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

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 50 40
Rank change year-on-year -17 -10 +9
Contract jobs citing Change Management 613 566 885
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.00% 4.16% 4.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.41% 4.59% 5.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 388 310 546
10th Percentile £375 £356 £380
25th Percentile £415 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £540 £563
Median % change year-on-year -3.24% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £723 £738 £738
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 6 5
10th Percentile £32.91 £28.60 £25.70
25th Percentile £44.17 £30.20 £32.00
Median hourly rate £74.46 £39.54 £34.53
Median % change year-on-year +88.32% +14.51% +2.10%
75th Percentile £98.75 £53.02 £61.25
90th Percentile £103.57 £75.50 £78.50
England median hourly rate £45.46 £56.75 £37.18
% change year-on-year -19.89% +52.62% -10.41%

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 13,905 12,332 16,419
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 90.68% 90.64% 88.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,265 7,884 11,766
10th Percentile £350 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 219 153 341
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.05 £16.02
25th Percentile £25.15 £25.75 £19.50
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.41% +23.33% -15.49%
75th Percentile £56.25 £55.25 £50.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £79.75 £72.50
England median hourly rate £25.77 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -26.37% - -

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 14 February 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 14 February 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 14 February 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 -9 79 £500 -6.76% 35
South London +12 29 £454 -28.82% 5
West London -11 16 £463 +110.23% 5
East London +2 5 £525 +23.53% 11
North London +5 2 £575 - 2
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 46 (7.50%) Confluence
2 33 (5.38%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.79%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (1.31%) Appian
5 6 (0.98%) Mattermost
5 6 (0.98%) nginx
5 6 (0.98%) Skype for Business
6 5 (0.82%) HCL Notes
7 3 (0.49%) IIS
8 2 (0.33%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.33%) CMS
9 1 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.16%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.16%) Moodle
9 1 (0.16%) Oracle Spatial
9 1 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.16%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.16%) Traefik
Applications
1 30 (4.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (4.24%) Microsoft Project
3 25 (4.08%) MS Visio
4 23 (3.75%) Microsoft Office
5 20 (3.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 6 (0.98%) Mozilla Thunderbird
7 3 (0.49%) Trello
8 1 (0.16%) Adobe Captivate
8 1 (0.16%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 27 (4.40%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.31%) Salesforce CRM
3 6 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.82%) SAP CO
4 5 (0.82%) SAP FI
4 5 (0.82%) SAP FI/CO
5 4 (0.65%) Finacle
5 4 (0.65%) Oracle ERP
5 4 (0.65%) Remedy ITSM
6 3 (0.49%) SAP ERP
6 3 (0.49%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.33%) Aladdin
7 2 (0.33%) Elite 3E
7 2 (0.33%) OpenText VIM for SAP
7 2 (0.33%) SAP IBP
7 2 (0.33%) Teamcenter
8 1 (0.16%) Actimize
8 1 (0.16%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 1 (0.16%) Loan IQ
8 1 (0.16%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 90 (14.68%) Azure
2 54 (8.81%) Microsoft 365
3 44 (7.18%) AWS
4 39 (6.36%) Power Platform
5 29 (4.73%) Azure DevOps
6 20 (3.26%) Power Automate
7 17 (2.77%) Entra ID
8 16 (2.61%) Amazon S3
8 16 (2.61%) SaaS
9 14 (2.28%) Dynamics 365
9 14 (2.28%) GitHub
10 12 (1.96%) Azure Data Factory
11 11 (1.79%) Amazon EC2
11 11 (1.79%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 10 (1.63%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 10 (1.63%) Amazon ELB
12 10 (1.63%) AWS KMS
12 10 (1.63%) PaaS
12 10 (1.63%) PowerApps
12 10 (1.63%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 38 (6.20%) Firewall
2 29 (4.73%) Network Security
3 20 (3.26%) WAN
4 18 (2.94%) VPN
5 17 (2.77%) DNS
6 16 (2.61%) LAN
7 13 (2.12%) SD-WAN
8 10 (1.63%) BGP
9 9 (1.47%) HTTP
9 9 (1.47%) NetScaler
9 9 (1.47%) OSPF
10 8 (1.31%) SMTP
11 7 (1.14%) Intranet
11 7 (1.14%) SSH
11 7 (1.14%) Wi-Fi
12 6 (0.98%) Cisco ASA
12 6 (0.98%) FTP
12 6 (0.98%) IMAP
12 6 (0.98%) TCP/IP
12 6 (0.98%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (5.87%) SQL Server
2 30 (4.89%) Power BI
3 18 (2.94%) PostgreSQL
4 17 (2.77%) Amazon RDS
5 14 (2.28%) Tableau
6 13 (2.12%) Amazon Aurora
7 9 (1.47%) Metadata
8 8 (1.31%) Pinecone
9 7 (1.14%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (1.14%) Relational Database
10 5 (0.82%) Oracle Database
11 4 (0.65%) Redis
12 3 (0.49%) Data Lake
12 3 (0.49%) DynamoDB
12 3 (0.49%) GIS
12 3 (0.49%) Metadata Repository
12 3 (0.49%) Oracle ODI
13 2 (0.33%) Amazon Redshift
13 2 (0.33%) MySQL
13 2 (0.33%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 70 (11.42%) JIRA
2 20 (3.26%) Git
3 18 (2.94%) Jenkins
4 11 (1.79%) Visual Studio
5 8 (1.31%) MLflow
6 6 (0.98%) Vagrant
7 3 (0.49%) JUnit
7 3 (0.49%) Liquibase
7 3 (0.49%) Oracle APEX
8 2 (0.33%) git-flow
8 2 (0.33%) Mockito
9 1 (0.16%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.16%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.16%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.16%) GCC
9 1 (0.16%) Selenium
9 1 (0.16%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.16%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.16%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.16%) SpecFlow
General
1 287 (46.82%) Social Skills
2 262 (42.74%) Finance
3 107 (17.46%) Analytical Skills
4 69 (11.26%) Banking
5 44 (7.18%) Public Sector
6 34 (5.55%) Presentation Skills
7 28 (4.57%) Legal
8 27 (4.40%) Documentation Skills
9 25 (4.08%) Influencing Skills
10 21 (3.43%) Investment Banking
10 21 (3.43%) Retail
11 20 (3.26%) Marketing
12 17 (2.77%) Law
13 13 (2.12%) Financial Institution
13 13 (2.12%) Local Government
13 13 (2.12%) Manufacturing
13 13 (2.12%) Organisational Skills
14 12 (1.96%) Telecoms
15 11 (1.79%) Front Office
15 11 (1.79%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 92 (15.01%) Analyst
2 76 (12.40%) Project Manager
3 72 (11.75%) Change Manager
4 63 (10.28%) Business Analyst
5 61 (9.95%) Lead
6 40 (6.53%) Senior
7 34 (5.55%) Developer
8 33 (5.38%) Consultant
9 25 (4.08%) Architect
10 21 (3.43%) Business Manager
11 19 (3.10%) Programme Manager
12 17 (2.77%) C# Developer
13 16 (2.61%) Business Change Manager
14 15 (2.45%) Senior Manager
15 13 (2.12%) AWS Engineer
15 13 (2.12%) IT Manager
15 13 (2.12%) SAP Manager
16 12 (1.96%) Transformation Manager
17 11 (1.79%) Administrator
17 11 (1.79%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (4.08%) .NET
2 19 (3.10%) .NET Framework
2 19 (3.10%) REST
3 15 (2.45%) OAuth
4 12 (1.96%) RESTful
4 12 (1.96%) Web Services
5 9 (1.47%) NumPy
5 9 (1.47%) Pandas
5 9 (1.47%) pytest
6 8 (1.31%) Django
6 8 (1.31%) Faiss
6 8 (1.31%) Flask
6 8 (1.31%) HTML
6 8 (1.31%) JWT
6 8 (1.31%) LDAP
6 8 (1.31%) PyTorch
6 8 (1.31%) SAML
6 8 (1.31%) scikit-learn
6 8 (1.31%) Swagger
6 8 (1.31%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 28 (4.57%) Onboarding
2 27 (4.40%) Product Ownership
3 25 (4.08%) Management Information System
4 23 (3.75%) CMDB
5 20 (3.26%) Legacy Systems
6 16 (2.61%) Analytical Mindset
7 15 (2.45%) PKI
8 14 (2.28%) PMI
9 12 (1.96%) Data Structures
10 10 (1.63%) Data Centre
10 10 (1.63%) Low-Code
10 10 (1.63%) Replication
11 9 (1.47%) Greenfield Project
11 9 (1.47%) Virtual Team
12 8 (1.31%) Life Science
13 7 (1.14%) Cyber Threat
13 7 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
14 6 (0.98%) Cloud Native
14 6 (0.98%) e-Learning
14 6 (0.98%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 63 (10.28%) Windows
2 22 (3.59%) Linux
3 15 (2.45%) Windows 10
4 14 (2.28%) Windows Server
5 9 (1.47%) Unix
6 7 (1.14%) VMS
7 6 (0.98%) Amazon Linux
7 6 (0.98%) Ubuntu
7 6 (0.98%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (0.98%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.33%) Android
8 2 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.16%) AIX
9 1 (0.16%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.16%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 207 (33.77%) Stakeholder Management
2 165 (26.92%) Agile
3 154 (25.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 117 (19.09%) Problem-Solving
5 103 (16.80%) Project Management
6 86 (14.03%) ITIL
7 84 (13.70%) Continuous Improvement
8 79 (12.89%) Migration
9 77 (12.56%) Project Delivery
10 67 (10.93%) Decision-Making
10 67 (10.93%) DevOps
11 65 (10.60%) Roadmaps
12 60 (9.79%) User Acceptance Testing
13 58 (9.46%) Workshop Facilitation
14 57 (9.30%) Risk Management
15 56 (9.14%) PRINCE2
16 53 (8.65%) AI
16 53 (8.65%) Requirements Gathering
17 52 (8.48%) CI/CD
18 51 (8.32%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 97 (15.82%) SQL
2 52 (8.48%) Python
3 32 (5.22%) PowerShell
4 30 (4.89%) C#
5 19 (3.10%) PL/SQL
6 14 (2.28%) T-SQL
7 12 (1.96%) Java
7 12 (1.96%) JavaScript
8 11 (1.79%) Groovy
9 7 (1.14%) Bash
10 5 (0.82%) Korn
11 4 (0.65%) Go
11 4 (0.65%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.65%) TypeScript
12 3 (0.49%) Perl
13 2 (0.33%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.33%) VB.NET
14 1 (0.16%) ABAP
14 1 (0.16%) C
14 1 (0.16%) C++
Qualifications
1 117 (19.09%) Degree
2 71 (11.58%) Security Cleared
3 49 (7.99%) PMI Certification
4 46 (7.50%) SC Cleared
5 39 (6.36%) PMP
6 22 (3.59%) Master's Degree
7 14 (2.28%) DV Cleared
8 13 (2.12%) Cisco Certification
9 12 (1.96%) Azure Certification
9 12 (1.96%) CISSP
10 10 (1.63%) APMG
10 10 (1.63%) Computer Science Degree
10 10 (1.63%) ITIL Certification
11 8 (1.31%) CCNP
11 8 (1.31%) CISM
12 7 (1.14%) AWS Certification
12 7 (1.14%) BPSS Clearance
12 7 (1.14%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 6 (0.98%) CBAP
13 6 (0.98%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (8.48%) QA
2 39 (6.36%) Data Quality
3 33 (5.38%) PMO
4 30 (4.89%) GDPR
5 22 (3.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 19 (3.10%) SLA
7 10 (1.63%) NIST
8 8 (1.31%) Cyber Essentials
8 8 (1.31%) IFRS
8 8 (1.31%) MiFID
9 7 (1.14%) IFRS 17
9 7 (1.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 6 (0.98%) Accessibility
11 5 (0.82%) EMIR
12 4 (0.65%) PCI DSS
12 4 (0.65%) Solvency II
13 3 (0.49%) GMP
13 3 (0.49%) Government Security Classifications
13 3 (0.49%) GRC
14 2 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 33 (5.38%) Active Directory
2 25 (4.08%) Docker
3 6 (0.98%) DFS Replication
3 6 (0.98%) Dovecot
3 6 (0.98%) Hyper-V
3 6 (0.98%) Postfix
3 6 (0.98%) Squid
3 6 (0.98%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.82%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (0.82%) XenApp
4 5 (0.82%) XenDesktop
5 3 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.33%) ProxySG
7 1 (0.16%) etcd
7 1 (0.16%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 28 (4.57%) Terraform
2 23 (3.75%) Kubernetes
3 12 (1.96%) Microsoft Intune
4 11 (1.79%) Grafana
5 10 (1.63%) Prometheus
6 7 (1.14%) SCCM
6 7 (1.14%) SCOM
7 6 (0.98%) Ansible
7 6 (0.98%) HP SiteScope
7 6 (0.98%) Nessus
7 6 (0.98%) Proxmox
8 5 (0.82%) SCVMM
9 4 (0.65%) FortiGate
9 4 (0.65%) Rancher
10 3 (0.49%) Puppet
11 2 (0.33%) Argo
11 2 (0.33%) Cisco Prime
12 1 (0.16%) HP ALM
12 1 (0.16%) Istio
12 1 (0.16%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 106 (17.29%) Microsoft
2 73 (11.91%) ServiceNow
3 51 (8.32%) SAP
4 47 (7.67%) Oracle
5 28 (4.57%) Salesforce
6 25 (4.08%) Citrix
7 22 (3.59%) Cisco
8 13 (2.12%) Workday
9 12 (1.96%) Fortinet
9 12 (1.96%) OpenAI
9 12 (1.96%) VMware
10 9 (1.47%) Remedy
10 9 (1.47%) UiPath
11 8 (1.31%) Automation Anywhere
11 8 (1.31%) CheckPoint
11 8 (1.31%) F5
11 8 (1.31%) Palo Alto
12 7 (1.14%) Splunk
12 7 (1.14%) Zscaler
13 6 (0.98%) Jaspersoft