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

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 58 42
Rank change year-on-year -4 -16 +3
Contract jobs citing Change Management 707 516 799
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.07% 4.06% 4.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.57% 4.42% 5.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 447 324 500
10th Percentile £400 £356 £362
25th Percentile £415 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £641 £673
90th Percentile £726 £749 £769
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 £36.70 - £36.81
25th Percentile £39.25 - £43.17
Median hourly rate £58.92 £28.60 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +106.01% -50.26% +29.94%
75th Percentile £95.00 £61.80 £65.38
90th Percentile £98.00 £81.72 £67.85
England median hourly rate £45.46 £57.50 £38.50
% change year-on-year -20.94% +49.35% -20.45%

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 15,459 11,674 15,822
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.02% 91.93% 88.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,346 7,928 11,348
10th Percentile £353 £350 £338
25th Percentile £428 £440 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £684 £675
90th Percentile £756 £800 £799
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 258 166 336
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.30 £15.97
25th Percentile £25.15 £23.64 £19.98
Median hourly rate £35.50 £34.58 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.68% +15.25% -22.83%
75th Percentile £56.99 £50.69 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.65 £63.50 £66.88
England median hourly rate £41.86 £31.64 £34.21
% change year-on-year +32.29% -7.51% -6.66%

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 18 April 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 18 April 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 18 April 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 79 £500 -4.76% 51
South London -1 23 £500 -16.67% 9
West London -15 19 £463 +44.53% 13
East London 0 6 £649 +29.75% 3
North London +3 2 £575 +30.68% 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 (6.22%) Confluence
2 39 (5.52%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.98%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (1.13%) Appian
5 5 (0.71%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 5 (0.71%) HCL Notes
6 4 (0.57%) IIS
7 2 (0.28%) CMS
7 2 (0.28%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.14%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.14%) Oracle Spatial
8 1 (0.14%) Tomcat
Applications
1 26 (3.68%) Microsoft Project
2 25 (3.54%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (3.25%) Microsoft Excel
4 22 (3.11%) MS Visio
5 18 (2.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.42%) Trello
7 2 (0.28%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 21 (2.97%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (1.98%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.99%) Salesforce CRM
4 6 (0.85%) Finacle
5 5 (0.71%) SAP CO
5 5 (0.71%) SAP FI
5 5 (0.71%) SAP FI/CO
6 4 (0.57%) Oracle ERP
6 4 (0.57%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (0.57%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 3 (0.42%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.42%) Oracle Financials
7 3 (0.42%) SAP ERP
7 3 (0.42%) Workday HCM
8 2 (0.28%) Aladdin
8 2 (0.28%) Front Arena
8 2 (0.28%) Global One
8 2 (0.28%) Oracle Receivables
8 2 (0.28%) Primavera
8 2 (0.28%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 118 (16.69%) Azure
2 57 (8.06%) Microsoft 365
3 48 (6.79%) Azure DevOps
4 41 (5.80%) Power Platform
5 37 (5.23%) SaaS
6 36 (5.09%) AWS
7 35 (4.95%) Entra ID
8 25 (3.54%) Power Automate
9 23 (3.25%) Dynamics 365
10 17 (2.40%) GCP
11 16 (2.26%) PaaS
12 15 (2.12%) PowerApps
13 12 (1.70%) Azure Data Factory
13 12 (1.70%) IaaS
13 12 (1.70%) OCI
14 11 (1.56%) GitHub
15 10 (1.41%) Smartsheet
16 9 (1.27%) Azure AI
17 8 (1.13%) Anthropic Claude
17 8 (1.13%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 31 (4.38%) Firewall
2 25 (3.54%) Network Security
3 22 (3.11%) WAN
4 18 (2.55%) SD-WAN
4 18 (2.55%) VPN
5 17 (2.40%) LAN
6 14 (1.98%) DNS
7 13 (1.84%) BGP
8 12 (1.70%) OSPF
9 9 (1.27%) DHCP
9 9 (1.27%) NetScaler
10 8 (1.13%) Cisco IOS
10 8 (1.13%) SSL
11 7 (0.99%) Wi-Fi
12 6 (0.85%) Cisco ASA
12 6 (0.85%) Cisco Nexus
12 6 (0.85%) Intranet
12 6 (0.85%) NX-OS
13 3 (0.42%) MPLS
13 3 (0.42%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (6.08%) SQL Server
2 26 (3.68%) Power BI
3 11 (1.56%) Metadata
3 11 (1.56%) Tableau
4 9 (1.27%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (1.13%) Pinecone
6 7 (0.99%) Oracle Database
6 7 (0.99%) PostgreSQL
7 6 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
7 6 (0.85%) Relational Database
8 4 (0.57%) MySQL
8 4 (0.57%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 3 (0.42%) Metadata Repository
9 3 (0.42%) Oracle ODI
10 2 (0.28%) Amazon Aurora
10 2 (0.28%) Crystal Reports
10 2 (0.28%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.28%) Electronic Patient Records
10 2 (0.28%) Redis
10 2 (0.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 97 (13.72%) JIRA
2 18 (2.55%) Git
3 15 (2.12%) Jenkins
4 11 (1.56%) Visual Studio
5 8 (1.13%) MLflow
6 4 (0.57%) Liquibase
6 4 (0.57%) Maven
6 4 (0.57%) SonarQube
7 3 (0.42%) Artifactory
7 3 (0.42%) JUnit
7 3 (0.42%) Oracle APEX
7 3 (0.42%) ScriptRunner
7 3 (0.42%) Snyk
8 2 (0.28%) git-flow
8 2 (0.28%) Mockito
9 1 (0.14%) Ant
9 1 (0.14%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.14%) Hudson
9 1 (0.14%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.14%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 287 (40.59%) Social Skills
2 282 (39.89%) Finance
3 116 (16.41%) Analytical Skills
4 80 (11.32%) Banking
5 46 (6.51%) Public Sector
6 38 (5.37%) Marketing
7 36 (5.09%) Legal
8 33 (4.67%) Influencing Skills
9 27 (3.82%) Documentation Skills
9 27 (3.82%) Presentation Skills
10 26 (3.68%) Retail
11 20 (2.83%) Law
12 19 (2.69%) Investment Banking
13 17 (2.40%) Financial Institution
14 12 (1.70%) Organisational Skills
15 11 (1.56%) Telecoms
16 9 (1.27%) Aviation
16 9 (1.27%) Front Office
17 8 (1.13%) Manufacturing
17 8 (1.13%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 93 (13.15%) Change Manager
2 78 (11.03%) Analyst
3 73 (10.33%) Project Manager
4 71 (10.04%) Lead
5 50 (7.07%) Business Analyst
6 47 (6.65%) Senior
7 44 (6.22%) Consultant
7 44 (6.22%) Developer
8 27 (3.82%) Architect
9 25 (3.54%) Programme Manager
10 23 (3.25%) Business Manager
10 23 (3.25%) Support Engineer
11 20 (2.83%) C# Developer
12 19 (2.69%) Business Change Manager
12 19 (2.69%) IT Engineer
12 19 (2.69%) IT Support
12 19 (2.69%) IT Support Engineer
13 18 (2.55%) Delivery Manager
13 18 (2.55%) Senior Manager
14 17 (2.40%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (4.38%) .NET
2 28 (3.96%) REST
3 23 (3.25%) .NET Framework
4 19 (2.69%) OAuth
5 14 (1.98%) Web Services
6 11 (1.56%) CSS
6 11 (1.56%) RESTful
7 10 (1.41%) OpenID
7 10 (1.41%) SAML
8 9 (1.27%) Middleware
8 9 (1.27%) NumPy
8 9 (1.27%) Pandas
8 9 (1.27%) pytest
8 9 (1.27%) React
9 8 (1.13%) Django
9 8 (1.13%) Flask
9 8 (1.13%) HTML
9 8 (1.13%) scikit-learn
9 8 (1.13%) Swagger
9 8 (1.13%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 30 (4.24%) Onboarding
2 26 (3.68%) CMDB
2 26 (3.68%) PMI
2 26 (3.68%) Product Ownership
3 24 (3.39%) Legacy Systems
4 22 (3.11%) Management Information System
5 16 (2.26%) Analytical Mindset
6 15 (2.12%) Data Centre
7 13 (1.84%) Data Structures
7 13 (1.84%) Low-Code
8 12 (1.70%) PKI
9 11 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
9 11 (1.56%) Virtual Team
10 8 (1.13%) FMCG
11 7 (0.99%) Cloud Native
12 6 (0.85%) Cyber Threat
12 6 (0.85%) Greenfield Project
12 6 (0.85%) Public Cloud
12 6 (0.85%) Reference Data
13 5 (0.71%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 77 (10.89%) Windows
2 19 (2.69%) Windows Server
3 14 (1.98%) Linux
4 13 (1.84%) Windows 10
5 11 (1.56%) Unix
6 6 (0.85%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (0.85%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.42%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.42%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.28%) Android
8 2 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.14%) AIX
9 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 218 (30.83%) Stakeholder Management
2 174 (24.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 165 (23.34%) Agile
4 123 (17.40%) Continuous Improvement
5 117 (16.55%) Problem-Solving
6 113 (15.98%) Project Management
7 110 (15.56%) ITIL
8 103 (14.57%) DevOps
9 93 (13.15%) Migration
10 86 (12.16%) Decision-Making
10 86 (12.16%) Roadmaps
11 79 (11.17%) Project Delivery
12 69 (9.76%) AI
13 66 (9.34%) CI/CD
14 61 (8.63%) User Acceptance Testing
15 60 (8.49%) Workshop Facilitation
16 56 (7.92%) Risk Management
17 53 (7.50%) ERP
18 51 (7.21%) Analytics
18 51 (7.21%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 102 (14.43%) SQL
2 47 (6.65%) C#
3 38 (5.37%) Python
4 31 (4.38%) PL/SQL
5 24 (3.39%) PowerShell
5 24 (3.39%) T-SQL
6 19 (2.69%) Java
7 18 (2.55%) JavaScript
8 8 (1.13%) Korn
9 6 (0.85%) Groovy
10 5 (0.71%) Bash
10 5 (0.71%) Perl
11 4 (0.57%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.42%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.14%) ABAP
13 1 (0.14%) C
13 1 (0.14%) C++
13 1 (0.14%) R
13 1 (0.14%) SOQL
13 1 (0.14%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 100 (14.14%) Degree
2 78 (11.03%) Security Cleared
3 53 (7.50%) SC Cleared
4 50 (7.07%) PMI Certification
5 42 (5.94%) PMP
6 23 (3.25%) CISSP
7 20 (2.83%) Cisco Certification
8 16 (2.26%) CISM
8 16 (2.26%) ITIL Certification
8 16 (2.26%) Master's Degree
9 15 (2.12%) APMG
10 14 (1.98%) DV Cleared
11 11 (1.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 10 (1.41%) Computer Science Degree
13 9 (1.27%) Azure Certification
13 9 (1.27%) CCNP
13 9 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
14 7 (0.99%) CISA
14 7 (0.99%) Citrix Certification
14 7 (0.99%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (8.20%) QA
2 43 (6.08%) PMO
3 41 (5.80%) Data Quality
4 31 (4.38%) SLA
5 27 (3.82%) GDPR
6 24 (3.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 13 (1.84%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 11 (1.56%) NIST
9 8 (1.13%) IFRS
10 7 (0.99%) COBIT
10 7 (0.99%) IFRS 17
10 7 (0.99%) ITGC
11 6 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials
11 6 (0.85%) PCI DSS
12 4 (0.57%) Government Security Classifications
13 3 (0.42%) Accessibility
13 3 (0.42%) GRC
13 3 (0.42%) Solvency II
14 2 (0.28%) Basel III
14 2 (0.28%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 44 (6.22%) Active Directory
2 15 (2.12%) Docker
3 8 (1.13%) Hyper-V
3 8 (1.13%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (0.71%) XenApp
5 5 (0.71%) XenDesktop
6 4 (0.57%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.28%) ProxySG
7 2 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.14%) Sendmail
8 1 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 22 (3.11%) Kubernetes
2 21 (2.97%) Terraform
3 13 (1.84%) Microsoft Intune
4 11 (1.56%) Ansible
5 8 (1.13%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (0.99%) FortiGate
6 7 (0.99%) SCCM
7 6 (0.85%) CASB
8 5 (0.71%) SCVMM
9 4 (0.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.57%) CA Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.57%) PingFederate
10 3 (0.42%) Cisco Prime
10 3 (0.42%) Grafana
10 3 (0.42%) ITRS Geneos
10 3 (0.42%) Prometheus
11 2 (0.28%) Control-M
11 2 (0.28%) Puppet
11 2 (0.28%) SCOM
11 2 (0.28%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 125 (17.68%) Microsoft
2 98 (13.86%) ServiceNow
3 71 (10.04%) Oracle
4 49 (6.93%) SAP
5 40 (5.66%) Salesforce
6 31 (4.38%) Citrix
7 23 (3.25%) Cisco
8 20 (2.83%) Workday
9 16 (2.26%) VMware
10 12 (1.70%) OpenAI
11 11 (1.56%) Google
12 9 (1.27%) F5
12 9 (1.27%) Fortinet
12 9 (1.27%) Zscaler
13 8 (1.13%) Automation Anywhere
13 8 (1.13%) Juniper
13 8 (1.13%) Palo Alto
13 8 (1.13%) UiPath
14 7 (0.99%) Meraki
15 6 (0.85%) Avaloq