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

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 51 69
Rank change year-on-year +25 +18 +10
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 1,247 545 556
As % of all contract jobs in London 6.93% 4.39% 3.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.85% 4.76% 3.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 821 362 390
10th Percentile £350 £363 £374
25th Percentile £425 £438 £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 £726 £850 £850
England median daily rate £500 £512 £525
% change year-on-year -2.39% -2.43% -7.08%
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% -50.00%
75th Percentile £76.67 £47.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £95.00 £56.75 £82.50
England median hourly rate £56.00 £49.23 £36.50
% change year-on-year +13.75% +34.88% -27.00%

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 15,883 11,458 15,494
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.29% 92.24% 88.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,623 7,744 11,113
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% - -7.17%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £680
90th Percentile £758 £809 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 240 179 307
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.37 £15.77
25th Percentile £25.24 £22.83 £20.00
Median hourly rate £36.11 £34.00 £27.84
Median % change year-on-year +6.19% +22.13% -25.10%
75th Percentile £57.50 £50.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £63.75 £66.85
England median hourly rate £45.78 £29.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year +57.86% -20.55% +0.29%

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 19 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 19 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 19 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 +9 138 £525 +2.94% 146
South London +17 42 £498 -14.67% 15
West London -10 34 £510 +3.34% 25
East London +7 14 £600 - 22
North London - 1 £500 - 2
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 72 (5.77%) Confluence
2 50 (4.01%) 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 68 (5.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (2.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 27 (2.17%) Microsoft Project
4 26 (2.09%) Microsoft Office
5 20 (1.60%) MS Visio
6 9 (0.72%) 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 (1.36%) 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 (21.97%) Azure
2 215 (17.24%) AWS
3 130 (10.43%) Power Platform
4 86 (6.90%) GitHub
5 84 (6.74%) Azure DevOps
6 68 (5.45%) GCP
7 56 (4.49%) SaaS
8 54 (4.33%) Microsoft 365
9 51 (4.09%) Dynamics 365
10 46 (3.69%) GitHub Actions
11 42 (3.37%) Serverless
12 39 (3.13%) Amazon S3
13 38 (3.05%) Entra ID
14 35 (2.81%) AWS Lambda
15 27 (2.17%) Amazon EC2
16 26 (2.09%) AWS CloudFormation
17 25 (2.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 22 (1.76%) Power Automate
18 22 (1.76%) PowerApps
18 22 (1.76%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 35 (2.81%) Firewall
2 29 (2.33%) Network Security
3 19 (1.52%) 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 5 (0.40%) VoIP
10 4 (0.32%) Cisco IOS
10 4 (0.32%) IOS XR
10 4 (0.32%) MPLS
10 4 (0.32%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 102 (8.18%) Power BI
2 40 (3.21%) Tableau
3 38 (3.05%) SQL Server
4 31 (2.49%) Metadata
5 30 (2.41%) Relational Database
6 22 (1.76%) PostgreSQL
7 20 (1.60%) Data Warehouse
8 19 (1.52%) Amazon RDS
9 14 (1.12%) Data Lake
10 11 (0.88%) NoSQL
10 11 (0.88%) Power Query
11 10 (0.80%) Delta Lake
12 9 (0.72%) BigQuery
12 9 (0.72%) Oracle Reports
12 9 (0.72%) Parquet
13 8 (0.64%) Amazon Athena
14 7 (0.56%) Big Data
15 6 (0.48%) Snowflake Schema
16 5 (0.40%) PowerPivot
16 5 (0.40%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 161 (12.91%) JIRA
2 52 (4.17%) Jenkins
3 46 (3.69%) Git
4 33 (2.65%) GitLab
5 17 (1.36%) Selenium
6 15 (1.20%) Cucumber
7 11 (0.88%) Cypress.io
8 10 (0.80%) Team Foundation Server
9 9 (0.72%) JMeter
9 9 (0.72%) JUnit
10 7 (0.56%) Bitbucket
11 6 (0.48%) Postman
11 6 (0.48%) REST Assured
11 6 (0.48%) Vite
12 5 (0.40%) Sonatype Nexus
12 5 (0.40%) TestRail
12 5 (0.40%) Visual Studio
13 4 (0.32%) Maven
13 4 (0.32%) Mocha
13 4 (0.32%) Mockito
General
1 487 (39.05%) Social Skills
2 443 (35.53%) Finance
3 245 (19.65%) Analytical Skills
4 151 (12.11%) Public Sector
5 103 (8.26%) Banking
6 42 (3.37%) Law
7 40 (3.21%) Legal
7 40 (3.21%) Retail
8 39 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
8 39 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
9 34 (2.73%) Marketing
10 33 (2.65%) Presentation Skills
11 31 (2.49%) Documentation Skills
12 28 (2.25%) Telecoms
13 24 (1.92%) Local Government
14 23 (1.84%) Front Office
15 22 (1.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 14 (1.12%) Financial Institution
17 13 (1.04%) Investment Banking
17 13 (1.04%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 172 (13.79%) Lead
2 140 (11.23%) Analyst
3 112 (8.98%) Senior
4 93 (7.46%) Developer
5 85 (6.82%) Architect
6 50 (4.01%) Business Analyst
6 50 (4.01%) Delivery Manager
7 47 (3.77%) Project Manager
8 40 (3.21%) Consultant
8 40 (3.21%) Data Engineer
9 38 (3.05%) DevOps Engineer
10 34 (2.73%) Scrum Master
11 33 (2.65%) Senior Manager
12 32 (2.57%) Lead Architect
13 31 (2.49%) Functional Architect
14 26 (2.09%) Azure Engineer
14 26 (2.09%) Security Engineer
14 26 (2.09%) Technical Manager
15 25 (2.00%) Cloud Engineer
16 21 (1.68%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (3.45%) React
2 40 (3.21%) RESTful
3 39 (3.13%) REST
4 33 (2.65%) HTML
5 31 (2.49%) CSS
6 30 (2.41%) .NET
7 27 (2.17%) Spring
8 22 (1.76%) AngularJS
8 22 (1.76%) Spring Boot
9 18 (1.44%) Kafka
10 17 (1.36%) Node.js
11 16 (1.28%) Next.js
12 14 (1.12%) Middleware
13 13 (1.04%) Playwright
14 12 (0.96%) OAuth
14 12 (0.96%) PySpark
14 12 (0.96%) Web Services
15 11 (0.88%) Elastic Stack
16 10 (0.80%) GraphQL
16 10 (0.80%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 129 (10.34%) Product Ownership
2 82 (6.58%) Cloud Native
3 57 (4.57%) Onboarding
4 33 (2.65%) Management Information System
4 33 (2.65%) Virtual Team
5 31 (2.49%) Data Protection Act
6 25 (2.00%) Data Centre
7 23 (1.84%) Legacy Systems
8 21 (1.68%) Analytical Mindset
8 21 (1.68%) Security Posture
9 20 (1.60%) AI Agents
10 18 (1.44%) Data Structures
10 18 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
11 17 (1.36%) Distributed Systems
12 14 (1.12%) Derivative
13 13 (1.04%) CMDB
14 12 (0.96%) FMCG
14 12 (0.96%) Public Cloud
15 11 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
15 11 (0.88%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 55 (4.41%) Windows
2 40 (3.21%) Linux
3 12 (0.96%) Windows Server
4 11 (0.88%) Apple iOS
5 10 (0.80%) Mac OS
6 8 (0.64%) Unix
7 7 (0.56%) Windows 10
8 6 (0.48%) Android
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
1 483 (38.73%) Agile
2 285 (22.85%) Stakeholder Management
3 264 (21.17%) DevOps
4 261 (20.93%) Problem-Solving
5 250 (20.05%) CI/CD
6 216 (17.32%) Decision-Making
7 204 (16.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 177 (14.19%) AI
9 156 (12.51%) Analytics
10 149 (11.95%) Migration
11 148 (11.87%) Roadmaps
12 128 (10.26%) Change Management
13 124 (9.94%) Scrum
14 118 (9.46%) Business Intelligence
15 113 (9.06%) Test Automation
16 112 (8.98%) Infrastructure as Code
16 112 (8.98%) Project Management
17 110 (8.82%) Risk Management
18 104 (8.34%) Mentoring
19 98 (7.86%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 187 (15.00%) SQL
2 179 (14.35%) Python
3 79 (6.34%) Java
4 57 (4.57%) JavaScript
5 51 (4.09%) PowerShell
6 38 (3.05%) C#
7 34 (2.73%) TypeScript
8 21 (1.68%) T-SQL
9 20 (1.60%) Bash
10 19 (1.52%) PL/SQL
11 12 (0.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 10 (0.80%) C++
13 9 (0.72%) Apex Code
13 9 (0.72%) Bicep
14 8 (0.64%) Kusto Query Language
15 7 (0.56%) Go
15 7 (0.56%) Kotlin
15 7 (0.56%) R
15 7 (0.56%) Shell Script
16 6 (0.48%) Perl
Qualifications
1 234 (18.77%) Security Cleared
2 195 (15.64%) SC Cleared
3 120 (9.62%) Degree
4 35 (2.81%) Computer Science Degree
5 30 (2.41%) CISSP
6 26 (2.09%) Azure Certification
6 26 (2.09%) DV Cleared
7 25 (2.00%) PMI Certification
8 23 (1.84%) PMP
9 21 (1.68%) BPSS Clearance
10 20 (1.60%) Cisco Certification
10 20 (1.60%) CISM
11 16 (1.28%) ACCA
12 15 (1.20%) AWS Certification
13 11 (0.88%) CCNP
13 11 (0.88%) ISTQB
14 9 (0.72%) Master's Degree
15 8 (0.64%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 8 (0.64%) CompTIA Security+
15 8 (0.64%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 125 (10.02%) QA
2 88 (7.06%) Data Quality
3 60 (4.81%) PMO
4 47 (3.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 46 (3.69%) GDPR
5 46 (3.69%) NIST
6 30 (2.41%) Accessibility
7 25 (2.00%) SLA
8 21 (1.68%) Actionable Recommendations
9 17 (1.36%) 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%) Government Security Classifications
15 5 (0.40%) ISO 22301
15 5 (0.40%) MiFID
System Software
1 66 (5.29%) Docker
2 31 (2.49%) Active Directory
3 19 (1.52%) 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
1 110 (8.82%) Terraform
2 91 (7.30%) Kubernetes
3 36 (2.89%) Ansible
4 21 (1.68%) Grafana
5 20 (1.60%) Prometheus
6 18 (1.44%) 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%) 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%) Cisco CUCM
11 3 (0.24%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.16%) Control-M
12 2 (0.16%) ITRS Geneos
12 2 (0.16%) Kibana
12 2 (0.16%) Packer
13 1 (0.080%) Nagios
Vendors
1 214 (17.16%) Microsoft
2 89 (7.14%) ServiceNow
3 70 (5.61%) Oracle
4 61 (4.89%) Salesforce
5 46 (3.69%) SAP
6 43 (3.45%) Google
7 27 (2.17%) Databricks
8 15 (1.20%) Cisco
8 15 (1.20%) VMware
9 10 (0.80%) ForgeRock
9 10 (0.80%) Okta
9 10 (0.80%) OpenAI
9 10 (0.80%) Splunk
10 9 (0.72%) CrowdStrike
10 9 (0.72%) Foundry
11 8 (0.64%) Dynatrace
11 8 (0.64%) Murex
12 7 (0.56%) Ariba
12 7 (0.56%) Workday
12 7 (0.56%) Zscaler