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 13 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 58 59
Rank change year-on-year -2 +1 -20
Contract jobs citing Change Management 786 575 673
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.97% 4.22% 3.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.47% 4.58% 4.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 470 362 427
10th Percentile £398 £345 £352
25th Percentile £423 £413 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.68%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £767
England median daily rate £525 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +5.00% -2.44% -6.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 4
10th Percentile £28.70 - £32.38
25th Percentile £43.25 - £32.51
Median hourly rate £57.50 £28.60 £49.27
Median % change year-on-year +101.05% -41.95% -10.43%
75th Percentile £76.96 £34.30 £66.88
90th Percentile £97.00 £37.72 £68.45
England median hourly rate £37.43 £37.28 £52.50
% change year-on-year +0.40% -28.99% +7.15%

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 17,596 12,550 15,432
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.97% 92.20% 88.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,685 8,395 10,963
10th Percentile £360 £331 £350
25th Percentile £441 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £769 £790 £800
England median daily rate £525 £514 £525
% change year-on-year +2.14% -2.10% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 276 234 284
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.24
25th Percentile £22.36 £24.66 £20.22
Median hourly rate £36.00 £32.25 £30.16
Median % change year-on-year +11.63% +6.93% -27.33%
75th Percentile £58.75 £50.38 £50.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.60 £68.75
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% -5.96%

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 13 July 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 13 July 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 13 July 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 -18 78 £538 -6.52% 78
West London -4 23 £556 +17.11% 47
South London -7 20 £525 -9.17% 7
East London +4 8 £750 +19.05% 9
North London +1 4 £450 +2.27% 1
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 44 (5.60%) SharePoint
2 37 (4.71%) Confluence
3 15 (1.91%) Microsoft Exchange
4 14 (1.78%) IIS
5 10 (1.27%) Appian
6 7 (0.89%) Oracle Workflow
7 6 (0.76%) CMS
8 5 (0.64%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 5 (0.64%) Camunda
9 4 (0.51%) WebSphere
10 3 (0.38%) Kentico
11 1 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
11 1 (0.13%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.13%) MTS
11 1 (0.13%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.13%) Oracle Spatial
11 1 (0.13%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 16 (2.04%) Microsoft Project
2 15 (1.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (1.91%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (1.53%) MS Visio
4 9 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.38%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.25%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.13%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.13%) InDesign
7 1 (0.13%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 28 (3.56%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (2.42%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.76%) OpenText MBPM
3 6 (0.76%) Oracle BPM
3 6 (0.76%) Oracle ERP
4 5 (0.64%) Salesforce CRM
4 5 (0.64%) SAP PM
5 4 (0.51%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 4 (0.51%) SAP CO
5 4 (0.51%) SAP FI
5 4 (0.51%) SAP FI/CO
5 4 (0.51%) SAP QM
6 3 (0.38%) Finacle
6 3 (0.38%) Oracle Financials
6 3 (0.38%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.38%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.25%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.25%) OpenText VIM for SAP
7 2 (0.25%) SAP HR
7 2 (0.25%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 125 (15.90%) Azure
2 59 (7.51%) Microsoft 365
3 53 (6.74%) Entra ID
4 48 (6.11%) AWS
5 44 (5.60%) SaaS
6 43 (5.47%) Power Platform
7 40 (5.09%) Azure DevOps
8 22 (2.80%) Dynamics 365
9 17 (2.16%) GCP
9 17 (2.16%) Power Automate
10 16 (2.04%) OCI
11 13 (1.65%) Google Workspace
11 13 (1.65%) Microsoft Copilot
12 12 (1.53%) Smartsheet
13 11 (1.40%) GitHub
13 11 (1.40%) PowerApps
14 10 (1.27%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 10 (1.27%) PaaS
15 9 (1.15%) Google Drive
16 8 (1.02%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 35 (4.45%) Firewall
2 18 (2.29%) Network Security
3 17 (2.16%) WAN
4 16 (2.04%) DNS
5 11 (1.40%) LAN
5 11 (1.40%) VPN
6 9 (1.15%) TCP/IP
7 8 (1.02%) BGP
7 8 (1.02%) DHCP
7 8 (1.02%) SD-WAN
7 8 (1.02%) SSL
8 7 (0.89%) Cisco ASA
8 7 (0.89%) Cisco Firepower
8 7 (0.89%) HTTPS
8 7 (0.89%) OSPF
9 5 (0.64%) Cisco IOS
9 5 (0.64%) Cisco Nexus
10 4 (0.51%) Internet
10 4 (0.51%) SNMP
11 3 (0.38%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (5.09%) SQL Server
2 29 (3.69%) Power BI
3 24 (3.05%) Metadata
4 14 (1.78%) Oracle Database
5 7 (0.89%) Oracle Reports
5 7 (0.89%) Relational Database
6 5 (0.64%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (0.64%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 4 (0.51%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (0.51%) Data Lake
7 4 (0.51%) Data Mart
7 4 (0.51%) MongoDB
7 4 (0.51%) MySQL
7 4 (0.51%) NoSQL
7 4 (0.51%) Pinecone
7 4 (0.51%) Tableau
8 3 (0.38%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.38%) Semantic Layer
8 3 (0.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (0.38%) Stardog
Development Applications
1 100 (12.72%) JIRA
2 24 (3.05%) Git
3 22 (2.80%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.76%) Visual Studio
5 4 (0.51%) Artifactory
5 4 (0.51%) Eclipse
5 4 (0.51%) Maven
5 4 (0.51%) MLflow
6 3 (0.38%) ScriptRunner
6 3 (0.38%) Snyk
6 3 (0.38%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.25%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.25%) Selenium
8 1 (0.13%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.13%) GitLab
8 1 (0.13%) Hudson
8 1 (0.13%) Liquibase
8 1 (0.13%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.13%) TestRail
8 1 (0.13%) Zephyr
General
1 312 (39.69%) Finance
2 290 (36.90%) Social Skills
3 110 (13.99%) Analytical Skills
4 88 (11.20%) Banking
5 61 (7.76%) Public Sector
6 49 (6.23%) Legal
7 42 (5.34%) Marketing
8 36 (4.58%) Retail
9 31 (3.94%) Influencing Skills
10 27 (3.44%) Organisational Skills
10 27 (3.44%) Presentation Skills
11 24 (3.05%) Documentation Skills
12 23 (2.93%) Law
13 19 (2.42%) Financial Institution
14 17 (2.16%) Local Government
15 15 (1.91%) Telecoms
16 14 (1.78%) Manufacturing
17 13 (1.65%) Aviation
17 13 (1.65%) Front Office
18 12 (1.53%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 99 (12.60%) Project Manager
2 91 (11.58%) Analyst
3 77 (9.80%) Change Manager
3 77 (9.80%) Lead
4 61 (7.76%) Consultant
5 49 (6.23%) Senior
6 48 (6.11%) Business Analyst
7 33 (4.20%) Developer
8 27 (3.44%) Programme Manager
9 26 (3.31%) Support Engineer
10 25 (3.18%) Delivery Manager
10 25 (3.18%) Senior Manager
11 24 (3.05%) Business Manager
12 22 (2.80%) Business Change Manager
13 20 (2.54%) Technical Manager
14 19 (2.42%) Applications Support
14 19 (2.42%) IT Engineer
14 19 (2.42%) IT Support
14 19 (2.42%) IT Support Engineer
15 16 (2.04%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (4.33%) REST
2 30 (3.82%) .NET
3 20 (2.54%) .NET Framework
4 15 (1.91%) OAuth
5 13 (1.65%) CSS
5 13 (1.65%) Middleware
5 13 (1.65%) Web Services
6 12 (1.53%) Oracle Fusion
7 11 (1.40%) React
8 10 (1.27%) RESTful
9 9 (1.15%) AngularJS
9 9 (1.15%) HTML
9 9 (1.15%) Spring
10 8 (1.02%) J2EE
10 8 (1.02%) SOAP
10 8 (1.02%) SPFx
11 7 (0.89%) JSON
11 7 (0.89%) Microsoft Graph
11 7 (0.89%) OAuth2
11 7 (0.89%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 43 (5.47%) Onboarding
2 30 (3.82%) Legacy Systems
3 24 (3.05%) Data Centre
4 23 (2.93%) PMI
4 23 (2.93%) Product Ownership
5 19 (2.42%) Management Information System
6 18 (2.29%) CMDB
7 15 (1.91%) Self-Motivation
8 14 (1.78%) Cloud Native
9 12 (1.53%) FMCG
10 10 (1.27%) Low-Code
10 10 (1.27%) Security Posture
11 9 (1.15%) Analytical Mindset
11 9 (1.15%) Data Structures
11 9 (1.15%) Public Cloud
12 8 (1.02%) Operational Technology
12 8 (1.02%) Virtual Team
13 7 (0.89%) AI Agents
13 7 (0.89%) Data Protection Act
14 6 (0.76%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 83 (10.56%) Windows
2 26 (3.31%) Windows Server
3 24 (3.05%) Linux
4 12 (1.53%) Unix
5 10 (1.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (0.89%) Windows 10
7 5 (0.64%) Mac OS
7 5 (0.64%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.38%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.25%) AIX
9 2 (0.25%) Android
9 2 (0.25%) Oracle Linux
9 2 (0.25%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.13%) HPUX
10 1 (0.13%) Solaris
10 1 (0.13%) SUSE
10 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 253 (32.19%) Stakeholder Management
2 197 (25.06%) Agile
3 193 (24.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 157 (19.97%) Continuous Improvement
5 122 (15.52%) ITIL
5 122 (15.52%) Problem-Solving
6 120 (15.27%) Migration
7 119 (15.14%) DevOps
7 119 (15.14%) Project Management
8 105 (13.36%) Decision-Making
9 104 (13.23%) Project Delivery
10 102 (12.98%) Roadmaps
11 92 (11.70%) AI
12 77 (9.80%) User Acceptance Testing
13 70 (8.91%) CI/CD
14 69 (8.78%) PRINCE2
15 68 (8.65%) Analytics
16 61 (7.76%) ERP
16 61 (7.76%) Impact Assessments
16 61 (7.76%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 93 (11.83%) SQL
2 47 (5.98%) Python
3 43 (5.47%) C#
4 34 (4.33%) PL/SQL
5 32 (4.07%) PowerShell
6 24 (3.05%) T-SQL
7 22 (2.80%) Java
7 22 (2.80%) JavaScript
8 9 (1.15%) Korn
9 7 (0.89%) Bash
9 7 (0.89%) Groovy
10 3 (0.38%) Bicep
10 3 (0.38%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.25%) C++
11 2 (0.25%) Perl
11 2 (0.25%) SHACL
11 2 (0.25%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.25%) SPARQL
12 1 (0.13%) C
12 1 (0.13%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 81 (10.31%) Degree
2 77 (9.80%) Security Cleared
3 62 (7.89%) PMI Certification
4 60 (7.63%) PMP
4 60 (7.63%) SC Cleared
5 27 (3.44%) CISSP
6 21 (2.67%) Cisco Certification
7 19 (2.42%) CISM
8 14 (1.78%) APMG
9 12 (1.53%) Computer Science Degree
10 11 (1.40%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 10 (1.27%) ITIL Certification
12 9 (1.15%) CCNP
13 8 (1.02%) Azure Certification
13 8 (1.02%) DV Cleared
13 8 (1.02%) Master's Degree
14 6 (0.76%) CISA
14 6 (0.76%) SSCP
15 5 (0.64%) ACCA
15 5 (0.64%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (7.51%) QA
2 51 (6.49%) PMO
3 38 (4.83%) SLA
4 34 (4.33%) Data Quality
5 27 (3.44%) GDPR
6 20 (2.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 14 (1.78%) GRC
7 14 (1.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 10 (1.27%) PCI DSS
9 8 (1.02%) ITGC
9 8 (1.02%) NIST
10 6 (0.76%) Accessibility
10 6 (0.76%) IFRS
11 5 (0.64%) COBIT
11 5 (0.64%) HIPAA
11 5 (0.64%) IFRS 17
12 4 (0.51%) Government Security Classifications
12 4 (0.51%) SOC 2
13 3 (0.38%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 2 (0.25%) Solvency II
System Software
1 54 (6.87%) Active Directory
2 12 (1.53%) Docker
3 11 (1.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.89%) Hyper-V
4 7 (0.89%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.25%) Oracle RAC
6 2 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.13%) Sendmail
7 1 (0.13%) Squid
7 1 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.13%) vSphere
7 1 (0.13%) XenApp
7 1 (0.13%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 29 (3.69%) Terraform
2 18 (2.29%) Ansible
3 17 (2.16%) Kubernetes
4 14 (1.78%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (0.89%) SCCM
7 6 (0.76%) CASB
7 6 (0.76%) ITRS Geneos
8 5 (0.64%) vRealize
8 5 (0.64%) ZABBIX
9 4 (0.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.51%) CA Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.51%) FortiGate
9 4 (0.51%) Grafana
9 4 (0.51%) PingFederate
10 3 (0.38%) Packer
10 3 (0.38%) Prometheus
10 3 (0.38%) Puppet
11 2 (0.25%) Control-M
11 2 (0.25%) SCOM
Vendors
1 129 (16.41%) Microsoft
2 93 (11.83%) ServiceNow
3 85 (10.81%) Oracle
4 54 (6.87%) SAP
5 48 (6.11%) Salesforce
6 23 (2.93%) Citrix
6 23 (2.93%) VMware
7 21 (2.67%) Google
8 18 (2.29%) Cisco
9 14 (1.78%) Workday
10 13 (1.65%) Splunk
10 13 (1.65%) Zscaler
11 8 (1.02%) Apple
11 8 (1.02%) Red Hat
12 7 (0.89%) Databricks
12 7 (0.89%) Dynatrace
12 7 (0.89%) IBM
12 7 (0.89%) OpenAI
13 6 (0.76%) OpenText
14 5 (0.64%) New Relic