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 31 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 63 52
Rank change year-on-year -2 -11 -9
Contract jobs citing Change Management 710 494 728
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.84% 4.03% 4.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.34% 4.37% 4.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 429 301 465
10th Percentile £400 £358 £336
25th Percentile £415 £425 £462
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% - -5.98%
75th Percentile £638 £660 £675
90th Percentile £726 £750 £768
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 3
10th Percentile £25.55 - £32.35
25th Percentile £35.00 - £32.44
Median hourly rate £58.92 £28.60 £34.53
Median % change year-on-year +106.01% -17.17% -37.22%
75th Percentile £95.00 £34.30 £52.99
90th Percentile £98.00 £37.72 £62.90
England median hourly rate £34.87 £50.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -30.26% - -4.09%

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 16,377 11,309 15,428
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.67% 92.27% 88.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,935 7,582 11,066
10th Percentile £358 £350 £340
25th Percentile £434 £431 £449
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £675
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £514 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.05% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 244 194 315
10th Percentile £18.28 £16.50 £15.50
25th Percentile £25.25 £24.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.25 £32.25 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.50% +15.18% -29.34%
75th Percentile £58.94 £49.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £78.23 £63.60 £66.90
England median hourly rate £47.00 £28.75 £37.50
% change year-on-year +63.48% -23.33% -

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 31 May 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 31 May 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 31 May 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 -19 77 £523 -5.00% 19
West London -13 21 £500 +55.04% 8
South London +2 20 £500 -14.89% 5
East London -4 6 £649 +10.90% 5
North London 0 2 £500 +13.64% 5
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 (6.20%) SharePoint
2 39 (5.49%) Confluence
3 14 (1.97%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (1.69%) Appian
5 9 (1.27%) IIS
6 5 (0.70%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 5 (0.70%) Oracle Workflow
7 4 (0.56%) CMS
7 4 (0.56%) HCL Notes
8 3 (0.42%) Camunda
9 2 (0.28%) Kentico
9 2 (0.28%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.14%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.14%) MTS
10 1 (0.14%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.14%) Oracle Spatial
10 1 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.14%) Tomcat
Applications
1 22 (3.10%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (2.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (2.39%) Microsoft Project
3 17 (2.39%) MS Visio
4 15 (2.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.42%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.28%) Trello
Business Applications
1 17 (2.39%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (2.11%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.85%) Finacle
3 6 (0.85%) Salesforce CRM
4 5 (0.70%) Oracle ERP
5 4 (0.56%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 3 (0.42%) OpenText MBPM
6 3 (0.42%) Oracle BPM
6 3 (0.42%) Oracle Financials
6 3 (0.42%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.42%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.28%) Front Arena
7 2 (0.28%) Global One
7 2 (0.28%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.28%) Primavera
7 2 (0.28%) SAP CO
7 2 (0.28%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.28%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.28%) SAP FI/CO
7 2 (0.28%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 113 (15.92%) Azure
2 55 (7.75%) Microsoft 365
3 41 (5.77%) Entra ID
3 41 (5.77%) Power Platform
4 40 (5.63%) AWS
5 37 (5.21%) Azure DevOps
6 35 (4.93%) SaaS
7 25 (3.52%) Dynamics 365
8 24 (3.38%) Power Automate
9 19 (2.68%) GCP
10 16 (2.25%) PowerApps
11 12 (1.69%) OCI
12 11 (1.55%) GitHub
12 11 (1.55%) Smartsheet
13 10 (1.41%) Azure Data Factory
14 9 (1.27%) Azure AI
14 9 (1.27%) PaaS
15 8 (1.13%) Anthropic Claude
15 8 (1.13%) Asana
15 8 (1.13%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 23 (3.24%) Firewall
2 17 (2.39%) Network Security
3 16 (2.25%) WAN
4 14 (1.97%) DNS
5 12 (1.69%) LAN
5 12 (1.69%) SD-WAN
5 12 (1.69%) VPN
6 10 (1.41%) BGP
7 9 (1.27%) OSPF
8 8 (1.13%) DHCP
8 8 (1.13%) SSL
9 6 (0.85%) Cisco Nexus
9 6 (0.85%) Intranet
9 6 (0.85%) NetScaler
10 5 (0.70%) Cisco IOS
10 5 (0.70%) TCP/IP
11 4 (0.56%) HTTPS
12 3 (0.42%) Cisco ASA
12 3 (0.42%) FTP
12 3 (0.42%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (6.20%) SQL Server
2 25 (3.52%) Power BI
3 15 (2.11%) Metadata
4 9 (1.27%) Oracle Database
5 8 (1.13%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (1.13%) Pinecone
5 8 (1.13%) Relational Database
6 4 (0.56%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (0.56%) MySQL
6 4 (0.56%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 4 (0.56%) Oracle Reports
6 4 (0.56%) Tableau
7 3 (0.42%) MongoDB
7 3 (0.42%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.28%) Crystal Reports
8 2 (0.28%) Data Mart
8 2 (0.28%) KDB
8 2 (0.28%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 99 (13.94%) JIRA
2 18 (2.54%) Git
3 17 (2.39%) Jenkins
4 9 (1.27%) Visual Studio
5 8 (1.13%) MLflow
6 4 (0.56%) Maven
7 3 (0.42%) Artifactory
7 3 (0.42%) ScriptRunner
7 3 (0.42%) Snyk
7 3 (0.42%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.28%) Eclipse
8 2 (0.28%) git-flow
9 1 (0.14%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.14%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.14%) Hudson
9 1 (0.14%) Liquibase
9 1 (0.14%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.14%) Selenium
9 1 (0.14%) TestRail
9 1 (0.14%) Zephyr
General
1 277 (39.01%) Finance
2 273 (38.45%) Social Skills
3 99 (13.94%) Analytical Skills
4 81 (11.41%) Banking
5 48 (6.76%) Public Sector
6 43 (6.06%) Legal
7 39 (5.49%) Marketing
8 29 (4.08%) Retail
9 26 (3.66%) Influencing Skills
10 22 (3.10%) Documentation Skills
11 21 (2.96%) Presentation Skills
12 20 (2.82%) Law
13 18 (2.54%) Organisational Skills
14 17 (2.39%) Financial Institution
15 15 (2.11%) Investment Banking
16 12 (1.69%) Front Office
17 11 (1.55%) Aviation
17 11 (1.55%) Local Government
18 8 (1.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 8 (1.13%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 80 (11.27%) Change Manager
2 78 (10.99%) Project Manager
3 76 (10.70%) Lead
4 71 (10.00%) Analyst
5 47 (6.62%) Consultant
6 46 (6.48%) Senior
7 44 (6.20%) Business Analyst
8 40 (5.63%) Developer
9 28 (3.94%) Programme Manager
10 24 (3.38%) Support Engineer
11 23 (3.24%) Delivery Manager
12 21 (2.96%) Architect
12 21 (2.96%) Senior Manager
13 20 (2.82%) Business Manager
14 19 (2.68%) Administrator
14 19 (2.68%) IT Engineer
14 19 (2.68%) IT Support
14 19 (2.68%) IT Support Engineer
15 18 (2.54%) Business Change Manager
16 15 (2.11%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (4.79%) REST
2 29 (4.08%) .NET
3 21 (2.96%) .NET Framework
4 20 (2.82%) OAuth
5 14 (1.97%) Web Services
6 13 (1.83%) CSS
7 12 (1.69%) Middleware
8 11 (1.55%) React
8 11 (1.55%) RESTful
9 10 (1.41%) HTML
10 9 (1.27%) AngularJS
10 9 (1.27%) NumPy
10 9 (1.27%) Pandas
11 8 (1.13%) Django
11 8 (1.13%) Flask
11 8 (1.13%) OpenID
11 8 (1.13%) pytest
11 8 (1.13%) scikit-learn
11 8 (1.13%) Swagger
11 8 (1.13%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 30 (4.23%) Legacy Systems
1 30 (4.23%) Onboarding
2 24 (3.38%) Product Ownership
3 22 (3.10%) PMI
4 19 (2.68%) CMDB
4 19 (2.68%) Data Centre
4 19 (2.68%) Management Information System
5 14 (1.97%) Low-Code
6 13 (1.83%) Analytical Mindset
7 12 (1.69%) Data Structures
8 11 (1.55%) FMCG
9 10 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
10 9 (1.27%) PKI
11 8 (1.13%) Cloud Native
11 8 (1.13%) Security Posture
12 7 (0.99%) Public Cloud
13 6 (0.85%) Data Protection Act
13 6 (0.85%) Greenfield Project
13 6 (0.85%) Reference Data
13 6 (0.85%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 84 (11.83%) Windows
2 22 (3.10%) Windows Server
3 20 (2.82%) Linux
4 13 (1.83%) Unix
5 10 (1.41%) Windows 10
6 6 (0.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.85%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (0.70%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (0.56%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.42%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.14%) AIX
10 1 (0.14%) Android
10 1 (0.14%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 211 (29.72%) Stakeholder Management
2 169 (23.80%) Agile
3 163 (22.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 136 (19.15%) Continuous Improvement
5 118 (16.62%) Project Management
6 114 (16.06%) Problem-Solving
7 110 (15.49%) ITIL
8 104 (14.65%) Migration
9 101 (14.23%) DevOps
10 88 (12.39%) Roadmaps
11 85 (11.97%) Decision-Making
12 79 (11.13%) Project Delivery
13 77 (10.85%) AI
14 65 (9.15%) CI/CD
15 63 (8.87%) User Acceptance Testing
16 59 (8.31%) Risk Management
17 58 (8.17%) Analytics
18 56 (7.89%) Workshop Facilitation
19 54 (7.61%) PRINCE2
20 52 (7.32%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 100 (14.08%) SQL
2 45 (6.34%) Python
3 43 (6.06%) C#
4 34 (4.79%) PL/SQL
5 26 (3.66%) PowerShell
6 24 (3.38%) T-SQL
7 23 (3.24%) JavaScript
8 19 (2.68%) Java
9 7 (0.99%) Korn
10 6 (0.85%) Bash
11 5 (0.70%) Groovy
11 5 (0.70%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.42%) TypeScript
13 2 (0.28%) C
13 2 (0.28%) C++
13 2 (0.28%) Perl
14 1 (0.14%) ABAP
14 1 (0.14%) Bicep
14 1 (0.14%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 83 (11.69%) Degree
2 80 (11.27%) Security Cleared
3 54 (7.61%) SC Cleared
4 49 (6.90%) PMI Certification
5 47 (6.62%) PMP
6 27 (3.80%) CISSP
7 20 (2.82%) CISM
8 18 (2.54%) Cisco Certification
9 16 (2.25%) APMG
10 14 (1.97%) DV Cleared
10 14 (1.97%) ITIL Certification
11 12 (1.69%) Master's Degree
12 11 (1.55%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 10 (1.41%) Computer Science Degree
14 9 (1.27%) Azure Certification
15 8 (1.13%) CISA
16 7 (0.99%) CRISC
16 7 (0.99%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
17 6 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
17 6 (0.85%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (8.45%) QA
2 45 (6.34%) PMO
3 39 (5.49%) Data Quality
4 31 (4.37%) SLA
5 28 (3.94%) GDPR
6 22 (3.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 14 (1.97%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 11 (1.55%) NIST
9 10 (1.41%) PCI DSS
10 8 (1.13%) ITGC
11 7 (0.99%) COBIT
11 7 (0.99%) GRC
12 6 (0.85%) IFRS
13 5 (0.70%) IFRS 17
14 4 (0.56%) Government Security Classifications
15 3 (0.42%) Accessibility
15 3 (0.42%) HIPAA
15 3 (0.42%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 3 (0.42%) Solvency II
16 2 (0.28%) SOC 2
System Software
1 47 (6.62%) Active Directory
2 16 (2.25%) Docker
3 10 (1.41%) Hyper-V
3 10 (1.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.13%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.56%) XenApp
5 4 (0.56%) XenDesktop
6 2 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.14%) Sendmail
7 1 (0.14%) Squid
7 1 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 25 (3.52%) Terraform
2 22 (3.10%) Kubernetes
3 15 (2.11%) Ansible
4 12 (1.69%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (1.41%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (0.99%) SCCM
7 6 (0.85%) CASB
8 5 (0.70%) ITRS Geneos
9 4 (0.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.56%) CA Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.56%) FortiGate
9 4 (0.56%) PingFederate
9 4 (0.56%) SCVMM
9 4 (0.56%) vRealize
10 3 (0.42%) Cisco Prime
10 3 (0.42%) Grafana
10 3 (0.42%) Prometheus
10 3 (0.42%) Puppet
11 2 (0.28%) Control-M
11 2 (0.28%) SCOM
Vendors
1 122 (17.18%) Microsoft
2 91 (12.82%) ServiceNow
3 73 (10.28%) Oracle
4 41 (5.77%) Salesforce
4 41 (5.77%) SAP
5 28 (3.94%) Citrix
6 22 (3.10%) VMware
7 16 (2.25%) Workday
8 15 (2.11%) Cisco
8 15 (2.11%) Google
9 12 (1.69%) OpenAI
9 12 (1.69%) Zscaler
10 8 (1.13%) Automation Anywhere
10 8 (1.13%) Splunk
10 8 (1.13%) UiPath
11 7 (0.99%) Juniper
11 7 (0.99%) Palo Alto
12 6 (0.85%) Avaloq
12 6 (0.85%) GoldenSource
12 6 (0.85%) Temenos