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 21 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 54 62
Rank change year-on-year +26 +8 +18
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 1,080 520 632
As % of all contract jobs in London 6.90% 3.85% 3.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.62% 4.24% 3.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 730 295 436
10th Percentile £350 £358 £391
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £559
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +2.95% -2.87%
75th Percentile £638 £738 £700
90th Percentile £750 £869 £850
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 7 13
10th Percentile £17.45 £22.00 -
25th Percentile £17.50 £24.75 £17.00
Median hourly rate £18.50 £30.81 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -39.94% +2.68% -52.00%
75th Percentile £35.00 £63.63 £63.75
90th Percentile £76.88 £72.75 £65.00
England median hourly rate £37.00 £50.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -26.00% +33.33% -36.44%

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 14,164 12,253 16,358
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 90.44% 90.70% 88.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,468 7,900 11,699
10th Percentile £350 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.10%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 219 156 345
10th Percentile £18.06 £20.60 £16.02
25th Percentile £23.81 £25.50 £19.57
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.25 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.04% +24.17% -16.67%
75th Percentile £56.73 £55.25 £52.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £78.58 £72.50
England median hourly rate £26.61 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -23.99% - -

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 21 February 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 21 February 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 21 February 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 +17 135 £546 +7.11% 139
South London +1 25 £513 -12.09% 15
West London -20 15 £475 +8.57% 26
East London +8 10 £450 -14.69% 28
North London +4 2 £550 - 11
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 77 (7.13%) Confluence
2 41 (3.80%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.02%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (0.46%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.46%) CMS
6 4 (0.37%) Apache
6 4 (0.37%) Appian
6 4 (0.37%) HCL Notes
6 4 (0.37%) MQSeries
7 3 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 3 (0.28%) Camunda
7 3 (0.28%) Ethereum
7 3 (0.28%) Hyperledger
8 1 (0.093%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.093%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.093%) Drupal
8 1 (0.093%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.093%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.093%) WordPress
Applications
1 72 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (3.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 22 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
4 21 (1.94%) Microsoft Project
5 15 (1.39%) MS Visio
6 11 (1.02%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.37%) Notion
7 4 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.37%) Trello
8 2 (0.19%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.19%) Autodesk Smoke
9 1 (0.093%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.093%) Adobe Captivate
9 1 (0.093%) Camtasia
9 1 (0.093%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 19 (1.76%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (0.93%) NetSuite
4 9 (0.83%) Loan IQ
5 7 (0.65%) Remedy ITSM
6 4 (0.37%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.28%) Actimize
7 3 (0.28%) Aladdin
7 3 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.28%) SAP IBP
7 3 (0.28%) Teamcenter
7 3 (0.28%) Workday HCM
8 2 (0.19%) iTrent
8 2 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
8 2 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.19%) SAP BPC
8 2 (0.19%) SAP EWM
8 2 (0.19%) SAP GTS
8 2 (0.19%) SAP HCM
8 2 (0.19%) SAP SRM
Cloud Services
1 218 (20.19%) Azure
2 162 (15.00%) AWS
3 97 (8.98%) Azure DevOps
4 94 (8.70%) Power Platform
5 74 (6.85%) GitHub
6 45 (4.17%) GCP
7 42 (3.89%) GitHub Actions
8 41 (3.80%) SaaS
9 40 (3.70%) Serverless
10 38 (3.52%) Microsoft 365
11 34 (3.15%) Amazon S3
12 30 (2.78%) AWS Lambda
13 26 (2.41%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 21 (1.94%) Power Automate
15 20 (1.85%) Entra ID
16 19 (1.76%) PowerApps
17 18 (1.67%) Amazon EC2
17 18 (1.67%) Amazon EKS
17 18 (1.67%) Dynamics 365
17 18 (1.67%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 23 (2.13%) Firewall
2 19 (1.76%) Network Security
3 18 (1.67%) DNS
4 14 (1.30%) DHCP
5 13 (1.20%) TCP/IP
6 11 (1.02%) VPN
7 8 (0.74%) LAN
7 8 (0.74%) WAN
8 6 (0.56%) Broadband
8 6 (0.56%) Ethernet
8 6 (0.56%) Modbus
8 6 (0.56%) RS-232
8 6 (0.56%) RS-485
9 5 (0.46%) SD-WAN
10 4 (0.37%) 5G
11 3 (0.28%) Cisco IPT
11 3 (0.28%) DKIM
11 3 (0.28%) DMARC
11 3 (0.28%) Multicast
11 3 (0.28%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (6.85%) Power BI
2 26 (2.41%) Tableau
3 25 (2.31%) SQL Server
4 22 (2.04%) Relational Database
5 19 (1.76%) PostgreSQL
6 18 (1.67%) Data Warehouse
7 15 (1.39%) Amazon RDS
8 13 (1.20%) Data Lake
8 13 (1.20%) Metadata
9 8 (0.74%) BigQuery
9 8 (0.74%) MySQL
9 8 (0.74%) NoSQL
10 7 (0.65%) MongoDB
10 7 (0.65%) Oracle Reports
10 7 (0.65%) Redis
11 6 (0.56%) Amazon Athena
11 6 (0.56%) Amazon Redshift
12 5 (0.46%) Delta Lake
12 5 (0.46%) Power Query
13 4 (0.37%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 152 (14.07%) JIRA
2 46 (4.26%) Jenkins
3 34 (3.15%) GitLab
4 32 (2.96%) Git
5 19 (1.76%) Selenium
6 14 (1.30%) Cucumber
7 12 (1.11%) JUnit
8 11 (1.02%) JMeter
9 10 (0.93%) Cypress.io
10 9 (0.83%) Team Foundation Server
11 8 (0.74%) Postman
12 6 (0.56%) SonarQube
12 6 (0.56%) TestRail
13 5 (0.46%) Bitbucket
13 5 (0.46%) Gatling
13 5 (0.46%) REST Assured
14 4 (0.37%) MLflow
14 4 (0.37%) MSTest
15 3 (0.28%) Vite
15 3 (0.28%) XCTest
General
1 480 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 346 (32.04%) Finance
3 222 (20.56%) Analytical Skills
4 125 (11.57%) Public Sector
5 78 (7.22%) Banking
6 45 (4.17%) Legal
7 41 (3.80%) Marketing
8 39 (3.61%) Influencing Skills
9 36 (3.33%) Retail
10 32 (2.96%) Organisational Skills
11 28 (2.59%) Presentation Skills
12 22 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
12 22 (2.04%) Telecoms
13 21 (1.94%) Front Office
13 21 (1.94%) Manufacturing
14 15 (1.39%) Financial Institution
14 15 (1.39%) Local Government
14 15 (1.39%) Publishing
15 14 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 12 (1.11%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 162 (15.00%) Analyst
2 147 (13.61%) Lead
3 106 (9.81%) Senior
4 85 (7.87%) Developer
5 66 (6.11%) Business Analyst
6 47 (4.35%) Project Manager
7 45 (4.17%) Architect
8 41 (3.80%) Consultant
9 40 (3.70%) Delivery Manager
10 30 (2.78%) Data Engineer
11 28 (2.59%) Senior Manager
12 23 (2.13%) DevOps Engineer
12 23 (2.13%) Senior Analyst
13 22 (2.04%) Security Engineer
14 19 (1.76%) Scrum Master
15 18 (1.67%) IT Manager
15 18 (1.67%) Product Owner
15 18 (1.67%) Technical Manager
16 17 (1.57%) Product Manager
16 17 (1.57%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (3.06%) .NET
2 30 (2.78%) REST
3 27 (2.50%) React
4 25 (2.31%) CSS
4 25 (2.31%) Node.js
4 25 (2.31%) RESTful
5 24 (2.22%) HTML
6 15 (1.39%) Spring
6 15 (1.39%) Web Services
6 15 (1.39%) XML
7 13 (1.20%) AngularJS
7 13 (1.20%) SOAP
8 12 (1.11%) PySpark
8 12 (1.11%) Spring Boot
9 10 (0.93%) JSON
9 10 (0.93%) Kafka
9 10 (0.93%) OAuth
9 10 (0.93%) Playwright
10 9 (0.83%) ARM Templates
10 9 (0.83%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 100 (9.26%) Product Ownership
2 55 (5.09%) Cloud Native
3 50 (4.63%) Onboarding
4 37 (3.43%) Analytical Mindset
5 25 (2.31%) Management Information System
5 25 (2.31%) Virtual Team
6 20 (1.85%) Data Protection Act
7 19 (1.76%) Mobile App
8 16 (1.48%) Distributed Systems
8 16 (1.48%) Public Cloud
9 14 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
9 14 (1.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 14 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
10 13 (1.20%) Hybrid Cloud
10 13 (1.20%) PMI
10 13 (1.20%) Security Posture
11 11 (1.02%) Data Centre
11 11 (1.02%) Replication
12 10 (0.93%) Cyber Defence
13 9 (0.83%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 50 (4.63%) Windows
2 47 (4.35%) Linux
3 13 (1.20%) Mac OS
4 11 (1.02%) Apple iOS
5 10 (0.93%) Unix
6 9 (0.83%) Android
6 9 (0.83%) VMS
6 9 (0.83%) Windows Server
7 6 (0.56%) FreeRTOS
7 6 (0.56%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.19%) AIX
10 1 (0.093%) Amazon Linux
10 1 (0.093%) Solaris
10 1 (0.093%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.093%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.093%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 425 (39.35%) Agile
2 265 (24.54%) Problem-Solving
3 264 (24.44%) Stakeholder Management
4 228 (21.11%) DevOps
5 207 (19.17%) CI/CD
6 173 (16.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 152 (14.07%) Decision-Making
8 139 (12.87%) Analytics
9 131 (12.13%) Roadmaps
10 117 (10.83%) AI
11 105 (9.72%) Migration
12 99 (9.17%) Project Delivery
13 97 (8.98%) Scrum
14 96 (8.89%) Project Management
15 95 (8.80%) Risk Management
15 95 (8.80%) Test Automation
16 90 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
17 89 (8.24%) Infrastructure as Code
18 87 (8.06%) Change Management
19 80 (7.41%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 163 (15.09%) SQL
2 151 (13.98%) Python
3 67 (6.20%) Java
4 52 (4.81%) JavaScript
5 44 (4.07%) PowerShell
6 33 (3.06%) TypeScript
7 29 (2.69%) Bash
7 29 (2.69%) C#
8 15 (1.39%) Kusto Query Language
9 14 (1.30%) C++
10 13 (1.20%) T-SQL
11 9 (0.83%) PL/SQL
12 7 (0.65%) Bicep
12 7 (0.65%) Swift
13 6 (0.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 6 (0.56%) Embedded C++
14 5 (0.46%) Go
14 5 (0.46%) Korn
14 5 (0.46%) R
14 5 (0.46%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 173 (16.02%) Security Cleared
2 146 (13.52%) SC Cleared
3 94 (8.70%) Degree
4 29 (2.69%) PMI Certification
5 28 (2.59%) Azure Certification
6 26 (2.41%) Computer Science Degree
7 20 (1.85%) ACCA
8 18 (1.67%) BPSS Clearance
8 18 (1.67%) PMP
9 16 (1.48%) DV Cleared
10 15 (1.39%) CISSP
11 14 (1.30%) CISM
11 14 (1.30%) ISTQB
12 12 (1.11%) Microsoft Certification
13 11 (1.02%) Master's Degree
14 10 (0.93%) AWS Certification
14 10 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
14 10 (0.93%) IIBA
15 9 (0.83%) CIMA
15 9 (0.83%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 113 (10.46%) QA
2 63 (5.83%) Data Quality
3 50 (4.63%) Accessibility
4 49 (4.54%) GDPR
5 46 (4.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 31 (2.87%) NIST
7 29 (2.69%) PMO
8 24 (2.22%) Actionable Recommendations
9 22 (2.04%) SLA
10 19 (1.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 17 (1.57%) GRC
12 11 (1.02%) IFRS
12 11 (1.02%) PCI DSS
13 10 (0.93%) COBIT
13 10 (0.93%) NCSC
14 8 (0.74%) WCAG
15 7 (0.65%) ITGC
16 6 (0.56%) California Consumer Privacy Act
16 6 (0.56%) MiFID
16 6 (0.56%) SOX 404
System Software
1 71 (6.57%) Docker
2 23 (2.13%) Active Directory
3 16 (1.48%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (0.56%) Embedded Firmware
4 6 (0.56%) Firmware
5 3 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.093%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (0.093%) ProxySG
6 1 (0.093%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.093%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 81 (7.50%) Terraform
2 72 (6.67%) Kubernetes
3 36 (3.33%) Ansible
4 18 (1.67%) SCCM
5 17 (1.57%) Microsoft Intune
6 16 (1.48%) Grafana
6 16 (1.48%) Prometheus
7 8 (0.74%) ITRS Geneos
8 7 (0.65%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 7 (0.65%) WSUS
9 5 (0.46%) Kibana
10 4 (0.37%) Control-M
10 4 (0.37%) HP ALM
10 4 (0.37%) logstash
10 4 (0.37%) Puppet
10 4 (0.37%) SCOM
11 3 (0.28%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.28%) vRealize
12 2 (0.19%) Jamf Pro
12 2 (0.19%) Packer
Vendors
1 169 (15.65%) Microsoft
2 68 (6.30%) ServiceNow
3 57 (5.28%) SAP
4 51 (4.72%) Salesforce
5 44 (4.07%) Oracle
6 41 (3.80%) Google
7 22 (2.04%) Databricks
8 15 (1.39%) VMware
9 13 (1.20%) Splunk
10 12 (1.11%) Adobe
11 9 (0.83%) Remedy
12 6 (0.56%) Dynatrace
12 6 (0.56%) IBM
12 6 (0.56%) Informatica
12 6 (0.56%) Murex
12 6 (0.56%) OpenAI
13 5 (0.46%) BMC
13 5 (0.46%) MuleSoft
13 5 (0.46%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 5 (0.46%) Solace