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 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 50 38
Rank change year-on-year -15 -12 +13
Contract jobs citing Change Management 594 607 928
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.12% 4.15% 5.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.50% 4.60% 5.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 379 339 568
10th Percentile £374 £375 £381
25th Percentile £424 £464 £473
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% +2.27%
75th Percentile £634 £675 £675
90th Percentile £723 £750 £775
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +4.27%
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 £41.86 £54.00 £48.40
% change year-on-year -22.49% +11.57% +66.90%

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 13,193 13,182 16,214
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.50% 90.18% 89.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,713 8,439 11,605
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% -4.66%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £756 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 225 163 243
10th Percentile £18.25 £18.13 £17.15
25th Percentile £24.61 £23.80 £20.00
Median hourly rate £31.50 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +7.69% -13.33%
75th Percentile £53.13 £54.50 £58.38
90th Percentile £69.12 £80.75 £73.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% -22.22% +26.76%

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 1 January 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 1 January 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 1 January 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 +4 85 £479 -12.95% 46
South London +13 25 £429 -31.40% 5
West London -9 13 £425 +93.18% 15
East London +4 7 £630 +48.24% 8
North London +4 1 £600 - 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 45 (7.58%) Confluence
2 40 (6.73%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.68%) nginx
4 9 (1.52%) HCL Notes
5 7 (1.18%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (1.01%) Mattermost
6 6 (1.01%) Skype for Business
7 4 (0.67%) IIS
8 3 (0.51%) CICS
8 3 (0.51%) CMS
9 2 (0.34%) Appian
9 2 (0.34%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.17%) Moodle
10 1 (0.17%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.17%) Traefik
Applications
1 38 (6.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 28 (4.71%) Microsoft Project
3 26 (4.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 24 (4.04%) Microsoft Office
4 24 (4.04%) MS Visio
5 10 (1.68%) Mozilla Thunderbird
6 4 (0.67%) Trello
7 3 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.17%) Adobe Captivate
8 1 (0.17%) Camtasia
8 1 (0.17%) Notion
Business Applications
1 29 (4.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.52%) Salesforce CRM
3 7 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.84%) Remedy ITSM
4 5 (0.84%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.51%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.51%) Oracle EBS R12
5 3 (0.51%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (0.51%) SAP CO
5 3 (0.51%) SAP FI
5 3 (0.51%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (0.51%) SAP IBP
5 3 (0.51%) VisionPLUS
6 2 (0.34%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.34%) Finacle
6 2 (0.34%) Maximo
6 2 (0.34%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (0.34%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.34%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.34%) SAP APO
Cloud Services
1 70 (11.78%) Azure
2 58 (9.76%) Microsoft 365
3 46 (7.74%) Power Platform
4 39 (6.57%) AWS
5 22 (3.70%) SaaS
6 21 (3.54%) Azure DevOps
7 16 (2.69%) Amazon S3
7 16 (2.69%) Power Automate
8 15 (2.53%) Dynamics 365
9 12 (2.02%) Entra ID
9 12 (2.02%) PaaS
9 12 (2.02%) PowerApps
10 11 (1.85%) Amazon EC2
10 11 (1.85%) GitHub
10 11 (1.85%) Microsoft Copilot
10 11 (1.85%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 10 (1.68%) Amazon ECS
11 10 (1.68%) Amazon ELB
11 10 (1.68%) AWS KMS
11 10 (1.68%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 45 (7.58%) Firewall
2 27 (4.55%) Network Security
3 19 (3.20%) DNS
4 17 (2.86%) WAN
5 15 (2.53%) VPN
6 14 (2.36%) LAN
7 13 (2.19%) HTTP
8 12 (2.02%) SMTP
8 12 (2.02%) SSH
9 11 (1.85%) SD-WAN
10 10 (1.68%) FTP
10 10 (1.68%) IMAP
10 10 (1.68%) OpenLDAP
11 9 (1.52%) BGP
12 8 (1.35%) OSPF
13 7 (1.18%) NetScaler
13 7 (1.18%) Wi-Fi
14 6 (1.01%) Cisco ASA
14 6 (1.01%) Skype
14 6 (1.01%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (6.23%) Power BI
2 22 (3.70%) PostgreSQL
2 22 (3.70%) SQL Server
3 17 (2.86%) Amazon Aurora
3 17 (2.86%) Amazon RDS
3 17 (2.86%) Tableau
4 8 (1.35%) Metadata
5 7 (1.18%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (1.18%) Oracle Database
6 4 (0.67%) Redis
6 4 (0.67%) Relational Database
7 3 (0.51%) DynamoDB
7 3 (0.51%) Metadata Repository
7 3 (0.51%) NoSQL
7 3 (0.51%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 3 (0.51%) Oracle ODI
8 2 (0.34%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.34%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.34%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.34%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 66 (11.11%) JIRA
2 23 (3.87%) Jenkins
3 20 (3.37%) Git
4 10 (1.68%) Vagrant
5 7 (1.18%) Visual Studio
6 4 (0.67%) Oracle APEX
7 3 (0.51%) ChangeMan
7 3 (0.51%) JUnit
7 3 (0.51%) Liquibase
7 3 (0.51%) Oracle Forms
8 2 (0.34%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.34%) MLflow
8 2 (0.34%) Mockito
9 1 (0.17%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.17%) GCC
9 1 (0.17%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.17%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.17%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.17%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.17%) TestRail
General
1 273 (45.96%) Social Skills
2 240 (40.40%) Finance
3 105 (17.68%) Analytical Skills
4 62 (10.44%) Banking
5 44 (7.41%) Public Sector
6 28 (4.71%) Presentation Skills
7 24 (4.04%) Influencing Skills
8 22 (3.70%) Legal
9 21 (3.54%) Documentation Skills
10 19 (3.20%) Retail
11 17 (2.86%) Marketing
12 16 (2.69%) Investment Banking
12 16 (2.69%) Manufacturing
13 14 (2.36%) Law
13 14 (2.36%) Organisational Skills
14 13 (2.19%) Telecoms
15 12 (2.02%) Local Government
15 12 (2.02%) Pharmaceutical
16 11 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 10 (1.68%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 90 (15.15%) Analyst
2 74 (12.46%) Project Manager
3 70 (11.78%) Change Manager
4 61 (10.27%) Business Analyst
5 58 (9.76%) Lead
6 37 (6.23%) Developer
7 32 (5.39%) Senior
8 31 (5.22%) Consultant
9 26 (4.38%) Architect
10 19 (3.20%) Business Manager
10 19 (3.20%) Programme Manager
11 16 (2.69%) AWS Engineer
12 15 (2.53%) Business Change Manager
12 15 (2.53%) DevOps Engineer
12 15 (2.53%) IT Manager
12 15 (2.53%) Senior Manager
13 14 (2.36%) Transformation Manager
14 12 (2.02%) AWS DevOps
15 10 (1.68%) AWS Platform Engineer
15 10 (1.68%) Cloud Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.86%) .NET
2 12 (2.02%) LDAP
3 11 (1.85%) REST
4 10 (1.68%) .NET Framework
5 8 (1.35%) HTML
5 8 (1.35%) Oracle Fusion
6 7 (1.18%) Kafka
6 7 (1.18%) SAML
7 6 (1.01%) OAuth
8 5 (0.84%) Node.js
8 5 (0.84%) OpenID
8 5 (0.84%) RESTful
8 5 (0.84%) SOAP
9 4 (0.67%) CSS
9 4 (0.67%) Elastic Stack
9 4 (0.67%) HTML5 Canvas
9 4 (0.67%) Keycloak
9 4 (0.67%) YAML
10 3 (0.51%) Pandas
10 3 (0.51%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 29 (4.88%) Product Ownership
2 26 (4.38%) Management Information System
3 25 (4.21%) Onboarding
4 21 (3.54%) CMDB
5 14 (2.36%) Replication
6 12 (2.02%) Analytical Mindset
6 12 (2.02%) PKI
6 12 (2.02%) PMI
6 12 (2.02%) Virtual Team
7 11 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
8 10 (1.68%) Data Centre
9 9 (1.52%) Life Science
10 7 (1.18%) Cyber Threat
10 7 (1.18%) Data Protection Act
10 7 (1.18%) Data Structures
10 7 (1.18%) Low-Code
11 6 (1.01%) Cloud Native
11 6 (1.01%) e-Learning
12 5 (0.84%) Greenfield Project
12 5 (0.84%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 55 (9.26%) Windows
2 25 (4.21%) Linux
3 12 (2.02%) VMS
3 12 (2.02%) Windows Server
4 10 (1.68%) Amazon Linux
4 10 (1.68%) Ubuntu
4 10 (1.68%) Windows 10
5 8 (1.35%) Unix
6 4 (0.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.51%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.51%) zOS
8 1 (0.17%) AIX
8 1 (0.17%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 188 (31.65%) Stakeholder Management
2 161 (27.10%) Agile
3 148 (24.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 115 (19.36%) Project Management
5 113 (19.02%) Problem-Solving
6 78 (13.13%) ITIL
7 74 (12.46%) Project Delivery
8 72 (12.12%) Continuous Improvement
9 71 (11.95%) Migration
10 64 (10.77%) Decision-Making
11 62 (10.44%) DevOps
12 61 (10.27%) Roadmaps
13 55 (9.26%) Business Intelligence
13 55 (9.26%) PRINCE2
14 54 (9.09%) Risk Management
15 52 (8.75%) Workshop Facilitation
16 49 (8.25%) ERP
17 48 (8.08%) User Acceptance Testing
18 47 (7.91%) Scrum
19 46 (7.74%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 84 (14.14%) SQL
2 47 (7.91%) Python
3 31 (5.22%) PowerShell
4 24 (4.04%) C#
5 16 (2.69%) PL/SQL
6 14 (2.36%) Groovy
7 13 (2.19%) JavaScript
8 12 (2.02%) Java
9 10 (1.68%) T-SQL
10 7 (1.18%) Bash
10 7 (1.18%) Korn
11 4 (0.67%) Formula Language
11 4 (0.67%) Go
11 4 (0.67%) LotusScript
12 3 (0.51%) C
12 3 (0.51%) C++
12 3 (0.51%) Perl
13 2 (0.34%) COBOL
13 2 (0.34%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.34%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 117 (19.70%) Degree
2 71 (11.95%) Security Cleared
3 50 (8.42%) PMI Certification
4 47 (7.91%) SC Cleared
5 40 (6.73%) PMP
6 18 (3.03%) Master's Degree
7 13 (2.19%) Azure Certification
8 12 (2.02%) ITIL Certification
9 10 (1.68%) AWS Certification
9 10 (1.68%) Computer Science Degree
10 9 (1.52%) APMG
10 9 (1.52%) DV Cleared
11 8 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
12 7 (1.18%) CCNP
12 7 (1.18%) Microsoft Certification
13 6 (1.01%) CFA
13 6 (1.01%) CISSP
13 6 (1.01%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 5 (0.84%) BPSS Clearance
14 5 (0.84%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (7.07%) QA
2 34 (5.72%) PMO
3 29 (4.88%) Data Quality
4 21 (3.54%) GDPR
5 16 (2.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (2.19%) SLA
7 11 (1.85%) NIST
8 8 (1.35%) Cyber Essentials
8 8 (1.35%) MiFID
9 6 (1.01%) Accessibility
10 5 (0.84%) EMIR
10 5 (0.84%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 4 (0.67%) GMP
11 4 (0.67%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.51%) IFRS
13 2 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
13 2 (0.34%) IFRS 17
13 2 (0.34%) ITGC
13 2 (0.34%) NCSC
13 2 (0.34%) Solvency II
System Software
1 26 (4.38%) Active Directory
2 21 (3.54%) Docker
3 10 (1.68%) DFS Replication
3 10 (1.68%) Dovecot
3 10 (1.68%) Postfix
3 10 (1.68%) Squid
4 5 (0.84%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.67%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.51%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.51%) XenApp
6 3 (0.51%) XenDesktop
7 2 (0.34%) ProxySG
7 2 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.17%) etcd
8 1 (0.17%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 31 (5.22%) Terraform
2 15 (2.53%) Grafana
3 14 (2.36%) Kubernetes
3 14 (2.36%) Prometheus
4 11 (1.85%) Microsoft Intune
4 11 (1.85%) Nessus
5 10 (1.68%) Proxmox
6 8 (1.35%) Ansible
6 8 (1.35%) SCOM
7 6 (1.01%) HP SiteScope
8 5 (0.84%) SCCM
9 4 (0.67%) Rancher
10 3 (0.51%) CA Endevor
10 3 (0.51%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.51%) SCVMM
11 2 (0.34%) Argo
11 2 (0.34%) ITRS Geneos
11 2 (0.34%) Puppet
11 2 (0.34%) RSA Archer
11 2 (0.34%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 109 (18.35%) Microsoft
2 60 (10.10%) ServiceNow
3 54 (9.09%) SAP
4 49 (8.25%) Oracle
5 23 (3.87%) Salesforce
6 20 (3.37%) Cisco
7 15 (2.53%) Citrix
8 11 (1.85%) Remedy
8 11 (1.85%) Workday
9 10 (1.68%) Fortinet
9 10 (1.68%) Jaspersoft
10 9 (1.52%) F5
10 9 (1.52%) Lotus
11 8 (1.35%) CheckPoint
11 8 (1.35%) VMware
12 7 (1.18%) Splunk
12 7 (1.18%) Zscaler
13 6 (1.01%) CyberArk
13 6 (1.01%) Dynatrace
13 6 (1.01%) Juniper