Continuous Improvement Contracts in London

Continual Improvement
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Continuous Improvement skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Continuous Improvement over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 69 79
Rank change year-on-year +17 +10 +7
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 550 560 782
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 4.52% 3.20% 3.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.90% 3.62% 3.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 368 394 536
10th Percentile £359 £363 £403
25th Percentile £432 £431 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% 0.00%
75th Percentile £695 £700 £700
90th Percentile £850 £834 £791
England median daily rate £510 £525 £563
% change year-on-year -2.88% -6.67% +2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 14 8
10th Percentile £26.80 £17.00 £33.99
25th Percentile £28.03 £19.42 £40.04
Median hourly rate £38.99 £30.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.97% -50.00% +34.83%
75th Percentile £49.38 £44.75 £63.81
90th Percentile £57.63 £79.38 £71.80
England median hourly rate £49.23 £36.50 £51.25
% change year-on-year +34.88% -28.78% +15.17%

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 11,225 15,457 23,121
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.24% 88.42% 90.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,536 11,093 16,726
10th Percentile £350 £340 £375
25th Percentile £431 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 189 316 265
10th Percentile £16.50 £15.50 £18.20
25th Percentile £23.80 £20.00 £22.50
Median hourly rate £31.35 £28.00 £39.42
Median % change year-on-year +11.95% -28.97% +12.39%
75th Percentile £49.75 £48.75 £64.50
90th Percentile £63.05 £66.88 £82.50
England median hourly rate £28.17 £37.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -24.89% - +50.00%

Continuous Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Continuous Improvement as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Continuous Improvement in London

Continuous Improvement
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Continuous Improvement in London.

Daily rate trend for Continuous Improvement in London

Continuous Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Continuous Improvement in London over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Continuous Improvement in London

Continuous Improvement
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Continuous Improvement in London.

Hourly rate trend for Continuous Improvement in London

Continuous Improvement
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Continuous Improvement in London over the 6 months to 30 May 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 30 May 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 +24 104 £498 -8.51% 104
West London +7 18 £512 +20.53% 251
South London +8 9 £580 +18.97% 18
East London +15 2 £585 +18.18% 21
Continuous Improvement
England

Continuous Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 24 (4.36%) Confluence
2 17 (3.09%) CMS
3 14 (2.55%) SharePoint
4 13 (2.36%) Headless CMS
5 11 (2.00%) Apache Spark
6 7 (1.27%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (0.91%) Apache
8 4 (0.73%) IIS
9 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Exchange
9 3 (0.55%) SharePoint 2010
9 3 (0.55%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.36%) JBoss
10 2 (0.36%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.18%) BizTalk Server
11 1 (0.18%) Oracle Application Server
11 1 (0.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.18%) SAS
11 1 (0.18%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.18%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.18%) WebLogic
Applications
1 33 (6.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (2.91%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (2.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (1.82%) Microsoft Project
5 9 (1.64%) MS Visio
6 8 (1.45%) Trello
7 5 (0.91%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.55%) AutoCAD
8 3 (0.55%) InfoPath
8 3 (0.55%) Revit
9 1 (0.18%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.18%) Camtasia
9 1 (0.18%) Final Cut Pro
9 1 (0.18%) Sketch
9 1 (0.18%) SketchUp
9 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 28 (5.09%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (2.00%) Endur
3 4 (0.73%) Teamcenter
4 3 (0.55%) iTrent
4 3 (0.55%) SAP PP
4 3 (0.55%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.36%) SAP CO
5 2 (0.36%) SAP FI
5 2 (0.36%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (0.36%) SAP Hybris
5 2 (0.36%) SAP PLM
5 2 (0.36%) SAP QM
5 2 (0.36%) SAP SRM
5 2 (0.36%) Workfront
6 1 (0.18%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle Payroll
6 1 (0.18%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.18%) SAP SCM
6 1 (0.18%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 95 (17.27%) Azure
2 73 (13.27%) AWS
3 53 (9.64%) Power Platform
4 24 (4.36%) SaaS
5 23 (4.18%) Azure DevOps
6 20 (3.64%) GitHub
6 20 (3.64%) Microsoft 365
7 18 (3.27%) Serverless
8 13 (2.36%) GCP
9 12 (2.18%) dbt
10 11 (2.00%) AWS Lambda
10 11 (2.00%) Entra ID
11 10 (1.82%) Snowflake
12 9 (1.64%) OneDrive
13 8 (1.45%) Amazon S3
13 8 (1.45%) Microsoft Purview
14 7 (1.27%) PowerApps
15 6 (1.09%) Azure Functions
15 6 (1.09%) Power Automate
15 6 (1.09%) Unqork
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.18%) Network Security
2 11 (2.00%) DNS
2 11 (2.00%) Firewall
3 9 (1.64%) TCP/IP
4 5 (0.91%) DHCP
4 5 (0.91%) VPN
5 4 (0.73%) BGP
5 4 (0.73%) Kerberos
5 4 (0.73%) LAN
5 4 (0.73%) OSPF
5 4 (0.73%) Structured Cabling
6 3 (0.55%) MPLS
6 3 (0.55%) Software-Defined Networking
6 3 (0.55%) WAN
6 3 (0.55%) Wireless
7 2 (0.36%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (0.36%) Internet
7 2 (0.36%) SSL
7 2 (0.36%) VLAN
7 2 (0.36%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (7.82%) Power BI
2 21 (3.82%) SAP HANA
3 18 (3.27%) Data Warehouse
4 17 (3.09%) Tableau
5 11 (2.00%) PostgreSQL
6 10 (1.82%) Data Lake
6 10 (1.82%) Geospatial Data
7 9 (1.64%) Big Data
7 9 (1.64%) Data Mining
7 9 (1.64%) NoSQL
7 9 (1.64%) SQL Server
8 8 (1.45%) GIS
9 7 (1.27%) Oracle Database
9 7 (1.27%) Relational Database
10 6 (1.09%) DynamoDB
11 5 (0.91%) Data Vault
12 4 (0.73%) Amazon RDS
12 4 (0.73%) Metadata
12 4 (0.73%) Snowflake Schema
13 3 (0.55%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 65 (11.82%) JIRA
2 36 (6.55%) Git
3 32 (5.82%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.45%) Subversion
5 7 (1.27%) Selenium
6 6 (1.09%) Bitbucket
7 5 (0.91%) GitLab
7 5 (0.91%) JUnit
7 5 (0.91%) Maven
7 5 (0.91%) Postman
8 4 (0.73%) JMeter
8 4 (0.73%) REST Assured
8 4 (0.73%) SonarQube
8 4 (0.73%) TeamCity
9 3 (0.55%) Cucumber
9 3 (0.55%) Mockito
9 3 (0.55%) MSTest
9 3 (0.55%) NUnit
9 3 (0.55%) SoapUI
9 3 (0.55%) Xcode
General
1 280 (50.91%) Social Skills
2 160 (29.09%) Analytical Skills
3 151 (27.45%) Finance
4 79 (14.36%) Banking
5 42 (7.64%) Marketing
6 37 (6.73%) Organisational Skills
7 34 (6.18%) Public Sector
8 28 (5.09%) Front Office
8 28 (5.09%) Investment Banking
9 25 (4.55%) Telecoms
10 18 (3.27%) Legal
11 17 (3.09%) Presentation Skills
12 16 (2.91%) Retail
13 15 (2.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 13 (2.36%) Manufacturing
15 11 (2.00%) Law
16 10 (1.82%) Financial Institution
16 10 (1.82%) Influencing Skills
17 9 (1.64%) Back Office
17 9 (1.64%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 81 (14.73%) Developer
2 64 (11.64%) Analyst
3 54 (9.82%) Lead
4 52 (9.45%) Senior
5 46 (8.36%) Architect
6 44 (8.00%) Project Manager
7 23 (4.18%) Python Developer
8 22 (4.00%) Consultant
9 21 (3.82%) Business Analyst
10 20 (3.64%) SAP Architect
11 19 (3.45%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
12 18 (3.27%) C# Developer
13 17 (3.09%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
13 17 (3.09%) C# Developer - Electronic Trading
13 17 (3.09%) Data Analyst
13 17 (3.09%) Electronic Trading Developer
13 17 (3.09%) Gen AI Developer
13 17 (3.09%) Real Time Developer
14 16 (2.91%) .NET Developer
14 16 (2.91%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (10.36%) .NET
2 37 (6.73%) AngularJS
2 37 (6.73%) React
3 28 (5.09%) Web Services
4 20 (3.64%) FastAPI
4 20 (3.64%) REST
5 19 (3.45%) Django
6 17 (3.09%) CSS
6 17 (3.09%) Reactive Extensions
7 15 (2.73%) HTML
8 14 (2.55%) Next.js
8 14 (2.55%) Spring
8 14 (2.55%) Vue
9 13 (2.36%) RESTful
10 10 (1.82%) Kafka
10 10 (1.82%) Spring Boot
11 7 (1.27%) HTML5
11 7 (1.27%) SOAP
12 6 (1.09%) CSS3
12 6 (1.09%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 38 (6.91%) Product Ownership
2 22 (4.00%) Management Information System
2 22 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
3 19 (3.45%) Enterprise Software
4 15 (2.73%) Cloud Native
5 12 (2.18%) Legacy Systems
6 11 (2.00%) Data Protection Act
7 9 (1.64%) Data Centre
8 8 (1.45%) Cyber Threat
8 8 (1.45%) Market Risk
8 8 (1.45%) Mobile App
8 8 (1.45%) Virtual Team
9 7 (1.27%) Algorithms
9 7 (1.27%) Analytical Mindset
9 7 (1.27%) Distributed Systems
9 7 (1.27%) Onboarding
9 7 (1.27%) Security Posture
10 5 (0.91%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 5 (0.91%) PMI
10 5 (0.91%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 21 (3.82%) Windows
2 14 (2.55%) Linux
3 11 (2.00%) Unix
4 8 (1.45%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.73%) Solaris
6 2 (0.36%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.36%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.18%) Android
7 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.18%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 227 (41.27%) Agile
2 159 (28.91%) Problem-Solving
3 96 (17.45%) DevOps
3 96 (17.45%) Stakeholder Management
4 92 (16.73%) CI/CD
5 86 (15.64%) Project Management
6 73 (13.27%) Project Delivery
7 69 (12.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 68 (12.36%) Analytics
9 66 (12.00%) Decision-Making
10 58 (10.55%) Scrum
11 57 (10.36%) Risk Management
12 51 (9.27%) Business Intelligence
12 51 (9.27%) Change Management
13 49 (8.91%) ITIL
14 47 (8.55%) Artificial Intelligence
15 44 (8.00%) Roadmaps
16 41 (7.45%) Machine Learning
16 41 (7.45%) Process Improvement
17 40 (7.27%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 103 (18.73%) SQL
2 87 (15.82%) Python
3 68 (12.36%) Java
4 57 (10.36%) C#
5 36 (6.55%) JavaScript
5 36 (6.55%) TypeScript
6 25 (4.55%) PowerShell
7 11 (2.00%) Bash
8 5 (0.91%) Groovy
8 5 (0.91%) Shell Script
9 4 (0.73%) C++
9 4 (0.73%) Go
9 4 (0.73%) Perl
9 4 (0.73%) PL/SQL
9 4 (0.73%) Scala
10 3 (0.55%) PHP
10 3 (0.55%) R
11 2 (0.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.36%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.18%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 66 (12.00%) Degree
2 48 (8.73%) Security Cleared
3 38 (6.91%) SC Cleared
4 26 (4.73%) PMI Certification
5 21 (3.82%) PMP
6 16 (2.91%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (1.82%) AWS Certification
7 10 (1.82%) CISSP
7 10 (1.82%) Master's Degree
8 6 (1.09%) Azure Certification
9 5 (0.91%) CISM
9 5 (0.91%) ITIL Certification
9 5 (0.91%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (0.73%) SAP Certification
11 3 (0.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 3 (0.55%) DV Cleared
11 3 (0.55%) ISTQB
12 2 (0.36%) CEH
12 2 (0.36%) CIMA
12 2 (0.36%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (7.27%) QA
2 24 (4.36%) GDPR
3 19 (3.45%) Accessibility
4 14 (2.55%) Data Quality
5 13 (2.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (1.82%) PMO
7 9 (1.64%) NIST
8 8 (1.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 7 (1.27%) SLA
10 6 (1.09%) Basel II
10 6 (1.09%) GRC
10 6 (1.09%) HIPAA
11 4 (0.73%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.55%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.55%) NCSC
13 2 (0.36%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 2 (0.36%) GxP
13 2 (0.36%) IFRS
13 2 (0.36%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.36%) MiFID
System Software
1 48 (8.73%) Docker
2 17 (3.09%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.45%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.73%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.18%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.18%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 49 (8.91%) Kubernetes
2 31 (5.64%) Ansible
3 22 (4.00%) Terraform
4 7 (1.27%) ITRS Geneos
4 7 (1.27%) SCCM
5 6 (1.09%) Grafana
6 5 (0.91%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (0.91%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.91%) QRadar
7 4 (0.73%) EMC NetWorker
7 4 (0.73%) Red Hat Satellite
7 4 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.73%) Tivoli
7 4 (0.73%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 2 (0.36%) Puppet
8 2 (0.36%) WSUS
9 1 (0.18%) CASB
9 1 (0.18%) Kubeflow
9 1 (0.18%) Perfmon
9 1 (0.18%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 85 (15.45%) Microsoft
2 50 (9.09%) SAP
3 39 (7.09%) Oracle
4 28 (5.09%) ServiceNow
5 15 (2.73%) Google
5 15 (2.73%) Splunk
6 12 (2.18%) Databricks
7 10 (1.82%) IBM
8 9 (1.64%) Adobe
8 9 (1.64%) Cisco
9 8 (1.45%) Salesforce
10 7 (1.27%) Workday
11 6 (1.09%) CyberArk
12 5 (0.91%) Atlassian
12 5 (0.91%) Dynatrace
12 5 (0.91%) VMware
13 4 (0.73%) CA Agile Central
13 4 (0.73%) OpenLink
13 4 (0.73%) Qualys
13 4 (0.73%) SaltStack