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

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 61 51
Rank change year-on-year -5 -10 -8
Contract jobs citing Change Management 689 495 742
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.84% 3.96% 4.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.35% 4.29% 4.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 423 299 469
10th Percentile £400 £356 £348
25th Percentile £415 £425 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.00% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £751 £753
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 £53.75 £50.00
% change year-on-year -34.88% +7.50% +2.05%

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 15,848 11,538 15,497
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.29% 92.22% 88.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,602 7,808 11,112
10th Percentile £356 £350 £343
25th Percentile £431 £435 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -7.17%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £680
90th Percentile £756 £813 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 239 178 307
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.30 £15.77
25th Percentile £25.25 £23.11 £20.00
Median hourly rate £36.50 £34.00 £27.84
Median % change year-on-year +7.35% +22.13% -27.22%
75th Percentile £57.50 £50.69 £48.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £63.75 £66.85
England median hourly rate £47.00 £29.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year +62.07% -20.55% +0.69%

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 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 18 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 18 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 -13 76 £500 -8.97% 58
South London +5 21 £500 -16.67% 5
West London -14 19 £500 +56.25% 9
East London -3 5 £750 - 5
North London +1 1 £550 +25.00%
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 42 (6.10%) Confluence
2 40 (5.81%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.89%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (1.16%) Appian
5 6 (0.87%) IIS
6 5 (0.73%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 4 (0.58%) HCL Notes
8 2 (0.29%) CMS
8 2 (0.29%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.15%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.15%) MTS
9 1 (0.15%) Oracle Spatial
9 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.15%) WebSphere
Applications
1 22 (3.19%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (3.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (3.05%) Microsoft Project
3 17 (2.47%) MS Visio
4 16 (2.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.44%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.44%) Trello
Business Applications
1 18 (2.61%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (2.03%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (1.02%) Salesforce CRM
4 6 (0.87%) Finacle
5 4 (0.58%) Oracle ERP
5 4 (0.58%) Oracle Payables
5 4 (0.58%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 3 (0.44%) Oracle Financials
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 ERP
7 2 (0.29%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.29%) SAP FI/CO
7 2 (0.29%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 106 (15.38%) Azure
2 53 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
3 45 (6.53%) Power Platform
4 39 (5.66%) Azure DevOps
5 36 (5.22%) AWS
6 34 (4.93%) Entra ID
7 33 (4.79%) SaaS
8 27 (3.92%) Power Automate
9 22 (3.19%) Dynamics 365
10 17 (2.47%) GCP
11 16 (2.32%) PowerApps
12 12 (1.74%) OCI
13 11 (1.60%) Azure Data Factory
13 11 (1.60%) Smartsheet
14 10 (1.45%) GitHub
14 10 (1.45%) PaaS
15 9 (1.31%) Asana
15 9 (1.31%) Azure AI
16 8 (1.16%) Anthropic Claude
16 8 (1.16%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 21 (3.05%) Firewall
2 16 (2.32%) Network Security
2 16 (2.32%) WAN
3 15 (2.18%) DNS
3 15 (2.18%) VPN
4 14 (2.03%) SD-WAN
5 12 (1.74%) LAN
6 10 (1.45%) BGP
7 9 (1.31%) DHCP
7 9 (1.31%) OSPF
8 8 (1.16%) SSL
9 6 (0.87%) Cisco Nexus
9 6 (0.87%) Intranet
9 6 (0.87%) NetScaler
10 5 (0.73%) Cisco IOS
11 4 (0.58%) HTTPS
11 4 (0.58%) TCP/IP
12 3 (0.44%) Cisco ASA
12 3 (0.44%) FTP
12 3 (0.44%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (5.95%) SQL Server
2 28 (4.06%) Power BI
3 14 (2.03%) Metadata
4 9 (1.31%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (1.16%) Pinecone
5 8 (1.16%) Tableau
6 7 (1.02%) Relational Database
7 5 (0.73%) Amazon RDS
7 5 (0.73%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 4 (0.58%) MySQL
8 4 (0.58%) Oracle Reports
8 4 (0.58%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.44%) Metadata Repository
9 3 (0.44%) Oracle Database
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 99 (14.37%) JIRA
2 18 (2.61%) Git
3 16 (2.32%) Jenkins
4 10 (1.45%) Visual Studio
5 8 (1.16%) MLflow
6 4 (0.58%) Maven
6 4 (0.58%) SonarQube
7 3 (0.44%) Artifactory
7 3 (0.44%) ScriptRunner
7 3 (0.44%) Snyk
8 2 (0.29%) git-flow
9 1 (0.15%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.15%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.15%) Hudson
9 1 (0.15%) Liquibase
9 1 (0.15%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.15%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.15%) TestRail
General
1 270 (39.19%) Finance
2 266 (38.61%) Social Skills
3 108 (15.67%) Analytical Skills
4 77 (11.18%) Banking
5 48 (6.97%) Public Sector
6 42 (6.10%) Legal
7 38 (5.52%) Marketing
8 26 (3.77%) Influencing Skills
9 25 (3.63%) Presentation Skills
10 23 (3.34%) Retail
11 22 (3.19%) Documentation Skills
12 19 (2.76%) Law
13 17 (2.47%) Financial Institution
14 15 (2.18%) Organisational Skills
15 14 (2.03%) Investment Banking
16 11 (1.60%) Aviation
17 10 (1.45%) Front Office
18 9 (1.31%) Local Government
18 9 (1.31%) Telecoms
19 6 (0.87%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 77 (11.18%) Change Manager
2 75 (10.89%) Analyst
3 72 (10.45%) Lead
4 71 (10.30%) Project Manager
5 47 (6.82%) Senior
6 45 (6.53%) Consultant
7 44 (6.39%) Business Analyst
8 36 (5.22%) Developer
9 28 (4.06%) Programme Manager
10 23 (3.34%) Architect
11 22 (3.19%) Business Manager
11 22 (3.19%) Support Engineer
12 21 (3.05%) Delivery Manager
12 21 (3.05%) Senior Manager
13 20 (2.90%) Business Change Manager
14 19 (2.76%) IT Engineer
14 19 (2.76%) IT Support
14 19 (2.76%) IT Support Engineer
15 18 (2.61%) Administrator
16 16 (2.32%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (4.79%) REST
2 27 (3.92%) .NET
3 20 (2.90%) OAuth
4 19 (2.76%) .NET Framework
5 14 (2.03%) Web Services
6 13 (1.89%) CSS
7 11 (1.60%) React
8 10 (1.45%) HTML
8 10 (1.45%) Middleware
8 10 (1.45%) RESTful
9 9 (1.31%) AngularJS
9 9 (1.31%) NumPy
9 9 (1.31%) Pandas
9 9 (1.31%) pytest
10 8 (1.16%) FastAPI
10 8 (1.16%) JWT
10 8 (1.16%) OpenAPI
10 8 (1.16%) PyTorch
10 8 (1.16%) Swagger
10 8 (1.16%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 29 (4.21%) Onboarding
2 26 (3.77%) CMDB
2 26 (3.77%) Legacy Systems
3 24 (3.48%) Product Ownership
4 22 (3.19%) PMI
5 20 (2.90%) Management Information System
6 19 (2.76%) Data Centre
7 14 (2.03%) Analytical Mindset
8 13 (1.89%) Data Structures
8 13 (1.89%) Low-Code
9 9 (1.31%) Virtual Team
10 8 (1.16%) PKI
10 8 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (1.02%) FMCG
11 7 (1.02%) Public Cloud
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
13 5 (0.73%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 76 (11.03%) Windows
2 21 (3.05%) Windows Server
3 15 (2.18%) Linux
4 12 (1.74%) Unix
5 10 (1.45%) Windows 10
6 5 (0.73%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (0.73%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (0.58%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.44%) Apple iOS
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
1 200 (29.03%) Stakeholder Management
2 161 (23.37%) Agile
3 160 (23.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 127 (18.43%) Continuous Improvement
5 114 (16.55%) Problem-Solving
5 114 (16.55%) Project Management
6 110 (15.97%) ITIL
7 93 (13.50%) DevOps
8 92 (13.35%) Roadmaps
9 91 (13.21%) Migration
10 86 (12.48%) Decision-Making
11 76 (11.03%) Project Delivery
12 70 (10.16%) AI
13 59 (8.56%) CI/CD
13 59 (8.56%) User Acceptance Testing
13 59 (8.56%) Workshop Facilitation
14 56 (8.13%) Analytics
15 55 (7.98%) Business Intelligence
16 52 (7.55%) Risk Management
17 51 (7.40%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 96 (13.93%) SQL
2 41 (5.95%) C#
3 40 (5.81%) Python
4 31 (4.50%) PL/SQL
5 23 (3.34%) PowerShell
6 22 (3.19%) JavaScript
6 22 (3.19%) T-SQL
7 17 (2.47%) Java
8 7 (1.02%) Korn
9 5 (0.73%) Groovy
10 4 (0.58%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.44%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.29%) Bash
12 2 (0.29%) C++
12 2 (0.29%) Perl
13 1 (0.15%) ABAP
13 1 (0.15%) Bicep
13 1 (0.15%) C
13 1 (0.15%) R
13 1 (0.15%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 85 (12.34%) Degree
2 81 (11.76%) Security Cleared
3 54 (7.84%) SC Cleared
4 47 (6.82%) PMI Certification
5 44 (6.39%) PMP
6 22 (3.19%) CISSP
7 19 (2.76%) Cisco Certification
8 16 (2.32%) APMG
8 16 (2.32%) CISM
8 16 (2.32%) ITIL Certification
9 15 (2.18%) DV Cleared
10 14 (2.03%) Master's Degree
11 11 (1.60%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 8 (1.16%) CCNP
12 8 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
13 7 (1.02%) Azure Certification
13 7 (1.02%) CISA
13 7 (1.02%) Computer Science Degree
13 7 (1.02%) CRISC
13 7 (1.02%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (7.98%) QA
2 44 (6.39%) PMO
3 43 (6.24%) Data Quality
4 30 (4.35%) GDPR
4 30 (4.35%) SLA
5 24 (3.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 15 (2.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 10 (1.45%) NIST
8 9 (1.31%) PCI DSS
9 8 (1.16%) IFRS
9 8 (1.16%) ITGC
10 7 (1.02%) COBIT
10 7 (1.02%) IFRS 17
11 6 (0.87%) GRC
12 4 (0.58%) Government Security Classifications
13 3 (0.44%) Accessibility
13 3 (0.44%) HIPAA
13 3 (0.44%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 3 (0.44%) Solvency II
14 2 (0.29%) SOC 2
System Software
1 44 (6.39%) Active Directory
2 13 (1.89%) Docker
3 9 (1.31%) Hyper-V
3 9 (1.31%) 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 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.15%) ProxySG
7 1 (0.15%) Sendmail
7 1 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 22 (3.19%) Terraform
2 20 (2.90%) Kubernetes
3 14 (2.03%) Ansible
4 11 (1.60%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (1.45%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (0.87%) CASB
6 6 (0.87%) SCCM
7 4 (0.58%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (0.58%) CA Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.58%) FortiGate
7 4 (0.58%) PingFederate
7 4 (0.58%) SCVMM
8 3 (0.44%) Cisco Prime
8 3 (0.44%) ITRS Geneos
8 3 (0.44%) vRealize
9 2 (0.29%) Control-M
9 2 (0.29%) Grafana
9 2 (0.29%) PowerCLI
9 2 (0.29%) Puppet
9 2 (0.29%) SCOM
Vendors
1 111 (16.11%) Microsoft
2 100 (14.51%) ServiceNow
3 69 (10.01%) Oracle
4 44 (6.39%) SAP
5 41 (5.95%) Salesforce
6 26 (3.77%) Citrix
7 19 (2.76%) VMware
8 18 (2.61%) Cisco
9 16 (2.32%) Workday
10 13 (1.89%) Google
11 12 (1.74%) OpenAI
12 9 (1.31%) Zscaler
13 8 (1.16%) Automation Anywhere
13 8 (1.16%) Juniper
13 8 (1.16%) Palo Alto
13 8 (1.16%) UiPath
14 6 (0.87%) Avaloq
14 6 (0.87%) CheckPoint
14 6 (0.87%) Fortinet
14 6 (0.87%) Temenos