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 18 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 55 60
Rank change year-on-year +27 +5 +22
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 1,065 522 623
As % of all contract jobs in London 6.86% 3.87% 3.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.57% 4.27% 3.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 719 291 428
10th Percentile £350 £360 £392
25th Percentile £425 £457 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £580 £554
Median % change year-on-year -9.48% +4.79% -3.74%
75th Percentile £638 £738 £700
90th Percentile £750 £863 £850
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 7 12
10th Percentile £17.45 £22.00 -
25th Percentile £17.50 £24.75 £17.00
Median hourly rate £18.50 £30.81 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -39.94% +2.68% -53.85%
75th Percentile £35.00 £63.63 £64.06
90th Percentile £76.88 £72.75 £65.00
England median hourly rate £33.00 £50.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -34.00% +33.33% -37.50%

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 14,067 12,226 16,235
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 90.56% 90.66% 88.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,398 7,826 11,604
10th Percentile £350 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 221 153 343
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.05 £16.02
25th Percentile £25.15 £26.00 £19.57
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £30.16
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +24.34% -17.37%
75th Percentile £56.50 £55.25 £52.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £78.68 £72.50
England median hourly rate £25.89 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -26.04% - -

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 18 February 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 18 February 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 18 February 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 +12 131 £538 +2.87% 140
South London 0 23 £519 -11.02% 18
West London -18 15 £475 +8.57% 27
East London 0 10 £450 -14.69% 31
North London +5 2 £550 - 11
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 75 (7.04%) Confluence
2 41 (3.85%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.03%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (0.94%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (0.47%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.47%) CMS
6 4 (0.38%) Apache
6 4 (0.38%) Appian
6 4 (0.38%) HCL Notes
6 4 (0.38%) MQSeries
7 3 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 3 (0.28%) Camunda
7 3 (0.28%) Ethereum
7 3 (0.28%) Hyperledger
8 1 (0.094%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.094%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.094%) Oracle Application Server
8 1 (0.094%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.094%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.094%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 74 (6.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 38 (3.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 22 (2.07%) Microsoft Office
4 20 (1.88%) Microsoft Project
5 15 (1.41%) MS Visio
6 11 (1.03%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.38%) Notion
7 4 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.38%) Trello
8 2 (0.19%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.19%) Autodesk Smoke
9 1 (0.094%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.094%) Adobe Captivate
9 1 (0.094%) Camtasia
9 1 (0.094%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.094%) Sketch
9 1 (0.094%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 19 (1.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (1.03%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (0.85%) NetSuite
4 8 (0.75%) Loan IQ
5 7 (0.66%) Remedy ITSM
6 4 (0.38%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.28%) Aladdin
7 3 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.28%) SAP IBP
7 3 (0.28%) Teamcenter
7 3 (0.28%) Workday HCM
8 2 (0.19%) iTrent
8 2 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
8 2 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.19%) SAP BPC
8 2 (0.19%) SAP EWM
8 2 (0.19%) SAP GTS
8 2 (0.19%) SAP HCM
8 2 (0.19%) SAP MM
8 2 (0.19%) SAP SRM
Cloud Services
1 214 (20.09%) Azure
2 161 (15.12%) AWS
3 96 (9.01%) Azure DevOps
4 92 (8.64%) Power Platform
5 74 (6.95%) GitHub
6 46 (4.32%) GCP
7 43 (4.04%) GitHub Actions
8 41 (3.85%) SaaS
9 40 (3.76%) Serverless
10 38 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
11 34 (3.19%) Amazon S3
12 30 (2.82%) AWS Lambda
13 26 (2.44%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 21 (1.97%) Entra ID
14 21 (1.97%) Power Automate
15 18 (1.69%) Amazon EC2
15 18 (1.69%) Amazon EKS
15 18 (1.69%) PowerApps
16 17 (1.60%) AWS CloudFormation
16 17 (1.60%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 23 (2.16%) Firewall
2 19 (1.78%) Network Security
3 18 (1.69%) DNS
4 14 (1.31%) DHCP
5 13 (1.22%) TCP/IP
6 11 (1.03%) VPN
7 8 (0.75%) LAN
7 8 (0.75%) WAN
8 6 (0.56%) Broadband
8 6 (0.56%) Ethernet
8 6 (0.56%) Modbus
8 6 (0.56%) RS-232
8 6 (0.56%) RS-485
9 5 (0.47%) SD-WAN
10 4 (0.38%) 5G
11 3 (0.28%) DKIM
11 3 (0.28%) DMARC
11 3 (0.28%) Multicast
11 3 (0.28%) tcpdump
11 3 (0.28%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (6.95%) Power BI
2 26 (2.44%) Tableau
3 23 (2.16%) SQL Server
4 22 (2.07%) Relational Database
5 18 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
6 15 (1.41%) Amazon RDS
6 15 (1.41%) Data Warehouse
7 13 (1.22%) Metadata
8 11 (1.03%) Data Lake
9 9 (0.85%) NoSQL
10 8 (0.75%) MongoDB
10 8 (0.75%) MySQL
11 7 (0.66%) BigQuery
11 7 (0.66%) Oracle Reports
11 7 (0.66%) Redis
12 6 (0.56%) Amazon Athena
12 6 (0.56%) Amazon Redshift
13 5 (0.47%) Delta Lake
13 5 (0.47%) Power Query
14 4 (0.38%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 148 (13.90%) JIRA
2 48 (4.51%) Jenkins
3 35 (3.29%) GitLab
4 30 (2.82%) Git
5 18 (1.69%) Selenium
6 12 (1.13%) Cucumber
7 10 (0.94%) Cypress.io
7 10 (0.94%) JMeter
7 10 (0.94%) JUnit
8 8 (0.75%) Postman
8 8 (0.75%) Team Foundation Server
9 6 (0.56%) SonarQube
9 6 (0.56%) TestRail
10 5 (0.47%) Bitbucket
10 5 (0.47%) Gatling
10 5 (0.47%) REST Assured
11 4 (0.38%) MLflow
11 4 (0.38%) MSTest
12 3 (0.28%) Vite
12 3 (0.28%) XCTest
General
1 478 (44.88%) Social Skills
2 340 (31.92%) Finance
3 217 (20.38%) Analytical Skills
4 124 (11.64%) Public Sector
5 79 (7.42%) Banking
6 43 (4.04%) Legal
7 40 (3.76%) Influencing Skills
7 40 (3.76%) Marketing
8 36 (3.38%) Retail
9 30 (2.82%) Organisational Skills
10 25 (2.35%) Presentation Skills
11 22 (2.07%) Documentation Skills
11 22 (2.07%) Front Office
11 22 (2.07%) Telecoms
12 21 (1.97%) Manufacturing
13 15 (1.41%) Financial Institution
13 15 (1.41%) Local Government
13 15 (1.41%) Publishing
14 14 (1.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 13 (1.22%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 160 (15.02%) Analyst
2 148 (13.90%) Lead
3 106 (9.95%) Senior
4 86 (8.08%) Developer
5 65 (6.10%) Business Analyst
6 47 (4.41%) Project Manager
7 46 (4.32%) Architect
8 41 (3.85%) Consultant
9 39 (3.66%) Delivery Manager
10 28 (2.63%) Data Engineer
10 28 (2.63%) Senior Manager
11 24 (2.25%) DevOps Engineer
12 23 (2.16%) Senior Analyst
13 22 (2.07%) Security Engineer
14 19 (1.78%) Scrum Master
15 18 (1.69%) Product Owner
16 17 (1.60%) Designer
16 17 (1.60%) IT Manager
16 17 (1.60%) Product Manager
16 17 (1.60%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (3.10%) .NET
2 30 (2.82%) REST
3 27 (2.54%) RESTful
4 26 (2.44%) React
5 25 (2.35%) CSS
5 25 (2.35%) Node.js
6 24 (2.25%) HTML
7 16 (1.50%) Spring
8 15 (1.41%) Web Services
8 15 (1.41%) XML
9 14 (1.31%) Spring Boot
10 13 (1.22%) AngularJS
10 13 (1.22%) SOAP
11 12 (1.13%) PySpark
12 10 (0.94%) ARM Templates
12 10 (0.94%) JSON
12 10 (0.94%) OAuth
12 10 (0.94%) Playwright
13 9 (0.85%) Elastic Stack
13 9 (0.85%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 99 (9.30%) Product Ownership
2 57 (5.35%) Cloud Native
3 49 (4.60%) Onboarding
4 37 (3.47%) Analytical Mindset
5 26 (2.44%) Management Information System
6 23 (2.16%) Virtual Team
7 20 (1.88%) Mobile App
8 18 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
9 16 (1.50%) Distributed Systems
9 16 (1.50%) Public Cloud
10 14 (1.31%) Enterprise Software
10 14 (1.31%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 13 (1.22%) Hybrid Cloud
11 13 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
11 13 (1.22%) PMI
11 13 (1.22%) Security Posture
12 10 (0.94%) Cyber Defence
12 10 (0.94%) Replication
13 9 (0.85%) Data Centre
13 9 (0.85%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 49 (4.60%) Windows
2 47 (4.41%) Linux
3 13 (1.22%) Mac OS
4 11 (1.03%) Apple iOS
5 10 (0.94%) Unix
6 9 (0.85%) Android
6 9 (0.85%) VMS
6 9 (0.85%) Windows Server
7 6 (0.56%) FreeRTOS
7 6 (0.56%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.19%) AIX
10 1 (0.094%) Amazon Linux
10 1 (0.094%) Solaris
10 1 (0.094%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.094%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.094%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 424 (39.81%) Agile
2 262 (24.60%) Problem-Solving
3 257 (24.13%) Stakeholder Management
4 229 (21.50%) DevOps
5 207 (19.44%) CI/CD
6 171 (16.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 148 (13.90%) Decision-Making
8 138 (12.96%) Analytics
9 129 (12.11%) Roadmaps
10 117 (10.99%) AI
11 99 (9.30%) Migration
11 99 (9.30%) Project Delivery
12 98 (9.20%) Scrum
13 96 (9.01%) Project Management
14 91 (8.54%) Risk Management
14 91 (8.54%) Test Automation
15 90 (8.45%) Infrastructure as Code
16 89 (8.36%) Business Intelligence
17 85 (7.98%) Change Management
18 79 (7.42%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 157 (14.74%) SQL
2 149 (13.99%) Python
3 66 (6.20%) Java
4 52 (4.88%) JavaScript
5 44 (4.13%) PowerShell
6 33 (3.10%) TypeScript
7 30 (2.82%) Bash
8 28 (2.63%) C#
9 15 (1.41%) Kusto Query Language
10 14 (1.31%) C++
11 12 (1.13%) T-SQL
12 8 (0.75%) PL/SQL
13 7 (0.66%) Swift
14 6 (0.56%) Bicep
14 6 (0.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 6 (0.56%) Embedded C++
15 5 (0.47%) Go
15 5 (0.47%) Korn
15 5 (0.47%) R
16 4 (0.38%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 168 (15.77%) Security Cleared
2 142 (13.33%) SC Cleared
3 92 (8.64%) Degree
4 29 (2.72%) Azure Certification
5 28 (2.63%) PMI Certification
6 27 (2.54%) Computer Science Degree
7 19 (1.78%) ACCA
8 17 (1.60%) BPSS Clearance
8 17 (1.60%) PMP
9 15 (1.41%) DV Cleared
10 14 (1.31%) CISSP
10 14 (1.31%) ISTQB
11 13 (1.22%) CISM
12 12 (1.13%) Microsoft Certification
13 10 (0.94%) AWS Certification
13 10 (0.94%) IIBA
13 10 (0.94%) Master's Degree
14 9 (0.85%) CIMA
14 9 (0.85%) Cisco Certification
15 8 (0.75%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 112 (10.52%) QA
2 60 (5.63%) Data Quality
3 50 (4.69%) GDPR
4 49 (4.60%) Accessibility
5 44 (4.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 30 (2.82%) NIST
7 29 (2.72%) PMO
8 23 (2.16%) Actionable Recommendations
9 22 (2.07%) SLA
10 19 (1.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 18 (1.69%) GRC
12 11 (1.03%) PCI DSS
13 10 (0.94%) COBIT
13 10 (0.94%) IFRS
13 10 (0.94%) NCSC
14 8 (0.75%) WCAG
15 7 (0.66%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 7 (0.66%) ITGC
16 6 (0.56%) MiFID
16 6 (0.56%) SOX 404
System Software
1 74 (6.95%) Docker
2 25 (2.35%) Active Directory
3 16 (1.50%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (0.56%) Embedded Firmware
4 6 (0.56%) Firmware
5 3 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.094%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (0.094%) ProxySG
6 1 (0.094%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.094%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 81 (7.61%) Terraform
2 74 (6.95%) Kubernetes
3 36 (3.38%) Ansible
4 18 (1.69%) SCCM
5 17 (1.60%) Microsoft Intune
6 15 (1.41%) Grafana
6 15 (1.41%) Prometheus
7 8 (0.75%) ITRS Geneos
8 7 (0.66%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 7 (0.66%) WSUS
9 5 (0.47%) Kibana
10 4 (0.38%) Control-M
10 4 (0.38%) HP ALM
10 4 (0.38%) logstash
10 4 (0.38%) Puppet
10 4 (0.38%) SCOM
11 3 (0.28%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.28%) vRealize
12 2 (0.19%) Jamf Pro
12 2 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 167 (15.68%) Microsoft
2 66 (6.20%) ServiceNow
3 58 (5.45%) SAP
4 51 (4.79%) Salesforce
5 43 (4.04%) Oracle
6 42 (3.94%) Google
7 22 (2.07%) Databricks
8 14 (1.31%) VMware
9 13 (1.22%) Splunk
10 12 (1.13%) Adobe
11 9 (0.85%) Remedy
12 7 (0.66%) OpenAI
13 6 (0.56%) IBM
13 6 (0.56%) Informatica
13 6 (0.56%) Murex
14 5 (0.47%) BMC
14 5 (0.47%) CheckPoint
14 5 (0.47%) Cisco
14 5 (0.47%) Red Hat
14 5 (0.47%) Sophos