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 1 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 43 65
Rank change year-on-year +16 +22 +5
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 1,692 734 592
As % of all contract jobs in London 8.43% 5.48% 3.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.46% 5.93% 4.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,091 491 361
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £438 £423 £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 £760 £775 £775
England median daily rate £518 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +3.50% -4.76% -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 16 10
10th Percentile £18.50 £17.94 £17.08
25th Percentile £25.25 £23.12 £27.51
Median hourly rate £31.95 £35.24 £40.63
Median % change year-on-year -9.34% -13.26% -29.35%
75th Percentile £55.00 £49.38 £56.88
90th Percentile £72.75 £61.88 £77.50
England median hourly rate £35.00 £28.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year +22.81% -43.00% -16.67%

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 17,877 12,377 14,454
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.04% 92.46% 88.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,691 8,233 9,872
10th Percentile £360 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £660 £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 288 255 194
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.00 £17.33
25th Percentile £19.98 £24.89 £22.28
Median hourly rate £35.50 £32.00 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.94% -11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £57.50 £49.75 £54.69
90th Percentile £85.53 £63.75 £71.69
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +1.18%

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 1 September 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 1 September 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 1 September 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 -2 170 £550 +10.00% 253
West London +6 57 £520 +1.56% 137
South London +16 49 £525 -9.17% 43
East London +4 13 £750 +294.74% 39
North London +1 4 £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 82 (4.85%) SharePoint
2 74 (4.37%) Confluence
3 30 (1.77%) Microsoft Exchange
4 21 (1.24%) Apache Airflow
5 17 (1.00%) CMS
6 16 (0.95%) Apache Spark
7 10 (0.59%) Apache
8 6 (0.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 6 (0.35%) IIS
9 4 (0.24%) Camunda
9 4 (0.24%) Sitecore CMS
9 4 (0.24%) WordPress
10 3 (0.18%) Appian
10 3 (0.18%) SAS
11 2 (0.12%) JBoss
11 2 (0.12%) Jupyter
11 2 (0.12%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.059%) MTS
12 1 (0.059%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.059%) WebLogic
Applications
1 80 (4.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 41 (2.42%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (1.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 21 (1.24%) Microsoft Project
5 17 (1.00%) MS Visio
6 6 (0.35%) 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 15 (0.89%) NetSuite
3 12 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (0.71%) Oracle EBS
4 8 (0.47%) Oracle ERP
5 7 (0.41%) Oracle Payables
6 6 (0.35%) Actimize
6 6 (0.35%) Magento
6 6 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
7 5 (0.30%) Aladdin
7 5 (0.30%) Loan IQ
7 5 (0.30%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 5 (0.30%) SAP PM
8 4 (0.24%) Endur
8 4 (0.24%) Oracle Financials
8 4 (0.24%) SAP QM
8 4 (0.24%) Shopify
9 3 (0.18%) Remedy ITSM
9 3 (0.18%) SAP MDG
9 3 (0.18%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 401 (23.70%) Azure
2 320 (18.91%) AWS
3 167 (9.87%) Power Platform
4 115 (6.80%) Azure DevOps
5 112 (6.62%) Microsoft 365
6 105 (6.21%) GitHub
7 102 (6.03%) GCP
8 83 (4.91%) Entra ID
9 64 (3.78%) Serverless
10 61 (3.61%) SaaS
11 55 (3.25%) GitHub Actions
12 53 (3.13%) Dynamics 365
13 49 (2.90%) AWS Lambda
14 47 (2.78%) Amazon S3
15 35 (2.07%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 34 (2.01%) Microsoft Copilot
17 32 (1.89%) Amazon EC2
18 31 (1.83%) PowerApps
19 28 (1.65%) Power Automate
20 27 (1.60%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 37 (2.19%) Firewall
1 37 (2.19%) Network Security
2 34 (2.01%) DNS
3 22 (1.30%) TCP/IP
4 21 (1.24%) WAN
5 15 (0.89%) DHCP
5 15 (0.89%) VPN
6 12 (0.71%) LAN
7 9 (0.53%) SD-WAN
7 9 (0.53%) VoIP
8 8 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (0.35%) BGP
9 6 (0.35%) HTTP
10 5 (0.30%) HTTPS
10 5 (0.30%) Kerberos
10 5 (0.30%) Unified Communications
10 5 (0.30%) WebEx
10 5 (0.30%) Wireless
11 4 (0.24%) NX-OS
11 4 (0.24%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 129 (7.62%) Power BI
2 51 (3.01%) SQL Server
3 48 (2.84%) Metadata
4 41 (2.42%) Data Warehouse
5 34 (2.01%) PostgreSQL
6 33 (1.95%) Relational Database
7 29 (1.71%) Amazon RDS
8 27 (1.60%) Tableau
9 26 (1.54%) NoSQL
10 24 (1.42%) Delta Lake
11 16 (0.95%) Data Lake
12 15 (0.89%) Power Query
13 14 (0.83%) Parquet
14 12 (0.71%) Big Data
15 10 (0.59%) Oracle Database
16 9 (0.53%) MySQL
17 8 (0.47%) MongoDB
18 7 (0.41%) BigQuery
18 7 (0.41%) RDBMS
19 6 (0.35%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 151 (8.92%) JIRA
2 102 (6.03%) Git
3 82 (4.85%) Jenkins
4 46 (2.72%) GitLab
5 32 (1.89%) Selenium
6 16 (0.95%) Cypress.io
7 12 (0.71%) Cucumber
7 12 (0.71%) Postman
8 11 (0.65%) Bitbucket
9 10 (0.59%) JUnit
10 9 (0.53%) CircleCI
10 9 (0.53%) Visual Studio
11 7 (0.41%) Maven
11 7 (0.41%) REST Assured
11 7 (0.41%) Zephyr
12 6 (0.35%) Gradle
12 6 (0.35%) JMeter
12 6 (0.35%) Sonatype Nexus
12 6 (0.35%) XCTest
12 6 (0.35%) XCUITest
General
1 760 (44.92%) Social Skills
2 546 (32.27%) Finance
3 384 (22.70%) Analytical Skills
4 284 (16.78%) Public Sector
5 197 (11.64%) Banking
6 70 (4.14%) Influencing Skills
7 65 (3.84%) Organisational Skills
8 59 (3.49%) Legal
9 56 (3.31%) Law
10 50 (2.96%) Documentation Skills
11 49 (2.90%) Retail
12 48 (2.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 47 (2.78%) Front Office
14 40 (2.36%) Local Government
15 37 (2.19%) Investment Banking
16 36 (2.13%) Marketing
17 31 (1.83%) Telecoms
18 26 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
19 22 (1.30%) Military
19 22 (1.30%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 232 (13.71%) Lead
2 190 (11.23%) Senior
3 176 (10.40%) Analyst
4 164 (9.69%) Developer
5 113 (6.68%) Architect
6 65 (3.84%) DevOps Engineer
7 61 (3.61%) Project Manager
8 58 (3.43%) Consultant
9 54 (3.19%) Delivery Manager
10 51 (3.01%) Business Analyst
11 48 (2.84%) Data Engineer
12 43 (2.54%) Software Engineer
13 42 (2.48%) Scrum Master
14 38 (2.25%) Senior Manager
15 35 (2.07%) Lead Architect
15 35 (2.07%) Product Owner
16 33 (1.95%) Cloud Engineer
16 33 (1.95%) Support Engineer
17 32 (1.89%) Product Manager
18 30 (1.77%) Functional Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 136 (8.04%) Terraform
2 94 (5.56%) REST
3 79 (4.67%) RESTful
4 53 (3.13%) React
5 50 (2.96%) .NET
5 50 (2.96%) Kafka
5 50 (2.96%) Spring
6 45 (2.66%) Spring Boot
7 42 (2.48%) HTML
8 41 (2.42%) AngularJS
9 37 (2.19%) CSS
10 34 (2.01%) Web Services
11 31 (1.83%) Django
12 24 (1.42%) SOAP
13 23 (1.36%) Node.js
13 23 (1.36%) PySpark
14 22 (1.30%) JSON
14 22 (1.30%) Middleware
14 22 (1.30%) XML
15 21 (1.24%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 201 (11.88%) Product Ownership
2 128 (7.57%) Onboarding
3 115 (6.80%) Cloud Native
4 50 (2.96%) Management Information System
5 46 (2.72%) Data Protection Act
6 44 (2.60%) Distributed Systems
7 39 (2.30%) Legacy Systems
8 38 (2.25%) Virtual Team
9 37 (2.19%) Enterprise Software
10 35 (2.07%) AI Agents
11 29 (1.71%) Security Posture
12 28 (1.65%) Data Structures
13 26 (1.54%) CMDB
13 26 (1.54%) Data Centre
13 26 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
14 25 (1.48%) Hybrid Cloud
15 23 (1.36%) NHS
16 20 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
17 19 (1.12%) Operational Technology
18 18 (1.06%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 111 (6.56%) Windows
2 85 (5.02%) Linux
3 32 (1.89%) Windows Server
4 25 (1.48%) Unix
5 22 (1.30%) Windows 10
6 21 (1.24%) Apple iOS
7 16 (0.95%) Android
8 15 (0.89%) Mac OS
9 14 (0.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 6 (0.35%) Amazon Linux
11 3 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.12%) AIX
12 2 (0.12%) VMS
13 1 (0.059%) HPUX
13 1 (0.059%) Oracle Linux
13 1 (0.059%) Solaris
13 1 (0.059%) SUSE
13 1 (0.059%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 670 (39.60%) Agile
2 525 (31.03%) Stakeholder Management
3 437 (25.83%) Problem-Solving
4 355 (20.98%) DevOps
5 351 (20.74%) CI/CD
6 343 (20.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 307 (18.14%) Decision-Making
8 283 (16.73%) AI
9 224 (13.24%) Roadmaps
10 206 (12.17%) Analytics
11 185 (10.93%) Scrum
12 184 (10.87%) Change Management
13 172 (10.17%) Migration
14 155 (9.16%) Infrastructure as Code
14 155 (9.16%) Test Automation
15 154 (9.10%) Software Engineering
16 147 (8.69%) Business Intelligence
17 146 (8.63%) Mentoring
18 142 (8.39%) Technical Leadership
19 140 (8.27%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 291 (17.20%) Python
2 255 (15.07%) SQL
3 136 (8.04%) Java
4 90 (5.32%) JavaScript
5 88 (5.20%) PowerShell
6 68 (4.02%) C#
7 59 (3.49%) Bash
8 47 (2.78%) TypeScript
9 22 (1.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 20 (1.18%) T-SQL
11 18 (1.06%) PL/SQL
12 17 (1.00%) Bicep
13 16 (0.95%) Go
14 15 (0.89%) Groovy
14 15 (0.89%) Perl
15 12 (0.71%) Korn
15 12 (0.71%) R
16 11 (0.65%) Apex Code
16 11 (0.65%) Kotlin
17 10 (0.59%) VBA
Qualifications
1 373 (22.04%) Security Cleared
2 317 (18.74%) SC Cleared
3 151 (8.92%) Degree
4 55 (3.25%) Computer Science Degree
5 50 (2.96%) DV Cleared
6 46 (2.72%) PMP
7 39 (2.30%) PMI Certification
8 36 (2.13%) Azure Certification
9 35 (2.07%) AWS Certification
10 30 (1.77%) CISSP
11 18 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
11 18 (1.06%) Cisco Certification
12 15 (0.89%) CISM
12 15 (0.89%) ITIL Certification
13 11 (0.65%) ISTQB
14 10 (0.59%) CCNP
14 10 (0.59%) CompTIA Security+
14 10 (0.59%) Microsoft Certification
15 9 (0.53%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 9 (0.53%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 149 (8.81%) QA
2 137 (8.10%) Data Quality
3 81 (4.79%) PMO
4 46 (2.72%) Accessibility
5 43 (2.54%) SLA
6 41 (2.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 41 (2.42%) NIST
7 39 (2.30%) GDPR
8 27 (1.60%) GRC
9 17 (1.00%) Actionable Recommendations
9 17 (1.00%) NCSC
10 12 (0.71%) COBIT
10 12 (0.71%) WCAG
11 10 (0.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 9 (0.53%) PCI DSS
13 7 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
14 6 (0.35%) ISO 22301
15 5 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 5 (0.30%) HIPAA
16 4 (0.24%) GxP
System Software
1 107 (6.32%) Docker
2 86 (5.08%) Active Directory
3 20 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
4 13 (0.77%) Virtual Desktop
4 13 (0.77%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (0.53%) IAG
6 3 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.18%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.18%) vSphere
7 2 (0.12%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.12%) Squid
7 2 (0.12%) zsh
8 1 (0.059%) Ceph
8 1 (0.059%) Sendmail
8 1 (0.059%) UAG
8 1 (0.059%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 139 (8.22%) Kubernetes
2 50 (2.96%) Ansible
3 49 (2.90%) Grafana
4 48 (2.84%) Prometheus
5 40 (2.36%) Microsoft Intune
6 13 (0.77%) Single Sign-On
7 10 (0.59%) Kibana
7 10 (0.59%) SCCM
8 5 (0.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 5 (0.30%) Cisco CUCM
9 4 (0.24%) Control-M
9 4 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (0.24%) Puppet
9 4 (0.24%) QRadar
10 3 (0.18%) ITRS Geneos
10 3 (0.18%) Nagios
10 3 (0.18%) WSUS
11 2 (0.12%) HP ALM
11 2 (0.12%) Packer
11 2 (0.12%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 327 (19.33%) Microsoft
2 110 (6.50%) ServiceNow
3 104 (6.15%) Oracle
4 66 (3.90%) Salesforce
5 65 (3.84%) SAP
6 61 (3.61%) Google
7 39 (2.30%) Splunk
8 36 (2.13%) Databricks
9 27 (1.60%) Cisco
10 24 (1.42%) VMware
11 22 (1.30%) IBM
12 19 (1.12%) Dynatrace
13 15 (0.89%) Zscaler
14 14 (0.83%) Apple
15 13 (0.77%) OpenAI
15 13 (0.77%) Red Hat
16 12 (0.71%) Adobe
17 10 (0.59%) Ariba
17 10 (0.59%) Foundry
18 9 (0.53%) Qualys