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

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 43 66
Rank change year-on-year +16 +23 +9
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 1,595 707 548
As % of all contract jobs in London 7.97% 5.19% 3.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.96% 5.63% 3.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,039 475 348
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £434 £425 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £528 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.47% -4.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £634 £688 £691
90th Percentile £750 £785 £775
England median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 12 11
10th Percentile £18.50 £23.33 £26.68
25th Percentile £25.25 £24.70 £30.00
Median hourly rate £41.00 £35.24 £33.75
Median % change year-on-year +16.35% +4.41% -41.30%
75th Percentile £61.50 £46.94 £56.25
90th Percentile £92.13 £54.25 £76.25
England median hourly rate £47.75 £28.75 £50.00
% change year-on-year +66.09% -42.50% -13.04%

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 17,809 12,563 14,469
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.02% 92.23% 88.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,743 8,414 10,214
10th Percentile £363 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £541 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.62% -1.59% -4.35%
75th Percentile £660 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 294 248 196
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.97
25th Percentile £20.02 £24.62 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.86 £29.50 £35.25
Median % change year-on-year +21.54% -16.31% -14.59%
75th Percentile £57.50 £49.56 £55.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.25 £71.88
England median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +78.93% -40.82% -

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 August 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 August 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 August 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 -4 164 £550 +8.92% 232
South London +21 60 £503 -13.51% 26
West London 0 51 £520 +1.51% 72
East London +6 11 £675 +255.26% 30
North London -2 3 £450 -18.18% 6
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 76 (4.76%) Confluence
2 69 (4.33%) SharePoint
3 25 (1.57%) Microsoft Exchange
4 17 (1.07%) Apache Airflow
5 16 (1.00%) CMS
6 13 (0.82%) Apache Spark
7 8 (0.50%) Apache
8 7 (0.44%) IIS
9 5 (0.31%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 4 (0.25%) Sitecore CMS
10 4 (0.25%) WordPress
11 3 (0.19%) Camunda
12 2 (0.13%) Appian
12 2 (0.13%) JBoss
12 2 (0.13%) Jupyter
12 2 (0.13%) OpenStack
12 2 (0.13%) SAS
13 1 (0.063%) Oracle Workflow
13 1 (0.063%) Tomcat
13 1 (0.063%) WebLogic
Applications
1 71 (4.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 36 (2.26%) Microsoft Office
3 26 (1.63%) Microsoft Project
4 20 (1.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 16 (1.00%) MS Visio
6 10 (0.63%) Chatbot
7 5 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.13%) CPLEX
8 2 (0.13%) Oracle Smart View
9 1 (0.063%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.063%) InDesign
9 1 (0.063%) Mingle
9 1 (0.063%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 21 (1.32%) SAP S/4HANA
2 20 (1.25%) NetSuite
3 11 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (0.69%) Oracle EBS
4 8 (0.50%) Oracle ERP
5 7 (0.44%) Actimize
6 6 (0.38%) Oracle Payables
6 6 (0.38%) Salesforce CRM
7 5 (0.31%) Loan IQ
7 5 (0.31%) Magento
7 5 (0.31%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 5 (0.31%) SAP PM
8 4 (0.25%) Aladdin
8 4 (0.25%) Endur
8 4 (0.25%) Remedy ITSM
8 4 (0.25%) SAP QM
8 4 (0.25%) Shopify
9 3 (0.19%) Orchestrade
9 3 (0.19%) SAP MDG
9 3 (0.19%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 368 (23.07%) Azure
2 298 (18.68%) AWS
3 147 (9.22%) Power Platform
4 107 (6.71%) Azure DevOps
5 97 (6.08%) GitHub
6 96 (6.02%) GCP
6 96 (6.02%) Microsoft 365
7 76 (4.76%) Entra ID
8 63 (3.95%) SaaS
9 54 (3.39%) Serverless
10 53 (3.32%) Dynamics 365
10 53 (3.32%) GitHub Actions
11 42 (2.63%) Amazon S3
11 42 (2.63%) AWS Lambda
12 36 (2.26%) Amazon EC2
13 34 (2.13%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 29 (1.82%) Azure AKS
14 29 (1.82%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 26 (1.63%) Microsoft Copilot
16 25 (1.57%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 37 (2.32%) Firewall
2 29 (1.82%) DNS
3 27 (1.69%) Network Security
4 18 (1.13%) WAN
5 13 (0.82%) TCP/IP
6 11 (0.69%) DHCP
6 11 (0.69%) LAN
7 10 (0.63%) VoIP
8 8 (0.50%) SD-WAN
8 8 (0.50%) VPN
9 6 (0.38%) MPLS
9 6 (0.38%) Wi-Fi
10 5 (0.31%) BGP
10 5 (0.31%) HTTP
10 5 (0.31%) HTTPS
10 5 (0.31%) Unified Communications
10 5 (0.31%) WebEx
11 4 (0.25%) IOS XR
11 4 (0.25%) NX-OS
11 4 (0.25%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 117 (7.34%) Power BI
2 46 (2.88%) SQL Server
3 38 (2.38%) Metadata
4 36 (2.26%) Data Warehouse
5 32 (2.01%) Tableau
6 30 (1.88%) Relational Database
7 29 (1.82%) Amazon RDS
8 27 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
9 19 (1.19%) NoSQL
10 18 (1.13%) Delta Lake
11 17 (1.07%) Data Lake
12 13 (0.82%) Parquet
13 12 (0.75%) Power Query
14 11 (0.69%) Big Data
14 11 (0.69%) BigQuery
15 7 (0.44%) MySQL
15 7 (0.44%) Oracle Database
15 7 (0.44%) Oracle Reports
16 6 (0.38%) RDBMS
16 6 (0.38%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 162 (10.16%) JIRA
2 79 (4.95%) Git
3 74 (4.64%) Jenkins
4 43 (2.70%) GitLab
5 22 (1.38%) Selenium
6 17 (1.07%) Cucumber
7 13 (0.82%) Cypress.io
8 10 (0.63%) JMeter
9 9 (0.56%) Bitbucket
9 9 (0.56%) JUnit
9 9 (0.56%) Zephyr
10 8 (0.50%) Maven
10 8 (0.50%) Postman
10 8 (0.50%) Visual Studio
11 7 (0.44%) CircleCI
11 7 (0.44%) Gradle
11 7 (0.44%) REST Assured
11 7 (0.44%) Sonatype Nexus
11 7 (0.44%) XCTest
12 6 (0.38%) Gatling
General
1 688 (43.13%) Social Skills
2 542 (33.98%) Finance
3 359 (22.51%) Analytical Skills
4 261 (16.36%) Public Sector
5 169 (10.60%) Banking
6 63 (3.95%) Legal
7 61 (3.82%) Influencing Skills
7 61 (3.82%) Organisational Skills
8 54 (3.39%) Law
9 52 (3.26%) Retail
10 47 (2.95%) Documentation Skills
11 43 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 40 (2.51%) Local Government
13 36 (2.26%) Front Office
14 34 (2.13%) Marketing
15 32 (2.01%) Investment Banking
16 30 (1.88%) Presentation Skills
16 30 (1.88%) Telecoms
17 20 (1.25%) Pharmaceutical
18 18 (1.13%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 213 (13.35%) Lead
2 169 (10.60%) Senior
3 157 (9.84%) Analyst
4 148 (9.28%) Developer
5 100 (6.27%) Architect
6 62 (3.89%) Project Manager
7 56 (3.51%) Delivery Manager
8 54 (3.39%) Consultant
9 51 (3.20%) Business Analyst
9 51 (3.20%) DevOps Engineer
10 42 (2.63%) Software Engineer
11 41 (2.57%) Data Engineer
11 41 (2.57%) Scrum Master
12 35 (2.19%) Senior Manager
13 34 (2.13%) Lead Architect
13 34 (2.13%) Product Owner
14 31 (1.94%) Functional Architect
14 31 (1.94%) Java Developer
15 30 (1.88%) Cloud Engineer
16 29 (1.82%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (4.70%) REST
2 65 (4.08%) RESTful
3 45 (2.82%) React
4 44 (2.76%) .NET
4 44 (2.76%) Spring
5 38 (2.38%) Kafka
5 38 (2.38%) Spring Boot
6 36 (2.26%) AngularJS
6 36 (2.26%) HTML
7 32 (2.01%) CSS
8 23 (1.44%) Node.js
9 22 (1.38%) Django
10 21 (1.32%) Middleware
10 21 (1.32%) SOAP
10 21 (1.32%) Web Services
11 19 (1.19%) JSON
12 17 (1.07%) Playwright
13 16 (1.00%) XML
14 14 (0.88%) Next.js
14 14 (0.88%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 190 (11.91%) Product Ownership
2 114 (7.15%) Onboarding
3 105 (6.58%) Cloud Native
4 44 (2.76%) Virtual Team
5 42 (2.63%) Data Protection Act
6 40 (2.51%) Distributed Systems
6 40 (2.51%) Management Information System
7 38 (2.38%) Legacy Systems
8 28 (1.76%) AI Agents
9 27 (1.69%) Data Structures
10 26 (1.63%) CMDB
10 26 (1.63%) Enterprise Software
11 25 (1.57%) Data Centre
11 25 (1.57%) Security Posture
12 24 (1.50%) Self-Motivation
13 20 (1.25%) Analytical Mindset
14 19 (1.19%) NHS
15 17 (1.07%) FMCG
15 17 (1.07%) Greenfield Project
15 17 (1.07%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 98 (6.14%) Windows
2 64 (4.01%) Linux
3 26 (1.63%) Windows Server
4 17 (1.07%) Windows 10
5 16 (1.00%) Apple iOS
6 14 (0.88%) Mac OS
6 14 (0.88%) Unix
7 11 (0.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 10 (0.63%) Android
9 5 (0.31%) Amazon Linux
10 2 (0.13%) AIX
11 1 (0.063%) HPUX
11 1 (0.063%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.063%) Solaris
11 1 (0.063%) SUSE
11 1 (0.063%) VMS
11 1 (0.063%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.063%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 630 (39.50%) Agile
2 459 (28.78%) Stakeholder Management
3 397 (24.89%) Problem-Solving
4 331 (20.75%) DevOps
5 322 (20.19%) CI/CD
6 315 (19.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 294 (18.43%) Decision-Making
8 254 (15.92%) AI
9 196 (12.29%) Roadmaps
10 189 (11.85%) Analytics
11 173 (10.85%) Change Management
12 166 (10.41%) Scrum
13 158 (9.91%) Migration
14 144 (9.03%) Software Engineering
15 142 (8.90%) Test Automation
16 135 (8.46%) Business Intelligence
17 134 (8.40%) Infrastructure as Code
18 130 (8.15%) Mentoring
18 130 (8.15%) Translating Business Requirements
19 126 (7.90%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 254 (15.92%) Python
2 231 (14.48%) SQL
3 129 (8.09%) Java
4 80 (5.02%) JavaScript
5 74 (4.64%) PowerShell
6 60 (3.76%) C#
7 46 (2.88%) Bash
8 41 (2.57%) TypeScript
9 22 (1.38%) PL/SQL
10 20 (1.25%) T-SQL
11 16 (1.00%) Bicep
11 16 (1.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 14 (0.88%) Groovy
13 13 (0.82%) Kotlin
14 12 (0.75%) Apex Code
15 11 (0.69%) Go
15 11 (0.69%) Perl
16 9 (0.56%) C++
16 9 (0.56%) Ruby
16 9 (0.56%) Swift
Qualifications
1 341 (21.38%) Security Cleared
2 291 (18.24%) SC Cleared
3 141 (8.84%) Degree
4 47 (2.95%) Computer Science Degree
5 45 (2.82%) DV Cleared
6 43 (2.70%) PMP
7 39 (2.45%) PMI Certification
8 34 (2.13%) CISSP
9 32 (2.01%) Azure Certification
10 27 (1.69%) AWS Certification
11 21 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
12 20 (1.25%) CISM
13 16 (1.00%) BPSS Clearance
14 12 (0.75%) ITIL Certification
15 11 (0.69%) CCNP
16 10 (0.63%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 10 (0.63%) CompTIA Security+
16 10 (0.63%) ISTQB
16 10 (0.63%) Master's Degree
17 9 (0.56%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 142 (8.90%) QA
2 117 (7.34%) Data Quality
3 73 (4.58%) PMO
4 47 (2.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 42 (2.63%) NIST
6 41 (2.57%) GDPR
7 40 (2.51%) Accessibility
7 40 (2.51%) SLA
8 23 (1.44%) GRC
9 17 (1.07%) Actionable Recommendations
10 13 (0.82%) NCSC
10 13 (0.82%) PCI DSS
11 10 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 9 (0.56%) IFRS
13 8 (0.50%) COBIT
14 7 (0.44%) WCAG
15 6 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
15 6 (0.38%) NIST 800
16 5 (0.31%) Government Security Classifications
16 5 (0.31%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 87 (5.45%) Docker
2 74 (4.64%) Active Directory
3 16 (1.00%) Virtual Machines
4 10 (0.63%) Virtual Desktop
4 10 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (0.56%) IAG
6 3 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.19%) vSphere
7 2 (0.13%) Squid
7 2 (0.13%) zsh
8 1 (0.063%) Ceph
8 1 (0.063%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.063%) Sendmail
8 1 (0.063%) UAG
8 1 (0.063%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.063%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 130 (8.15%) Kubernetes
2 124 (7.77%) Terraform
3 43 (2.70%) Ansible
4 39 (2.45%) Grafana
4 39 (2.45%) Prometheus
5 35 (2.19%) Microsoft Intune
6 10 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (0.44%) SCCM
8 6 (0.38%) Kibana
8 6 (0.38%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 5 (0.31%) Cisco CUCM
10 4 (0.25%) Puppet
10 4 (0.25%) QRadar
11 3 (0.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.19%) Control-M
11 3 (0.19%) HP ALM
12 2 (0.13%) Argo
12 2 (0.13%) Nessus
12 2 (0.13%) Red Hat Satellite
12 2 (0.13%) WSUS
Vendors
1 274 (17.18%) Microsoft
2 106 (6.65%) ServiceNow
3 95 (5.96%) Oracle
4 68 (4.26%) Salesforce
5 59 (3.70%) Google
6 58 (3.64%) SAP
7 33 (2.07%) Databricks
8 25 (1.57%) Cisco
9 21 (1.32%) VMware
10 20 (1.25%) Splunk
11 18 (1.13%) Dynatrace
12 16 (1.00%) IBM
13 14 (0.88%) Zscaler
14 12 (0.75%) Apple
14 12 (0.75%) Okta
14 12 (0.75%) OpenAI
15 11 (0.69%) Foundry
16 10 (0.63%) ForgeRock
17 9 (0.56%) Adobe
17 9 (0.56%) Workday