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

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 45 74
Rank change year-on-year +18 +29 +3
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 1,563 679 542
As % of all contract jobs in London 7.89% 5.01% 3.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.87% 5.43% 3.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,024 454 363
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £430 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £526 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.67% -4.32% -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £688 £694
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 31 8 14
10th Percentile £22.73 £27.29 £19.90
25th Percentile £25.25 £31.05 £30.00
Median hourly rate £41.00 £38.99 £30.75
Median % change year-on-year +5.16% +26.80% -37.88%
75th Percentile £62.25 £49.38 £53.44
90th Percentile £92.50 £57.63 £70.63
England median hourly rate £54.50 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year +70.31% -12.33% -34.15%

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 17,625 12,495 14,990
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.94% 92.13% 88.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,646 8,354 10,656
10th Percentile £363 £330 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% - -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 277 234 247
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.24
25th Percentile £21.00 £24.66 £21.05
Median hourly rate £35.71 £30.90 £33.55
Median % change year-on-year +15.56% -7.89% -21.98%
75th Percentile £57.50 £49.75 £51.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.25 £71.25
England median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +88.87% -37.13% -6.98%

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 22 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 22 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 22 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 -3 164 £544 +7.74% 179
South London +20 57 £500 -13.94% 19
West London +6 51 £520 +2.77% 42
East London +10 11 £675 +15.38% 24
North London -2 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 75 (4.80%) Confluence
2 66 (4.22%) SharePoint
3 22 (1.41%) Microsoft Exchange
4 15 (0.96%) Apache Airflow
5 14 (0.90%) CMS
6 12 (0.77%) Apache Spark
7 8 (0.51%) Apache
8 6 (0.38%) IIS
9 4 (0.26%) WordPress
10 3 (0.19%) Camunda
11 2 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 2 (0.13%) Appian
11 2 (0.13%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.13%) SAS
11 2 (0.13%) Sitecore CMS
12 1 (0.064%) JBoss
12 1 (0.064%) Oracle Application Server
12 1 (0.064%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.064%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.064%) WebLogic
Applications
1 72 (4.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (2.37%) Microsoft Office
3 28 (1.79%) Microsoft Project
4 23 (1.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 19 (1.22%) MS Visio
6 11 (0.70%) 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 22 (1.41%) SAP S/4HANA
2 21 (1.34%) NetSuite
3 11 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
4 10 (0.64%) Oracle EBS
5 9 (0.58%) Actimize
6 8 (0.51%) Oracle ERP
7 7 (0.45%) Salesforce CRM
8 6 (0.38%) Oracle Payables
9 5 (0.32%) Loan IQ
9 5 (0.32%) Magento
9 5 (0.32%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 5 (0.32%) SAP PM
10 4 (0.26%) Endur
10 4 (0.26%) Remedy ITSM
10 4 (0.26%) SAP QM
11 3 (0.19%) Aladdin
11 3 (0.19%) Oracle Financials
11 3 (0.19%) Orchestrade
11 3 (0.19%) SAP MDG
11 3 (0.19%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 361 (23.10%) Azure
2 288 (18.43%) AWS
3 139 (8.89%) Power Platform
4 110 (7.04%) Azure DevOps
5 96 (6.14%) GitHub
6 89 (5.69%) GCP
7 86 (5.50%) Microsoft 365
8 72 (4.61%) Entra ID
9 62 (3.97%) SaaS
10 54 (3.45%) GitHub Actions
10 54 (3.45%) Serverless
11 52 (3.33%) Dynamics 365
12 43 (2.75%) Amazon S3
13 42 (2.69%) AWS Lambda
14 36 (2.30%) Amazon EC2
15 33 (2.11%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 29 (1.86%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 28 (1.79%) Azure AKS
18 24 (1.54%) AWS CloudFormation
19 23 (1.47%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 36 (2.30%) Firewall
2 27 (1.73%) Network Security
3 24 (1.54%) DNS
4 17 (1.09%) WAN
5 10 (0.64%) LAN
5 10 (0.64%) TCP/IP
5 10 (0.64%) VoIP
6 8 (0.51%) SD-WAN
7 7 (0.45%) DHCP
8 6 (0.38%) MPLS
8 6 (0.38%) VPN
9 5 (0.32%) BGP
9 5 (0.32%) HTTP
9 5 (0.32%) HTTPS
9 5 (0.32%) Unified Communications
9 5 (0.32%) WebEx
9 5 (0.32%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (0.26%) IOS XR
10 4 (0.26%) NX-OS
10 4 (0.26%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (7.10%) Power BI
2 45 (2.88%) SQL Server
3 37 (2.37%) Metadata
4 35 (2.24%) Tableau
5 34 (2.18%) Data Warehouse
6 30 (1.92%) PostgreSQL
7 29 (1.86%) Relational Database
8 28 (1.79%) Amazon RDS
9 20 (1.28%) NoSQL
10 17 (1.09%) Data Lake
11 15 (0.96%) Delta Lake
12 12 (0.77%) Parquet
13 11 (0.70%) BigQuery
13 11 (0.70%) Power Query
14 10 (0.64%) Big Data
15 7 (0.45%) Oracle Database
15 7 (0.45%) Oracle Reports
16 6 (0.38%) MySQL
16 6 (0.38%) RDBMS
16 6 (0.38%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 167 (10.68%) JIRA
2 71 (4.54%) Git
3 70 (4.48%) Jenkins
4 40 (2.56%) GitLab
5 24 (1.54%) Selenium
6 18 (1.15%) Cucumber
7 14 (0.90%) Cypress.io
8 9 (0.58%) Bitbucket
8 9 (0.58%) JMeter
9 8 (0.51%) JUnit
9 8 (0.51%) Maven
9 8 (0.51%) Postman
9 8 (0.51%) Team Foundation Server
9 8 (0.51%) Zephyr
10 7 (0.45%) CircleCI
10 7 (0.45%) Gradle
10 7 (0.45%) REST Assured
10 7 (0.45%) Visual Studio
10 7 (0.45%) XCTest
11 6 (0.38%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 655 (41.91%) Social Skills
2 537 (34.36%) Finance
3 342 (21.88%) Analytical Skills
4 243 (15.55%) Public Sector
5 153 (9.79%) Banking
6 58 (3.71%) Influencing Skills
6 58 (3.71%) Legal
7 57 (3.65%) Organisational Skills
8 53 (3.39%) Law
9 49 (3.13%) Retail
10 42 (2.69%) Documentation Skills
11 40 (2.56%) Local Government
12 39 (2.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 36 (2.30%) Marketing
14 33 (2.11%) Front Office
15 31 (1.98%) Presentation Skills
16 30 (1.92%) Telecoms
17 27 (1.73%) Investment Banking
18 19 (1.22%) Pharmaceutical
19 16 (1.02%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 213 (13.63%) Lead
2 163 (10.43%) Senior
3 154 (9.85%) Analyst
4 140 (8.96%) Developer
5 97 (6.21%) Architect
6 65 (4.16%) Project Manager
7 56 (3.58%) Delivery Manager
8 52 (3.33%) Consultant
9 51 (3.26%) DevOps Engineer
10 46 (2.94%) Business Analyst
11 43 (2.75%) Scrum Master
12 39 (2.50%) Data Engineer
12 39 (2.50%) Software Engineer
13 37 (2.37%) Senior Manager
14 34 (2.18%) Lead Architect
14 34 (2.18%) Product Owner
15 31 (1.98%) Functional Architect
15 31 (1.98%) Java Developer
16 30 (1.92%) Technical Manager
17 29 (1.86%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (4.48%) REST
2 61 (3.90%) RESTful
3 47 (3.01%) React
4 42 (2.69%) Spring
5 40 (2.56%) .NET
6 37 (2.37%) Spring Boot
7 36 (2.30%) HTML
7 36 (2.30%) Kafka
8 32 (2.05%) AngularJS
8 32 (2.05%) CSS
9 23 (1.47%) Node.js
10 21 (1.34%) Middleware
11 20 (1.28%) Django
12 19 (1.22%) SOAP
13 18 (1.15%) JSON
13 18 (1.15%) Web Services
14 17 (1.09%) Playwright
15 15 (0.96%) Next.js
16 14 (0.90%) XML
17 13 (0.83%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 183 (11.71%) Product Ownership
2 105 (6.72%) Onboarding
3 102 (6.53%) Cloud Native
4 46 (2.94%) Virtual Team
5 42 (2.69%) Data Protection Act
6 41 (2.62%) Management Information System
7 39 (2.50%) Distributed Systems
8 36 (2.30%) Legacy Systems
9 27 (1.73%) Security Posture
10 26 (1.66%) AI Agents
10 26 (1.66%) Data Centre
11 25 (1.60%) CMDB
11 25 (1.60%) Data Structures
11 25 (1.60%) Self-Motivation
12 22 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
13 21 (1.34%) Analytical Mindset
14 17 (1.09%) Greenfield Project
14 17 (1.09%) Operational Technology
15 16 (1.02%) FMCG
15 16 (1.02%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 89 (5.69%) Windows
2 59 (3.77%) Linux
3 23 (1.47%) Windows Server
4 15 (0.96%) Apple iOS
4 15 (0.96%) Mac OS
5 13 (0.83%) Unix
6 12 (0.77%) Windows 10
7 8 (0.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (0.32%) Amazon Linux
8 5 (0.32%) Android
9 2 (0.13%) AIX
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 2016
10 1 (0.064%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 605 (38.71%) Agile
2 438 (28.02%) Stakeholder Management
3 380 (24.31%) Problem-Solving
4 327 (20.92%) DevOps
5 312 (19.96%) CI/CD
6 302 (19.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 288 (18.43%) Decision-Making
8 250 (15.99%) AI
9 192 (12.28%) Roadmaps
10 187 (11.96%) Analytics
11 171 (10.94%) Change Management
12 165 (10.56%) Scrum
13 159 (10.17%) Migration
14 139 (8.89%) Test Automation
15 132 (8.45%) Business Intelligence
16 131 (8.38%) Software Engineering
17 130 (8.32%) Risk Management
18 128 (8.19%) Mentoring
18 128 (8.19%) Validation
19 126 (8.06%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 243 (15.55%) Python
2 226 (14.46%) SQL
3 119 (7.61%) Java
4 79 (5.05%) JavaScript
5 67 (4.29%) PowerShell
6 56 (3.58%) C#
7 43 (2.75%) Bash
7 43 (2.75%) TypeScript
8 24 (1.54%) T-SQL
9 22 (1.41%) PL/SQL
10 15 (0.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 14 (0.90%) Bicep
12 12 (0.77%) Apex Code
12 12 (0.77%) Groovy
13 11 (0.70%) Kotlin
14 10 (0.64%) Go
14 10 (0.64%) Perl
15 9 (0.58%) Ruby
15 9 (0.58%) Swift
16 8 (0.51%) R
Qualifications
1 320 (20.47%) Security Cleared
2 274 (17.53%) SC Cleared
3 139 (8.89%) Degree
4 48 (3.07%) Computer Science Degree
5 42 (2.69%) PMP
6 41 (2.62%) DV Cleared
7 38 (2.43%) PMI Certification
8 33 (2.11%) CISSP
9 32 (2.05%) Azure Certification
10 26 (1.66%) AWS Certification
11 22 (1.41%) Cisco Certification
12 19 (1.22%) CISM
13 18 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
14 13 (0.83%) ITIL Certification
15 11 (0.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 11 (0.70%) ACCA
15 11 (0.70%) CCNP
15 11 (0.70%) Master's Degree
16 10 (0.64%) CompTIA Security+
16 10 (0.64%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 138 (8.83%) QA
2 109 (6.97%) Data Quality
3 72 (4.61%) PMO
4 45 (2.88%) GDPR
4 45 (2.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 40 (2.56%) Accessibility
6 37 (2.37%) NIST
7 36 (2.30%) SLA
8 22 (1.41%) GRC
9 15 (0.96%) Actionable Recommendations
10 13 (0.83%) PCI DSS
11 10 (0.64%) IFRS
11 10 (0.64%) NCSC
11 10 (0.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 7 (0.45%) WCAG
13 6 (0.38%) GAAP
13 6 (0.38%) NIST 800
14 5 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
14 5 (0.32%) Government Security Classifications
14 5 (0.32%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 84 (5.37%) Docker
2 67 (4.29%) Active Directory
3 14 (0.90%) Virtual Machines
4 9 (0.58%) IAG
5 8 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
5 8 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.19%) vSphere
7 2 (0.13%) Squid
7 2 (0.13%) zsh
8 1 (0.064%) Ceph
8 1 (0.064%) Sendmail
8 1 (0.064%) UAG
8 1 (0.064%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 123 (7.87%) Kubernetes
2 121 (7.74%) Terraform
3 40 (2.56%) Ansible
4 38 (2.43%) Grafana
5 36 (2.30%) Prometheus
6 31 (1.98%) Microsoft Intune
7 9 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (0.45%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 6 (0.38%) Kibana
10 5 (0.32%) Cisco CUCM
11 4 (0.26%) HP ALM
11 4 (0.26%) QRadar
11 4 (0.26%) SCCM
12 3 (0.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 2 (0.13%) Control-M
13 2 (0.13%) ITRS Geneos
13 2 (0.13%) Jamf Pro
13 2 (0.13%) Puppet
13 2 (0.13%) vCenter Server
13 2 (0.13%) WSUS
Vendors
1 266 (17.02%) Microsoft
2 104 (6.65%) ServiceNow
3 94 (6.01%) Oracle
4 71 (4.54%) Salesforce
5 62 (3.97%) SAP
6 54 (3.45%) Google
7 31 (1.98%) Databricks
8 23 (1.47%) Cisco
9 20 (1.28%) VMware
10 17 (1.09%) Splunk
11 14 (0.90%) Dynatrace
11 14 (0.90%) IBM
12 13 (0.83%) Apple
12 13 (0.83%) Zscaler
13 12 (0.77%) OpenAI
14 11 (0.70%) Okta
15 10 (0.64%) ForgeRock
15 10 (0.64%) Foundry
16 9 (0.58%) Murex
16 9 (0.58%) Workday