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 25 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 58 67
Rank change year-on-year +32 +9 +11
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 1,257 521 592
As % of all contract jobs in London 7.17% 4.09% 3.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.08% 4.44% 3.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 837 326 404
10th Percentile £350 £363 £375
25th Percentile £425 £435 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £613 £749 £678
90th Percentile £750 £881 £850
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -6.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 7 14
10th Percentile £17.50 £22.00 £17.00
25th Percentile £22.73 £24.75 £20.25
Median hourly rate £28.55 £30.81 £30.75
Median % change year-on-year -7.32% +0.18% -50.80%
75th Percentile £73.75 £45.74 £64.69
90th Percentile £94.00 £58.50 £81.63
England median hourly rate £55.00 £56.38 £37.50
% change year-on-year -2.44% +50.33% -38.78%

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 15,562 11,733 15,787
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.73% 92.06% 88.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,427 7,976 11,319
10th Percentile £355 £350 £338
25th Percentile £430 £440 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £675
90th Percentile £760 £813 £800
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 256 172 330
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.53 £15.99
25th Percentile £25.11 £22.86 £20.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £34.50 £28.75
Median % change year-on-year +2.90% +20.00% -26.28%
75th Percentile £57.50 £50.75 £47.34
90th Percentile £73.38 £63.70 £65.78
England median hourly rate £42.69 £30.45 £35.00
% change year-on-year +40.18% -13.00% -8.74%

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 25 April 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 25 April 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 25 April 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 +6 143 £525 +2.94% 118
South London +16 39 £500 -14.24% 10
West London -7 32 £500 +5.26% 22
East London +8 13 £520 - 25
North London - 2 £550 -
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 76 (6.05%) Confluence
2 50 (3.98%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.19%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (0.80%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (0.64%) Apache Spark
6 7 (0.56%) Apache
7 5 (0.40%) Camunda
7 5 (0.40%) CMS
8 4 (0.32%) HCL Notes
9 3 (0.24%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 2 (0.16%) Appian
10 2 (0.16%) IIS
10 2 (0.16%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.080%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.080%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.080%) Cloud Foundry
11 1 (0.080%) ColdFusion
11 1 (0.080%) govService
11 1 (0.080%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.080%) SAS
Applications
1 72 (5.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 43 (3.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 30 (2.39%) Microsoft Project
4 26 (2.07%) Microsoft Office
5 20 (1.59%) MS Visio
6 11 (0.88%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.24%) Notion
8 3 (0.24%) Trello
9 2 (0.16%) Autodesk Smoke
9 2 (0.16%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.080%) Adobe After Effects
10 1 (0.080%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.080%) Mingle
10 1 (0.080%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 17 (1.35%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (1.19%) Dynamics CRM
3 14 (1.11%) NetSuite
4 10 (0.80%) Loan IQ
5 6 (0.48%) Remedy ITSM
6 5 (0.40%) Aladdin
6 5 (0.40%) Oracle Payables
7 4 (0.32%) Actimize
7 4 (0.32%) Oracle ERP
7 4 (0.32%) Workday HCM
8 3 (0.24%) Oracle Financials
8 3 (0.24%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 3 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
8 3 (0.24%) SAP Oil and Gas
9 2 (0.16%) Front Arena
9 2 (0.16%) iTrent
9 2 (0.16%) SAP EWM
9 2 (0.16%) SAP HCM
9 2 (0.16%) SAP IBP
9 2 (0.16%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 275 (21.88%) Azure
2 202 (16.07%) AWS
3 131 (10.42%) Power Platform
4 98 (7.80%) Azure DevOps
5 86 (6.84%) GitHub
6 65 (5.17%) GCP
7 53 (4.22%) SaaS
8 52 (4.14%) Microsoft 365
9 49 (3.90%) Dynamics 365
10 47 (3.74%) GitHub Actions
10 47 (3.74%) Serverless
11 40 (3.18%) Amazon S3
12 38 (3.02%) Entra ID
13 37 (2.94%) AWS Lambda
14 30 (2.39%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 25 (1.99%) Amazon EC2
16 24 (1.91%) AWS CloudFormation
16 24 (1.91%) Power Automate
16 24 (1.91%) PowerApps
17 21 (1.67%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 33 (2.63%) Firewall
2 27 (2.15%) Network Security
3 21 (1.67%) DNS
4 13 (1.03%) WAN
5 11 (0.88%) DHCP
6 9 (0.72%) SD-WAN
7 8 (0.64%) LAN
7 8 (0.64%) TCP/IP
8 7 (0.56%) BGP
8 7 (0.56%) Ethernet
8 7 (0.56%) OSPF
8 7 (0.56%) VPN
9 6 (0.48%) Broadband
9 6 (0.48%) Modbus
9 6 (0.48%) RS-232
9 6 (0.48%) RS-485
10 5 (0.40%) 5G
10 5 (0.40%) DKIM
10 5 (0.40%) DMARC
10 5 (0.40%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 104 (8.27%) Power BI
2 39 (3.10%) SQL Server
3 36 (2.86%) Tableau
4 28 (2.23%) Metadata
5 27 (2.15%) Relational Database
6 21 (1.67%) PostgreSQL
7 19 (1.51%) Amazon RDS
7 19 (1.51%) Data Warehouse
8 12 (0.95%) Data Lake
9 9 (0.72%) BigQuery
10 8 (0.64%) Amazon Athena
10 8 (0.64%) Delta Lake
10 8 (0.64%) NoSQL
11 7 (0.56%) Power Query
12 6 (0.48%) Amazon Redshift
12 6 (0.48%) Big Data
12 6 (0.48%) Oracle Reports
12 6 (0.48%) Snowflake Schema
13 5 (0.40%) MongoDB
13 5 (0.40%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 168 (13.37%) JIRA
2 51 (4.06%) Jenkins
3 45 (3.58%) Git
4 35 (2.78%) GitLab
5 16 (1.27%) Selenium
6 14 (1.11%) Cucumber
7 12 (0.95%) Cypress.io
8 9 (0.72%) JMeter
8 9 (0.72%) JUnit
8 9 (0.72%) Team Foundation Server
9 7 (0.56%) Postman
9 7 (0.56%) REST Assured
10 6 (0.48%) TestRail
11 5 (0.40%) Bitbucket
11 5 (0.40%) Zephyr
12 4 (0.32%) Gatling
12 4 (0.32%) Maven
12 4 (0.32%) MLflow
12 4 (0.32%) Sonatype Nexus
12 4 (0.32%) Vite
General
1 505 (40.18%) Social Skills
2 451 (35.88%) Finance
3 248 (19.73%) Analytical Skills
4 156 (12.41%) Public Sector
5 103 (8.19%) Banking
6 51 (4.06%) Legal
7 45 (3.58%) Marketing
8 43 (3.42%) Influencing Skills
9 39 (3.10%) Law
9 39 (3.10%) Organisational Skills
10 37 (2.94%) Retail
11 36 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
11 36 (2.86%) Telecoms
12 28 (2.23%) Documentation Skills
13 25 (1.99%) Local Government
14 21 (1.67%) Front Office
15 18 (1.43%) Manufacturing
16 16 (1.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 14 (1.11%) Financial Institution
17 14 (1.11%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 174 (13.84%) Lead
2 139 (11.06%) Analyst
3 107 (8.51%) Senior
4 94 (7.48%) Developer
5 88 (7.00%) Architect
6 57 (4.53%) Business Analyst
7 49 (3.90%) Delivery Manager
7 49 (3.90%) Project Manager
8 47 (3.74%) Consultant
9 40 (3.18%) Data Engineer
10 35 (2.78%) Lead Architect
11 31 (2.47%) DevOps Engineer
11 31 (2.47%) Functional Architect
11 31 (2.47%) Senior Manager
12 30 (2.39%) Scrum Master
13 27 (2.15%) Solutions Architect
13 27 (2.15%) Technical Manager
14 26 (2.07%) Azure Engineer
14 26 (2.07%) Cloud Engineer
15 25 (1.99%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (3.18%) React
2 38 (3.02%) RESTful
3 36 (2.86%) HTML
4 34 (2.70%) .NET
4 34 (2.70%) CSS
5 33 (2.63%) REST
6 25 (1.99%) Node.js
6 25 (1.99%) Spring
7 19 (1.51%) AngularJS
7 19 (1.51%) Spring Boot
8 16 (1.27%) Kafka
9 14 (1.11%) Playwright
9 14 (1.11%) PySpark
9 14 (1.11%) Web Services
10 13 (1.03%) Middleware
10 13 (1.03%) Next.js
11 12 (0.95%) Elastic Stack
11 12 (0.95%) OAuth
12 10 (0.80%) Oracle Fusion
13 9 (0.72%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 122 (9.71%) Product Ownership
2 74 (5.89%) Cloud Native
3 54 (4.30%) Onboarding
4 33 (2.63%) Virtual Team
5 32 (2.55%) Management Information System
6 23 (1.83%) Data Protection Act
7 22 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
8 21 (1.67%) Data Centre
8 21 (1.67%) Legacy Systems
9 20 (1.59%) AI Agents
10 18 (1.43%) Data Structures
10 18 (1.43%) Distributed Systems
10 18 (1.43%) Security Posture
10 18 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
11 17 (1.35%) Mobile App
12 16 (1.27%) Hybrid Cloud
13 15 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
14 14 (1.11%) CMDB
15 13 (1.03%) Derivative
15 13 (1.03%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 53 (4.22%) Windows
2 44 (3.50%) Linux
3 13 (1.03%) Apple iOS
3 13 (1.03%) Windows Server
4 11 (0.88%) Mac OS
5 8 (0.64%) Windows 10
6 6 (0.48%) Android
6 6 (0.48%) FreeRTOS
6 6 (0.48%) Unix
7 5 (0.40%) VMS
8 3 (0.24%) Amazon Linux
9 2 (0.16%) AIX
9 2 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.080%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.080%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.080%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 487 (38.74%) Agile
2 306 (24.34%) Stakeholder Management
3 268 (21.32%) DevOps
4 267 (21.24%) Problem-Solving
5 250 (19.89%) CI/CD
6 218 (17.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 207 (16.47%) Decision-Making
8 171 (13.60%) AI
9 159 (12.65%) Analytics
10 151 (12.01%) Migration
10 151 (12.01%) Roadmaps
11 123 (9.79%) Change Management
12 121 (9.63%) Business Intelligence
13 115 (9.15%) Test Automation
14 114 (9.07%) Project Management
14 114 (9.07%) Risk Management
14 114 (9.07%) Scrum
15 110 (8.75%) Infrastructure as Code
16 100 (7.96%) Mentoring
17 99 (7.88%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 187 (14.88%) Python
2 178 (14.16%) SQL
3 77 (6.13%) Java
4 62 (4.93%) JavaScript
5 54 (4.30%) PowerShell
6 37 (2.94%) TypeScript
7 35 (2.78%) C#
8 24 (1.91%) Bash
9 20 (1.59%) T-SQL
10 15 (1.19%) PL/SQL
11 11 (0.88%) Bicep
11 11 (0.88%) Kusto Query Language
12 10 (0.80%) C++
13 9 (0.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 9 (0.72%) Kotlin
14 8 (0.64%) Swift
15 7 (0.56%) Go
15 7 (0.56%) Shell Script
16 6 (0.48%) Apex Code
16 6 (0.48%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 224 (17.82%) Security Cleared
2 189 (15.04%) SC Cleared
3 120 (9.55%) Degree
4 36 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
5 29 (2.31%) Azure Certification
6 25 (1.99%) CISSP
6 25 (1.99%) PMI Certification
7 22 (1.75%) ACCA
8 21 (1.67%) DV Cleared
9 20 (1.59%) BPSS Clearance
9 20 (1.59%) CISM
10 17 (1.35%) PMP
11 16 (1.27%) AWS Certification
12 15 (1.19%) Cisco Certification
13 12 (0.95%) ISTQB
13 12 (0.95%) Master's Degree
14 9 (0.72%) CIMA
14 9 (0.72%) IIBA
14 9 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
15 7 (0.56%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 134 (10.66%) QA
2 81 (6.44%) Data Quality
3 57 (4.53%) PMO
4 56 (4.46%) GDPR
5 43 (3.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 40 (3.18%) NIST
7 28 (2.23%) Accessibility
8 24 (1.91%) SLA
9 21 (1.67%) Actionable Recommendations
10 15 (1.19%) GRC
10 15 (1.19%) IFRS
11 11 (0.88%) PCI DSS
12 10 (0.80%) NCSC
12 10 (0.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 8 (0.64%) WCAG
14 6 (0.48%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 6 (0.48%) PERC
15 5 (0.40%) GAAP
15 5 (0.40%) Government Security Classifications
15 5 (0.40%) NIST 800
System Software
1 65 (5.17%) Docker
2 28 (2.23%) Active Directory
3 19 (1.51%) 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
1 107 (8.51%) Terraform
2 88 (7.00%) Kubernetes
3 39 (3.10%) Ansible
4 19 (1.51%) Grafana
5 17 (1.35%) Microsoft Intune
5 17 (1.35%) Prometheus
6 11 (0.88%) SCCM
7 8 (0.64%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 6 (0.48%) HP ALM
9 5 (0.40%) ITRS Geneos
9 5 (0.40%) WSUS
10 4 (0.32%) Puppet
10 4 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.24%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.24%) SCOM
11 3 (0.24%) vRealize
12 2 (0.16%) Control-M
12 2 (0.16%) Kibana
12 2 (0.16%) logstash
12 2 (0.16%) Packer
Vendors
1 225 (17.90%) Microsoft
2 93 (7.40%) ServiceNow
3 65 (5.17%) Oracle
4 60 (4.77%) SAP
5 58 (4.61%) Salesforce
6 45 (3.58%) Google
7 28 (2.23%) Databricks
8 17 (1.35%) VMware
9 12 (0.95%) OpenAI
10 10 (0.80%) Adobe
10 10 (0.80%) Cisco
10 10 (0.80%) Foundry
10 10 (0.80%) Workday
11 9 (0.72%) ForgeRock
11 9 (0.72%) Okta
11 9 (0.72%) Splunk
12 8 (0.64%) Remedy
13 7 (0.56%) Murex
13 7 (0.56%) Zscaler
14 6 (0.48%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud