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

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 56 61
Rank change year-on-year -7 +5 -24
Contract jobs citing Change Management 835 583 621
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.11% 4.33% 3.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.62% 4.68% 4.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 488 362 340
10th Percentile £400 £345 £352
25th Percentile £450 £414 £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 £750 £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% +19.71%

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 18,055 12,462 14,540
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.83% 92.50% 89.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,847 8,241 9,589
10th Percentile £358 £331 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £543 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.38% -1.36% -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £673 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 315 249 183
10th Percentile £16.50 £17.80 £17.30
25th Percentile £19.42 £25.04 £23.98
Median hourly rate £33.60 £30.50 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.16% -16.44% -1.19%
75th Percentile £57.50 £47.50 £55.50
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% -2.05%

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 25 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 25 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 25 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 87 £538 -8.51% 101
West London -3 30 £450 -18.55% 37
South London -20 14 £550 +28.28% 7
East London +6 11 £649 +2.98% 11
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 49 (5.87%) SharePoint
2 43 (5.15%) Confluence
3 18 (2.16%) Microsoft Exchange
4 13 (1.56%) IIS
5 6 (0.72%) Appian
6 5 (0.60%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.60%) Camunda
6 5 (0.60%) 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%) JBoss
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 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (2.28%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (1.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (1.20%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (0.84%) 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 (3.59%) SAP S/4HANA
2 21 (2.51%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.96%) Remedy ITSM
4 7 (0.84%) OpenText MBPM
4 7 (0.84%) Oracle BPM
5 5 (0.60%) NetSuite
5 5 (0.60%) Oracle EBS
5 5 (0.60%) Salesforce CRM
5 5 (0.60%) 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%) Bloomberg TOMS
8 2 (0.24%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 135 (16.17%) Azure
2 70 (8.38%) AWS
3 69 (8.26%) Power Platform
4 67 (8.02%) Microsoft 365
5 60 (7.19%) Entra ID
6 37 (4.43%) SaaS
7 27 (3.23%) Dynamics 365
8 26 (3.11%) Azure DevOps
8 26 (3.11%) GitHub
9 23 (2.75%) GCP
10 21 (2.51%) Microsoft Copilot
11 19 (2.28%) Power Automate
12 18 (2.16%) OCI
13 14 (1.68%) Google Workspace
13 14 (1.68%) OneDrive
14 13 (1.56%) PowerApps
15 12 (1.44%) Serverless
16 11 (1.32%) Azure Monitor
17 10 (1.20%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 10 (1.20%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 50 (5.99%) Firewall
2 37 (4.43%) Network Security
3 35 (4.19%) DNS
4 26 (3.11%) TCP/IP
5 23 (2.75%) DHCP
5 23 (2.75%) WAN
6 19 (2.28%) VPN
7 16 (1.92%) LAN
8 9 (1.08%) Cisco Firepower
8 9 (1.08%) SSL
9 8 (0.96%) HTTP
9 8 (0.96%) HTTPS
9 8 (0.96%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (0.72%) SAN
10 6 (0.72%) VLAN
11 5 (0.60%) FTP
11 5 (0.60%) SD-WAN
11 5 (0.60%) SNMP
11 5 (0.60%) SSH
12 4 (0.48%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (6.23%) Power BI
2 39 (4.67%) SQL Server
3 25 (2.99%) Metadata
4 18 (2.16%) Oracle Database
5 11 (1.32%) PostgreSQL
6 8 (0.96%) Amazon RDS
6 8 (0.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 8 (0.96%) Tableau
7 7 (0.84%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (0.84%) Oracle Reports
7 7 (0.84%) Relational Database
7 7 (0.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 6 (0.72%) Amazon Aurora
8 6 (0.72%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 5 (0.60%) Amazon Redshift
9 5 (0.60%) Data Lake
9 5 (0.60%) NoSQL
9 5 (0.60%) Semantic Layer
10 4 (0.48%) Data Mart
10 4 (0.48%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 86 (10.30%) JIRA
2 29 (3.47%) Git
3 24 (2.87%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.84%) SonarQube
5 5 (0.60%) 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%) Cucumber
General
1 343 (41.08%) Finance
1 343 (41.08%) Social Skills
2 144 (17.25%) Analytical Skills
3 119 (14.25%) Banking
4 69 (8.26%) Public Sector
5 50 (5.99%) Influencing Skills
5 50 (5.99%) Legal
6 39 (4.67%) Organisational Skills
7 31 (3.71%) Marketing
8 28 (3.35%) Manufacturing
8 28 (3.35%) Retail
9 27 (3.23%) Front Office
10 26 (3.11%) Presentation Skills
11 25 (2.99%) Telecoms
12 24 (2.87%) Law
13 23 (2.75%) Documentation Skills
14 19 (2.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 19 (2.28%) Local Government
15 15 (1.80%) Aviation
15 15 (1.80%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 117 (14.01%) Analyst
1 117 (14.01%) Project Manager
2 105 (12.57%) Lead
3 67 (8.02%) Consultant
4 65 (7.78%) Senior
5 63 (7.54%) Business Analyst
6 58 (6.95%) Change Manager
7 29 (3.47%) Senior Manager
8 26 (3.11%) Programme Manager
9 25 (2.99%) Business Manager
10 23 (2.75%) Developer
10 23 (2.75%) IT Manager
11 21 (2.51%) Business Change Manager
11 21 (2.51%) Financial Analyst
11 21 (2.51%) Technical Manager
12 20 (2.40%) Administrator
12 20 (2.40%) Data Engineer
13 19 (2.28%) Applications Support
14 18 (2.16%) Finance Business Analyst
15 17 (2.04%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (5.27%) Terraform
2 31 (3.71%) REST
3 25 (2.99%) .NET
4 15 (1.80%) Middleware
5 13 (1.56%) SOAP
6 12 (1.44%) Oracle Fusion
7 11 (1.32%) Web Services
8 10 (1.20%) .NET Framework
9 9 (1.08%) CSS
9 9 (1.08%) HTML
9 9 (1.08%) OAuth
10 8 (0.96%) Elastic Stack
11 7 (0.84%) JSON
11 7 (0.84%) Kafka
12 6 (0.72%) LDAP
12 6 (0.72%) Microsoft Graph
12 6 (0.72%) SAML
13 5 (0.60%) SPFx
13 5 (0.60%) Spring
13 5 (0.60%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 79 (9.46%) Onboarding
2 39 (4.67%) Product Ownership
3 31 (3.71%) Data Centre
3 31 (3.71%) Management Information System
4 22 (2.63%) Legacy Systems
5 20 (2.40%) Enterprise Software
6 18 (2.16%) Operational Technology
6 18 (2.16%) PMI
7 17 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
8 14 (1.68%) Cloud Native
8 14 (1.68%) CMDB
8 14 (1.68%) Security Posture
9 13 (1.56%) Public Cloud
10 12 (1.44%) Clustering
10 12 (1.44%) Data Protection Act
10 12 (1.44%) PKI
11 11 (1.32%) AI Agents
11 11 (1.32%) FMCG
11 11 (1.32%) Hybrid Cloud
11 11 (1.32%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 92 (11.02%) Windows
2 36 (4.31%) Windows Server
3 30 (3.59%) Linux
4 14 (1.68%) Unix
5 12 (1.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 10 (1.20%) Windows 10
7 7 (0.84%) 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%) MVS
11 1 (0.12%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 366 (43.83%) Stakeholder Management
2 215 (25.75%) Agile
3 212 (25.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 177 (21.20%) Continuous Improvement
5 146 (17.49%) Migration
6 145 (17.37%) Problem-Solving
7 138 (16.53%) Project Delivery
8 134 (16.05%) Roadmaps
9 133 (15.93%) ITIL
10 131 (15.69%) Project Management
11 123 (14.73%) Decision-Making
12 113 (13.53%) AI
13 108 (12.93%) DevOps
14 99 (11.86%) Analytics
15 91 (10.90%) PRINCE2
16 90 (10.78%) User Acceptance Testing
17 84 (10.06%) Workshop Facilitation
18 78 (9.34%) Process Improvement
19 76 (9.10%) Risk Management
20 75 (8.98%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 99 (11.86%) SQL
2 65 (7.78%) Python
3 48 (5.75%) PowerShell
4 28 (3.35%) PL/SQL
5 25 (2.99%) C#
6 22 (2.63%) JavaScript
7 19 (2.28%) Bash
7 19 (2.28%) Java
7 19 (2.28%) T-SQL
8 12 (1.44%) Korn
9 11 (1.32%) Groovy
10 10 (1.20%) Bicep
11 4 (0.48%) JCL
11 4 (0.48%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.36%) COBOL
12 3 (0.36%) VBScript
13 2 (0.24%) C++
13 2 (0.24%) SHACL
13 2 (0.24%) SPARQL
13 2 (0.24%) VBA
Qualifications
1 100 (11.98%) Degree
2 92 (11.02%) Security Cleared
3 80 (9.58%) PMI Certification
3 80 (9.58%) PMP
4 75 (8.98%) SC Cleared
5 23 (2.75%) Computer Science Degree
6 14 (1.68%) CISSP
7 13 (1.56%) APMG
7 13 (1.56%) Cisco Certification
8 12 (1.44%) Microsoft Certification
9 11 (1.32%) DV Cleared
10 10 (1.20%) ACCA
10 10 (1.20%) Azure Certification
10 10 (1.20%) CCNP
10 10 (1.20%) CISM
11 9 (1.08%) CIMA
12 7 (0.84%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 5 (0.60%) ITIL Certification
13 5 (0.60%) Master's Degree
13 5 (0.60%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (6.35%) QA
2 47 (5.63%) Data Quality
3 42 (5.03%) PMO
4 34 (4.07%) SLA
5 27 (3.23%) GDPR
6 18 (2.16%) GRC
7 17 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 12 (1.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 9 (1.08%) PCI DSS
10 8 (0.96%) ITGC
11 7 (0.84%) HIPAA
12 6 (0.72%) Accessibility
12 6 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials
12 6 (0.72%) SOC 2
13 5 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
13 5 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 5 (0.60%) IFRS
13 5 (0.60%) NIST
14 4 (0.48%) ISO 20022
15 3 (0.36%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 55 (6.59%) Active Directory
2 23 (2.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (1.68%) Docker
4 12 (1.44%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (0.72%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.60%) 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 (2.99%) Ansible
2 23 (2.75%) Microsoft Intune
3 18 (2.16%) Single Sign-On
4 17 (2.04%) Kubernetes
5 13 (1.56%) SCCM
6 10 (1.20%) Grafana
7 9 (1.08%) Prometheus
8 7 (0.84%) Microsoft Clustering
9 6 (0.72%) ZABBIX
10 5 (0.60%) ITRS Geneos
10 5 (0.60%) 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%) Data Guard
12 3 (0.36%) Packer
12 3 (0.36%) Proxmox
12 3 (0.36%) SCOM
Vendors
1 162 (19.40%) Microsoft
2 81 (9.70%) Oracle
3 80 (9.58%) ServiceNow
4 56 (6.71%) SAP
5 37 (4.43%) Salesforce
6 33 (3.95%) VMware
7 24 (2.87%) Zscaler
8 21 (2.51%) Cisco
8 21 (2.51%) Google
9 18 (2.16%) Splunk
10 14 (1.68%) Citrix
10 14 (1.68%) Databricks
11 12 (1.44%) Dynatrace
11 12 (1.44%) IBM
12 11 (1.32%) Bloomberg
12 11 (1.32%) Red Hat
13 10 (1.20%) Workday
14 9 (1.08%) Apple
14 9 (1.08%) Remedy
15 8 (0.96%) Planview