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 28 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 49 71
Rank change year-on-year +22 +22 +7
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 1,443 618 550
As % of all contract jobs in London 7.52% 4.82% 3.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.46% 5.22% 3.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 954 413 377
10th Percentile £350 £356 £350
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £517 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.43% -3.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £613 £695 £684
90th Percentile £738 £850 £788
England median daily rate £505 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +1.00% -4.76% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 8 14
10th Percentile £25.25 £27.29 £17.00
25th Percentile £26.20 £31.05 £19.42
Median hourly rate £41.00 £38.99 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.16% +29.97% -50.62%
75th Percentile £66.25 £49.38 £44.75
90th Percentile £93.25 £57.63 £70.63
England median hourly rate £55.00 £31.40 £36.50
% change year-on-year +75.15% -13.97% -25.51%

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 17,060 11,834 15,584
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.96% 92.37% 88.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,363 7,912 11,103
10th Percentile £360 £335 £340
25th Percentile £438 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% - -5.98%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £680
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £520 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 263 221 302
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £15.54
25th Percentile £25.17 £24.66 £20.01
Median hourly rate £37.50 £34.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.29% +13.33% -25.93%
75th Percentile £59.36 £50.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.25 £68.68
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.50 £38.12
% change year-on-year +84.31% -33.11% +1.65%

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 28 June 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 28 June 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 28 June 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 +2 156 £525 +2.97% 90
South London +20 47 £500 -14.00% 13
West London -2 42 £510 +0.79% 31
East London +13 14 £638 +8.97% 28
North London +1 2 £450 -18.18% 5
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 74 (5.13%) Confluence
2 57 (3.95%) SharePoint
3 19 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
4 14 (0.97%) Apache Airflow
5 13 (0.90%) Apache Spark
6 9 (0.62%) CMS
7 8 (0.55%) Apache
8 6 (0.42%) IIS
9 4 (0.28%) Camunda
9 4 (0.28%) WordPress
10 2 (0.14%) Appian
10 2 (0.14%) SAS
11 1 (0.069%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.069%) HCL Notes
11 1 (0.069%) Mule
11 1 (0.069%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.069%) Oracle Application Server
11 1 (0.069%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.069%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.069%) WebLogic
Applications
1 70 (4.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (2.15%) Microsoft Office
3 28 (1.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 26 (1.80%) Microsoft Project
5 19 (1.32%) MS Visio
6 10 (0.69%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.14%) CPLEX
8 2 (0.14%) Oracle Smart View
9 1 (0.069%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.069%) InDesign
9 1 (0.069%) Mingle
9 1 (0.069%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 21 (1.46%) NetSuite
2 15 (1.04%) SAP S/4HANA
3 11 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
4 9 (0.62%) Oracle ERP
5 8 (0.55%) Actimize
5 8 (0.55%) Loan IQ
6 7 (0.49%) Oracle EBS
7 6 (0.42%) Oracle Payables
7 6 (0.42%) Remedy ITSM
7 6 (0.42%) Salesforce CRM
8 5 (0.35%) Aladdin
8 5 (0.35%) Magento
8 5 (0.35%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 5 (0.35%) SAP PM
9 4 (0.28%) Endur
9 4 (0.28%) SAP QM
10 3 (0.21%) Oracle Financials
10 3 (0.21%) Orchestrade
10 3 (0.21%) SAP Oil and Gas
10 3 (0.21%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 321 (22.25%) Azure
2 273 (18.92%) AWS
3 136 (9.42%) Power Platform
4 103 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
5 94 (6.51%) GitHub
6 80 (5.54%) GCP
7 68 (4.71%) Microsoft 365
8 62 (4.30%) SaaS
9 56 (3.88%) GitHub Actions
10 55 (3.81%) Entra ID
11 52 (3.60%) Serverless
12 51 (3.53%) Dynamics 365
13 43 (2.98%) Amazon S3
14 42 (2.91%) AWS Lambda
15 33 (2.29%) Amazon EC2
16 32 (2.22%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 30 (2.08%) AWS CloudFormation
18 27 (1.87%) Virtual Private Cloud
19 26 (1.80%) Azure AKS
20 24 (1.66%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 34 (2.36%) Firewall
2 31 (2.15%) Network Security
3 18 (1.25%) DNS
4 16 (1.11%) WAN
5 11 (0.76%) VoIP
6 10 (0.69%) LAN
7 9 (0.62%) SD-WAN
8 6 (0.42%) BGP
8 6 (0.42%) DHCP
8 6 (0.42%) OSPF
8 6 (0.42%) TCP/IP
8 6 (0.42%) VPN
9 5 (0.35%) Ethernet
9 5 (0.35%) HTTPS
9 5 (0.35%) MPLS
9 5 (0.35%) NGFW
9 5 (0.35%) Unified Communications
9 5 (0.35%) WebEx
10 4 (0.28%) IOS XR
10 4 (0.28%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 113 (7.83%) Power BI
2 38 (2.63%) Tableau
3 37 (2.56%) SQL Server
4 33 (2.29%) Metadata
5 30 (2.08%) Data Warehouse
6 29 (2.01%) Relational Database
7 26 (1.80%) PostgreSQL
8 25 (1.73%) Amazon RDS
9 19 (1.32%) Data Lake
9 19 (1.32%) NoSQL
10 13 (0.90%) Delta Lake
10 13 (0.90%) Power Query
11 11 (0.76%) Big Data
12 9 (0.62%) BigQuery
12 9 (0.62%) Parquet
13 8 (0.55%) Snowflake Schema
14 7 (0.49%) Oracle Reports
15 6 (0.42%) Oracle Database
15 6 (0.42%) RDBMS
16 5 (0.35%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 168 (11.64%) JIRA
2 64 (4.44%) Jenkins
3 58 (4.02%) Git
4 44 (3.05%) GitLab
5 21 (1.46%) Selenium
6 15 (1.04%) Cucumber
7 11 (0.76%) Cypress.io
8 9 (0.62%) JUnit
9 8 (0.55%) Bitbucket
9 8 (0.55%) JMeter
9 8 (0.55%) REST Assured
9 8 (0.55%) Team Foundation Server
10 7 (0.49%) Postman
11 6 (0.42%) CircleCI
11 6 (0.42%) Visual Studio
11 6 (0.42%) Vite
11 6 (0.42%) XCTest
12 5 (0.35%) Maven
12 5 (0.35%) Mocha
12 5 (0.35%) Mockito
General
1 586 (40.61%) Social Skills
2 502 (34.79%) Finance
3 303 (21.00%) Analytical Skills
4 203 (14.07%) Public Sector
5 131 (9.08%) Banking
6 57 (3.95%) Legal
7 53 (3.67%) Organisational Skills
8 52 (3.60%) Influencing Skills
9 49 (3.40%) Law
10 46 (3.19%) Retail
11 37 (2.56%) Marketing
12 36 (2.49%) Documentation Skills
13 35 (2.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 35 (2.43%) Local Government
14 34 (2.36%) Presentation Skills
15 29 (2.01%) Front Office
16 27 (1.87%) Telecoms
17 23 (1.59%) Investment Banking
18 19 (1.32%) Pharmaceutical
19 16 (1.11%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 199 (13.79%) Lead
2 146 (10.12%) Senior
3 145 (10.05%) Analyst
4 122 (8.45%) Developer
5 92 (6.38%) Architect
6 62 (4.30%) Project Manager
7 53 (3.67%) Consultant
8 52 (3.60%) DevOps Engineer
9 49 (3.40%) Delivery Manager
10 46 (3.19%) Business Analyst
11 43 (2.98%) Data Engineer
12 39 (2.70%) Scrum Master
13 36 (2.49%) Senior Manager
14 34 (2.36%) Software Engineer
15 33 (2.29%) Lead Architect
16 31 (2.15%) Azure Engineer
16 31 (2.15%) Functional Architect
17 28 (1.94%) Cloud Engineer
18 27 (1.87%) Product Owner
19 26 (1.80%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (3.88%) REST
2 50 (3.47%) React
3 48 (3.33%) RESTful
4 36 (2.49%) Spring
5 33 (2.29%) HTML
6 32 (2.22%) Spring Boot
7 31 (2.15%) .NET
7 31 (2.15%) Kafka
8 30 (2.08%) CSS
9 27 (1.87%) AngularJS
10 20 (1.39%) Node.js
11 18 (1.25%) Middleware
12 17 (1.18%) Web Services
13 16 (1.11%) Django
14 15 (1.04%) Next.js
15 14 (0.97%) JSON
15 14 (0.97%) OAuth
15 14 (0.97%) PySpark
16 13 (0.90%) SOAP
17 12 (0.83%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 156 (10.81%) Product Ownership
2 98 (6.79%) Cloud Native
3 76 (5.27%) Onboarding
4 42 (2.91%) Virtual Team
5 41 (2.84%) Data Protection Act
6 39 (2.70%) Management Information System
7 31 (2.15%) Legacy Systems
8 30 (2.08%) Distributed Systems
9 27 (1.87%) Data Centre
10 26 (1.80%) Security Posture
11 25 (1.73%) Analytical Mindset
12 23 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
13 21 (1.46%) AI Agents
14 20 (1.39%) Data Structures
15 19 (1.32%) CMDB
16 17 (1.18%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 16 (1.11%) Derivative
18 15 (1.04%) FMCG
19 12 (0.83%) Enterprise Software
19 12 (0.83%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 75 (5.20%) Windows
2 49 (3.40%) Linux
3 16 (1.11%) Windows Server
4 14 (0.97%) Apple iOS
4 14 (0.97%) Mac OS
5 10 (0.69%) Unix
5 10 (0.69%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.28%) Amazon Linux
6 4 (0.28%) Android
6 4 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.21%) FreeRTOS
8 2 (0.14%) AIX
8 2 (0.14%) VMS
8 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.069%) HPUX
9 1 (0.069%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.069%) Solaris
9 1 (0.069%) SUSE
9 1 (0.069%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 541 (37.49%) Agile
2 366 (25.36%) Stakeholder Management
3 337 (23.35%) Problem-Solving
4 312 (21.62%) DevOps
5 291 (20.17%) CI/CD
6 259 (17.95%) Decision-Making
6 259 (17.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 215 (14.90%) AI
8 172 (11.92%) Analytics
9 169 (11.71%) Roadmaps
10 154 (10.67%) Scrum
11 152 (10.53%) Change Management
12 151 (10.46%) Migration
13 132 (9.15%) Test Automation
14 130 (9.01%) Business Intelligence
15 128 (8.87%) Risk Management
16 125 (8.66%) Infrastructure as Code
17 117 (8.11%) Mentoring
18 115 (7.97%) Software Engineering
19 112 (7.76%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 228 (15.80%) Python
2 211 (14.62%) SQL
3 107 (7.42%) Java
4 70 (4.85%) JavaScript
5 58 (4.02%) PowerShell
6 46 (3.19%) C#
7 42 (2.91%) TypeScript
8 35 (2.43%) Bash
9 23 (1.59%) T-SQL
10 21 (1.46%) PL/SQL
11 17 (1.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 11 (0.76%) Apex Code
12 11 (0.76%) Bicep
12 11 (0.76%) Go
12 11 (0.76%) Kotlin
13 9 (0.62%) C++
13 9 (0.62%) R
13 9 (0.62%) Swift
14 8 (0.55%) Perl
14 8 (0.55%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 297 (20.58%) Security Cleared
2 253 (17.53%) SC Cleared
3 135 (9.36%) Degree
4 46 (3.19%) Computer Science Degree
5 37 (2.56%) DV Cleared
6 34 (2.36%) CISSP
6 34 (2.36%) PMI Certification
7 33 (2.29%) PMP
8 29 (2.01%) Azure Certification
9 24 (1.66%) AWS Certification
10 22 (1.52%) CISM
11 20 (1.39%) Cisco Certification
12 19 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
13 14 (0.97%) ACCA
14 12 (0.83%) CCNP
14 12 (0.83%) Master's Degree
15 11 (0.76%) ISTQB
15 11 (0.76%) ITIL Certification
16 9 (0.62%) CompTIA Security+
17 8 (0.55%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 123 (8.52%) QA
2 97 (6.72%) Data Quality
3 66 (4.57%) PMO
4 50 (3.47%) GDPR
5 46 (3.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 42 (2.91%) NIST
7 36 (2.49%) Accessibility
8 31 (2.15%) SLA
9 23 (1.59%) GRC
10 16 (1.11%) PCI DSS
11 15 (1.04%) Actionable Recommendations
12 14 (0.97%) IFRS
13 11 (0.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 8 (0.55%) NCSC
15 6 (0.42%) GAAP
15 6 (0.42%) GxP
15 6 (0.42%) NIST 800
16 5 (0.35%) Government Security Classifications
16 5 (0.35%) HIPAA
16 5 (0.35%) WCAG
System Software
1 82 (5.68%) Docker
2 50 (3.47%) Active Directory
3 14 (0.97%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.28%) IAG
5 4 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.21%) Embedded Firmware
6 3 (0.21%) Firmware
7 2 (0.14%) Squid
8 1 (0.069%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.069%) Sendmail
8 1 (0.069%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.069%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.069%) vSphere
8 1 (0.069%) zsh
Systems Management
1 126 (8.73%) Terraform
2 118 (8.18%) Kubernetes
3 43 (2.98%) Ansible
4 33 (2.29%) Prometheus
5 32 (2.22%) Grafana
6 24 (1.66%) Microsoft Intune
7 8 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (0.49%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 5 (0.35%) Cisco CUCM
9 5 (0.35%) Kibana
9 5 (0.35%) SCCM
10 4 (0.28%) HP ALM
10 4 (0.28%) Puppet
11 3 (0.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.21%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.21%) QRadar
12 2 (0.14%) Control-M
12 2 (0.14%) FortiGate
12 2 (0.14%) ITRS Geneos
12 2 (0.14%) WSUS
Vendors
1 234 (16.22%) Microsoft
2 97 (6.72%) ServiceNow
3 87 (6.03%) Oracle
4 74 (5.13%) Salesforce
5 50 (3.47%) SAP
6 47 (3.26%) Google
7 31 (2.15%) Databricks
8 18 (1.25%) Cisco
9 13 (0.90%) Splunk
9 13 (0.90%) VMware
10 12 (0.83%) Dynatrace
11 11 (0.76%) Apple
11 11 (0.76%) Okta
11 11 (0.76%) OpenAI
12 10 (0.69%) ForgeRock
12 10 (0.69%) Murex
13 9 (0.62%) Foundry
14 8 (0.55%) Zscaler
15 7 (0.49%) CrowdStrike
15 7 (0.49%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud