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

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 58 62
Rank change year-on-year -5 +4 -24
Contract jobs citing Change Management 842 587 612
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.13% 4.35% 3.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.65% 4.71% 4.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 496 366 336
10th Percentile £400 £347 £351
25th Percentile £444 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £551 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.54% -4.26% -
75th Percentile £650 £688 £688
90th Percentile £744 £775 £775
England median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 5
10th Percentile £28.70 £29.26 £37.01
25th Percentile £43.25 £33.29 £44.08
Median hourly rate £55.00 £40.00 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% -25.93% -1.82%
75th Percentile £57.50 £73.57 £66.00
90th Percentile £58.00 £93.71 £86.40
England median hourly rate £53.00 £30.00 £58.30
% change year-on-year +76.67% -48.54% +18.98%

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 18,096 12,472 14,422
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.86% 92.52% 89.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,865 8,232 9,521
10th Percentile £359 £331 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £673 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 316 252 179
10th Percentile £16.50 £17.98 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.00 £23.80
Median hourly rate £33.60 £31.00 £36.80
Median % change year-on-year +8.40% -15.77% -1.87%
75th Percentile £57.50 £47.50 £56.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £75.00
England median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +67.00% -41.51% -2.39%

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 24 September 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 24 September 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 24 September 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 -20 88 £525 -12.50% 91
West London -1 30 £450 -18.55% 45
South London -22 14 £550 +28.28% 8
East London +5 11 £649 +2.98% 12
North London +3 4 £450 +2.27%
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 51 (6.06%) SharePoint
2 44 (5.23%) Confluence
3 18 (2.14%) Microsoft Exchange
4 13 (1.54%) IIS
5 6 (0.71%) Appian
6 5 (0.59%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.59%) Camunda
6 5 (0.59%) Oracle Workflow
7 4 (0.48%) CMS
7 4 (0.48%) WebSphere
8 3 (0.36%) CICS
8 3 (0.36%) Kentico
9 2 (0.24%) nginx
9 2 (0.24%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.12%) Documentum
10 1 (0.12%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.12%) MTS
10 1 (0.12%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.12%) SAS
Applications
1 27 (3.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (2.26%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (1.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (1.31%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (0.83%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.36%) Adobe Illustrator
6 3 (0.36%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.36%) InDesign
6 3 (0.36%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.24%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.12%) Mozilla Thunderbird
8 1 (0.12%) Siemens NX
8 1 (0.12%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 30 (3.56%) SAP S/4HANA
2 21 (2.49%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.95%) Remedy ITSM
4 7 (0.83%) OpenText MBPM
4 7 (0.83%) Oracle BPM
5 5 (0.59%) NetSuite
5 5 (0.59%) Oracle EBS
5 5 (0.59%) Salesforce CRM
5 5 (0.59%) SAP PM
6 4 (0.48%) Oracle General Ledger
6 4 (0.48%) SAP QM
7 3 (0.36%) Aladdin
7 3 (0.36%) Front Arena
7 3 (0.36%) iTrent
7 3 (0.36%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.36%) SAP IBP
7 3 (0.36%) Summit
7 3 (0.36%) Workday HCM
8 2 (0.24%) Eikon
8 2 (0.24%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 137 (16.27%) Azure
2 70 (8.31%) AWS
2 70 (8.31%) Power Platform
3 68 (8.08%) Microsoft 365
4 61 (7.24%) Entra ID
5 38 (4.51%) SaaS
6 27 (3.21%) Azure DevOps
6 27 (3.21%) Dynamics 365
7 26 (3.09%) GitHub
8 23 (2.73%) GCP
9 21 (2.49%) Microsoft Copilot
10 20 (2.38%) Power Automate
11 19 (2.26%) OCI
12 14 (1.66%) Google Workspace
12 14 (1.66%) OneDrive
12 14 (1.66%) PowerApps
13 12 (1.43%) Serverless
14 11 (1.31%) Azure Monitor
15 10 (1.19%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 10 (1.19%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 50 (5.94%) Firewall
2 37 (4.39%) Network Security
3 35 (4.16%) DNS
4 26 (3.09%) TCP/IP
5 23 (2.73%) DHCP
5 23 (2.73%) WAN
6 19 (2.26%) VPN
7 16 (1.90%) LAN
8 9 (1.07%) Cisco Firepower
8 9 (1.07%) SSL
9 8 (0.95%) HTTP
9 8 (0.95%) HTTPS
9 8 (0.95%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (0.71%) SAN
10 6 (0.71%) VLAN
11 5 (0.59%) FTP
11 5 (0.59%) SD-WAN
11 5 (0.59%) SNMP
11 5 (0.59%) SSH
12 4 (0.48%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (6.18%) Power BI
2 40 (4.75%) SQL Server
3 25 (2.97%) Metadata
4 18 (2.14%) Oracle Database
5 11 (1.31%) PostgreSQL
6 8 (0.95%) Amazon RDS
6 8 (0.95%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (0.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 8 (0.95%) Tableau
7 7 (0.83%) Oracle Reports
7 7 (0.83%) Relational Database
7 7 (0.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 6 (0.71%) Amazon Aurora
8 6 (0.71%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 5 (0.59%) Amazon Redshift
9 5 (0.59%) Data Lake
9 5 (0.59%) NoSQL
9 5 (0.59%) Semantic Layer
10 4 (0.48%) MongoDB
10 4 (0.48%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 89 (10.57%) JIRA
2 30 (3.56%) Git
3 25 (2.97%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.83%) SonarQube
5 5 (0.59%) GitLab
6 4 (0.48%) Artifactory
6 4 (0.48%) Eclipse
7 3 (0.36%) ScriptRunner
7 3 (0.36%) Selenium
7 3 (0.36%) Snyk
7 3 (0.36%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.36%) Zephyr
8 2 (0.24%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.24%) IBM UrbanCode
8 2 (0.24%) Liquibase
8 2 (0.24%) Postman
8 2 (0.24%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.24%) Vagrant
8 2 (0.24%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.12%) SpecFlow
General
1 344 (40.86%) Social Skills
2 343 (40.74%) Finance
3 145 (17.22%) Analytical Skills
4 120 (14.25%) Banking
5 69 (8.19%) Public Sector
6 50 (5.94%) Influencing Skills
6 50 (5.94%) Legal
7 39 (4.63%) Organisational Skills
8 33 (3.92%) Marketing
9 29 (3.44%) Manufacturing
10 28 (3.33%) Retail
11 27 (3.21%) Front Office
12 26 (3.09%) Presentation Skills
13 25 (2.97%) Telecoms
14 24 (2.85%) Law
15 23 (2.73%) Documentation Skills
16 19 (2.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 19 (2.26%) Local Government
17 15 (1.78%) Aviation
17 15 (1.78%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 117 (13.90%) Analyst
1 117 (13.90%) Project Manager
2 106 (12.59%) Lead
3 68 (8.08%) Consultant
4 65 (7.72%) Senior
5 63 (7.48%) Business Analyst
6 59 (7.01%) Change Manager
7 29 (3.44%) Senior Manager
8 26 (3.09%) Programme Manager
9 25 (2.97%) Business Manager
10 24 (2.85%) Developer
10 24 (2.85%) IT Manager
11 21 (2.49%) Business Change Manager
11 21 (2.49%) Financial Analyst
11 21 (2.49%) Technical Manager
12 20 (2.38%) Administrator
12 20 (2.38%) Data Engineer
13 19 (2.26%) Applications Support
14 18 (2.14%) Delivery Manager
14 18 (2.14%) Finance Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (5.34%) Terraform
2 31 (3.68%) REST
3 25 (2.97%) .NET
4 15 (1.78%) Middleware
5 13 (1.54%) SOAP
6 12 (1.43%) Oracle Fusion
7 11 (1.31%) Web Services
8 10 (1.19%) .NET Framework
8 10 (1.19%) CSS
8 10 (1.19%) HTML
9 9 (1.07%) OAuth
10 8 (0.95%) Elastic Stack
11 7 (0.83%) JSON
11 7 (0.83%) Kafka
12 6 (0.71%) LDAP
12 6 (0.71%) Microsoft Graph
12 6 (0.71%) React
12 6 (0.71%) SAML
12 6 (0.71%) SPFx
13 5 (0.59%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 79 (9.38%) Onboarding
2 39 (4.63%) Product Ownership
3 31 (3.68%) Data Centre
3 31 (3.68%) Management Information System
4 22 (2.61%) Legacy Systems
5 20 (2.38%) Enterprise Software
6 19 (2.26%) PMI
7 18 (2.14%) Operational Technology
8 17 (2.02%) Self-Motivation
9 14 (1.66%) Cloud Native
9 14 (1.66%) CMDB
9 14 (1.66%) Security Posture
10 13 (1.54%) Public Cloud
11 12 (1.43%) Clustering
11 12 (1.43%) Data Protection Act
11 12 (1.43%) PKI
12 11 (1.31%) AI Agents
12 11 (1.31%) FMCG
12 11 (1.31%) Hybrid Cloud
12 11 (1.31%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 93 (11.05%) Windows
2 36 (4.28%) Windows Server
3 30 (3.56%) Linux
4 14 (1.66%) Unix
5 12 (1.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 10 (1.19%) Windows 10
7 7 (0.83%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.48%) AIX
8 4 (0.48%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.48%) zOS
9 3 (0.36%) Solaris
9 3 (0.36%) Windows Server 2008
9 3 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.24%) Amazon Linux
10 2 (0.24%) Android
10 2 (0.24%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.12%) CentOS
11 1 (0.12%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
11 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 367 (43.59%) Stakeholder Management
2 218 (25.89%) Agile
3 214 (25.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 178 (21.14%) Continuous Improvement
5 148 (17.58%) Migration
6 146 (17.34%) Problem-Solving
7 139 (16.51%) Project Delivery
8 135 (16.03%) ITIL
9 134 (15.91%) Roadmaps
10 133 (15.80%) Project Management
11 125 (14.85%) Decision-Making
12 113 (13.42%) AI
13 109 (12.95%) DevOps
14 99 (11.76%) Analytics
15 91 (10.81%) PRINCE2
16 90 (10.69%) User Acceptance Testing
17 84 (9.98%) Workshop Facilitation
18 79 (9.38%) Process Improvement
19 76 (9.03%) Risk Management
20 75 (8.91%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 100 (11.88%) SQL
2 65 (7.72%) Python
3 48 (5.70%) PowerShell
4 29 (3.44%) PL/SQL
5 25 (2.97%) C#
6 23 (2.73%) JavaScript
7 20 (2.38%) T-SQL
8 19 (2.26%) Bash
8 19 (2.26%) Java
9 12 (1.43%) Korn
10 11 (1.31%) Groovy
11 10 (1.19%) Bicep
12 4 (0.48%) JCL
12 4 (0.48%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.36%) COBOL
13 3 (0.36%) VBScript
14 2 (0.24%) C++
14 2 (0.24%) SHACL
14 2 (0.24%) SPARQL
14 2 (0.24%) VBA
Qualifications
1 101 (12.00%) Degree
2 93 (11.05%) Security Cleared
3 81 (9.62%) PMI Certification
3 81 (9.62%) PMP
4 76 (9.03%) SC Cleared
5 23 (2.73%) Computer Science Degree
6 14 (1.66%) APMG
6 14 (1.66%) CISSP
7 13 (1.54%) Cisco Certification
8 12 (1.43%) DV Cleared
8 12 (1.43%) Microsoft Certification
9 10 (1.19%) ACCA
9 10 (1.19%) Azure Certification
9 10 (1.19%) CCNP
9 10 (1.19%) CISM
10 9 (1.07%) CIMA
11 7 (0.83%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 6 (0.71%) ITIL Certification
13 5 (0.59%) CISA
13 5 (0.59%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (6.29%) QA
2 47 (5.58%) Data Quality
3 43 (5.11%) PMO
4 34 (4.04%) SLA
5 27 (3.21%) GDPR
6 18 (2.14%) GRC
7 17 (2.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 12 (1.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 9 (1.07%) PCI DSS
10 8 (0.95%) ITGC
11 7 (0.83%) HIPAA
12 6 (0.71%) Accessibility
12 6 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials
12 6 (0.71%) SOC 2
13 5 (0.59%) Actionable Recommendations
13 5 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 5 (0.59%) IFRS
13 5 (0.59%) NIST
14 4 (0.48%) ISO 20022
15 3 (0.36%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 56 (6.65%) Active Directory
2 23 (2.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (1.66%) Docker
4 12 (1.43%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (0.71%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.59%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.48%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.36%) RACF
8 3 (0.36%) Squid
9 2 (0.24%) DFS Replication
9 2 (0.24%) Dovecot
9 2 (0.24%) Oracle RAC
9 2 (0.24%) Postfix
9 2 (0.24%) Time Sharing Option
9 2 (0.24%) vSphere
10 1 (0.12%) Firmware
10 1 (0.12%) Job Entry Subsystem
Systems Management
1 25 (2.97%) Ansible
2 23 (2.73%) Microsoft Intune
3 18 (2.14%) Single Sign-On
4 17 (2.02%) Kubernetes
5 13 (1.54%) SCCM
6 10 (1.19%) Grafana
7 9 (1.07%) Prometheus
8 7 (0.83%) Microsoft Clustering
9 6 (0.71%) ZABBIX
10 5 (0.59%) ITRS Geneos
10 5 (0.59%) vRealize
11 4 (0.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (0.48%) CA Single Sign-On
11 4 (0.48%) PingFederate
11 4 (0.48%) Puppet
11 4 (0.48%) systemd
12 3 (0.36%) Control-M
12 3 (0.36%) Data Guard
12 3 (0.36%) Jamf Pro
12 3 (0.36%) SCOM
Vendors
1 162 (19.24%) Microsoft
2 82 (9.74%) Oracle
3 81 (9.62%) ServiceNow
4 56 (6.65%) SAP
5 38 (4.51%) Salesforce
6 33 (3.92%) VMware
7 24 (2.85%) Zscaler
8 21 (2.49%) Cisco
8 21 (2.49%) Google
9 18 (2.14%) Splunk
10 14 (1.66%) Citrix
10 14 (1.66%) Databricks
11 12 (1.43%) Dynatrace
11 12 (1.43%) IBM
12 11 (1.31%) Bloomberg
12 11 (1.31%) Red Hat
12 11 (1.31%) Workday
13 9 (1.07%) Apple
13 9 (1.07%) Remedy
14 8 (0.95%) Planview