (0.31%) ION MarketView
5 2 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.31%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.31%) SAP CO
5 2 (0.31%) SAP FI
5 2 (0.31%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (0.31%) SAP Hybris
5 2 (0.31%) SAP PLM
5 2 (0.31%) SAP PP
5 2 (0.31%) SAP SRM
5 2 (0.31%) Workfront
6 1 (0.15%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.15%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 107 (16.46%) Azure
2 90 (13.85%) AWS
3 58 (8.92%) Power Platform
4 33 (5.08%) SaaS
5 27 (4.15%) Microsoft 365
6 23 (3.54%) Azure DevOps
7 20 (3.08%) Serverless
8 19 (2.92%) GitHub
9 18 (2.77%) dbt
10 17 (2.62%) GCP
11 14 (2.15%) AWS Lambda
11 14 (2.15%) Snowflake
12 13 (2.00%) Amazon S3
12 13 (2.00%) Entra ID
13 11 (1.69%) AWS CloudFormation
14 10 (1.54%) OneDrive
15 9 (1.38%) PowerApps
15 9 (1.38%) Unqork
16 8 (1.23%) Power Automate
17 6 (0.92%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.31%) Firewall
2 12 (1.85%) Network Security
3 11 (1.69%) DNS
4 8 (1.23%) TCP/IP
5 5 (0.77%) VPN
5 5 (0.77%) WAN
6 4 (0.62%) DHCP
6 4 (0.62%) Kerberos
6 4 (0.62%) LAN
6 4 (0.62%) Structured Cabling
7 3 (0.46%) Wireless
7 3 (0.46%) Wireshark
8 2 (0.31%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (0.31%) Internet
8 2 (0.31%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (0.31%) SSL
8 2 (0.31%) VLAN
8 2 (0.31%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.15%) MPLS
9 1 (0.15%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (7.38%) Power BI
2 26 (4.00%) Data Warehouse
3 21 (3.23%) SAP HANA
3 21 (3.23%) Tableau
4 17 (2.62%) PostgreSQL
5 14 (2.15%) Data Lake
6 13 (2.00%) Relational Database
7 12 (1.85%) Geospatial Data
8 10 (1.54%) Big Data
8 10 (1.54%) GIS
9 9 (1.38%) Oracle Database
10 8 (1.23%) Data Mining
10 8 (1.23%) Metadata
11 7 (1.08%) DynamoDB
11 7 (1.08%) NoSQL
11 7 (1.08%) SQL Server
12 6 (0.92%) Amazon RDS
13 5 (0.77%) Data Vault
13 5 (0.77%) MySQL
13 5 (0.77%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 83 (12.77%) JIRA
2 47 (7.23%) Git
3 29 (4.46%) Jenkins
4 10 (1.54%) Selenium
5 7 (1.08%) Bitbucket
5 7 (1.08%) Subversion
6 6 (0.92%) Postman
7 5 (0.77%) JUnit
7 5 (0.77%) Maven
7 5 (0.77%) REST Assured
8 4 (0.62%) GitLab
8 4 (0.62%) JMeter
8 4 (0.62%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.46%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 3 (0.46%) Cucumber
9 3 (0.46%) MSTest
9 3 (0.46%) SoapUI
9 3 (0.46%) TeamCity
9 3 (0.46%) Terragrunt
9 3 (0.46%) XCTest
General
1 321 (49.38%) Social Skills
2 172 (26.46%) Finance
3 169 (26.00%) Analytical Skills
4 81 (12.46%) Banking
5 53 (8.15%) Public Sector
6 39 (6.00%) Marketing
7 36 (5.54%) Organisational Skills
8 30 (4.62%) Telecoms
9 27 (4.15%) Front Office
10 25 (3.85%) Investment Banking
11 24 (3.69%) Legal
12 21 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 18 (2.77%) Presentation Skills
13 18 (2.77%) Retail
14 15 (2.31%) Law
15 13 (2.00%) Influencing Skills
16 11 (1.69%) Manufacturing
17 10 (1.54%) Back Office
17 10 (1.54%) Local Government
18 9 (1.38%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 92 (14.15%) Developer
2 81 (12.46%) Analyst
3 65 (10.00%) Lead
4 61 (9.38%) Senior
5 49 (7.54%) Architect
6 45 (6.92%) Project Manager
7 33 (5.08%) Consultant
8 30 (4.62%) Business Analyst
9 27 (4.15%) Data Engineer
10 20 (3.08%) SAP Architect
11 19 (2.92%) C# Developer
11 19 (2.92%) Delivery Manager
11 19 (2.92%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
12 18 (2.77%) Python Developer
13 17 (2.62%) C# Developer - Electronic Trading
13 17 (2.62%) Data Analyst
13 17 (2.62%) Electronic Trading Developer
13 17 (2.62%) Real Time Developer
14 16 (2.46%) .NET Developer
14 16 (2.46%) C# .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (7.38%) .NET
2 37 (5.69%) AngularJS
3 36 (5.54%) React
4 32 (4.92%) Web Services
5 21 (3.23%) REST
6 20 (3.08%) Spring
7 19 (2.92%) RESTful
8 17 (2.62%) Reactive Extensions
9 16 (2.46%) CSS
9 16 (2.46%) Kafka
10 15 (2.31%) Django
10 15 (2.31%) FastAPI
10 15 (2.31%) Next.js
10 15 (2.31%) Vue
11 14 (2.15%) HTML
12 11 (1.69%) Spring Boot
13 10 (1.54%) GraphQL
14 7 (1.08%) HTML5
14 7 (1.08%) OAuth
14 7 (1.08%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 51 (7.85%) Product Ownership
2 25 (3.85%) Management Information System
3 23 (3.54%) Enterprise Software
3 23 (3.54%) Self-Motivation
4 20 (3.08%) Cloud Native
5 14 (2.15%) Data Protection Act
5 14 (2.15%) Legacy Systems
5 14 (2.15%) Onboarding
6 11 (1.69%) Distributed Systems
6 11 (1.69%) Mobile App
6 11 (1.69%) Security Posture
7 10 (1.54%) Cyber Threat
7 10 (1.54%) Virtual Team
8 9 (1.38%) Algorithms
8 9 (1.38%) Analytical Mindset
8 9 (1.38%) Market Risk
9 8 (1.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 6 (0.92%) Distributed Computing
10 6 (0.92%) PMI
10 6 (0.92%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 24 (3.69%) Windows
2 19 (2.92%) Linux
3 15 (2.31%) Unix
4 7 (1.08%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.46%) Solaris
6 2 (0.31%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.31%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.31%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.15%) Android
7 1 (0.15%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 255 (39.23%) Agile
2 192 (29.54%) Problem-Solving
3 113 (17.38%) DevOps
4 111 (17.08%) CI/CD
5 108 (16.62%) Stakeholder Management
6 94 (14.46%) Project Management
7 80 (12.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 79 (12.15%) Analytics
9 78 (12.00%) Decision-Making
10 74 (11.38%) Project Delivery
10 74 (11.38%) Scrum
11 65 (10.00%) Change Management
12 63 (9.69%) Risk Management
13 60 (9.23%) Roadmaps
14 59 (9.08%) Artificial Intelligence
15 56 (8.62%) Business Intelligence
16 55 (8.46%) ITIL
17 47 (7.23%) Machine Learning
17 47 (7.23%) Process Improvement
18 45 (6.92%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 113 (17.38%) SQL
2 91 (14.00%) Python
3 69 (10.62%) Java
4 52 (8.00%) C#
5 39 (6.00%) JavaScript
6 35 (5.38%) TypeScript
7 27 (4.15%) PowerShell
8 13 (2.00%) Bash
9 7 (1.08%) VBA
10 6 (0.92%) Go
10 6 (0.92%) Shell Script
11 5 (0.77%) Groovy
12 4 (0.62%) C++
12 4 (0.62%) Perl
12 4 (0.62%) PL/SQL
12 4 (0.62%) Scala
13 3 (0.46%) Korn
13 3 (0.46%) PHP
13 3 (0.46%) R
14 2 (0.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 68 (10.46%) Security Cleared
2 66 (10.15%) Degree
3 53 (8.15%) SC Cleared
4 28 (4.31%) PMI Certification
5 23 (3.54%) PMP
6 18 (2.77%) Computer Science Degree
7 13 (2.00%) Master's Degree
8 11 (1.69%) CISSP
9 9 (1.38%) AWS Certification
10 7 (1.08%) Azure Certification
10 7 (1.08%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (0.92%) CISM
11 6 (0.92%) DV Cleared
12 5 (0.77%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (0.62%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 4 (0.62%) ITIL Certification
14 3 (0.46%) CEH
14 3 (0.46%) SAP Certification
15 2 (0.31%) GIAC
15 2 (0.31%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (8.92%) QA
2 26 (4.00%) GDPR
3 19 (2.92%) Accessibility
3 19 (2.92%) Data Quality
4 16 (2.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 15 (2.31%) NIST
6 10 (1.54%) PMO
7 9 (1.38%) GRC
8 8 (1.23%) SLA
9 7 (1.08%) Basel II
10 6 (0.92%) HIPAA
10 6 (0.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 5 (0.77%) NCSC
11 5 (0.77%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.46%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 3 (0.46%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
13 2 (0.31%) COBIT
13 2 (0.31%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.31%) MiFID
System Software
1 47 (7.23%) Docker
2 21 (3.23%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.77%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.46%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.15%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.15%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 47 (7.23%) Kubernetes
2 29 (4.46%) Terraform
3 25 (3.85%) Ansible
4 12 (1.85%) ITRS Geneos
5 10 (1.54%) Grafana
6 9 (1.38%) Prometheus
7 7 (1.08%) SCCM
8 6 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
9 5 (0.77%) QRadar
10 3 (0.46%) EMC NetWorker
10 3 (0.46%) Red Hat Satellite
10 3 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.46%) Tivoli
10 3 (0.46%) Tivoli Storage Manager
11 2 (0.31%) BladeLogic
11 2 (0.31%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 1 (0.15%) CASB
12 1 (0.15%) HP ALM
12 1 (0.15%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.15%) Puppet
Vendors
1 102 (15.69%) Microsoft
2 51 (7.85%) SAP
3 47 (7.23%) Oracle
4 25 (3.85%) ServiceNow
5 18 (2.77%) Splunk
6 15 (2.31%) Databricks
7 13 (2.00%) Google
8 10 (1.54%) Adobe
9 8 (1.23%) Salesforce
10 7 (1.08%) Cisco
10 7 (1.08%) Dynatrace
10 7 (1.08%) UiPath
11 6 (0.92%) CyberArk
11 6 (0.92%) IBM
11 6 (0.92%) Informatica
11 6 (0.92%) VMware
11 6 (0.92%) Workday
12 5 (0.77%) OpenLink
13 4 (0.62%) Atlassian
13 4 (0.62%) CA Agile Central