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 11 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 63 49
Rank change year-on-year -6 -14 -5
Contract jobs citing Change Management 682 496 759
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.83% 3.94% 4.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.33% 4.28% 4.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 423 303 478
10th Percentile £400 £357 £356
25th Percentile £415 £449 £462
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.00% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £655
90th Percentile £738 £755 £754
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 3
10th Percentile £25.55 - £36.81
25th Percentile £35.00 £28.60 £43.17
Median hourly rate £58.92 £34.30 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +71.78% -40.35% +11.65%
75th Percentile £95.00 £53.75 £65.38
90th Percentile £98.00 £78.50 £67.85
England median hourly rate £35.00 £57.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -39.13% +15.00% +2.67%

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 15,734 11,596 15,659
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.34% 92.21% 88.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,510 7,857 11,214
10th Percentile £356 £350 £341
25th Percentile £430 £436 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £680
90th Percentile £760 £813 £800
England median daily rate £511 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 248 178 313
10th Percentile £18.61 £16.50 £15.96
25th Percentile £24.65 £22.75 £20.00
Median hourly rate £35.71 £34.25 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.26% +22.32% -28.21%
75th Percentile £57.86 £50.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £63.75 £66.40
England median hourly rate £47.00 £29.07 £36.50
% change year-on-year +61.68% -20.36% -2.67%

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 11 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 11 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 11 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 -4 80 £500 -9.09% 51
South London -1 21 £500 -16.67% 5
West London -16 17 £450 +40.63% 9
East London -2 5 £750 - 7
North London +3 2 £575 +30.68% 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 40 (5.87%) Confluence
2 38 (5.57%) SharePoint
3 14 (2.05%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (1.17%) Appian
5 5 (0.73%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 5 (0.73%) IIS
6 4 (0.59%) HCL Notes
7 2 (0.29%) CMS
7 2 (0.29%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.15%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.15%) MTS
8 1 (0.15%) Oracle Spatial
8 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
Applications
1 24 (3.52%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (3.23%) Microsoft Project
3 21 (3.08%) Microsoft Excel
4 19 (2.79%) MS Visio
5 16 (2.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.44%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.44%) Trello
Business Applications
1 20 (2.93%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (2.05%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (1.03%) Salesforce CRM
4 6 (0.88%) Finacle
5 4 (0.59%) Oracle ERP
5 4 (0.59%) Oracle Payables
5 4 (0.59%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 3 (0.44%) Oracle Financials
6 3 (0.44%) SAP ERP
6 3 (0.44%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.29%) Front Arena
7 2 (0.29%) Global One
7 2 (0.29%) Loan IQ
7 2 (0.29%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.29%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.29%) Primavera
7 2 (0.29%) SAP CO
7 2 (0.29%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.29%) SAP FI/CO
7 2 (0.29%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 106 (15.54%) Azure
2 55 (8.06%) Microsoft 365
3 42 (6.16%) Power Platform
4 39 (5.72%) Azure DevOps
5 35 (5.13%) AWS
6 33 (4.84%) Entra ID
6 33 (4.84%) SaaS
7 25 (3.67%) Power Automate
8 22 (3.23%) Dynamics 365
9 17 (2.49%) GCP
10 15 (2.20%) PowerApps
11 12 (1.76%) PaaS
12 11 (1.61%) Azure Data Factory
12 11 (1.61%) OCI
12 11 (1.61%) Smartsheet
13 10 (1.47%) GitHub
14 9 (1.32%) Azure AI
15 8 (1.17%) Anthropic Claude
15 8 (1.17%) Asana
15 8 (1.17%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 26 (3.81%) Firewall
2 18 (2.64%) Network Security
2 18 (2.64%) WAN
3 17 (2.49%) VPN
4 15 (2.20%) DNS
4 15 (2.20%) SD-WAN
5 14 (2.05%) LAN
6 11 (1.61%) BGP
7 10 (1.47%) DHCP
7 10 (1.47%) OSPF
8 8 (1.17%) SSL
9 7 (1.03%) NetScaler
10 6 (0.88%) Cisco IOS
10 6 (0.88%) Cisco Nexus
10 6 (0.88%) Intranet
11 5 (0.73%) Wi-Fi
12 4 (0.59%) Cisco ASA
12 4 (0.59%) NX-OS
12 4 (0.59%) TCP/IP
13 3 (0.44%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (6.16%) SQL Server
2 26 (3.81%) Power BI
3 12 (1.76%) Metadata
4 9 (1.32%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (1.17%) Pinecone
5 8 (1.17%) Tableau
6 6 (0.88%) Relational Database
7 5 (0.73%) Amazon RDS
7 5 (0.73%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 5 (0.73%) Oracle Database
8 4 (0.59%) MySQL
8 4 (0.59%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.44%) Metadata Repository
9 3 (0.44%) Oracle Reports
10 2 (0.29%) Crystal Reports
10 2 (0.29%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.29%) Electronic Patient Records
10 2 (0.29%) KDB
10 2 (0.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 96 (14.08%) JIRA
2 15 (2.20%) Git
3 13 (1.91%) Jenkins
4 10 (1.47%) Visual Studio
5 8 (1.17%) MLflow
6 4 (0.59%) Maven
6 4 (0.59%) SonarQube
7 3 (0.44%) Artifactory
7 3 (0.44%) ScriptRunner
7 3 (0.44%) Snyk
8 2 (0.29%) git-flow
9 1 (0.15%) Ant
9 1 (0.15%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.15%) Hudson
9 1 (0.15%) JUnit
9 1 (0.15%) Liquibase
9 1 (0.15%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.15%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.15%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.15%) TestRail
General
1 270 (39.59%) Finance
2 266 (39.00%) Social Skills
3 104 (15.25%) Analytical Skills
4 72 (10.56%) Banking
5 47 (6.89%) Public Sector
6 41 (6.01%) Legal
7 37 (5.43%) Marketing
8 28 (4.11%) Influencing Skills
9 25 (3.67%) Presentation Skills
10 24 (3.52%) Documentation Skills
11 22 (3.23%) Retail
12 20 (2.93%) Law
13 17 (2.49%) Financial Institution
14 14 (2.05%) Investment Banking
15 13 (1.91%) Organisational Skills
16 11 (1.61%) Local Government
17 10 (1.47%) Aviation
17 10 (1.47%) Front Office
18 9 (1.32%) Telecoms
19 6 (0.88%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 78 (11.44%) Change Manager
2 72 (10.56%) Lead
3 71 (10.41%) Analyst
3 71 (10.41%) Project Manager
4 47 (6.89%) Senior
5 42 (6.16%) Business Analyst
5 42 (6.16%) Consultant
6 38 (5.57%) Developer
7 27 (3.96%) Programme Manager
8 25 (3.67%) Architect
9 22 (3.23%) Support Engineer
10 21 (3.08%) Business Manager
11 20 (2.93%) Delivery Manager
11 20 (2.93%) Senior Manager
12 19 (2.79%) Business Change Manager
12 19 (2.79%) IT Engineer
12 19 (2.79%) IT Support
12 19 (2.79%) IT Support Engineer
13 17 (2.49%) Administrator
13 17 (2.49%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (4.55%) REST
2 28 (4.11%) .NET
3 20 (2.93%) .NET Framework
4 18 (2.64%) OAuth
5 14 (2.05%) Web Services
6 12 (1.76%) CSS
7 10 (1.47%) Middleware
7 10 (1.47%) React
8 9 (1.32%) HTML
8 9 (1.32%) NumPy
8 9 (1.32%) Pandas
8 9 (1.32%) pytest
8 9 (1.32%) RESTful
9 8 (1.17%) Django
9 8 (1.17%) Flask
9 8 (1.17%) OpenID
9 8 (1.17%) scikit-learn
9 8 (1.17%) SOAP
9 8 (1.17%) Swagger
9 8 (1.17%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 28 (4.11%) Onboarding
2 25 (3.67%) CMDB
2 25 (3.67%) Legacy Systems
3 22 (3.23%) PMI
3 22 (3.23%) Product Ownership
4 21 (3.08%) Management Information System
5 18 (2.64%) Data Centre
6 14 (2.05%) Analytical Mindset
7 13 (1.91%) Data Structures
7 13 (1.91%) Low-Code
8 9 (1.32%) PKI
8 9 (1.32%) Virtual Team
9 8 (1.17%) Public Cloud
9 8 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
10 7 (1.03%) FMCG
11 6 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
11 6 (0.88%) Reference Data
11 6 (0.88%) Security Posture
12 5 (0.73%) Clustering
12 5 (0.73%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 75 (11.00%) Windows
2 19 (2.79%) Windows Server
3 16 (2.35%) Linux
4 13 (1.91%) Unix
5 11 (1.61%) Windows 10
6 6 (0.88%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (0.88%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (0.59%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.44%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.15%) AIX
9 1 (0.15%) Android
9 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.15%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 202 (29.62%) Stakeholder Management
2 161 (23.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 155 (22.73%) Agile
4 124 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
5 114 (16.72%) Project Management
6 110 (16.13%) Problem-Solving
7 109 (15.98%) ITIL
8 91 (13.34%) Migration
9 90 (13.20%) DevOps
10 88 (12.90%) Roadmaps
11 85 (12.46%) Decision-Making
12 75 (11.00%) Project Delivery
13 68 (9.97%) AI
14 61 (8.94%) User Acceptance Testing
15 58 (8.50%) Workshop Facilitation
16 56 (8.21%) CI/CD
17 53 (7.77%) Business Intelligence
18 52 (7.62%) ERP
18 52 (7.62%) ITSM
18 52 (7.62%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 95 (13.93%) SQL
2 42 (6.16%) C#
3 39 (5.72%) Python
4 29 (4.25%) PL/SQL
5 24 (3.52%) PowerShell
6 22 (3.23%) T-SQL
7 20 (2.93%) JavaScript
8 17 (2.49%) Java
9 6 (0.88%) Korn
10 5 (0.73%) Groovy
11 4 (0.59%) Perl
11 4 (0.59%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.44%) Bash
12 3 (0.44%) TypeScript
13 2 (0.29%) C++
14 1 (0.15%) ABAP
14 1 (0.15%) C
14 1 (0.15%) R
14 1 (0.15%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 87 (12.76%) Degree
2 75 (11.00%) Security Cleared
3 50 (7.33%) SC Cleared
4 48 (7.04%) PMI Certification
5 45 (6.60%) PMP
6 22 (3.23%) CISSP
7 20 (2.93%) Cisco Certification
8 16 (2.35%) CISM
8 16 (2.35%) ITIL Certification
9 15 (2.20%) APMG
10 14 (2.05%) DV Cleared
10 14 (2.05%) Master's Degree
11 11 (1.61%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 9 (1.32%) CCNP
13 8 (1.17%) Computer Science Degree
13 8 (1.17%) Microsoft Certification
14 7 (1.03%) Azure Certification
14 7 (1.03%) CISA
14 7 (1.03%) Citrix Certification
14 7 (1.03%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (8.06%) QA
2 42 (6.16%) PMO
3 39 (5.72%) Data Quality
4 31 (4.55%) GDPR
5 30 (4.40%) SLA
6 25 (3.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 14 (2.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 10 (1.47%) NIST
9 8 (1.17%) IFRS
9 8 (1.17%) ITGC
9 8 (1.17%) PCI DSS
10 7 (1.03%) COBIT
10 7 (1.03%) IFRS 17
11 5 (0.73%) GRC
12 4 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
12 4 (0.59%) Government Security Classifications
13 3 (0.44%) Accessibility
13 3 (0.44%) Solvency II
14 2 (0.29%) SOC 1
14 2 (0.29%) SOC 2
System Software
1 43 (6.30%) Active Directory
2 12 (1.76%) Docker
3 9 (1.32%) Hyper-V
4 8 (1.17%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.73%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (0.73%) XenApp
5 5 (0.73%) XenDesktop
6 4 (0.59%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.15%) ProxySG
8 1 (0.15%) Sendmail
8 1 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 20 (2.93%) Kubernetes
2 19 (2.79%) Terraform
3 13 (1.91%) Ansible
3 13 (1.91%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (1.32%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (1.03%) SCCM
6 6 (0.88%) CASB
7 5 (0.73%) FortiGate
7 5 (0.73%) SCVMM
8 4 (0.59%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (0.59%) CA Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.59%) PingFederate
9 3 (0.44%) Cisco Prime
9 3 (0.44%) ITRS Geneos
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
10 2 (0.29%) vRealize
Vendors
1 111 (16.28%) Microsoft
2 98 (14.37%) ServiceNow
3 69 (10.12%) Oracle
4 47 (6.89%) SAP
5 40 (5.87%) Salesforce
6 28 (4.11%) Citrix
7 19 (2.79%) Cisco
8 17 (2.49%) VMware
8 17 (2.49%) Workday
9 12 (1.76%) Google
9 12 (1.76%) OpenAI
10 10 (1.47%) Zscaler
11 8 (1.17%) Automation Anywhere
11 8 (1.17%) Juniper
11 8 (1.17%) Palo Alto
11 8 (1.17%) UiPath
12 7 (1.03%) F5
12 7 (1.03%) Fortinet
13 6 (0.88%) CheckPoint
13 6 (0.88%) GoldenSource