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

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 55 67
Rank change year-on-year +29 +12 +13
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 1,241 533 582
As % of all contract jobs in London 6.99% 4.27% 3.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.92% 4.63% 3.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 817 348 401
10th Percentile £350 £363 £375
25th Percentile £425 £437 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% - -7.82%
75th Percentile £613 £725 £700
90th Percentile £738 £850 £850
England median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 8 14
10th Percentile £19.54 £22.00 £17.00
25th Percentile £25.25 £26.13 £19.42
Median hourly rate £28.55 £33.64 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.14% +12.14% -52.00%
75th Percentile £75.94 £49.38 £55.31
90th Percentile £94.75 £57.63 £81.63
England median hourly rate £56.50 £52.63 £36.50
% change year-on-year +7.36% +44.18% -34.53%

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 15,677 11,512 15,660
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.30% 92.23% 88.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,479 7,802 11,216
10th Percentile £356 £350 £341
25th Percentile £431 £436 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £681
90th Percentile £755 £813 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 246 175 313
10th Percentile £18.52 £16.50 £15.96
25th Percentile £23.66 £23.35 £20.00
Median hourly rate £35.61 £34.50 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.20% +23.21% -26.80%
75th Percentile £57.50 £50.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £63.75 £66.40
England median hourly rate £47.00 £29.07 £36.50
% change year-on-year +61.68% -20.36% -2.67%

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 May 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 May 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 May 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 +7 137 £538 +2.38% 163
South London +12 41 £498 -14.67% 18
West London -10 34 £510 -0.39% 30
East London +6 12 £598 - 32
North London - 2 £550 - 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 (6.04%) Confluence
2 48 (3.87%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.05%) Apache Airflow
4 11 (0.89%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (0.81%) Apache Spark
6 7 (0.56%) Apache
6 7 (0.56%) CMS
7 5 (0.40%) Camunda
8 4 (0.32%) IIS
9 3 (0.24%) HCL Notes
10 2 (0.16%) Appian
10 2 (0.16%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.081%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.081%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.081%) ColdFusion
11 1 (0.081%) govService
11 1 (0.081%) Oracle Application Server
11 1 (0.081%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.081%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.081%) SAS
Applications
1 72 (5.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 39 (3.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 28 (2.26%) Microsoft Project
4 27 (2.18%) Microsoft Office
5 20 (1.61%) MS Visio
6 10 (0.81%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.24%) Notion
9 2 (0.16%) Oracle Smart View
9 2 (0.16%) Trello
10 1 (0.081%) Adobe After Effects
10 1 (0.081%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.081%) Autodesk Smoke
10 1 (0.081%) Mingle
10 1 (0.081%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 17 (1.37%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (1.29%) NetSuite
3 15 (1.21%) Dynamics CRM
4 11 (0.89%) Loan IQ
5 7 (0.56%) Actimize
5 7 (0.56%) Oracle ERP
6 6 (0.48%) Oracle Payables
7 5 (0.40%) Aladdin
8 4 (0.32%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 4 (0.32%) Remedy ITSM
9 3 (0.24%) Oracle Financials
9 3 (0.24%) SAP Oil and Gas
10 2 (0.16%) Front Arena
10 2 (0.16%) Global One
10 2 (0.16%) SAP ERP
10 2 (0.16%) SAP EWM
10 2 (0.16%) SAP FSCM
10 2 (0.16%) SAP HCM
10 2 (0.16%) Summit
10 2 (0.16%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 273 (22.00%) Azure
2 208 (16.76%) AWS
3 131 (10.56%) Power Platform
4 86 (6.93%) Azure DevOps
5 85 (6.85%) GitHub
6 68 (5.48%) GCP
7 54 (4.35%) SaaS
8 50 (4.03%) Dynamics 365
8 50 (4.03%) Microsoft 365
9 46 (3.71%) GitHub Actions
10 45 (3.63%) Serverless
11 40 (3.22%) Amazon S3
12 37 (2.98%) AWS Lambda
12 37 (2.98%) Entra ID
13 29 (2.34%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 28 (2.26%) Amazon EC2
15 24 (1.93%) AWS CloudFormation
16 23 (1.85%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 22 (1.77%) Amazon EKS
17 22 (1.77%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 36 (2.90%) Firewall
2 28 (2.26%) Network Security
3 18 (1.45%) DNS
4 13 (1.05%) WAN
5 10 (0.81%) DHCP
6 9 (0.73%) SD-WAN
7 8 (0.64%) LAN
8 7 (0.56%) BGP
8 7 (0.56%) Ethernet
8 7 (0.56%) OSPF
8 7 (0.56%) TCP/IP
9 6 (0.48%) Modbus
9 6 (0.48%) RS-232
9 6 (0.48%) RS-485
9 6 (0.48%) VPN
10 5 (0.40%) MPLS
11 4 (0.32%) Cisco IOS
11 4 (0.32%) IOS XR
11 4 (0.32%) NX-OS
11 4 (0.32%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 104 (8.38%) Power BI
2 39 (3.14%) SQL Server
2 39 (3.14%) Tableau
3 31 (2.50%) Relational Database
4 30 (2.42%) Metadata
5 22 (1.77%) PostgreSQL
6 20 (1.61%) Data Warehouse
7 19 (1.53%) Amazon RDS
8 15 (1.21%) Data Lake
9 11 (0.89%) NoSQL
9 11 (0.89%) Power Query
10 10 (0.81%) BigQuery
10 10 (0.81%) Delta Lake
11 9 (0.73%) Parquet
12 8 (0.64%) Amazon Athena
12 8 (0.64%) Oracle Reports
13 6 (0.48%) Big Data
13 6 (0.48%) Snowflake Schema
14 5 (0.40%) PowerPivot
14 5 (0.40%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 164 (13.22%) JIRA
2 55 (4.43%) Jenkins
3 45 (3.63%) Git
4 35 (2.82%) GitLab
5 15 (1.21%) Selenium
6 14 (1.13%) Cucumber
7 10 (0.81%) Cypress.io
8 9 (0.73%) JMeter
8 9 (0.73%) JUnit
8 9 (0.73%) Team Foundation Server
9 6 (0.48%) Bitbucket
9 6 (0.48%) Postman
9 6 (0.48%) REST Assured
9 6 (0.48%) Vite
10 5 (0.40%) Sonatype Nexus
10 5 (0.40%) TestRail
10 5 (0.40%) Visual Studio
10 5 (0.40%) Zephyr
11 4 (0.32%) Maven
11 4 (0.32%) MSTest
General
1 490 (39.48%) Social Skills
2 450 (36.26%) Finance
3 245 (19.74%) Analytical Skills
4 149 (12.01%) Public Sector
5 105 (8.46%) Banking
6 42 (3.38%) Law
6 42 (3.38%) Legal
7 40 (3.22%) Influencing Skills
7 40 (3.22%) Organisational Skills
8 38 (3.06%) Retail
9 34 (2.74%) Marketing
10 33 (2.66%) Presentation Skills
11 30 (2.42%) Telecoms
12 29 (2.34%) Documentation Skills
13 25 (2.01%) Local Government
14 23 (1.85%) Front Office
15 20 (1.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 14 (1.13%) Financial Institution
17 13 (1.05%) Investment Banking
18 12 (0.97%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 172 (13.86%) Lead
2 136 (10.96%) Analyst
3 112 (9.02%) Senior
4 92 (7.41%) Developer
5 85 (6.85%) Architect
6 50 (4.03%) Business Analyst
7 49 (3.95%) Delivery Manager
8 47 (3.79%) Project Manager
9 41 (3.30%) Data Engineer
10 39 (3.14%) Consultant
11 35 (2.82%) DevOps Engineer
12 33 (2.66%) Lead Architect
12 33 (2.66%) Scrum Master
12 33 (2.66%) Senior Manager
13 31 (2.50%) Functional Architect
14 27 (2.18%) Azure Engineer
15 26 (2.10%) Technical Manager
16 25 (2.01%) Cloud Engineer
17 23 (1.85%) Security Engineer
18 22 (1.77%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (3.38%) React
1 42 (3.38%) RESTful
2 37 (2.98%) REST
3 32 (2.58%) HTML
4 31 (2.50%) .NET
5 30 (2.42%) CSS
6 27 (2.18%) Spring
7 22 (1.77%) Spring Boot
8 21 (1.69%) AngularJS
8 21 (1.69%) Node.js
9 19 (1.53%) Kafka
10 16 (1.29%) Next.js
11 14 (1.13%) Middleware
12 12 (0.97%) Elastic Stack
12 12 (0.97%) Playwright
12 12 (0.97%) PySpark
12 12 (0.97%) Web Services
13 11 (0.89%) OAuth
14 10 (0.81%) GraphQL
14 10 (0.81%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 123 (9.91%) Product Ownership
2 80 (6.45%) Cloud Native
3 53 (4.27%) Onboarding
4 33 (2.66%) Management Information System
5 32 (2.58%) Virtual Team
6 30 (2.42%) Data Protection Act
7 23 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
8 22 (1.77%) Data Centre
9 21 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
9 21 (1.69%) Security Posture
10 20 (1.61%) Distributed Systems
11 19 (1.53%) AI Agents
11 19 (1.53%) Self-Motivation
12 18 (1.45%) Data Structures
13 15 (1.21%) Hybrid Cloud
14 14 (1.13%) CMDB
14 14 (1.13%) Derivative
15 13 (1.05%) Enterprise Software
15 13 (1.05%) FMCG
15 13 (1.05%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 53 (4.27%) Windows
2 42 (3.38%) Linux
3 14 (1.13%) Apple iOS
4 11 (0.89%) Windows Server
5 10 (0.81%) Mac OS
6 7 (0.56%) Android
6 7 (0.56%) Unix
6 7 (0.56%) Windows 10
7 6 (0.48%) FreeRTOS
8 5 (0.40%) VMS
9 4 (0.32%) Amazon Linux
10 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.081%) AIX
11 1 (0.081%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.081%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 481 (38.76%) Agile
2 287 (23.13%) Stakeholder Management
3 269 (21.68%) Problem-Solving
4 268 (21.60%) DevOps
5 257 (20.71%) CI/CD
6 214 (17.24%) Decision-Making
7 205 (16.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 176 (14.18%) AI
9 155 (12.49%) Analytics
10 149 (12.01%) Migration
11 143 (11.52%) Roadmaps
12 123 (9.91%) Change Management
13 121 (9.75%) Business Intelligence
14 119 (9.59%) Scrum
15 115 (9.27%) Infrastructure as Code
16 111 (8.94%) Risk Management
16 111 (8.94%) Test Automation
17 110 (8.86%) Project Management
18 100 (8.06%) Mentoring
19 99 (7.98%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 186 (14.99%) SQL
2 181 (14.59%) Python
3 81 (6.53%) Java
4 57 (4.59%) JavaScript
5 48 (3.87%) PowerShell
6 38 (3.06%) C#
7 36 (2.90%) TypeScript
8 23 (1.85%) Bash
9 20 (1.61%) T-SQL
10 17 (1.37%) PL/SQL
11 12 (0.97%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 10 (0.81%) C++
13 9 (0.73%) Bicep
13 9 (0.73%) Kotlin
14 8 (0.64%) Apex Code
14 8 (0.64%) Swift
15 7 (0.56%) Go
15 7 (0.56%) Kusto Query Language
15 7 (0.56%) Shell Script
16 6 (0.48%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 231 (18.61%) Security Cleared
2 195 (15.71%) SC Cleared
3 120 (9.67%) Degree
4 35 (2.82%) Computer Science Degree
5 28 (2.26%) Azure Certification
6 27 (2.18%) CISSP
7 25 (2.01%) DV Cleared
8 24 (1.93%) PMI Certification
9 20 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
9 20 (1.61%) CISM
9 20 (1.61%) PMP
10 19 (1.53%) ACCA
11 18 (1.45%) AWS Certification
11 18 (1.45%) Cisco Certification
12 11 (0.89%) ISTQB
13 10 (0.81%) CCNP
14 9 (0.73%) Master's Degree
15 8 (0.64%) GIAC
15 8 (0.64%) IIBA
16 7 (0.56%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 128 (10.31%) QA
2 84 (6.77%) Data Quality
3 60 (4.83%) PMO
4 45 (3.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 44 (3.55%) GDPR
5 44 (3.55%) NIST
6 31 (2.50%) Accessibility
7 25 (2.01%) SLA
8 21 (1.69%) Actionable Recommendations
9 15 (1.21%) GRC
9 15 (1.21%) IFRS
10 14 (1.13%) PCI DSS
11 11 (0.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 9 (0.73%) NCSC
13 8 (0.64%) WCAG
14 5 (0.40%) COBIT
14 5 (0.40%) GAAP
14 5 (0.40%) Government Security Classifications
14 5 (0.40%) MiFID
14 5 (0.40%) NIST 800
System Software
1 69 (5.56%) Docker
2 27 (2.18%) Active Directory
3 20 (1.61%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (0.48%) Embedded Firmware
4 6 (0.48%) Firmware
5 4 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.24%) IAG
7 2 (0.16%) Squid
8 1 (0.081%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.081%) Sendmail
8 1 (0.081%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.081%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.081%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 111 (8.94%) Terraform
2 94 (7.57%) Kubernetes
3 36 (2.90%) Ansible
4 22 (1.77%) Grafana
5 21 (1.69%) Prometheus
6 17 (1.37%) Microsoft Intune
7 9 (0.73%) SCCM
8 7 (0.56%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 5 (0.40%) HP ALM
9 5 (0.40%) ITRS Geneos
9 5 (0.40%) WSUS
10 4 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.24%) Kibana
11 3 (0.24%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.24%) Puppet
12 2 (0.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.16%) Cisco CUCM
12 2 (0.16%) Control-M
12 2 (0.16%) logstash
12 2 (0.16%) Packer
Vendors
1 216 (17.41%) Microsoft
2 90 (7.25%) ServiceNow
3 70 (5.64%) Oracle
4 59 (4.75%) Salesforce
5 53 (4.27%) SAP
6 42 (3.38%) Google
7 28 (2.26%) Databricks
8 15 (1.21%) VMware
9 12 (0.97%) Cisco
10 10 (0.81%) ForgeRock
10 10 (0.81%) Foundry
10 10 (0.81%) Okta
10 10 (0.81%) OpenAI
11 8 (0.64%) Murex
11 8 (0.64%) Splunk
11 8 (0.64%) Workday
12 7 (0.56%) Ariba
12 7 (0.56%) CrowdStrike
12 7 (0.56%) Zscaler
13 6 (0.48%) Dynatrace