Change Management Contract Job Trends in London

Change Management
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Change Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 62 51
Rank change year-on-year -5 -11 -8
Contract jobs citing Change Management 692 489 728
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.81% 4.01% 4.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.31% 4.35% 4.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 425 297 462
10th Percentile £400 £356 £341
25th Percentile £415 £420 £457
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.36% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £656
90th Percentile £738 £750 £761
England median daily rate £500 £500 £515
% change year-on-year +0.05% -2.91% -6.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 3
10th Percentile £25.55 - £32.35
25th Percentile £35.00 - £32.44
Median hourly rate £58.92 £28.60 £34.53
Median % change year-on-year +106.01% -17.17% -35.15%
75th Percentile £95.00 £34.30 £52.99
90th Percentile £98.00 £37.72 £62.90
England median hourly rate £34.87 £50.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -30.26% - -2.91%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

Change Management 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 16,044 11,254 15,424
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.36% 92.20% 88.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,716 7,590 11,078
10th Percentile £358 £350 £340
25th Percentile £432 £432 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £675
90th Percentile £760 £800 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 237 180 312
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.50 £15.95
25th Percentile £25.25 £23.54 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.00 £31.17 £27.92
Median % change year-on-year +18.69% +11.65% -28.79%
75th Percentile £57.50 £49.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £63.30 £66.98
England median hourly rate £45.00 £28.18 £36.50
% change year-on-year +59.69% -22.79% -2.46%

Change Management
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Change Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Change Management job vacancy trend in London

Change Management
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Change Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Change Management

Change Management
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Change Management in London over the 6 months to 25 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Change Management in London

Change Management
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Change Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Change Management

Change Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Change Management in London over the 6 months to 25 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Change Management in London

Change Management
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 Change Management within the London region over the 6 months to 25 May 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 -10 78 £510 -7.23% 63
South London -4 21 £500 -14.89% 4
West London -16 21 £500 +56.25% 9
East London -4 5 £750 +28.21% 8
North London 0 1 £550 +25.00% 4
Change Management
England

Change Management
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 41 (5.92%) SharePoint
2 40 (5.78%) Confluence
3 14 (2.02%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (1.45%) Appian
5 8 (1.16%) IIS
6 5 (0.72%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 4 (0.58%) HCL Notes
7 4 (0.58%) Oracle Workflow
8 3 (0.43%) CMS
9 2 (0.29%) Camunda
9 2 (0.29%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.14%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.14%) Kentico
10 1 (0.14%) MTS
10 1 (0.14%) Oracle Spatial
10 1 (0.14%) Tomcat
Applications
1 21 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (2.75%) Microsoft Project
3 18 (2.60%) Microsoft Excel
4 16 (2.31%) MS Visio
5 14 (2.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.43%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.43%) Trello
Business Applications
1 17 (2.46%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (2.17%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.87%) Finacle
3 6 (0.87%) Salesforce CRM
4 4 (0.58%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (0.58%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 3 (0.43%) Oracle Financials
5 3 (0.43%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (0.43%) Workday HCM
6 2 (0.29%) Front Arena
6 2 (0.29%) Global One
6 2 (0.29%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.29%) OpenText MBPM
6 2 (0.29%) Oracle BPM
6 2 (0.29%) Primavera
6 2 (0.29%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.29%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.29%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.29%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.29%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 108 (15.61%) Azure
2 52 (7.51%) Microsoft 365
3 43 (6.21%) Power Platform
4 41 (5.92%) Azure DevOps
5 38 (5.49%) Entra ID
6 35 (5.06%) AWS
7 33 (4.77%) SaaS
8 26 (3.76%) Power Automate
9 24 (3.47%) Dynamics 365
10 17 (2.46%) GCP
11 15 (2.17%) PowerApps
12 12 (1.73%) OCI
13 11 (1.59%) Azure Data Factory
13 11 (1.59%) GitHub
13 11 (1.59%) Smartsheet
14 9 (1.30%) Asana
14 9 (1.30%) Azure AI
14 9 (1.30%) PaaS
15 8 (1.16%) Anthropic Claude
15 8 (1.16%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 20 (2.89%) Firewall
2 18 (2.60%) Network Security
3 15 (2.17%) DNS
4 13 (1.88%) VPN
4 13 (1.88%) WAN
5 11 (1.59%) LAN
5 11 (1.59%) SD-WAN
6 10 (1.45%) BGP
7 9 (1.30%) DHCP
7 9 (1.30%) OSPF
8 8 (1.16%) SSL
9 6 (0.87%) Cisco Nexus
9 6 (0.87%) Intranet
9 6 (0.87%) NetScaler
10 5 (0.72%) Cisco IOS
11 4 (0.58%) HTTPS
11 4 (0.58%) TCP/IP
12 3 (0.43%) Cisco ASA
12 3 (0.43%) FTP
12 3 (0.43%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (6.21%) SQL Server
2 27 (3.90%) Power BI
3 16 (2.31%) Metadata
4 9 (1.30%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (1.16%) Pinecone
5 8 (1.16%) Relational Database
5 8 (1.16%) Tableau
6 6 (0.87%) Oracle Database
7 4 (0.58%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (0.58%) MySQL
7 4 (0.58%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 4 (0.58%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (0.43%) Metadata Repository
8 3 (0.43%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.43%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.29%) Crystal Reports
9 2 (0.29%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.29%) Electronic Patient Records
9 2 (0.29%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 97 (14.02%) JIRA
2 18 (2.60%) Git
3 17 (2.46%) Jenkins
4 10 (1.45%) Visual Studio
5 8 (1.16%) MLflow
6 4 (0.58%) Maven
6 4 (0.58%) SonarQube
7 3 (0.43%) Artifactory
7 3 (0.43%) ScriptRunner
7 3 (0.43%) Snyk
8 2 (0.29%) Eclipse
8 2 (0.29%) git-flow
9 1 (0.14%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.14%) Hudson
9 1 (0.14%) Liquibase
9 1 (0.14%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.14%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 277 (40.03%) Finance
2 266 (38.44%) Social Skills
3 103 (14.88%) Analytical Skills
4 80 (11.56%) Banking
5 47 (6.79%) Public Sector
6 43 (6.21%) Legal
7 38 (5.49%) Marketing
8 26 (3.76%) Retail
9 24 (3.47%) Influencing Skills
10 23 (3.32%) Presentation Skills
11 21 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
12 18 (2.60%) Financial Institution
12 18 (2.60%) Law
13 15 (2.17%) Investment Banking
13 15 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
14 11 (1.59%) Aviation
14 11 (1.59%) Front Office
15 9 (1.30%) Local Government
15 9 (1.30%) Telecoms
16 7 (1.01%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 78 (11.27%) Change Manager
2 72 (10.40%) Analyst
2 72 (10.40%) Lead
3 71 (10.26%) Project Manager
4 47 (6.79%) Consultant
4 47 (6.79%) Senior
5 43 (6.21%) Business Analyst
6 38 (5.49%) Developer
7 27 (3.90%) Programme Manager
8 23 (3.32%) Architect
9 22 (3.18%) Business Manager
9 22 (3.18%) Delivery Manager
9 22 (3.18%) Senior Manager
9 22 (3.18%) Support Engineer
10 20 (2.89%) Business Change Manager
11 19 (2.75%) Administrator
11 19 (2.75%) IT Engineer
11 19 (2.75%) IT Support
11 19 (2.75%) IT Support Engineer
12 16 (2.31%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (4.77%) REST
2 29 (4.19%) .NET
3 21 (3.03%) .NET Framework
4 20 (2.89%) OAuth
5 14 (2.02%) Web Services
6 13 (1.88%) CSS
7 11 (1.59%) React
7 11 (1.59%) RESTful
8 10 (1.45%) HTML
8 10 (1.45%) Middleware
9 9 (1.30%) AngularJS
9 9 (1.30%) NumPy
9 9 (1.30%) Pandas
9 9 (1.30%) pytest
10 8 (1.16%) Django
10 8 (1.16%) Flask
10 8 (1.16%) OpenID
10 8 (1.16%) scikit-learn
10 8 (1.16%) Swagger
10 8 (1.16%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 30 (4.34%) Onboarding
2 27 (3.90%) CMDB
2 27 (3.90%) Legacy Systems
3 25 (3.61%) Product Ownership
4 22 (3.18%) PMI
5 18 (2.60%) Management Information System
6 17 (2.46%) Data Centre
7 14 (2.02%) Analytical Mindset
8 13 (1.88%) Data Structures
8 13 (1.88%) Low-Code
9 9 (1.30%) FMCG
9 9 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (1.16%) PKI
11 7 (1.01%) Public Cloud
11 7 (1.01%) Virtual Team
12 6 (0.87%) Cloud Native
12 6 (0.87%) Data Protection Act
12 6 (0.87%) Greenfield Project
12 6 (0.87%) Reference Data
12 6 (0.87%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 80 (11.56%) Windows
2 22 (3.18%) Windows Server
3 16 (2.31%) Linux
4 12 (1.73%) Unix
5 10 (1.45%) Windows 10
6 5 (0.72%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (0.72%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (0.58%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.43%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.14%) Android
10 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 200 (28.90%) Stakeholder Management
2 164 (23.70%) Agile
3 158 (22.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 131 (18.93%) Continuous Improvement
5 111 (16.04%) Problem-Solving
5 111 (16.04%) Project Management
6 110 (15.90%) ITIL
7 100 (14.45%) DevOps
8 92 (13.29%) Migration
9 87 (12.57%) Roadmaps
10 84 (12.14%) Decision-Making
11 76 (10.98%) Project Delivery
12 71 (10.26%) AI
13 61 (8.82%) CI/CD
14 58 (8.38%) Workshop Facilitation
15 57 (8.24%) User Acceptance Testing
16 56 (8.09%) Analytics
17 54 (7.80%) Business Intelligence
17 54 (7.80%) Risk Management
18 50 (7.23%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 98 (14.16%) SQL
2 43 (6.21%) C#
3 41 (5.92%) Python
4 33 (4.77%) PL/SQL
5 24 (3.47%) PowerShell
5 24 (3.47%) T-SQL
6 23 (3.32%) JavaScript
7 18 (2.60%) Java
8 7 (1.01%) Korn
9 4 (0.58%) Groovy
9 4 (0.58%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.43%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.29%) Bash
11 2 (0.29%) C++
11 2 (0.29%) Perl
12 1 (0.14%) ABAP
12 1 (0.14%) Bicep
12 1 (0.14%) C
12 1 (0.14%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 83 (11.99%) Degree
2 80 (11.56%) Security Cleared
3 53 (7.66%) SC Cleared
4 45 (6.50%) PMI Certification
5 42 (6.07%) PMP
6 24 (3.47%) CISSP
7 18 (2.60%) Cisco Certification
7 18 (2.60%) CISM
8 16 (2.31%) APMG
9 15 (2.17%) ITIL Certification
10 14 (2.02%) DV Cleared
11 13 (1.88%) Master's Degree
12 11 (1.59%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 9 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
14 7 (1.01%) Azure Certification
14 7 (1.01%) CCNP
14 7 (1.01%) CISA
14 7 (1.01%) CRISC
14 7 (1.01%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 6 (0.87%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (8.09%) QA
2 44 (6.36%) PMO
3 43 (6.21%) Data Quality
4 30 (4.34%) SLA
5 29 (4.19%) GDPR
6 24 (3.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 15 (2.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 10 (1.45%) NIST
9 9 (1.30%) PCI DSS
10 8 (1.16%) ITGC
11 7 (1.01%) COBIT
12 6 (0.87%) GRC
12 6 (0.87%) IFRS
13 5 (0.72%) IFRS 17
14 4 (0.58%) Government Security Classifications
15 3 (0.43%) Accessibility
15 3 (0.43%) HIPAA
15 3 (0.43%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 3 (0.43%) Solvency II
16 2 (0.29%) SOC 2
System Software
1 45 (6.50%) Active Directory
2 14 (2.02%) Docker
3 9 (1.30%) Hyper-V
3 9 (1.30%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.87%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.58%) XenApp
5 4 (0.58%) XenDesktop
6 2 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.14%) ProxySG
7 1 (0.14%) Sendmail
7 1 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 23 (3.32%) Terraform
2 20 (2.89%) Kubernetes
3 15 (2.17%) Ansible
4 12 (1.73%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (1.45%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (1.01%) SCCM
7 6 (0.87%) CASB
8 4 (0.58%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (0.58%) CA Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.58%) FortiGate
8 4 (0.58%) ITRS Geneos
8 4 (0.58%) PingFederate
8 4 (0.58%) SCVMM
8 4 (0.58%) vRealize
9 3 (0.43%) Cisco Prime
10 2 (0.29%) Control-M
10 2 (0.29%) Grafana
10 2 (0.29%) PowerCLI
10 2 (0.29%) Puppet
10 2 (0.29%) SCOM
Vendors
1 114 (16.47%) Microsoft
2 100 (14.45%) ServiceNow
3 70 (10.12%) Oracle
4 43 (6.21%) SAP
5 42 (6.07%) Salesforce
6 28 (4.05%) Citrix
7 20 (2.89%) VMware
8 16 (2.31%) Workday
9 15 (2.17%) Cisco
10 12 (1.73%) Google
10 12 (1.73%) OpenAI
11 10 (1.45%) Zscaler
12 8 (1.16%) Automation Anywhere
12 8 (1.16%) UiPath
13 7 (1.01%) Juniper
13 7 (1.01%) Palo Alto
13 7 (1.01%) Splunk
14 6 (0.87%) Avaloq
14 6 (0.87%) F5
14 6 (0.87%) Temenos