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

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 54 41
Rank change year-on-year -14 -13 +5
Contract jobs citing Change Management 654 533 832
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.98% 4.16% 4.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.44% 4.56% 5.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 412 321 516
10th Percentile £396 £356 £380
25th Percentile £421 £456 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -1.17%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £675
90th Percentile £725 £738 £745
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 3
10th Percentile £45.15 - £36.81
25th Percentile £54.00 £28.60 £43.17
Median hourly rate £74.46 £35.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +112.74% -39.13% +55.41%
75th Percentile £96.25 £56.00 £65.38
90th Percentile £98.50 £79.40 £67.85
England median hourly rate £42.05 £52.00 £35.86
% change year-on-year -19.13% +45.03% -22.23%

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 14,745 11,676 16,083
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.75% 91.09% 88.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,877 7,820 11,502
10th Percentile £350 £350 £340
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £681 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £503 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.29% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 235 162 343
10th Percentile £18.14 £20.05 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.00 £24.66 £19.57
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.70 £30.16
Median % change year-on-year -0.55% +18.35% -18.49%
75th Percentile £56.98 £53.75 £49.94
90th Percentile £71.50 £77.25 £69.35
England median hourly rate £31.00 £33.11 £32.50
% change year-on-year -6.37% +1.88% -11.33%

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 18 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 18 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 18 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 -5 84 £500 -4.76% 49
South London -4 17 £500 -16.67% 8
West London -9 16 £500 +56.25% 14
East London -2 3 £525 +23.53% 9
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 38 (5.81%) Confluence
2 30 (4.59%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.68%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (1.22%) Appian
5 5 (0.76%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 5 (0.76%) HCL Notes
6 3 (0.46%) IIS
7 2 (0.31%) CMS
8 1 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.15%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.15%) Moodle
8 1 (0.15%) Oracle Spatial
8 1 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
Applications
1 27 (4.13%) Microsoft Excel
1 27 (4.13%) Microsoft Project
2 25 (3.82%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (3.52%) MS Visio
4 21 (3.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.46%) Trello
6 2 (0.31%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 21 (3.21%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.53%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.92%) Finacle
3 6 (0.92%) Salesforce CRM
4 5 (0.76%) SAP CO
4 5 (0.76%) SAP FI
4 5 (0.76%) SAP FI/CO
5 4 (0.61%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.46%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 3 (0.46%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.31%) Aladdin
7 2 (0.31%) Elite 3E
7 2 (0.31%) Remedy ITSM
7 2 (0.31%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.15%) Actimize
8 1 (0.15%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 1 (0.15%) Loan IQ
8 1 (0.15%) SAP FI-GL
8 1 (0.15%) SAP HCM
8 1 (0.15%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 107 (16.36%) Azure
2 52 (7.95%) Microsoft 365
3 40 (6.12%) Azure DevOps
4 36 (5.50%) AWS
5 34 (5.20%) Power Platform
6 27 (4.13%) Entra ID
7 24 (3.67%) SaaS
8 19 (2.91%) Power Automate
9 18 (2.75%) Dynamics 365
10 14 (2.14%) PaaS
11 12 (1.83%) Azure Data Factory
11 12 (1.83%) GitHub
11 12 (1.83%) IaaS
12 10 (1.53%) GCP
13 9 (1.38%) Azure AI
13 9 (1.38%) PowerApps
14 8 (1.22%) Anthropic Claude
14 8 (1.22%) Microsoft Copilot
14 8 (1.22%) Serverless
15 7 (1.07%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 36 (5.50%) Firewall
2 30 (4.59%) Network Security
3 24 (3.67%) WAN
4 20 (3.06%) LAN
5 19 (2.91%) VPN
6 17 (2.60%) SD-WAN
7 13 (1.99%) BGP
8 12 (1.83%) DNS
8 12 (1.83%) OSPF
9 9 (1.38%) NetScaler
10 8 (1.22%) Cisco IOS
11 7 (1.07%) Cisco ASA
11 7 (1.07%) Wi-Fi
12 6 (0.92%) Cisco Nexus
12 6 (0.92%) DHCP
12 6 (0.92%) Intranet
12 6 (0.92%) NX-OS
13 5 (0.76%) Internet
13 5 (0.76%) Structured Cabling
13 5 (0.76%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (5.66%) SQL Server
2 25 (3.82%) Power BI
3 9 (1.38%) Metadata
3 9 (1.38%) Tableau
4 8 (1.22%) Amazon RDS
4 8 (1.22%) Pinecone
4 8 (1.22%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (1.07%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (1.07%) Relational Database
6 6 (0.92%) Oracle Database
7 5 (0.76%) MySQL
8 4 (0.61%) Amazon Aurora
9 3 (0.46%) GIS
9 3 (0.46%) Metadata Repository
9 3 (0.46%) Oracle ODI
9 3 (0.46%) Redis
10 2 (0.31%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.31%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.31%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 1 (0.15%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 79 (12.08%) JIRA
2 14 (2.14%) Git
3 13 (1.99%) Jenkins
4 11 (1.68%) Visual Studio
5 8 (1.22%) MLflow
6 4 (0.61%) Maven
7 3 (0.46%) JUnit
7 3 (0.46%) Liquibase
7 3 (0.46%) Oracle APEX
8 2 (0.31%) git-flow
8 2 (0.31%) Mockito
9 1 (0.15%) Ant
9 1 (0.15%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.15%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.15%) GCC
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
General
1 279 (42.66%) Social Skills
2 259 (39.60%) Finance
3 112 (17.13%) Analytical Skills
4 73 (11.16%) Banking
5 43 (6.57%) Public Sector
6 35 (5.35%) Legal
7 30 (4.59%) Influencing Skills
8 29 (4.43%) Documentation Skills
9 28 (4.28%) Presentation Skills
10 24 (3.67%) Retail
11 22 (3.36%) Law
12 20 (3.06%) Marketing
13 19 (2.91%) Investment Banking
14 15 (2.29%) Financial Institution
15 14 (2.14%) Organisational Skills
16 13 (1.99%) Telecoms
17 11 (1.68%) Local Government
18 9 (1.38%) Publishing
19 8 (1.22%) Front Office
19 8 (1.22%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 88 (13.46%) Change Manager
2 84 (12.84%) Project Manager
3 79 (12.08%) Analyst
4 56 (8.56%) Business Analyst
4 56 (8.56%) Lead
5 43 (6.57%) Senior
6 39 (5.96%) Consultant
7 38 (5.81%) Developer
8 25 (3.82%) Architect
8 25 (3.82%) Business Manager
9 20 (3.06%) Programme Manager
10 19 (2.91%) Business Change Manager
10 19 (2.91%) C# Developer
10 19 (2.91%) Support Engineer
11 16 (2.45%) Senior Manager
12 15 (2.29%) Delivery Manager
13 14 (2.14%) IT Engineer
13 14 (2.14%) IT Manager
13 14 (2.14%) IT Support
13 14 (2.14%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (3.98%) .NET
2 22 (3.36%) REST
3 21 (3.21%) .NET Framework
4 15 (2.29%) OAuth
4 15 (2.29%) Web Services
5 12 (1.83%) RESTful
6 9 (1.38%) CSS
6 9 (1.38%) NumPy
6 9 (1.38%) Pandas
6 9 (1.38%) pytest
7 8 (1.22%) Django
7 8 (1.22%) Flask
7 8 (1.22%) HTML
7 8 (1.22%) Hugging Face
7 8 (1.22%) JWT
7 8 (1.22%) PyTorch
7 8 (1.22%) SAML
7 8 (1.22%) scikit-learn
7 8 (1.22%) Swagger
7 8 (1.22%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 32 (4.89%) Onboarding
2 28 (4.28%) CMDB
3 26 (3.98%) Product Ownership
4 24 (3.67%) Management Information System
5 21 (3.21%) Legacy Systems
6 17 (2.60%) Analytical Mindset
7 16 (2.45%) Data Centre
8 15 (2.29%) PMI
9 14 (2.14%) PKI
10 13 (1.99%) Data Structures
11 12 (1.83%) Low-Code
12 8 (1.22%) Greenfield Project
12 8 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
13 7 (1.07%) Cyber Threat
14 6 (0.92%) Public Cloud
14 6 (0.92%) Reference Data
14 6 (0.92%) Security Posture
14 6 (0.92%) Virtual Team
15 5 (0.76%) Cloud Native
15 5 (0.76%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 76 (11.62%) Windows
2 18 (2.75%) Windows Server
3 16 (2.45%) Windows 10
4 13 (1.99%) Linux
5 11 (1.68%) Unix
6 6 (0.92%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (0.92%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.46%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.46%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.31%) Android
8 2 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.15%) AIX
9 1 (0.15%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 212 (32.42%) Stakeholder Management
2 171 (26.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 158 (24.16%) Agile
4 111 (16.97%) Problem-Solving
5 106 (16.21%) Project Management
6 100 (15.29%) ITIL
7 98 (14.98%) Continuous Improvement
8 83 (12.69%) Migration
9 82 (12.54%) DevOps
10 78 (11.93%) Project Delivery
11 75 (11.47%) Roadmaps
12 72 (11.01%) Decision-Making
13 63 (9.63%) AI
14 59 (9.02%) User Acceptance Testing
15 58 (8.87%) PRINCE2
15 58 (8.87%) Risk Management
16 56 (8.56%) Workshop Facilitation
17 52 (7.95%) Analytics
17 52 (7.95%) CI/CD
18 50 (7.65%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 86 (13.15%) SQL
2 39 (5.96%) C#
3 38 (5.81%) Python
4 26 (3.98%) PowerShell
5 21 (3.21%) PL/SQL
6 16 (2.45%) Java
6 16 (2.45%) T-SQL
7 15 (2.29%) JavaScript
8 7 (1.07%) Bash
9 5 (0.76%) Korn
10 4 (0.61%) Groovy
10 4 (0.61%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.46%) Perl
11 3 (0.46%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.31%) 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
1 104 (15.90%) Degree
2 75 (11.47%) Security Cleared
3 46 (7.03%) PMI Certification
3 46 (7.03%) SC Cleared
4 39 (5.96%) PMP
5 17 (2.60%) ITIL Certification
5 17 (2.60%) Master's Degree
6 16 (2.45%) DV Cleared
7 15 (2.29%) Cisco Certification
7 15 (2.29%) CISSP
8 11 (1.68%) APMG
9 10 (1.53%) CISM
10 9 (1.38%) Azure Certification
10 9 (1.38%) CCNP
10 9 (1.38%) Computer Science Degree
10 9 (1.38%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (1.22%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 7 (1.07%) BPSS Clearance
12 7 (1.07%) Citrix Certification
12 7 (1.07%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (8.41%) QA
2 44 (6.73%) Data Quality
3 38 (5.81%) PMO
4 29 (4.43%) GDPR
5 28 (4.28%) SLA
6 24 (3.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 11 (1.68%) NIST
8 9 (1.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 8 (1.22%) Cyber Essentials
9 8 (1.22%) MiFID
10 7 (1.07%) IFRS
10 7 (1.07%) IFRS 17
11 6 (0.92%) PCI DSS
12 5 (0.76%) Accessibility
12 5 (0.76%) EMIR
13 4 (0.61%) COBIT
13 4 (0.61%) Government Security Classifications
13 4 (0.61%) Solvency II
14 3 (0.46%) GRC
15 2 (0.31%) NCSC
System Software
1 36 (5.50%) Active Directory
2 16 (2.45%) Docker
3 8 (1.22%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.07%) Hyper-V
4 7 (1.07%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (0.76%) XenApp
5 5 (0.76%) XenDesktop
6 4 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.31%) ProxySG
7 2 (0.31%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.15%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.15%) Sendmail
8 1 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 22 (3.36%) Kubernetes
2 21 (3.21%) Terraform
3 17 (2.60%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (1.38%) Ansible
5 7 (1.07%) FortiGate
5 7 (1.07%) SCCM
6 5 (0.76%) SCVMM
7 4 (0.61%) Grafana
7 4 (0.61%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.46%) Cisco Prime
8 3 (0.46%) Puppet
8 3 (0.46%) Rancher
9 2 (0.31%) PowerCLI
9 2 (0.31%) SCOM
9 2 (0.31%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.15%) Avamar
10 1 (0.15%) CASB
10 1 (0.15%) EMC NetWorker
10 1 (0.15%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 113 (17.28%) Microsoft
2 85 (13.00%) ServiceNow
3 49 (7.49%) Oracle
4 46 (7.03%) SAP
5 29 (4.43%) Citrix
6 28 (4.28%) Salesforce
7 25 (3.82%) Cisco
8 18 (2.75%) Workday
9 16 (2.45%) VMware
10 12 (1.83%) OpenAI
11 11 (1.68%) Fortinet
12 10 (1.53%) F5
13 9 (1.38%) Palo Alto
13 9 (1.38%) Zscaler
14 8 (1.22%) Automation Anywhere
14 8 (1.22%) UiPath
15 7 (1.07%) CheckPoint
15 7 (1.07%) Juniper
15 7 (1.07%) Remedy
16 6 (0.92%) Temenos