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 19 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 40 58
Rank change year-on-year +13 +18 +11
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 1,734 772 622
As % of all contract jobs in London 8.52% 5.73% 3.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.58% 6.19% 4.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,128 512 372
10th Percentile £350 £325 £350
25th Percentile £438 £419 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -6.62%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £677
90th Percentile £763 £750 £775
England median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 17 10
10th Percentile £18.50 £17.00 £17.08
25th Percentile £25.25 £22.50 £27.51
Median hourly rate £29.15 £34.00 £40.63
Median % change year-on-year -14.26% -16.31% -17.93%
75th Percentile £52.88 £47.50 £56.88
90th Percentile £62.85 £69.75 £77.50
England median hourly rate £32.23 £25.08 £41.25
% change year-on-year +28.51% -39.21% -36.54%

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 18,107 12,462 14,550
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.93% 92.53% 89.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,868 8,244 9,685
10th Percentile £360 £327 £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 £663 £675 £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 306 252 179
10th Percentile £16.50 £17.01 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.00 £23.80
Median hourly rate £35.00 £31.75 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.24% -9.29% -9.58%
75th Percentile £57.38 £49.56 £55.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £72.50
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -3.37%

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 19 September 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 19 September 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 19 September 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 +1 192 £550 +7.87% 358
West London +5 57 £520 +4.00% 120
South London +22 48 £525 -9.76% 45
East London +3 13 £750 +294.74% 50
North London +2 5 £488 -11.36% 4
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 84 (4.84%) SharePoint
2 77 (4.44%) Confluence
3 30 (1.73%) Microsoft Exchange
4 22 (1.27%) Apache Airflow
5 19 (1.10%) Apache Spark
6 18 (1.04%) CMS
7 13 (0.75%) Apache
8 6 (0.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 6 (0.35%) IIS
9 4 (0.23%) Sitecore CMS
9 4 (0.23%) WordPress
10 3 (0.17%) Jupyter
10 3 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 3 (0.17%) Oracle Workflow
10 3 (0.17%) SAS
11 2 (0.12%) Appian
11 2 (0.12%) Camunda
11 2 (0.12%) CICS
11 2 (0.12%) JBoss
11 2 (0.12%) OpenStack
Applications
1 78 (4.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 41 (2.36%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (1.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 21 (1.21%) Microsoft Project
5 18 (1.04%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.23%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.12%) CPLEX
8 2 (0.12%) InDesign
8 2 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
8 2 (0.12%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 18 (1.04%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (0.81%) NetSuite
2 14 (0.81%) Oracle EBS
3 12 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
4 8 (0.46%) Oracle ERP
5 7 (0.40%) Magento
5 7 (0.40%) Oracle Payables
6 6 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
7 5 (0.29%) Actimize
7 5 (0.29%) Loan IQ
7 5 (0.29%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 5 (0.29%) SAP PM
8 4 (0.23%) Oracle Financials
8 4 (0.23%) SAP QM
8 4 (0.23%) Shopify
9 3 (0.17%) Aladdin
9 3 (0.17%) IBM Planning Analytics
9 3 (0.17%) Orchestrade
9 3 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
9 3 (0.17%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 390 (22.49%) Azure
2 325 (18.74%) AWS
3 154 (8.88%) Power Platform
4 117 (6.75%) Microsoft 365
5 114 (6.57%) GitHub
6 109 (6.29%) Azure DevOps
7 98 (5.65%) GCP
8 84 (4.84%) Entra ID
9 71 (4.09%) Serverless
10 61 (3.52%) GitHub Actions
10 61 (3.52%) SaaS
11 56 (3.23%) Amazon S3
12 54 (3.11%) AWS Lambda
13 41 (2.36%) Dynamics 365
14 40 (2.31%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 40 (2.31%) Microsoft Copilot
15 39 (2.25%) Amazon EC2
16 33 (1.90%) Snowflake
17 30 (1.73%) Azure AKS
17 30 (1.73%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 35 (2.02%) Firewall
2 34 (1.96%) DNS
2 34 (1.96%) Network Security
3 23 (1.33%) TCP/IP
4 18 (1.04%) WAN
5 17 (0.98%) VPN
6 15 (0.87%) DHCP
7 11 (0.63%) LAN
8 9 (0.52%) VoIP
9 8 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (0.35%) HTTPS
10 6 (0.35%) SD-WAN
11 5 (0.29%) HTTP
11 5 (0.29%) Unified Communications
11 5 (0.29%) WebEx
12 4 (0.23%) BGP
12 4 (0.23%) DKIM
12 4 (0.23%) Kerberos
12 4 (0.23%) SAN
12 4 (0.23%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 114 (6.57%) Power BI
2 58 (3.34%) SQL Server
3 48 (2.77%) Data Warehouse
4 46 (2.65%) Metadata
5 38 (2.19%) PostgreSQL
6 35 (2.02%) Relational Database
7 30 (1.73%) Amazon RDS
8 25 (1.44%) NoSQL
8 25 (1.44%) Tableau
9 24 (1.38%) Delta Lake
10 20 (1.15%) Data Lake
11 16 (0.92%) Power Query
12 15 (0.87%) Parquet
13 12 (0.69%) Oracle Database
14 11 (0.63%) Big Data
15 10 (0.58%) MongoDB
16 9 (0.52%) MySQL
17 7 (0.40%) Amazon Athena
17 7 (0.40%) BigQuery
17 7 (0.40%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 155 (8.94%) JIRA
2 108 (6.23%) Git
3 92 (5.31%) Jenkins
4 51 (2.94%) GitLab
5 35 (2.02%) Selenium
6 16 (0.92%) Cypress.io
7 14 (0.81%) Cucumber
8 13 (0.75%) Bitbucket
8 13 (0.75%) JUnit
8 13 (0.75%) Postman
9 10 (0.58%) Visual Studio
10 9 (0.52%) CircleCI
10 9 (0.52%) Maven
11 7 (0.40%) Gradle
11 7 (0.40%) Mockito
12 6 (0.35%) SonarQube
12 6 (0.35%) XCTest
12 6 (0.35%) XCUITest
12 6 (0.35%) Zephyr
13 5 (0.29%) Claude Code
General
1 779 (44.93%) Social Skills
2 544 (31.37%) Finance
3 403 (23.24%) Analytical Skills
4 295 (17.01%) Public Sector
5 204 (11.76%) Banking
6 75 (4.33%) Influencing Skills
7 70 (4.04%) Organisational Skills
8 57 (3.29%) Legal
9 51 (2.94%) Front Office
9 51 (2.94%) Retail
10 49 (2.83%) Documentation Skills
11 48 (2.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 43 (2.48%) Law
13 37 (2.13%) Local Government
14 36 (2.08%) Marketing
15 35 (2.02%) Investment Banking
16 27 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
17 26 (1.50%) Telecoms
18 24 (1.38%) Pharmaceutical
19 23 (1.33%) Military
Job Titles
1 231 (13.32%) Lead
2 201 (11.59%) Senior
3 174 (10.03%) Analyst
4 172 (9.92%) Developer
5 90 (5.19%) Architect
6 67 (3.86%) DevOps Engineer
7 65 (3.75%) Project Manager
8 56 (3.23%) Data Engineer
9 55 (3.17%) Consultant
10 54 (3.11%) Delivery Manager
11 52 (3.00%) Business Analyst
12 47 (2.71%) Software Engineer
13 41 (2.36%) Scrum Master
14 39 (2.25%) Product Manager
14 39 (2.25%) Senior Manager
15 35 (2.02%) Product Owner
16 32 (1.85%) Support Engineer
17 31 (1.79%) Java Developer
18 29 (1.67%) Applications Support
18 29 (1.67%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 146 (8.42%) Terraform
2 98 (5.65%) REST
3 79 (4.56%) RESTful
4 57 (3.29%) .NET
5 56 (3.23%) Kafka
6 53 (3.06%) React
6 53 (3.06%) Spring
7 49 (2.83%) Spring Boot
8 42 (2.42%) AngularJS
8 42 (2.42%) HTML
8 42 (2.42%) Web Services
9 36 (2.08%) CSS
10 31 (1.79%) Django
10 31 (1.79%) SOAP
11 30 (1.73%) PySpark
12 25 (1.44%) Node.js
13 23 (1.33%) JSON
13 23 (1.33%) Middleware
13 23 (1.33%) XML
14 21 (1.21%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 217 (12.51%) Product Ownership
2 135 (7.79%) Onboarding
3 121 (6.98%) Cloud Native
4 52 (3.00%) Management Information System
5 46 (2.65%) Distributed Systems
6 45 (2.60%) Data Protection Act
6 45 (2.60%) Enterprise Software
7 39 (2.25%) AI Agents
7 39 (2.25%) Legacy Systems
7 39 (2.25%) Virtual Team
8 33 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
9 31 (1.79%) Security Posture
10 28 (1.61%) Data Structures
11 24 (1.38%) CMDB
11 24 (1.38%) NHS
12 23 (1.33%) Data Centre
13 22 (1.27%) Hybrid Cloud
14 20 (1.15%) Analytical Mindset
15 19 (1.10%) Low-Code
16 18 (1.04%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 118 (6.81%) Windows
2 92 (5.31%) Linux
3 35 (2.02%) Windows Server
4 27 (1.56%) Unix
5 22 (1.27%) Windows 10
6 21 (1.21%) Apple iOS
7 17 (0.98%) Android
8 15 (0.87%) Mac OS
8 15 (0.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 6 (0.35%) Amazon Linux
10 3 (0.17%) VMS
10 3 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.12%) AIX
11 2 (0.12%) zOS
12 1 (0.058%) HPUX
12 1 (0.058%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.058%) Solaris
12 1 (0.058%) SUSE
12 1 (0.058%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 681 (39.27%) Agile
2 572 (32.99%) Stakeholder Management
3 454 (26.18%) Problem-Solving
4 372 (21.45%) CI/CD
5 358 (20.65%) DevOps
6 349 (20.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 313 (18.05%) Decision-Making
8 300 (17.30%) AI
9 248 (14.30%) Roadmaps
10 214 (12.34%) Analytics
11 195 (11.25%) Scrum
12 183 (10.55%) Change Management
13 168 (9.69%) Infrastructure as Code
14 165 (9.52%) Software Engineering
15 163 (9.40%) Migration
15 163 (9.40%) Test Automation
16 153 (8.82%) Risk Management
17 151 (8.71%) Technical Leadership
18 148 (8.54%) Mentoring
19 144 (8.30%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 307 (17.70%) Python
2 272 (15.69%) SQL
3 145 (8.36%) Java
4 94 (5.42%) JavaScript
5 90 (5.19%) PowerShell
6 76 (4.38%) C#
7 61 (3.52%) Bash
8 57 (3.29%) TypeScript
9 24 (1.38%) T-SQL
10 23 (1.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 18 (1.04%) PL/SQL
12 16 (0.92%) Groovy
13 15 (0.87%) Go
13 15 (0.87%) Perl
14 14 (0.81%) Korn
15 13 (0.75%) Bicep
16 12 (0.69%) R
17 10 (0.58%) Apex Code
17 10 (0.58%) Shell Script
17 10 (0.58%) VBA
Qualifications
1 401 (23.13%) Security Cleared
2 344 (19.84%) SC Cleared
3 150 (8.65%) Degree
4 56 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
5 54 (3.11%) PMP
6 53 (3.06%) DV Cleared
7 46 (2.65%) PMI Certification
8 36 (2.08%) AWS Certification
9 34 (1.96%) Azure Certification
10 33 (1.90%) CISSP
11 25 (1.44%) BPSS Clearance
12 19 (1.10%) CISM
13 17 (0.98%) Cisco Certification
14 16 (0.92%) ITIL Certification
15 12 (0.69%) ISTQB
16 11 (0.63%) CompTIA Security+
16 11 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
17 10 (0.58%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 10 (0.58%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
18 9 (0.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 155 (8.94%) QA
2 148 (8.54%) Data Quality
3 77 (4.44%) PMO
4 48 (2.77%) Accessibility
5 47 (2.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 42 (2.42%) NIST
7 41 (2.36%) SLA
8 35 (2.02%) GDPR
9 31 (1.79%) GRC
10 19 (1.10%) NCSC
11 17 (0.98%) Actionable Recommendations
12 12 (0.69%) COBIT
12 12 (0.69%) WCAG
13 11 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
14 10 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 9 (0.52%) PCI DSS
16 6 (0.35%) ISO 20022
17 5 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 5 (0.29%) HIPAA
17 5 (0.29%) P3O
System Software
1 118 (6.81%) Docker
2 83 (4.79%) Active Directory
3 21 (1.21%) Virtual Machines
4 14 (0.81%) Virtual Desktop
5 13 (0.75%) VMware Infrastructure
6 9 (0.52%) IAG
7 3 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.17%) vSphere
8 2 (0.12%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.12%) RACF
8 2 (0.12%) Squid
8 2 (0.12%) Time Sharing Option
8 2 (0.12%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.12%) zsh
9 1 (0.058%) Ceph
9 1 (0.058%) UAG
9 1 (0.058%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 149 (8.59%) Kubernetes
2 57 (3.29%) Ansible
3 51 (2.94%) Grafana
4 50 (2.88%) Prometheus
5 40 (2.31%) Microsoft Intune
6 14 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
7 12 (0.69%) Kibana
7 12 (0.69%) SCCM
8 5 (0.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 5 (0.29%) Cisco CUCM
8 5 (0.29%) Puppet
9 4 (0.23%) Control-M
9 4 (0.23%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (0.23%) QRadar
10 3 (0.17%) ITRS Geneos
10 3 (0.17%) Nagios
10 3 (0.17%) Packer
10 3 (0.17%) WSUS
11 2 (0.12%) HP Fortify
11 2 (0.12%) Karpenter
Vendors
1 326 (18.80%) Microsoft
2 114 (6.57%) Oracle
3 111 (6.40%) ServiceNow
4 63 (3.63%) Salesforce
5 57 (3.29%) SAP
6 56 (3.23%) Google
7 45 (2.60%) Splunk
8 43 (2.48%) Databricks
9 31 (1.79%) IBM
10 24 (1.38%) Cisco
11 22 (1.27%) VMware
12 19 (1.10%) Dynatrace
13 16 (0.92%) Zscaler
14 14 (0.81%) Apple
14 14 (0.81%) Red Hat
14 14 (0.81%) UiPath
15 13 (0.75%) Adobe
16 11 (0.63%) Qualys
16 11 (0.63%) Workday
17 10 (0.58%) Okta