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

6 months to
19 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 59 58
Rank change year-on-year +1 -1 -19
Contract jobs citing Change Management 805 582 663
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.04% 4.27% 3.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.54% 4.63% 4.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 478 363 418
10th Percentile £400 £348 £363
25th Percentile £425 £413 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £738 £755 £771
England median daily rate £525 £500 £515
% change year-on-year +5.00% -2.82% -6.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 4
10th Percentile £30.28 - £32.38
25th Percentile £47.38 - £32.51
Median hourly rate £56.25 £28.60 £49.27
Median % change year-on-year +96.68% -41.95% -10.43%
75th Percentile £67.94 £34.30 £66.88
90th Percentile £96.50 £37.72 £68.45
England median hourly rate £39.75 £31.91 £52.50
% change year-on-year +24.59% -39.23% +8.47%

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 17,717 12,562 15,229
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.96% 92.12% 88.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,741 8,411 10,825
10th Percentile £363 £331 £350
25th Percentile £449 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £676
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 275 238 258
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.25
25th Percentile £21.75 £24.66 £20.98
Median hourly rate £36.00 £31.25 £33.29
Median % change year-on-year +15.20% -6.11% -21.22%
75th Percentile £57.50 £49.94 £50.63
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.40 £70.03
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.50
% change year-on-year +86.88% -34.68% -9.41%

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 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 19 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 19 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 -19 79 £550 -2.22% 24
West London 0 24 £556 +17.11% 12
South London -6 20 £525 -9.17% 6
East London +4 8 £750 +19.05% 7
North London +1 3 £450 +2.27%
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 46 (5.71%) SharePoint
2 37 (4.60%) Confluence
3 15 (1.86%) Microsoft Exchange
4 14 (1.74%) IIS
5 10 (1.24%) Appian
6 7 (0.87%) Oracle Workflow
7 6 (0.75%) CMS
8 5 (0.62%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 5 (0.62%) Camunda
9 4 (0.50%) WebSphere
10 3 (0.37%) Kentico
11 1 (0.12%) Apache Airflow
11 1 (0.12%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.12%) MTS
11 1 (0.12%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.12%) Oracle Spatial
11 1 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 18 (2.24%) Microsoft Project
2 15 (1.86%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (1.74%) Microsoft Excel
4 11 (1.37%) MS Visio
5 8 (0.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.37%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.25%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.12%) InDesign
8 1 (0.12%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 28 (3.48%) SAP S/4HANA
2 21 (2.61%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.75%) OpenText MBPM
3 6 (0.75%) Oracle BPM
3 6 (0.75%) Oracle ERP
4 5 (0.62%) Salesforce CRM
4 5 (0.62%) SAP PM
5 4 (0.50%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 4 (0.50%) SAP CO
5 4 (0.50%) SAP FI
5 4 (0.50%) SAP FI/CO
5 4 (0.50%) SAP QM
6 3 (0.37%) Finacle
6 3 (0.37%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.37%) Oracle Financials
6 3 (0.37%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.37%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.25%) OpenText VIM for SAP
7 2 (0.25%) SAP HR
7 2 (0.25%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 136 (16.89%) Azure
2 61 (7.58%) Microsoft 365
3 57 (7.08%) Entra ID
4 51 (6.34%) AWS
5 47 (5.84%) Power Platform
6 46 (5.71%) SaaS
7 41 (5.09%) Azure DevOps
8 25 (3.11%) Dynamics 365
9 19 (2.36%) Power Automate
10 18 (2.24%) GCP
11 17 (2.11%) OCI
12 14 (1.74%) Microsoft Copilot
13 13 (1.61%) Google Workspace
13 13 (1.61%) Smartsheet
14 12 (1.49%) GitHub
14 12 (1.49%) PowerApps
15 11 (1.37%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 10 (1.24%) PaaS
17 9 (1.12%) Google Drive
17 9 (1.12%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 37 (4.60%) Firewall
2 21 (2.61%) Network Security
3 18 (2.24%) DNS
4 17 (2.11%) WAN
5 12 (1.49%) LAN
5 12 (1.49%) TCP/IP
5 12 (1.49%) VPN
6 10 (1.24%) DHCP
7 8 (0.99%) BGP
7 8 (0.99%) SSL
8 7 (0.87%) Cisco ASA
8 7 (0.87%) Cisco Firepower
8 7 (0.87%) HTTPS
8 7 (0.87%) OSPF
8 7 (0.87%) SD-WAN
9 5 (0.62%) Cisco IOS
9 5 (0.62%) Cisco Nexus
10 4 (0.50%) Internet
10 4 (0.50%) SNMP
10 4 (0.50%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (4.72%) SQL Server
2 32 (3.98%) Power BI
3 22 (2.73%) Metadata
4 14 (1.74%) Oracle Database
5 7 (0.87%) Oracle Reports
6 6 (0.75%) Relational Database
7 5 (0.62%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 4 (0.50%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (0.50%) Data Lake
8 4 (0.50%) Data Mart
8 4 (0.50%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (0.50%) MongoDB
8 4 (0.50%) MySQL
8 4 (0.50%) NoSQL
8 4 (0.50%) Pinecone
8 4 (0.50%) Tableau
9 3 (0.37%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.37%) Semantic Layer
9 3 (0.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (0.37%) Stardog
Development Applications
1 103 (12.80%) JIRA
2 26 (3.23%) Git
3 22 (2.73%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.62%) Visual Studio
5 4 (0.50%) Artifactory
5 4 (0.50%) Eclipse
5 4 (0.50%) Maven
5 4 (0.50%) MLflow
6 3 (0.37%) ScriptRunner
6 3 (0.37%) Snyk
6 3 (0.37%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.25%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.25%) Selenium
7 2 (0.25%) Zephyr
8 1 (0.12%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.12%) GitLab
8 1 (0.12%) Hudson
8 1 (0.12%) Liquibase
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.12%) SpecFlow
General
1 311 (38.63%) Finance
2 301 (37.39%) Social Skills
3 118 (14.66%) Analytical Skills
4 91 (11.30%) Banking
5 64 (7.95%) Public Sector
6 47 (5.84%) Legal
7 42 (5.22%) Marketing
8 38 (4.72%) Retail
9 32 (3.98%) Influencing Skills
10 30 (3.73%) Organisational Skills
11 28 (3.48%) Presentation Skills
12 25 (3.11%) Documentation Skills
13 23 (2.86%) Law
14 19 (2.36%) Financial Institution
15 18 (2.24%) Telecoms
16 16 (1.99%) Local Government
17 15 (1.86%) Manufacturing
18 14 (1.74%) Aviation
18 14 (1.74%) Front Office
19 12 (1.49%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 103 (12.80%) Project Manager
2 95 (11.80%) Analyst
3 82 (10.19%) Lead
4 75 (9.32%) Change Manager
5 64 (7.95%) Consultant
6 52 (6.46%) Business Analyst
7 51 (6.34%) Senior
8 34 (4.22%) Developer
9 28 (3.48%) Programme Manager
10 26 (3.23%) Support Engineer
11 25 (3.11%) Delivery Manager
12 24 (2.98%) Senior Manager
13 23 (2.86%) Business Manager
14 22 (2.73%) Business Change Manager
15 20 (2.48%) Technical Manager
16 19 (2.36%) Applications Support
16 19 (2.36%) IT Engineer
16 19 (2.36%) IT Support
16 19 (2.36%) IT Support Engineer
17 17 (2.11%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (4.60%) REST
2 29 (3.60%) .NET
3 18 (2.24%) .NET Framework
4 15 (1.86%) Web Services
5 14 (1.74%) CSS
5 14 (1.74%) OAuth
6 13 (1.61%) Middleware
6 13 (1.61%) Oracle Fusion
7 10 (1.24%) HTML
7 10 (1.24%) React
7 10 (1.24%) RESTful
7 10 (1.24%) SOAP
8 9 (1.12%) AngularJS
8 9 (1.12%) Spring
9 8 (0.99%) J2EE
9 8 (0.99%) SPFx
10 7 (0.87%) JSON
10 7 (0.87%) Microsoft Graph
11 6 (0.75%) jQuery
11 6 (0.75%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 51 (6.34%) Onboarding
2 29 (3.60%) Legacy Systems
3 27 (3.35%) Data Centre
4 25 (3.11%) Product Ownership
5 24 (2.98%) PMI
6 20 (2.48%) Management Information System
7 19 (2.36%) CMDB
8 16 (1.99%) Self-Motivation
9 14 (1.74%) Cloud Native
9 14 (1.74%) FMCG
10 11 (1.37%) Public Cloud
10 11 (1.37%) Security Posture
11 10 (1.24%) Low-Code
11 10 (1.24%) Operational Technology
12 9 (1.12%) Analytical Mindset
13 8 (0.99%) Data Structures
13 8 (0.99%) Enterprise Software
13 8 (0.99%) Virtual Team
14 7 (0.87%) AI Agents
14 7 (0.87%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 84 (10.43%) Windows
2 26 (3.23%) Windows Server
3 25 (3.11%) Linux
4 13 (1.61%) Unix
5 10 (1.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (0.99%) Windows 10
7 5 (0.62%) Mac OS
7 5 (0.62%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (0.50%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.37%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.25%) AIX
10 2 (0.25%) Android
10 2 (0.25%) Oracle Linux
10 2 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.12%) HPUX
11 1 (0.12%) Solaris
11 1 (0.12%) SUSE
11 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 270 (33.54%) Stakeholder Management
2 202 (25.09%) Agile
3 194 (24.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 165 (20.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 130 (16.15%) Migration
6 128 (15.90%) Problem-Solving
7 127 (15.78%) ITIL
8 125 (15.53%) Project Management
9 123 (15.28%) DevOps
10 112 (13.91%) Project Delivery
11 107 (13.29%) Decision-Making
11 107 (13.29%) Roadmaps
12 100 (12.42%) AI
13 78 (9.69%) User Acceptance Testing
14 74 (9.19%) PRINCE2
15 72 (8.94%) Analytics
16 71 (8.82%) CI/CD
17 63 (7.83%) ITSM
18 61 (7.58%) Risk Management
18 61 (7.58%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 89 (11.06%) SQL
2 47 (5.84%) Python
3 42 (5.22%) C#
4 33 (4.10%) PL/SQL
4 33 (4.10%) PowerShell
5 26 (3.23%) JavaScript
6 23 (2.86%) T-SQL
7 22 (2.73%) Java
8 9 (1.12%) Bash
8 9 (1.12%) Korn
9 7 (0.87%) Groovy
10 4 (0.50%) Bicep
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
11 2 (0.25%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.12%) C
12 1 (0.12%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 83 (10.31%) Degree
2 82 (10.19%) Security Cleared
3 67 (8.32%) PMI Certification
4 64 (7.95%) PMP
5 63 (7.83%) SC Cleared
6 27 (3.35%) CISSP
7 22 (2.73%) Cisco Certification
8 19 (2.36%) CISM
9 13 (1.61%) APMG
9 13 (1.61%) Computer Science Degree
10 11 (1.37%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 10 (1.24%) CCNP
11 10 (1.24%) DV Cleared
11 10 (1.24%) ITIL Certification
12 8 (0.99%) Azure Certification
13 7 (0.87%) Master's Degree
14 6 (0.75%) CISA
14 6 (0.75%) Microsoft Certification
14 6 (0.75%) SSCP
15 5 (0.62%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (7.33%) QA
2 51 (6.34%) PMO
3 39 (4.84%) SLA
4 34 (4.22%) Data Quality
5 26 (3.23%) GDPR
6 21 (2.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 14 (1.74%) GRC
7 14 (1.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 10 (1.24%) PCI DSS
9 8 (0.99%) ITGC
9 8 (0.99%) NIST
10 6 (0.75%) Accessibility
11 5 (0.62%) COBIT
11 5 (0.62%) HIPAA
12 4 (0.50%) Government Security Classifications
12 4 (0.50%) SOC 2
13 3 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
13 3 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 3 (0.37%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 3 (0.37%) IFRS
System Software
1 57 (7.08%) Active Directory
2 12 (1.49%) Docker
3 11 (1.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (1.12%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (0.75%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.25%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.12%) Sendmail
9 1 (0.12%) Squid
9 1 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.12%) vSphere
9 1 (0.12%) XenApp
9 1 (0.12%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 33 (4.10%) Terraform
2 20 (2.48%) Ansible
3 17 (2.11%) Kubernetes
4 15 (1.86%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (1.24%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (0.75%) CASB
6 6 (0.75%) ITRS Geneos
6 6 (0.75%) SCCM
7 5 (0.62%) vRealize
7 5 (0.62%) ZABBIX
8 4 (0.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (0.50%) CA Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.50%) FortiGate
8 4 (0.50%) Grafana
8 4 (0.50%) PingFederate
9 3 (0.37%) Packer
9 3 (0.37%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.37%) Puppet
9 3 (0.37%) vCenter Server
10 2 (0.25%) SCOM
Vendors
1 135 (16.77%) Microsoft
2 101 (12.55%) ServiceNow
3 82 (10.19%) Oracle
4 52 (6.46%) SAP
5 49 (6.09%) Salesforce
6 23 (2.86%) VMware
7 22 (2.73%) Citrix
8 21 (2.61%) Google
9 19 (2.36%) Cisco
10 15 (1.86%) Zscaler
11 14 (1.74%) Splunk
12 12 (1.49%) Workday
13 8 (0.99%) Apple
13 8 (0.99%) Databricks
13 8 (0.99%) IBM
13 8 (0.99%) Red Hat
14 7 (0.87%) Dynatrace
14 7 (0.87%) OpenAI
15 6 (0.75%) Juniper
15 6 (0.75%) OpenText