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

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 48 74
Rank change year-on-year +21 +26 +5
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 1,530 673 547
As % of all contract jobs in London 7.75% 4.97% 3.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.71% 5.40% 3.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,001 449 370
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £620 £688 £697
90th Percentile £750 £838 £788
England median daily rate £510 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 8 16
10th Percentile £24.75 £27.29 £17.00
25th Percentile £25.25 £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 £63.75 £49.38 £50.31
90th Percentile £93.00 £57.63 £66.88
England median hourly rate £55.00 £32.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +71.88% -8.57% -34.40%

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 17,566 12,468 15,436
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.96% 92.16% 88.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,659 8,340 10,970
10th Percentile £360 £331 £350
25th Percentile £444 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.18% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £763 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 272 235 285
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.24
25th Percentile £22.16 £24.66 £20.22
Median hourly rate £36.25 £32.50 £30.16
Median % change year-on-year +11.54% +7.76% -27.33%
75th Percentile £58.75 £50.50 £50.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.55 £69.20
England median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +88.87% -34.02% -6.09%

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 15 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 15 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 15 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 -1 162 £525 +5.00% 94
South London +20 55 £500 -14.00% 22
West London +1 48 £516 +2.03% 45
East London +13 12 £675 +15.38% 27
North London -1 3 £450 -18.18% 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 72 (4.71%) Confluence
2 59 (3.86%) SharePoint
3 19 (1.24%) Microsoft Exchange
4 15 (0.98%) Apache Airflow
5 12 (0.78%) Apache Spark
6 11 (0.72%) CMS
7 8 (0.52%) Apache
8 6 (0.39%) IIS
9 4 (0.26%) WordPress
10 3 (0.20%) Camunda
11 2 (0.13%) Appian
11 2 (0.13%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.13%) SAS
12 1 (0.065%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 1 (0.065%) Mule
12 1 (0.065%) Oracle Application Server
12 1 (0.065%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.065%) SharePoint 2013
12 1 (0.065%) Sitecore CMS
12 1 (0.065%) Tomcat
Applications
1 75 (4.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 34 (2.22%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (2.03%) Microsoft Project
4 27 (1.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 18 (1.18%) MS Visio
6 11 (0.72%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.13%) CPLEX
8 2 (0.13%) Oracle Smart View
9 1 (0.065%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.065%) InDesign
9 1 (0.065%) Mingle
9 1 (0.065%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 21 (1.37%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (1.24%) NetSuite
3 11 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
4 9 (0.59%) Actimize
4 9 (0.59%) Oracle ERP
5 8 (0.52%) Loan IQ
5 8 (0.52%) Oracle EBS
6 7 (0.46%) Salesforce CRM
7 6 (0.39%) Oracle Payables
8 5 (0.33%) Magento
8 5 (0.33%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 5 (0.33%) Remedy ITSM
8 5 (0.33%) SAP PM
9 4 (0.26%) Aladdin
9 4 (0.26%) Endur
9 4 (0.26%) SAP QM
10 3 (0.20%) Oracle Financials
10 3 (0.20%) Orchestrade
10 3 (0.20%) SAP MDG
10 3 (0.20%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 346 (22.61%) Azure
2 291 (19.02%) AWS
3 141 (9.22%) Power Platform
4 107 (6.99%) Azure DevOps
5 91 (5.95%) GitHub
6 88 (5.75%) GCP
7 76 (4.97%) Microsoft 365
8 62 (4.05%) Entra ID
9 61 (3.99%) SaaS
10 56 (3.66%) Serverless
11 53 (3.46%) GitHub Actions
12 51 (3.33%) Dynamics 365
13 46 (3.01%) Amazon S3
14 44 (2.88%) AWS Lambda
15 36 (2.35%) Amazon EC2
16 33 (2.16%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 29 (1.90%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 28 (1.83%) AWS CloudFormation
19 27 (1.76%) Azure AKS
20 23 (1.50%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 32 (2.09%) Firewall
2 26 (1.70%) Network Security
3 21 (1.37%) DNS
4 15 (0.98%) WAN
5 11 (0.72%) VoIP
6 9 (0.59%) LAN
7 8 (0.52%) SD-WAN
8 7 (0.46%) TCP/IP
9 6 (0.39%) BGP
10 5 (0.33%) DHCP
10 5 (0.33%) HTTP
10 5 (0.33%) HTTPS
10 5 (0.33%) MPLS
10 5 (0.33%) OSPF
10 5 (0.33%) Unified Communications
10 5 (0.33%) WebEx
11 4 (0.26%) DKIM
11 4 (0.26%) IOS XR
11 4 (0.26%) NX-OS
11 4 (0.26%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 115 (7.52%) Power BI
2 43 (2.81%) SQL Server
3 37 (2.42%) Metadata
4 36 (2.35%) Tableau
5 35 (2.29%) Data Warehouse
6 29 (1.90%) PostgreSQL
6 29 (1.90%) Relational Database
7 28 (1.83%) Amazon RDS
8 19 (1.24%) Data Lake
8 19 (1.24%) NoSQL
9 15 (0.98%) Delta Lake
10 12 (0.78%) Power Query
11 11 (0.72%) Parquet
12 10 (0.65%) Big Data
12 10 (0.65%) BigQuery
13 8 (0.52%) Snowflake Schema
14 7 (0.46%) Oracle Database
14 7 (0.46%) Oracle Reports
15 6 (0.39%) MySQL
15 6 (0.39%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 164 (10.72%) JIRA
2 70 (4.58%) Git
3 68 (4.44%) Jenkins
4 41 (2.68%) GitLab
5 23 (1.50%) Selenium
6 17 (1.11%) Cucumber
7 12 (0.78%) Cypress.io
8 9 (0.59%) JMeter
8 9 (0.59%) Postman
9 8 (0.52%) Bitbucket
9 8 (0.52%) JUnit
9 8 (0.52%) REST Assured
9 8 (0.52%) Team Foundation Server
10 7 (0.46%) CircleCI
10 7 (0.46%) Maven
10 7 (0.46%) XCTest
11 6 (0.39%) Gradle
11 6 (0.39%) Visual Studio
11 6 (0.39%) Vite
12 5 (0.33%) Mocha
General
1 630 (41.18%) Social Skills
2 524 (34.25%) Finance
3 331 (21.63%) Analytical Skills
4 228 (14.90%) Public Sector
5 146 (9.54%) Banking
6 59 (3.86%) Legal
7 57 (3.73%) Influencing Skills
7 57 (3.73%) Organisational Skills
8 52 (3.40%) Law
9 48 (3.14%) Retail
10 40 (2.61%) Documentation Skills
11 39 (2.55%) Local Government
12 37 (2.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 36 (2.35%) Marketing
14 34 (2.22%) Presentation Skills
15 32 (2.09%) Front Office
16 29 (1.90%) Telecoms
17 27 (1.76%) Investment Banking
18 19 (1.24%) Pharmaceutical
19 16 (1.05%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 212 (13.86%) Lead
2 155 (10.13%) Senior
3 151 (9.87%) Analyst
4 136 (8.89%) Developer
5 95 (6.21%) Architect
6 66 (4.31%) Project Manager
7 54 (3.53%) Delivery Manager
8 53 (3.46%) Consultant
9 52 (3.40%) DevOps Engineer
10 46 (3.01%) Data Engineer
11 43 (2.81%) Business Analyst
12 41 (2.68%) Scrum Master
13 38 (2.48%) Software Engineer
14 37 (2.42%) Senior Manager
15 34 (2.22%) Lead Architect
16 31 (2.03%) Functional Architect
17 30 (1.96%) Azure Engineer
17 30 (1.96%) Product Owner
18 29 (1.90%) Cloud Engineer
18 29 (1.90%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (4.31%) REST
2 58 (3.79%) RESTful
3 48 (3.14%) React
4 39 (2.55%) .NET
4 39 (2.55%) Spring
5 35 (2.29%) Spring Boot
6 34 (2.22%) HTML
6 34 (2.22%) Kafka
7 31 (2.03%) CSS
8 29 (1.90%) AngularJS
9 25 (1.63%) Node.js
10 21 (1.37%) Middleware
11 20 (1.31%) Web Services
12 19 (1.24%) Django
13 17 (1.11%) JSON
14 16 (1.05%) SOAP
15 15 (0.98%) Next.js
15 15 (0.98%) Playwright
16 14 (0.92%) PySpark
17 13 (0.85%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 166 (10.85%) Product Ownership
2 102 (6.67%) Cloud Native
3 91 (5.95%) Onboarding
4 46 (3.01%) Virtual Team
5 42 (2.75%) Data Protection Act
5 42 (2.75%) Management Information System
6 35 (2.29%) Distributed Systems
6 35 (2.29%) Legacy Systems
7 28 (1.83%) Security Posture
8 26 (1.70%) Data Centre
9 25 (1.63%) Data Structures
9 25 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
10 23 (1.50%) AI Agents
10 23 (1.50%) CMDB
11 21 (1.37%) Analytical Mindset
12 18 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
13 17 (1.11%) Derivative
13 17 (1.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 15 (0.98%) FMCG
14 15 (0.98%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 82 (5.36%) Windows
2 57 (3.73%) Linux
3 20 (1.31%) Windows Server
4 14 (0.92%) Apple iOS
4 14 (0.92%) Mac OS
5 13 (0.85%) Windows 10
6 11 (0.72%) Unix
7 6 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (0.33%) Amazon 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 (0.065%) FreeRTOS
11 1 (0.065%) HPUX
11 1 (0.065%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.065%) Solaris
11 1 (0.065%) SUSE
11 1 (0.065%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 588 (38.43%) Agile
2 415 (27.12%) Stakeholder Management
3 371 (24.25%) Problem-Solving
4 318 (20.78%) DevOps
5 310 (20.26%) CI/CD
6 288 (18.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 285 (18.63%) Decision-Making
8 235 (15.36%) AI
9 185 (12.09%) Analytics
10 183 (11.96%) Roadmaps
11 162 (10.59%) Scrum
12 159 (10.39%) Change Management
13 154 (10.07%) Migration
14 138 (9.02%) Test Automation
15 137 (8.95%) Business Intelligence
16 131 (8.56%) Risk Management
17 129 (8.43%) Validation
18 127 (8.30%) Infrastructure as Code
19 126 (8.24%) Software Engineering
20 124 (8.10%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 244 (15.95%) Python
2 227 (14.84%) SQL
3 117 (7.65%) Java
4 77 (5.03%) JavaScript
5 65 (4.25%) PowerShell
6 53 (3.46%) C#
7 44 (2.88%) TypeScript
8 39 (2.55%) Bash
9 25 (1.63%) T-SQL
10 22 (1.44%) PL/SQL
11 16 (1.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 12 (0.78%) Apex Code
12 12 (0.78%) Bicep
13 11 (0.72%) Kotlin
14 10 (0.65%) Go
15 9 (0.59%) Groovy
15 9 (0.59%) Perl
15 9 (0.59%) Ruby
15 9 (0.59%) Shell Script
15 9 (0.59%) Swift
Qualifications
1 313 (20.46%) Security Cleared
2 267 (17.45%) SC Cleared
3 140 (9.15%) Degree
4 50 (3.27%) Computer Science Degree
5 40 (2.61%) DV Cleared
6 38 (2.48%) PMP
7 36 (2.35%) CISSP
7 36 (2.35%) PMI Certification
8 32 (2.09%) Azure Certification
9 27 (1.76%) AWS Certification
10 23 (1.50%) CISM
11 20 (1.31%) BPSS Clearance
11 20 (1.31%) Cisco Certification
12 12 (0.78%) ACCA
12 12 (0.78%) ITIL Certification
12 12 (0.78%) Master's Degree
13 11 (0.72%) CCNP
14 10 (0.65%) ISTQB
15 9 (0.59%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 9 (0.59%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 133 (8.69%) QA
2 110 (7.19%) Data Quality
3 71 (4.64%) PMO
4 46 (3.01%) GDPR
5 43 (2.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 39 (2.55%) Accessibility
7 38 (2.48%) NIST
8 33 (2.16%) SLA
9 23 (1.50%) GRC
10 14 (0.92%) Actionable Recommendations
10 14 (0.92%) PCI DSS
11 11 (0.72%) IFRS
12 9 (0.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 8 (0.52%) NCSC
14 6 (0.39%) GAAP
14 6 (0.39%) NIST 800
15 5 (0.33%) Government Security Classifications
15 5 (0.33%) HIPAA
15 5 (0.33%) ISO 22301
15 5 (0.33%) WCAG
System Software
1 83 (5.42%) Docker
2 58 (3.79%) Active Directory
3 13 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (0.46%) IAG
5 6 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.20%) vSphere
8 2 (0.13%) Squid
8 2 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.065%) Ceph
9 1 (0.065%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.065%) Firmware
9 1 (0.065%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.065%) Sendmail
9 1 (0.065%) UAG
9 1 (0.065%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.065%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.065%) zsh
Systems Management
1 124 (8.10%) Terraform
2 120 (7.84%) Kubernetes
3 40 (2.61%) Ansible
4 36 (2.35%) Grafana
5 34 (2.22%) Prometheus
6 26 (1.70%) Microsoft Intune
7 9 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (0.46%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 5 (0.33%) Cisco CUCM
9 5 (0.33%) Kibana
9 5 (0.33%) SCCM
10 4 (0.26%) HP ALM
11 3 (0.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.20%) QRadar
12 2 (0.13%) Control-M
12 2 (0.13%) FortiGate
12 2 (0.13%) ITRS Geneos
12 2 (0.13%) Nessus
12 2 (0.13%) Puppet
12 2 (0.13%) WSUS
Vendors
1 251 (16.41%) Microsoft
2 98 (6.41%) ServiceNow
3 94 (6.14%) Oracle
4 68 (4.44%) Salesforce
5 58 (3.79%) SAP
6 51 (3.33%) Google
7 33 (2.16%) Databricks
8 19 (1.24%) Cisco
9 16 (1.05%) Splunk
10 15 (0.98%) VMware
11 13 (0.85%) Dynatrace
12 12 (0.78%) Apple
12 12 (0.78%) OpenAI
13 11 (0.72%) Okta
14 10 (0.65%) ForgeRock
14 10 (0.65%) Foundry
14 10 (0.65%) IBM
15 9 (0.59%) Murex
16 8 (0.52%) Workday
16 8 (0.52%) Zscaler