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

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 44 66
Rank change year-on-year +17 +22 +6
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 1,636 722 561
As % of all contract jobs in London 8.12% 5.32% 3.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.11% 5.76% 3.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,053 487 352
10th Percentile £350 £346 £350
25th Percentile £435 £425 £442
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -6.70%
75th Percentile £631 £675 £685
90th Percentile £750 £775 £775
England median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 12 11
10th Percentile £18.50 £23.33 £17.08
25th Percentile £25.25 £24.70 £28.34
Median hourly rate £41.00 £35.24 £33.75
Median % change year-on-year +16.35% +4.41% -41.30%
75th Percentile £62.25 £46.94 £56.25
90th Percentile £92.50 £54.25 £76.25
England median hourly rate £47.50 £28.75 £52.50
% change year-on-year +65.22% -45.24% -14.29%

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 17,959 12,532 14,428
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.08% 92.33% 88.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,817 8,377 10,112
10th Percentile £363 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £688
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 296 248 200
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £17.05
25th Percentile £19.50 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.50 £35.61
Median % change year-on-year +20.34% -17.15% -13.73%
75th Percentile £56.25 £47.81 £54.06
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.08 £71.31
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +4.78%

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 11 August 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 11 August 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 11 August 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 +10.55% 244
South London +24 60 £503 -13.51% 31
West London +6 52 £520 +1.56% 73
East London +6 11 £675 +255.26% 31
North London -2 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 77 (4.71%) Confluence
2 72 (4.40%) SharePoint
3 26 (1.59%) Microsoft Exchange
4 20 (1.22%) Apache Airflow
5 16 (0.98%) CMS
6 13 (0.79%) Apache Spark
7 8 (0.49%) Apache
8 7 (0.43%) IIS
9 5 (0.31%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 4 (0.24%) Sitecore CMS
10 4 (0.24%) WordPress
11 3 (0.18%) Appian
11 3 (0.18%) Camunda
12 2 (0.12%) JBoss
12 2 (0.12%) Jupyter
12 2 (0.12%) OpenStack
12 2 (0.12%) SAS
13 1 (0.061%) MTS
13 1 (0.061%) Tomcat
13 1 (0.061%) WebLogic
Applications
1 76 (4.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (2.26%) Microsoft Office
3 26 (1.59%) Microsoft Project
4 20 (1.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 17 (1.04%) MS Visio
6 8 (0.49%) Chatbot
7 6 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.12%) CPLEX
8 2 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
9 1 (0.061%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.061%) InDesign
9 1 (0.061%) Mingle
9 1 (0.061%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 22 (1.34%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (1.16%) NetSuite
3 12 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
4 11 (0.67%) Oracle EBS
5 8 (0.49%) Oracle ERP
6 7 (0.43%) Actimize
7 6 (0.37%) Loan IQ
7 6 (0.37%) Oracle Payables
7 6 (0.37%) Salesforce CRM
8 5 (0.31%) Magento
8 5 (0.31%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 5 (0.31%) SAP PM
9 4 (0.24%) Aladdin
9 4 (0.24%) Endur
9 4 (0.24%) SAP QM
9 4 (0.24%) Shopify
10 3 (0.18%) Oracle Financials
10 3 (0.18%) Orchestrade
10 3 (0.18%) SAP MDG
10 3 (0.18%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 381 (23.29%) Azure
2 304 (18.58%) AWS
3 154 (9.41%) Power Platform
4 108 (6.60%) Azure DevOps
5 102 (6.23%) Microsoft 365
6 101 (6.17%) GitHub
7 97 (5.93%) GCP
8 82 (5.01%) Entra ID
9 62 (3.79%) SaaS
10 58 (3.55%) Serverless
11 56 (3.42%) GitHub Actions
12 55 (3.36%) Dynamics 365
13 46 (2.81%) Amazon S3
13 46 (2.81%) AWS Lambda
14 40 (2.44%) Amazon EC2
15 37 (2.26%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 32 (1.96%) Azure AKS
17 31 (1.89%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 27 (1.65%) Microsoft Copilot
19 26 (1.59%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 41 (2.51%) Firewall
2 31 (1.89%) DNS
3 30 (1.83%) Network Security
4 21 (1.28%) WAN
5 15 (0.92%) TCP/IP
6 13 (0.79%) DHCP
6 13 (0.79%) VPN
7 12 (0.73%) LAN
8 10 (0.61%) SD-WAN
8 10 (0.61%) VoIP
9 8 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (0.37%) BGP
10 6 (0.37%) MPLS
11 5 (0.31%) Ethernet VPN
11 5 (0.31%) HTTP
11 5 (0.31%) HTTPS
11 5 (0.31%) NX-OS
11 5 (0.31%) Unified Communications
11 5 (0.31%) VXLAN
11 5 (0.31%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 120 (7.33%) Power BI
2 45 (2.75%) SQL Server
3 40 (2.44%) Metadata
4 38 (2.32%) Data Warehouse
5 32 (1.96%) Tableau
6 31 (1.89%) Amazon RDS
7 29 (1.77%) Relational Database
8 27 (1.65%) PostgreSQL
9 19 (1.16%) NoSQL
10 18 (1.10%) Delta Lake
11 17 (1.04%) Data Lake
12 14 (0.86%) Power Query
13 13 (0.79%) Parquet
14 11 (0.67%) Big Data
14 11 (0.67%) BigQuery
15 8 (0.49%) Oracle Database
16 7 (0.43%) MySQL
17 6 (0.37%) Oracle Reports
17 6 (0.37%) RDBMS
17 6 (0.37%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 163 (9.96%) JIRA
2 87 (5.32%) Git
3 78 (4.77%) Jenkins
4 45 (2.75%) GitLab
5 24 (1.47%) Selenium
6 18 (1.10%) Cucumber
7 14 (0.86%) Cypress.io
8 9 (0.55%) Bitbucket
8 9 (0.55%) JUnit
8 9 (0.55%) Postman
8 9 (0.55%) Visual Studio
9 8 (0.49%) JMeter
9 8 (0.49%) Maven
9 8 (0.49%) Zephyr
10 7 (0.43%) CircleCI
10 7 (0.43%) Gradle
10 7 (0.43%) REST Assured
10 7 (0.43%) Sonatype Nexus
11 5 (0.31%) WebDriver
11 5 (0.31%) XCTest
General
1 713 (43.58%) Social Skills
2 546 (33.37%) Finance
3 368 (22.49%) Analytical Skills
4 275 (16.81%) Public Sector
5 175 (10.70%) Banking
6 65 (3.97%) Legal
7 63 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
7 63 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
8 54 (3.30%) Law
9 53 (3.24%) Retail
10 47 (2.87%) Documentation Skills
11 44 (2.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 42 (2.57%) Local Government
13 39 (2.38%) Front Office
14 36 (2.20%) Marketing
15 33 (2.02%) Investment Banking
16 30 (1.83%) Presentation Skills
16 30 (1.83%) Telecoms
17 21 (1.28%) Pharmaceutical
18 19 (1.16%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 222 (13.57%) Lead
2 168 (10.27%) Senior
3 158 (9.66%) Analyst
4 149 (9.11%) Developer
5 107 (6.54%) Architect
6 65 (3.97%) Project Manager
7 61 (3.73%) Delivery Manager
8 56 (3.42%) Consultant
9 53 (3.24%) DevOps Engineer
10 52 (3.18%) Business Analyst
11 45 (2.75%) Data Engineer
12 41 (2.51%) Software Engineer
13 40 (2.44%) Scrum Master
14 35 (2.14%) Senior Manager
15 34 (2.08%) Lead Architect
15 34 (2.08%) Product Owner
16 33 (2.02%) Cloud Engineer
17 31 (1.89%) Azure Engineer
17 31 (1.89%) Functional Architect
17 31 (1.89%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (4.83%) REST
2 68 (4.16%) RESTful
3 48 (2.93%) React
4 45 (2.75%) Spring
5 44 (2.69%) .NET
6 41 (2.51%) Kafka
7 39 (2.38%) HTML
7 39 (2.38%) Spring Boot
8 36 (2.20%) AngularJS
9 33 (2.02%) CSS
10 27 (1.65%) Web Services
11 23 (1.41%) Django
11 23 (1.41%) Node.js
12 22 (1.34%) Middleware
13 21 (1.28%) JSON
13 21 (1.28%) SOAP
14 19 (1.16%) XML
15 18 (1.10%) Playwright
16 16 (0.98%) PySpark
17 15 (0.92%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 194 (11.86%) Product Ownership
2 119 (7.27%) Onboarding
3 109 (6.66%) Cloud Native
4 44 (2.69%) Data Protection Act
5 42 (2.57%) Management Information System
6 41 (2.51%) Virtual Team
7 40 (2.44%) Distributed Systems
8 39 (2.38%) Legacy Systems
9 28 (1.71%) AI Agents
10 27 (1.65%) Data Structures
10 27 (1.65%) Enterprise Software
10 27 (1.65%) Self-Motivation
11 26 (1.59%) CMDB
12 25 (1.53%) Data Centre
13 23 (1.41%) Security Posture
14 21 (1.28%) Hybrid Cloud
15 20 (1.22%) NHS
16 19 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
17 18 (1.10%) Greenfield Project
17 18 (1.10%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 105 (6.42%) Windows
2 70 (4.28%) Linux
3 27 (1.65%) Windows Server
4 19 (1.16%) Windows 10
5 15 (0.92%) Mac OS
5 15 (0.92%) Unix
6 14 (0.86%) Apple iOS
7 11 (0.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 10 (0.61%) Android
9 6 (0.37%) Amazon Linux
10 2 (0.12%) AIX
10 2 (0.12%) VMS
11 1 (0.061%) HPUX
11 1 (0.061%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.061%) Solaris
11 1 (0.061%) SUSE
11 1 (0.061%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.061%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 638 (39.00%) Agile
2 476 (29.10%) Stakeholder Management
3 412 (25.18%) Problem-Solving
4 340 (20.78%) DevOps
5 335 (20.48%) CI/CD
6 327 (19.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 298 (18.22%) Decision-Making
8 261 (15.95%) AI
9 207 (12.65%) Roadmaps
10 193 (11.80%) Analytics
11 181 (11.06%) Change Management
12 165 (10.09%) Scrum
13 162 (9.90%) Migration
14 150 (9.17%) Test Automation
15 146 (8.92%) Infrastructure as Code
16 144 (8.80%) Software Engineering
17 139 (8.50%) Mentoring
18 138 (8.44%) Business Intelligence
19 131 (8.01%) Translating Business Requirements
20 129 (7.89%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 271 (16.56%) Python
2 240 (14.67%) SQL
3 133 (8.13%) Java
4 84 (5.13%) JavaScript
5 81 (4.95%) PowerShell
6 61 (3.73%) C#
7 49 (3.00%) Bash
8 42 (2.57%) TypeScript
9 21 (1.28%) PL/SQL
10 18 (1.10%) T-SQL
11 17 (1.04%) Bicep
11 17 (1.04%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 14 (0.86%) Groovy
13 12 (0.73%) Apex Code
13 12 (0.73%) Kotlin
13 12 (0.73%) Perl
14 11 (0.67%) Go
15 10 (0.61%) VBA
16 9 (0.55%) C++
16 9 (0.55%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 350 (21.39%) Security Cleared
2 298 (18.22%) SC Cleared
3 145 (8.86%) Degree
4 49 (3.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 47 (2.87%) DV Cleared
6 44 (2.69%) PMP
7 40 (2.44%) PMI Certification
8 34 (2.08%) CISSP
9 33 (2.02%) Azure Certification
10 31 (1.89%) AWS Certification
11 21 (1.28%) Cisco Certification
12 20 (1.22%) CISM
13 17 (1.04%) BPSS Clearance
14 12 (0.73%) ITIL Certification
15 11 (0.67%) CCNP
16 10 (0.61%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 10 (0.61%) CompTIA Security+
17 9 (0.55%) CompTIA CySA+
17 9 (0.55%) Master's Degree
18 8 (0.49%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 141 (8.62%) QA
2 121 (7.40%) Data Quality
3 77 (4.71%) PMO
4 46 (2.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 41 (2.51%) Accessibility
5 41 (2.51%) GDPR
6 40 (2.44%) NIST
6 40 (2.44%) SLA
7 23 (1.41%) GRC
8 17 (1.04%) Actionable Recommendations
9 15 (0.92%) NCSC
10 10 (0.61%) PCI DSS
10 10 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 9 (0.55%) COBIT
11 9 (0.55%) WCAG
12 8 (0.49%) IFRS
13 6 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
14 5 (0.31%) Government Security Classifications
14 5 (0.31%) HIPAA
14 5 (0.31%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 93 (5.68%) Docker
2 80 (4.89%) Active Directory
3 19 (1.16%) Virtual Machines
4 13 (0.79%) Virtual Desktop
5 11 (0.67%) VMware Infrastructure
6 9 (0.55%) IAG
7 3 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.18%) vSphere
8 2 (0.12%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.12%) Squid
8 2 (0.12%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.12%) zsh
9 1 (0.061%) Ceph
9 1 (0.061%) Sendmail
9 1 (0.061%) UAG
9 1 (0.061%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 136 (8.31%) Kubernetes
2 133 (8.13%) Terraform
3 45 (2.75%) Ansible
4 41 (2.51%) Grafana
4 41 (2.51%) Prometheus
5 40 (2.44%) Microsoft Intune
6 13 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (0.49%) SCCM
8 6 (0.37%) Kibana
9 5 (0.31%) Cisco CUCM
10 4 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
10 4 (0.24%) Puppet
10 4 (0.24%) QRadar
10 4 (0.24%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 3 (0.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.18%) Control-M
11 3 (0.18%) HP ALM
11 3 (0.18%) ITRS Geneos
11 3 (0.18%) WSUS
12 2 (0.12%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 292 (17.85%) Microsoft
2 111 (6.78%) ServiceNow
3 95 (5.81%) Oracle
4 67 (4.10%) Salesforce
5 63 (3.85%) Google
5 63 (3.85%) SAP
6 36 (2.20%) Databricks
7 26 (1.59%) Cisco
8 22 (1.34%) Splunk
9 21 (1.28%) IBM
9 21 (1.28%) VMware
10 18 (1.10%) Dynatrace
11 14 (0.86%) Apple
11 14 (0.86%) Okta
11 14 (0.86%) Zscaler
12 12 (0.73%) OpenAI
13 11 (0.67%) Foundry
14 10 (0.61%) ForgeRock
15 9 (0.55%) Red Hat
15 9 (0.55%) Workday