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

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 44 67
Rank change year-on-year +17 +23 +9
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 1,611 706 548
As % of all contract jobs in London 7.99% 5.19% 3.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.97% 5.63% 3.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,046 475 348
10th Percentile £350 £350 £359
25th Percentile £433 £425 £442
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £528 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.47% -4.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £631 £688 £700
90th Percentile £750 £785 £775
England median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 12 11
10th Percentile £18.50 £23.33 £26.68
25th Percentile £25.25 £24.70 £30.00
Median hourly rate £41.00 £35.24 £33.75
Median % change year-on-year +16.35% +4.41% -41.30%
75th Percentile £61.50 £46.94 £56.25
90th Percentile £92.13 £54.25 £76.25
England median hourly rate £47.50 £28.75 £50.00
% change year-on-year +65.22% -42.50% -13.04%

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 17,950 12,547 14,456
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.04% 92.29% 88.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,820 8,389 10,191
10th Percentile £363 £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 £660 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 297 247 197
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.99
25th Percentile £19.85 £24.58 £22.00
Median hourly rate £36.00 £29.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.03% -15.71% -15.19%
75th Percentile £57.50 £49.13 £55.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £62.70 £71.50
England median hourly rate £44.23 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +75.86% -40.82% -

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 6 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 6 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 6 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 -3 164 £547 +9.40% 245
South London +21 61 £503 -13.51% 28
West London +3 52 £520 +1.51% 73
East London +6 11 £675 +255.26% 31
North London -2 3 £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 76 (4.72%) Confluence
2 71 (4.41%) SharePoint
3 26 (1.61%) Microsoft Exchange
4 17 (1.06%) Apache Airflow
5 16 (0.99%) CMS
6 13 (0.81%) Apache Spark
7 8 (0.50%) Apache
8 7 (0.43%) IIS
9 5 (0.31%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 4 (0.25%) Sitecore CMS
10 4 (0.25%) WordPress
11 3 (0.19%) Appian
11 3 (0.19%) Camunda
12 2 (0.12%) JBoss
12 2 (0.12%) Jupyter
12 2 (0.12%) OpenStack
12 2 (0.12%) SAS
13 1 (0.062%) Oracle Workflow
13 1 (0.062%) Tomcat
13 1 (0.062%) WebLogic
Applications
1 74 (4.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (2.30%) Microsoft Office
3 26 (1.61%) Microsoft Project
4 20 (1.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 17 (1.06%) MS Visio
6 9 (0.56%) Chatbot
7 6 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.12%) CPLEX
8 2 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
9 1 (0.062%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.062%) InDesign
9 1 (0.062%) Mingle
9 1 (0.062%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 21 (1.30%) SAP S/4HANA
2 20 (1.24%) NetSuite
3 12 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
4 11 (0.68%) Oracle EBS
5 8 (0.50%) Oracle ERP
6 7 (0.43%) Actimize
7 6 (0.37%) Oracle Payables
7 6 (0.37%) Salesforce CRM
8 5 (0.31%) Loan IQ
8 5 (0.31%) Magento
8 5 (0.31%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 5 (0.31%) SAP PM
9 4 (0.25%) Aladdin
9 4 (0.25%) Endur
9 4 (0.25%) Remedy ITSM
9 4 (0.25%) SAP QM
9 4 (0.25%) Shopify
10 3 (0.19%) Orchestrade
10 3 (0.19%) SAP MDG
10 3 (0.19%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 372 (23.09%) Azure
2 299 (18.56%) AWS
3 149 (9.25%) Power Platform
4 107 (6.64%) Azure DevOps
5 98 (6.08%) GitHub
5 98 (6.08%) Microsoft 365
6 97 (6.02%) GCP
7 78 (4.84%) Entra ID
8 63 (3.91%) SaaS
9 55 (3.41%) Serverless
10 54 (3.35%) Dynamics 365
10 54 (3.35%) GitHub Actions
11 43 (2.67%) Amazon S3
11 43 (2.67%) AWS Lambda
12 37 (2.30%) Amazon EC2
13 35 (2.17%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 29 (1.80%) Azure AKS
14 29 (1.80%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 26 (1.61%) Power Automate
15 26 (1.61%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 37 (2.30%) Firewall
2 30 (1.86%) DNS
3 27 (1.68%) Network Security
4 19 (1.18%) WAN
5 14 (0.87%) TCP/IP
6 12 (0.74%) DHCP
6 12 (0.74%) LAN
7 10 (0.62%) VoIP
8 9 (0.56%) VPN
9 8 (0.50%) SD-WAN
10 6 (0.37%) MPLS
10 6 (0.37%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (0.31%) BGP
11 5 (0.31%) HTTP
11 5 (0.31%) HTTPS
11 5 (0.31%) Unified Communications
11 5 (0.31%) WebEx
12 4 (0.25%) IOS XR
12 4 (0.25%) NX-OS
12 4 (0.25%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 117 (7.26%) Power BI
2 45 (2.79%) SQL Server
3 39 (2.42%) Metadata
4 36 (2.23%) Data Warehouse
5 32 (1.99%) Tableau
6 30 (1.86%) Relational Database
7 29 (1.80%) Amazon RDS
8 27 (1.68%) PostgreSQL
9 19 (1.18%) NoSQL
10 18 (1.12%) Delta Lake
11 17 (1.06%) Data Lake
12 13 (0.81%) Parquet
13 12 (0.74%) BigQuery
13 12 (0.74%) Power Query
14 11 (0.68%) Big Data
15 7 (0.43%) MySQL
15 7 (0.43%) Oracle Database
15 7 (0.43%) Oracle Reports
16 6 (0.37%) RDBMS
16 6 (0.37%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 162 (10.06%) JIRA
2 79 (4.90%) Git
3 75 (4.66%) Jenkins
4 43 (2.67%) GitLab
5 21 (1.30%) Selenium
6 17 (1.06%) Cucumber
7 13 (0.81%) Cypress.io
8 10 (0.62%) JMeter
9 9 (0.56%) Bitbucket
9 9 (0.56%) JUnit
9 9 (0.56%) Zephyr
10 8 (0.50%) Maven
10 8 (0.50%) Visual Studio
11 7 (0.43%) CircleCI
11 7 (0.43%) Gradle
11 7 (0.43%) Postman
11 7 (0.43%) REST Assured
11 7 (0.43%) Sonatype Nexus
11 7 (0.43%) XCTest
12 6 (0.37%) Gatling
General
1 697 (43.27%) Social Skills
2 548 (34.02%) Finance
3 363 (22.53%) Analytical Skills
4 265 (16.45%) Public Sector
5 172 (10.68%) Banking
6 65 (4.03%) Legal
7 63 (3.91%) Organisational Skills
8 62 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
9 54 (3.35%) Law
10 51 (3.17%) Retail
11 46 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
12 43 (2.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 41 (2.55%) Local Government
14 36 (2.23%) Front Office
15 35 (2.17%) Marketing
16 32 (1.99%) Investment Banking
17 31 (1.92%) Telecoms
18 30 (1.86%) Presentation Skills
19 20 (1.24%) Pharmaceutical
20 18 (1.12%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 217 (13.47%) Lead
2 169 (10.49%) Senior
3 158 (9.81%) Analyst
4 148 (9.19%) Developer
5 100 (6.21%) Architect
6 63 (3.91%) Project Manager
7 61 (3.79%) Delivery Manager
8 56 (3.48%) Consultant
9 52 (3.23%) Business Analyst
10 51 (3.17%) DevOps Engineer
11 42 (2.61%) Scrum Master
11 42 (2.61%) Software Engineer
12 41 (2.55%) Data Engineer
13 36 (2.23%) Senior Manager
14 34 (2.11%) Lead Architect
14 34 (2.11%) Product Owner
15 31 (1.92%) Functional Architect
15 31 (1.92%) Java Developer
16 30 (1.86%) Cloud Engineer
17 29 (1.80%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (4.66%) REST
2 67 (4.16%) RESTful
3 45 (2.79%) React
3 45 (2.79%) Spring
4 43 (2.67%) .NET
5 39 (2.42%) Spring Boot
6 38 (2.36%) Kafka
7 36 (2.23%) AngularJS
8 35 (2.17%) HTML
9 31 (1.92%) CSS
10 23 (1.43%) Node.js
10 23 (1.43%) Web Services
11 22 (1.37%) Django
12 21 (1.30%) Middleware
13 20 (1.24%) SOAP
14 19 (1.18%) JSON
15 17 (1.06%) Playwright
16 16 (0.99%) XML
17 14 (0.87%) OAuth
17 14 (0.87%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 193 (11.98%) Product Ownership
2 119 (7.39%) Onboarding
3 106 (6.58%) Cloud Native
4 43 (2.67%) Data Protection Act
4 43 (2.67%) Virtual Team
5 40 (2.48%) Distributed Systems
5 40 (2.48%) Management Information System
6 38 (2.36%) Legacy Systems
7 28 (1.74%) AI Agents
8 27 (1.68%) Data Structures
9 26 (1.61%) CMDB
9 26 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
10 25 (1.55%) Data Centre
10 25 (1.55%) Security Posture
11 24 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
12 20 (1.24%) Analytical Mindset
13 19 (1.18%) NHS
14 18 (1.12%) Greenfield Project
14 18 (1.12%) Hybrid Cloud
15 17 (1.06%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 99 (6.15%) Windows
2 64 (3.97%) Linux
3 26 (1.61%) Windows Server
4 18 (1.12%) Windows 10
5 16 (0.99%) Apple iOS
6 14 (0.87%) Unix
7 13 (0.81%) Mac OS
8 11 (0.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 10 (0.62%) Android
10 5 (0.31%) Amazon Linux
11 2 (0.12%) AIX
12 1 (0.062%) HPUX
12 1 (0.062%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.062%) Solaris
12 1 (0.062%) SUSE
12 1 (0.062%) VMS
12 1 (0.062%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.062%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 635 (39.42%) Agile
2 467 (28.99%) Stakeholder Management
3 401 (24.89%) Problem-Solving
4 333 (20.67%) DevOps
5 324 (20.11%) CI/CD
6 319 (19.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 292 (18.13%) Decision-Making
8 255 (15.83%) AI
9 200 (12.41%) Roadmaps
10 193 (11.98%) Analytics
11 176 (10.92%) Change Management
12 167 (10.37%) Scrum
13 159 (9.87%) Migration
14 145 (9.00%) Software Engineering
15 143 (8.88%) Test Automation
16 136 (8.44%) Business Intelligence
17 135 (8.38%) Infrastructure as Code
18 129 (8.01%) Mentoring
18 129 (8.01%) Translating Business Requirements
19 128 (7.95%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 254 (15.77%) Python
2 232 (14.40%) SQL
3 128 (7.95%) Java
4 78 (4.84%) JavaScript
5 74 (4.59%) PowerShell
6 59 (3.66%) C#
7 46 (2.86%) Bash
8 41 (2.55%) TypeScript
9 21 (1.30%) PL/SQL
10 19 (1.18%) T-SQL
11 16 (0.99%) Bicep
11 16 (0.99%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 13 (0.81%) Groovy
13 12 (0.74%) Apex Code
13 12 (0.74%) Kotlin
14 11 (0.68%) Go
14 11 (0.68%) Perl
15 9 (0.56%) C++
15 9 (0.56%) Ruby
16 8 (0.50%) Korn
Qualifications
1 342 (21.23%) Security Cleared
2 292 (18.13%) SC Cleared
3 144 (8.94%) Degree
4 47 (2.92%) Computer Science Degree
5 45 (2.79%) DV Cleared
6 44 (2.73%) PMP
7 40 (2.48%) PMI Certification
8 34 (2.11%) CISSP
9 32 (1.99%) Azure Certification
10 28 (1.74%) AWS Certification
11 21 (1.30%) Cisco Certification
12 20 (1.24%) CISM
13 17 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
14 12 (0.74%) ITIL Certification
15 11 (0.68%) CCNP
16 10 (0.62%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 10 (0.62%) CompTIA Security+
16 10 (0.62%) ISTQB
16 10 (0.62%) Master's Degree
17 9 (0.56%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 144 (8.94%) QA
2 118 (7.32%) Data Quality
3 75 (4.66%) PMO
4 48 (2.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 43 (2.67%) NIST
6 41 (2.55%) GDPR
6 41 (2.55%) SLA
7 40 (2.48%) Accessibility
8 23 (1.43%) GRC
9 17 (1.06%) Actionable Recommendations
10 13 (0.81%) NCSC
10 13 (0.81%) PCI DSS
11 10 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 9 (0.56%) COBIT
12 9 (0.56%) IFRS
13 7 (0.43%) WCAG
14 6 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
14 6 (0.37%) NIST 800
15 5 (0.31%) Government Security Classifications
15 5 (0.31%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 88 (5.46%) Docker
2 76 (4.72%) Active Directory
3 16 (0.99%) Virtual Machines
4 10 (0.62%) Virtual Desktop
4 10 (0.62%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (0.56%) IAG
6 3 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.19%) vSphere
7 2 (0.12%) Squid
7 2 (0.12%) zsh
8 1 (0.062%) Ceph
8 1 (0.062%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.062%) Sendmail
8 1 (0.062%) UAG
8 1 (0.062%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.062%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 131 (8.13%) Kubernetes
2 124 (7.70%) Terraform
3 43 (2.67%) Ansible
4 39 (2.42%) Grafana
4 39 (2.42%) Prometheus
5 36 (2.23%) Microsoft Intune
6 10 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (0.43%) SCCM
8 6 (0.37%) Kibana
9 5 (0.31%) Cisco CUCM
9 5 (0.31%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 4 (0.25%) Puppet
10 4 (0.25%) QRadar
11 3 (0.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.19%) Control-M
11 3 (0.19%) HP ALM
12 2 (0.12%) Argo
12 2 (0.12%) Nessus
12 2 (0.12%) Red Hat Satellite
12 2 (0.12%) WSUS
Vendors
1 279 (17.32%) Microsoft
2 107 (6.64%) ServiceNow
3 94 (5.83%) Oracle
4 68 (4.22%) Salesforce
5 60 (3.72%) Google
5 60 (3.72%) SAP
6 34 (2.11%) Databricks
7 25 (1.55%) Cisco
8 21 (1.30%) Splunk
8 21 (1.30%) VMware
9 18 (1.12%) Dynatrace
9 18 (1.12%) IBM
10 14 (0.87%) Zscaler
11 12 (0.74%) Apple
11 12 (0.74%) Okta
11 12 (0.74%) OpenAI
12 11 (0.68%) Foundry
13 10 (0.62%) ForgeRock
14 9 (0.56%) Adobe
14 9 (0.56%) Workday