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 12 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 51 37
Rank change year-on-year -7 -14 +15
Contract jobs citing Change Management 614 633 1,026
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.30% 4.06% 5.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.68% 4.52% 5.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 402 348 640
10th Percentile £358 £373 £395
25th Percentile £415 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £636 £675 £675
90th Percentile £728 £758 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 5
10th Percentile £29.11 £39.54 £25.70
25th Percentile £32.91 £46.06 £32.00
Median hourly rate £40.50 £59.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.36% +7.27% +144.44%
75th Percentile £74.45 £87.75 £61.25
90th Percentile £94.06 £97.50 £78.50
England median hourly rate £37.28 £44.08 £43.33
% change year-on-year -15.43% +1.73% +35.41%

All Process and 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 13,110 14,014 17,485
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.71% 89.83% 89.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,647 9,052 12,526
10th Percentile £338 £350 £355
25th Percentile £425 £450 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £568
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -3.08% -3.81%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £766 £800 £800
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 244 165 236
10th Percentile £18.25 £17.25 £18.68
25th Percentile £24.50 £23.80 £21.75
Median hourly rate £29.25 £37.50 £35.32
Median % change year-on-year -22.00% +6.19% -11.16%
75th Percentile £47.56 £53.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £66.50 £80.75 £76.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +18.67%

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 12 December 2025.

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 12 December 2025.

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 12 December 2025. 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 +11 82 £475 -15.93% 27
South London +16 26 £429 -23.81% 10
West London 0 15 £475 +40.74% 11
East London +8 8 £630 +48.24% 17
North London +2 1 £600 - 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 56 (9.12%) Confluence
2 38 (6.19%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.95%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (1.63%) nginx
5 8 (1.30%) HCL Notes
6 6 (0.98%) Mattermost
6 6 (0.98%) Skype for Business
7 4 (0.65%) IIS
8 3 (0.49%) CICS
8 3 (0.49%) CMS
8 3 (0.49%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.16%) Moodle
9 1 (0.16%) Traefik
Applications
1 40 (6.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 34 (5.54%) Microsoft Project
3 26 (4.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 24 (3.91%) MS Visio
5 22 (3.58%) Microsoft Office
6 10 (1.63%) Mozilla Thunderbird
7 3 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.49%) Trello
8 1 (0.16%) Adobe Captivate
8 1 (0.16%) Camtasia
8 1 (0.16%) Notion
Business Applications
1 31 (5.05%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.63%) Salesforce CRM
3 7 (1.14%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.81%) Remedy ITSM
4 5 (0.81%) SAP APO
5 4 (0.65%) SAP ERP
6 3 (0.49%) Elite 3E
6 3 (0.49%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.49%) Oracle EBS R12
6 3 (0.49%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.49%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.49%) SAP CO
6 3 (0.49%) SAP FI
6 3 (0.49%) SAP FI/CO
6 3 (0.49%) SAP IBP
6 3 (0.49%) VisionPLUS
7 2 (0.33%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.33%) Oracle BPM
7 2 (0.33%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.33%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 67 (10.91%) Azure
2 54 (8.79%) Microsoft 365
3 45 (7.33%) Power Platform
4 41 (6.68%) AWS
5 32 (5.21%) SaaS
6 21 (3.42%) Azure DevOps
7 16 (2.61%) Amazon S3
8 15 (2.44%) Power Automate
9 13 (2.12%) Entra ID
9 13 (2.12%) PowerApps
10 12 (1.95%) PaaS
11 11 (1.79%) Amazon EC2
11 11 (1.79%) Dynamics 365
11 11 (1.79%) Microsoft Copilot
11 11 (1.79%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 10 (1.63%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 10 (1.63%) Amazon ECS
12 10 (1.63%) Amazon ELB
12 10 (1.63%) AWS KMS
12 10 (1.63%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 49 (7.98%) Firewall
2 26 (4.23%) Network Security
3 22 (3.58%) DNS
4 18 (2.93%) WAN
5 16 (2.61%) VPN
6 13 (2.12%) BGP
6 13 (2.12%) HTTP
6 13 (2.12%) LAN
7 12 (1.95%) OSPF
7 12 (1.95%) SD-WAN
7 12 (1.95%) SMTP
7 12 (1.95%) SSH
8 10 (1.63%) FTP
8 10 (1.63%) IMAP
8 10 (1.63%) OpenLDAP
9 8 (1.30%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (0.98%) Cisco ASA
10 6 (0.98%) Skype
10 6 (0.98%) Unified Communications
11 5 (0.81%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (6.03%) Power BI
2 23 (3.75%) PostgreSQL
3 19 (3.09%) SQL Server
3 19 (3.09%) Tableau
4 17 (2.77%) Amazon Aurora
4 17 (2.77%) Amazon RDS
5 10 (1.63%) Metadata
6 8 (1.30%) Oracle Database
7 5 (0.81%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (0.65%) Redis
9 3 (0.49%) DynamoDB
9 3 (0.49%) Metadata Repository
9 3 (0.49%) NoSQL
9 3 (0.49%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 3 (0.49%) Oracle ODI
9 3 (0.49%) Oracle Reports
9 3 (0.49%) Relational Database
10 2 (0.33%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.33%) MySQL
10 2 (0.33%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 71 (11.56%) JIRA
2 25 (4.07%) Jenkins
3 22 (3.58%) Git
4 10 (1.63%) Vagrant
5 5 (0.81%) Visual Studio
6 4 (0.65%) Oracle APEX
7 3 (0.49%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 3 (0.49%) ChangeMan
7 3 (0.49%) JUnit
7 3 (0.49%) Liquibase
7 3 (0.49%) Oracle Forms
7 3 (0.49%) REST Assured
7 3 (0.49%) Selenium
8 2 (0.33%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.33%) Mockito
8 2 (0.33%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.16%) GCC
9 1 (0.16%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.16%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.16%) SpecFlow
General
1 269 (43.81%) Social Skills
2 252 (41.04%) Finance
3 108 (17.59%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (9.93%) Banking
5 46 (7.49%) Public Sector
6 32 (5.21%) Presentation Skills
7 26 (4.23%) Influencing Skills
8 22 (3.58%) Legal
9 21 (3.42%) Documentation Skills
10 18 (2.93%) Manufacturing
10 18 (2.93%) Marketing
11 17 (2.77%) Organisational Skills
11 17 (2.77%) Retail
12 15 (2.44%) Investment Banking
12 15 (2.44%) Law
13 14 (2.28%) Pharmaceutical
13 14 (2.28%) Telecoms
14 12 (1.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 12 (1.95%) Local Government
15 10 (1.63%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 103 (16.78%) Analyst
2 82 (13.36%) Project Manager
3 65 (10.59%) Business Analyst
4 62 (10.10%) Change Manager
5 55 (8.96%) Lead
6 39 (6.35%) Senior
7 35 (5.70%) Developer
8 33 (5.37%) Consultant
9 24 (3.91%) Architect
10 19 (3.09%) Business Manager
10 19 (3.09%) Programme Manager
11 16 (2.61%) IT Manager
12 15 (2.44%) AWS Engineer
12 15 (2.44%) Business Change Manager
12 15 (2.44%) DevOps Engineer
13 14 (2.28%) Senior Manager
13 14 (2.28%) Transformation Manager
14 13 (2.12%) Service Analyst
15 12 (1.95%) AWS DevOps
15 12 (1.95%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (3.09%) .NET
2 12 (1.95%) LDAP
3 10 (1.63%) .NET Framework
4 9 (1.47%) Oracle Fusion
5 7 (1.14%) Kafka
5 7 (1.14%) REST
5 7 (1.14%) SAML
6 6 (0.98%) HTML
7 5 (0.81%) Node.js
7 5 (0.81%) OAuth
7 5 (0.81%) OpenID
7 5 (0.81%) SOAP
8 4 (0.65%) Elastic Stack
8 4 (0.65%) HTML5 Canvas
8 4 (0.65%) Keycloak
8 4 (0.65%) Playwright
8 4 (0.65%) XMPP
8 4 (0.65%) YAML
9 3 (0.49%) CSS
9 3 (0.49%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 31 (5.05%) Product Ownership
2 26 (4.23%) Management Information System
3 23 (3.75%) Onboarding
4 19 (3.09%) CMDB
5 16 (2.61%) Data Centre
6 15 (2.44%) Replication
7 13 (2.12%) Virtual Team
8 12 (1.95%) Analytical Mindset
8 12 (1.95%) PMI
9 10 (1.63%) Life Science
9 10 (1.63%) PKI
10 9 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
11 7 (1.14%) Cyber Threat
11 7 (1.14%) Data Protection Act
11 7 (1.14%) Data Structures
11 7 (1.14%) e-Learning
12 6 (0.98%) Cloud Native
13 5 (0.81%) Legacy Applications
13 5 (0.81%) Low-Code
13 5 (0.81%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 46 (7.49%) Windows
2 25 (4.07%) Linux
3 12 (1.95%) VMS
4 10 (1.63%) Amazon Linux
4 10 (1.63%) Ubuntu
4 10 (1.63%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.98%) Unix
5 6 (0.98%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.49%) zOS
8 1 (0.16%) AIX
8 1 (0.16%) Android
8 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 182 (29.64%) Stakeholder Management
2 171 (27.85%) Agile
3 144 (23.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 120 (19.54%) Project Management
5 117 (19.06%) Problem-Solving
6 82 (13.36%) Migration
7 79 (12.87%) ITIL
8 78 (12.70%) Continuous Improvement
9 75 (12.21%) Project Delivery
10 64 (10.42%) Decision-Making
11 60 (9.77%) DevOps
12 58 (9.45%) Business Intelligence
13 57 (9.28%) PRINCE2
14 56 (9.12%) User Acceptance Testing
15 55 (8.96%) Risk Management
15 55 (8.96%) Roadmaps
16 53 (8.63%) ERP
17 47 (7.65%) Process Improvement
18 45 (7.33%) CI/CD
18 45 (7.33%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 80 (13.03%) SQL
2 47 (7.65%) Python
3 31 (5.05%) PowerShell
4 28 (4.56%) C#
5 17 (2.77%) PL/SQL
6 15 (2.44%) Java
7 14 (2.28%) Groovy
8 13 (2.12%) JavaScript
9 10 (1.63%) T-SQL
10 7 (1.14%) Bash
10 7 (1.14%) Korn
11 4 (0.65%) Formula Language
11 4 (0.65%) Go
11 4 (0.65%) LotusScript
12 3 (0.49%) Apex Code
12 3 (0.49%) Perl
12 3 (0.49%) SOQL
12 3 (0.49%) SOSL
13 2 (0.33%) C
13 2 (0.33%) C++
Qualifications
1 122 (19.87%) Degree
2 67 (10.91%) Security Cleared
3 49 (7.98%) PMI Certification
3 49 (7.98%) SC Cleared
4 39 (6.35%) PMP
5 16 (2.61%) Master's Degree
6 14 (2.28%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (1.95%) Azure Certification
8 10 (1.63%) AWS Certification
8 10 (1.63%) Cisco Certification
8 10 (1.63%) ITIL Certification
9 8 (1.30%) APMG
9 8 (1.30%) BPSS Clearance
9 8 (1.30%) CCNP
10 7 (1.14%) CBAP
10 7 (1.14%) DV Cleared
11 6 (0.98%) CCIE
11 6 (0.98%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (0.98%) Six Sigma Green Belt
12 5 (0.81%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (7.00%) QA
2 35 (5.70%) PMO
3 25 (4.07%) Data Quality
4 19 (3.09%) GDPR
5 15 (2.44%) SLA
6 14 (2.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (1.47%) MiFID
8 8 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials
8 8 (1.30%) NIST
9 7 (1.14%) Accessibility
10 6 (0.98%) EMIR
10 6 (0.98%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 5 (0.81%) PCI DSS
12 4 (0.65%) GMP
12 4 (0.65%) IFRS
13 3 (0.49%) ITGC
14 2 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
14 2 (0.33%) IFRS 17
14 2 (0.33%) NCSC
14 2 (0.33%) Solvency II
System Software
1 31 (5.05%) Active Directory
2 18 (2.93%) Docker
3 10 (1.63%) DFS Replication
3 10 (1.63%) Dovecot
3 10 (1.63%) Postfix
3 10 (1.63%) Squid
4 4 (0.65%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.33%) ProxySG
6 2 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.16%) etcd
7 1 (0.16%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.16%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.16%) XenApp
7 1 (0.16%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 31 (5.05%) Terraform
2 15 (2.44%) Grafana
3 14 (2.28%) Prometheus
4 12 (1.95%) Microsoft Intune
5 11 (1.79%) Kubernetes
5 11 (1.79%) Nessus
6 10 (1.63%) Ansible
6 10 (1.63%) Proxmox
7 8 (1.30%) SCOM
8 6 (0.98%) HP SiteScope
9 4 (0.65%) Rancher
10 3 (0.49%) CA Endevor
10 3 (0.49%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.49%) SCCM
11 2 (0.33%) Argo
11 2 (0.33%) ITRS Geneos
11 2 (0.33%) RSA Archer
11 2 (0.33%) ZABBIX
12 1 (0.16%) HP ALM
12 1 (0.16%) Istio
Vendors
1 109 (17.75%) Microsoft
2 58 (9.45%) ServiceNow
3 55 (8.96%) SAP
4 50 (8.14%) Oracle
5 25 (4.07%) Salesforce
6 24 (3.91%) Cisco
7 11 (1.79%) Fortinet
7 11 (1.79%) Workday
8 10 (1.63%) Citrix
8 10 (1.63%) F5
8 10 (1.63%) Jaspersoft
9 9 (1.47%) Remedy
10 8 (1.30%) CheckPoint
10 8 (1.30%) Lotus
11 7 (1.14%) CyberArk
11 7 (1.14%) Juniper
11 7 (1.14%) Palo Alto
11 7 (1.14%) Splunk
11 7 (1.14%) VMware
11 7 (1.14%) Zscaler