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 1 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 35 59
Rank change year-on-year +8 +24 +7
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 1,741 791 630
As % of all contract jobs in London 8.56% 5.87% 3.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.63% 6.34% 4.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,137 524 368
10th Percentile £338 £316 £350
25th Percentile £435 £414 £457
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £563
Median % change year-on-year - -6.67% -4.25%
75th Percentile £638 £670 £688
90th Percentile £751 £750 £775
England median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 17 11
10th Percentile £18.50 £17.00 £17.08
25th Percentile £25.25 £18.25 £28.34
Median hourly rate £29.15 £25.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +16.60% -50.00% +23.58%
75th Percentile £49.50 £46.75 £64.38
90th Percentile £60.15 £67.50 £75.00
England median hourly rate £30.22 £21.30 £42.50
% change year-on-year +41.88% -49.88% -34.62%

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 18,072 12,468 14,370
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.85% 92.58% 89.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,839 8,220 9,409
10th Percentile £358 £325 £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 £669 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £512 £525
% change year-on-year +2.64% -2.57% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 329 243 178
10th Percentile £16.04 £17.98 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.03 £25.01 £24.16
Median hourly rate £32.63 £30.00 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.75% -16.67% -4.00%
75th Percentile £57.50 £47.25 £56.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £75.38
England median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +63.02% -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 1 October 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 1 October 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 1 October 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 -1 193 £550 +4.76% 330
West London 0 54 £520 +4.00% 123
South London +23 44 £530 -8.90% 48
East London +3 10 £600 +215.79% 33
North London +2 5 £488 -11.36% 2
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 81 (4.65%) SharePoint
2 79 (4.54%) Confluence
3 30 (1.72%) Microsoft Exchange
4 24 (1.38%) Apache Airflow
5 21 (1.21%) Apache Spark
6 18 (1.03%) CMS
7 14 (0.80%) Apache
8 6 (0.34%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 6 (0.34%) IIS
9 4 (0.23%) Jupyter
9 4 (0.23%) Sitecore CMS
9 4 (0.23%) WordPress
10 3 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 3 (0.17%) SAS
11 2 (0.11%) CICS
11 2 (0.11%) JBoss
11 2 (0.11%) nginx
11 2 (0.11%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.11%) Oracle Workflow
11 2 (0.11%) WebLogic
Applications
1 72 (4.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 39 (2.24%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (1.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 20 (1.15%) Microsoft Project
5 15 (0.86%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.17%) Adobe Illustrator
7 3 (0.17%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.17%) InDesign
7 3 (0.17%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.11%) CPLEX
8 2 (0.11%) Oracle Smart View
8 2 (0.11%) Productboard
8 2 (0.11%) Trello
9 1 (0.057%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 17 (0.98%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (0.80%) NetSuite
2 14 (0.80%) Oracle EBS
3 11 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (0.40%) Magento
4 7 (0.40%) Oracle ERP
5 6 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
6 5 (0.29%) Actimize
6 5 (0.29%) Loan IQ
6 5 (0.29%) Oracle Payables
6 5 (0.29%) SAP PM
7 4 (0.23%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 4 (0.23%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 4 (0.23%) SAP QM
7 4 (0.23%) Shopify
8 3 (0.17%) Aladdin
8 3 (0.17%) Endur
8 3 (0.17%) Maximo
8 3 (0.17%) Orchestrade
8 3 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 401 (23.03%) Azure
2 332 (19.07%) AWS
3 134 (7.70%) Power Platform
4 118 (6.78%) Microsoft 365
5 115 (6.61%) GitHub
6 111 (6.38%) Azure DevOps
7 97 (5.57%) GCP
8 81 (4.65%) Entra ID
9 70 (4.02%) Serverless
10 63 (3.62%) Amazon S3
10 63 (3.62%) SaaS
11 60 (3.45%) GitHub Actions
12 54 (3.10%) AWS Lambda
13 42 (2.41%) Microsoft Copilot
14 40 (2.30%) Amazon EC2
15 39 (2.24%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 37 (2.13%) Snowflake
17 32 (1.84%) AWS CloudFormation
18 31 (1.78%) PowerApps
19 30 (1.72%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 37 (2.13%) Firewall
1 37 (2.13%) Network Security
2 32 (1.84%) DNS
3 22 (1.26%) TCP/IP
4 18 (1.03%) WAN
5 17 (0.98%) VPN
6 13 (0.75%) DHCP
7 12 (0.69%) LAN
8 10 (0.57%) VoIP
9 8 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (0.34%) HTTPS
10 6 (0.34%) SD-WAN
10 6 (0.34%) Unified Communications
10 6 (0.34%) WebEx
11 5 (0.29%) HTTP
12 4 (0.23%) BGP
12 4 (0.23%) Kerberos
12 4 (0.23%) SAN
12 4 (0.23%) SSL
12 4 (0.23%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 96 (5.51%) Power BI
2 68 (3.91%) SQL Server
3 51 (2.93%) Data Warehouse
4 47 (2.70%) Metadata
5 46 (2.64%) PostgreSQL
6 33 (1.90%) Amazon RDS
6 33 (1.90%) Relational Database
7 28 (1.61%) NoSQL
8 23 (1.32%) Delta Lake
9 22 (1.26%) Tableau
10 21 (1.21%) Data Lake
11 16 (0.92%) MySQL
12 15 (0.86%) MongoDB
12 15 (0.86%) Power Query
13 12 (0.69%) Oracle Database
13 12 (0.69%) Parquet
14 10 (0.57%) Big Data
15 7 (0.40%) Amazon Athena
15 7 (0.40%) BigQuery
15 7 (0.40%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 153 (8.79%) JIRA
2 123 (7.06%) Git
3 93 (5.34%) Jenkins
4 54 (3.10%) GitLab
5 36 (2.07%) Selenium
6 15 (0.86%) Cucumber
6 15 (0.86%) Cypress.io
7 14 (0.80%) Bitbucket
7 14 (0.80%) Postman
8 13 (0.75%) JUnit
9 9 (0.52%) CircleCI
9 9 (0.52%) Maven
9 9 (0.52%) Visual Studio
10 7 (0.40%) Gradle
10 7 (0.40%) SonarQube
11 6 (0.34%) Mockito
11 6 (0.34%) XCTest
11 6 (0.34%) XCUITest
11 6 (0.34%) Zephyr
12 5 (0.29%) WebDriver
General
1 785 (45.09%) Social Skills
2 519 (29.81%) Finance
3 401 (23.03%) Analytical Skills
4 298 (17.12%) Public Sector
5 206 (11.83%) Banking
6 75 (4.31%) Influencing Skills
7 73 (4.19%) Organisational Skills
8 61 (3.50%) Legal
9 52 (2.99%) Front Office
10 50 (2.87%) Retail
11 48 (2.76%) Documentation Skills
12 46 (2.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 39 (2.24%) Investment Banking
14 37 (2.13%) Local Government
15 35 (2.01%) Marketing
16 29 (1.67%) Presentation Skills
17 25 (1.44%) Telecoms
18 24 (1.38%) Law
18 24 (1.38%) Military
18 24 (1.38%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 207 (11.89%) Lead
2 201 (11.55%) Senior
3 183 (10.51%) Developer
4 174 (9.99%) Analyst
5 76 (4.37%) Architect
6 72 (4.14%) DevOps Engineer
7 69 (3.96%) Project Manager
8 57 (3.27%) Data Engineer
9 55 (3.16%) Business Analyst
10 54 (3.10%) Consultant
11 51 (2.93%) Delivery Manager
12 49 (2.81%) Software Engineer
13 42 (2.41%) Product Manager
14 37 (2.13%) Product Owner
14 37 (2.13%) Scrum Master
14 37 (2.13%) Senior Manager
15 35 (2.01%) Applications Support
16 33 (1.90%) Support Engineer
17 31 (1.78%) Java Developer
18 30 (1.72%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 152 (8.73%) Terraform
2 105 (6.03%) REST
3 80 (4.60%) RESTful
4 65 (3.73%) .NET
4 65 (3.73%) Kafka
5 52 (2.99%) React
5 52 (2.99%) Spring
6 49 (2.81%) Spring Boot
7 46 (2.64%) AngularJS
8 45 (2.58%) HTML
9 44 (2.53%) Web Services
10 38 (2.18%) CSS
11 36 (2.07%) SOAP
12 33 (1.90%) Django
13 31 (1.78%) PySpark
14 28 (1.61%) JSON
15 25 (1.44%) XML
16 23 (1.32%) Middleware
16 23 (1.32%) Node.js
17 22 (1.26%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 214 (12.29%) Product Ownership
2 136 (7.81%) Onboarding
3 133 (7.64%) Cloud Native
4 52 (2.99%) Management Information System
5 51 (2.93%) Enterprise Software
6 46 (2.64%) Distributed Systems
7 45 (2.58%) Data Protection Act
8 41 (2.35%) Virtual Team
9 40 (2.30%) AI Agents
10 39 (2.24%) Legacy Systems
11 34 (1.95%) Security Posture
11 34 (1.95%) Self-Motivation
12 27 (1.55%) Data Centre
13 26 (1.49%) Data Structures
14 25 (1.44%) NHS
15 23 (1.32%) CMDB
16 21 (1.21%) Hybrid Cloud
17 20 (1.15%) Low-Code
18 19 (1.09%) Analytical Mindset
19 18 (1.03%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 122 (7.01%) Windows
2 100 (5.74%) Linux
3 38 (2.18%) Windows Server
4 28 (1.61%) Unix
5 21 (1.21%) Apple iOS
5 21 (1.21%) Windows 10
6 17 (0.98%) Android
6 17 (0.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 15 (0.86%) Mac OS
8 6 (0.34%) Amazon Linux
9 3 (0.17%) VMS
9 3 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.11%) AIX
10 2 (0.11%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.11%) zOS
11 1 (0.057%) Embedded Linux
11 1 (0.057%) HPUX
11 1 (0.057%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.057%) Solaris
11 1 (0.057%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 690 (39.63%) Agile
2 588 (33.77%) Stakeholder Management
3 448 (25.73%) Problem-Solving
4 384 (22.06%) CI/CD
5 362 (20.79%) DevOps
6 331 (19.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 314 (18.04%) AI
8 307 (17.63%) Decision-Making
9 249 (14.30%) Roadmaps
10 215 (12.35%) Analytics
11 200 (11.49%) Scrum
12 177 (10.17%) Change Management
13 174 (9.99%) Test Automation
14 173 (9.94%) Infrastructure as Code
15 171 (9.82%) Software Engineering
16 159 (9.13%) Risk Management
17 152 (8.73%) Technical Leadership
18 148 (8.50%) ITIL
19 145 (8.33%) Validation
20 143 (8.21%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 315 (18.09%) Python
2 289 (16.60%) SQL
3 147 (8.44%) Java
4 102 (5.86%) JavaScript
5 88 (5.05%) PowerShell
6 87 (5.00%) C#
7 67 (3.85%) Bash
8 61 (3.50%) TypeScript
9 29 (1.67%) T-SQL
10 21 (1.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 16 (0.92%) Go
11 16 (0.92%) Groovy
11 16 (0.92%) PL/SQL
12 15 (0.86%) Bicep
13 14 (0.80%) Korn
13 14 (0.80%) Perl
13 14 (0.80%) Shell Script
14 11 (0.63%) R
15 10 (0.57%) C++
15 10 (0.57%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 410 (23.55%) Security Cleared
2 350 (20.10%) SC Cleared
3 154 (8.85%) Degree
4 58 (3.33%) PMP
5 55 (3.16%) Computer Science Degree
6 53 (3.04%) DV Cleared
7 49 (2.81%) PMI Certification
8 36 (2.07%) CISSP
9 34 (1.95%) AWS Certification
10 31 (1.78%) Azure Certification
11 29 (1.67%) BPSS Clearance
12 20 (1.15%) CISM
13 19 (1.09%) Cisco Certification
14 15 (0.86%) ITIL Certification
15 12 (0.69%) Microsoft Certification
16 11 (0.63%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 11 (0.63%) CompTIA Security+
16 11 (0.63%) ISTQB
17 10 (0.57%) GIAC
17 10 (0.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 156 (8.96%) QA
2 148 (8.50%) Data Quality
3 68 (3.91%) PMO
4 49 (2.81%) Accessibility
4 49 (2.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 42 (2.41%) NIST
6 39 (2.24%) SLA
7 34 (1.95%) GDPR
8 33 (1.90%) GRC
9 21 (1.21%) NCSC
10 19 (1.09%) Actionable Recommendations
11 13 (0.75%) COBIT
11 13 (0.75%) WCAG
12 12 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
13 9 (0.52%) PCI DSS
13 9 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 6 (0.34%) ISO 20022
14 6 (0.34%) NIST 800
15 5 (0.29%) HIPAA
15 5 (0.29%) SOC 2
System Software
1 128 (7.35%) Docker
2 80 (4.60%) Active Directory
3 19 (1.09%) Virtual Machines
4 14 (0.80%) Virtual Desktop
5 13 (0.75%) VMware Infrastructure
6 7 (0.40%) IAG
7 3 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.17%) vSphere
8 2 (0.11%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.11%) RACF
8 2 (0.11%) Squid
8 2 (0.11%) Time Sharing Option
8 2 (0.11%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.11%) zsh
9 1 (0.057%) Ceph
9 1 (0.057%) UAG
9 1 (0.057%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 153 (8.79%) Kubernetes
2 60 (3.45%) Ansible
3 54 (3.10%) Grafana
4 53 (3.04%) Prometheus
5 37 (2.13%) Microsoft Intune
6 13 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
7 12 (0.69%) Kibana
7 12 (0.69%) SCCM
8 8 (0.46%) Puppet
9 5 (0.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 5 (0.29%) Cisco CUCM
10 4 (0.23%) Jamf Pro
10 4 (0.23%) QRadar
11 3 (0.17%) Argo
11 3 (0.17%) Control-M
11 3 (0.17%) HP Fortify
11 3 (0.17%) Nagios
11 3 (0.17%) Packer
12 2 (0.11%) Red Hat Satellite
12 2 (0.11%) WSUS
Vendors
1 326 (18.72%) Microsoft
2 114 (6.55%) Oracle
3 107 (6.15%) ServiceNow
4 57 (3.27%) Salesforce
5 56 (3.22%) SAP
6 54 (3.10%) Google
7 49 (2.81%) Databricks
8 47 (2.70%) Splunk
9 37 (2.13%) IBM
10 26 (1.49%) Cisco
11 22 (1.26%) VMware
12 19 (1.09%) Dynatrace
13 16 (0.92%) Zscaler
14 15 (0.86%) UiPath
15 14 (0.80%) Adobe
15 14 (0.80%) Apple
16 13 (0.75%) Red Hat
17 11 (0.63%) Workday
18 10 (0.57%) Okta
18 10 (0.57%) Qualys