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

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 48 72
Rank change year-on-year +21 +24 +5
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 1,537 672 548
As % of all contract jobs in London 7.78% 4.96% 3.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.74% 5.38% 3.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,008 447 369
10th Percentile £350 £350 £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 £624 £688 £700
90th Percentile £750 £838 £788
England median daily rate £510 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 8 16
10th Percentile £22.38 £27.29 £17.00
25th Percentile £25.25 £31.05 £24.26
Median hourly rate £41.00 £38.99 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.16% +29.97% -47.83%
75th Percentile £62.50 £49.38 £50.31
90th Percentile £92.75 £57.63 £66.88
England median hourly rate £55.00 £32.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +71.88% -8.57% -34.40%

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 17,581 12,493 15,383
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.98% 92.12% 88.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,664 8,343 10,937
10th Percentile £360 £331 £350
25th Percentile £446 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £770 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 274 239 281
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.24
25th Percentile £22.00 £24.66 £20.22
Median hourly rate £36.25 £32.00 £30.16
Median % change year-on-year +13.28% +6.10% -27.33%
75th Percentile £58.44 £50.25 £50.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.35 £69.50
England median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +88.87% -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 16 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 16 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 16 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 -2 162 £525 +5.00% 99
South London +20 56 £500 -14.00% 24
West London +2 49 £516 +2.03% 40
East London +12 12 £675 +15.38% 26
North London -1 3 £450 -18.18% 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 73 (4.75%) Confluence
2 60 (3.90%) SharePoint
3 19 (1.24%) Microsoft Exchange
4 14 (0.91%) Apache Airflow
5 13 (0.85%) CMS
6 12 (0.78%) Apache Spark
7 8 (0.52%) Apache
8 6 (0.39%) IIS
9 4 (0.26%) WordPress
10 3 (0.20%) Camunda
11 2 (0.13%) Appian
11 2 (0.13%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.13%) SAS
12 1 (0.065%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 1 (0.065%) Anypoint
12 1 (0.065%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.065%) Jupyter
12 1 (0.065%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.065%) SharePoint 2013
12 1 (0.065%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 72 (4.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 34 (2.21%) Microsoft Office
3 30 (1.95%) Microsoft Project
4 24 (1.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 19 (1.24%) MS Visio
6 11 (0.72%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.13%) CPLEX
8 2 (0.13%) Oracle Smart View
9 1 (0.065%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.065%) InDesign
9 1 (0.065%) Mingle
9 1 (0.065%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 21 (1.37%) SAP S/4HANA
2 20 (1.30%) NetSuite
3 11 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
4 9 (0.59%) Actimize
4 9 (0.59%) Oracle EBS
4 9 (0.59%) Oracle ERP
5 7 (0.46%) Loan IQ
5 7 (0.46%) Salesforce CRM
6 6 (0.39%) Oracle Payables
7 5 (0.33%) Magento
7 5 (0.33%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 5 (0.33%) Remedy ITSM
7 5 (0.33%) SAP PM
8 4 (0.26%) Aladdin
8 4 (0.26%) Endur
8 4 (0.26%) SAP QM
9 3 (0.20%) Oracle Financials
9 3 (0.20%) Orchestrade
9 3 (0.20%) SAP MDG
9 3 (0.20%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 347 (22.58%) Azure
2 293 (19.06%) AWS
3 139 (9.04%) Power Platform
4 107 (6.96%) Azure DevOps
5 95 (6.18%) GitHub
6 88 (5.73%) GCP
7 77 (5.01%) Microsoft 365
8 64 (4.16%) Entra ID
9 62 (4.03%) SaaS
10 56 (3.64%) Serverless
11 55 (3.58%) GitHub Actions
12 51 (3.32%) Dynamics 365
13 46 (2.99%) Amazon S3
14 44 (2.86%) AWS Lambda
15 36 (2.34%) Amazon EC2
16 34 (2.21%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 29 (1.89%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 27 (1.76%) AWS CloudFormation
18 27 (1.76%) Azure AKS
19 23 (1.50%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 32 (2.08%) Firewall
2 26 (1.69%) Network Security
3 21 (1.37%) DNS
4 15 (0.98%) WAN
5 11 (0.72%) VoIP
6 9 (0.59%) LAN
7 8 (0.52%) SD-WAN
8 7 (0.46%) TCP/IP
9 6 (0.39%) BGP
10 5 (0.33%) DHCP
10 5 (0.33%) HTTP
10 5 (0.33%) HTTPS
10 5 (0.33%) MPLS
10 5 (0.33%) OSPF
10 5 (0.33%) Unified Communications
10 5 (0.33%) WebEx
11 4 (0.26%) Ethernet VPN
11 4 (0.26%) IOS XR
11 4 (0.26%) NGFW
11 4 (0.26%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 113 (7.35%) Power BI
2 42 (2.73%) SQL Server
3 36 (2.34%) Metadata
3 36 (2.34%) Tableau
4 34 (2.21%) Data Warehouse
5 30 (1.95%) PostgreSQL
6 29 (1.89%) Relational Database
7 28 (1.82%) Amazon RDS
8 19 (1.24%) Data Lake
8 19 (1.24%) NoSQL
9 14 (0.91%) Delta Lake
10 12 (0.78%) Power Query
11 11 (0.72%) Parquet
12 10 (0.65%) Big Data
12 10 (0.65%) BigQuery
13 7 (0.46%) Oracle Database
13 7 (0.46%) Oracle Reports
13 7 (0.46%) Snowflake Schema
14 6 (0.39%) MySQL
14 6 (0.39%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 164 (10.67%) JIRA
2 70 (4.55%) Git
2 70 (4.55%) Jenkins
3 41 (2.67%) GitLab
4 25 (1.63%) Selenium
5 18 (1.17%) Cucumber
6 13 (0.85%) Cypress.io
7 9 (0.59%) JMeter
7 9 (0.59%) Postman
8 8 (0.52%) Bitbucket
8 8 (0.52%) JUnit
8 8 (0.52%) REST Assured
8 8 (0.52%) Team Foundation Server
9 7 (0.46%) CircleCI
9 7 (0.46%) Maven
9 7 (0.46%) XCTest
10 6 (0.39%) Gradle
10 6 (0.39%) Visual Studio
10 6 (0.39%) Vite
11 5 (0.33%) tSQLt
General
1 636 (41.38%) Social Skills
2 526 (34.22%) Finance
3 335 (21.80%) Analytical Skills
4 231 (15.03%) Public Sector
5 146 (9.50%) Banking
6 58 (3.77%) Influencing Skills
6 58 (3.77%) Legal
7 57 (3.71%) Organisational Skills
8 52 (3.38%) Law
9 48 (3.12%) Retail
10 41 (2.67%) Documentation Skills
11 39 (2.54%) Local Government
12 37 (2.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 37 (2.41%) Marketing
13 32 (2.08%) Front Office
13 32 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
14 30 (1.95%) Telecoms
15 26 (1.69%) Investment Banking
16 19 (1.24%) Pharmaceutical
17 16 (1.04%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 214 (13.92%) Lead
2 155 (10.08%) Senior
3 151 (9.82%) Analyst
4 138 (8.98%) Developer
5 96 (6.25%) Architect
6 67 (4.36%) Project Manager
7 54 (3.51%) Delivery Manager
8 53 (3.45%) Consultant
9 52 (3.38%) DevOps Engineer
10 44 (2.86%) Business Analyst
11 42 (2.73%) Data Engineer
12 41 (2.67%) Scrum Master
13 40 (2.60%) Software Engineer
14 37 (2.41%) Senior Manager
15 34 (2.21%) Lead Architect
16 31 (2.02%) Functional Architect
16 31 (2.02%) Product Owner
17 30 (1.95%) Java Developer
18 29 (1.89%) Cloud Engineer
18 29 (1.89%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (4.36%) REST
2 59 (3.84%) RESTful
3 47 (3.06%) React
4 40 (2.60%) Spring
5 38 (2.47%) .NET
6 35 (2.28%) Kafka
6 35 (2.28%) Spring Boot
7 34 (2.21%) HTML
8 30 (1.95%) CSS
9 29 (1.89%) AngularJS
10 24 (1.56%) Node.js
11 21 (1.37%) Middleware
12 20 (1.30%) Django
12 20 (1.30%) Web Services
13 17 (1.11%) JSON
13 17 (1.11%) SOAP
14 16 (1.04%) Playwright
15 15 (0.98%) Next.js
16 13 (0.85%) GraphQL
16 13 (0.85%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 170 (11.06%) Product Ownership
2 103 (6.70%) Cloud Native
3 96 (6.25%) Onboarding
4 46 (2.99%) Virtual Team
5 43 (2.80%) Data Protection Act
6 42 (2.73%) Management Information System
7 36 (2.34%) Distributed Systems
8 35 (2.28%) Legacy Systems
9 28 (1.82%) Security Posture
10 26 (1.69%) Data Centre
10 26 (1.69%) Data Structures
11 25 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
12 24 (1.56%) AI Agents
12 24 (1.56%) CMDB
13 21 (1.37%) Analytical Mindset
14 18 (1.17%) Enterprise Software
15 17 (1.11%) Derivative
16 16 (1.04%) FMCG
16 16 (1.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 16 (1.04%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 83 (5.40%) Windows
2 58 (3.77%) Linux
3 20 (1.30%) Windows Server
4 15 (0.98%) Apple iOS
5 14 (0.91%) Mac OS
5 14 (0.91%) Windows 10
6 12 (0.78%) Unix
7 6 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (0.33%) Amazon Linux
8 5 (0.33%) Android
9 2 (0.13%) AIX
9 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.065%) FreeRTOS
10 1 (0.065%) HPUX
10 1 (0.065%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.065%) Solaris
10 1 (0.065%) SUSE
10 1 (0.065%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 591 (38.45%) Agile
2 422 (27.46%) Stakeholder Management
3 373 (24.27%) Problem-Solving
4 318 (20.69%) DevOps
5 310 (20.17%) CI/CD
6 292 (19.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 287 (18.67%) Decision-Making
8 243 (15.81%) AI
9 185 (12.04%) Roadmaps
10 182 (11.84%) Analytics
11 161 (10.47%) Change Management
12 160 (10.41%) Scrum
13 152 (9.89%) Migration
14 137 (8.91%) Test Automation
15 135 (8.78%) Business Intelligence
16 129 (8.39%) Risk Management
16 129 (8.39%) Software Engineering
17 127 (8.26%) Validation
18 125 (8.13%) Infrastructure as Code
18 125 (8.13%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 245 (15.94%) Python
2 222 (14.44%) SQL
3 119 (7.74%) Java
4 76 (4.94%) JavaScript
5 65 (4.23%) PowerShell
6 52 (3.38%) C#
7 45 (2.93%) TypeScript
8 40 (2.60%) Bash
9 25 (1.63%) T-SQL
10 22 (1.43%) PL/SQL
11 16 (1.04%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 12 (0.78%) Apex Code
12 12 (0.78%) Bicep
13 11 (0.72%) Kotlin
14 10 (0.65%) Go
14 10 (0.65%) Groovy
15 9 (0.59%) C++
15 9 (0.59%) Perl
15 9 (0.59%) Ruby
15 9 (0.59%) Swift
Qualifications
1 317 (20.62%) Security Cleared
2 271 (17.63%) SC Cleared
3 137 (8.91%) Degree
4 47 (3.06%) Computer Science Degree
5 40 (2.60%) DV Cleared
6 39 (2.54%) PMP
7 36 (2.34%) PMI Certification
8 34 (2.21%) CISSP
9 32 (2.08%) Azure Certification
10 27 (1.76%) AWS Certification
11 21 (1.37%) CISM
12 20 (1.30%) Cisco Certification
13 19 (1.24%) BPSS Clearance
14 12 (0.78%) ACCA
14 12 (0.78%) ITIL Certification
14 12 (0.78%) Master's Degree
15 11 (0.72%) CCNP
16 10 (0.65%) ISTQB
17 9 (0.59%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 9 (0.59%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 135 (8.78%) QA
2 106 (6.90%) Data Quality
3 71 (4.62%) PMO
4 46 (2.99%) GDPR
5 44 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 39 (2.54%) Accessibility
7 38 (2.47%) NIST
8 34 (2.21%) SLA
9 22 (1.43%) GRC
10 14 (0.91%) Actionable Recommendations
10 14 (0.91%) PCI DSS
11 11 (0.72%) IFRS
12 9 (0.59%) NCSC
12 9 (0.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 6 (0.39%) GAAP
13 6 (0.39%) NIST 800
14 5 (0.33%) Government Security Classifications
14 5 (0.33%) HIPAA
14 5 (0.33%) ISO 22301
14 5 (0.33%) WCAG
System Software
1 84 (5.47%) Docker
2 60 (3.90%) Active Directory
3 13 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (0.52%) IAG
5 6 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.20%) vSphere
7 2 (0.13%) Squid
7 2 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.065%) Ceph
8 1 (0.065%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.065%) Firmware
8 1 (0.065%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.065%) Sendmail
8 1 (0.065%) UAG
8 1 (0.065%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.065%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.065%) zsh
Systems Management
1 124 (8.07%) Terraform
2 122 (7.94%) Kubernetes
3 41 (2.67%) Ansible
4 37 (2.41%) Grafana
5 35 (2.28%) Prometheus
6 27 (1.76%) Microsoft Intune
7 9 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (0.46%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 6 (0.39%) Kibana
10 5 (0.33%) Cisco CUCM
10 5 (0.33%) SCCM
11 4 (0.26%) HP ALM
12 3 (0.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 3 (0.20%) QRadar
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
1 252 (16.40%) Microsoft
2 100 (6.51%) ServiceNow
3 94 (6.12%) Oracle
4 70 (4.55%) Salesforce
5 58 (3.77%) SAP
6 51 (3.32%) Google
7 31 (2.02%) Databricks
8 19 (1.24%) Cisco
9 16 (1.04%) Splunk
10 15 (0.98%) VMware
11 14 (0.91%) Dynatrace
12 12 (0.78%) Apple
12 12 (0.78%) OpenAI
13 11 (0.72%) Okta
14 10 (0.65%) ForgeRock
14 10 (0.65%) Foundry
14 10 (0.65%) IBM
15 9 (0.59%) Murex
15 9 (0.59%) Zscaler
16 8 (0.52%) Workday