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 24 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 45 72
Rank change year-on-year +18 +27 +4
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 1,572 688 531
As % of all contract jobs in London 7.91% 5.06% 3.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.89% 5.49% 3.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,025 460 355
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £428 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £526 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.19% -4.32% -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £688 £688
90th Percentile £750 £838 £778
England median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 9 13
10th Percentile £22.73 £24.62 £27.34
25th Percentile £25.25 £28.21 £30.00
Median hourly rate £41.00 £36.48 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.39% +15.81% -36.36%
75th Percentile £62.25 £47.50 £55.00
90th Percentile £92.50 £56.75 £72.50
England median hourly rate £53.50 £32.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year +67.19% -24.71% -23.32%

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 17,688 12,531 14,870
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.00% 92.21% 88.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,675 8,382 10,562
10th Percentile £363 £329 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £651 £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 279 239 238
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.00
25th Percentile £21.00 £24.66 £21.13
Median hourly rate £35.71 £30.00 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.03% -11.76% -20.93%
75th Percentile £57.50 £49.75 £53.25
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.35 £71.25
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +86.88% -37.13% -8.32%

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 24 July 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 24 July 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 24 July 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 £525 +5.00% 121
South London +23 58 £500 -13.94% 19
West London +3 51 £520 +2.77% 55
East London +11 11 £675 +15.38% 25
North London -2 3 £450 -18.18% 2
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 (4.77%) Confluence
2 65 (4.13%) SharePoint
3 23 (1.46%) Microsoft Exchange
4 15 (0.95%) CMS
5 13 (0.83%) Apache Airflow
6 12 (0.76%) Apache Spark
7 8 (0.51%) Apache
8 6 (0.38%) IIS
9 4 (0.25%) WordPress
10 3 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.19%) Camunda
11 2 (0.13%) Appian
11 2 (0.13%) JBoss
11 2 (0.13%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.13%) SAS
11 2 (0.13%) Sitecore CMS
12 1 (0.064%) Oracle Application Server
12 1 (0.064%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.064%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.064%) WebLogic
Applications
1 71 (4.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 36 (2.29%) Microsoft Office
3 27 (1.72%) Microsoft Project
4 23 (1.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 17 (1.08%) MS Visio
6 11 (0.70%) Chatbot
7 5 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.13%) CPLEX
8 2 (0.13%) Oracle Smart View
9 1 (0.064%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.064%) InDesign
9 1 (0.064%) Mingle
9 1 (0.064%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 22 (1.40%) NetSuite
1 22 (1.40%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (0.70%) Oracle EBS
4 9 (0.57%) Actimize
5 8 (0.51%) Oracle ERP
6 7 (0.45%) Salesforce CRM
7 6 (0.38%) Oracle Payables
8 5 (0.32%) Loan IQ
8 5 (0.32%) Magento
8 5 (0.32%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 5 (0.32%) SAP PM
9 4 (0.25%) Endur
9 4 (0.25%) Remedy ITSM
9 4 (0.25%) SAP MDG
9 4 (0.25%) SAP QM
10 3 (0.19%) Aladdin
10 3 (0.19%) Oracle Financials
10 3 (0.19%) Orchestrade
10 3 (0.19%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 359 (22.84%) Azure
2 291 (18.51%) AWS
3 140 (8.91%) Power Platform
4 107 (6.81%) Azure DevOps
5 97 (6.17%) GitHub
6 92 (5.85%) GCP
7 87 (5.53%) Microsoft 365
8 72 (4.58%) Entra ID
9 63 (4.01%) SaaS
10 56 (3.56%) GitHub Actions
11 53 (3.37%) Serverless
12 52 (3.31%) Dynamics 365
13 42 (2.67%) Amazon S3
14 41 (2.61%) AWS Lambda
15 37 (2.35%) Amazon EC2
16 34 (2.16%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 29 (1.84%) Azure AKS
17 29 (1.84%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 24 (1.53%) Amazon EKS
18 24 (1.53%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 36 (2.29%) Firewall
2 26 (1.65%) DNS
2 26 (1.65%) Network Security
3 17 (1.08%) WAN
4 11 (0.70%) TCP/IP
5 10 (0.64%) LAN
5 10 (0.64%) VoIP
6 8 (0.51%) DHCP
6 8 (0.51%) SD-WAN
7 7 (0.45%) VPN
8 6 (0.38%) MPLS
9 5 (0.32%) BGP
9 5 (0.32%) HTTP
9 5 (0.32%) HTTPS
9 5 (0.32%) Unified Communications
9 5 (0.32%) WebEx
9 5 (0.32%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (0.25%) IOS XR
10 4 (0.25%) NX-OS
10 4 (0.25%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 113 (7.19%) Power BI
2 44 (2.80%) SQL Server
3 38 (2.42%) Metadata
4 36 (2.29%) Tableau
5 32 (2.04%) Data Warehouse
6 30 (1.91%) PostgreSQL
6 30 (1.91%) Relational Database
7 28 (1.78%) Amazon RDS
8 20 (1.27%) NoSQL
9 18 (1.15%) Data Lake
10 15 (0.95%) Delta Lake
11 12 (0.76%) Parquet
12 11 (0.70%) Big Data
12 11 (0.70%) BigQuery
12 11 (0.70%) Power Query
13 7 (0.45%) Oracle Database
13 7 (0.45%) Oracle Reports
14 6 (0.38%) MySQL
14 6 (0.38%) RDBMS
14 6 (0.38%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 165 (10.50%) JIRA
2 73 (4.64%) Jenkins
3 70 (4.45%) Git
4 40 (2.54%) GitLab
5 24 (1.53%) Selenium
6 18 (1.15%) Cucumber
7 14 (0.89%) Cypress.io
8 10 (0.64%) JMeter
9 9 (0.57%) Bitbucket
10 8 (0.51%) JUnit
10 8 (0.51%) Maven
10 8 (0.51%) Postman
10 8 (0.51%) Zephyr
11 7 (0.45%) CircleCI
11 7 (0.45%) Gradle
11 7 (0.45%) REST Assured
11 7 (0.45%) Team Foundation Server
11 7 (0.45%) Visual Studio
11 7 (0.45%) XCTest
12 6 (0.38%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 663 (42.18%) Social Skills
2 539 (34.29%) Finance
3 348 (22.14%) Analytical Skills
4 249 (15.84%) Public Sector
5 155 (9.86%) Banking
6 59 (3.75%) Legal
6 59 (3.75%) Organisational Skills
7 58 (3.69%) Influencing Skills
8 54 (3.44%) Law
9 48 (3.05%) Retail
10 43 (2.74%) Documentation Skills
11 40 (2.54%) Local Government
12 39 (2.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 36 (2.29%) Marketing
14 34 (2.16%) Front Office
15 30 (1.91%) Presentation Skills
16 29 (1.84%) Telecoms
17 27 (1.72%) Investment Banking
18 20 (1.27%) Pharmaceutical
19 16 (1.02%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 212 (13.49%) Lead
2 163 (10.37%) Senior
3 155 (9.86%) Analyst
4 141 (8.97%) Developer
5 97 (6.17%) Architect
6 66 (4.20%) Project Manager
7 56 (3.56%) Delivery Manager
8 54 (3.44%) Consultant
9 51 (3.24%) DevOps Engineer
10 46 (2.93%) Business Analyst
11 43 (2.74%) Scrum Master
12 40 (2.54%) Software Engineer
13 37 (2.35%) Data Engineer
14 36 (2.29%) Product Owner
14 36 (2.29%) Senior Manager
15 34 (2.16%) Lead Architect
16 31 (1.97%) Functional Architect
16 31 (1.97%) Java Developer
17 29 (1.84%) Technical Manager
18 28 (1.78%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (4.58%) REST
2 63 (4.01%) RESTful
3 47 (2.99%) React
4 43 (2.74%) Spring
5 40 (2.54%) .NET
6 38 (2.42%) Spring Boot
7 36 (2.29%) HTML
8 33 (2.10%) Kafka
9 32 (2.04%) AngularJS
9 32 (2.04%) CSS
10 24 (1.53%) Node.js
11 22 (1.40%) Middleware
12 20 (1.27%) Django
12 20 (1.27%) SOAP
13 19 (1.21%) JSON
14 18 (1.15%) Web Services
15 17 (1.08%) Playwright
16 15 (0.95%) Next.js
16 15 (0.95%) XML
17 13 (0.83%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 188 (11.96%) Product Ownership
2 105 (6.68%) Onboarding
3 100 (6.36%) Cloud Native
4 45 (2.86%) Virtual Team
5 42 (2.67%) Data Protection Act
6 41 (2.61%) Management Information System
7 40 (2.54%) Distributed Systems
8 36 (2.29%) Legacy Systems
9 27 (1.72%) Security Posture
10 26 (1.65%) AI Agents
10 26 (1.65%) Data Structures
11 25 (1.59%) CMDB
11 25 (1.59%) Data Centre
11 25 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
12 22 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
13 21 (1.34%) Analytical Mindset
14 18 (1.15%) NHS
15 17 (1.08%) FMCG
15 17 (1.08%) Greenfield Project
15 17 (1.08%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 90 (5.73%) Windows
2 61 (3.88%) Linux
3 23 (1.46%) Windows Server
4 15 (0.95%) Apple iOS
4 15 (0.95%) Mac OS
5 13 (0.83%) Unix
5 13 (0.83%) Windows 10
6 9 (0.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (0.32%) Amazon Linux
7 5 (0.32%) Android
8 2 (0.13%) AIX
9 1 (0.064%) HPUX
9 1 (0.064%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.064%) Solaris
9 1 (0.064%) SUSE
9 1 (0.064%) VMS
9 1 (0.064%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.064%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 611 (38.87%) Agile
2 446 (28.37%) Stakeholder Management
3 383 (24.36%) Problem-Solving
4 326 (20.74%) DevOps
5 314 (19.97%) CI/CD
6 302 (19.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 289 (18.38%) Decision-Making
8 249 (15.84%) AI
9 192 (12.21%) Roadmaps
10 187 (11.90%) Analytics
11 172 (10.94%) Change Management
12 166 (10.56%) Scrum
13 160 (10.18%) Migration
14 140 (8.91%) Test Automation
15 134 (8.52%) Software Engineering
16 133 (8.46%) Business Intelligence
17 128 (8.14%) Infrastructure as Code
17 128 (8.14%) Validation
18 127 (8.08%) Risk Management
19 126 (8.02%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 243 (15.46%) Python
2 225 (14.31%) SQL
3 123 (7.82%) Java
4 81 (5.15%) JavaScript
5 68 (4.33%) PowerShell
6 56 (3.56%) C#
7 45 (2.86%) Bash
8 43 (2.74%) TypeScript
9 23 (1.46%) T-SQL
10 22 (1.40%) PL/SQL
11 15 (0.95%) Bicep
11 15 (0.95%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 13 (0.83%) Groovy
13 12 (0.76%) Apex Code
14 11 (0.70%) Go
14 11 (0.70%) Kotlin
15 10 (0.64%) Perl
16 9 (0.57%) Ruby
16 9 (0.57%) Swift
17 8 (0.51%) R
Qualifications
1 325 (20.67%) Security Cleared
2 279 (17.75%) SC Cleared
3 141 (8.97%) Degree
4 48 (3.05%) Computer Science Degree
5 43 (2.74%) PMP
6 42 (2.67%) DV Cleared
7 39 (2.48%) PMI Certification
8 33 (2.10%) CISSP
9 32 (2.04%) Azure Certification
10 27 (1.72%) AWS Certification
11 22 (1.40%) Cisco Certification
12 19 (1.21%) CISM
13 18 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
14 13 (0.83%) ITIL Certification
15 11 (0.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 11 (0.70%) ACCA
15 11 (0.70%) CCNP
15 11 (0.70%) Master's Degree
16 10 (0.64%) CompTIA Security+
16 10 (0.64%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 141 (8.97%) QA
2 109 (6.93%) Data Quality
3 71 (4.52%) PMO
4 45 (2.86%) GDPR
4 45 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 39 (2.48%) Accessibility
6 37 (2.35%) NIST
6 37 (2.35%) SLA
7 22 (1.40%) GRC
8 15 (0.95%) Actionable Recommendations
9 13 (0.83%) PCI DSS
10 10 (0.64%) IFRS
10 10 (0.64%) NCSC
10 10 (0.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 6 (0.38%) NIST 800
11 6 (0.38%) WCAG
12 5 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
12 5 (0.32%) GAAP
12 5 (0.32%) HIPAA
12 5 (0.32%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 87 (5.53%) Docker
2 69 (4.39%) Active Directory
3 13 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
4 9 (0.57%) IAG
4 9 (0.57%) Virtual Desktop
4 9 (0.57%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.13%) Squid
6 2 (0.13%) vSphere
6 2 (0.13%) zsh
7 1 (0.064%) Ceph
7 1 (0.064%) Sendmail
7 1 (0.064%) UAG
7 1 (0.064%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 126 (8.02%) Kubernetes
2 123 (7.82%) Terraform
3 41 (2.61%) Ansible
4 40 (2.54%) Grafana
5 39 (2.48%) Prometheus
6 32 (2.04%) Microsoft Intune
7 9 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (0.45%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 6 (0.38%) Kibana
10 5 (0.32%) Cisco CUCM
10 5 (0.32%) SCCM
11 4 (0.25%) HP ALM
11 4 (0.25%) QRadar
12 3 (0.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 3 (0.19%) Puppet
13 2 (0.13%) Control-M
13 2 (0.13%) Nessus
13 2 (0.13%) Red Hat Satellite
13 2 (0.13%) vCenter Server
13 2 (0.13%) WSUS
Vendors
1 266 (16.92%) Microsoft
2 106 (6.74%) ServiceNow
3 96 (6.11%) Oracle
4 72 (4.58%) Salesforce
5 61 (3.88%) SAP
6 56 (3.56%) Google
7 32 (2.04%) Databricks
8 23 (1.46%) Cisco
9 20 (1.27%) VMware
10 18 (1.15%) Splunk
11 16 (1.02%) Dynatrace
12 14 (0.89%) IBM
13 13 (0.83%) Apple
13 13 (0.83%) Zscaler
14 12 (0.76%) OpenAI
15 11 (0.70%) Okta
16 10 (0.64%) ForgeRock
16 10 (0.64%) Foundry
17 9 (0.57%) Murex
17 9 (0.57%) Workday