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 9 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 46 77
Rank change year-on-year +19 +31 0
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 1,514 659 552
As % of all contract jobs in London 7.68% 4.88% 3.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.64% 5.30% 3.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 999 438 377
10th Percentile £350 £350 £358
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £526 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.19% -4.32% -4.35%
75th Percentile £619 £688 £700
90th Percentile £750 £841 £793
England median daily rate £509 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +1.70% -4.76% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 8 16
10th Percentile £25.25 £27.29 £17.00
25th Percentile £26.20 £31.05 £24.26
Median hourly rate £41.00 £38.99 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.16% +29.97% -47.83%
75th Percentile £66.25 £49.38 £50.31
90th Percentile £93.25 £57.63 £66.88
England median hourly rate £55.00 £28.75 £35.00
% change year-on-year +91.30% -17.86% -30.00%

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 17,532 12,440 15,649
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.99% 92.14% 88.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,643 8,309 11,135
10th Percentile £360 £331 £340
25th Percentile £440 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - -5.58%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £680
90th Percentile £769 £798 £800
England median daily rate £525 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +1.94% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 274 234 293
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £15.96
25th Percentile £22.87 £24.66 £20.02
Median hourly rate £36.75 £32.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.84% +6.67% -27.31%
75th Percentile £58.98 £50.38 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.60 £68.75
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% -6.07%

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 9 July 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 9 July 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 9 July 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 -1 161 £525 +5.00% 172
South London +20 49 £500 -14.00% 17
West London -3 46 £520 +2.77% 43
East London +11 13 £675 +15.38% 29
North London -2 2 £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 72 (4.76%) Confluence
2 61 (4.03%) SharePoint
3 20 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
4 15 (0.99%) Apache Airflow
5 12 (0.79%) Apache Spark
6 10 (0.66%) CMS
7 7 (0.46%) Apache
8 6 (0.40%) IIS
9 4 (0.26%) WordPress
10 3 (0.20%) Camunda
11 2 (0.13%) Appian
11 2 (0.13%) SAS
12 1 (0.066%) Anypoint
12 1 (0.066%) Apache Pulsar
12 1 (0.066%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.066%) govService
12 1 (0.066%) Jupyter
12 1 (0.066%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.066%) Palantir Foundry
12 1 (0.066%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 74 (4.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 32 (2.11%) Microsoft Office
3 29 (1.92%) Microsoft Project
4 27 (1.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 19 (1.25%) MS Visio
6 11 (0.73%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.13%) CPLEX
8 2 (0.13%) Oracle Smart View
9 1 (0.066%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.066%) InDesign
9 1 (0.066%) Mingle
9 1 (0.066%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 20 (1.32%) NetSuite
1 20 (1.32%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (0.59%) Actimize
3 9 (0.59%) Oracle ERP
4 8 (0.53%) Loan IQ
4 8 (0.53%) Oracle EBS
5 7 (0.46%) Salesforce CRM
6 6 (0.40%) Oracle Payables
6 6 (0.40%) Remedy ITSM
7 5 (0.33%) Aladdin
7 5 (0.33%) Magento
7 5 (0.33%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 5 (0.33%) SAP PM
8 4 (0.26%) Endur
8 4 (0.26%) SAP QM
9 3 (0.20%) Oracle Financials
9 3 (0.20%) Orchestrade
9 3 (0.20%) SAP Oil and Gas
9 3 (0.20%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 338 (22.32%) Azure
2 288 (19.02%) AWS
3 142 (9.38%) Power Platform
4 108 (7.13%) Azure DevOps
5 93 (6.14%) GitHub
6 82 (5.42%) GCP
7 75 (4.95%) Microsoft 365
8 61 (4.03%) SaaS
9 60 (3.96%) Entra ID
10 55 (3.63%) GitHub Actions
11 54 (3.57%) Serverless
12 52 (3.43%) Dynamics 365
13 45 (2.97%) Amazon S3
14 43 (2.84%) AWS Lambda
15 35 (2.31%) Amazon EC2
16 33 (2.18%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 30 (1.98%) AWS CloudFormation
18 29 (1.92%) Virtual Private Cloud
19 27 (1.78%) Azure AKS
20 24 (1.59%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 33 (2.18%) Firewall
2 28 (1.85%) Network Security
3 20 (1.32%) DNS
4 16 (1.06%) WAN
5 11 (0.73%) VoIP
6 10 (0.66%) LAN
7 9 (0.59%) SD-WAN
8 6 (0.40%) BGP
8 6 (0.40%) DHCP
8 6 (0.40%) OSPF
8 6 (0.40%) TCP/IP
8 6 (0.40%) VPN
9 5 (0.33%) HTTPS
9 5 (0.33%) MPLS
9 5 (0.33%) NGFW
9 5 (0.33%) Unified Communications
9 5 (0.33%) WebEx
10 4 (0.26%) IOS XR
10 4 (0.26%) NX-OS
10 4 (0.26%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 116 (7.66%) Power BI
2 41 (2.71%) SQL Server
3 37 (2.44%) Tableau
4 36 (2.38%) Metadata
5 34 (2.25%) Data Warehouse
6 28 (1.85%) Relational Database
7 27 (1.78%) Amazon RDS
8 26 (1.72%) PostgreSQL
9 20 (1.32%) NoSQL
10 18 (1.19%) Data Lake
11 15 (0.99%) Delta Lake
12 12 (0.79%) Power Query
13 11 (0.73%) Parquet
14 10 (0.66%) Big Data
15 9 (0.59%) BigQuery
16 8 (0.53%) Snowflake Schema
17 7 (0.46%) Oracle Database
17 7 (0.46%) Oracle Reports
18 6 (0.40%) RDBMS
19 5 (0.33%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 163 (10.77%) JIRA
2 69 (4.56%) Jenkins
3 68 (4.49%) Git
4 45 (2.97%) GitLab
5 24 (1.59%) Selenium
6 17 (1.12%) Cucumber
7 12 (0.79%) Cypress.io
8 9 (0.59%) JMeter
9 8 (0.53%) Bitbucket
9 8 (0.53%) JUnit
9 8 (0.53%) Postman
9 8 (0.53%) REST Assured
9 8 (0.53%) Team Foundation Server
10 6 (0.40%) CircleCI
10 6 (0.40%) Visual Studio
10 6 (0.40%) Vite
10 6 (0.40%) XCTest
11 5 (0.33%) Gatling
11 5 (0.33%) Sonatype Nexus
11 5 (0.33%) TestRail
General
1 621 (41.02%) Social Skills
2 522 (34.48%) Finance
3 324 (21.40%) Analytical Skills
4 215 (14.20%) Public Sector
5 146 (9.64%) Banking
6 59 (3.90%) Legal
7 56 (3.70%) Influencing Skills
8 55 (3.63%) Organisational Skills
9 52 (3.43%) Law
10 47 (3.10%) Retail
11 40 (2.64%) Documentation Skills
12 38 (2.51%) Local Government
13 36 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 35 (2.31%) Marketing
15 34 (2.25%) Presentation Skills
16 33 (2.18%) Front Office
17 28 (1.85%) Telecoms
18 27 (1.78%) Investment Banking
19 18 (1.19%) Pharmaceutical
20 16 (1.06%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 210 (13.87%) Lead
2 151 (9.97%) Analyst
2 151 (9.97%) Senior
3 133 (8.78%) Developer
4 94 (6.21%) Architect
5 65 (4.29%) Project Manager
6 56 (3.70%) Consultant
7 55 (3.63%) DevOps Engineer
8 52 (3.43%) Delivery Manager
9 45 (2.97%) Data Engineer
10 43 (2.84%) Business Analyst
11 39 (2.58%) Scrum Master
12 38 (2.51%) Software Engineer
13 37 (2.44%) Senior Manager
14 34 (2.25%) Lead Architect
15 31 (2.05%) Functional Architect
16 30 (1.98%) Azure Engineer
17 29 (1.92%) Product Owner
18 27 (1.78%) Cloud Engineer
19 26 (1.72%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (4.10%) REST
2 53 (3.50%) RESTful
3 50 (3.30%) React
4 35 (2.31%) .NET
4 35 (2.31%) Spring
5 34 (2.25%) Kafka
6 32 (2.11%) HTML
7 31 (2.05%) Spring Boot
8 29 (1.92%) CSS
9 28 (1.85%) AngularJS
10 26 (1.72%) Node.js
11 20 (1.32%) Django
11 20 (1.32%) Middleware
12 19 (1.25%) Web Services
13 16 (1.06%) JSON
13 16 (1.06%) Playwright
14 15 (0.99%) Next.js
14 15 (0.99%) SOAP
15 14 (0.92%) OAuth
15 14 (0.92%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 161 (10.63%) Product Ownership
2 100 (6.61%) Cloud Native
3 85 (5.61%) Onboarding
4 45 (2.97%) Virtual Team
5 42 (2.77%) Data Protection Act
6 41 (2.71%) Management Information System
7 34 (2.25%) Legacy Systems
8 33 (2.18%) Distributed Systems
9 29 (1.92%) Security Posture
10 27 (1.78%) Data Centre
11 26 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
12 23 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
12 23 (1.52%) Data Structures
13 22 (1.45%) AI Agents
13 22 (1.45%) CMDB
14 18 (1.19%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 17 (1.12%) Derivative
16 15 (0.99%) Enterprise Software
17 14 (0.92%) Operational Technology
18 13 (0.86%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 84 (5.55%) Windows
2 58 (3.83%) Linux
3 19 (1.25%) Windows Server
4 15 (0.99%) Mac OS
5 14 (0.92%) Apple iOS
6 12 (0.79%) Windows 10
7 11 (0.73%) Unix
8 5 (0.33%) Amazon Linux
8 5 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.26%) Android
10 2 (0.13%) AIX
10 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.066%) FreeRTOS
11 1 (0.066%) HPUX
11 1 (0.066%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.066%) Solaris
11 1 (0.066%) SUSE
11 1 (0.066%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 573 (37.85%) Agile
2 408 (26.95%) Stakeholder Management
3 363 (23.98%) Problem-Solving
4 322 (21.27%) DevOps
5 308 (20.34%) CI/CD
6 283 (18.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 277 (18.30%) Decision-Making
8 230 (15.19%) AI
9 182 (12.02%) Analytics
10 181 (11.96%) Roadmaps
11 160 (10.57%) Change Management
12 158 (10.44%) Scrum
13 151 (9.97%) Migration
14 140 (9.25%) Test Automation
15 137 (9.05%) Business Intelligence
16 132 (8.72%) Risk Management
17 130 (8.59%) Infrastructure as Code
18 125 (8.26%) Mentoring
19 123 (8.12%) Validation
20 120 (7.93%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 240 (15.85%) Python
2 223 (14.73%) SQL
3 113 (7.46%) Java
4 75 (4.95%) JavaScript
5 67 (4.43%) PowerShell
6 51 (3.37%) C#
7 45 (2.97%) TypeScript
8 40 (2.64%) Bash
9 25 (1.65%) T-SQL
10 22 (1.45%) PL/SQL
11 16 (1.06%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 12 (0.79%) Apex Code
13 11 (0.73%) Bicep
13 11 (0.73%) Kotlin
14 10 (0.66%) Go
15 9 (0.59%) C++
15 9 (0.59%) Groovy
15 9 (0.59%) Perl
15 9 (0.59%) Ruby
15 9 (0.59%) Swift
Qualifications
1 308 (20.34%) Security Cleared
2 262 (17.31%) SC Cleared
3 137 (9.05%) Degree
4 48 (3.17%) Computer Science Degree
5 40 (2.64%) DV Cleared
6 35 (2.31%) CISSP
6 35 (2.31%) PMP
7 34 (2.25%) PMI Certification
8 30 (1.98%) Azure Certification
9 26 (1.72%) AWS Certification
10 23 (1.52%) CISM
11 20 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
11 20 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
12 12 (0.79%) ACCA
12 12 (0.79%) CCNP
12 12 (0.79%) ITIL Certification
12 12 (0.79%) Master's Degree
13 10 (0.66%) ISTQB
14 8 (0.53%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 8 (0.53%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 132 (8.72%) QA
2 107 (7.07%) Data Quality
3 70 (4.62%) PMO
4 49 (3.24%) GDPR
5 46 (3.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 40 (2.64%) NIST
7 39 (2.58%) Accessibility
8 31 (2.05%) SLA
9 24 (1.59%) GRC
10 15 (0.99%) PCI DSS
11 14 (0.92%) Actionable Recommendations
12 12 (0.79%) IFRS
13 10 (0.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 8 (0.53%) NCSC
15 6 (0.40%) GAAP
15 6 (0.40%) NIST 800
16 5 (0.33%) Government Security Classifications
16 5 (0.33%) HIPAA
16 5 (0.33%) ISO 22301
17 4 (0.26%) MiFID
System Software
1 83 (5.48%) Docker
2 56 (3.70%) Active Directory
3 13 (0.86%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (0.40%) IAG
5 4 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.13%) Squid
6 2 (0.13%) vSphere
7 1 (0.066%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.066%) Firmware
7 1 (0.066%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.066%) Sendmail
7 1 (0.066%) UAG
7 1 (0.066%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.066%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.066%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.066%) zsh
Systems Management
1 128 (8.45%) Terraform
2 119 (7.86%) Kubernetes
3 45 (2.97%) Ansible
4 36 (2.38%) Grafana
4 36 (2.38%) Prometheus
5 27 (1.78%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (0.46%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 5 (0.33%) Cisco CUCM
8 5 (0.33%) Kibana
8 5 (0.33%) SCCM
9 4 (0.26%) HP ALM
9 4 (0.26%) Puppet
10 3 (0.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (0.20%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.20%) QRadar
11 2 (0.13%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.13%) ITRS Geneos
11 2 (0.13%) Nessus
11 2 (0.13%) WSUS
Vendors
1 247 (16.31%) Microsoft
2 103 (6.80%) ServiceNow
3 92 (6.08%) Oracle
4 71 (4.69%) Salesforce
5 55 (3.63%) SAP
6 45 (2.97%) Google
7 31 (2.05%) Databricks
8 19 (1.25%) Cisco
9 16 (1.06%) Splunk
10 14 (0.92%) VMware
11 13 (0.86%) Dynatrace
12 12 (0.79%) Apple
13 11 (0.73%) Okta
13 11 (0.73%) OpenAI
14 10 (0.66%) ForgeRock
14 10 (0.66%) Murex
15 9 (0.59%) Foundry
15 9 (0.59%) IBM
16 8 (0.53%) Workday
16 8 (0.53%) Zscaler