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

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 41 65
Rank change year-on-year +14 +24 +5
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 1,690 730 592
As % of all contract jobs in London 8.44% 5.50% 3.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.47% 5.95% 4.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,089 488 361
10th Percentile £350 £321 £363
25th Percentile £438 £420 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £757 £775 £775
England median daily rate £518 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +3.50% -4.76% -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 16 10
10th Percentile £18.50 £17.94 £17.08
25th Percentile £25.25 £23.12 £27.51
Median hourly rate £31.95 £35.24 £40.63
Median % change year-on-year -9.34% -13.26% -29.35%
75th Percentile £55.00 £49.38 £56.88
90th Percentile £72.75 £61.88 £77.50
England median hourly rate £35.27 £27.21 £50.00
% change year-on-year +29.60% -45.58% -16.67%

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 17,851 12,273 14,456
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.10% 92.44% 88.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,673 8,157 9,874
10th Percentile £360 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £660 £675 £688
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 289 254 194
10th Percentile £17.53 £17.00 £17.33
25th Percentile £20.02 £24.83 £22.28
Median hourly rate £35.50 £31.75 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.81% -11.81% -10.00%
75th Percentile £57.50 £49.75 £54.69
90th Percentile £85.43 £63.75 £71.69
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +1.18%

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 2 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 2 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 2 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 -1 172 £550 +10.00% 237
West London +8 57 £520 +1.56% 143
South London +18 49 £525 -9.17% 42
East London +5 13 £750 +294.74% 39
North London +2 4 £450 -18.18% 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 82 (4.85%) SharePoint
2 75 (4.44%) Confluence
3 30 (1.78%) Microsoft Exchange
4 21 (1.24%) Apache Airflow
5 17 (1.01%) Apache Spark
5 17 (1.01%) CMS
6 10 (0.59%) Apache
7 6 (0.36%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 6 (0.36%) IIS
8 4 (0.24%) Camunda
8 4 (0.24%) Sitecore CMS
8 4 (0.24%) WordPress
9 3 (0.18%) Appian
9 3 (0.18%) SAS
10 2 (0.12%) JBoss
10 2 (0.12%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.12%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.059%) MTS
11 1 (0.059%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.059%) WebLogic
Applications
1 80 (4.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 41 (2.43%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (1.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 21 (1.24%) Microsoft Project
5 17 (1.01%) MS Visio
6 6 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.24%) 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
9 1 (0.059%) Mingle
Business Applications
1 21 (1.24%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (0.89%) NetSuite
3 12 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (0.71%) Oracle EBS
4 8 (0.47%) Oracle ERP
5 7 (0.41%) Oracle Payables
6 6 (0.36%) Actimize
6 6 (0.36%) Magento
6 6 (0.36%) Salesforce CRM
7 5 (0.30%) Aladdin
7 5 (0.30%) Loan IQ
7 5 (0.30%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 5 (0.30%) SAP PM
8 4 (0.24%) Endur
8 4 (0.24%) Oracle Financials
8 4 (0.24%) SAP QM
8 4 (0.24%) Shopify
9 3 (0.18%) Remedy ITSM
9 3 (0.18%) SAP MDG
9 3 (0.18%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 395 (23.37%) Azure
2 320 (18.93%) AWS
3 167 (9.88%) Power Platform
4 115 (6.80%) Azure DevOps
5 109 (6.45%) Microsoft 365
6 103 (6.09%) GitHub
7 101 (5.98%) GCP
8 82 (4.85%) Entra ID
9 63 (3.73%) Serverless
10 62 (3.67%) SaaS
11 54 (3.20%) GitHub Actions
12 53 (3.14%) Dynamics 365
13 49 (2.90%) AWS Lambda
14 47 (2.78%) Amazon S3
15 35 (2.07%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 34 (2.01%) Microsoft Copilot
17 31 (1.83%) Amazon EC2
17 31 (1.83%) PowerApps
18 28 (1.66%) Power Automate
18 28 (1.66%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 38 (2.25%) Network Security
2 36 (2.13%) Firewall
3 33 (1.95%) DNS
4 21 (1.24%) TCP/IP
5 20 (1.18%) WAN
6 15 (0.89%) DHCP
6 15 (0.89%) VPN
7 12 (0.71%) LAN
8 9 (0.53%) VoIP
9 8 (0.47%) SD-WAN
9 8 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
10 5 (0.30%) BGP
10 5 (0.30%) HTTP
10 5 (0.30%) HTTPS
10 5 (0.30%) Unified Communications
10 5 (0.30%) WebEx
10 5 (0.30%) Wireless
11 4 (0.24%) DKIM
11 4 (0.24%) Kerberos
11 4 (0.24%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 129 (7.63%) Power BI
2 53 (3.14%) SQL Server
3 47 (2.78%) Metadata
4 41 (2.43%) Data Warehouse
5 37 (2.19%) PostgreSQL
6 34 (2.01%) Relational Database
7 29 (1.72%) Amazon RDS
8 27 (1.60%) Tableau
9 25 (1.48%) Delta Lake
10 24 (1.42%) NoSQL
11 17 (1.01%) Data Lake
12 15 (0.89%) Parquet
12 15 (0.89%) Power Query
13 12 (0.71%) Big Data
14 10 (0.59%) Oracle Database
15 9 (0.53%) MySQL
16 8 (0.47%) MongoDB
17 7 (0.41%) BigQuery
17 7 (0.41%) RDBMS
18 6 (0.36%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 152 (8.99%) JIRA
2 104 (6.15%) Git
3 85 (5.03%) Jenkins
4 46 (2.72%) GitLab
5 32 (1.89%) Selenium
6 16 (0.95%) Cypress.io
7 12 (0.71%) Cucumber
7 12 (0.71%) JUnit
7 12 (0.71%) Postman
8 11 (0.65%) Bitbucket
9 9 (0.53%) CircleCI
9 9 (0.53%) Maven
9 9 (0.53%) Visual Studio
10 7 (0.41%) Gradle
10 7 (0.41%) Mockito
10 7 (0.41%) REST Assured
10 7 (0.41%) Zephyr
11 6 (0.36%) JMeter
11 6 (0.36%) Sonatype Nexus
11 6 (0.36%) XCUITest
General
1 761 (45.03%) Social Skills
2 546 (32.31%) Finance
3 388 (22.96%) Analytical Skills
4 287 (16.98%) Public Sector
5 197 (11.66%) Banking
6 71 (4.20%) Influencing Skills
7 66 (3.91%) Organisational Skills
8 59 (3.49%) Legal
9 56 (3.31%) Law
10 49 (2.90%) Documentation Skills
10 49 (2.90%) Retail
11 48 (2.84%) Front Office
11 48 (2.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 40 (2.37%) Local Government
13 39 (2.31%) Investment Banking
14 36 (2.13%) Marketing
15 30 (1.78%) Telecoms
16 27 (1.60%) Presentation Skills
17 22 (1.30%) Military
17 22 (1.30%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 234 (13.85%) Lead
2 194 (11.48%) Senior
3 176 (10.41%) Analyst
4 164 (9.70%) Developer
5 114 (6.75%) Architect
6 64 (3.79%) DevOps Engineer
7 62 (3.67%) Project Manager
8 58 (3.43%) Consultant
9 54 (3.20%) Delivery Manager
10 51 (3.02%) Business Analyst
11 48 (2.84%) Data Engineer
12 43 (2.54%) Software Engineer
13 41 (2.43%) Scrum Master
14 39 (2.31%) Senior Manager
15 36 (2.13%) Product Owner
16 35 (2.07%) Lead Architect
17 33 (1.95%) Product Manager
18 32 (1.89%) Support Engineer
19 31 (1.83%) Cloud Engineer
20 30 (1.78%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 135 (7.99%) Terraform
2 96 (5.68%) REST
3 79 (4.67%) RESTful
4 54 (3.20%) React
5 52 (3.08%) .NET
5 52 (3.08%) Kafka
6 51 (3.02%) Spring
7 48 (2.84%) Spring Boot
8 43 (2.54%) AngularJS
9 42 (2.49%) HTML
10 37 (2.19%) CSS
11 36 (2.13%) Web Services
12 31 (1.83%) Django
13 26 (1.54%) SOAP
14 24 (1.42%) PySpark
15 23 (1.36%) Node.js
16 22 (1.30%) JSON
16 22 (1.30%) Middleware
16 22 (1.30%) XML
17 21 (1.24%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 203 (12.01%) Product Ownership
2 130 (7.69%) Onboarding
3 118 (6.98%) Cloud Native
4 50 (2.96%) Management Information System
5 46 (2.72%) Data Protection Act
6 45 (2.66%) Distributed Systems
7 39 (2.31%) Enterprise Software
7 39 (2.31%) Legacy Systems
8 37 (2.19%) Virtual Team
9 32 (1.89%) AI Agents
10 30 (1.78%) Security Posture
11 29 (1.72%) Data Structures
12 27 (1.60%) Self-Motivation
13 26 (1.54%) CMDB
13 26 (1.54%) Data Centre
14 24 (1.42%) Hybrid Cloud
15 23 (1.36%) NHS
16 20 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
17 19 (1.12%) Operational Technology
18 18 (1.07%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 111 (6.57%) Windows
2 85 (5.03%) Linux
3 33 (1.95%) Windows Server
4 25 (1.48%) Unix
5 22 (1.30%) Windows 10
6 21 (1.24%) Apple iOS
7 16 (0.95%) Android
8 15 (0.89%) Mac OS
9 14 (0.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 6 (0.36%) Amazon Linux
11 3 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.12%) AIX
12 2 (0.12%) VMS
13 1 (0.059%) HPUX
13 1 (0.059%) Oracle Linux
13 1 (0.059%) Solaris
13 1 (0.059%) SUSE
13 1 (0.059%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 672 (39.76%) Agile
2 529 (31.30%) Stakeholder Management
3 439 (25.98%) Problem-Solving
4 352 (20.83%) DevOps
5 351 (20.77%) CI/CD
6 345 (20.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 309 (18.28%) Decision-Making
8 278 (16.45%) AI
9 226 (13.37%) Roadmaps
10 203 (12.01%) Analytics
11 188 (11.12%) Scrum
12 182 (10.77%) Change Management
13 172 (10.18%) Migration
14 157 (9.29%) Test Automation
15 154 (9.11%) Software Engineering
16 152 (8.99%) Infrastructure as Code
17 148 (8.76%) Business Intelligence
18 145 (8.58%) Mentoring
19 141 (8.34%) Technical Leadership
20 140 (8.28%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 292 (17.28%) Python
2 254 (15.03%) SQL
3 137 (8.11%) Java
4 90 (5.33%) JavaScript
5 87 (5.15%) PowerShell
6 70 (4.14%) C#
7 59 (3.49%) Bash
8 50 (2.96%) TypeScript
9 22 (1.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 21 (1.24%) T-SQL
11 18 (1.07%) PL/SQL
12 17 (1.01%) Bicep
13 16 (0.95%) Go
14 15 (0.89%) Groovy
14 15 (0.89%) Perl
15 13 (0.77%) Korn
16 12 (0.71%) R
17 11 (0.65%) Kotlin
18 10 (0.59%) Apex Code
18 10 (0.59%) VBA
Qualifications
1 371 (21.95%) Security Cleared
2 316 (18.70%) SC Cleared
3 155 (9.17%) Degree
4 57 (3.37%) Computer Science Degree
5 50 (2.96%) DV Cleared
6 46 (2.72%) PMP
7 39 (2.31%) PMI Certification
8 37 (2.19%) Azure Certification
9 35 (2.07%) AWS Certification
10 31 (1.83%) CISSP
11 18 (1.07%) BPSS Clearance
12 17 (1.01%) Cisco Certification
13 16 (0.95%) CISM
14 15 (0.89%) ITIL Certification
15 11 (0.65%) ISTQB
15 11 (0.65%) Microsoft Certification
16 10 (0.59%) CompTIA Security+
16 10 (0.59%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 10 (0.59%) Master's Degree
17 9 (0.53%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 149 (8.82%) QA
2 138 (8.17%) Data Quality
3 80 (4.73%) PMO
4 44 (2.60%) Accessibility
5 43 (2.54%) SLA
6 41 (2.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 41 (2.43%) NIST
7 39 (2.31%) GDPR
8 29 (1.72%) GRC
9 17 (1.01%) Actionable Recommendations
9 17 (1.01%) NCSC
10 12 (0.71%) COBIT
10 12 (0.71%) WCAG
11 10 (0.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 9 (0.53%) PCI DSS
13 7 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
14 6 (0.36%) ISO 22301
15 5 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 5 (0.30%) HIPAA
16 4 (0.24%) GxP
System Software
1 108 (6.39%) Docker
2 85 (5.03%) Active Directory
3 20 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
4 13 (0.77%) Virtual Desktop
4 13 (0.77%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (0.53%) IAG
6 3 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.18%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.18%) vSphere
7 2 (0.12%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.12%) Squid
7 2 (0.12%) zsh
8 1 (0.059%) Ceph
8 1 (0.059%) Sendmail
8 1 (0.059%) UAG
8 1 (0.059%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 138 (8.17%) Kubernetes
2 50 (2.96%) Grafana
2 50 (2.96%) Prometheus
3 49 (2.90%) Ansible
4 39 (2.31%) Microsoft Intune
5 14 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (0.59%) Kibana
6 10 (0.59%) SCCM
7 5 (0.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 5 (0.30%) Cisco CUCM
8 4 (0.24%) Control-M
8 4 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
8 4 (0.24%) Puppet
8 4 (0.24%) QRadar
9 3 (0.18%) ITRS Geneos
9 3 (0.18%) Nagios
9 3 (0.18%) WSUS
10 2 (0.12%) Istio
10 2 (0.12%) Packer
10 2 (0.12%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 325 (19.23%) Microsoft
2 112 (6.63%) ServiceNow
3 105 (6.21%) Oracle
4 65 (3.85%) Salesforce
5 64 (3.79%) SAP
6 61 (3.61%) Google
7 39 (2.31%) Splunk
8 37 (2.19%) Databricks
9 26 (1.54%) Cisco
10 24 (1.42%) VMware
11 22 (1.30%) IBM
12 19 (1.12%) Dynatrace
13 16 (0.95%) Zscaler
14 14 (0.83%) Apple
15 13 (0.77%) Adobe
15 13 (0.77%) Red Hat
16 10 (0.59%) Ariba
16 10 (0.59%) OpenAI
17 9 (0.53%) Murex
17 9 (0.53%) Qualys