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

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 55 59
Rank change year-on-year +27 +4 +22
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 1,027 523 631
As % of all contract jobs in London 6.77% 3.85% 3.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.46% 4.25% 3.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 691 292 431
10th Percentile £350 £357 £400
25th Percentile £425 £460 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £584 £560
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +4.29% -2.61%
75th Percentile £638 £738 £700
90th Percentile £750 £861 £850
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 6 12
10th Percentile £17.45 £22.00 -
25th Percentile £17.50 £23.38 £17.00
Median hourly rate £18.50 £42.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -55.95% +40.00% -53.85%
75th Percentile £33.90 £67.44 £64.06
90th Percentile £61.67 £73.13 £65.00
England median hourly rate £31.25 £54.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -42.13% +44.00% -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 13,766 12,313 16,184
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 90.73% 90.57% 88.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,152 7,857 11,594
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 212 153 339
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.05 £16.02
25th Percentile £25.11 £25.40 £19.49
Median hourly rate £34.75 £37.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.34% +25.00% -14.89%
75th Percentile £56.62 £55.25 £51.25
90th Percentile £69.94 £79.75 £72.50
England median hourly rate £25.77 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -26.37% - -

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 12 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 12 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 12 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 +13 134 £540 +2.61% 115
West London -12 16 £475 +18.75% 26
East London +5 11 £450 -18.74% 24
South London -12 9 £525 -9.95% 16
North London +5 2 £550 - 5
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 67 (6.52%) Confluence
2 40 (3.89%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.17%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (0.97%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.58%) Apache
6 5 (0.49%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.49%) CMS
7 4 (0.39%) Appian
7 4 (0.39%) HCL Notes
7 4 (0.39%) MQSeries
8 3 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.29%) Camunda
8 3 (0.29%) Ethereum
8 3 (0.29%) Hyperledger
9 2 (0.19%) Drupal
9 2 (0.19%) WordPress
10 1 (0.097%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.097%) Mule
10 1 (0.097%) nginx
10 1 (0.097%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 72 (7.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 40 (3.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 22 (2.14%) Microsoft Office
4 19 (1.85%) Microsoft Project
5 15 (1.46%) MS Visio
6 9 (0.88%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.39%) Notion
7 4 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.39%) Trello
8 2 (0.19%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.19%) Autodesk Smoke
9 1 (0.097%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.097%) Adobe Captivate
9 1 (0.097%) Camtasia
9 1 (0.097%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.097%) Sketch
9 1 (0.097%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 18 (1.75%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (1.07%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (0.88%) NetSuite
4 8 (0.78%) Loan IQ
5 7 (0.68%) Remedy ITSM
6 4 (0.39%) Oracle ERP
6 4 (0.39%) Workday HCM
7 3 (0.29%) Aladdin
7 3 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.29%) SAP IBP
7 3 (0.29%) Teamcenter
8 2 (0.19%) Endur
8 2 (0.19%) iTrent
8 2 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.19%) SAP CO
8 2 (0.19%) SAP MM
8 2 (0.19%) SAP PM
8 2 (0.19%) SAP PP
8 2 (0.19%) SAP SCM
8 2 (0.19%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 203 (19.77%) Azure
2 146 (14.22%) AWS
3 93 (9.06%) Azure DevOps
4 86 (8.37%) Power Platform
5 69 (6.72%) GitHub
6 42 (4.09%) GCP
7 40 (3.89%) GitHub Actions
7 40 (3.89%) SaaS
8 37 (3.60%) Microsoft 365
9 31 (3.02%) Serverless
10 25 (2.43%) Amazon S3
11 22 (2.14%) AWS Lambda
12 21 (2.04%) Power Automate
13 20 (1.95%) Entra ID
14 18 (1.75%) PowerApps
15 17 (1.66%) Dynamics 365
16 16 (1.56%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 15 (1.46%) Google Workspace
18 14 (1.36%) AWS CloudFormation
18 14 (1.36%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 25 (2.43%) Firewall
2 19 (1.85%) Network Security
3 18 (1.75%) DNS
4 14 (1.36%) DHCP
5 13 (1.27%) TCP/IP
6 11 (1.07%) VPN
7 8 (0.78%) LAN
7 8 (0.78%) Modbus
7 8 (0.78%) WAN
8 6 (0.58%) Broadband
8 6 (0.58%) Ethernet
8 6 (0.58%) RS-232
8 6 (0.58%) RS-485
9 5 (0.49%) SD-WAN
10 4 (0.39%) 5G
11 3 (0.29%) BGP
11 3 (0.29%) DKIM
11 3 (0.29%) DMARC
11 3 (0.29%) Internet
11 3 (0.29%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (6.72%) Power BI
2 23 (2.24%) Relational Database
2 23 (2.24%) Tableau
3 22 (2.14%) SQL Server
4 20 (1.95%) PostgreSQL
5 13 (1.27%) Data Warehouse
5 13 (1.27%) Metadata
6 11 (1.07%) Data Lake
7 10 (0.97%) NoSQL
8 9 (0.88%) Amazon RDS
8 9 (0.88%) MySQL
9 8 (0.78%) MongoDB
9 8 (0.78%) Redis
10 7 (0.68%) Oracle Reports
11 6 (0.58%) Amazon Athena
11 6 (0.58%) Amazon Redshift
12 5 (0.49%) BigQuery
12 5 (0.49%) Delta Lake
12 5 (0.49%) Power Query
13 4 (0.39%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 139 (13.53%) JIRA
2 46 (4.48%) Jenkins
3 31 (3.02%) GitLab
4 28 (2.73%) Git
5 18 (1.75%) Selenium
6 11 (1.07%) Cucumber
6 11 (1.07%) JUnit
7 10 (0.97%) Cypress.io
7 10 (0.97%) JMeter
8 9 (0.88%) Postman
9 8 (0.78%) Team Foundation Server
10 7 (0.68%) SonarQube
11 6 (0.58%) REST Assured
12 5 (0.49%) Gatling
12 5 (0.49%) TestRail
13 4 (0.39%) Maven
13 4 (0.39%) MLflow
13 4 (0.39%) XCTest
14 3 (0.29%) Mockito
14 3 (0.29%) Oracle APEX
General
1 463 (45.08%) Social Skills
2 325 (31.65%) Finance
3 210 (20.45%) Analytical Skills
4 110 (10.71%) Public Sector
5 78 (7.59%) Banking
6 42 (4.09%) Legal
7 41 (3.99%) Influencing Skills
8 40 (3.89%) Marketing
9 36 (3.51%) Retail
10 28 (2.73%) Organisational Skills
11 24 (2.34%) Manufacturing
11 24 (2.34%) Telecoms
12 22 (2.14%) Front Office
13 21 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
14 19 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
15 15 (1.46%) Financial Institution
15 15 (1.46%) Publishing
16 14 (1.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 13 (1.27%) Local Government
17 13 (1.27%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 155 (15.09%) Analyst
2 142 (13.83%) Lead
3 104 (10.13%) Senior
4 85 (8.28%) Developer
5 62 (6.04%) Business Analyst
6 47 (4.58%) Architect
7 42 (4.09%) Project Manager
8 41 (3.99%) Consultant
9 30 (2.92%) Delivery Manager
10 27 (2.63%) Data Engineer
11 26 (2.53%) Senior Manager
12 24 (2.34%) DevOps Engineer
13 23 (2.24%) Senior Analyst
14 20 (1.95%) Security Engineer
15 18 (1.75%) Scrum Master
16 17 (1.66%) Designer
16 17 (1.66%) Product Manager
16 17 (1.66%) Product Owner
17 15 (1.46%) QA Engineer
17 15 (1.46%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (3.12%) REST
2 31 (3.02%) .NET
3 26 (2.53%) Node.js
4 25 (2.43%) CSS
4 25 (2.43%) React
4 25 (2.43%) RESTful
5 24 (2.34%) HTML
6 17 (1.66%) Spring
7 15 (1.46%) Spring Boot
7 15 (1.46%) XML
8 14 (1.36%) SOAP
9 13 (1.27%) Web Services
10 12 (1.17%) AngularJS
11 11 (1.07%) OAuth
11 11 (1.07%) PySpark
12 10 (0.97%) ARM Templates
12 10 (0.97%) JSON
12 10 (0.97%) Kafka
13 9 (0.88%) Elastic Stack
13 9 (0.88%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 93 (9.06%) Product Ownership
2 57 (5.55%) Cloud Native
3 50 (4.87%) Onboarding
4 37 (3.60%) Analytical Mindset
5 28 (2.73%) Management Information System
6 22 (2.14%) Virtual Team
7 20 (1.95%) Mobile App
8 18 (1.75%) Distributed Systems
9 15 (1.46%) Data Protection Act
9 15 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
10 14 (1.36%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 14 (1.36%) Public Cloud
10 14 (1.36%) Security Posture
11 12 (1.17%) Hybrid Cloud
11 12 (1.17%) Legacy Systems
12 11 (1.07%) PMI
13 10 (0.97%) Cyber Defence
13 10 (0.97%) Data Centre
13 10 (0.97%) Replication
14 9 (0.88%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 47 (4.58%) Windows
2 46 (4.48%) Linux
3 13 (1.27%) Mac OS
4 11 (1.07%) Apple iOS
4 11 (1.07%) Unix
5 10 (0.97%) Android
6 9 (0.88%) VMS
6 9 (0.88%) Windows Server
7 6 (0.58%) FreeRTOS
7 6 (0.58%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.19%) AIX
10 1 (0.097%) Solaris
10 1 (0.097%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.097%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.097%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 401 (39.05%) Agile
2 255 (24.83%) Problem-Solving
3 244 (23.76%) Stakeholder Management
4 219 (21.32%) DevOps
5 197 (19.18%) CI/CD
6 170 (16.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 139 (13.53%) Decision-Making
8 132 (12.85%) Analytics
8 132 (12.85%) Roadmaps
9 112 (10.91%) AI
10 93 (9.06%) Scrum
11 92 (8.96%) Migration
12 91 (8.86%) Project Delivery
13 89 (8.67%) Project Management
14 88 (8.57%) Test Automation
15 86 (8.37%) Risk Management
16 84 (8.18%) Business Intelligence
17 82 (7.98%) Infrastructure as Code
18 78 (7.59%) Mentoring
19 76 (7.40%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 154 (15.00%) SQL
2 139 (13.53%) Python
3 68 (6.62%) Java
4 52 (5.06%) JavaScript
5 42 (4.09%) PowerShell
6 32 (3.12%) TypeScript
7 30 (2.92%) Bash
8 27 (2.63%) C#
9 15 (1.46%) Kusto Query Language
10 14 (1.36%) C++
11 11 (1.07%) T-SQL
12 8 (0.78%) PL/SQL
13 7 (0.68%) Swift
14 6 (0.58%) Bicep
14 6 (0.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 6 (0.58%) Embedded C++
15 5 (0.49%) Go
15 5 (0.49%) Korn
15 5 (0.49%) R
16 4 (0.39%) RPG
Qualifications
1 152 (14.80%) Security Cleared
2 127 (12.37%) SC Cleared
3 91 (8.86%) Degree
4 27 (2.63%) Azure Certification
4 27 (2.63%) PMI Certification
5 26 (2.53%) Computer Science Degree
6 18 (1.75%) ACCA
6 18 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
7 17 (1.66%) PMP
8 14 (1.36%) ISTQB
9 12 (1.17%) DV Cleared
10 11 (1.07%) Microsoft Certification
11 10 (0.97%) CISSP
11 10 (0.97%) Master's Degree
12 9 (0.88%) AWS Certification
12 9 (0.88%) CIMA
12 9 (0.88%) CISM
12 9 (0.88%) IIBA
13 8 (0.78%) CBAP
13 8 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 108 (10.52%) QA
2 57 (5.55%) Data Quality
3 48 (4.67%) GDPR
4 47 (4.58%) Accessibility
5 43 (4.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 30 (2.92%) NIST
7 24 (2.34%) PMO
8 23 (2.24%) Actionable Recommendations
9 22 (2.14%) SLA
10 19 (1.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 18 (1.75%) GRC
12 11 (1.07%) PCI DSS
13 10 (0.97%) COBIT
13 10 (0.97%) NCSC
14 9 (0.88%) IFRS
15 8 (0.78%) WCAG
16 7 (0.68%) California Consumer Privacy Act
16 7 (0.68%) ITGC
17 6 (0.58%) MiFID
17 6 (0.58%) SOX 404
System Software
1 71 (6.91%) Docker
2 24 (2.34%) Active Directory
3 17 (1.66%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (0.58%) Embedded Firmware
4 6 (0.58%) Firmware
5 3 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.097%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.097%) ProxySG
7 1 (0.097%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.097%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 74 (7.21%) Kubernetes
1 74 (7.21%) Terraform
2 36 (3.51%) Ansible
3 18 (1.75%) SCCM
4 17 (1.66%) Microsoft Intune
5 15 (1.46%) Grafana
5 15 (1.46%) Prometheus
6 8 (0.78%) ITRS Geneos
7 7 (0.68%) WSUS
8 5 (0.49%) Kibana
8 5 (0.49%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 4 (0.39%) Control-M
9 4 (0.39%) HP ALM
9 4 (0.39%) logstash
9 4 (0.39%) Puppet
9 4 (0.39%) SCOM
10 3 (0.29%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.29%) vRealize
11 2 (0.19%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 164 (15.97%) Microsoft
2 58 (5.65%) ServiceNow
3 57 (5.55%) SAP
4 50 (4.87%) Salesforce
5 42 (4.09%) Oracle
6 39 (3.80%) Google
7 20 (1.95%) Databricks
8 14 (1.36%) Splunk
9 13 (1.27%) VMware
10 12 (1.17%) Adobe
11 9 (0.88%) Remedy
12 7 (0.68%) Dynatrace
13 6 (0.58%) BMC
13 6 (0.58%) IBM
13 6 (0.58%) Informatica
13 6 (0.58%) Murex
13 6 (0.58%) OpenAI
13 6 (0.58%) Workday
14 5 (0.49%) Cisco
14 5 (0.49%) Red Hat