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 9 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 60 61
Rank change year-on-year +33 +1 +15
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 1,131 482 607
As % of all contract jobs in London 7.05% 3.69% 3.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.84% 4.06% 3.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 763 284 418
10th Percentile £350 £357 £384
25th Percentile £425 £440 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £632 £750 £701
90th Percentile £750 £879 £850
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 7 12
10th Percentile - £22.00 -
25th Percentile £17.50 £24.75 £17.00
Median hourly rate £18.94 £30.81 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -38.52% +2.68% -52.00%
75th Percentile £35.00 £63.63 £64.06
90th Percentile £76.69 £72.75 £65.00
England median hourly rate £45.46 £54.63 £38.23
% change year-on-year -16.78% +42.90% -31.73%

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 14,434 11,882 16,153
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.99% 91.01% 88.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,713 7,889 11,534
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% - -7.17%
75th Percentile £650 £681 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 218 162 355
10th Percentile £18.05 £20.45 £16.01
25th Percentile £21.65 £24.66 £19.74
Median hourly rate £35.25 £35.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.71% +16.67% -17.81%
75th Percentile £56.38 £53.31 £50.00
90th Percentile £69.55 £77.25 £69.80
England median hourly rate £30.00 £34.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -13.04% +6.15% -7.22%

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 9 March 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 9 March 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 9 March 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 +20 143 £543 +7.43% 169
South London +1 28 £513 -12.09% 14
West London -15 16 £488 +2.63% 21
East London +7 7 £450 - 21
North London +2 2 £550 - 10
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 79 (6.98%) Confluence
2 42 (3.71%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.06%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (0.80%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (0.44%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.44%) CMS
6 4 (0.35%) Apache
6 4 (0.35%) HCL Notes
7 3 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 3 (0.27%) Appian
7 3 (0.27%) Camunda
7 3 (0.27%) Ethereum
7 3 (0.27%) Hyperledger
7 3 (0.27%) MQSeries
8 2 (0.18%) IIS
9 1 (0.088%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.088%) ColdFusion
9 1 (0.088%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.088%) SAS
9 1 (0.088%) Tomcat
Applications
1 72 (6.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 36 (3.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 23 (2.03%) Microsoft Project
4 21 (1.86%) Microsoft Office
5 16 (1.41%) MS Visio
6 12 (1.06%) Chatbot
7 5 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.35%) Notion
8 4 (0.35%) Trello
9 2 (0.18%) Autodesk Smoke
10 1 (0.088%) Adobe After Effects
10 1 (0.088%) Adobe Captivate
10 1 (0.088%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.088%) Camtasia
10 1 (0.088%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 18 (1.59%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (1.06%) NetSuite
3 11 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
4 10 (0.88%) Loan IQ
5 6 (0.53%) Remedy ITSM
6 5 (0.44%) Aladdin
7 3 (0.27%) Actimize
7 3 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.27%) Workday HCM
8 2 (0.18%) iTrent
8 2 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
8 2 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.18%) SAP BPC
8 2 (0.18%) SAP CO
8 2 (0.18%) SAP HCM
8 2 (0.18%) SAP IBP
8 2 (0.18%) SAP PM
8 2 (0.18%) Summit
8 2 (0.18%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 238 (21.04%) Azure
2 175 (15.47%) AWS
3 99 (8.75%) Azure DevOps
4 94 (8.31%) Power Platform
5 83 (7.34%) GitHub
6 49 (4.33%) GCP
7 45 (3.98%) GitHub Actions
8 44 (3.89%) SaaS
9 43 (3.80%) Serverless
10 41 (3.63%) Microsoft 365
11 35 (3.09%) Amazon S3
12 32 (2.83%) AWS Lambda
13 29 (2.56%) Entra ID
14 26 (2.30%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 21 (1.86%) Amazon EKS
16 20 (1.77%) Amazon EC2
17 19 (1.68%) Google Workspace
18 18 (1.59%) Dynamics 365
18 18 (1.59%) Power Automate
18 18 (1.59%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 30 (2.65%) Firewall
2 20 (1.77%) Network Security
3 17 (1.50%) DNS
4 12 (1.06%) DHCP
4 12 (1.06%) TCP/IP
5 11 (0.97%) WAN
6 9 (0.80%) VPN
7 8 (0.71%) SD-WAN
8 7 (0.62%) BGP
8 7 (0.62%) OSPF
9 6 (0.53%) Broadband
9 6 (0.53%) Ethernet
9 6 (0.53%) LAN
9 6 (0.53%) Modbus
9 6 (0.53%) RS-232
9 6 (0.53%) RS-485
10 5 (0.44%) 5G
10 5 (0.44%) Cisco IOS
10 5 (0.44%) MPLS
11 4 (0.35%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (6.54%) Power BI
2 32 (2.83%) SQL Server
3 27 (2.39%) Tableau
4 26 (2.30%) Relational Database
5 19 (1.68%) Data Warehouse
5 19 (1.68%) PostgreSQL
6 16 (1.41%) Metadata
7 15 (1.33%) Amazon RDS
8 13 (1.15%) Data Lake
9 9 (0.80%) BigQuery
9 9 (0.80%) NoSQL
10 7 (0.62%) MySQL
10 7 (0.62%) Redis
11 6 (0.53%) Amazon Athena
11 6 (0.53%) Amazon Redshift
11 6 (0.53%) MongoDB
11 6 (0.53%) Snowflake Schema
12 5 (0.44%) Delta Lake
12 5 (0.44%) Oracle Reports
13 4 (0.35%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 159 (14.06%) JIRA
2 50 (4.42%) Jenkins
3 40 (3.54%) Git
4 38 (3.36%) GitLab
5 20 (1.77%) Selenium
6 17 (1.50%) Cucumber
7 12 (1.06%) JUnit
8 11 (0.97%) JMeter
9 10 (0.88%) Cypress.io
10 9 (0.80%) Team Foundation Server
11 6 (0.53%) Postman
11 6 (0.53%) REST Assured
12 5 (0.44%) Bitbucket
12 5 (0.44%) Gatling
12 5 (0.44%) MSTest
12 5 (0.44%) TestRail
13 4 (0.35%) Gradle
13 4 (0.35%) Maven
13 4 (0.35%) MLflow
13 4 (0.35%) SonarQube
General
1 491 (43.41%) Social Skills
2 366 (32.36%) Finance
3 234 (20.69%) Analytical Skills
4 139 (12.29%) Public Sector
5 82 (7.25%) Banking
6 48 (4.24%) Legal
7 42 (3.71%) Influencing Skills
8 41 (3.63%) Marketing
9 36 (3.18%) Retail
10 32 (2.83%) Organisational Skills
11 30 (2.65%) Presentation Skills
12 25 (2.21%) Documentation Skills
12 25 (2.21%) Front Office
13 23 (2.03%) Telecoms
14 19 (1.68%) Manufacturing
15 17 (1.50%) Financial Institution
16 16 (1.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 15 (1.33%) Publishing
18 13 (1.15%) Local Government
19 12 (1.06%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 161 (14.24%) Analyst
2 152 (13.44%) Lead
3 104 (9.20%) Senior
4 91 (8.05%) Developer
5 68 (6.01%) Business Analyst
6 51 (4.51%) Architect
7 46 (4.07%) Project Manager
8 44 (3.89%) Delivery Manager
9 43 (3.80%) Consultant
10 32 (2.83%) Data Engineer
11 28 (2.48%) Senior Manager
12 26 (2.30%) DevOps Engineer
13 22 (1.95%) Senior Analyst
14 21 (1.86%) Security Engineer
15 20 (1.77%) Azure Engineer
15 20 (1.77%) Cloud Engineer
15 20 (1.77%) Scrum Master
15 20 (1.77%) Technical Manager
16 18 (1.59%) IT Manager
16 18 (1.59%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (3.54%) .NET
2 37 (3.27%) REST
3 30 (2.65%) React
4 29 (2.56%) Node.js
5 27 (2.39%) HTML
6 26 (2.30%) CSS
6 26 (2.30%) RESTful
7 16 (1.41%) AngularJS
7 16 (1.41%) Spring
8 14 (1.24%) Web Services
9 13 (1.15%) Playwright
9 13 (1.15%) XML
10 11 (0.97%) Kafka
10 11 (0.97%) PySpark
10 11 (0.97%) SOAP
10 11 (0.97%) Spring Boot
11 10 (0.88%) JSON
11 10 (0.88%) OAuth
12 9 (0.80%) ARM Templates
13 8 (0.71%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 105 (9.28%) Product Ownership
2 65 (5.75%) Cloud Native
3 49 (4.33%) Onboarding
4 36 (3.18%) Analytical Mindset
5 27 (2.39%) Virtual Team
6 25 (2.21%) Management Information System
7 19 (1.68%) Data Protection Act
8 17 (1.50%) Mobile App
9 16 (1.41%) Legacy Systems
9 16 (1.41%) Public Cloud
10 15 (1.33%) Data Centre
10 15 (1.33%) Enterprise Software
10 15 (1.33%) Hybrid Cloud
11 14 (1.24%) Distributed Systems
11 14 (1.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 14 (1.24%) PMI
11 14 (1.24%) Security Posture
12 13 (1.15%) AI Agents
12 13 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
13 12 (1.06%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 53 (4.69%) Windows
2 46 (4.07%) Linux
3 12 (1.06%) Mac OS
4 10 (0.88%) Apple iOS
4 10 (0.88%) Unix
4 10 (0.88%) Windows Server
5 8 (0.71%) Android
5 8 (0.71%) VMS
6 6 (0.53%) FreeRTOS
6 6 (0.53%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.18%) AIX
9 1 (0.088%) Amazon Linux
9 1 (0.088%) Solaris
9 1 (0.088%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.088%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.088%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 443 (39.17%) Agile
2 276 (24.40%) Stakeholder Management
3 267 (23.61%) Problem-Solving
4 248 (21.93%) DevOps
5 236 (20.87%) CI/CD
6 187 (16.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 166 (14.68%) Decision-Making
8 150 (13.26%) Analytics
9 138 (12.20%) Roadmaps
10 134 (11.85%) AI
11 110 (9.73%) Test Automation
12 107 (9.46%) Migration
13 102 (9.02%) Infrastructure as Code
14 101 (8.93%) Risk Management
15 97 (8.58%) Project Delivery
16 96 (8.49%) Project Management
16 96 (8.49%) Scrum
17 92 (8.13%) Business Intelligence
18 90 (7.96%) Change Management
19 83 (7.34%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 179 (15.83%) SQL
2 172 (15.21%) Python
3 73 (6.45%) Java
4 55 (4.86%) JavaScript
5 45 (3.98%) PowerShell
6 37 (3.27%) TypeScript
7 35 (3.09%) C#
8 30 (2.65%) Bash
9 15 (1.33%) T-SQL
10 14 (1.24%) C++
10 14 (1.24%) Kusto Query Language
11 11 (0.97%) PL/SQL
12 10 (0.88%) Bicep
13 7 (0.62%) Swift
14 6 (0.53%) Embedded C++
14 6 (0.53%) Go
14 6 (0.53%) Kotlin
15 5 (0.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 5 (0.44%) R
15 5 (0.44%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 191 (16.89%) Security Cleared
2 161 (14.24%) SC Cleared
3 104 (9.20%) Degree
4 30 (2.65%) Computer Science Degree
5 29 (2.56%) PMI Certification
6 27 (2.39%) Azure Certification
7 22 (1.95%) ACCA
8 18 (1.59%) BPSS Clearance
9 17 (1.50%) CISSP
9 17 (1.50%) PMP
10 16 (1.41%) CISM
11 15 (1.33%) DV Cleared
11 15 (1.33%) ISTQB
12 14 (1.24%) Cisco Certification
13 11 (0.97%) AWS Certification
13 11 (0.97%) IIBA
13 11 (0.97%) Master's Degree
13 11 (0.97%) Microsoft Certification
14 9 (0.80%) CIMA
15 8 (0.71%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 122 (10.79%) QA
2 70 (6.19%) Data Quality
3 51 (4.51%) GDPR
4 49 (4.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 45 (3.98%) Accessibility
6 35 (3.09%) NIST
7 31 (2.74%) PMO
8 25 (2.21%) SLA
9 24 (2.12%) Actionable Recommendations
10 18 (1.59%) GRC
10 18 (1.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 13 (1.15%) IFRS
12 11 (0.97%) COBIT
12 11 (0.97%) NCSC
12 11 (0.97%) PCI DSS
13 8 (0.71%) WCAG
14 7 (0.62%) ITGC
14 7 (0.62%) MiFID
15 6 (0.53%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 6 (0.53%) SOX 404
System Software
1 73 (6.45%) Docker
2 25 (2.21%) Active Directory
3 15 (1.33%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (0.53%) Embedded Firmware
4 6 (0.53%) Firmware
5 3 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.088%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (0.088%) ProxySG
6 1 (0.088%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.088%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 92 (8.13%) Terraform
2 80 (7.07%) Kubernetes
3 45 (3.98%) Ansible
4 18 (1.59%) Grafana
5 17 (1.50%) Microsoft Intune
5 17 (1.50%) Prometheus
6 16 (1.41%) SCCM
7 8 (0.71%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 7 (0.62%) ITRS Geneos
9 6 (0.53%) WSUS
10 5 (0.44%) HP ALM
11 4 (0.35%) Kibana
11 4 (0.35%) Puppet
11 4 (0.35%) SCOM
12 3 (0.27%) Control-M
12 3 (0.27%) logstash
12 3 (0.27%) Progress Chef
12 3 (0.27%) vRealize
13 2 (0.18%) Jamf Pro
13 2 (0.18%) Packer
Vendors
1 179 (15.83%) Microsoft
2 76 (6.72%) ServiceNow
3 56 (4.95%) SAP
4 53 (4.69%) Salesforce
5 48 (4.24%) Oracle
6 41 (3.63%) Google
7 26 (2.30%) Databricks
8 15 (1.33%) VMware
9 13 (1.15%) Splunk
10 11 (0.97%) Adobe
11 10 (0.88%) OpenAI
12 8 (0.71%) Cisco
12 8 (0.71%) Murex
12 8 (0.71%) Remedy
13 7 (0.62%) Foundry
13 7 (0.62%) IBM
14 6 (0.53%) Dynatrace
14 6 (0.53%) Okta
15 5 (0.44%) ForgeRock
15 5 (0.44%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud