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 22 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 43 65
Rank change year-on-year +16 +22 +2
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 1,687 722 571
As % of all contract jobs in London 8.36% 5.38% 3.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.38% 5.82% 3.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,087 485 351
10th Percentile £350 £325 £350
25th Percentile £436 £421 £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 £750 £775 £775
England median daily rate £514 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.80% -4.76% -7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 13 10
10th Percentile £18.50 £22.67 £17.08
25th Percentile £25.25 £23.33 £27.51
Median hourly rate £33.60 £36.48 £40.63
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% -10.20% -29.35%
75th Percentile £55.00 £47.50 £56.88
90th Percentile £76.15 £62.00 £77.50
England median hourly rate £36.66 £28.75 £50.00
% change year-on-year +27.51% -42.50% -20.00%

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 17,993 12,408 14,435
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.22% 92.47% 88.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,806 8,254 10,021
10th Percentile £361 £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 £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 286 256 195
10th Percentile £17.43 £16.50 £17.35
25th Percentile £19.59 £24.74 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.75 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.33% -15.00% -12.50%
75th Percentile £57.38 £47.81 £53.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £71.63
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -40.82% +2.41%

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 22 August 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 22 August 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 22 August 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 0 172 £535 +6.90% 185
West London +6 57 £520 +1.56% 70
South London +25 50 £525 -9.17% 17
East London +4 12 £750 +294.74% 30
North London -1 4 £450 -18.18% 3
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 78 (4.62%) SharePoint
2 75 (4.45%) Confluence
3 27 (1.60%) Microsoft Exchange
4 20 (1.19%) Apache Airflow
5 16 (0.95%) CMS
6 15 (0.89%) Apache Spark
7 9 (0.53%) Apache
8 7 (0.41%) IIS
9 5 (0.30%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 4 (0.24%) Camunda
10 4 (0.24%) Sitecore CMS
10 4 (0.24%) WordPress
11 3 (0.18%) Appian
12 2 (0.12%) JBoss
12 2 (0.12%) Jupyter
12 2 (0.12%) OpenStack
12 2 (0.12%) SAS
13 1 (0.059%) MTS
13 1 (0.059%) Tomcat
13 1 (0.059%) WebLogic
Applications
1 80 (4.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 40 (2.37%) Microsoft Office
3 25 (1.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 24 (1.42%) Microsoft Project
5 18 (1.07%) 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 17 (1.01%) NetSuite
3 12 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
4 11 (0.65%) Oracle EBS
5 8 (0.47%) Oracle ERP
6 6 (0.36%) Actimize
6 6 (0.36%) Loan IQ
6 6 (0.36%) Oracle Payables
6 6 (0.36%) Salesforce CRM
7 5 (0.30%) Magento
7 5 (0.30%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 5 (0.30%) SAP PM
8 4 (0.24%) Aladdin
8 4 (0.24%) Endur
8 4 (0.24%) SAP QM
8 4 (0.24%) Shopify
9 3 (0.18%) Oracle Financials
9 3 (0.18%) Orchestrade
9 3 (0.18%) SAP MDG
9 3 (0.18%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 402 (23.83%) Azure
2 312 (18.49%) AWS
3 159 (9.43%) Power Platform
4 119 (7.05%) Azure DevOps
5 106 (6.28%) Microsoft 365
6 104 (6.16%) GitHub
7 99 (5.87%) GCP
8 85 (5.04%) Entra ID
9 64 (3.79%) SaaS
10 56 (3.32%) Serverless
11 55 (3.26%) Dynamics 365
11 55 (3.26%) GitHub Actions
12 42 (2.49%) AWS Lambda
13 41 (2.43%) Amazon S3
14 33 (1.96%) Azure AKS
15 32 (1.90%) Microsoft Copilot
16 31 (1.84%) Amazon EC2
17 29 (1.72%) PowerApps
18 28 (1.66%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 28 (1.66%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 43 (2.55%) Firewall
2 33 (1.96%) DNS
2 33 (1.96%) Network Security
3 22 (1.30%) WAN
4 20 (1.19%) TCP/IP
5 14 (0.83%) DHCP
5 14 (0.83%) VPN
6 12 (0.71%) LAN
7 11 (0.65%) SD-WAN
8 10 (0.59%) VoIP
9 8 (0.47%) BGP
9 8 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (0.36%) Ethernet VPN
10 6 (0.36%) MPLS
10 6 (0.36%) NX-OS
10 6 (0.36%) VXLAN
11 5 (0.30%) HTTP
11 5 (0.30%) HTTPS
11 5 (0.30%) WebEx
11 5 (0.30%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 123 (7.29%) Power BI
2 51 (3.02%) SQL Server
3 48 (2.85%) Metadata
4 38 (2.25%) Data Warehouse
5 33 (1.96%) PostgreSQL
5 33 (1.96%) Relational Database
6 29 (1.72%) Tableau
7 27 (1.60%) Amazon RDS
8 25 (1.48%) NoSQL
9 23 (1.36%) Delta Lake
10 16 (0.95%) Data Lake
11 14 (0.83%) Parquet
11 14 (0.83%) Power Query
12 12 (0.71%) Big Data
13 9 (0.53%) Oracle Database
14 8 (0.47%) BigQuery
14 8 (0.47%) MongoDB
14 8 (0.47%) MySQL
15 6 (0.36%) Oracle Reports
15 6 (0.36%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 161 (9.54%) JIRA
2 100 (5.93%) Git
3 85 (5.04%) Jenkins
4 46 (2.73%) GitLab
5 32 (1.90%) Selenium
6 16 (0.95%) Cypress.io
7 15 (0.89%) Cucumber
8 11 (0.65%) Bitbucket
8 11 (0.65%) Postman
9 10 (0.59%) JUnit
10 9 (0.53%) CircleCI
10 9 (0.53%) Visual Studio
11 8 (0.47%) Maven
11 8 (0.47%) REST Assured
11 8 (0.47%) Zephyr
12 7 (0.41%) Gradle
12 7 (0.41%) Sonatype Nexus
13 6 (0.36%) JMeter
13 6 (0.36%) XCTest
13 6 (0.36%) XCUITest
General
1 751 (44.52%) Social Skills
2 548 (32.48%) Finance
3 379 (22.47%) Analytical Skills
4 282 (16.72%) Public Sector
5 190 (11.26%) Banking
6 70 (4.15%) Influencing Skills
7 67 (3.97%) Organisational Skills
8 62 (3.68%) Legal
9 55 (3.26%) Law
10 51 (3.02%) Documentation Skills
11 50 (2.96%) Retail
12 48 (2.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 44 (2.61%) Front Office
14 41 (2.43%) Local Government
15 37 (2.19%) Investment Banking
15 37 (2.19%) Marketing
16 31 (1.84%) Telecoms
17 27 (1.60%) Presentation Skills
18 23 (1.36%) Pharmaceutical
19 22 (1.30%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 233 (13.81%) Lead
2 183 (10.85%) Senior
3 169 (10.02%) Developer
4 168 (9.96%) Analyst
5 113 (6.70%) Architect
6 63 (3.73%) DevOps Engineer
7 62 (3.68%) Project Manager
8 57 (3.38%) Delivery Manager
9 55 (3.26%) Consultant
10 51 (3.02%) Business Analyst
11 46 (2.73%) Data Engineer
12 43 (2.55%) Software Engineer
13 40 (2.37%) Scrum Master
14 38 (2.25%) Senior Manager
15 36 (2.13%) Lead Architect
16 35 (2.07%) Product Owner
17 34 (2.02%) Java Developer
18 33 (1.96%) Cloud Engineer
18 33 (1.96%) Product Manager
19 31 (1.84%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 137 (8.12%) Terraform
2 98 (5.81%) REST
3 78 (4.62%) RESTful
4 53 (3.14%) React
5 52 (3.08%) .NET
6 50 (2.96%) Kafka
7 49 (2.90%) Spring
8 44 (2.61%) HTML
8 44 (2.61%) Spring Boot
9 43 (2.55%) AngularJS
10 37 (2.19%) CSS
11 33 (1.96%) Web Services
12 29 (1.72%) Django
13 24 (1.42%) Node.js
13 24 (1.42%) SOAP
14 23 (1.36%) Playwright
15 22 (1.30%) JSON
15 22 (1.30%) Middleware
16 21 (1.24%) PySpark
16 21 (1.24%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 196 (11.62%) Product Ownership
2 125 (7.41%) Onboarding
3 118 (6.99%) Cloud Native
4 48 (2.85%) Management Information System
5 44 (2.61%) Data Protection Act
5 44 (2.61%) Distributed Systems
6 39 (2.31%) Legacy Systems
6 39 (2.31%) Virtual Team
7 35 (2.07%) Enterprise Software
8 32 (1.90%) AI Agents
9 29 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
10 26 (1.54%) CMDB
10 26 (1.54%) Data Centre
10 26 (1.54%) Data Structures
11 25 (1.48%) Security Posture
12 23 (1.36%) Hybrid Cloud
12 23 (1.36%) NHS
13 20 (1.19%) Analytical Mindset
14 19 (1.13%) Operational Technology
15 18 (1.07%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 108 (6.40%) Windows
2 85 (5.04%) Linux
3 28 (1.66%) Windows Server
4 25 (1.48%) Unix
5 20 (1.19%) Windows 10
6 19 (1.13%) Apple iOS
7 16 (0.95%) Mac OS
8 14 (0.83%) Android
9 13 (0.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 6 (0.36%) Amazon Linux
11 2 (0.12%) AIX
11 2 (0.12%) VMS
11 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.059%) HPUX
12 1 (0.059%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.059%) Solaris
12 1 (0.059%) SUSE
12 1 (0.059%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 673 (39.89%) Agile
2 512 (30.35%) Stakeholder Management
3 423 (25.07%) Problem-Solving
4 362 (21.46%) DevOps
5 356 (21.10%) CI/CD
6 343 (20.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 303 (17.96%) Decision-Making
8 281 (16.66%) AI
9 223 (13.22%) Roadmaps
10 202 (11.97%) Analytics
11 179 (10.61%) Change Management
12 174 (10.31%) Scrum
13 168 (9.96%) Migration
14 162 (9.60%) Test Automation
15 156 (9.25%) Software Engineering
16 153 (9.07%) Infrastructure as Code
17 147 (8.71%) Mentoring
18 144 (8.54%) Business Intelligence
19 137 (8.12%) Translating Business Requirements
20 136 (8.06%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 292 (17.31%) Python
2 258 (15.29%) SQL
3 141 (8.36%) Java
4 90 (5.33%) JavaScript
5 85 (5.04%) PowerShell
6 68 (4.03%) C#
7 55 (3.26%) Bash
8 48 (2.85%) TypeScript
9 20 (1.19%) PL/SQL
10 19 (1.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 19 (1.13%) T-SQL
11 18 (1.07%) Bicep
12 15 (0.89%) Go
12 15 (0.89%) Groovy
13 14 (0.83%) Perl
14 12 (0.71%) Apex Code
14 12 (0.71%) Kotlin
15 11 (0.65%) Korn
16 10 (0.59%) R
16 10 (0.59%) VBA
Qualifications
1 367 (21.75%) Security Cleared
2 315 (18.67%) SC Cleared
3 154 (9.13%) Degree
4 53 (3.14%) Computer Science Degree
5 46 (2.73%) DV Cleared
6 45 (2.67%) PMP
7 39 (2.31%) PMI Certification
8 33 (1.96%) Azure Certification
9 32 (1.90%) AWS Certification
10 29 (1.72%) CISSP
11 19 (1.13%) Cisco Certification
12 17 (1.01%) BPSS Clearance
13 15 (0.89%) CISM
14 13 (0.77%) ITIL Certification
15 12 (0.71%) CCNP
15 12 (0.71%) ISTQB
16 9 (0.53%) CompTIA Security+
16 9 (0.53%) Master's Degree
17 8 (0.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 8 (0.47%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 152 (9.01%) QA
2 132 (7.82%) Data Quality
3 76 (4.51%) PMO
4 46 (2.73%) Accessibility
5 43 (2.55%) SLA
6 40 (2.37%) GDPR
6 40 (2.37%) NIST
7 39 (2.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 22 (1.30%) GRC
9 18 (1.07%) Actionable Recommendations
10 16 (0.95%) NCSC
11 13 (0.77%) COBIT
12 11 (0.65%) WCAG
13 9 (0.53%) PCI DSS
13 9 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 6 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
14 6 (0.36%) IFRS
15 5 (0.30%) HIPAA
15 5 (0.30%) ISO 22301
16 4 (0.24%) GxP
System Software
1 101 (5.99%) Docker
2 83 (4.92%) Active Directory
3 20 (1.19%) Virtual Machines
4 13 (0.77%) Virtual Desktop
5 12 (0.71%) VMware Infrastructure
6 9 (0.53%) IAG
7 3 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.18%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.18%) vSphere
8 2 (0.12%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.12%) Squid
8 2 (0.12%) zsh
9 1 (0.059%) Ceph
9 1 (0.059%) Sendmail
9 1 (0.059%) UAG
9 1 (0.059%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 145 (8.60%) Kubernetes
2 51 (3.02%) Ansible
3 47 (2.79%) Grafana
4 46 (2.73%) Prometheus
5 41 (2.43%) Microsoft Intune
6 13 (0.77%) Single Sign-On
7 9 (0.53%) SCCM
8 8 (0.47%) Kibana
9 5 (0.30%) Cisco CUCM
10 4 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (0.24%) Control-M
10 4 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
10 4 (0.24%) Puppet
10 4 (0.24%) QRadar
11 3 (0.18%) HP ALM
11 3 (0.18%) ITRS Geneos
11 3 (0.18%) WSUS
12 2 (0.12%) Argo
12 2 (0.12%) Istio
12 2 (0.12%) Packer
Vendors
1 311 (18.44%) Microsoft
2 112 (6.64%) ServiceNow
3 102 (6.05%) Oracle
4 65 (3.85%) Salesforce
5 64 (3.79%) SAP
6 58 (3.44%) Google
7 38 (2.25%) Databricks
8 29 (1.72%) Cisco
8 29 (1.72%) Splunk
9 22 (1.30%) IBM
10 21 (1.24%) VMware
11 19 (1.13%) Dynatrace
12 14 (0.83%) Apple
12 14 (0.83%) Okta
12 14 (0.83%) Zscaler
13 12 (0.71%) OpenAI
13 12 (0.71%) Red Hat
14 11 (0.65%) Adobe
15 10 (0.59%) ForgeRock
16 9 (0.53%) Workday