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

6 months to
2 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 63 68
Rank change year-on-year +36 +5 +9
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 1,242 481 577
As % of all contract jobs in London 7.33% 3.82% 3.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.20% 4.17% 3.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 838 291 397
10th Percentile £357 £363 £384
25th Percentile £425 £435 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £632 £751 £688
90th Percentile £750 £881 £850
England median daily rate £500 £518 £525
% change year-on-year -3.47% -1.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 7 14
10th Percentile - £22.00 £17.00
25th Percentile £17.50 £24.75 £20.25
Median hourly rate £23.47 £30.81 £30.75
Median % change year-on-year -23.83% +0.18% -50.80%
75th Percentile £38.38 £45.74 £64.69
90th Percentile £84.05 £58.50 £81.63
England median hourly rate £48.34 £57.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -15.94% +53.33% -37.50%

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 15,153 11,521 15,917
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.47% 91.42% 88.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,178 7,819 11,391
10th Percentile £355 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £440 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £680 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 232 167 332
10th Percentile £18.09 £18.65 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.16 £24.66 £19.57
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% +16.67% -23.08%
75th Percentile £57.10 £50.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.25 £65.00 £67.90
England median hourly rate £37.00 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year +13.85% - -13.33%

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 2 April 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 2 April 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 2 April 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 +19 144 £525 +5.00% 175
South London +7 36 £500 -14.24% 10
West London -12 22 £500 +5.26% 27
East London +12 13 £520 - 21
North London - 2 £550 - 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 80 (6.44%) Confluence
2 49 (3.95%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.13%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (0.81%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.48%) Apache
5 6 (0.48%) Apache Spark
5 6 (0.48%) CMS
6 5 (0.40%) Camunda
7 4 (0.32%) HCL Notes
8 3 (0.24%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.16%) Appian
9 2 (0.16%) IIS
9 2 (0.16%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.081%) Anypoint
10 1 (0.081%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.081%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.081%) ColdFusion
10 1 (0.081%) MQSeries
10 1 (0.081%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.081%) SAS
Applications
1 80 (6.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 42 (3.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 25 (2.01%) Microsoft Office
4 24 (1.93%) Microsoft Project
5 21 (1.69%) MS Visio
6 11 (0.89%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.32%) Notion
7 4 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.24%) Trello
9 2 (0.16%) Autodesk Smoke
10 1 (0.081%) Adobe After Effects
10 1 (0.081%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.081%) Mingle
10 1 (0.081%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 20 (1.61%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (1.05%) NetSuite
3 12 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
4 10 (0.81%) Loan IQ
5 6 (0.48%) Remedy ITSM
6 4 (0.32%) Actimize
6 4 (0.32%) Aladdin
6 4 (0.32%) Oracle Financials
6 4 (0.32%) Oracle Payables
7 3 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.24%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.24%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 3 (0.24%) Workday HCM
8 2 (0.16%) Global One
8 2 (0.16%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.16%) SAP EWM
8 2 (0.16%) SAP FSCM
8 2 (0.16%) SAP HCM
8 2 (0.16%) SAP PM
8 2 (0.16%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 278 (22.38%) Azure
2 206 (16.59%) AWS
3 127 (10.23%) Power Platform
4 106 (8.53%) Azure DevOps
5 88 (7.09%) GitHub
6 58 (4.67%) GCP
7 50 (4.03%) Serverless
8 47 (3.78%) GitHub Actions
8 47 (3.78%) Microsoft 365
9 46 (3.70%) Dynamics 365
9 46 (3.70%) SaaS
10 39 (3.14%) Amazon S3
11 38 (3.06%) AWS Lambda
11 38 (3.06%) Entra ID
12 30 (2.42%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 22 (1.77%) Amazon EC2
14 21 (1.69%) Amazon EKS
15 20 (1.61%) Azure Monitor
15 20 (1.61%) Power Automate
16 19 (1.53%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 33 (2.66%) Firewall
2 24 (1.93%) Network Security
3 18 (1.45%) DNS
4 13 (1.05%) DHCP
4 13 (1.05%) WAN
5 10 (0.81%) SD-WAN
6 9 (0.72%) VPN
7 8 (0.64%) TCP/IP
8 7 (0.56%) BGP
8 7 (0.56%) LAN
8 7 (0.56%) OSPF
9 6 (0.48%) Broadband
9 6 (0.48%) Ethernet
9 6 (0.48%) Modbus
9 6 (0.48%) RS-232
9 6 (0.48%) RS-485
10 5 (0.40%) 5G
10 5 (0.40%) Cisco IOS
10 5 (0.40%) MPLS
11 4 (0.32%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 103 (8.29%) Power BI
2 34 (2.74%) SQL Server
3 31 (2.50%) Tableau
4 28 (2.25%) Metadata
5 26 (2.09%) Relational Database
6 21 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
7 18 (1.45%) Data Warehouse
8 17 (1.37%) Amazon RDS
9 13 (1.05%) Data Lake
10 10 (0.81%) NoSQL
11 9 (0.72%) BigQuery
12 8 (0.64%) Amazon Athena
13 7 (0.56%) Delta Lake
13 7 (0.56%) MySQL
13 7 (0.56%) Oracle Reports
14 6 (0.48%) Amazon Redshift
14 6 (0.48%) Big Data
14 6 (0.48%) Snowflake Schema
15 5 (0.40%) MongoDB
16 4 (0.32%) Redis
Development Applications
1 167 (13.45%) JIRA
2 48 (3.86%) Jenkins
3 42 (3.38%) Git
4 37 (2.98%) GitLab
5 19 (1.53%) Selenium
6 14 (1.13%) Cucumber
7 12 (0.97%) JMeter
8 11 (0.89%) Cypress.io
9 10 (0.81%) JUnit
9 10 (0.81%) Team Foundation Server
10 8 (0.64%) REST Assured
11 7 (0.56%) Postman
12 5 (0.40%) Gatling
12 5 (0.40%) Maven
12 5 (0.40%) MSTest
12 5 (0.40%) TestRail
12 5 (0.40%) Zephyr
13 4 (0.32%) Bitbucket
13 4 (0.32%) Gradle
13 4 (0.32%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 511 (41.14%) Social Skills
2 440 (35.43%) Finance
3 255 (20.53%) Analytical Skills
4 150 (12.08%) Public Sector
5 102 (8.21%) Banking
6 50 (4.03%) Legal
7 45 (3.62%) Influencing Skills
8 43 (3.46%) Marketing
9 39 (3.14%) Retail
10 38 (3.06%) Law
11 34 (2.74%) Presentation Skills
12 33 (2.66%) Organisational Skills
13 29 (2.33%) Telecoms
14 27 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
15 24 (1.93%) Front Office
16 20 (1.61%) Manufacturing
17 18 (1.45%) Financial Institution
18 17 (1.37%) Local Government
19 16 (1.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 16 (1.29%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 184 (14.81%) Lead
2 161 (12.96%) Analyst
3 120 (9.66%) Senior
4 93 (7.49%) Architect
4 93 (7.49%) Developer
5 67 (5.39%) Business Analyst
6 52 (4.19%) Delivery Manager
7 51 (4.11%) Consultant
8 44 (3.54%) Project Manager
9 40 (3.22%) Data Engineer
10 39 (3.14%) Lead Architect
11 32 (2.58%) Senior Manager
12 31 (2.50%) Functional Architect
13 28 (2.25%) DevOps Engineer
14 27 (2.17%) Scrum Master
14 27 (2.17%) Technical Manager
15 26 (2.09%) Solutions Architect
16 25 (2.01%) Cloud Engineer
17 24 (1.93%) Azure Engineer
18 23 (1.85%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (3.14%) .NET
2 38 (3.06%) React
3 35 (2.82%) REST
4 31 (2.50%) HTML
4 31 (2.50%) RESTful
5 29 (2.33%) CSS
5 29 (2.33%) Node.js
6 21 (1.69%) Spring
7 17 (1.37%) AngularJS
8 16 (1.29%) Web Services
9 14 (1.13%) Kafka
9 14 (1.13%) Spring Boot
10 13 (1.05%) Middleware
10 13 (1.05%) Next.js
10 13 (1.05%) Playwright
10 13 (1.05%) PySpark
11 12 (0.97%) Elastic Stack
12 11 (0.89%) Oracle Fusion
13 9 (0.72%) OAuth
14 8 (0.64%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 121 (9.74%) Product Ownership
2 71 (5.72%) Cloud Native
3 51 (4.11%) Onboarding
4 32 (2.58%) Virtual Team
5 31 (2.50%) Analytical Mindset
6 28 (2.25%) Management Information System
7 23 (1.85%) Data Centre
8 21 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
9 18 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
9 18 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
10 17 (1.37%) AI Agents
10 17 (1.37%) Hybrid Cloud
10 17 (1.37%) Mobile App
10 17 (1.37%) Security Posture
11 16 (1.29%) Distributed Systems
11 16 (1.29%) Public Cloud
12 15 (1.21%) Enterprise Software
13 14 (1.13%) CMDB
13 14 (1.13%) Data Structures
13 14 (1.13%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 54 (4.35%) Windows
2 41 (3.30%) Linux
3 13 (1.05%) Windows Server
4 12 (0.97%) Mac OS
5 11 (0.89%) Apple iOS
6 8 (0.64%) Windows 10
7 7 (0.56%) Android
7 7 (0.56%) VMS
8 6 (0.48%) FreeRTOS
8 6 (0.48%) Unix
9 3 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.16%) AIX
11 1 (0.081%) Amazon Linux
11 1 (0.081%) Solaris
11 1 (0.081%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.081%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.081%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 480 (38.65%) Agile
2 299 (24.07%) Stakeholder Management
3 280 (22.54%) Problem-Solving
4 261 (21.01%) DevOps
5 248 (19.97%) CI/CD
6 225 (18.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 188 (15.14%) Decision-Making
8 158 (12.72%) AI
9 155 (12.48%) Analytics
10 149 (12.00%) Migration
11 141 (11.35%) Roadmaps
12 122 (9.82%) Business Intelligence
13 113 (9.10%) Change Management
14 112 (9.02%) Test Automation
15 108 (8.70%) Scrum
16 106 (8.53%) Infrastructure as Code
16 106 (8.53%) Risk Management
17 105 (8.45%) Mentoring
18 103 (8.29%) User Acceptance Testing
19 95 (7.65%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 187 (15.06%) Python
1 187 (15.06%) SQL
2 74 (5.96%) Java
3 59 (4.75%) JavaScript
4 54 (4.35%) PowerShell
5 38 (3.06%) TypeScript
6 36 (2.90%) C#
7 23 (1.85%) Bash
8 17 (1.37%) T-SQL
9 14 (1.13%) PL/SQL
10 13 (1.05%) Kusto Query Language
11 12 (0.97%) Bicep
11 12 (0.97%) C++
12 8 (0.64%) Swift
13 7 (0.56%) Go
13 7 (0.56%) Kotlin
14 6 (0.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 6 (0.48%) Embedded C++
14 6 (0.48%) Shell Script
15 5 (0.40%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 217 (17.47%) Security Cleared
2 186 (14.98%) SC Cleared
3 115 (9.26%) Degree
4 36 (2.90%) Computer Science Degree
5 31 (2.50%) Azure Certification
6 28 (2.25%) PMI Certification
7 25 (2.01%) ACCA
8 21 (1.69%) CISSP
9 20 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
10 19 (1.53%) CISM
11 16 (1.29%) PMP
12 15 (1.21%) DV Cleared
13 14 (1.13%) AWS Certification
13 14 (1.13%) Cisco Certification
13 14 (1.13%) ISTQB
14 13 (1.05%) Master's Degree
15 12 (0.97%) Microsoft Certification
16 11 (0.89%) CIMA
16 11 (0.89%) IIBA
17 7 (0.56%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 131 (10.55%) QA
2 81 (6.52%) Data Quality
3 56 (4.51%) GDPR
4 51 (4.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 45 (3.62%) PMO
6 43 (3.46%) NIST
7 38 (3.06%) Accessibility
8 29 (2.33%) SLA
9 21 (1.69%) Actionable Recommendations
10 19 (1.53%) GRC
10 19 (1.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 15 (1.21%) IFRS
12 12 (0.97%) NCSC
13 11 (0.89%) COBIT
14 10 (0.81%) PCI DSS
15 8 (0.64%) WCAG
16 7 (0.56%) ITGC
16 7 (0.56%) MiFID
17 6 (0.48%) California Consumer Privacy Act
17 6 (0.48%) PERC
System Software
1 65 (5.23%) Docker
2 31 (2.50%) Active Directory
3 16 (1.29%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (0.48%) Embedded Firmware
4 6 (0.48%) Firmware
5 4 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
7 2 (0.16%) IAG
8 1 (0.081%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.081%) ProxySG
8 1 (0.081%) Sendmail
8 1 (0.081%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.081%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.081%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 100 (8.05%) Terraform
2 85 (6.84%) Kubernetes
3 39 (3.14%) Ansible
4 19 (1.53%) Microsoft Intune
5 17 (1.37%) Grafana
6 15 (1.21%) Prometheus
6 15 (1.21%) SCCM
7 8 (0.64%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 6 (0.48%) HP ALM
9 5 (0.40%) ITRS Geneos
9 5 (0.40%) WSUS
10 4 (0.32%) Puppet
10 4 (0.32%) SCOM
11 3 (0.24%) Control-M
11 3 (0.24%) Kibana
11 3 (0.24%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.24%) vRealize
12 2 (0.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.16%) logstash
12 2 (0.16%) Packer
Vendors
1 223 (17.95%) Microsoft
2 85 (6.84%) ServiceNow
3 67 (5.39%) Oracle
4 65 (5.23%) SAP
5 61 (4.91%) Salesforce
6 42 (3.38%) Google
7 29 (2.33%) Databricks
8 17 (1.37%) VMware
9 15 (1.21%) Splunk
10 13 (1.05%) OpenAI
11 10 (0.81%) Foundry
12 9 (0.72%) Adobe
13 8 (0.64%) Cisco
13 8 (0.64%) Okta
13 8 (0.64%) Planview
13 8 (0.64%) Remedy
14 7 (0.56%) Dynatrace
14 7 (0.56%) ForgeRock
14 7 (0.56%) Murex
15 6 (0.48%) IBM