Continuous Improvement Contracts in London

Continual Improvement
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Continuous Improvement skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Continuous Improvement over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 68 76 86
Rank change year-on-year +8 +10 +20
Contract jobs citing Continuous Improvement 557 809 1,213
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 3.19% 3.11% 3.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.60% 3.42% 3.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 392 552 766
10th Percentile £375 £407 £411
25th Percentile £440 £489 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +14.29%
75th Percentile £700 £700 £700
90th Percentile £849 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -7.08% +2.73% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 8 36
10th Percentile - £33.99 £37.38
25th Percentile £17.00 £40.04 £39.75
Median hourly rate £30.00 £60.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +34.83% +78.00%
75th Percentile £48.75 £63.81 £49.25
90th Percentile £82.50 £71.80 -
England median hourly rate £36.50 £50.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -27.00% +12.36% +81.63%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Continuous Improvement is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,484 23,644 35,916
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.60% 90.88% 92.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,107 17,068 26,253
10th Percentile £340 £375 £388
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £593 £575
Median % change year-on-year -7.17% +3.04% +9.52%
75th Percentile £681 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 308 267 420
10th Percentile £15.81 £18.30 £17.24
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.45 £23.91
Median hourly rate £27.92 £37.34 £36.41
Median % change year-on-year -25.23% +2.55% +13.78%
75th Percentile £48.75 £63.88 £51.00
90th Percentile £66.83 £82.50 £67.56
England median hourly rate £36.50 £36.54 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.11% +46.16% +8.70%

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 20 May 2024.

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 20 May 2024.

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 20 May 2024. 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 0 71 £531 -7.61% 60
West London +21 24 £438 -30.00% 31
East London +2 8 £518 +4.02% 75
North London +5 5 £561 -6.46% 7
South London +3 5 £488 -11.36% 10
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 16 (2.87%) Confluence
2 14 (2.51%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.08%) BizTalk Server
4 5 (0.90%) CMS
4 5 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.72%) govService
5 4 (0.72%) nginx
6 2 (0.36%) IIS
7 1 (0.18%) Apache
7 1 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.18%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.18%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.18%) IBM HTTP Server
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle Coherence
7 1 (0.18%) SAS
7 1 (0.18%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.18%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.18%) WebSphere Application Server
7 1 (0.18%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 13 (2.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.62%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.90%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.72%) SPSS
5 3 (0.54%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.54%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.36%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.18%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (1.26%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.36%) Adobe Campaign
2 2 (0.36%) Oracle Financials
2 2 (0.36%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.36%) SAP SD
2 2 (0.36%) Unica
3 1 (0.18%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.18%) Orchestrade
3 1 (0.18%) SAP EHS
3 1 (0.18%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.18%) SAP GTS
3 1 (0.18%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.18%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 106 (19.03%) Azure
2 68 (12.21%) AWS
3 36 (6.46%) GCP
4 33 (5.92%) Power Platform
5 32 (5.75%) Azure DevOps
5 32 (5.75%) Microsoft 365
6 22 (3.95%) Azure Logic Apps
7 20 (3.59%) npm
8 19 (3.41%) Dynamics 365
9 17 (3.05%) Serverless
10 15 (2.69%) Azure API Management
11 14 (2.51%) Cloud Computing
11 14 (2.51%) IaaS
11 14 (2.51%) PaaS
12 13 (2.33%) SaaS
13 12 (2.15%) AWS Lambda
14 11 (1.97%) GitHub
15 9 (1.62%) Azure Functions
16 8 (1.44%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 8 (1.44%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.97%) DNS
2 10 (1.80%) DHCP
2 10 (1.80%) TCP/IP
3 7 (1.26%) Firewall
4 6 (1.08%) Kerberos
4 6 (1.08%) NAS
4 6 (1.08%) SAN
4 6 (1.08%) VLAN
5 5 (0.90%) Internet
6 4 (0.72%) LAN
6 4 (0.72%) Unified Communications
7 3 (0.54%) VoIP
7 3 (0.54%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.36%) AMQP
8 2 (0.36%) Broadband
8 2 (0.36%) Radio Access Network
8 2 (0.36%) SNMP
8 2 (0.36%) tcpdump
8 2 (0.36%) VPN
8 2 (0.36%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (4.67%) Power BI
1 26 (4.67%) Relational Database
2 24 (4.31%) SQL Server
3 20 (3.59%) MongoDB
4 11 (1.97%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (1.80%) Tableau
6 8 (1.44%) Azure SQL Database
6 8 (1.44%) Big Data
6 8 (1.44%) Metadata
7 7 (1.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 7 (1.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 6 (1.08%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (0.90%) NoSQL
10 4 (0.72%) BigQuery
10 4 (0.72%) Data Mining
10 4 (0.72%) Power Query
11 3 (0.54%) Amazon Redshift
11 3 (0.54%) BusinessObjects XI
11 3 (0.54%) Data Mart
11 3 (0.54%) KDB
Development Applications
1 71 (12.75%) JIRA
2 36 (6.46%) Git
3 32 (5.75%) Jenkins
4 18 (3.23%) webpack
5 15 (2.69%) TeamCity
6 11 (1.97%) Cypress.io
7 7 (1.26%) ERwin
7 7 (1.26%) GitLab
8 6 (1.08%) Maven
9 4 (0.72%) Selenium
10 3 (0.54%) Artifactory
10 3 (0.54%) Burp Suite
11 2 (0.36%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 2 (0.36%) Mocha
12 1 (0.18%) Ant
12 1 (0.18%) Bitbucket
12 1 (0.18%) Gradle
12 1 (0.18%) Rational DOORS
12 1 (0.18%) SpecFlow
12 1 (0.18%) Visual Studio
General
1 229 (41.11%) Social Skills
2 175 (31.42%) Finance
3 136 (24.42%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (10.95%) Public Sector
5 52 (9.34%) Banking
6 39 (7.00%) Front Office
7 25 (4.49%) Marketing
7 25 (4.49%) Presentation Skills
8 18 (3.23%) Influencing Skills
8 18 (3.23%) Retail
9 17 (3.05%) Investment Banking
10 16 (2.87%) Telecoms
11 14 (2.51%) Legal
12 13 (2.33%) Manufacturing
13 9 (1.62%) Financial Institution
13 9 (1.62%) Local Government
14 6 (1.08%) Electronics
14 6 (1.08%) German Language
15 4 (0.72%) Billing
15 4 (0.72%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 86 (15.44%) Developer
2 63 (11.31%) Lead
3 57 (10.23%) Senior
4 52 (9.34%) Analyst
5 38 (6.82%) Delivery Manager
6 32 (5.75%) Architect
7 26 (4.67%) Full Stack Developer
8 23 (4.13%) Consultant
9 22 (3.95%) Project Manager
10 19 (3.41%) Scrum Master
11 18 (3.23%) Angular Developer
12 17 (3.05%) Applications Developer
12 17 (3.05%) Business Analyst
12 17 (3.05%) DevOps Engineer
13 16 (2.87%) Electronic Trading Developer
13 16 (2.87%) Product Owner
13 16 (2.87%) Real Time Developer
14 14 (2.51%) React Developer
14 14 (2.51%) Web Applications Developer
15 13 (2.33%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (7.72%) React
2 28 (5.03%) CSS
3 27 (4.85%) REST
4 26 (4.67%) AngularJS
5 25 (4.49%) HTML
6 20 (3.59%) .NET
7 18 (3.23%) RxJS
7 18 (3.23%) WebSockets
8 16 (2.87%) XML
9 13 (2.33%) Redux
10 11 (1.97%) .NET Core
10 11 (1.97%) Reactive Extensions
10 11 (1.97%) Web Services
11 9 (1.62%) JSON
11 9 (1.62%) Kafka
12 8 (1.44%) Node.js
12 8 (1.44%) RESTful
13 7 (1.26%) Blazor
13 7 (1.26%) Spring
14 6 (1.08%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 53 (9.52%) Product Ownership
2 24 (4.31%) Management Information System
3 15 (2.69%) Fixed Income
4 13 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
5 12 (2.15%) Data Protection Act
5 12 (2.15%) Legacy Systems
5 12 (2.15%) Wiki
6 11 (1.97%) Cloud Native
6 11 (1.97%) Virtual Team
7 9 (1.62%) Clustering
7 9 (1.62%) Equities
8 8 (1.44%) CMDB
8 8 (1.44%) Public Cloud
9 7 (1.26%) Replication
10 6 (1.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 6 (1.08%) Video Conferencing
11 5 (0.90%) Algorithms
11 5 (0.90%) Low-Code
11 5 (0.90%) Marketing Technology
12 4 (0.72%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 20 (3.59%) Windows
2 19 (3.41%) Linux
3 8 (1.44%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.08%) Oracle Linux
4 6 (1.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (1.08%) Solaris
5 5 (0.90%) Unix
6 3 (0.54%) Kali Linux
7 2 (0.36%) Android
8 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.18%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 220 (39.50%) Agile
2 131 (23.52%) Problem-Solving
3 108 (19.39%) DevOps
4 102 (18.31%) Project Management
5 70 (12.57%) Stakeholder Management
6 66 (11.85%) Roadmaps
7 62 (11.13%) Scrum
8 61 (10.95%) Analytics
9 60 (10.77%) Mentoring
10 53 (9.52%) CI/CD
10 53 (9.52%) Decision-Making
11 52 (9.34%) Change Management
12 48 (8.62%) Business Intelligence
13 47 (8.44%) Project Delivery
14 46 (8.26%) Software Engineering
15 41 (7.36%) Computer Science
15 41 (7.36%) SDLC
15 41 (7.36%) User Experience
16 39 (7.00%) ITIL
17 38 (6.82%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 78 (14.00%) SQL
2 69 (12.39%) Python
3 60 (10.77%) JavaScript
4 54 (9.69%) C#
5 45 (8.08%) TypeScript
6 34 (6.10%) Java
7 24 (4.31%) PowerShell
8 14 (2.51%) Bash
9 13 (2.33%) T-SQL
10 9 (1.62%) Go
10 9 (1.62%) PL/SQL
10 9 (1.62%) Scala
11 7 (1.26%) C++
11 7 (1.26%) Perl
12 5 (0.90%) Ruby
13 4 (0.72%) Kotlin
13 4 (0.72%) Shell Script
14 3 (0.54%) Groovy
15 2 (0.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 1 (0.18%) R
Qualifications
1 85 (15.26%) Security Cleared
2 77 (13.82%) Degree
3 71 (12.75%) SC Cleared
4 30 (5.39%) Computer Science Degree
5 21 (3.77%) Master's Degree
6 15 (2.69%) PMI Certification
7 14 (2.51%) PMP
8 7 (1.26%) CISSP
8 7 (1.26%) DV Cleared
8 7 (1.26%) Six Sigma Black Belt
8 7 (1.26%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 6 (1.08%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (1.08%) CISM
10 4 (0.72%) Azure Certification
10 4 (0.72%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (0.54%) CCA
11 3 (0.54%) Citrix Certification
11 3 (0.54%) CTC Cleared
11 3 (0.54%) ISTQB
11 3 (0.54%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (9.16%) QA
2 29 (5.21%) Data Quality
3 23 (4.13%) PMO
4 18 (3.23%) Accessibility
5 17 (3.05%) GDPR
6 13 (2.33%) SLA
7 7 (1.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 6 (1.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (0.72%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.54%) NIST
11 2 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.36%) WCAG
12 1 (0.18%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (0.18%) COSHH
12 1 (0.18%) HL7
12 1 (0.18%) ISO 15022
12 1 (0.18%) ISO 20022
12 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.18%) NEBOSH
12 1 (0.18%) SOC 2
System Software
1 29 (5.21%) Docker
2 14 (2.51%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.54%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.18%) Firmware
5 1 (0.18%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 38 (6.82%) Kubernetes
2 32 (5.75%) Terraform
3 17 (3.05%) Ansible
4 6 (1.08%) EMC NetWorker
4 6 (1.08%) Grafana
4 6 (1.08%) Netcool
4 6 (1.08%) Tivoli
4 6 (1.08%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 5 (0.90%) Podman
5 5 (0.90%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.72%) Functional Safety
7 3 (0.54%) Opsgenie
8 2 (0.36%) Argo
8 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Clustering
8 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.36%) OpenNMS
8 2 (0.36%) Packer
8 2 (0.36%) Puppet
8 2 (0.36%) SCCM
8 2 (0.36%) WSUS
Vendors
1 69 (12.39%) Microsoft
2 31 (5.57%) Oracle
3 24 (4.31%) ServiceNow
4 19 (3.41%) SAP
5 17 (3.05%) Splunk
6 13 (2.33%) Cisco
7 12 (2.15%) VMware
8 9 (1.62%) Databricks
8 9 (1.62%) Dell
9 8 (1.44%) IBM
10 7 (1.26%) Cadence
10 7 (1.26%) EMC
10 7 (1.26%) HP
10 7 (1.26%) Informatica
10 7 (1.26%) MuleSoft
10 7 (1.26%) Sparx
11 6 (1.08%) CyberArk
11 6 (1.08%) iManage
11 6 (1.08%) Isilon
11 6 (1.08%) Serena