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

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 48 73
Rank change year-on-year +22 +25 +5
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 1,473 626 549
As % of all contract jobs in London 7.63% 4.82% 3.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.59% 5.23% 3.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 973 414 374
10th Percentile £350 £357 £354
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £534 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% -3.00% -4.35%
75th Percentile £613 £695 £688
90th Percentile £740 £850 £788
England median daily rate £507 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +1.30% -4.76% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 8 15
10th Percentile £25.25 £27.29 £17.00
25th Percentile £26.20 £31.05 £21.84
Median hourly rate £41.00 £38.99 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.16% +29.97% -50.62%
75th Percentile £66.25 £49.38 £51.88
90th Percentile £93.25 £57.63 £68.75
England median hourly rate £54.00 £30.81 £35.75
% change year-on-year +75.30% -13.83% -27.04%

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 17,155 11,979 15,595
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.89% 92.25% 88.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,402 8,003 11,123
10th Percentile £358 £335 £343
25th Percentile £438 £425 £448
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.36% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £680
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £520 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 267 225 302
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £15.95
25th Percentile £23.33 £24.66 £20.02
Median hourly rate £37.50 £32.89 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.02% +9.63% -26.90%
75th Percentile £59.00 £50.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.55 £68.68
England median hourly rate £46.62 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +85.35% -34.02% +1.65%

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 2 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 2 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 2 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 -2 160 £525 +2.45% 254
South London +21 48 £500 -14.00% 12
West London -4 45 £510 -0.39% 37
East London +10 14 £638 +8.97% 29
North London +1 2 £450 -18.18% 8
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 (5.09%) Confluence
2 62 (4.21%) SharePoint
3 20 (1.36%) Microsoft Exchange
4 15 (1.02%) Apache Airflow
5 12 (0.81%) Apache Spark
6 10 (0.68%) CMS
7 7 (0.48%) Apache
8 6 (0.41%) IIS
9 4 (0.27%) Camunda
9 4 (0.27%) WordPress
10 2 (0.14%) Appian
10 2 (0.14%) SAS
11 1 (0.068%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.068%) HCL Notes
11 1 (0.068%) Mule
11 1 (0.068%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.068%) Oracle Application Server
11 1 (0.068%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.068%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.068%) WebLogic
Applications
1 72 (4.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 32 (2.17%) Microsoft Office
3 28 (1.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 27 (1.83%) Microsoft Project
5 19 (1.29%) MS Visio
6 11 (0.75%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.14%) CPLEX
8 2 (0.14%) Oracle Smart View
9 1 (0.068%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.068%) InDesign
9 1 (0.068%) Mingle
9 1 (0.068%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 21 (1.43%) NetSuite
2 15 (1.02%) SAP S/4HANA
3 11 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
4 9 (0.61%) Actimize
4 9 (0.61%) Oracle ERP
5 8 (0.54%) Loan IQ
6 7 (0.48%) Oracle EBS
6 7 (0.48%) Salesforce CRM
7 6 (0.41%) Oracle Payables
7 6 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
8 5 (0.34%) Aladdin
8 5 (0.34%) Magento
8 5 (0.34%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 5 (0.34%) SAP PM
9 4 (0.27%) Endur
9 4 (0.27%) SAP QM
10 3 (0.20%) Oracle Financials
10 3 (0.20%) Orchestrade
10 3 (0.20%) SAP Oil and Gas
10 3 (0.20%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 332 (22.54%) Azure
2 278 (18.87%) AWS
3 142 (9.64%) Power Platform
4 106 (7.20%) Azure DevOps
5 96 (6.52%) GitHub
6 81 (5.50%) GCP
7 74 (5.02%) Microsoft 365
8 63 (4.28%) SaaS
9 61 (4.14%) Entra ID
10 58 (3.94%) GitHub Actions
11 53 (3.60%) Serverless
12 51 (3.46%) Dynamics 365
13 44 (2.99%) Amazon S3
14 43 (2.92%) AWS Lambda
15 34 (2.31%) Amazon EC2
16 32 (2.17%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 30 (2.04%) AWS CloudFormation
18 28 (1.90%) Virtual Private Cloud
19 27 (1.83%) Azure AKS
20 24 (1.63%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 34 (2.31%) Firewall
2 31 (2.10%) Network Security
3 19 (1.29%) DNS
4 16 (1.09%) WAN
5 11 (0.75%) VoIP
6 10 (0.68%) LAN
7 9 (0.61%) SD-WAN
8 6 (0.41%) BGP
8 6 (0.41%) DHCP
8 6 (0.41%) OSPF
8 6 (0.41%) TCP/IP
8 6 (0.41%) VPN
9 5 (0.34%) HTTPS
9 5 (0.34%) MPLS
9 5 (0.34%) NGFW
9 5 (0.34%) Unified Communications
9 5 (0.34%) WebEx
10 4 (0.27%) DKIM
10 4 (0.27%) IOS XR
10 4 (0.27%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 117 (7.94%) Power BI
2 39 (2.65%) SQL Server
3 37 (2.51%) Tableau
4 35 (2.38%) Metadata
5 34 (2.31%) Data Warehouse
6 29 (1.97%) Relational Database
7 26 (1.77%) Amazon RDS
8 25 (1.70%) PostgreSQL
9 19 (1.29%) Data Lake
9 19 (1.29%) NoSQL
10 14 (0.95%) Delta Lake
11 13 (0.88%) Power Query
12 10 (0.68%) Big Data
12 10 (0.68%) Parquet
13 9 (0.61%) BigQuery
14 8 (0.54%) Snowflake Schema
15 7 (0.48%) Oracle Database
15 7 (0.48%) Oracle Reports
16 6 (0.41%) RDBMS
17 5 (0.34%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 169 (11.47%) JIRA
2 68 (4.62%) Jenkins
3 64 (4.34%) Git
4 43 (2.92%) GitLab
5 23 (1.56%) Selenium
6 17 (1.15%) Cucumber
7 11 (0.75%) Cypress.io
8 9 (0.61%) JUnit
9 8 (0.54%) Bitbucket
9 8 (0.54%) JMeter
9 8 (0.54%) REST Assured
9 8 (0.54%) Team Foundation Server
10 7 (0.48%) Postman
11 6 (0.41%) CircleCI
11 6 (0.41%) Visual Studio
11 6 (0.41%) Vite
11 6 (0.41%) XCTest
12 5 (0.34%) Maven
12 5 (0.34%) Mocha
12 5 (0.34%) Mockito
General
1 599 (40.67%) Social Skills
2 509 (34.56%) Finance
3 317 (21.52%) Analytical Skills
4 203 (13.78%) Public Sector
5 140 (9.50%) Banking
6 57 (3.87%) Legal
7 55 (3.73%) Influencing Skills
8 53 (3.60%) Organisational Skills
9 51 (3.46%) Law
10 47 (3.19%) Retail
11 39 (2.65%) Documentation Skills
12 37 (2.51%) Local Government
13 35 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 34 (2.31%) Marketing
14 34 (2.31%) Presentation Skills
15 32 (2.17%) Front Office
16 27 (1.83%) Investment Banking
16 27 (1.83%) Telecoms
17 18 (1.22%) Pharmaceutical
18 16 (1.09%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 203 (13.78%) Lead
2 150 (10.18%) Analyst
3 148 (10.05%) Senior
4 125 (8.49%) Developer
5 92 (6.25%) Architect
6 62 (4.21%) Project Manager
7 55 (3.73%) DevOps Engineer
8 53 (3.60%) Consultant
9 49 (3.33%) Delivery Manager
10 45 (3.05%) Business Analyst
10 45 (3.05%) Data Engineer
11 39 (2.65%) Scrum Master
12 36 (2.44%) Software Engineer
13 35 (2.38%) Senior Manager
14 33 (2.24%) Lead Architect
15 31 (2.10%) Azure Engineer
15 31 (2.10%) Functional Architect
16 29 (1.97%) Cloud Engineer
17 28 (1.90%) Product Owner
18 26 (1.77%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (4.01%) REST
2 49 (3.33%) React
2 49 (3.33%) RESTful
3 36 (2.44%) Spring
4 33 (2.24%) Kafka
5 32 (2.17%) .NET
5 32 (2.17%) Spring Boot
6 31 (2.10%) HTML
7 28 (1.90%) AngularJS
7 28 (1.90%) CSS
8 23 (1.56%) Node.js
9 19 (1.29%) Web Services
10 18 (1.22%) Middleware
11 17 (1.15%) Django
12 15 (1.02%) JSON
12 15 (1.02%) Next.js
13 14 (0.95%) OAuth
13 14 (0.95%) Playwright
13 14 (0.95%) PySpark
13 14 (0.95%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 155 (10.52%) Product Ownership
2 100 (6.79%) Cloud Native
3 82 (5.57%) Onboarding
4 43 (2.92%) Virtual Team
5 42 (2.85%) Data Protection Act
6 40 (2.72%) Management Information System
7 32 (2.17%) Legacy Systems
8 30 (2.04%) Distributed Systems
9 28 (1.90%) Security Posture
10 27 (1.83%) Data Centre
11 26 (1.77%) Self-Motivation
12 24 (1.63%) Analytical Mindset
13 22 (1.49%) Data Structures
14 21 (1.43%) AI Agents
14 21 (1.43%) CMDB
15 18 (1.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 16 (1.09%) Derivative
17 14 (0.95%) Enterprise Software
17 14 (0.95%) FMCG
18 13 (0.88%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 82 (5.57%) Windows
2 54 (3.67%) Linux
3 18 (1.22%) Windows Server
4 15 (1.02%) Mac OS
5 14 (0.95%) Apple iOS
6 12 (0.81%) Windows 10
7 10 (0.68%) Unix
8 5 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.27%) Amazon Linux
9 4 (0.27%) Android
10 2 (0.14%) AIX
10 2 (0.14%) FreeRTOS
10 2 (0.14%) VMS
10 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.068%) HPUX
11 1 (0.068%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.068%) Solaris
11 1 (0.068%) SUSE
11 1 (0.068%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 552 (37.47%) Agile
2 380 (25.80%) Stakeholder Management
3 349 (23.69%) Problem-Solving
4 320 (21.72%) DevOps
5 303 (20.57%) CI/CD
6 268 (18.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 265 (17.99%) Decision-Making
8 221 (15.00%) AI
9 176 (11.95%) Roadmaps
10 175 (11.88%) Analytics
11 157 (10.66%) Change Management
12 155 (10.52%) Scrum
13 152 (10.32%) Migration
14 137 (9.30%) Test Automation
15 136 (9.23%) Business Intelligence
16 130 (8.83%) Infrastructure as Code
16 130 (8.83%) Risk Management
17 119 (8.08%) Mentoring
18 118 (8.01%) Software Engineering
19 117 (7.94%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 233 (15.82%) Python
2 217 (14.73%) SQL
3 108 (7.33%) Java
4 71 (4.82%) JavaScript
5 65 (4.41%) PowerShell
6 48 (3.26%) C#
7 43 (2.92%) TypeScript
8 40 (2.72%) Bash
9 24 (1.63%) T-SQL
10 21 (1.43%) PL/SQL
11 17 (1.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 12 (0.81%) Apex Code
13 11 (0.75%) Bicep
13 11 (0.75%) Go
13 11 (0.75%) Kotlin
14 9 (0.61%) C++
14 9 (0.61%) Swift
15 8 (0.54%) Perl
15 8 (0.54%) R
15 8 (0.54%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 299 (20.30%) Security Cleared
2 254 (17.24%) SC Cleared
3 136 (9.23%) Degree
4 46 (3.12%) Computer Science Degree
5 40 (2.72%) DV Cleared
6 34 (2.31%) CISSP
7 33 (2.24%) PMI Certification
7 33 (2.24%) PMP
8 29 (1.97%) Azure Certification
9 24 (1.63%) AWS Certification
10 22 (1.49%) CISM
11 20 (1.36%) Cisco Certification
12 19 (1.29%) BPSS Clearance
13 14 (0.95%) ACCA
14 12 (0.81%) CCNP
14 12 (0.81%) Master's Degree
15 11 (0.75%) ISTQB
15 11 (0.75%) ITIL Certification
16 9 (0.61%) CompTIA Security+
17 8 (0.54%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 128 (8.69%) QA
2 102 (6.92%) Data Quality
3 68 (4.62%) PMO
4 50 (3.39%) GDPR
5 48 (3.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 42 (2.85%) NIST
7 36 (2.44%) Accessibility
8 33 (2.24%) SLA
9 24 (1.63%) GRC
10 16 (1.09%) PCI DSS
11 14 (0.95%) IFRS
12 13 (0.88%) Actionable Recommendations
13 11 (0.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 8 (0.54%) NCSC
15 6 (0.41%) GAAP
15 6 (0.41%) NIST 800
16 5 (0.34%) Government Security Classifications
16 5 (0.34%) GxP
16 5 (0.34%) HIPAA
16 5 (0.34%) WCAG
System Software
1 82 (5.57%) Docker
2 55 (3.73%) Active Directory
3 15 (1.02%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.34%) IAG
4 5 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.14%) Embedded Firmware
6 2 (0.14%) Firmware
6 2 (0.14%) Squid
6 2 (0.14%) vSphere
7 1 (0.068%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.068%) Sendmail
7 1 (0.068%) UAG
7 1 (0.068%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.068%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.068%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.068%) zsh
Systems Management
1 127 (8.62%) Terraform
2 120 (8.15%) Kubernetes
3 47 (3.19%) Ansible
4 34 (2.31%) Prometheus
5 33 (2.24%) Grafana
6 27 (1.83%) Microsoft Intune
7 8 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (0.48%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 5 (0.34%) Cisco CUCM
9 5 (0.34%) Kibana
9 5 (0.34%) SCCM
10 4 (0.27%) HP ALM
10 4 (0.27%) Puppet
11 3 (0.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.20%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.20%) QRadar
12 2 (0.14%) Control-M
12 2 (0.14%) FortiGate
12 2 (0.14%) ITRS Geneos
12 2 (0.14%) WSUS
Vendors
1 245 (16.63%) Microsoft
2 102 (6.92%) ServiceNow
3 88 (5.97%) Oracle
4 73 (4.96%) Salesforce
5 51 (3.46%) SAP
6 47 (3.19%) Google
7 30 (2.04%) Databricks
8 19 (1.29%) Cisco
9 14 (0.95%) Splunk
9 14 (0.95%) VMware
10 12 (0.81%) Apple
10 12 (0.81%) Dynatrace
11 11 (0.75%) Okta
11 11 (0.75%) OpenAI
12 10 (0.68%) ForgeRock
12 10 (0.68%) Murex
13 9 (0.61%) Foundry
14 8 (0.54%) IBM
14 8 (0.54%) Zscaler
15 7 (0.48%) Workday