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 19 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 54 40
Rank change year-on-year -12 -14 +6
Contract jobs citing Change Management 661 527 834
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.02% 4.12% 4.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.48% 4.52% 5.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 417 317 515
10th Percentile £398 £356 £380
25th Percentile £421 £456 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -1.17%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £675
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 3
10th Percentile £45.15 - £36.81
25th Percentile £54.00 £28.60 £43.17
Median hourly rate £74.46 £35.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +112.74% -39.13% +55.41%
75th Percentile £96.25 £56.00 £65.38
90th Percentile £98.50 £79.40 £67.85
England median hourly rate £42.05 £52.00 £33.07
% change year-on-year -19.13% +57.27% -28.28%

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 14,757 11,654 16,064
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.76% 91.18% 88.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,899 7,809 11,494
10th Percentile £350 £350 £340
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £681 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £504 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.05% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 234 162 342
10th Percentile £18.13 £20.05 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.00 £24.66 £19.93
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.70 £30.16
Median % change year-on-year -0.55% +18.35% -18.49%
75th Percentile £56.85 £53.75 £49.97
90th Percentile £71.75 £77.25 £69.43
England median hourly rate £31.45 £33.40 £32.50
% change year-on-year -5.84% +2.77% -10.41%

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 19 March 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 19 March 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 19 March 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 -12 84 £500 -4.76% 50
South London -2 17 £500 -16.67% 7
West London -8 16 £500 +56.25% 15
East London -1 3 £525 +13.51% 8
North London - 2 £575 - 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 38 (5.75%) Confluence
2 31 (4.69%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.66%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (1.21%) Appian
5 5 (0.76%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 5 (0.76%) HCL Notes
6 3 (0.45%) IIS
7 2 (0.30%) CMS
8 1 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.15%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.15%) Oracle Spatial
8 1 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
Applications
1 27 (4.08%) Microsoft Excel
1 27 (4.08%) Microsoft Project
2 25 (3.78%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (3.48%) MS Visio
4 21 (3.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.45%) Trello
6 2 (0.30%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 21 (3.18%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.51%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.91%) Finacle
3 6 (0.91%) Salesforce CRM
4 5 (0.76%) SAP CO
4 5 (0.76%) SAP FI
4 5 (0.76%) SAP FI/CO
5 4 (0.61%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.45%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 3 (0.45%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.30%) Aladdin
7 2 (0.30%) Elite 3E
7 2 (0.30%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.30%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.30%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.15%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 1 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.15%) SAP FI-GL
8 1 (0.15%) SAP HCM
8 1 (0.15%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 107 (16.19%) Azure
2 54 (8.17%) Microsoft 365
3 40 (6.05%) Azure DevOps
4 36 (5.45%) AWS
4 36 (5.45%) Power Platform
5 27 (4.08%) Entra ID
6 25 (3.78%) SaaS
7 21 (3.18%) Power Automate
8 18 (2.72%) Dynamics 365
9 14 (2.12%) PaaS
10 12 (1.82%) Azure Data Factory
10 12 (1.82%) GitHub
10 12 (1.82%) IaaS
11 10 (1.51%) GCP
11 10 (1.51%) PowerApps
12 9 (1.36%) Azure AI
13 8 (1.21%) Anthropic Claude
13 8 (1.21%) Microsoft Copilot
13 8 (1.21%) Serverless
14 7 (1.06%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 36 (5.45%) Firewall
2 30 (4.54%) Network Security
3 24 (3.63%) WAN
4 20 (3.03%) LAN
5 19 (2.87%) VPN
6 17 (2.57%) SD-WAN
7 13 (1.97%) BGP
8 12 (1.82%) DNS
8 12 (1.82%) OSPF
9 9 (1.36%) NetScaler
10 8 (1.21%) Cisco IOS
11 7 (1.06%) Cisco ASA
11 7 (1.06%) Wi-Fi
12 6 (0.91%) Cisco Nexus
12 6 (0.91%) DHCP
12 6 (0.91%) Intranet
12 6 (0.91%) NX-OS
13 5 (0.76%) Internet
13 5 (0.76%) Structured Cabling
13 5 (0.76%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (5.75%) SQL Server
2 26 (3.93%) Power BI
3 9 (1.36%) Metadata
3 9 (1.36%) Tableau
4 8 (1.21%) Amazon RDS
4 8 (1.21%) Pinecone
4 8 (1.21%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (1.06%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (1.06%) Relational Database
6 6 (0.91%) Oracle Database
7 5 (0.76%) MySQL
8 4 (0.61%) Amazon Aurora
9 3 (0.45%) GIS
9 3 (0.45%) Metadata Repository
9 3 (0.45%) Oracle ODI
9 3 (0.45%) Redis
10 2 (0.30%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.30%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.30%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 1 (0.15%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 79 (11.95%) JIRA
2 14 (2.12%) Git
3 13 (1.97%) Jenkins
4 11 (1.66%) Visual Studio
5 8 (1.21%) MLflow
6 4 (0.61%) Maven
7 3 (0.45%) JUnit
7 3 (0.45%) Liquibase
7 3 (0.45%) Oracle APEX
8 2 (0.30%) git-flow
8 2 (0.30%) Mockito
9 1 (0.15%) Ant
9 1 (0.15%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.15%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.15%) GCC
9 1 (0.15%) Hudson
9 1 (0.15%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.15%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.15%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.15%) TestRail
General
1 281 (42.51%) Social Skills
2 265 (40.09%) Finance
3 113 (17.10%) Analytical Skills
4 74 (11.20%) Banking
5 42 (6.35%) Public Sector
6 35 (5.30%) Legal
7 31 (4.69%) Influencing Skills
8 30 (4.54%) Documentation Skills
9 28 (4.24%) Presentation Skills
10 24 (3.63%) Retail
11 22 (3.33%) Law
11 22 (3.33%) Marketing
12 19 (2.87%) Investment Banking
13 16 (2.42%) Financial Institution
14 14 (2.12%) Organisational Skills
15 13 (1.97%) Telecoms
16 11 (1.66%) Local Government
17 9 (1.36%) Publishing
18 8 (1.21%) Front Office
18 8 (1.21%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 88 (13.31%) Change Manager
2 84 (12.71%) Project Manager
3 79 (11.95%) Analyst
4 57 (8.62%) Lead
5 56 (8.47%) Business Analyst
6 43 (6.51%) Senior
7 39 (5.90%) Consultant
8 38 (5.75%) Developer
9 25 (3.78%) Architect
9 25 (3.78%) Business Manager
10 20 (3.03%) Programme Manager
11 19 (2.87%) Business Change Manager
11 19 (2.87%) C# Developer
11 19 (2.87%) Support Engineer
12 16 (2.42%) Senior Manager
13 14 (2.12%) Delivery Manager
13 14 (2.12%) IT Engineer
13 14 (2.12%) IT Manager
13 14 (2.12%) IT Support
13 14 (2.12%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (4.08%) .NET
2 22 (3.33%) REST
3 21 (3.18%) .NET Framework
4 15 (2.27%) OAuth
4 15 (2.27%) Web Services
5 12 (1.82%) RESTful
6 9 (1.36%) NumPy
6 9 (1.36%) Pandas
6 9 (1.36%) pytest
7 8 (1.21%) CSS
7 8 (1.21%) Django
7 8 (1.21%) FastAPI
7 8 (1.21%) Flask
7 8 (1.21%) JWT
7 8 (1.21%) Oracle Fusion
7 8 (1.21%) PyTorch
7 8 (1.21%) SAML
7 8 (1.21%) scikit-learn
7 8 (1.21%) Swagger
7 8 (1.21%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 32 (4.84%) Onboarding
2 28 (4.24%) CMDB
3 26 (3.93%) Product Ownership
4 24 (3.63%) Management Information System
5 21 (3.18%) Legacy Systems
6 18 (2.72%) Analytical Mindset
7 16 (2.42%) Data Centre
7 16 (2.42%) PMI
8 14 (2.12%) PKI
9 13 (1.97%) Data Structures
10 12 (1.82%) Low-Code
11 8 (1.21%) Greenfield Project
11 8 (1.21%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (1.06%) Cyber Threat
13 6 (0.91%) Public Cloud
13 6 (0.91%) Reference Data
13 6 (0.91%) Security Posture
13 6 (0.91%) Virtual Team
14 5 (0.76%) Cloud Native
14 5 (0.76%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 76 (11.50%) Windows
2 18 (2.72%) Windows Server
3 16 (2.42%) Windows 10
4 13 (1.97%) Linux
5 11 (1.66%) Unix
6 6 (0.91%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (0.91%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.45%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.45%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.30%) Android
8 2 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.15%) AIX
9 1 (0.15%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 213 (32.22%) Stakeholder Management
2 171 (25.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 160 (24.21%) Agile
4 111 (16.79%) Problem-Solving
5 107 (16.19%) Project Management
6 100 (15.13%) ITIL
7 99 (14.98%) Continuous Improvement
8 83 (12.56%) Migration
9 82 (12.41%) DevOps
10 80 (12.10%) Roadmaps
11 79 (11.95%) Project Delivery
12 72 (10.89%) Decision-Making
13 68 (10.29%) AI
14 59 (8.93%) User Acceptance Testing
15 58 (8.77%) PRINCE2
15 58 (8.77%) Risk Management
16 57 (8.62%) Workshop Facilitation
17 52 (7.87%) Analytics
17 52 (7.87%) CI/CD
18 49 (7.41%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 87 (13.16%) SQL
2 40 (6.05%) C#
3 38 (5.75%) Python
4 27 (4.08%) PowerShell
5 22 (3.33%) PL/SQL
6 17 (2.57%) T-SQL
7 15 (2.27%) Java
7 15 (2.27%) JavaScript
8 7 (1.06%) Bash
9 6 (0.91%) Korn
10 4 (0.61%) Groovy
10 4 (0.61%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.45%) Perl
11 3 (0.45%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.30%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.15%) ABAP
13 1 (0.15%) C
13 1 (0.15%) C++
13 1 (0.15%) Formula Language
13 1 (0.15%) LotusScript
Qualifications
1 104 (15.73%) Degree
2 74 (11.20%) Security Cleared
3 47 (7.11%) PMI Certification
4 45 (6.81%) SC Cleared
5 40 (6.05%) PMP
6 19 (2.87%) Cisco Certification
6 19 (2.87%) CISSP
7 17 (2.57%) ITIL Certification
7 17 (2.57%) Master's Degree
8 16 (2.42%) DV Cleared
9 14 (2.12%) CISM
10 11 (1.66%) APMG
11 10 (1.51%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 9 (1.36%) Azure Certification
12 9 (1.36%) CCNP
12 9 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
12 9 (1.36%) Microsoft Certification
13 8 (1.21%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 7 (1.06%) Citrix Certification
14 7 (1.06%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (8.32%) QA
2 44 (6.66%) Data Quality
3 38 (5.75%) PMO
4 29 (4.39%) GDPR
5 28 (4.24%) SLA
6 24 (3.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 11 (1.66%) NIST
8 9 (1.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 8 (1.21%) Cyber Essentials
9 8 (1.21%) MiFID
10 7 (1.06%) IFRS
10 7 (1.06%) IFRS 17
11 6 (0.91%) PCI DSS
12 5 (0.76%) EMIR
13 4 (0.61%) Accessibility
13 4 (0.61%) COBIT
13 4 (0.61%) Government Security Classifications
13 4 (0.61%) Solvency II
14 3 (0.45%) GRC
15 2 (0.30%) NCSC
System Software
1 36 (5.45%) Active Directory
2 16 (2.42%) Docker
3 8 (1.21%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.06%) Hyper-V
4 7 (1.06%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (0.76%) XenApp
5 5 (0.76%) XenDesktop
6 4 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.30%) ProxySG
7 2 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.15%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.15%) Sendmail
8 1 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 22 (3.33%) Kubernetes
2 21 (3.18%) Terraform
3 17 (2.57%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (1.36%) Ansible
5 7 (1.06%) FortiGate
5 7 (1.06%) SCCM
6 5 (0.76%) CASB
6 5 (0.76%) SCVMM
7 4 (0.61%) Grafana
7 4 (0.61%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.45%) Cisco Prime
8 3 (0.45%) Puppet
8 3 (0.45%) Rancher
9 2 (0.30%) PowerCLI
9 2 (0.30%) SCOM
9 2 (0.30%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.15%) EMC NetWorker
10 1 (0.15%) ITRS Geneos
10 1 (0.15%) NetBackup
10 1 (0.15%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 118 (17.85%) Microsoft
2 85 (12.86%) ServiceNow
3 51 (7.72%) Oracle
4 46 (6.96%) SAP
5 29 (4.39%) Citrix
5 29 (4.39%) Salesforce
6 25 (3.78%) Cisco
7 18 (2.72%) Workday
8 16 (2.42%) VMware
9 12 (1.82%) OpenAI
10 11 (1.66%) Fortinet
11 10 (1.51%) F5
12 9 (1.36%) Palo Alto
12 9 (1.36%) Zscaler
13 8 (1.21%) Automation Anywhere
13 8 (1.21%) UiPath
14 7 (1.06%) CheckPoint
14 7 (1.06%) Juniper
15 6 (0.91%) Remedy
15 6 (0.91%) Temenos