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

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 57 62
Rank change year-on-year -3 +5 -24
Contract jobs citing Change Management 845 578 603
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.17% 4.26% 3.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.67% 4.61% 4.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 493 363 365
10th Percentile £400 £343 £361
25th Percentile £425 £421 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £684 £675
90th Percentile £738 £775 £790
England median daily rate £525 £500 £514
% change year-on-year +5.00% -2.72% -6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 1 4
10th Percentile £31.85 - £41.20
25th Percentile £51.50 - £54.57
Median hourly rate £55.00 £40.00 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% -39.39% +20.00%
75th Percentile £58.92 - £77.13
90th Percentile £96.00 - £90.85
England median hourly rate £41.36 £30.00 £58.17
% change year-on-year +37.85% -48.43% +20.19%

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 18,082 12,534 14,415
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.16% 92.32% 88.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,899 8,375 10,138
10th Percentile £363 £325 £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 £660 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 298 249 200
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £17.05
25th Percentile £19.85 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.61 £30.00 £35.25
Median % change year-on-year +18.68% -14.89% -15.06%
75th Percentile £56.81 £48.75 £54.06
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.05 £71.31
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -40.82% -

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 8 August 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 8 August 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 8 August 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 86 £525 -4.55% 65
West London -7 22 £556 +8.54% 16
South London -10 19 £525 -9.17% 5
East London +4 8 £750 +19.05% 12
North London 0 3 £450 +2.27% 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 50 (5.92%) SharePoint
2 38 (4.50%) Confluence
3 16 (1.89%) Microsoft Exchange
4 14 (1.66%) IIS
5 7 (0.83%) Appian
6 6 (0.71%) Oracle Workflow
7 5 (0.59%) Camunda
8 4 (0.47%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 4 (0.47%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.47%) CMS
8 4 (0.47%) WebSphere
9 3 (0.36%) Kentico
10 1 (0.12%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.12%) MTS
10 1 (0.12%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 20 (2.37%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (2.01%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (1.89%) Microsoft Project
4 10 (1.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (1.18%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.36%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.24%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.12%) InDesign
7 1 (0.12%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 29 (3.43%) SAP S/4HANA
2 24 (2.84%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.83%) OpenText MBPM
3 7 (0.83%) Oracle BPM
4 6 (0.71%) Remedy ITSM
4 6 (0.71%) Salesforce CRM
5 5 (0.59%) SAP PM
6 4 (0.47%) NetSuite
6 4 (0.47%) SAP QM
7 3 (0.36%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.36%) Oracle Financials
7 3 (0.36%) Oracle Payables
7 3 (0.36%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 3 (0.36%) SAP CO
7 3 (0.36%) SAP FI
7 3 (0.36%) SAP FI/CO
7 3 (0.36%) SAP IBP
8 2 (0.24%) Finacle
8 2 (0.24%) SAP HR
8 2 (0.24%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 147 (17.40%) Azure
2 67 (7.93%) Entra ID
2 67 (7.93%) Microsoft 365
3 57 (6.75%) AWS
3 57 (6.75%) Power Platform
4 46 (5.44%) SaaS
5 41 (4.85%) Azure DevOps
6 31 (3.67%) Dynamics 365
7 21 (2.49%) GCP
8 20 (2.37%) Power Automate
9 18 (2.13%) GitHub
9 18 (2.13%) OCI
10 16 (1.89%) Microsoft Copilot
11 14 (1.66%) Google Workspace
11 14 (1.66%) OneDrive
12 13 (1.54%) PowerApps
13 12 (1.42%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 12 (1.42%) Smartsheet
14 11 (1.30%) Azure Monitor
14 11 (1.30%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 43 (5.09%) Firewall
2 31 (3.67%) Network Security
3 27 (3.20%) DNS
4 23 (2.72%) WAN
5 21 (2.49%) TCP/IP
6 19 (2.25%) DHCP
7 18 (2.13%) VPN
8 16 (1.89%) LAN
9 10 (1.18%) SSL
10 8 (0.95%) BGP
10 8 (0.95%) SD-WAN
11 7 (0.83%) Cisco ASA
11 7 (0.83%) Cisco Firepower
11 7 (0.83%) HTTPS
11 7 (0.83%) OSPF
11 7 (0.83%) Wi-Fi
12 6 (0.71%) VLAN
13 5 (0.59%) HTTP
13 5 (0.59%) SNMP
13 5 (0.59%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (4.97%) Power BI
2 41 (4.85%) SQL Server
3 21 (2.49%) Metadata
4 15 (1.78%) Oracle Database
5 8 (0.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 7 (0.83%) Oracle Reports
7 6 (0.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 6 (0.71%) Tableau
8 5 (0.59%) MySQL
8 5 (0.59%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 5 (0.59%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (0.59%) Semantic Layer
8 5 (0.59%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 4 (0.47%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (0.47%) Amazon Redshift
9 4 (0.47%) Data Mart
9 4 (0.47%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (0.47%) MongoDB
9 4 (0.47%) NoSQL
9 4 (0.47%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 101 (11.95%) JIRA
2 29 (3.43%) Git
3 22 (2.60%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.71%) SonarQube
5 4 (0.47%) Artifactory
5 4 (0.47%) Eclipse
5 4 (0.47%) Maven
6 3 (0.36%) ScriptRunner
6 3 (0.36%) Selenium
6 3 (0.36%) Snyk
6 3 (0.36%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.36%) Zephyr
7 2 (0.24%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.24%) GitLab
7 2 (0.24%) Liquibase
8 1 (0.12%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.12%) Flyway
8 1 (0.12%) Hudson
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.12%) SpecFlow
General
1 327 (38.70%) Finance
2 322 (38.11%) Social Skills
3 128 (15.15%) Analytical Skills
4 104 (12.31%) Banking
5 68 (8.05%) Public Sector
6 51 (6.04%) Legal
7 39 (4.62%) Marketing
8 37 (4.38%) Influencing Skills
9 36 (4.26%) Retail
10 30 (3.55%) Organisational Skills
10 30 (3.55%) Presentation Skills
11 23 (2.72%) Law
11 23 (2.72%) Telecoms
12 22 (2.60%) Documentation Skills
13 18 (2.13%) Local Government
14 16 (1.89%) Front Office
15 15 (1.78%) Financial Institution
15 15 (1.78%) Manufacturing
15 15 (1.78%) Pharmaceutical
16 13 (1.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 106 (12.54%) Analyst
2 105 (12.43%) Project Manager
3 93 (11.01%) Lead
4 72 (8.52%) Change Manager
5 71 (8.40%) Consultant
6 64 (7.57%) Senior
7 59 (6.98%) Business Analyst
8 31 (3.67%) Developer
9 28 (3.31%) Programme Manager
10 27 (3.20%) Senior Manager
11 25 (2.96%) Delivery Manager
12 24 (2.84%) Business Manager
13 23 (2.72%) Support Engineer
14 22 (2.60%) Technical Manager
15 21 (2.49%) Administrator
15 21 (2.49%) Business Change Manager
15 21 (2.49%) Network Engineer
16 20 (2.37%) Applications Support
17 17 (2.01%) Cloud Engineer
17 17 (2.01%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (4.26%) REST
2 28 (3.31%) .NET
3 15 (1.78%) CSS
4 13 (1.54%) .NET Framework
4 13 (1.54%) Oracle Fusion
5 12 (1.42%) Middleware
5 12 (1.42%) Web Services
6 11 (1.30%) HTML
7 10 (1.18%) SOAP
8 9 (1.07%) AngularJS
8 9 (1.07%) OAuth
8 9 (1.07%) Spring
9 8 (0.95%) Jakarta EE
9 8 (0.95%) React
9 8 (0.95%) SPFx
10 6 (0.71%) jQuery
10 6 (0.71%) JSON
10 6 (0.71%) Microsoft Graph
10 6 (0.71%) RESTful
11 5 (0.59%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 61 (7.22%) Onboarding
2 33 (3.91%) Data Centre
3 28 (3.31%) Product Ownership
4 27 (3.20%) Management Information System
5 24 (2.84%) PMI
6 23 (2.72%) Legacy Systems
7 17 (2.01%) CMDB
7 17 (2.01%) Self-Motivation
8 16 (1.89%) Cloud Native
9 14 (1.66%) FMCG
10 13 (1.54%) Security Posture
11 12 (1.42%) Enterprise Software
11 12 (1.42%) Public Cloud
12 10 (1.18%) Clustering
12 10 (1.18%) Operational Technology
12 10 (1.18%) PKI
13 9 (1.07%) Derivative
13 9 (1.07%) Hybrid Cloud
14 8 (0.95%) Data Protection Act
14 8 (0.95%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 96 (11.36%) Windows
2 29 (3.43%) Windows Server
3 25 (2.96%) Linux
4 12 (1.42%) Unix
5 10 (1.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 10 (1.18%) Windows 10
6 6 (0.71%) Mac OS
6 6 (0.71%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.47%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.24%) AIX
8 2 (0.24%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.24%) Oracle Linux
8 2 (0.24%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.12%) Android
9 1 (0.12%) HPUX
9 1 (0.12%) Solaris
9 1 (0.12%) SUSE
9 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 292 (34.56%) Stakeholder Management
2 210 (24.85%) Agile
3 207 (24.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 182 (21.54%) Continuous Improvement
5 146 (17.28%) Migration
6 137 (16.21%) ITIL
7 130 (15.38%) Project Management
8 126 (14.91%) Problem-Solving
9 123 (14.56%) Project Delivery
10 122 (14.44%) DevOps
11 117 (13.85%) Decision-Making
11 117 (13.85%) Roadmaps
12 108 (12.78%) AI
13 86 (10.18%) Analytics
14 79 (9.35%) PRINCE2
15 77 (9.11%) User Acceptance Testing
16 73 (8.64%) Service Management
17 71 (8.40%) CI/CD
18 70 (8.28%) ITSM
19 65 (7.69%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 94 (11.12%) SQL
2 52 (6.15%) Python
3 42 (4.97%) PowerShell
4 39 (4.62%) C#
5 31 (3.67%) PL/SQL
6 27 (3.20%) JavaScript
7 22 (2.60%) T-SQL
8 21 (2.49%) Java
9 13 (1.54%) Bash
10 11 (1.30%) Korn
11 7 (0.83%) Bicep
12 6 (0.71%) Groovy
13 2 (0.24%) C++
13 2 (0.24%) Perl
13 2 (0.24%) SHACL
13 2 (0.24%) SPARQL
13 2 (0.24%) VBA
13 2 (0.24%) VBScript
14 1 (0.12%) COBOL
14 1 (0.12%) RPG
Qualifications
1 94 (11.12%) Security Cleared
2 89 (10.53%) Degree
3 76 (8.99%) SC Cleared
4 69 (8.17%) PMI Certification
5 67 (7.93%) PMP
6 28 (3.31%) CISSP
7 24 (2.84%) Cisco Certification
8 21 (2.49%) CISM
9 18 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
10 15 (1.78%) APMG
11 12 (1.42%) CCNP
11 12 (1.42%) DV Cleared
12 11 (1.30%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 11 (1.30%) ITIL Certification
13 10 (1.18%) Microsoft Certification
14 7 (0.83%) Azure Certification
14 7 (0.83%) Master's Degree
15 6 (0.71%) ACCA
15 6 (0.71%) CIMA
15 6 (0.71%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (6.39%) QA
2 50 (5.92%) PMO
3 43 (5.09%) SLA
4 35 (4.14%) Data Quality
5 24 (2.84%) GDPR
6 21 (2.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 16 (1.89%) GRC
8 15 (1.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 10 (1.18%) PCI DSS
10 9 (1.07%) ITGC
11 8 (0.95%) NIST
12 6 (0.71%) HIPAA
13 5 (0.59%) COBIT
14 4 (0.47%) Accessibility
14 4 (0.47%) Government Security Classifications
14 4 (0.47%) SOC 2
15 3 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
15 3 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 3 (0.36%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 3 (0.36%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 64 (7.57%) Active Directory
2 17 (2.01%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (1.54%) Virtual Desktop
4 8 (0.95%) Docker
5 6 (0.71%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.24%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.12%) Sendmail
9 1 (0.12%) Squid
9 1 (0.12%) vSphere
9 1 (0.12%) XenApp
9 1 (0.12%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 41 (4.85%) Terraform
2 24 (2.84%) Microsoft Intune
3 23 (2.72%) Ansible
4 14 (1.66%) Single Sign-On
5 13 (1.54%) Kubernetes
6 8 (0.95%) SCCM
7 6 (0.71%) CASB
7 6 (0.71%) ITRS Geneos
7 6 (0.71%) Microsoft Clustering
7 6 (0.71%) ZABBIX
8 5 (0.59%) vRealize
9 4 (0.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.47%) CA Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.47%) Grafana
9 4 (0.47%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (0.47%) PingFederate
9 4 (0.47%) systemd
10 3 (0.36%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.36%) Packer
10 3 (0.36%) SCOM
Vendors
1 156 (18.46%) Microsoft
2 98 (11.60%) ServiceNow
3 78 (9.23%) Oracle
4 55 (6.51%) SAP
5 47 (5.56%) Salesforce
6 32 (3.79%) VMware
7 26 (3.08%) Cisco
8 22 (2.60%) Google
8 22 (2.60%) Zscaler
9 20 (2.37%) Citrix
10 16 (1.89%) Splunk
11 13 (1.54%) Workday
12 10 (1.18%) Apple
12 10 (1.18%) Databricks
13 8 (0.95%) Dynatrace
13 8 (0.95%) IBM
13 8 (0.95%) Juniper
13 8 (0.95%) Red Hat
14 7 (0.83%) Okta
15 6 (0.71%) New Relic