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

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 46 74
Rank change year-on-year +19 +28 +3
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 1,557 678 546
As % of all contract jobs in London 7.83% 5.00% 3.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.80% 5.43% 3.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,021 453 364
10th Percentile £350 £351 £350
25th Percentile £430 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £688 £691
90th Percentile £750 £838 £788
England median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 8 15
10th Percentile £24.75 £27.29 £17.00
25th Percentile £25.25 £31.05 £28.34
Median hourly rate £41.00 £38.99 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.16% +29.97% -47.83%
75th Percentile £63.75 £49.38 £51.88
90th Percentile £93.00 £57.63 £68.75
England median hourly rate £54.50 £32.00 £35.75
% change year-on-year +70.31% -10.49% -35.50%

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 17,703 12,488 15,232
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.99% 92.09% 88.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,731 8,359 10,820
10th Percentile £363 £331 £350
25th Percentile £449 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £680
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 276 238 265
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.24
25th Percentile £22.00 £24.66 £20.50
Median hourly rate £36.00 £31.25 £32.29
Median % change year-on-year +15.20% -3.22% -21.76%
75th Percentile £57.50 £49.94 £50.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.40 £69.20
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% -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 18 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 18 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 18 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 -1 168 £550 +10.00% 103
South London +22 57 £500 -14.00% 22
West London +4 49 £516 +2.03% 38
East London +11 11 £675 +15.38% 25
North London 0 3 £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 74 (4.75%) Confluence
2 61 (3.92%) SharePoint
3 19 (1.22%) Microsoft Exchange
4 15 (0.96%) Apache Airflow
5 13 (0.83%) CMS
6 12 (0.77%) Apache Spark
7 8 (0.51%) Apache
8 6 (0.39%) IIS
9 4 (0.26%) WordPress
10 3 (0.19%) Camunda
11 2 (0.13%) Appian
11 2 (0.13%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.13%) SAS
12 1 (0.064%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 1 (0.064%) JBoss
12 1 (0.064%) Oracle Application Server
12 1 (0.064%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.064%) SharePoint 2013
12 1 (0.064%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.064%) WebLogic
Applications
1 74 (4.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (2.25%) Microsoft Office
3 30 (1.93%) Microsoft Project
4 24 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 19 (1.22%) MS Visio
6 11 (0.71%) 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 21 (1.35%) NetSuite
1 21 (1.35%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (0.58%) Actimize
3 9 (0.58%) Oracle EBS
3 9 (0.58%) Oracle ERP
4 7 (0.45%) Loan IQ
4 7 (0.45%) Salesforce CRM
5 6 (0.39%) Oracle Payables
6 5 (0.32%) Magento
6 5 (0.32%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 5 (0.32%) Remedy ITSM
6 5 (0.32%) SAP PM
7 4 (0.26%) Aladdin
7 4 (0.26%) Endur
7 4 (0.26%) SAP QM
8 3 (0.19%) Oracle Financials
8 3 (0.19%) Orchestrade
8 3 (0.19%) SAP MDG
8 3 (0.19%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 353 (22.67%) Azure
2 294 (18.88%) AWS
3 138 (8.86%) Power Platform
4 110 (7.06%) Azure DevOps
5 96 (6.17%) GitHub
6 88 (5.65%) GCP
7 79 (5.07%) Microsoft 365
8 65 (4.17%) Entra ID
9 63 (4.05%) SaaS
10 56 (3.60%) Serverless
11 54 (3.47%) GitHub Actions
12 51 (3.28%) Dynamics 365
13 46 (2.95%) Amazon S3
14 44 (2.83%) AWS Lambda
15 36 (2.31%) Amazon EC2
16 34 (2.18%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 29 (1.86%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 27 (1.73%) Azure AKS
19 26 (1.67%) AWS CloudFormation
20 22 (1.41%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 33 (2.12%) Firewall
2 26 (1.67%) Network Security
3 22 (1.41%) DNS
4 15 (0.96%) WAN
5 11 (0.71%) VoIP
6 9 (0.58%) LAN
7 8 (0.51%) SD-WAN
8 7 (0.45%) TCP/IP
9 6 (0.39%) BGP
10 5 (0.32%) DHCP
10 5 (0.32%) HTTP
10 5 (0.32%) HTTPS
10 5 (0.32%) MPLS
10 5 (0.32%) OSPF
10 5 (0.32%) Unified Communications
10 5 (0.32%) WebEx
11 4 (0.26%) DKIM
11 4 (0.26%) IOS XR
11 4 (0.26%) NX-OS
11 4 (0.26%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (7.19%) Power BI
2 43 (2.76%) SQL Server
3 36 (2.31%) Metadata
4 35 (2.25%) Tableau
5 34 (2.18%) Data Warehouse
6 30 (1.93%) PostgreSQL
7 29 (1.86%) Relational Database
8 28 (1.80%) Amazon RDS
9 20 (1.28%) NoSQL
10 18 (1.16%) Data Lake
11 14 (0.90%) Delta Lake
12 11 (0.71%) Parquet
12 11 (0.71%) Power Query
13 10 (0.64%) Big Data
13 10 (0.64%) BigQuery
14 7 (0.45%) Oracle Database
14 7 (0.45%) Oracle Reports
14 7 (0.45%) Snowflake Schema
15 6 (0.39%) MySQL
15 6 (0.39%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 166 (10.66%) JIRA
2 71 (4.56%) Git
3 69 (4.43%) Jenkins
4 40 (2.57%) GitLab
5 25 (1.61%) Selenium
6 18 (1.16%) Cucumber
7 14 (0.90%) Cypress.io
8 9 (0.58%) JMeter
8 9 (0.58%) Postman
9 8 (0.51%) Bitbucket
9 8 (0.51%) JUnit
9 8 (0.51%) REST Assured
9 8 (0.51%) Team Foundation Server
10 7 (0.45%) CircleCI
10 7 (0.45%) Maven
10 7 (0.45%) XCTest
11 6 (0.39%) Gradle
11 6 (0.39%) Visual Studio
11 6 (0.39%) Vite
11 6 (0.39%) Zephyr
General
1 647 (41.55%) Social Skills
2 535 (34.36%) Finance
3 338 (21.71%) Analytical Skills
4 239 (15.35%) Public Sector
5 149 (9.57%) Banking
6 59 (3.79%) Influencing Skills
7 58 (3.73%) Legal
7 58 (3.73%) Organisational Skills
8 53 (3.40%) Law
9 50 (3.21%) Retail
10 41 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
11 40 (2.57%) Local Government
12 39 (2.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 36 (2.31%) Marketing
14 32 (2.06%) Front Office
14 32 (2.06%) Presentation Skills
15 30 (1.93%) Telecoms
16 26 (1.67%) Investment Banking
17 19 (1.22%) Pharmaceutical
18 16 (1.03%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 216 (13.87%) Lead
2 159 (10.21%) Senior
3 155 (9.96%) Analyst
4 139 (8.93%) Developer
5 96 (6.17%) Architect
6 69 (4.43%) Project Manager
7 56 (3.60%) Delivery Manager
8 53 (3.40%) Consultant
9 51 (3.28%) DevOps Engineer
10 46 (2.95%) Business Analyst
11 42 (2.70%) Data Engineer
11 42 (2.70%) Scrum Master
12 40 (2.57%) Software Engineer
13 37 (2.38%) Senior Manager
14 34 (2.18%) Lead Architect
15 31 (1.99%) Functional Architect
15 31 (1.99%) Product Owner
16 30 (1.93%) Java Developer
17 29 (1.86%) Cloud Engineer
17 29 (1.86%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (4.37%) REST
2 60 (3.85%) RESTful
3 46 (2.95%) React
4 40 (2.57%) .NET
4 40 (2.57%) Spring
5 36 (2.31%) Kafka
6 35 (2.25%) HTML
6 35 (2.25%) Spring Boot
7 31 (1.99%) AngularJS
7 31 (1.99%) CSS
8 24 (1.54%) Node.js
9 21 (1.35%) Middleware
9 21 (1.35%) Web Services
10 20 (1.28%) Django
11 18 (1.16%) SOAP
12 17 (1.09%) JSON
12 17 (1.09%) Playwright
13 15 (0.96%) Next.js
14 13 (0.83%) GraphQL
14 13 (0.83%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 176 (11.30%) Product Ownership
2 104 (6.68%) Cloud Native
3 99 (6.36%) Onboarding
4 46 (2.95%) Virtual Team
5 42 (2.70%) Data Protection Act
5 42 (2.70%) Management Information System
6 38 (2.44%) Distributed Systems
7 36 (2.31%) Legacy Systems
8 28 (1.80%) Security Posture
9 26 (1.67%) Data Centre
9 26 (1.67%) Data Structures
10 25 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
11 24 (1.54%) AI Agents
11 24 (1.54%) CMDB
12 21 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
12 21 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
13 17 (1.09%) Operational Technology
14 16 (1.03%) Derivative
14 16 (1.03%) FMCG
14 16 (1.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 83 (5.33%) Windows
2 58 (3.73%) Linux
3 20 (1.28%) Windows Server
4 15 (0.96%) Apple iOS
5 14 (0.90%) Mac OS
5 14 (0.90%) Windows 10
6 12 (0.77%) Unix
7 7 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (0.32%) Amazon Linux
8 5 (0.32%) Android
9 2 (0.13%) AIX
9 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.064%) FreeRTOS
10 1 (0.064%) HPUX
10 1 (0.064%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.064%) Solaris
10 1 (0.064%) SUSE
10 1 (0.064%) VMS
10 1 (0.064%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 602 (38.66%) Agile
2 433 (27.81%) Stakeholder Management
3 378 (24.28%) Problem-Solving
4 322 (20.68%) DevOps
5 311 (19.97%) CI/CD
6 295 (18.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 287 (18.43%) Decision-Making
8 244 (15.67%) AI
9 185 (11.88%) Analytics
9 185 (11.88%) Roadmaps
10 164 (10.53%) Change Management
11 163 (10.47%) Scrum
12 154 (9.89%) Migration
13 138 (8.86%) Test Automation
14 134 (8.61%) Business Intelligence
15 131 (8.41%) Software Engineering
16 130 (8.35%) Risk Management
17 128 (8.22%) Validation
18 127 (8.16%) Mentoring
19 124 (7.96%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 248 (15.93%) Python
2 226 (14.52%) SQL
3 117 (7.51%) Java
4 77 (4.95%) JavaScript
5 65 (4.17%) PowerShell
6 55 (3.53%) C#
7 43 (2.76%) TypeScript
8 41 (2.63%) Bash
9 25 (1.61%) T-SQL
10 22 (1.41%) PL/SQL
11 15 (0.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 12 (0.77%) Apex Code
12 12 (0.77%) Bicep
13 11 (0.71%) Kotlin
14 10 (0.64%) Go
14 10 (0.64%) Groovy
15 9 (0.58%) C++
15 9 (0.58%) Perl
15 9 (0.58%) Ruby
15 9 (0.58%) Swift
Qualifications
1 323 (20.75%) Security Cleared
2 277 (17.79%) SC Cleared
3 139 (8.93%) Degree
4 47 (3.02%) Computer Science Degree
5 42 (2.70%) PMP
6 40 (2.57%) DV Cleared
7 38 (2.44%) PMI Certification
8 34 (2.18%) CISSP
9 32 (2.06%) Azure Certification
10 26 (1.67%) AWS Certification
11 21 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
11 21 (1.35%) CISM
12 19 (1.22%) BPSS Clearance
13 13 (0.83%) ITIL Certification
14 12 (0.77%) ACCA
14 12 (0.77%) Master's Degree
15 11 (0.71%) CCNP
16 10 (0.64%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 10 (0.64%) ISTQB
17 9 (0.58%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 136 (8.73%) QA
2 106 (6.81%) Data Quality
3 72 (4.62%) PMO
4 46 (2.95%) GDPR
5 45 (2.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 41 (2.63%) Accessibility
7 38 (2.44%) NIST
8 34 (2.18%) SLA
9 21 (1.35%) GRC
10 14 (0.90%) Actionable Recommendations
10 14 (0.90%) PCI DSS
11 12 (0.77%) IFRS
12 10 (0.64%) NCSC
13 9 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 7 (0.45%) WCAG
15 6 (0.39%) GAAP
15 6 (0.39%) NIST 800
16 5 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
16 5 (0.32%) Government Security Classifications
16 5 (0.32%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 84 (5.39%) Docker
2 61 (3.92%) Active Directory
3 13 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (0.51%) IAG
5 7 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.19%) vSphere
7 2 (0.13%) Squid
7 2 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.064%) Ceph
8 1 (0.064%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.064%) Firmware
8 1 (0.064%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.064%) Sendmail
8 1 (0.064%) UAG
8 1 (0.064%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.064%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.064%) zsh
Systems Management
1 123 (7.90%) Terraform
2 122 (7.84%) Kubernetes
3 40 (2.57%) Ansible
4 37 (2.38%) Grafana
5 35 (2.25%) Prometheus
6 27 (1.73%) Microsoft Intune
7 9 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (0.45%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 6 (0.39%) Kibana
10 5 (0.32%) Cisco CUCM
10 5 (0.32%) SCCM
11 4 (0.26%) HP ALM
11 4 (0.26%) QRadar
12 3 (0.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 2 (0.13%) Control-M
13 2 (0.13%) FortiGate
13 2 (0.13%) ITRS Geneos
13 2 (0.13%) Nessus
13 2 (0.13%) Puppet
13 2 (0.13%) WSUS
Vendors
1 258 (16.57%) Microsoft
2 102 (6.55%) ServiceNow
3 95 (6.10%) Oracle
4 71 (4.56%) Salesforce
5 59 (3.79%) SAP
6 52 (3.34%) Google
7 31 (1.99%) Databricks
8 20 (1.28%) Cisco
9 17 (1.09%) Splunk
10 16 (1.03%) VMware
11 14 (0.90%) Dynatrace
12 12 (0.77%) Apple
12 12 (0.77%) IBM
12 12 (0.77%) OpenAI
13 11 (0.71%) Okta
14 10 (0.64%) ForgeRock
14 10 (0.64%) Foundry
14 10 (0.64%) Zscaler
15 9 (0.58%) Murex
15 9 (0.58%) Workday