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

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 43 64
Rank change year-on-year +16 +21 +8
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 1,654 724 562
As % of all contract jobs in London 8.19% 5.36% 3.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.19% 5.80% 3.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,067 485 349
10th Percentile £350 £333 £360
25th Percentile £438 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -6.78%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £775
England median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 13 11
10th Percentile £18.50 £22.67 £17.08
25th Percentile £25.25 £23.33 £28.34
Median hourly rate £41.00 £36.48 £33.75
Median % change year-on-year +12.39% +8.09% -41.30%
75th Percentile £58.75 £47.50 £56.25
90th Percentile £79.15 £62.00 £76.25
England median hourly rate £45.25 £28.75 £52.50
% change year-on-year +57.39% -45.24% -16.00%

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 18,004 12,485 14,383
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.17% 92.37% 88.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,831 8,318 10,069
10th Percentile £363 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £661 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 284 253 197
10th Percentile £17.10 £16.50 £16.99
25th Percentile £19.50 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.34% -15.71% -13.04%
75th Percentile £57.13 £48.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £71.50
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +3.61%

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 15 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 15 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 15 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 +2 171 £544 +8.80% 222
West London +4 54 £520 +1.51% 80
South London +23 50 £500 -13.49% 36
East London +3 11 £675 +255.26% 33
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 75 (4.53%) SharePoint
2 72 (4.35%) Confluence
3 27 (1.63%) Microsoft Exchange
4 19 (1.15%) Apache Airflow
5 16 (0.97%) CMS
6 14 (0.85%) Apache Spark
7 9 (0.54%) Apache
8 7 (0.42%) IIS
9 5 (0.30%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 4 (0.24%) Sitecore CMS
10 4 (0.24%) WordPress
11 3 (0.18%) Appian
11 3 (0.18%) Camunda
12 2 (0.12%) JBoss
12 2 (0.12%) Jupyter
12 2 (0.12%) OpenStack
12 2 (0.12%) SAS
13 1 (0.060%) MTS
13 1 (0.060%) Tomcat
13 1 (0.060%) WebLogic
Applications
1 78 (4.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 39 (2.36%) Microsoft Office
3 25 (1.51%) Microsoft Project
4 23 (1.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 17 (1.03%) MS Visio
6 6 (0.36%) Chatbot
6 6 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.12%) CPLEX
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.060%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.060%) InDesign
8 1 (0.060%) Mingle
8 1 (0.060%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 22 (1.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (1.09%) NetSuite
3 12 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
4 11 (0.67%) Oracle EBS
5 8 (0.48%) Oracle ERP
6 7 (0.42%) Actimize
7 6 (0.36%) Loan IQ
7 6 (0.36%) Oracle Payables
7 6 (0.36%) Salesforce CRM
8 5 (0.30%) Magento
8 5 (0.30%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 5 (0.30%) SAP PM
9 4 (0.24%) Aladdin
9 4 (0.24%) Endur
9 4 (0.24%) SAP QM
9 4 (0.24%) Shopify
10 3 (0.18%) Oracle Financials
10 3 (0.18%) Orchestrade
10 3 (0.18%) SAP MDG
10 3 (0.18%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 390 (23.58%) Azure
2 305 (18.44%) AWS
3 156 (9.43%) Power Platform
4 112 (6.77%) Azure DevOps
5 103 (6.23%) GitHub
6 102 (6.17%) Microsoft 365
7 98 (5.93%) GCP
8 84 (5.08%) Entra ID
9 63 (3.81%) SaaS
10 56 (3.39%) Serverless
11 55 (3.33%) Dynamics 365
12 54 (3.26%) GitHub Actions
13 44 (2.66%) AWS Lambda
14 40 (2.42%) Amazon S3
15 33 (2.00%) Amazon EC2
15 33 (2.00%) Azure AKS
16 29 (1.75%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 29 (1.75%) Microsoft Copilot
17 28 (1.69%) PowerApps
18 27 (1.63%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 42 (2.54%) Firewall
2 32 (1.93%) DNS
3 30 (1.81%) Network Security
4 21 (1.27%) WAN
5 17 (1.03%) TCP/IP
6 13 (0.79%) DHCP
6 13 (0.79%) VPN
7 12 (0.73%) LAN
8 10 (0.60%) SD-WAN
8 10 (0.60%) VoIP
9 8 (0.48%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (0.36%) BGP
10 6 (0.36%) MPLS
11 5 (0.30%) Ethernet VPN
11 5 (0.30%) HTTP
11 5 (0.30%) HTTPS
11 5 (0.30%) NX-OS
11 5 (0.30%) Unified Communications
11 5 (0.30%) VXLAN
11 5 (0.30%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 121 (7.32%) Power BI
2 49 (2.96%) SQL Server
3 44 (2.66%) Metadata
4 38 (2.30%) Data Warehouse
5 30 (1.81%) PostgreSQL
5 30 (1.81%) Relational Database
5 30 (1.81%) Tableau
6 26 (1.57%) Amazon RDS
7 21 (1.27%) NoSQL
8 19 (1.15%) Delta Lake
9 18 (1.09%) Data Lake
10 14 (0.85%) Power Query
11 13 (0.79%) Parquet
12 12 (0.73%) Big Data
13 10 (0.60%) BigQuery
14 8 (0.48%) MySQL
14 8 (0.48%) Oracle Database
15 6 (0.36%) Oracle Reports
15 6 (0.36%) RDBMS
15 6 (0.36%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 158 (9.55%) JIRA
2 89 (5.38%) Git
3 80 (4.84%) Jenkins
4 44 (2.66%) GitLab
5 28 (1.69%) Selenium
6 18 (1.09%) Cucumber
7 14 (0.85%) Cypress.io
8 11 (0.67%) JUnit
9 9 (0.54%) Bitbucket
9 9 (0.54%) Postman
9 9 (0.54%) Visual Studio
10 8 (0.48%) Maven
10 8 (0.48%) Zephyr
11 7 (0.42%) CircleCI
11 7 (0.42%) Gradle
11 7 (0.42%) JMeter
11 7 (0.42%) REST Assured
11 7 (0.42%) Sonatype Nexus
12 5 (0.30%) WebDriver
13 4 (0.24%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 721 (43.59%) Social Skills
2 541 (32.71%) Finance
3 371 (22.43%) Analytical Skills
4 275 (16.63%) Public Sector
5 178 (10.76%) Banking
6 68 (4.11%) Influencing Skills
6 68 (4.11%) Organisational Skills
7 62 (3.75%) Legal
8 54 (3.26%) Law
9 51 (3.08%) Retail
10 48 (2.90%) Documentation Skills
11 47 (2.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 41 (2.48%) Local Government
13 40 (2.42%) Front Office
14 38 (2.30%) Marketing
15 34 (2.06%) Investment Banking
16 30 (1.81%) Telecoms
17 26 (1.57%) Presentation Skills
18 21 (1.27%) Pharmaceutical
19 19 (1.15%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 227 (13.72%) Lead
2 179 (10.82%) Senior
3 160 (9.67%) Analyst
4 158 (9.55%) Developer
5 106 (6.41%) Architect
6 61 (3.69%) Project Manager
7 57 (3.45%) Consultant
7 57 (3.45%) Delivery Manager
7 57 (3.45%) DevOps Engineer
8 50 (3.02%) Business Analyst
9 46 (2.78%) Data Engineer
10 42 (2.54%) Software Engineer
11 39 (2.36%) Scrum Master
11 39 (2.36%) Senior Manager
12 35 (2.12%) Product Owner
13 34 (2.06%) Cloud Engineer
13 34 (2.06%) Lead Architect
14 33 (2.00%) Java Developer
14 33 (2.00%) Product Manager
15 32 (1.93%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 86 (5.20%) REST
2 72 (4.35%) RESTful
3 49 (2.96%) .NET
3 49 (2.96%) React
3 49 (2.96%) Spring
4 46 (2.78%) Kafka
5 43 (2.60%) Spring Boot
6 42 (2.54%) HTML
7 41 (2.48%) AngularJS
8 35 (2.12%) CSS
9 33 (2.00%) Web Services
10 24 (1.45%) Django
10 24 (1.45%) Node.js
11 23 (1.39%) SOAP
12 22 (1.33%) Middleware
13 21 (1.27%) JSON
13 21 (1.27%) Playwright
14 20 (1.21%) XML
15 16 (0.97%) PySpark
16 15 (0.91%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 192 (11.61%) Product Ownership
2 123 (7.44%) Onboarding
3 115 (6.95%) Cloud Native
4 47 (2.84%) Data Protection Act
5 44 (2.66%) Distributed Systems
5 44 (2.66%) Management Information System
6 42 (2.54%) Virtual Team
7 39 (2.36%) Legacy Systems
8 33 (2.00%) Enterprise Software
9 29 (1.75%) AI Agents
10 27 (1.63%) Data Structures
10 27 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
11 26 (1.57%) CMDB
12 25 (1.51%) Data Centre
13 23 (1.39%) Security Posture
14 21 (1.27%) Hybrid Cloud
15 20 (1.21%) Analytical Mindset
16 19 (1.15%) NHS
17 18 (1.09%) Greenfield Project
17 18 (1.09%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 106 (6.41%) Windows
2 78 (4.72%) Linux
3 27 (1.63%) Windows Server
4 21 (1.27%) Unix
5 19 (1.15%) Windows 10
6 16 (0.97%) Apple iOS
7 15 (0.91%) Mac OS
8 13 (0.79%) Android
9 12 (0.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (0.30%) Amazon Linux
11 2 (0.12%) AIX
11 2 (0.12%) VMS
12 1 (0.060%) HPUX
12 1 (0.060%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.060%) Solaris
12 1 (0.060%) SUSE
12 1 (0.060%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.060%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 652 (39.42%) Agile
2 485 (29.32%) Stakeholder Management
3 416 (25.15%) Problem-Solving
4 348 (21.04%) DevOps
5 339 (20.50%) CI/CD
6 337 (20.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 297 (17.96%) Decision-Making
8 270 (16.32%) AI
9 221 (13.36%) Roadmaps
10 192 (11.61%) Analytics
11 176 (10.64%) Change Management
12 167 (10.10%) Scrum
13 164 (9.92%) Migration
14 157 (9.49%) Test Automation
15 150 (9.07%) Infrastructure as Code
15 150 (9.07%) Software Engineering
16 144 (8.71%) Mentoring
17 140 (8.46%) Business Intelligence
18 133 (8.04%) Translating Business Requirements
19 132 (7.98%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 274 (16.57%) Python
2 247 (14.93%) SQL
3 140 (8.46%) Java
4 87 (5.26%) JavaScript
5 82 (4.96%) PowerShell
6 65 (3.93%) C#
7 50 (3.02%) Bash
8 46 (2.78%) TypeScript
9 21 (1.27%) PL/SQL
10 19 (1.15%) T-SQL
11 18 (1.09%) Bicep
11 18 (1.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 14 (0.85%) Go
12 14 (0.85%) Groovy
13 13 (0.79%) Kotlin
14 12 (0.73%) Apex Code
14 12 (0.73%) Perl
15 10 (0.60%) VBA
16 9 (0.54%) C++
16 9 (0.54%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 353 (21.34%) Security Cleared
2 301 (18.20%) SC Cleared
3 150 (9.07%) Degree
4 52 (3.14%) Computer Science Degree
5 45 (2.72%) DV Cleared
5 45 (2.72%) PMP
6 39 (2.36%) PMI Certification
7 33 (2.00%) Azure Certification
8 31 (1.87%) AWS Certification
8 31 (1.87%) CISSP
9 18 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
9 18 (1.09%) Cisco Certification
10 17 (1.03%) CISM
11 12 (0.73%) ITIL Certification
12 11 (0.67%) CCNP
13 10 (0.60%) CompTIA Security+
13 10 (0.60%) ISTQB
13 10 (0.60%) Master's Degree
14 9 (0.54%) CompTIA CySA+
15 8 (0.48%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 144 (8.71%) QA
2 125 (7.56%) Data Quality
3 76 (4.59%) PMO
4 45 (2.72%) Accessibility
5 42 (2.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 41 (2.48%) NIST
6 41 (2.48%) SLA
7 40 (2.42%) GDPR
8 22 (1.33%) GRC
9 17 (1.03%) Actionable Recommendations
10 16 (0.97%) NCSC
11 11 (0.67%) COBIT
12 10 (0.60%) PCI DSS
12 10 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 9 (0.54%) WCAG
14 7 (0.42%) IFRS
15 6 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
16 5 (0.30%) HIPAA
16 5 (0.30%) ISO 22301
17 4 (0.24%) GAAP
System Software
1 93 (5.62%) Docker
2 80 (4.84%) Active Directory
3 20 (1.21%) Virtual Machines
4 13 (0.79%) Virtual Desktop
5 11 (0.67%) VMware Infrastructure
6 9 (0.54%) IAG
7 3 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.18%) vSphere
8 2 (0.12%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.12%) Squid
8 2 (0.12%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.12%) zsh
9 1 (0.060%) Ceph
9 1 (0.060%) Sendmail
9 1 (0.060%) UAG
9 1 (0.060%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 140 (8.46%) Kubernetes
2 137 (8.28%) Terraform
3 48 (2.90%) Ansible
4 44 (2.66%) Grafana
4 44 (2.66%) Prometheus
5 39 (2.36%) Microsoft Intune
6 13 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (0.48%) SCCM
8 7 (0.42%) Kibana
9 5 (0.30%) Cisco CUCM
10 4 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
10 4 (0.24%) Puppet
10 4 (0.24%) QRadar
11 3 (0.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.18%) Control-M
11 3 (0.18%) HP ALM
11 3 (0.18%) ITRS Geneos
11 3 (0.18%) WSUS
12 2 (0.12%) Argo
12 2 (0.12%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 302 (18.26%) Microsoft
2 110 (6.65%) ServiceNow
3 99 (5.99%) Oracle
4 66 (3.99%) Salesforce
5 64 (3.87%) SAP
6 61 (3.69%) Google
7 36 (2.18%) Databricks
8 27 (1.63%) Cisco
9 24 (1.45%) Splunk
10 21 (1.27%) IBM
11 20 (1.21%) VMware
12 19 (1.15%) Dynatrace
13 14 (0.85%) Apple
13 14 (0.85%) Okta
14 13 (0.79%) Zscaler
15 12 (0.73%) OpenAI
16 11 (0.67%) Red Hat
17 10 (0.60%) ForgeRock
18 9 (0.54%) Adobe
18 9 (0.54%) Workday