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 28 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 61 50 37
Rank change year-on-year -11 -13 +13
Contract jobs citing Change Management 589 613 954
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.11% 4.14% 5.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.50% 4.59% 5.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 376 340 588
10th Percentile £375 £375 £386
25th Percentile £425 £468 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £565
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -2.65% +2.73%
75th Percentile £632 £675 £675
90th Percentile £725 £750 £775
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +2.33%
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 £41.18 £54.00 £43.33
% change year-on-year -23.75% +24.62% +62.77%

All Process and 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 13,097 13,344 16,454
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.33% 90.12% 89.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,632 8,554 11,793
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% -4.66%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £680
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 229 165 243
10th Percentile £18.25 £18.16 £17.80
25th Percentile £24.77 £23.80 £20.01
Median hourly rate £31.49 £36.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.73% +12.31% -16.13%
75th Percentile £53.13 £55.25 £58.75
90th Percentile £67.91 £80.75 £73.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +25.64%

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 28 December 2025.

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 28 December 2025.

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 28 December 2025. 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 +7 83 £479 -12.95% 112
South London +16 24 £425 -32.00% 13
West London -8 14 £463 +110.23% 14
East London +4 7 £630 +48.24% 9
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 47 (7.98%) Confluence
2 40 (6.79%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.70%) nginx
4 9 (1.53%) HCL Notes
5 7 (1.19%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (1.02%) Mattermost
6 6 (1.02%) Skype for Business
7 4 (0.68%) 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 39 (6.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 29 (4.92%) Microsoft Project
3 24 (4.07%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (4.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 23 (3.90%) MS Visio
5 10 (1.70%) Mozilla Thunderbird
6 4 (0.68%) 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 28 (4.75%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.36%) Salesforce CRM
3 7 (1.19%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.85%) Remedy ITSM
5 4 (0.68%) SAP ERP
6 3 (0.51%) Elite 3E
6 3 (0.51%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.51%) Oracle EBS R12
6 3 (0.51%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.51%) SAP CO
6 3 (0.51%) SAP FI
6 3 (0.51%) SAP FI/CO
6 3 (0.51%) SAP IBP
6 3 (0.51%) VisionPLUS
7 2 (0.34%) Maximo
7 2 (0.34%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.34%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.34%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.34%) SAP APO
7 2 (0.34%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 69 (11.71%) Azure
2 55 (9.34%) Microsoft 365
3 46 (7.81%) Power Platform
4 39 (6.62%) AWS
5 22 (3.74%) SaaS
6 21 (3.57%) Azure DevOps
7 16 (2.72%) Amazon S3
7 16 (2.72%) Power Automate
8 15 (2.55%) Dynamics 365
9 12 (2.04%) Entra ID
9 12 (2.04%) PaaS
9 12 (2.04%) PowerApps
10 11 (1.87%) Amazon EC2
10 11 (1.87%) GitHub
10 11 (1.87%) Microsoft Copilot
10 11 (1.87%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 10 (1.70%) Amazon ECS
11 10 (1.70%) Amazon ELB
11 10 (1.70%) AWS KMS
11 10 (1.70%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 44 (7.47%) Firewall
2 27 (4.58%) Network Security
3 19 (3.23%) DNS
4 16 (2.72%) WAN
5 14 (2.38%) VPN
6 13 (2.21%) HTTP
6 13 (2.21%) LAN
7 12 (2.04%) SMTP
7 12 (2.04%) SSH
8 10 (1.70%) FTP
8 10 (1.70%) IMAP
8 10 (1.70%) OpenLDAP
8 10 (1.70%) SD-WAN
9 9 (1.53%) BGP
10 8 (1.36%) OSPF
11 7 (1.19%) Wi-Fi
12 6 (1.02%) Cisco ASA
12 6 (1.02%) Skype
12 6 (1.02%) Unified Communications
13 5 (0.85%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (6.28%) Power BI
2 22 (3.74%) PostgreSQL
3 21 (3.57%) SQL Server
4 18 (3.06%) Tableau
5 17 (2.89%) Amazon Aurora
5 17 (2.89%) Amazon RDS
6 8 (1.36%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (1.36%) Metadata
7 7 (1.19%) Oracle Database
8 5 (0.85%) Relational Database
9 4 (0.68%) Redis
10 3 (0.51%) DynamoDB
10 3 (0.51%) Metadata Repository
10 3 (0.51%) NoSQL
10 3 (0.51%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 3 (0.51%) Oracle ODI
11 2 (0.34%) Amazon Redshift
11 2 (0.34%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.34%) MongoDB
11 2 (0.34%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 67 (11.38%) JIRA
2 23 (3.90%) Jenkins
3 20 (3.40%) Git
4 10 (1.70%) Vagrant
5 6 (1.02%) Visual Studio
6 4 (0.68%) 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
1 270 (45.84%) Social Skills
2 243 (41.26%) Finance
3 105 (17.83%) Analytical Skills
4 60 (10.19%) Banking
5 44 (7.47%) Public Sector
6 28 (4.75%) Presentation Skills
7 24 (4.07%) Influencing Skills
8 22 (3.74%) Legal
9 21 (3.57%) Documentation Skills
10 18 (3.06%) Retail
11 17 (2.89%) Marketing
12 16 (2.72%) Investment Banking
13 15 (2.55%) Manufacturing
14 14 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
15 13 (2.21%) Law
16 12 (2.04%) Local Government
16 12 (2.04%) Pharmaceutical
16 12 (2.04%) Telecoms
17 11 (1.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 10 (1.70%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 91 (15.45%) Analyst
2 74 (12.56%) Project Manager
3 68 (11.54%) Change Manager
4 62 (10.53%) Business Analyst
5 55 (9.34%) Lead
6 36 (6.11%) Developer
7 32 (5.43%) Senior
8 30 (5.09%) Consultant
9 26 (4.41%) Architect
10 19 (3.23%) Business Manager
10 19 (3.23%) Programme Manager
11 16 (2.72%) AWS Engineer
12 15 (2.55%) Business Change Manager
12 15 (2.55%) DevOps Engineer
12 15 (2.55%) IT Manager
12 15 (2.55%) Senior Manager
13 14 (2.38%) Transformation Manager
14 12 (2.04%) AWS DevOps
15 10 (1.70%) AWS Platform Engineer
15 10 (1.70%) Cloud Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.72%) .NET
2 12 (2.04%) LDAP
3 11 (1.87%) REST
4 9 (1.53%) .NET Framework
5 8 (1.36%) HTML
5 8 (1.36%) Oracle Fusion
6 7 (1.19%) Kafka
6 7 (1.19%) SAML
7 6 (1.02%) OAuth
8 5 (0.85%) Node.js
8 5 (0.85%) OpenID
8 5 (0.85%) RESTful
8 5 (0.85%) SOAP
9 4 (0.68%) CSS
9 4 (0.68%) Elastic Stack
9 4 (0.68%) HTML5 Canvas
9 4 (0.68%) Keycloak
9 4 (0.68%) YAML
10 3 (0.51%) Pandas
10 3 (0.51%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 27 (4.58%) Product Ownership
2 26 (4.41%) Management Information System
3 23 (3.90%) Onboarding
4 21 (3.57%) CMDB
5 14 (2.38%) Replication
6 13 (2.21%) Virtual Team
7 12 (2.04%) Analytical Mindset
7 12 (2.04%) Data Centre
7 12 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
7 12 (2.04%) PKI
7 12 (2.04%) PMI
8 9 (1.53%) Life Science
9 8 (1.36%) Data Structures
10 7 (1.19%) Cyber Threat
10 7 (1.19%) Data Protection Act
10 7 (1.19%) Low-Code
11 6 (1.02%) Cloud Native
11 6 (1.02%) e-Learning
12 5 (0.85%) Greenfield Project
12 5 (0.85%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 52 (8.83%) Windows
2 25 (4.24%) Linux
3 12 (2.04%) VMS
4 11 (1.87%) Windows Server
5 10 (1.70%) Amazon Linux
5 10 (1.70%) Ubuntu
6 8 (1.36%) Unix
6 8 (1.36%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.51%) zOS
9 2 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.17%) AIX
10 1 (0.17%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 186 (31.58%) Stakeholder Management
2 161 (27.33%) Agile
3 143 (24.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 117 (19.86%) Project Management
5 113 (19.19%) Problem-Solving
6 77 (13.07%) ITIL
7 73 (12.39%) Migration
8 71 (12.05%) Continuous Improvement
8 71 (12.05%) Project Delivery
9 66 (11.21%) Decision-Making
10 61 (10.36%) DevOps
11 59 (10.02%) Roadmaps
12 55 (9.34%) Business Intelligence
12 55 (9.34%) PRINCE2
13 53 (9.00%) Risk Management
14 51 (8.66%) Workshop Facilitation
15 49 (8.32%) ERP
16 47 (7.98%) User Acceptance Testing
17 46 (7.81%) Process Improvement
17 46 (7.81%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 84 (14.26%) SQL
2 49 (8.32%) Python
3 32 (5.43%) PowerShell
4 24 (4.07%) C#
5 15 (2.55%) PL/SQL
6 14 (2.38%) Groovy
7 13 (2.21%) Java
7 13 (2.21%) JavaScript
8 9 (1.53%) T-SQL
9 7 (1.19%) Bash
9 7 (1.19%) Korn
10 4 (0.68%) Formula Language
10 4 (0.68%) Go
10 4 (0.68%) LotusScript
11 3 (0.51%) C
11 3 (0.51%) C++
11 3 (0.51%) Perl
12 2 (0.34%) COBOL
12 2 (0.34%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.34%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 118 (20.03%) Degree
2 71 (12.05%) Security Cleared
3 48 (8.15%) PMI Certification
4 46 (7.81%) SC Cleared
5 38 (6.45%) PMP
6 17 (2.89%) Master's Degree
7 13 (2.21%) Azure Certification
8 12 (2.04%) ITIL Certification
9 11 (1.87%) Computer Science Degree
10 10 (1.70%) AWS Certification
10 10 (1.70%) DV Cleared
11 9 (1.53%) APMG
12 8 (1.36%) Cisco Certification
13 7 (1.19%) CCNP
13 7 (1.19%) Microsoft Certification
14 6 (1.02%) CFA
15 5 (0.85%) CCIE
15 5 (0.85%) CISSP
15 5 (0.85%) JNCIE
15 5 (0.85%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (6.96%) QA
2 35 (5.94%) PMO
3 29 (4.92%) Data Quality
4 20 (3.40%) GDPR
5 16 (2.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (2.21%) SLA
7 10 (1.70%) NIST
8 8 (1.36%) Cyber Essentials
8 8 (1.36%) MiFID
9 6 (1.02%) Accessibility
9 6 (1.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 5 (0.85%) EMIR
10 5 (0.85%) PCI DSS
11 4 (0.68%) GMP
11 4 (0.68%) IFRS
12 3 (0.51%) ITGC
13 2 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
13 2 (0.34%) IFRS 17
13 2 (0.34%) NCSC
13 2 (0.34%) Solvency II
System Software
1 26 (4.41%) Active Directory
2 21 (3.57%) Docker
3 10 (1.70%) DFS Replication
3 10 (1.70%) Dovecot
3 10 (1.70%) Postfix
3 10 (1.70%) Squid
4 4 (0.68%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.68%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.34%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.34%) ProxySG
5 2 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.34%) XenApp
5 2 (0.34%) XenDesktop
6 1 (0.17%) etcd
6 1 (0.17%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 31 (5.26%) Terraform
2 15 (2.55%) Grafana
3 14 (2.38%) Kubernetes
3 14 (2.38%) Prometheus
4 11 (1.87%) Microsoft Intune
4 11 (1.87%) Nessus
5 10 (1.70%) Proxmox
6 8 (1.36%) Ansible
6 8 (1.36%) SCOM
7 6 (1.02%) HP SiteScope
8 4 (0.68%) Rancher
8 4 (0.68%) SCCM
9 3 (0.51%) CA Endevor
9 3 (0.51%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.34%) Argo
10 2 (0.34%) ITRS Geneos
10 2 (0.34%) Puppet
10 2 (0.34%) RSA Archer
10 2 (0.34%) SCVMM
10 2 (0.34%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 105 (17.83%) Microsoft
2 59 (10.02%) ServiceNow
3 53 (9.00%) SAP
4 48 (8.15%) Oracle
5 22 (3.74%) Salesforce
6 19 (3.23%) Cisco
7 12 (2.04%) Citrix
7 12 (2.04%) Workday
8 10 (1.70%) Jaspersoft
8 10 (1.70%) Remedy
9 9 (1.53%) F5
9 9 (1.53%) Fortinet
9 9 (1.53%) Lotus
10 8 (1.36%) CheckPoint
10 8 (1.36%) VMware
11 7 (1.19%) Splunk
11 7 (1.19%) Zscaler
12 6 (1.02%) CyberArk
12 6 (1.02%) Dynatrace
12 6 (1.02%) Juniper