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 20 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 33 58
Rank change year-on-year +7 +25 +9
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 1,810 824 603
As % of all contract jobs in London 8.85% 6.20% 3.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.92% 6.71% 4.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,196 553 340
10th Percentile £350 £325 £375
25th Percentile £434 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £535 £569
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% -5.98% -1.04%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £691
90th Percentile £750 £750 £775
England median daily rate £523 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.50% -4.76% -6.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 22 11
10th Percentile £13.69 £17.05 £17.08
25th Percentile £18.50 £18.25 £28.34
Median hourly rate £28.00 £21.67 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.24% -56.67% +23.58%
75th Percentile £50.00 £41.06 £64.38
90th Percentile £59.95 £58.75 £75.00
England median hourly rate £30.00 £20.50 £33.93
% change year-on-year +46.34% -39.58% -47.80%

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.

6 months to
20 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 18,252 12,288 14,146
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.26% 92.45% 89.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,977 8,086 9,143
10th Percentile £360 £332 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £543 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.38% -1.36% -4.35%
75th Percentile £668 £663 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 351 243 175
10th Percentile £15.55 £18.03 £17.70
25th Percentile £18.50 £25.00 £24.17
Median hourly rate £32.50 £30.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +6.56% -18.67% -4.87%
75th Percentile £57.50 £47.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £81.25 £64.95 £78.75
England median hourly rate £37.87 £25.15 £41.50
% change year-on-year +50.56% -39.40% -6.74%

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 20 October 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 20 October 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 20 October 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 0 198 £550 +5.26% 283
West London +2 48 £520 +4.00% 75
South London +20 45 £530 -8.90% 25
East London +2 10 £563 +196.05% 24
North London -1 5 £488 -11.36% 8
Continuous Improvement
England

Continuous Improvement Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Agile39.7%718
2Stakeholder Management34.9%631
3Problem-Solving26.6%482
4CI/CD23.9%433
5DevOps21.8%395
6Stakeholder Engagement18.2%329
7AI18.1%327
8Decision-Making17.3%314
9Roadmaps14.3%259
10Analytics12.8%232
11Scrum11.7%211
12Test Automation11.4%207
13Infrastructure as Code10.6%192
14Software Engineering10.1%183
15Change Management9.3%169
15Risk Management9.3%169
17Validation8.9%161
18Migration8.7%157
19ITIL8.4%152
20Technical Leadership8.3%150