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 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 51 63
Rank change year-on-year +20 +12 +26
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 929 614 732
As % of all contract jobs in London 6.56% 3.91% 3.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.11% 4.38% 4.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 614 332 489
10th Percentile £327 £351 £388
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £569 £575
Median % change year-on-year -7.73% -1.04% +1.95%
75th Percentile £655 £700 £700
90th Percentile £754 £811 £805
England median daily rate £500 £528 £563
% change year-on-year -5.21% -6.22% +2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 9 7
10th Percentile £17.40 £17.08 £19.40
25th Percentile £17.50 £30.00 £37.50
Median hourly rate £18.50 £50.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -63.00% -16.67% -19.30%
75th Percentile £35.00 £71.25 £75.78
90th Percentile £49.40 £75.25 £87.94
England median hourly rate £22.32 £33.93 £65.00
% change year-on-year -34.23% -47.80% -5.52%

All Process and 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 13,068 14,030 17,858
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.28% 89.29% 89.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,592 9,056 12,811
10th Percentile £334 £350 £355
25th Percentile £425 £450 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £550 £569
Median % change year-on-year -2.36% -3.34% -3.56%
75th Percentile £655 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 259 166 246
10th Percentile £17.98 £17.38 £18.68
25th Percentile £24.50 £23.98 £21.56
Median hourly rate £28.50 £37.50 £36.33
Median % change year-on-year -24.00% +3.21% -6.54%
75th Percentile £47.25 £55.94 £61.75
90th Percentile £67.87 £80.75 £76.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £37.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -32.03% -16.85% +23.61%

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 November 2025.

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 November 2025.

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 November 2025. 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 +11 133 £523 -12.55% 469
West London 0 20 £484 +13.82% 44
East London +8 14 £190 -63.98% 19
South London 0 12 £581 +22.39% 24
North London +3 4 £575 - 7
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 63 (6.78%) Confluence
2 38 (4.09%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.40%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (1.08%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.65%) Apache
6 5 (0.54%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.54%) CMS
6 5 (0.54%) MQSeries
7 3 (0.32%) Appian
7 3 (0.32%) Ethereum
7 3 (0.32%) HCL Notes
7 3 (0.32%) Hyperledger
8 2 (0.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.22%) Luigi
8 2 (0.22%) nginx
9 1 (0.11%) Camunda
9 1 (0.11%) Drupal
9 1 (0.11%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.11%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 61 (6.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (2.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 23 (2.48%) Microsoft Office
4 16 (1.72%) Microsoft Project
5 13 (1.40%) MS Visio
6 8 (0.86%) Chatbot
7 5 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.32%) Trello
9 1 (0.11%) Adobe Captivate
9 1 (0.11%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.11%) Autodesk Smoke
9 1 (0.11%) Camtasia
9 1 (0.11%) Notion
9 1 (0.11%) Revit
9 1 (0.11%) Sketch
9 1 (0.11%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 30 (3.23%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.08%) Endur
3 5 (0.54%) Workday HCM
4 4 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.43%) Infor SunSystems
4 4 (0.43%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.43%) SAP PS
5 3 (0.32%) ION MarketView
5 3 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.32%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (0.32%) SAP IBP
5 3 (0.32%) SAP MM
6 2 (0.22%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.22%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.22%) SAP EWM
6 2 (0.22%) SAP GTS
6 2 (0.22%) SAP PP
6 2 (0.22%) SAP SCM
6 2 (0.22%) SAP SRM
6 2 (0.22%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 156 (16.79%) Azure
2 128 (13.78%) AWS
3 71 (7.64%) Power Platform
4 57 (6.14%) Azure DevOps
5 51 (5.49%) Microsoft 365
6 40 (4.31%) GCP
7 37 (3.98%) GitHub
8 36 (3.88%) SaaS
9 32 (3.44%) Serverless
10 24 (2.58%) GitHub Actions
11 23 (2.48%) Entra ID
12 22 (2.37%) Amazon S3
13 20 (2.15%) AWS Lambda
14 19 (2.05%) Power Automate
15 18 (1.94%) Dynamics 365
16 17 (1.83%) PowerApps
17 16 (1.72%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 16 (1.72%) AWS CloudFormation
18 14 (1.51%) PaaS
19 13 (1.40%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 21 (2.26%) Firewall
2 17 (1.83%) DNS
3 11 (1.18%) TCP/IP
3 11 (1.18%) VPN
4 10 (1.08%) DHCP
5 8 (0.86%) Network Security
5 8 (0.86%) WAN
6 7 (0.75%) LAN
7 4 (0.43%) Broadband
7 4 (0.43%) DKIM
7 4 (0.43%) DMARC
7 4 (0.43%) Multicast
7 4 (0.43%) tcpdump
7 4 (0.43%) Wireshark
8 3 (0.32%) 5G
8 3 (0.32%) Cisco IPT
8 3 (0.32%) SD-WAN
9 2 (0.22%) Modbus
9 2 (0.22%) SSL
9 2 (0.22%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (6.24%) Power BI
2 26 (2.80%) PostgreSQL
3 21 (2.26%) Data Warehouse
4 18 (1.94%) Relational Database
5 14 (1.51%) Amazon RDS
5 14 (1.51%) Tableau
6 13 (1.40%) NoSQL
7 11 (1.18%) Data Lake
7 11 (1.18%) MySQL
7 11 (1.18%) SQL Server
8 10 (1.08%) Metadata
9 8 (0.86%) Oracle Database
9 8 (0.86%) Redis
10 7 (0.75%) Amazon Redshift
10 7 (0.75%) DynamoDB
10 7 (0.75%) MongoDB
11 5 (0.54%) Elasticsearch
11 5 (0.54%) Geospatial Data
12 4 (0.43%) BigQuery
12 4 (0.43%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 119 (12.81%) JIRA
2 40 (4.31%) Jenkins
3 35 (3.77%) Git
4 20 (2.15%) GitLab
5 16 (1.72%) Selenium
6 12 (1.29%) JUnit
7 11 (1.18%) Postman
8 9 (0.97%) SonarQube
9 8 (0.86%) REST Assured
10 7 (0.75%) Cucumber
11 6 (0.65%) Cypress.io
11 6 (0.65%) SoapUI
12 5 (0.54%) Maven
12 5 (0.54%) Mockito
12 5 (0.54%) Xcode
13 4 (0.43%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 4 (0.43%) Subversion
13 4 (0.43%) XCTest
14 3 (0.32%) Oracle APEX
14 3 (0.32%) TestRail
General
1 438 (47.15%) Social Skills
2 262 (28.20%) Finance
3 189 (20.34%) Analytical Skills
4 127 (13.67%) Public Sector
5 81 (8.72%) Banking
6 42 (4.52%) Influencing Skills
6 42 (4.52%) Legal
7 35 (3.77%) Marketing
8 32 (3.44%) Manufacturing
9 30 (3.23%) Retail
10 26 (2.80%) Telecoms
11 25 (2.69%) Organisational Skills
12 22 (2.37%) Documentation Skills
13 18 (1.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 17 (1.83%) Front Office
15 15 (1.61%) Financial Institution
15 15 (1.61%) Local Government
16 14 (1.51%) Investment Banking
16 14 (1.51%) Presentation Skills
17 13 (1.40%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 143 (15.39%) Analyst
2 128 (13.78%) Lead
3 88 (9.47%) Senior
4 86 (9.26%) Developer
5 62 (6.67%) Business Analyst
6 58 (6.24%) Consultant
7 48 (5.17%) Architect
8 41 (4.41%) Project Manager
9 23 (2.48%) Senior Analyst
10 21 (2.26%) Data Engineer
10 21 (2.26%) Delivery Manager
11 20 (2.15%) Product Owner
12 17 (1.83%) Product Manager
13 16 (1.72%) Java Developer
13 16 (1.72%) Security Engineer
13 16 (1.72%) Senior Manager
14 15 (1.61%) Designer
14 15 (1.61%) Programme Manager
15 14 (1.51%) DevOps Engineer
15 14 (1.51%) Scrum Master
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (3.55%) REST
2 29 (3.12%) Spring
3 26 (2.80%) .NET
4 25 (2.69%) RESTful
5 22 (2.37%) Kafka
6 20 (2.15%) Node.js
7 19 (2.05%) Spring Boot
8 18 (1.94%) React
8 18 (1.94%) Web Services
9 15 (1.61%) SOAP
9 15 (1.61%) XML
10 14 (1.51%) CSS
10 14 (1.51%) HTML
11 12 (1.29%) OAuth
12 11 (1.18%) AngularJS
13 9 (0.97%) GraphQL
13 9 (0.97%) Hibernate
13 9 (0.97%) Middleware
13 9 (0.97%) PySpark
14 8 (0.86%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 92 (9.90%) Product Ownership
2 53 (5.71%) Onboarding
3 41 (4.41%) Cloud Native
4 30 (3.23%) Analytical Mindset
5 24 (2.58%) Distributed Systems
5 24 (2.58%) Management Information System
6 18 (1.94%) Enterprise Software
6 18 (1.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 17 (1.83%) Mobile App
8 16 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
8 16 (1.72%) Virtual Team
9 14 (1.51%) Algorithms
10 13 (1.40%) PMI
11 12 (1.29%) Cyber Defence
11 12 (1.29%) Hybrid Cloud
11 12 (1.29%) Legacy Systems
11 12 (1.29%) Security Posture
11 12 (1.29%) Self-Motivation
12 10 (1.08%) Fixed Income
12 10 (1.08%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 42 (4.52%) Linux
2 40 (4.31%) Windows
3 21 (2.26%) Unix
4 11 (1.18%) Mac OS
5 9 (0.97%) Windows Server
6 8 (0.86%) Android
7 6 (0.65%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (0.43%) VMS
8 4 (0.43%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.22%) AIX
10 1 (0.11%) Solaris
10 1 (0.11%) tvOS
10 1 (0.11%) watchOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 354 (38.11%) Agile
2 285 (30.68%) Problem-Solving
3 201 (21.64%) Stakeholder Management
4 175 (18.84%) DevOps
5 160 (17.22%) CI/CD
5 160 (17.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 119 (12.81%) Roadmaps
7 107 (11.52%) Decision-Making
8 102 (10.98%) Analytics
9 97 (10.44%) Scrum
10 92 (9.90%) Project Management
11 79 (8.50%) Project Delivery
12 78 (8.40%) AI
13 75 (8.07%) Mentoring
14 72 (7.75%) Change Management
15 70 (7.53%) Test Automation
16 68 (7.32%) Business Intelligence
17 65 (7.00%) ITIL
18 63 (6.78%) Microservices
18 63 (6.78%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 134 (14.42%) SQL
2 126 (13.56%) Python
3 81 (8.72%) Java
4 46 (4.95%) PowerShell
5 45 (4.84%) JavaScript
6 35 (3.77%) Bash
7 26 (2.80%) C#
8 24 (2.58%) TypeScript
9 14 (1.51%) Kusto Query Language
10 11 (1.18%) C++
11 10 (1.08%) VBA
12 8 (0.86%) Korn
13 7 (0.75%) PL/SQL
14 6 (0.65%) Bicep
15 5 (0.54%) Groovy
15 5 (0.54%) Kotlin
15 5 (0.54%) Ruby
15 5 (0.54%) Scala
15 5 (0.54%) Shell Script
16 4 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 135 (14.53%) Security Cleared
2 106 (11.41%) SC Cleared
3 89 (9.58%) Degree
4 40 (4.31%) PMI Certification
5 31 (3.34%) PMP
6 30 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
7 20 (2.15%) Azure Certification
8 15 (1.61%) Master's Degree
9 14 (1.51%) DV Cleared
10 12 (1.29%) BPSS Clearance
11 11 (1.18%) AWS Certification
12 10 (1.08%) ACCA
12 10 (1.08%) CIMA
12 10 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
13 9 (0.97%) CISSP
14 8 (0.86%) ISTQB
15 7 (0.75%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 7 (0.75%) Cisco Certification
15 7 (0.75%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 7 (0.75%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (8.40%) QA
2 42 (4.52%) Accessibility
3 40 (4.31%) Data Quality
4 37 (3.98%) GDPR
5 32 (3.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 23 (2.48%) PMO
7 20 (2.15%) NIST
8 16 (1.72%) SLA
9 15 (1.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 14 (1.51%) GRC
11 10 (1.08%) ITGC
12 9 (0.97%) Actionable Recommendations
12 9 (0.97%) COBIT
12 9 (0.97%) NCSC
13 8 (0.86%) MiFID
14 6 (0.65%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 6 (0.65%) EMIR
14 6 (0.65%) HIPAA
14 6 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 6 (0.65%) SOX 404
System Software
1 67 (7.21%) Docker
2 28 (3.01%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.86%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.11%) ProxySG
5 1 (0.11%) RACF
Systems Management
1 70 (7.53%) Kubernetes
2 53 (5.71%) Terraform
3 26 (2.80%) Ansible
4 22 (2.37%) Grafana
5 17 (1.83%) Microsoft Intune
5 17 (1.83%) Prometheus
6 16 (1.72%) ITRS Geneos
6 16 (1.72%) SCCM
7 6 (0.65%) Kibana
8 5 (0.54%) Control-M
9 4 (0.43%) SCOM
9 4 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.43%) WSUS
10 3 (0.32%) BladeLogic
10 3 (0.32%) HP ALM
10 3 (0.32%) logstash
10 3 (0.32%) QRadar
10 3 (0.32%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 2 (0.22%) Packer
11 2 (0.22%) Puppet
Vendors
1 169 (18.19%) Microsoft
2 59 (6.35%) SAP
3 48 (5.17%) Oracle
4 33 (3.55%) Google
5 31 (3.34%) Salesforce
5 31 (3.34%) ServiceNow
6 24 (2.58%) Splunk
7 19 (2.05%) Databricks
8 13 (1.40%) Dynatrace
9 9 (0.97%) Adobe
9 9 (0.97%) TIBCO
9 9 (0.97%) Workday
10 8 (0.86%) UiPath
10 8 (0.86%) VMware
11 7 (0.75%) Informatica
11 7 (0.75%) OpenAI
12 6 (0.65%) CA Agile Central
12 6 (0.65%) Guidewire
12 6 (0.65%) IBM
12 6 (0.65%) Murex