Continuous Improvement Contract Job Trends in West London

Continual Improvement
London > West London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West London requiring Continuous Improvement skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 17 22
Rank change year-on-year -13 +5 +20
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 15 12 19
As % of all contract jobs in West London 4.90% 5.58% 4.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.51% 6.74% 5.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 4 14
10th Percentile £353 £398 £77
25th Percentile £425 £431 £198
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £463 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.70% -15.91% -8.33%
75th Percentile £500 £491 £575
90th Percentile £538 £519 £628
London median daily rate £525 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -8.70% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £42.25 £27.50 -
Median hourly rate £44.50 £30.00 £90.00
Median % change year-on-year +48.33% -66.67% +44.00%
75th Percentile £46.75 £32.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £18.50 £31.88 £60.00
% change year-on-year -41.96% -46.88% -7.69%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West 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 West London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 272 178 351
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West London 88.89% 82.79% 89.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 139 128 264
10th Percentile £204 £220 £200
25th Percentile £357 £363 £379
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £409 £520
Median % change year-on-year +22.25% -21.35% +1.71%
75th Percentile £600 £496 £600
90th Percentile £652 £586 £648
London median daily rate £525 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% -4.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 11 21
10th Percentile £19.54 £20.75 £16.75
25th Percentile £21.46 £21.51 £31.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £23.59 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.61% -57.11% -12.00%
75th Percentile £30.56 £30.05 £67.00
90th Percentile £37.88 £32.50 £85.00
London median hourly rate £31.49 £36.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -13.73% +12.31% -16.13%

Continuous Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in West London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Continuous Improvement relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in West London.

Continuous Improvement job vacancy trend in West London

Continuous Improvement
Daily Rate Trend in West London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West London citing Continuous Improvement.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West London citing Continuous Improvement

Continuous Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram in West London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Continuous Improvement in West London over the 6 months to 28 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Continuous Improvement in West London

Continuous Improvement
Hourly Rate Trend in West London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West London citing Continuous Improvement.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West London citing Continuous Improvement

Continuous Improvement
Contract Job Locations in West 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 West London region over the 6 months to 28 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
Hillingdon -8 4 £475 - 2
Hounslow -2 3 £425 -5.56% 1
Ealing - 1 £450 - 1
Harrow - 1 £275 -
Continuous Improvement
London

Continuous Improvement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West 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 2 (13.33%) Confluence
2 1 (6.67%) CMS
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (6.67%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 2 (13.33%) Azure
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (6.67%) AWS
2 1 (6.67%) GCP
2 1 (6.67%) GitHub
2 1 (6.67%) OneDrive
2 1 (6.67%) SaaS
2 1 (6.67%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) Structured Cabling
Development Applications
1 3 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 9 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (26.67%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (20.00%) Aviation
4 2 (13.33%) Finance
4 2 (13.33%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (13.33%) Telecoms
5 1 (6.67%) Aeronautics
5 1 (6.67%) Italian Language
5 1 (6.67%) Marketing
5 1 (6.67%) Retail
5 1 (6.67%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 3 (20.00%) Lead
1 3 (20.00%) Programme Manager
1 3 (20.00%) Scrum Master
2 2 (13.33%) Infrastructure Manager
2 2 (13.33%) Infrastructure Project Manager
2 2 (13.33%) Project Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Architect
3 1 (6.67%) Business Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) CCTV Project Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (6.67%) IT Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (6.67%) IT Infrastructure Project Manager
3 1 (6.67%) IT Manager
3 1 (6.67%) IT Project Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Microsoft 365 Specialist
3 1 (6.67%) Network Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Network Infrastructure Project Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Platform Specialist
3 1 (6.67%) Product Business Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Production Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (13.33%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Onboarding
1 2 (13.33%) Product Ownership
2 1 (6.67%) AI Agents
2 1 (6.67%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (6.67%) CCTV
2 1 (6.67%) Digital Media
2 1 (6.67%) Media Streaming
2 1 (6.67%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.67%) Mac OS
1 1 (6.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (46.67%) Agile
2 4 (26.67%) Decision-Making
2 4 (26.67%) Process Improvement
2 4 (26.67%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 4 (26.67%) Scrum
2 4 (26.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 4 (26.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (20.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 3 (20.00%) Change Management
3 3 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (20.00%) Project Management
3 3 (20.00%) Roadmaps
3 3 (20.00%) Service Management
4 2 (13.33%) ITIL
4 2 (13.33%) ITSM
4 2 (13.33%) Kanban
4 2 (13.33%) PRINCE2
4 2 (13.33%) Programme Management
4 2 (13.33%) Risk Management
4 2 (13.33%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (13.33%) ActionScript
1 2 (13.33%) ActionScript 2.0
1 2 (13.33%) PowerShell
2 1 (6.67%) Bash
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) Degree
1 2 (13.33%) PMI Certification
2 1 (6.67%) Citrix Certification
2 1 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (6.67%) PgMP
2 1 (6.67%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) GDPR
1 1 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (6.67%) PMO
1 1 (6.67%) QA
System Software
1 1 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (6.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.67%) Citrix
2 1 (6.67%) NEC
2 1 (6.67%) VMware