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 3 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 53 62
Rank change year-on-year +24 +9 +22
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 943 611 715
As % of all contract jobs in London 6.61% 3.91% 3.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.20% 4.35% 4.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 625 335 475
10th Percentile £327 £366 £400
25th Percentile £425 £458 £468
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £568 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.81% -1.22% -
75th Percentile £663 £700 £713
90th Percentile £760 £820 £825
England median daily rate £500 £528 £551
% change year-on-year -5.21% -4.31% +0.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 9 7
10th Percentile £17.45 £17.08 £19.40
25th Percentile £17.50 £22.00 £37.50
Median hourly rate £18.50 £33.75 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -45.19% -43.75% -19.30%
75th Percentile £35.00 £56.00 £75.78
90th Percentile £48.08 £72.00 £87.94
England median hourly rate £20.58 £29.87 £65.00
% change year-on-year -31.10% -54.05% -4.48%

All Process and 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 13,094 14,043 17,342
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.85% 89.80% 89.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,631 9,077 12,422
10th Percentile £338 £350 £356
25th Percentile £425 £450 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £568
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -3.08% -3.81%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £500 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 249 166 232
10th Percentile £18.25 £17.25 £18.59
25th Percentile £24.61 £23.80 £21.69
Median hourly rate £29.50 £37.25 £35.96
Median % change year-on-year -20.81% +3.60% -9.55%
75th Percentile £47.50 £53.75 £60.31
90th Percentile £66.50 £80.75 £76.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.85%

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 3 December 2025.

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 3 December 2025.

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 3 December 2025. 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 +13 133 £525 -8.70% 110
West London -5 19 £475 +8.57% 48
East London +4 13 £190 -63.98% 29
South London -6 9 £581 -0.28% 17
North London +6 4 £575 - 11
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 67 (7.10%) Confluence
2 42 (4.45%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.48%) Apache Airflow
4 12 (1.27%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.64%) Apache
6 5 (0.53%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.53%) CMS
6 5 (0.53%) MQSeries
7 4 (0.42%) HCL Notes
8 3 (0.32%) Appian
8 3 (0.32%) Ethereum
8 3 (0.32%) Hyperledger
9 2 (0.21%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.21%) Drupal
9 2 (0.21%) Luigi
9 2 (0.21%) nginx
9 2 (0.21%) WordPress
10 1 (0.11%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.11%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 63 (6.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (2.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 22 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
4 19 (2.01%) Microsoft Project
5 13 (1.38%) MS Visio
6 8 (0.85%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.42%) Trello
8 2 (0.21%) Notion
9 1 (0.11%) Adobe Captivate
9 1 (0.11%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.11%) Autodesk Smoke
9 1 (0.11%) Camtasia
9 1 (0.11%) Sketch
9 1 (0.11%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 29 (3.08%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (0.85%) Endur
3 6 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.53%) Workday HCM
5 4 (0.42%) Infor SunSystems
5 4 (0.42%) Remedy ITSM
5 4 (0.42%) SAP PS
6 3 (0.32%) ION MarketView
6 3 (0.32%) Loan IQ
6 3 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.32%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.32%) SAP IBP
6 3 (0.32%) SAP MM
7 2 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.21%) SAP GTS
7 2 (0.21%) SAP PM
7 2 (0.21%) SAP PP
7 2 (0.21%) SAP SCM
7 2 (0.21%) SAP SRM
7 2 (0.21%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 168 (17.82%) Azure
2 124 (13.15%) AWS
3 78 (8.27%) Power Platform
4 63 (6.68%) Azure DevOps
5 53 (5.62%) Microsoft 365
6 39 (4.14%) GCP
6 39 (4.14%) GitHub
7 37 (3.92%) SaaS
8 30 (3.18%) Serverless
9 27 (2.86%) GitHub Actions
10 25 (2.65%) Entra ID
11 22 (2.33%) Amazon S3
11 22 (2.33%) Power Automate
12 20 (2.12%) Dynamics 365
13 19 (2.01%) AWS Lambda
13 19 (2.01%) PowerApps
14 16 (1.70%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 16 (1.70%) AWS CloudFormation
15 15 (1.59%) PaaS
16 13 (1.38%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 21 (2.23%) Firewall
2 19 (2.01%) DNS
3 13 (1.38%) TCP/IP
3 13 (1.38%) VPN
4 12 (1.27%) DHCP
5 9 (0.95%) Network Security
5 9 (0.95%) WAN
6 7 (0.74%) LAN
7 4 (0.42%) Broadband
7 4 (0.42%) DKIM
7 4 (0.42%) DMARC
7 4 (0.42%) Multicast
7 4 (0.42%) SD-WAN
7 4 (0.42%) tcpdump
7 4 (0.42%) Wireshark
8 3 (0.32%) 5G
8 3 (0.32%) Cisco IPT
8 3 (0.32%) Modbus
9 2 (0.21%) Remote Desktop
9 2 (0.21%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (6.68%) Power BI
2 23 (2.44%) PostgreSQL
3 22 (2.33%) Data Warehouse
4 18 (1.91%) Relational Database
5 16 (1.70%) Tableau
6 13 (1.38%) Amazon RDS
6 13 (1.38%) Metadata
6 13 (1.38%) NoSQL
7 11 (1.17%) Data Lake
7 11 (1.17%) MySQL
8 10 (1.06%) SQL Server
9 9 (0.95%) Oracle Database
10 8 (0.85%) Amazon Redshift
10 8 (0.85%) Redis
11 6 (0.64%) DynamoDB
11 6 (0.64%) MongoDB
12 4 (0.42%) BigQuery
12 4 (0.42%) Elasticsearch
12 4 (0.42%) Oracle Reports
12 4 (0.42%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 120 (12.73%) JIRA
2 41 (4.35%) Jenkins
3 32 (3.39%) Git
4 21 (2.23%) GitLab
5 18 (1.91%) Selenium
6 14 (1.48%) JUnit
7 12 (1.27%) Postman
8 9 (0.95%) Cypress.io
8 9 (0.95%) REST Assured
8 9 (0.95%) SonarQube
9 7 (0.74%) Cucumber
10 6 (0.64%) SoapUI
11 5 (0.53%) Maven
11 5 (0.53%) Mockito
11 5 (0.53%) Xcode
12 4 (0.42%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 4 (0.42%) Subversion
12 4 (0.42%) TestRail
12 4 (0.42%) XCTest
13 3 (0.32%) Oracle APEX
General
1 443 (46.98%) Social Skills
2 274 (29.06%) Finance
3 186 (19.72%) Analytical Skills
4 125 (13.26%) Public Sector
5 82 (8.70%) Banking
6 43 (4.56%) Influencing Skills
7 42 (4.45%) Legal
8 35 (3.71%) Marketing
9 34 (3.61%) Manufacturing
10 30 (3.18%) Retail
11 26 (2.76%) Organisational Skills
12 25 (2.65%) Telecoms
13 23 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
14 18 (1.91%) Financial Institution
15 17 (1.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 16 (1.70%) Front Office
16 16 (1.70%) Presentation Skills
17 14 (1.48%) Local Government
17 14 (1.48%) Publishing
18 12 (1.27%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 149 (15.80%) Analyst
2 127 (13.47%) Lead
3 88 (9.33%) Senior
4 81 (8.59%) Developer
5 63 (6.68%) Business Analyst
6 59 (6.26%) Consultant
7 49 (5.20%) Architect
8 41 (4.35%) Project Manager
9 26 (2.76%) Senior Analyst
10 21 (2.23%) Data Engineer
11 20 (2.12%) Delivery Manager
12 19 (2.01%) Security Engineer
13 18 (1.91%) Product Manager
13 18 (1.91%) Product Owner
14 17 (1.80%) Programme Manager
15 16 (1.70%) Java Developer
15 16 (1.70%) Senior Manager
16 15 (1.59%) Scrum Master
17 14 (1.48%) DevOps Engineer
17 14 (1.48%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (3.29%) REST
2 27 (2.86%) Spring
3 25 (2.65%) RESTful
4 24 (2.55%) .NET
5 21 (2.23%) Node.js
6 20 (2.12%) Kafka
7 19 (2.01%) React
8 18 (1.91%) Spring Boot
9 17 (1.80%) Web Services
10 15 (1.59%) CSS
10 15 (1.59%) HTML
10 15 (1.59%) SOAP
11 14 (1.48%) XML
12 12 (1.27%) OAuth
13 11 (1.17%) AngularJS
14 10 (1.06%) PySpark
15 9 (0.95%) Hibernate
16 8 (0.85%) GraphQL
16 8 (0.85%) Middleware
17 7 (0.74%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 92 (9.76%) Product Ownership
2 53 (5.62%) Onboarding
3 44 (4.67%) Cloud Native
4 28 (2.97%) Analytical Mindset
5 26 (2.76%) Management Information System
6 24 (2.55%) Distributed Systems
7 17 (1.80%) Enterprise Software
7 17 (1.80%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 17 (1.80%) Mobile App
7 17 (1.80%) Virtual Team
8 15 (1.59%) Data Protection Act
9 14 (1.48%) Algorithms
9 14 (1.48%) Legacy Systems
9 14 (1.48%) PMI
10 13 (1.38%) Cyber Defence
11 12 (1.27%) Hybrid Cloud
11 12 (1.27%) Security Posture
12 11 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
13 10 (1.06%) Operational Technology
13 10 (1.06%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 45 (4.77%) Windows
2 41 (4.35%) Linux
3 20 (2.12%) Unix
4 13 (1.38%) Mac OS
5 9 (0.95%) Windows Server
6 8 (0.85%) Android
7 6 (0.64%) Apple iOS
8 5 (0.53%) Windows 10
9 4 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.42%) VMS
10 2 (0.21%) AIX
11 1 (0.11%) FreeRTOS
11 1 (0.11%) Solaris
11 1 (0.11%) tvOS
11 1 (0.11%) watchOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 359 (38.07%) Agile
2 286 (30.33%) Problem-Solving
3 206 (21.85%) Stakeholder Management
4 178 (18.88%) DevOps
5 167 (17.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 164 (17.39%) CI/CD
7 122 (12.94%) Roadmaps
8 110 (11.66%) Analytics
9 108 (11.45%) Decision-Making
10 95 (10.07%) Project Management
10 95 (10.07%) Scrum
11 83 (8.80%) AI
12 82 (8.70%) Project Delivery
13 80 (8.48%) Change Management
13 80 (8.48%) Mentoring
14 74 (7.85%) Business Intelligence
15 73 (7.74%) Test Automation
16 70 (7.42%) ITIL
17 67 (7.10%) Migration
18 65 (6.89%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 135 (14.32%) SQL
2 128 (13.57%) Python
3 80 (8.48%) Java
4 48 (5.09%) PowerShell
5 46 (4.88%) JavaScript
6 35 (3.71%) Bash
7 24 (2.55%) C#
7 24 (2.55%) TypeScript
8 15 (1.59%) Kusto Query Language
9 12 (1.27%) C++
10 9 (0.95%) VBA
11 8 (0.85%) Korn
12 7 (0.74%) PL/SQL
13 6 (0.64%) Bicep
14 5 (0.53%) Groovy
14 5 (0.53%) Kotlin
14 5 (0.53%) R
14 5 (0.53%) Ruby
14 5 (0.53%) Scala
14 5 (0.53%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 130 (13.79%) Security Cleared
2 104 (11.03%) SC Cleared
3 92 (9.76%) Degree
4 40 (4.24%) PMI Certification
5 30 (3.18%) PMP
6 28 (2.97%) Computer Science Degree
7 22 (2.33%) Azure Certification
8 14 (1.48%) Master's Degree
9 12 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
9 12 (1.27%) DV Cleared
10 11 (1.17%) AWS Certification
10 11 (1.17%) Microsoft Certification
11 10 (1.06%) ACCA
11 10 (1.06%) CIMA
12 9 (0.95%) Cisco Certification
13 8 (0.85%) CISSP
13 8 (0.85%) ISTQB
14 7 (0.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 7 (0.74%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 5 (0.53%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (9.01%) QA
2 46 (4.88%) Data Quality
3 40 (4.24%) Accessibility
3 40 (4.24%) GDPR
4 34 (3.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 23 (2.44%) PMO
6 19 (2.01%) NIST
7 16 (1.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 16 (1.70%) SLA
8 14 (1.48%) GRC
9 10 (1.06%) ITGC
10 9 (0.95%) Actionable Recommendations
10 9 (0.95%) COBIT
10 9 (0.95%) NCSC
11 8 (0.85%) MiFID
12 6 (0.64%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 6 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials
12 6 (0.64%) EMIR
12 6 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 6 (0.64%) SOX 404
System Software
1 64 (6.79%) Docker
2 30 (3.18%) Active Directory
3 10 (1.06%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.11%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (0.11%) Firmware
5 1 (0.11%) ProxySG
5 1 (0.11%) RACF
Systems Management
1 67 (7.10%) Kubernetes
2 56 (5.94%) Terraform
3 29 (3.08%) Ansible
4 20 (2.12%) Grafana
4 20 (2.12%) Microsoft Intune
5 18 (1.91%) SCCM
6 15 (1.59%) Prometheus
7 14 (1.48%) ITRS Geneos
8 6 (0.64%) Kibana
8 6 (0.64%) WSUS
9 5 (0.53%) Control-M
10 4 (0.42%) HP ALM
10 4 (0.42%) SCOM
11 3 (0.32%) BladeLogic
11 3 (0.32%) logstash
11 3 (0.32%) Packer
11 3 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.32%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 2 (0.21%) Jamf Pro
12 2 (0.21%) QRadar
Vendors
1 176 (18.66%) Microsoft
2 59 (6.26%) SAP
3 47 (4.98%) Oracle
4 39 (4.14%) ServiceNow
5 33 (3.50%) Google
5 33 (3.50%) Salesforce
6 23 (2.44%) Splunk
7 20 (2.12%) Databricks
8 14 (1.48%) Dynatrace
9 10 (1.06%) Adobe
10 9 (0.95%) TIBCO
10 9 (0.95%) VMware
10 9 (0.95%) Workday
11 7 (0.74%) OpenAI
12 6 (0.64%) Guidewire
12 6 (0.64%) IBM
12 6 (0.64%) Informatica
12 6 (0.64%) Murex
12 6 (0.64%) Solace
12 6 (0.64%) UiPath