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

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 57 44
Rank change year-on-year -3 -13 +2
Contract jobs citing Change Management 709 504 796
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.10% 3.98% 4.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.60% 4.33% 5.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 448 319 497
10th Percentile £400 £356 £363
25th Percentile £415 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.93% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £675
90th Percentile £725 £750 £767
England median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 3
10th Percentile £36.70 - £36.81
25th Percentile £39.25 - £43.17
Median hourly rate £58.92 £28.60 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +106.01% -50.26% +29.94%
75th Percentile £95.00 £61.80 £65.38
90th Percentile £98.00 £81.72 £67.85
England median hourly rate £45.46 £57.50 £37.18
% change year-on-year -20.94% +54.65% -23.18%

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 15,407 11,629 15,706
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.11% 91.83% 88.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,323 7,876 11,244
10th Percentile £353 £349 £338
25th Percentile £426 £442 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £686 £675
90th Percentile £754 £800 £800
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 251 166 331
10th Percentile £18.28 £16.30 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.87 £23.80 £19.57
Median hourly rate £35.50 £34.58 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.68% +15.25% -22.58%
75th Percentile £57.23 £50.69 £48.92
90th Percentile £73.00 £63.50 £66.75
England median hourly rate £41.56 £31.76 £34.00
% change year-on-year +30.84% -6.59% -9.33%

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 15 April 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 15 April 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 15 April 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 -14 79 £500 -4.76% 58
South London +4 24 £500 -16.67% 5
West London -12 19 £463 +44.53% 13
East London +1 6 £649 +29.75% 5
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 44 (6.21%) Confluence
2 35 (4.94%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.55%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (1.13%) Appian
5 5 (0.71%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 5 (0.71%) HCL Notes
6 3 (0.42%) IIS
7 2 (0.28%) CMS
7 2 (0.28%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.14%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.14%) Oracle Spatial
8 1 (0.14%) Tomcat
Applications
1 25 (3.53%) Microsoft Office
1 25 (3.53%) Microsoft Project
2 24 (3.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 21 (2.96%) MS Visio
4 18 (2.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.42%) Trello
6 2 (0.28%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 21 (2.96%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (1.97%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.99%) Salesforce CRM
4 6 (0.85%) Finacle
5 5 (0.71%) SAP CO
5 5 (0.71%) SAP FI
5 5 (0.71%) SAP FI/CO
6 4 (0.56%) Oracle ERP
6 4 (0.56%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (0.56%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 3 (0.42%) Oracle Financials
7 3 (0.42%) SAP ERP
7 3 (0.42%) Workday HCM
8 2 (0.28%) Elite 3E
8 2 (0.28%) Front Arena
8 2 (0.28%) Global One
8 2 (0.28%) NetSuite
8 2 (0.28%) Oracle Receivables
8 2 (0.28%) Primavera
8 2 (0.28%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 119 (16.78%) Azure
2 55 (7.76%) Microsoft 365
3 47 (6.63%) Azure DevOps
4 40 (5.64%) Power Platform
5 38 (5.36%) AWS
6 33 (4.65%) Entra ID
6 33 (4.65%) SaaS
7 24 (3.39%) Power Automate
8 23 (3.24%) Dynamics 365
9 16 (2.26%) PaaS
10 15 (2.12%) GCP
11 14 (1.97%) PowerApps
12 12 (1.69%) Azure Data Factory
12 12 (1.69%) IaaS
12 12 (1.69%) OCI
13 11 (1.55%) GitHub
14 10 (1.41%) Smartsheet
15 9 (1.27%) Azure AI
16 8 (1.13%) Anthropic Claude
16 8 (1.13%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 32 (4.51%) Firewall
2 27 (3.81%) Network Security
3 22 (3.10%) WAN
4 18 (2.54%) SD-WAN
4 18 (2.54%) VPN
5 17 (2.40%) LAN
6 13 (1.83%) BGP
6 13 (1.83%) DNS
7 12 (1.69%) OSPF
8 9 (1.27%) DHCP
8 9 (1.27%) NetScaler
9 8 (1.13%) Cisco IOS
9 8 (1.13%) SSL
10 7 (0.99%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (0.85%) Cisco ASA
11 6 (0.85%) Cisco Nexus
11 6 (0.85%) Intranet
11 6 (0.85%) NX-OS
12 3 (0.42%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
12 3 (0.42%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (5.78%) SQL Server
2 26 (3.67%) Power BI
3 11 (1.55%) Metadata
3 11 (1.55%) Tableau
4 9 (1.27%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (1.13%) Pinecone
6 7 (0.99%) PostgreSQL
7 6 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
7 6 (0.85%) Oracle Database
7 6 (0.85%) Relational Database
8 4 (0.56%) MySQL
8 4 (0.56%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 3 (0.42%) GIS
9 3 (0.42%) Metadata Repository
9 3 (0.42%) Oracle ODI
10 2 (0.28%) Amazon Aurora
10 2 (0.28%) Crystal Reports
10 2 (0.28%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.28%) Electronic Patient Records
10 2 (0.28%) Redis
Development Applications
1 93 (13.12%) JIRA
2 17 (2.40%) Git
3 14 (1.97%) Jenkins
4 11 (1.55%) Visual Studio
5 8 (1.13%) MLflow
6 4 (0.56%) Liquibase
6 4 (0.56%) Maven
6 4 (0.56%) SonarQube
7 3 (0.42%) Artifactory
7 3 (0.42%) JUnit
7 3 (0.42%) Oracle APEX
7 3 (0.42%) ScriptRunner
7 3 (0.42%) Snyk
8 2 (0.28%) git-flow
8 2 (0.28%) Mockito
9 1 (0.14%) Ant
9 1 (0.14%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.14%) Hudson
9 1 (0.14%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.14%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 290 (40.90%) Social Skills
2 288 (40.62%) Finance
3 120 (16.93%) Analytical Skills
4 82 (11.57%) Banking
5 45 (6.35%) Public Sector
6 37 (5.22%) Legal
6 37 (5.22%) Marketing
7 33 (4.65%) Influencing Skills
8 28 (3.95%) Documentation Skills
9 26 (3.67%) Presentation Skills
9 26 (3.67%) Retail
10 21 (2.96%) Law
11 20 (2.82%) Investment Banking
12 17 (2.40%) Financial Institution
13 13 (1.83%) Telecoms
14 12 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
15 9 (1.27%) Aviation
15 9 (1.27%) Front Office
15 9 (1.27%) Local Government
16 8 (1.13%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 93 (13.12%) Change Manager
2 81 (11.42%) Analyst
3 76 (10.72%) Project Manager
4 69 (9.73%) Lead
5 53 (7.48%) Business Analyst
6 46 (6.49%) Senior
7 44 (6.21%) Consultant
8 41 (5.78%) Developer
9 26 (3.67%) Architect
10 24 (3.39%) Business Manager
10 24 (3.39%) Programme Manager
11 22 (3.10%) Support Engineer
12 20 (2.82%) Business Change Manager
13 19 (2.68%) C# Developer
14 18 (2.54%) IT Engineer
14 18 (2.54%) IT Support
14 18 (2.54%) IT Support Engineer
15 17 (2.40%) Delivery Manager
15 17 (2.40%) Senior Manager
16 15 (2.12%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (4.09%) .NET
2 27 (3.81%) REST
3 22 (3.10%) .NET Framework
4 17 (2.40%) OAuth
5 15 (2.12%) Web Services
6 12 (1.69%) RESTful
7 10 (1.41%) CSS
7 10 (1.41%) OpenID
7 10 (1.41%) SAML
8 9 (1.27%) Middleware
8 9 (1.27%) NumPy
8 9 (1.27%) Pandas
8 9 (1.27%) pytest
9 8 (1.13%) Django
9 8 (1.13%) Flask
9 8 (1.13%) PyTorch
9 8 (1.13%) React
9 8 (1.13%) scikit-learn
9 8 (1.13%) Swagger
9 8 (1.13%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 30 (4.23%) Onboarding
2 26 (3.67%) CMDB
2 26 (3.67%) Product Ownership
3 24 (3.39%) Legacy Systems
3 24 (3.39%) PMI
4 20 (2.82%) Management Information System
5 17 (2.40%) Analytical Mindset
6 15 (2.12%) Data Centre
7 13 (1.83%) Data Structures
7 13 (1.83%) Low-Code
7 13 (1.83%) PKI
8 11 (1.55%) Virtual Team
9 9 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (1.13%) FMCG
11 7 (0.99%) Cloud Native
12 6 (0.85%) Cyber Threat
12 6 (0.85%) Greenfield Project
12 6 (0.85%) Public Cloud
12 6 (0.85%) Reference Data
13 5 (0.71%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 78 (11.00%) Windows
2 19 (2.68%) Windows Server
3 15 (2.12%) Windows 10
4 14 (1.97%) Linux
5 11 (1.55%) Unix
6 6 (0.85%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (0.85%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.42%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.42%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.28%) Android
8 2 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.14%) AIX
9 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 222 (31.31%) Stakeholder Management
2 175 (24.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 167 (23.55%) Agile
4 121 (17.07%) Problem-Solving
5 118 (16.64%) Continuous Improvement
6 111 (15.66%) Project Management
7 110 (15.51%) ITIL
8 99 (13.96%) DevOps
9 92 (12.98%) Migration
10 84 (11.85%) Roadmaps
11 83 (11.71%) Decision-Making
12 79 (11.14%) Project Delivery
13 69 (9.73%) AI
14 62 (8.74%) CI/CD
14 62 (8.74%) User Acceptance Testing
15 59 (8.32%) Workshop Facilitation
16 55 (7.76%) Risk Management
17 54 (7.62%) Analytics
18 52 (7.33%) ERP
18 52 (7.33%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 101 (14.25%) SQL
2 44 (6.21%) C#
3 38 (5.36%) Python
4 29 (4.09%) PL/SQL
5 24 (3.39%) PowerShell
6 22 (3.10%) T-SQL
7 18 (2.54%) Java
7 18 (2.54%) JavaScript
8 8 (1.13%) Korn
9 6 (0.85%) Groovy
10 5 (0.71%) Bash
10 5 (0.71%) Perl
11 4 (0.56%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.42%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.14%) ABAP
13 1 (0.14%) C
13 1 (0.14%) C++
13 1 (0.14%) R
13 1 (0.14%) SOQL
13 1 (0.14%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 99 (13.96%) Degree
2 76 (10.72%) Security Cleared
3 50 (7.05%) PMI Certification
3 50 (7.05%) SC Cleared
4 44 (6.21%) PMP
5 23 (3.24%) CISSP
6 20 (2.82%) Cisco Certification
7 16 (2.26%) APMG
7 16 (2.26%) CISM
7 16 (2.26%) ITIL Certification
7 16 (2.26%) Master's Degree
8 15 (2.12%) DV Cleared
9 11 (1.55%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 10 (1.41%) Computer Science Degree
11 9 (1.27%) Azure Certification
11 9 (1.27%) CCNP
11 9 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
12 7 (0.99%) CISA
12 7 (0.99%) Citrix Certification
12 7 (0.99%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (8.18%) QA
2 43 (6.06%) PMO
3 41 (5.78%) Data Quality
4 31 (4.37%) SLA
5 28 (3.95%) GDPR
6 24 (3.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 13 (1.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 11 (1.55%) NIST
9 8 (1.13%) IFRS
10 7 (0.99%) COBIT
10 7 (0.99%) IFRS 17
10 7 (0.99%) ITGC
11 6 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials
11 6 (0.85%) PCI DSS
12 4 (0.56%) Government Security Classifications
12 4 (0.56%) MiFID
13 3 (0.42%) Accessibility
13 3 (0.42%) GRC
13 3 (0.42%) Solvency II
14 2 (0.28%) Basel III
System Software
1 41 (5.78%) Active Directory
2 15 (2.12%) Docker
3 9 (1.27%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.13%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (0.71%) XenApp
6 5 (0.71%) XenDesktop
7 4 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.28%) ProxySG
8 2 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.14%) Sendmail
9 1 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 21 (2.96%) Kubernetes
1 21 (2.96%) Terraform
2 14 (1.97%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (1.41%) Ansible
4 7 (0.99%) FortiGate
4 7 (0.99%) SCCM
5 6 (0.85%) CASB
5 6 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (0.71%) SCVMM
7 4 (0.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (0.56%) CA Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.56%) PingFederate
8 3 (0.42%) Cisco Prime
8 3 (0.42%) Grafana
8 3 (0.42%) ITRS Geneos
8 3 (0.42%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.28%) Control-M
9 2 (0.28%) Puppet
9 2 (0.28%) SCOM
9 2 (0.28%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 124 (17.49%) Microsoft
2 98 (13.82%) ServiceNow
3 69 (9.73%) Oracle
4 50 (7.05%) SAP
5 40 (5.64%) Salesforce
6 30 (4.23%) Citrix
7 23 (3.24%) Cisco
8 20 (2.82%) Workday
9 17 (2.40%) VMware
10 12 (1.69%) OpenAI
11 10 (1.41%) F5
12 9 (1.27%) Fortinet
12 9 (1.27%) Zscaler
13 8 (1.13%) Automation Anywhere
13 8 (1.13%) Google
13 8 (1.13%) Juniper
13 8 (1.13%) Palo Alto
13 8 (1.13%) UiPath
14 7 (0.99%) Meraki
15 6 (0.85%) Avaloq