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 23 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 56 42
Rank change year-on-year -11 -14 +4
Contract jobs citing Change Management 667 513 825
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.02% 3.99% 4.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.49% 4.37% 5.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 421 312 515
10th Percentile £396 £356 £375
25th Percentile £415 £456 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -2.22%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £675
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
England median daily rate £500 £518 £525
% change year-on-year -3.52% -1.29% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 3
10th Percentile £45.15 - £36.81
25th Percentile £54.00 £28.60 £43.17
Median hourly rate £74.46 £31.80 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +134.15% -44.70% +55.41%
75th Percentile £96.25 £50.00 £65.38
90th Percentile £98.50 £77.00 £67.85
England median hourly rate £42.25 £53.37 £33.07
% change year-on-year -20.84% +61.42% -31.11%

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 14,871 11,726 15,989
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.70% 91.30% 88.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,969 7,878 11,440
10th Percentile £353 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £445 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £677 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £504 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.05% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 231 165 337
10th Percentile £18.07 £19.52 £15.98
25th Percentile £21.73 £24.66 £19.57
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.89 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.09% +17.67% -21.54%
75th Percentile £56.98 £52.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £71.15 £70.50
England median hourly rate £35.00 £33.26 £32.50
% change year-on-year +5.25% +2.32% -13.33%

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 23 March 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 23 March 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 23 March 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 83 £500 -4.76% 48
South London -2 17 £500 -16.67% 8
West London -9 16 £500 +56.25% 16
East London -1 5 £630 +36.22% 7
North London - 2 £575 - 1
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 37 (5.55%) Confluence
2 32 (4.80%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.65%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (1.20%) Appian
5 5 (0.75%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 5 (0.75%) HCL Notes
6 3 (0.45%) IIS
7 2 (0.30%) CMS
7 2 (0.30%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.15%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.15%) Oracle Spatial
8 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
Applications
1 28 (4.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (4.05%) Microsoft Project
3 26 (3.90%) Microsoft Office
4 23 (3.45%) MS Visio
5 22 (3.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.45%) Trello
7 2 (0.30%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 21 (3.15%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.50%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.90%) Finacle
3 6 (0.90%) Salesforce CRM
4 5 (0.75%) SAP CO
4 5 (0.75%) SAP FI
4 5 (0.75%) SAP FI/CO
5 4 (0.60%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.45%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.45%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 3 (0.45%) SAP ERP
6 3 (0.45%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.30%) Aladdin
7 2 (0.30%) Elite 3E
7 2 (0.30%) Oracle Financials
7 2 (0.30%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.15%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 1 (0.15%) Oracle 11i
8 1 (0.15%) SAP MDG
8 1 (0.15%) SAP MDG-F
Cloud Services
1 108 (16.19%) Azure
2 53 (7.95%) Microsoft 365
3 42 (6.30%) Azure DevOps
4 38 (5.70%) Power Platform
5 35 (5.25%) AWS
6 26 (3.90%) Entra ID
7 24 (3.60%) SaaS
8 22 (3.30%) Power Automate
9 18 (2.70%) Dynamics 365
10 14 (2.10%) PaaS
11 12 (1.80%) Azure Data Factory
11 12 (1.80%) IaaS
12 11 (1.65%) GitHub
12 11 (1.65%) PowerApps
13 10 (1.50%) GCP
14 9 (1.35%) Azure AI
15 8 (1.20%) Anthropic Claude
15 8 (1.20%) Microsoft Copilot
15 8 (1.20%) Serverless
16 7 (1.05%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 34 (5.10%) Firewall
2 30 (4.50%) Network Security
3 24 (3.60%) WAN
4 20 (3.00%) LAN
5 18 (2.70%) VPN
6 17 (2.55%) SD-WAN
7 13 (1.95%) BGP
8 12 (1.80%) OSPF
9 10 (1.50%) DNS
10 9 (1.35%) NetScaler
11 8 (1.20%) Cisco IOS
12 7 (1.05%) Cisco ASA
12 7 (1.05%) Wi-Fi
13 6 (0.90%) Cisco Nexus
13 6 (0.90%) DHCP
13 6 (0.90%) Intranet
13 6 (0.90%) NX-OS
14 5 (0.75%) Structured Cabling
15 4 (0.60%) SSL
16 3 (0.45%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (5.70%) SQL Server
2 27 (4.05%) Power BI
3 10 (1.50%) Tableau
4 9 (1.35%) Metadata
5 8 (1.20%) Pinecone
6 7 (1.05%) Amazon RDS
6 7 (1.05%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (1.05%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (1.05%) Relational Database
7 6 (0.90%) Oracle Database
8 4 (0.60%) Amazon Aurora
8 4 (0.60%) MySQL
9 3 (0.45%) GIS
9 3 (0.45%) Metadata Repository
9 3 (0.45%) Oracle ODI
9 3 (0.45%) Redis
10 2 (0.30%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.30%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 1 (0.15%) Ataccama
11 1 (0.15%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 81 (12.14%) JIRA
2 15 (2.25%) Git
3 13 (1.95%) Jenkins
4 11 (1.65%) Visual Studio
5 8 (1.20%) MLflow
6 4 (0.60%) Maven
7 3 (0.45%) JUnit
7 3 (0.45%) Liquibase
7 3 (0.45%) Oracle APEX
8 2 (0.30%) git-flow
8 2 (0.30%) Mockito
9 1 (0.15%) Ant
9 1 (0.15%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.15%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.15%) Hudson
9 1 (0.15%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.15%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.15%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.15%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.15%) TestRail
General
1 280 (41.98%) Social Skills
2 271 (40.63%) Finance
3 115 (17.24%) Analytical Skills
4 76 (11.39%) Banking
5 43 (6.45%) Public Sector
6 36 (5.40%) Legal
7 31 (4.65%) Documentation Skills
7 31 (4.65%) Influencing Skills
8 26 (3.90%) Presentation Skills
9 24 (3.60%) Retail
10 22 (3.30%) Law
10 22 (3.30%) Marketing
11 20 (3.00%) Investment Banking
12 16 (2.40%) Financial Institution
13 14 (2.10%) Organisational Skills
14 13 (1.95%) Telecoms
15 11 (1.65%) Local Government
16 9 (1.35%) Front Office
16 9 (1.35%) Publishing
17 8 (1.20%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 87 (13.04%) Change Manager
2 82 (12.29%) Analyst
3 81 (12.14%) Project Manager
4 58 (8.70%) Business Analyst
4 58 (8.70%) Lead
5 43 (6.45%) Senior
6 39 (5.85%) Developer
7 38 (5.70%) Consultant
8 25 (3.75%) Architect
8 25 (3.75%) Business Manager
9 21 (3.15%) Programme Manager
9 21 (3.15%) Support Engineer
10 19 (2.85%) Business Change Manager
10 19 (2.85%) C# Developer
11 16 (2.40%) IT Engineer
11 16 (2.40%) IT Support
11 16 (2.40%) IT Support Engineer
11 16 (2.40%) Senior Manager
12 14 (2.10%) Delivery Manager
12 14 (2.10%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (4.05%) .NET
2 23 (3.45%) REST
3 21 (3.15%) .NET Framework
4 15 (2.25%) Web Services
5 14 (2.10%) OAuth
6 12 (1.80%) RESTful
7 9 (1.35%) CSS
7 9 (1.35%) NumPy
7 9 (1.35%) Pandas
7 9 (1.35%) pytest
8 8 (1.20%) Django
8 8 (1.20%) FastAPI
8 8 (1.20%) Flask
8 8 (1.20%) HTML
8 8 (1.20%) JWT
8 8 (1.20%) Oracle Fusion
8 8 (1.20%) PyTorch
8 8 (1.20%) scikit-learn
8 8 (1.20%) Swagger
8 8 (1.20%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 31 (4.65%) Onboarding
2 28 (4.20%) CMDB
3 27 (4.05%) Product Ownership
4 24 (3.60%) Management Information System
5 22 (3.30%) Legacy Systems
6 18 (2.70%) Analytical Mindset
7 16 (2.40%) Data Centre
7 16 (2.40%) PMI
8 13 (1.95%) Data Structures
8 13 (1.95%) PKI
9 12 (1.80%) Low-Code
10 9 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
11 8 (1.20%) Greenfield Project
12 7 (1.05%) Cyber Threat
13 6 (0.90%) Public Cloud
13 6 (0.90%) Reference Data
13 6 (0.90%) Security Posture
13 6 (0.90%) Virtual Team
14 5 (0.75%) Cloud Native
14 5 (0.75%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 76 (11.39%) Windows
2 18 (2.70%) Windows Server
3 16 (2.40%) Windows 10
4 13 (1.95%) Linux
5 11 (1.65%) Unix
6 6 (0.90%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (0.90%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.45%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.45%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.30%) Android
8 2 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.15%) AIX
9 1 (0.15%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 213 (31.93%) Stakeholder Management
2 171 (25.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 161 (24.14%) Agile
4 114 (17.09%) Problem-Solving
5 104 (15.59%) Continuous Improvement
5 104 (15.59%) Project Management
6 97 (14.54%) ITIL
7 84 (12.59%) DevOps
7 84 (12.59%) Migration
8 81 (12.14%) Roadmaps
9 77 (11.54%) Project Delivery
10 71 (10.64%) Decision-Making
11 68 (10.19%) AI
12 61 (9.15%) User Acceptance Testing
13 57 (8.55%) Workshop Facilitation
14 56 (8.40%) PRINCE2
14 56 (8.40%) Risk Management
15 54 (8.10%) CI/CD
16 53 (7.95%) Analytics
17 49 (7.35%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 90 (13.49%) SQL
2 42 (6.30%) C#
3 37 (5.55%) Python
4 25 (3.75%) PowerShell
5 24 (3.60%) PL/SQL
6 18 (2.70%) T-SQL
7 16 (2.40%) JavaScript
8 15 (2.25%) Java
9 6 (0.90%) Bash
9 6 (0.90%) Korn
10 4 (0.60%) Groovy
10 4 (0.60%) Perl
10 4 (0.60%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.45%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.30%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.15%) ABAP
13 1 (0.15%) C
13 1 (0.15%) C++
13 1 (0.15%) Formula Language
13 1 (0.15%) LotusScript
Qualifications
1 103 (15.44%) Degree
2 76 (11.39%) Security Cleared
3 47 (7.05%) SC Cleared
4 45 (6.75%) PMI Certification
5 38 (5.70%) PMP
6 21 (3.15%) CISSP
7 20 (3.00%) Cisco Certification
8 16 (2.40%) DV Cleared
8 16 (2.40%) Master's Degree
9 15 (2.25%) CISM
9 15 (2.25%) ITIL Certification
10 11 (1.65%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 10 (1.50%) APMG
12 9 (1.35%) Azure Certification
12 9 (1.35%) CCNP
12 9 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
12 9 (1.35%) Microsoft Certification
13 8 (1.20%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 7 (1.05%) Citrix Certification
14 7 (1.05%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (8.10%) QA
2 44 (6.60%) Data Quality
3 40 (6.00%) PMO
4 28 (4.20%) GDPR
4 28 (4.20%) SLA
5 25 (3.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (1.80%) NIST
7 10 (1.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 8 (1.20%) MiFID
9 7 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials
9 7 (1.05%) IFRS
9 7 (1.05%) IFRS 17
10 6 (0.90%) PCI DSS
11 5 (0.75%) COBIT
11 5 (0.75%) EMIR
12 4 (0.60%) Accessibility
12 4 (0.60%) Government Security Classifications
12 4 (0.60%) Solvency II
13 3 (0.45%) GRC
14 2 (0.30%) ITGC
System Software
1 35 (5.25%) Active Directory
2 16 (2.40%) Docker
3 8 (1.20%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.05%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.90%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (0.75%) XenApp
6 5 (0.75%) XenDesktop
7 4 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.30%) ProxySG
8 2 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.15%) Sendmail
9 1 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 21 (3.15%) Kubernetes
2 19 (2.85%) Terraform
3 15 (2.25%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (1.20%) Ansible
5 7 (1.05%) FortiGate
6 6 (0.90%) CASB
6 6 (0.90%) SCCM
7 5 (0.75%) SCVMM
8 4 (0.60%) Grafana
8 4 (0.60%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.45%) Cisco Prime
9 3 (0.45%) Rancher
10 2 (0.30%) ITRS Geneos
10 2 (0.30%) PowerCLI
10 2 (0.30%) Puppet
10 2 (0.30%) SCOM
10 2 (0.30%) vCenter Server
11 1 (0.15%) Avamar
11 1 (0.15%) HP ALM
11 1 (0.15%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 116 (17.39%) Microsoft
2 87 (13.04%) ServiceNow
3 54 (8.10%) Oracle
4 48 (7.20%) SAP
5 32 (4.80%) Salesforce
6 29 (4.35%) Citrix
7 25 (3.75%) Cisco
8 19 (2.85%) Workday
9 16 (2.40%) VMware
10 12 (1.80%) OpenAI
11 11 (1.65%) Fortinet
12 10 (1.50%) F5
13 9 (1.35%) Palo Alto
14 8 (1.20%) Automation Anywhere
14 8 (1.20%) UiPath
14 8 (1.20%) Zscaler
15 7 (1.05%) Juniper
16 6 (0.90%) CheckPoint
16 6 (0.90%) Remedy
16 6 (0.90%) Temenos