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

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 52 68
Rank change year-on-year +26 +16 +13
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 1,255 542 562
As % of all contract jobs in London 6.97% 4.37% 3.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.89% 4.74% 3.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 828 358 391
10th Percentile £350 £363 £375
25th Percentile £425 £436 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.55% - -7.56%
75th Percentile £611 £695 £700
90th Percentile £733 £850 £850
England median daily rate £500 £511 £525
% change year-on-year -2.21% -2.61% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 9 13
10th Percentile £22.73 £22.00 -
25th Percentile £25.25 £25.15 £17.00
Median hourly rate £28.55 £30.81 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.32% +2.68% -52.00%
75th Percentile £76.67 £47.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £95.00 £56.75 £82.50
England median hourly rate £56.50 £49.23 £36.50
% change year-on-year +14.77% +34.88% -32.41%

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 15,904 11,443 15,488
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.34% 92.27% 88.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,637 7,743 11,096
10th Percentile £356 £350 £343
25th Percentile £431 £435 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £688
90th Percentile £756 £806 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 242 176 307
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.17 £15.77
25th Percentile £25.16 £22.86 £20.00
Median hourly rate £35.71 £34.00 £27.84
Median % change year-on-year +5.03% +22.13% -27.22%
75th Percentile £57.50 £50.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £74.88 £63.75 £66.60
England median hourly rate £47.00 £29.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year +62.07% -20.55% -2.14%

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 16 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 16 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 16 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 +10 139 £550 +7.86% 147
South London +14 42 £498 -14.67% 14
West London -9 34 £510 +3.34% 28
East London +6 14 £600 - 23
North London - 1 £500 - 1
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 (6.06%) Confluence
2 51 (4.06%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.04%) Apache Airflow
3 13 (1.04%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (0.88%) Apache Spark
5 8 (0.64%) CMS
6 7 (0.56%) Apache
7 5 (0.40%) Camunda
7 5 (0.40%) IIS
8 3 (0.24%) HCL Notes
9 2 (0.16%) Appian
9 2 (0.16%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.080%) Anypoint
10 1 (0.080%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.080%) ColdFusion
10 1 (0.080%) govService
10 1 (0.080%) Oracle Application Server
10 1 (0.080%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.080%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.080%) SAS
Applications
1 71 (5.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (2.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 28 (2.23%) Microsoft Project
4 26 (2.07%) Microsoft Office
5 21 (1.67%) MS Visio
6 10 (0.80%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.24%) Notion
9 2 (0.16%) Oracle Smart View
9 2 (0.16%) Trello
10 1 (0.080%) Adobe After Effects
10 1 (0.080%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.080%) Autodesk Smoke
10 1 (0.080%) Mingle
10 1 (0.080%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 17 (1.35%) NetSuite
2 15 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
3 13 (1.04%) SAP S/4HANA
4 11 (0.88%) Loan IQ
5 7 (0.56%) Actimize
5 7 (0.56%) Oracle ERP
6 6 (0.48%) Oracle Payables
7 5 (0.40%) Aladdin
8 4 (0.32%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 4 (0.32%) Remedy ITSM
9 3 (0.24%) Oracle Financials
9 3 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
9 3 (0.24%) SAP Oil and Gas
10 2 (0.16%) Front Arena
10 2 (0.16%) Global One
10 2 (0.16%) iTrent
10 2 (0.16%) SAP FSCM
10 2 (0.16%) SAP HCM
10 2 (0.16%) SAP MDG
10 2 (0.16%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 274 (21.83%) Azure
2 215 (17.13%) AWS
3 130 (10.36%) Power Platform
4 85 (6.77%) GitHub
5 84 (6.69%) Azure DevOps
6 69 (5.50%) GCP
7 56 (4.46%) SaaS
8 52 (4.14%) Microsoft 365
9 49 (3.90%) Dynamics 365
10 46 (3.67%) GitHub Actions
11 44 (3.51%) Serverless
12 41 (3.27%) Amazon S3
13 37 (2.95%) AWS Lambda
13 37 (2.95%) Entra ID
14 30 (2.39%) Amazon EC2
15 28 (2.23%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 25 (1.99%) AWS CloudFormation
16 25 (1.99%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 22 (1.75%) Amazon EKS
17 22 (1.75%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 35 (2.79%) Firewall
2 29 (2.31%) Network Security
3 19 (1.51%) DNS
4 14 (1.12%) WAN
5 10 (0.80%) DHCP
6 9 (0.72%) LAN
6 9 (0.72%) SD-WAN
7 7 (0.56%) BGP
7 7 (0.56%) Ethernet
7 7 (0.56%) OSPF
7 7 (0.56%) TCP/IP
8 6 (0.48%) Modbus
8 6 (0.48%) RS-232
8 6 (0.48%) RS-485
8 6 (0.48%) VPN
9 4 (0.32%) IOS XR
9 4 (0.32%) MPLS
9 4 (0.32%) NX-OS
9 4 (0.32%) VoIP
9 4 (0.32%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 102 (8.13%) Power BI
2 40 (3.19%) Tableau
3 39 (3.11%) SQL Server
4 30 (2.39%) Metadata
4 30 (2.39%) Relational Database
5 22 (1.75%) PostgreSQL
6 21 (1.67%) Amazon RDS
7 20 (1.59%) Data Warehouse
8 14 (1.12%) Data Lake
9 11 (0.88%) NoSQL
9 11 (0.88%) Power Query
10 10 (0.80%) BigQuery
10 10 (0.80%) Delta Lake
11 9 (0.72%) Parquet
12 8 (0.64%) Amazon Athena
12 8 (0.64%) Oracle Reports
13 7 (0.56%) Big Data
14 6 (0.48%) Snowflake Schema
15 5 (0.40%) PowerPivot
15 5 (0.40%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 167 (13.31%) JIRA
2 55 (4.38%) Jenkins
3 45 (3.59%) Git
4 36 (2.87%) GitLab
5 17 (1.35%) Selenium
6 15 (1.20%) Cucumber
7 11 (0.88%) Cypress.io
8 9 (0.72%) JMeter
8 9 (0.72%) JUnit
8 9 (0.72%) Team Foundation Server
9 7 (0.56%) Postman
10 6 (0.48%) Bitbucket
10 6 (0.48%) REST Assured
10 6 (0.48%) Vite
11 5 (0.40%) Sonatype Nexus
11 5 (0.40%) TestRail
11 5 (0.40%) Visual Studio
11 5 (0.40%) Zephyr
12 4 (0.32%) Gatling
12 4 (0.32%) Maven
General
1 489 (38.96%) Social Skills
2 450 (35.86%) Finance
3 251 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 153 (12.19%) Public Sector
5 105 (8.37%) Banking
6 42 (3.35%) Law
7 41 (3.27%) Legal
7 41 (3.27%) Organisational Skills
8 40 (3.19%) Influencing Skills
8 40 (3.19%) Retail
9 35 (2.79%) Marketing
10 34 (2.71%) Presentation Skills
11 30 (2.39%) Documentation Skills
11 30 (2.39%) Telecoms
12 24 (1.91%) Local Government
13 23 (1.83%) Front Office
14 22 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 14 (1.12%) Financial Institution
16 13 (1.04%) Investment Banking
16 13 (1.04%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 174 (13.86%) Lead
2 142 (11.31%) Analyst
3 112 (8.92%) Senior
4 92 (7.33%) Developer
5 86 (6.85%) Architect
6 52 (4.14%) Business Analyst
7 50 (3.98%) Delivery Manager
8 48 (3.82%) Project Manager
9 40 (3.19%) Consultant
9 40 (3.19%) Data Engineer
10 36 (2.87%) DevOps Engineer
11 35 (2.79%) Scrum Master
12 33 (2.63%) Lead Architect
12 33 (2.63%) Senior Manager
13 31 (2.47%) Functional Architect
14 26 (2.07%) Security Engineer
14 26 (2.07%) Technical Manager
15 25 (1.99%) Azure Engineer
16 23 (1.83%) Cloud Engineer
17 22 (1.75%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (3.43%) React
2 40 (3.19%) RESTful
3 38 (3.03%) REST
4 33 (2.63%) HTML
5 31 (2.47%) CSS
6 30 (2.39%) .NET
7 27 (2.15%) Spring
8 22 (1.75%) Spring Boot
9 21 (1.67%) AngularJS
10 19 (1.51%) Kafka
11 18 (1.43%) Node.js
12 16 (1.27%) Next.js
13 14 (1.12%) Middleware
14 13 (1.04%) Playwright
15 12 (0.96%) OAuth
15 12 (0.96%) PySpark
15 12 (0.96%) Web Services
16 11 (0.88%) Elastic Stack
17 10 (0.80%) GraphQL
17 10 (0.80%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 126 (10.04%) Product Ownership
2 81 (6.45%) Cloud Native
3 55 (4.38%) Onboarding
4 34 (2.71%) Management Information System
5 32 (2.55%) Virtual Team
6 31 (2.47%) Data Protection Act
7 24 (1.91%) Data Centre
8 23 (1.83%) Legacy Systems
9 21 (1.67%) Analytical Mindset
9 21 (1.67%) Security Posture
10 20 (1.59%) AI Agents
10 20 (1.59%) Distributed Systems
11 19 (1.51%) Self-Motivation
12 18 (1.43%) Data Structures
13 14 (1.12%) CMDB
13 14 (1.12%) Derivative
13 14 (1.12%) Hybrid Cloud
14 13 (1.04%) Enterprise Software
15 12 (0.96%) FMCG
15 12 (0.96%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 54 (4.30%) Windows
2 43 (3.43%) Linux
3 12 (0.96%) Apple iOS
4 11 (0.88%) Windows Server
5 10 (0.80%) Mac OS
6 8 (0.64%) Unix
7 7 (0.56%) Android
7 7 (0.56%) Windows 10
8 6 (0.48%) FreeRTOS
9 5 (0.40%) VMS
10 4 (0.32%) Amazon Linux
11 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.080%) AIX
12 1 (0.080%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.080%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 489 (38.96%) Agile
2 290 (23.11%) Stakeholder Management
3 267 (21.27%) Problem-Solving
4 266 (21.20%) DevOps
5 251 (20.00%) CI/CD
6 217 (17.29%) Decision-Making
7 206 (16.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 179 (14.26%) AI
9 158 (12.59%) Analytics
10 150 (11.95%) Migration
11 149 (11.87%) Roadmaps
12 126 (10.04%) Change Management
13 125 (9.96%) Scrum
14 120 (9.56%) Business Intelligence
15 115 (9.16%) Project Management
15 115 (9.16%) Test Automation
16 114 (9.08%) Infrastructure as Code
17 112 (8.92%) Risk Management
18 103 (8.21%) Mentoring
19 99 (7.89%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 186 (14.82%) SQL
2 183 (14.58%) Python
3 83 (6.61%) Java
4 56 (4.46%) JavaScript
5 51 (4.06%) PowerShell
6 37 (2.95%) C#
7 34 (2.71%) TypeScript
8 23 (1.83%) Bash
9 21 (1.67%) T-SQL
10 18 (1.43%) PL/SQL
11 12 (0.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 10 (0.80%) C++
13 8 (0.64%) Apex Code
13 8 (0.64%) Bicep
13 8 (0.64%) Kusto Query Language
14 7 (0.56%) Go
14 7 (0.56%) Kotlin
14 7 (0.56%) R
14 7 (0.56%) Shell Script
15 6 (0.48%) Swift
Qualifications
1 233 (18.57%) Security Cleared
2 194 (15.46%) SC Cleared
3 122 (9.72%) Degree
4 36 (2.87%) Computer Science Degree
5 30 (2.39%) CISSP
6 26 (2.07%) Azure Certification
6 26 (2.07%) DV Cleared
6 26 (2.07%) PMI Certification
7 24 (1.91%) PMP
8 20 (1.59%) BPSS Clearance
8 20 (1.59%) CISM
9 19 (1.51%) Cisco Certification
10 18 (1.43%) ACCA
10 18 (1.43%) AWS Certification
11 11 (0.88%) ISTQB
12 10 (0.80%) CCNP
13 9 (0.72%) Master's Degree
14 8 (0.64%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 8 (0.64%) CompTIA Security+
14 8 (0.64%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 128 (10.20%) QA
2 87 (6.93%) Data Quality
3 61 (4.86%) PMO
4 47 (3.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 46 (3.67%) GDPR
5 46 (3.67%) NIST
6 30 (2.39%) Accessibility
7 25 (1.99%) SLA
8 21 (1.67%) Actionable Recommendations
9 17 (1.35%) GRC
10 15 (1.20%) IFRS
10 15 (1.20%) PCI DSS
11 11 (0.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 9 (0.72%) NCSC
13 8 (0.64%) WCAG
14 6 (0.48%) NIST 800
15 5 (0.40%) COBIT
15 5 (0.40%) GAAP
15 5 (0.40%) Government Security Classifications
15 5 (0.40%) MiFID
System Software
1 68 (5.42%) Docker
2 30 (2.39%) Active Directory
3 19 (1.51%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (0.48%) Embedded Firmware
4 6 (0.48%) Firmware
5 4 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.24%) IAG
7 2 (0.16%) Squid
8 1 (0.080%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.080%) Sendmail
8 1 (0.080%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.080%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.080%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 111 (8.84%) Terraform
2 93 (7.41%) Kubernetes
3 36 (2.87%) Ansible
4 21 (1.67%) Grafana
5 20 (1.59%) Prometheus
6 18 (1.43%) Microsoft Intune
7 9 (0.72%) SCCM
8 7 (0.56%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 5 (0.40%) HP ALM
9 5 (0.40%) ITRS Geneos
9 5 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (0.40%) WSUS
10 4 (0.32%) Puppet
11 3 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.24%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.16%) Cisco CUCM
12 2 (0.16%) Control-M
12 2 (0.16%) Kibana
12 2 (0.16%) Packer
13 1 (0.080%) Nagios
Vendors
1 214 (17.05%) Microsoft
2 90 (7.17%) ServiceNow
3 70 (5.58%) Oracle
4 60 (4.78%) Salesforce
5 48 (3.82%) SAP
6 43 (3.43%) Google
7 27 (2.15%) Databricks
8 15 (1.20%) VMware
9 14 (1.12%) Cisco
10 11 (0.88%) OpenAI
11 10 (0.80%) ForgeRock
11 10 (0.80%) Foundry
11 10 (0.80%) Okta
11 10 (0.80%) Splunk
12 9 (0.72%) CrowdStrike
13 8 (0.64%) Dynatrace
13 8 (0.64%) Murex
13 8 (0.64%) Workday
14 7 (0.56%) Ariba
14 7 (0.56%) Fortinet