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

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 48 76
Rank change year-on-year +21 +28 +1
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 1,431 592 535
As % of all contract jobs in London 7.48% 4.70% 3.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.41% 5.09% 3.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 948 402 370
10th Percentile £350 £356 £350
25th Percentile £425 £425 £427
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.92% -3.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £613 £695 £682
90th Percentile £738 £850 £800
England median daily rate £503 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +0.50% -4.76% -7.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 8 15
10th Percentile £25.25 £26.80 £17.00
25th Percentile £26.20 £28.03 £21.84
Median hourly rate £41.00 £38.99 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.16% +29.97% -47.83%
75th Percentile £66.25 £49.38 £53.13
90th Percentile £93.25 £57.63 £83.75
England median hourly rate £54.50 £41.50 £35.75
% change year-on-year +31.33% +16.08% -14.53%

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 17,007 11,628 15,522
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.90% 92.40% 88.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,350 7,788 11,072
10th Percentile £360 £338 £343
25th Percentile £438 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
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 261 214 309
10th Percentile £18.00 £16.50 £15.50
25th Percentile £25.25 £24.66 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £33.45 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.12% +17.35% -28.75%
75th Percentile £60.25 £49.94 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £68.15
England median hourly rate £47.00 £26.50 £38.00
% change year-on-year +77.36% -30.26% +8.14%

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 June 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 June 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 June 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 +5 158 £525 +2.97% 81
South London +22 47 £500 -13.79% 13
West London -10 42 £500 -1.19% 34
East London +13 16 £600 +2.56% 27
North London 0 2 £450 -18.18% 5
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 (5.24%) Confluence
2 56 (3.91%) SharePoint
3 18 (1.26%) Microsoft Exchange
4 14 (0.98%) Apache Airflow
5 13 (0.91%) Apache Spark
6 9 (0.63%) CMS
7 8 (0.56%) Apache
8 6 (0.42%) IIS
9 5 (0.35%) Camunda
10 4 (0.28%) WordPress
11 2 (0.14%) Appian
11 2 (0.14%) SAS
12 1 (0.070%) Anypoint
12 1 (0.070%) Apache Pulsar
12 1 (0.070%) govService
12 1 (0.070%) HCL Notes
12 1 (0.070%) Jupyter
12 1 (0.070%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.070%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.070%) WebLogic
Applications
1 70 (4.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (2.17%) Microsoft Office
3 29 (2.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 25 (1.75%) Microsoft Project
5 19 (1.33%) MS Visio
6 10 (0.70%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.14%) CPLEX
8 2 (0.14%) Oracle Smart View
9 1 (0.070%) Mingle
Business Applications
1 22 (1.54%) NetSuite
2 15 (1.05%) SAP S/4HANA
3 11 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
4 9 (0.63%) Oracle ERP
5 8 (0.56%) Actimize
5 8 (0.56%) Loan IQ
6 7 (0.49%) Oracle EBS
7 6 (0.42%) Oracle Payables
7 6 (0.42%) Remedy ITSM
7 6 (0.42%) Salesforce CRM
8 5 (0.35%) Aladdin
8 5 (0.35%) Magento
8 5 (0.35%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 4 (0.28%) SAP PM
10 3 (0.21%) Endur
10 3 (0.21%) Oracle Financials
10 3 (0.21%) SAP HCM
10 3 (0.21%) SAP Oil and Gas
10 3 (0.21%) SAP QM
10 3 (0.21%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 321 (22.43%) Azure
2 268 (18.73%) AWS
3 137 (9.57%) Power Platform
4 101 (7.06%) Azure DevOps
5 97 (6.78%) GitHub
6 82 (5.73%) GCP
7 66 (4.61%) Microsoft 365
8 62 (4.33%) SaaS
9 58 (4.05%) GitHub Actions
10 54 (3.77%) Entra ID
11 51 (3.56%) Dynamics 365
11 51 (3.56%) Serverless
12 43 (3.00%) Amazon S3
13 42 (2.94%) AWS Lambda
14 33 (2.31%) Amazon EC2
15 31 (2.17%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 29 (2.03%) AWS CloudFormation
17 27 (1.89%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 25 (1.75%) Azure AKS
19 24 (1.68%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 36 (2.52%) Firewall
2 34 (2.38%) Network Security
3 17 (1.19%) DNS
4 16 (1.12%) WAN
5 11 (0.77%) VoIP
6 10 (0.70%) LAN
7 9 (0.63%) SD-WAN
8 6 (0.42%) BGP
8 6 (0.42%) DHCP
8 6 (0.42%) Ethernet
8 6 (0.42%) OSPF
8 6 (0.42%) TCP/IP
8 6 (0.42%) VPN
9 5 (0.35%) HTTPS
9 5 (0.35%) MPLS
9 5 (0.35%) NGFW
9 5 (0.35%) Unified Communications
9 5 (0.35%) WebEx
10 4 (0.28%) IOS XR
10 4 (0.28%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 114 (7.97%) Power BI
2 39 (2.73%) Tableau
3 36 (2.52%) SQL Server
4 33 (2.31%) Metadata
5 30 (2.10%) Relational Database
6 29 (2.03%) Data Warehouse
7 27 (1.89%) PostgreSQL
8 25 (1.75%) Amazon RDS
9 21 (1.47%) Data Lake
10 19 (1.33%) NoSQL
11 14 (0.98%) Power Query
12 13 (0.91%) Delta Lake
13 11 (0.77%) Big Data
14 9 (0.63%) BigQuery
14 9 (0.63%) Parquet
15 8 (0.56%) Snowflake Schema
16 7 (0.49%) Oracle Reports
17 6 (0.42%) Oracle Database
17 6 (0.42%) RDBMS
18 5 (0.35%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 172 (12.02%) JIRA
2 63 (4.40%) Jenkins
3 57 (3.98%) Git
4 42 (2.94%) GitLab
5 21 (1.47%) Selenium
6 16 (1.12%) Cucumber
7 12 (0.84%) Cypress.io
8 10 (0.70%) JMeter
8 10 (0.70%) JUnit
9 8 (0.56%) Bitbucket
9 8 (0.56%) REST Assured
9 8 (0.56%) Team Foundation Server
10 7 (0.49%) Postman
11 6 (0.42%) CircleCI
11 6 (0.42%) Maven
11 6 (0.42%) Mockito
11 6 (0.42%) Visual Studio
11 6 (0.42%) Vite
11 6 (0.42%) XCTest
12 5 (0.35%) Mocha
General
1 580 (40.53%) Social Skills
2 496 (34.66%) Finance
3 302 (21.10%) Analytical Skills
4 201 (14.05%) Public Sector
5 130 (9.08%) Banking
6 56 (3.91%) Legal
7 53 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
8 49 (3.42%) Influencing Skills
8 49 (3.42%) Law
9 45 (3.14%) Retail
10 37 (2.59%) Documentation Skills
11 34 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 34 (2.38%) Local Government
11 34 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
12 33 (2.31%) Marketing
13 29 (2.03%) Front Office
14 27 (1.89%) Telecoms
15 23 (1.61%) Investment Banking
16 20 (1.40%) Pharmaceutical
17 16 (1.12%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 199 (13.91%) Lead
2 145 (10.13%) Analyst
3 138 (9.64%) Senior
4 118 (8.25%) Developer
5 92 (6.43%) Architect
6 59 (4.12%) Project Manager
7 55 (3.84%) DevOps Engineer
8 52 (3.63%) Consultant
9 48 (3.35%) Delivery Manager
10 47 (3.28%) Business Analyst
11 43 (3.00%) Data Engineer
12 39 (2.73%) Scrum Master
13 33 (2.31%) Lead Architect
13 33 (2.31%) Senior Manager
13 33 (2.31%) Software Engineer
14 32 (2.24%) Azure Engineer
15 31 (2.17%) Functional Architect
16 29 (2.03%) Cloud Engineer
17 26 (1.82%) Product Owner
17 26 (1.82%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (3.84%) REST
2 49 (3.42%) React
3 47 (3.28%) RESTful
4 37 (2.59%) Spring
5 34 (2.38%) HTML
6 33 (2.31%) Spring Boot
7 31 (2.17%) CSS
8 30 (2.10%) Kafka
9 29 (2.03%) .NET
10 27 (1.89%) AngularJS
11 17 (1.19%) Middleware
11 17 (1.19%) Node.js
11 17 (1.19%) Web Services
12 15 (1.05%) Django
13 14 (0.98%) JSON
13 14 (0.98%) Next.js
13 14 (0.98%) PySpark
14 13 (0.91%) OAuth
15 12 (0.84%) SOAP
16 11 (0.77%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 152 (10.62%) Product Ownership
2 99 (6.92%) Cloud Native
3 72 (5.03%) Onboarding
4 41 (2.87%) Data Protection Act
4 41 (2.87%) Virtual Team
5 38 (2.66%) Management Information System
6 30 (2.10%) Legacy Systems
7 29 (2.03%) Distributed Systems
8 27 (1.89%) Analytical Mindset
8 27 (1.89%) Data Centre
9 26 (1.82%) Security Posture
10 22 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
11 21 (1.47%) AI Agents
12 20 (1.40%) Data Structures
13 19 (1.33%) CMDB
14 17 (1.19%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 16 (1.12%) Derivative
15 16 (1.12%) FMCG
16 12 (0.84%) NHS
16 12 (0.84%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 71 (4.96%) Windows
2 48 (3.35%) Linux
3 15 (1.05%) Windows Server
4 14 (0.98%) Apple iOS
5 13 (0.91%) Mac OS
6 10 (0.70%) Unix
6 10 (0.70%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.28%) Amazon Linux
7 4 (0.28%) Android
7 4 (0.28%) FreeRTOS
7 4 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.28%) VMS
8 2 (0.14%) AIX
8 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.070%) HPUX
9 1 (0.070%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.070%) Solaris
9 1 (0.070%) SUSE
9 1 (0.070%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 537 (37.53%) Agile
2 355 (24.81%) Stakeholder Management
3 335 (23.41%) Problem-Solving
4 313 (21.87%) DevOps
5 289 (20.20%) CI/CD
6 258 (18.03%) Decision-Making
7 252 (17.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 212 (14.81%) AI
9 174 (12.16%) Analytics
10 166 (11.60%) Roadmaps
11 154 (10.76%) Migration
12 153 (10.69%) Scrum
13 151 (10.55%) Change Management
14 130 (9.08%) Business Intelligence
14 130 (9.08%) Test Automation
15 126 (8.81%) Infrastructure as Code
16 124 (8.67%) Risk Management
17 115 (8.04%) Mentoring
18 113 (7.90%) Software Engineering
18 113 (7.90%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 226 (15.79%) Python
2 210 (14.68%) SQL
3 106 (7.41%) Java
4 69 (4.82%) JavaScript
5 56 (3.91%) PowerShell
6 43 (3.00%) C#
7 39 (2.73%) TypeScript
8 34 (2.38%) Bash
9 23 (1.61%) T-SQL
10 21 (1.47%) PL/SQL
11 18 (1.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 12 (0.84%) Go
13 11 (0.77%) Apex Code
13 11 (0.77%) Bicep
14 10 (0.70%) C++
14 10 (0.70%) Kotlin
15 9 (0.63%) R
15 9 (0.63%) Swift
16 8 (0.56%) Perl
16 8 (0.56%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 295 (20.61%) Security Cleared
2 250 (17.47%) SC Cleared
3 133 (9.29%) Degree
4 45 (3.14%) Computer Science Degree
5 35 (2.45%) DV Cleared
6 34 (2.38%) CISSP
7 31 (2.17%) PMI Certification
7 31 (2.17%) PMP
8 30 (2.10%) Azure Certification
9 24 (1.68%) AWS Certification
10 22 (1.54%) CISM
11 20 (1.40%) Cisco Certification
12 19 (1.33%) BPSS Clearance
13 15 (1.05%) ACCA
14 13 (0.91%) ISTQB
15 12 (0.84%) CCNP
15 12 (0.84%) Master's Degree
16 10 (0.70%) CompTIA Security+
16 10 (0.70%) ITIL Certification
17 9 (0.63%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 123 (8.60%) QA
2 93 (6.50%) Data Quality
3 62 (4.33%) PMO
4 49 (3.42%) GDPR
5 47 (3.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 45 (3.14%) NIST
7 35 (2.45%) Accessibility
8 31 (2.17%) SLA
9 23 (1.61%) GRC
10 16 (1.12%) Actionable Recommendations
10 16 (1.12%) PCI DSS
11 15 (1.05%) IFRS
12 11 (0.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 9 (0.63%) NCSC
14 7 (0.49%) GxP
15 6 (0.42%) GAAP
15 6 (0.42%) NIST 800
16 5 (0.35%) GMP
16 5 (0.35%) Government Security Classifications
16 5 (0.35%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 83 (5.80%) Docker
2 49 (3.42%) Active Directory
3 15 (1.05%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.28%) Embedded Firmware
5 4 (0.28%) Firmware
5 4 (0.28%) IAG
5 4 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.14%) Squid
7 1 (0.070%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.070%) Sendmail
7 1 (0.070%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.070%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.070%) vSphere
7 1 (0.070%) zsh
Systems Management
1 127 (8.87%) Terraform
2 120 (8.39%) Kubernetes
3 46 (3.21%) Ansible
4 32 (2.24%) Prometheus
5 30 (2.10%) Grafana
6 23 (1.61%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (0.49%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 5 (0.35%) Cisco CUCM
8 5 (0.35%) Kibana
8 5 (0.35%) SCCM
9 4 (0.28%) HP ALM
9 4 (0.28%) Puppet
10 3 (0.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (0.21%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.21%) QRadar
11 2 (0.14%) Control-M
11 2 (0.14%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.14%) ITRS Geneos
11 2 (0.14%) WSUS
Vendors
1 237 (16.56%) Microsoft
2 96 (6.71%) ServiceNow
3 86 (6.01%) Oracle
4 75 (5.24%) Salesforce
5 49 (3.42%) Google
5 49 (3.42%) SAP
6 31 (2.17%) Databricks
7 18 (1.26%) Cisco
8 13 (0.91%) Splunk
8 13 (0.91%) VMware
9 12 (0.84%) Dynatrace
10 11 (0.77%) Okta
10 11 (0.77%) OpenAI
11 10 (0.70%) Apple
11 10 (0.70%) ForgeRock
11 10 (0.70%) Murex
12 9 (0.63%) Foundry
13 8 (0.56%) Zscaler
14 7 (0.49%) CrowdStrike
14 7 (0.49%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud