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

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 52 73
Rank change year-on-year +26 +21 +7
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 1,318 550 556
As % of all contract jobs in London 7.18% 4.55% 3.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.12% 4.93% 3.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 877 364 393
10th Percentile £350 £358 £363
25th Percentile £425 £430 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.73% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £606 £695 £700
90th Percentile £725 £850 £838
England median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.94% -2.88% -7.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 9 14
10th Percentile - £24.52 £17.00
25th Percentile £25.25 £27.50 £19.42
Median hourly rate £35.00 £36.48 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.06% +21.60% -50.00%
75th Percentile £75.94 £47.50 £44.75
90th Percentile £94.75 £56.75 £79.38
England median hourly rate £55.00 £48.46 £36.50
% change year-on-year +13.50% +32.77% -28.78%

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 16,241 11,146 15,435
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.51% 92.25% 88.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,846 7,494 11,093
10th Percentile £358 £350 £340
25th Percentile £434 £431 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £675
90th Percentile £760 £800 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.25% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 243 187 312
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.50 £15.95
25th Percentile £25.25 £23.60 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £30.81 £27.92
Median % change year-on-year +21.73% +10.33% -29.54%
75th Percentile £58.84 £48.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £76.73 £63.10 £66.98
England median hourly rate £46.43 £28.18 £36.50
% change year-on-year +64.76% -22.79% -2.46%

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 28 May 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 28 May 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 28 May 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 +7 146 £525 +5.00% 91
South London +12 45 £500 -14.24% 8
West London -4 39 £500 +1.32% 28
East London +7 15 £600 +2.56% 23
North London - 2 £475 - 5
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 68 (5.16%) Confluence
2 55 (4.17%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.14%) Apache Airflow
4 14 (1.06%) Microsoft Exchange
5 12 (0.91%) Apache Spark
6 8 (0.61%) CMS
7 7 (0.53%) Apache
8 5 (0.38%) Camunda
8 5 (0.38%) IIS
9 3 (0.23%) HCL Notes
9 3 (0.23%) WordPress
10 2 (0.15%) Appian
10 2 (0.15%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.076%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 1 (0.076%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.076%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.076%) govService
11 1 (0.076%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.076%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.076%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 70 (5.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 32 (2.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 28 (2.12%) Microsoft Office
4 25 (1.90%) Microsoft Project
5 21 (1.59%) MS Visio
6 9 (0.68%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.23%) Notion
9 2 (0.15%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.076%) Adobe After Effects
10 1 (0.076%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.076%) Autodesk Smoke
10 1 (0.076%) Mingle
10 1 (0.076%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.076%) Trello
Business Applications
1 20 (1.52%) NetSuite
2 16 (1.21%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (0.91%) SAP S/4HANA
4 8 (0.61%) Loan IQ
4 8 (0.61%) Oracle ERP
5 7 (0.53%) Actimize
5 7 (0.53%) Remedy ITSM
6 6 (0.46%) Oracle Payables
7 5 (0.38%) Aladdin
8 4 (0.30%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 4 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
9 3 (0.23%) Magento
9 3 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
9 3 (0.23%) Oracle Financials
9 3 (0.23%) SAP Oil and Gas
10 2 (0.15%) Endur
10 2 (0.15%) Front Arena
10 2 (0.15%) Global One
10 2 (0.15%) SAP FSCM
10 2 (0.15%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 296 (22.46%) Azure
2 233 (17.68%) AWS
3 140 (10.62%) Power Platform
4 93 (7.06%) Azure DevOps
5 91 (6.90%) GitHub
6 70 (5.31%) GCP
7 59 (4.48%) Microsoft 365
8 56 (4.25%) SaaS
9 53 (4.02%) Dynamics 365
10 49 (3.72%) GitHub Actions
11 46 (3.49%) Serverless
12 43 (3.26%) Entra ID
13 40 (3.03%) Amazon S3
14 39 (2.96%) AWS Lambda
15 28 (2.12%) Amazon EC2
16 26 (1.97%) AWS CloudFormation
17 25 (1.90%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 23 (1.75%) Virtual Private Cloud
19 22 (1.67%) Power Automate
19 22 (1.67%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 35 (2.66%) Firewall
2 28 (2.12%) Network Security
3 18 (1.37%) DNS
4 16 (1.21%) WAN
5 11 (0.83%) LAN
6 9 (0.68%) DHCP
6 9 (0.68%) SD-WAN
6 9 (0.68%) VoIP
7 7 (0.53%) BGP
7 7 (0.53%) OSPF
7 7 (0.53%) TCP/IP
7 7 (0.53%) VPN
8 6 (0.46%) Ethernet
9 5 (0.38%) Modbus
9 5 (0.38%) NGFW
9 5 (0.38%) RS-232
9 5 (0.38%) RS-485
10 4 (0.30%) DKIM
10 4 (0.30%) DMARC
10 4 (0.30%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 113 (8.57%) Power BI
2 43 (3.26%) Tableau
3 38 (2.88%) SQL Server
4 32 (2.43%) Metadata
4 32 (2.43%) Relational Database
5 25 (1.90%) Data Warehouse
6 24 (1.82%) PostgreSQL
7 20 (1.52%) Amazon RDS
8 19 (1.44%) Data Lake
9 15 (1.14%) NoSQL
10 14 (1.06%) Power Query
11 12 (0.91%) Delta Lake
12 9 (0.68%) Big Data
12 9 (0.68%) BigQuery
12 9 (0.68%) Oracle Reports
12 9 (0.68%) Parquet
13 8 (0.61%) Amazon Athena
14 7 (0.53%) Snowflake Schema
15 6 (0.46%) RDBMS
16 5 (0.38%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 164 (12.44%) JIRA
2 53 (4.02%) Jenkins
3 50 (3.79%) Git
4 35 (2.66%) GitLab
5 17 (1.29%) Selenium
6 15 (1.14%) Cucumber
7 11 (0.83%) Cypress.io
8 10 (0.76%) Team Foundation Server
9 9 (0.68%) JMeter
10 8 (0.61%) JUnit
11 7 (0.53%) Bitbucket
12 6 (0.46%) Visual Studio
12 6 (0.46%) Vite
13 5 (0.38%) Postman
13 5 (0.38%) REST Assured
13 5 (0.38%) Sonatype Nexus
14 4 (0.30%) Gatling
14 4 (0.30%) MLflow
14 4 (0.30%) Mockito
14 4 (0.30%) TestRail
General
1 516 (39.15%) Social Skills
2 471 (35.74%) Finance
3 264 (20.03%) Analytical Skills
4 166 (12.59%) Public Sector
5 108 (8.19%) Banking
6 44 (3.34%) Legal
6 44 (3.34%) Organisational Skills
6 44 (3.34%) Retail
7 43 (3.26%) Law
8 39 (2.96%) Influencing Skills
9 34 (2.58%) Marketing
10 33 (2.50%) Documentation Skills
11 29 (2.20%) Local Government
11 29 (2.20%) Presentation Skills
12 27 (2.05%) Telecoms
13 22 (1.67%) Front Office
13 22 (1.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 16 (1.21%) Financial Institution
15 14 (1.06%) Investment Banking
15 14 (1.06%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 185 (14.04%) Lead
2 144 (10.93%) Analyst
3 124 (9.41%) Senior
4 103 (7.81%) Developer
5 84 (6.37%) Architect
6 52 (3.95%) Business Analyst
6 52 (3.95%) Project Manager
7 51 (3.87%) Delivery Manager
8 46 (3.49%) Consultant
9 45 (3.41%) DevOps Engineer
10 42 (3.19%) Data Engineer
11 37 (2.81%) Senior Manager
12 36 (2.73%) Scrum Master
13 32 (2.43%) Lead Architect
14 31 (2.35%) Functional Architect
15 30 (2.28%) Azure Engineer
16 26 (1.97%) Cloud Engineer
16 26 (1.97%) Security Engineer
16 26 (1.97%) Technical Manager
17 22 (1.67%) Change Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (3.49%) React
2 43 (3.26%) REST
3 41 (3.11%) RESTful
4 34 (2.58%) HTML
5 32 (2.43%) .NET
5 32 (2.43%) CSS
6 31 (2.35%) Spring
7 26 (1.97%) Spring Boot
8 24 (1.82%) AngularJS
9 21 (1.59%) Kafka
10 19 (1.44%) Node.js
11 16 (1.21%) Middleware
11 16 (1.21%) Next.js
12 14 (1.06%) PySpark
12 14 (1.06%) Web Services
13 13 (0.99%) OAuth
14 12 (0.91%) Playwright
15 10 (0.76%) Elastic Stack
15 10 (0.76%) GraphQL
15 10 (0.76%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 134 (10.17%) Product Ownership
2 87 (6.60%) Cloud Native
3 63 (4.78%) Onboarding
4 35 (2.66%) Management Information System
4 35 (2.66%) Virtual Team
5 33 (2.50%) Data Protection Act
6 27 (2.05%) Legacy Systems
7 26 (1.97%) Data Centre
8 22 (1.67%) AI Agents
8 22 (1.67%) Analytical Mindset
8 22 (1.67%) Security Posture
9 19 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
10 18 (1.37%) Distributed Systems
11 16 (1.21%) Data Structures
12 14 (1.06%) Derivative
12 14 (1.06%) FMCG
13 12 (0.91%) CMDB
13 12 (0.91%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 11 (0.83%) Hybrid Cloud
14 11 (0.83%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 60 (4.55%) Windows
2 42 (3.19%) Linux
3 14 (1.06%) Windows Server
4 10 (0.76%) Apple iOS
4 10 (0.76%) Mac OS
4 10 (0.76%) Windows 10
5 9 (0.68%) Unix
6 5 (0.38%) Android
6 5 (0.38%) FreeRTOS
6 5 (0.38%) VMS
7 4 (0.30%) Amazon Linux
8 2 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.076%) AIX
9 1 (0.076%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 506 (38.39%) Agile
2 309 (23.44%) Stakeholder Management
3 280 (21.24%) DevOps
4 279 (21.17%) Problem-Solving
5 264 (20.03%) CI/CD
6 235 (17.83%) Decision-Making
7 222 (16.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 201 (15.25%) AI
9 173 (13.13%) Analytics
10 151 (11.46%) Migration
10 151 (11.46%) Roadmaps
11 139 (10.55%) Change Management
12 135 (10.24%) Scrum
13 131 (9.94%) Business Intelligence
14 118 (8.95%) Risk Management
15 117 (8.88%) Test Automation
16 115 (8.73%) Project Management
17 114 (8.65%) Infrastructure as Code
18 106 (8.04%) Validation
19 105 (7.97%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 200 (15.17%) Python
1 200 (15.17%) SQL
2 85 (6.45%) Java
3 59 (4.48%) JavaScript
4 56 (4.25%) PowerShell
5 39 (2.96%) C#
6 37 (2.81%) TypeScript
7 24 (1.82%) Bash
8 21 (1.59%) T-SQL
9 20 (1.52%) PL/SQL
10 17 (1.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 10 (0.76%) Apex Code
11 10 (0.76%) Bicep
12 8 (0.61%) C++
12 8 (0.61%) Kotlin
12 8 (0.61%) R
13 7 (0.53%) Go
13 7 (0.53%) Perl
13 7 (0.53%) Ruby
13 7 (0.53%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 251 (19.04%) Security Cleared
2 210 (15.93%) SC Cleared
3 126 (9.56%) Degree
4 36 (2.73%) Computer Science Degree
5 32 (2.43%) CISSP
6 31 (2.35%) DV Cleared
7 28 (2.12%) Azure Certification
8 25 (1.90%) PMI Certification
8 25 (1.90%) PMP
9 23 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
10 21 (1.59%) Cisco Certification
10 21 (1.59%) CISM
11 16 (1.21%) ACCA
11 16 (1.21%) AWS Certification
12 12 (0.91%) CCNP
13 11 (0.83%) ISTQB
14 10 (0.76%) Master's Degree
15 9 (0.68%) ITIL Certification
16 8 (0.61%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 8 (0.61%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 131 (9.94%) QA
2 87 (6.60%) Data Quality
3 61 (4.63%) PMO
4 49 (3.72%) GDPR
5 47 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 46 (3.49%) NIST
7 32 (2.43%) Accessibility
8 31 (2.35%) SLA
9 21 (1.59%) Actionable Recommendations
10 17 (1.29%) GRC
11 16 (1.21%) PCI DSS
12 15 (1.14%) IFRS
13 11 (0.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 9 (0.68%) NCSC
15 8 (0.61%) WCAG
16 6 (0.46%) NIST 800
17 5 (0.38%) GAAP
17 5 (0.38%) Government Security Classifications
17 5 (0.38%) ISO 22301
18 4 (0.30%) COBIT
System Software
1 71 (5.39%) Docker
2 39 (2.96%) Active Directory
3 17 (1.29%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.38%) Embedded Firmware
4 5 (0.38%) Firmware
4 5 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.23%) IAG
7 2 (0.15%) Squid
8 1 (0.076%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.076%) Sendmail
8 1 (0.076%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.076%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.076%) vSphere
8 1 (0.076%) zsh
Systems Management
1 116 (8.80%) Terraform
2 100 (7.59%) Kubernetes
3 37 (2.81%) Ansible
4 24 (1.82%) Grafana
5 23 (1.75%) Prometheus
6 21 (1.59%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (0.53%) SCCM
7 7 (0.53%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 6 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.30%) Cisco CUCM
9 4 (0.30%) HP ALM
9 4 (0.30%) Puppet
10 3 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (0.23%) Kibana
10 3 (0.23%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.23%) WSUS
11 2 (0.15%) Control-M
11 2 (0.15%) ITRS Geneos
11 2 (0.15%) Packer
12 1 (0.076%) Nagios
Vendors
1 221 (16.77%) Microsoft
2 92 (6.98%) ServiceNow
3 77 (5.84%) Oracle
4 66 (5.01%) Salesforce
5 46 (3.49%) Google
6 44 (3.34%) SAP
7 30 (2.28%) Databricks
8 16 (1.21%) Cisco
9 15 (1.14%) VMware
10 11 (0.83%) Okta
11 10 (0.76%) ForgeRock
11 10 (0.76%) OpenAI
12 9 (0.68%) Foundry
12 9 (0.68%) Remedy
13 8 (0.61%) CrowdStrike
13 8 (0.61%) Splunk
13 8 (0.61%) Zscaler
14 7 (0.53%) Dynatrace
14 7 (0.53%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
14 7 (0.53%) Workday