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

6 months to
29 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 58 42
Rank change year-on-year -6 -16 +3
Contract jobs citing Change Management 686 508 816
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.06% 3.99% 4.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.53% 4.37% 5.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 433 317 509
10th Percentile £397 £356 £375
25th Percentile £415 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -1.17%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £675
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
England median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 3
10th Percentile £45.15 - £36.81
25th Percentile £54.00 - £43.17
Median hourly rate £74.46 £28.60 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +160.35% -50.26% +29.94%
75th Percentile £96.25 £61.80 £65.38
90th Percentile £98.50 £81.72 £67.85
England median hourly rate £41.86 £56.75 £35.86
% change year-on-year -26.24% +58.26% -25.30%

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 15,132 11,625 15,939
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.60% 91.41% 88.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,139 7,889 11,403
10th Percentile £356 £350 £338
25th Percentile £428 £443 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £679 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 235 170 336
10th Percentile £18.14 £18.91 £15.97
25th Percentile £22.00 £24.66 £19.57
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.00 £30.16
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% +16.05% -22.67%
75th Percentile £57.25 £51.07 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £65.25 £68.75
England median hourly rate £36.00 £32.50 £33.00
% change year-on-year +10.77% -1.52% -12.00%

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 29 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 29 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 29 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 -7 82 £500 -3.85% 44
South London +1 21 £500 -16.67% 7
West London -11 16 £500 +56.25% 14
East London +1 5 £630 +26.00% 7
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 45 (6.56%) Confluence
2 34 (4.96%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.60%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (1.17%) Appian
5 5 (0.73%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 5 (0.73%) HCL Notes
6 3 (0.44%) IIS
7 2 (0.29%) CMS
7 2 (0.29%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.15%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.15%) Oracle Spatial
8 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
Applications
1 29 (4.23%) Microsoft Project
2 27 (3.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 26 (3.79%) Microsoft Office
4 23 (3.35%) MS Visio
5 22 (3.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.44%) Trello
7 2 (0.29%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 22 (3.21%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.46%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.87%) Finacle
3 6 (0.87%) Salesforce CRM
4 5 (0.73%) Oracle ERP
4 5 (0.73%) SAP CO
4 5 (0.73%) SAP FI
4 5 (0.73%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (0.44%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (0.44%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 3 (0.44%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.44%) Workday HCM
6 2 (0.29%) Aladdin
6 2 (0.29%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.29%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (0.29%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.29%) Primavera
7 1 (0.15%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.15%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.15%) SAP MDG-F
Cloud Services
1 116 (16.91%) Azure
2 52 (7.58%) Microsoft 365
3 46 (6.71%) Azure DevOps
4 38 (5.54%) AWS
4 38 (5.54%) Power Platform
5 29 (4.23%) Entra ID
6 26 (3.79%) SaaS
7 22 (3.21%) Power Automate
8 18 (2.62%) Dynamics 365
9 14 (2.04%) GCP
9 14 (2.04%) PaaS
10 12 (1.75%) Azure Data Factory
10 12 (1.75%) IaaS
10 12 (1.75%) PowerApps
11 11 (1.60%) GitHub
12 10 (1.46%) OCI
13 9 (1.31%) Azure AI
14 8 (1.17%) Anthropic Claude
14 8 (1.17%) Microsoft Copilot
14 8 (1.17%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 33 (4.81%) Firewall
2 30 (4.37%) Network Security
3 24 (3.50%) WAN
4 20 (2.92%) LAN
5 18 (2.62%) VPN
6 17 (2.48%) SD-WAN
7 13 (1.90%) BGP
8 12 (1.75%) OSPF
9 10 (1.46%) DNS
10 9 (1.31%) NetScaler
11 8 (1.17%) Cisco IOS
12 7 (1.02%) Cisco ASA
12 7 (1.02%) SSL
12 7 (1.02%) Wi-Fi
13 6 (0.87%) Cisco Nexus
13 6 (0.87%) DHCP
13 6 (0.87%) Intranet
13 6 (0.87%) NX-OS
14 5 (0.73%) Structured Cabling
15 3 (0.44%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (5.69%) SQL Server
2 26 (3.79%) Power BI
3 11 (1.60%) Metadata
4 10 (1.46%) Tableau
5 8 (1.17%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (1.17%) Pinecone
6 7 (1.02%) Amazon RDS
6 7 (1.02%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (1.02%) Relational Database
7 6 (0.87%) Oracle Database
8 4 (0.58%) Amazon Aurora
8 4 (0.58%) MySQL
9 3 (0.44%) GIS
9 3 (0.44%) Metadata Repository
9 3 (0.44%) Oracle ODI
9 3 (0.44%) Redis
10 2 (0.29%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.29%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 1 (0.15%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.15%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 92 (13.41%) JIRA
2 18 (2.62%) Git
3 16 (2.33%) Jenkins
4 11 (1.60%) Visual Studio
5 8 (1.17%) MLflow
6 4 (0.58%) Liquibase
6 4 (0.58%) Maven
7 3 (0.44%) JUnit
7 3 (0.44%) Oracle APEX
7 3 (0.44%) ScriptRunner
7 3 (0.44%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.29%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.29%) git-flow
8 2 (0.29%) Mockito
8 2 (0.29%) Snyk
9 1 (0.15%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.15%) Hudson
9 1 (0.15%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.15%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.15%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 285 (41.55%) Social Skills
2 278 (40.52%) Finance
3 118 (17.20%) Analytical Skills
4 77 (11.22%) Banking
5 45 (6.56%) Public Sector
6 36 (5.25%) Legal
7 32 (4.66%) Influencing Skills
8 31 (4.52%) Documentation Skills
9 26 (3.79%) Presentation Skills
10 25 (3.64%) Marketing
10 25 (3.64%) Retail
11 21 (3.06%) Law
12 20 (2.92%) Investment Banking
13 16 (2.33%) Financial Institution
14 14 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
15 13 (1.90%) Telecoms
16 10 (1.46%) Local Government
17 9 (1.31%) Front Office
17 9 (1.31%) Publishing
18 8 (1.17%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 88 (12.83%) Change Manager
2 82 (11.95%) Analyst
3 78 (11.37%) Project Manager
4 62 (9.04%) Lead
5 58 (8.45%) Business Analyst
6 46 (6.71%) Senior
7 39 (5.69%) Developer
8 38 (5.54%) Consultant
9 26 (3.79%) Business Manager
10 25 (3.64%) Architect
11 21 (3.06%) Programme Manager
11 21 (3.06%) Support Engineer
12 20 (2.92%) Business Change Manager
13 19 (2.77%) C# Developer
14 17 (2.48%) Senior Manager
15 16 (2.33%) Administrator
15 16 (2.33%) Delivery Manager
15 16 (2.33%) IT Engineer
15 16 (2.33%) IT Support
15 16 (2.33%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (3.94%) .NET
2 26 (3.79%) REST
3 21 (3.06%) .NET Framework
4 16 (2.33%) OAuth
5 15 (2.19%) Web Services
6 12 (1.75%) RESTful
7 10 (1.46%) CSS
8 9 (1.31%) AngularJS
8 9 (1.31%) NumPy
8 9 (1.31%) OpenID
8 9 (1.31%) Pandas
8 9 (1.31%) pytest
8 9 (1.31%) SAML
9 8 (1.17%) Django
9 8 (1.17%) Flask
9 8 (1.17%) HTML
9 8 (1.17%) Oracle Fusion
9 8 (1.17%) scikit-learn
9 8 (1.17%) Swagger
9 8 (1.17%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 33 (4.81%) Onboarding
2 28 (4.08%) CMDB
3 27 (3.94%) Product Ownership
4 23 (3.35%) Legacy Systems
4 23 (3.35%) Management Information System
5 18 (2.62%) Analytical Mindset
6 17 (2.48%) PMI
7 16 (2.33%) Data Centre
8 14 (2.04%) PKI
9 13 (1.90%) Data Structures
9 13 (1.90%) Low-Code
10 9 (1.31%) Self-Motivation
10 9 (1.31%) Virtual Team
11 7 (1.02%) FMCG
11 7 (1.02%) Greenfield Project
12 6 (0.87%) Cloud Native
12 6 (0.87%) Cyber Threat
12 6 (0.87%) Public Cloud
12 6 (0.87%) Reference Data
13 5 (0.73%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 77 (11.22%) Windows
2 18 (2.62%) Windows Server
3 16 (2.33%) Windows 10
4 13 (1.90%) Linux
5 11 (1.60%) Unix
6 6 (0.87%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (0.87%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.44%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.44%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.29%) Android
8 2 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.15%) AIX
9 1 (0.15%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 219 (31.92%) Stakeholder Management
2 174 (25.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 169 (24.64%) Agile
4 120 (17.49%) Problem-Solving
5 108 (15.74%) Continuous Improvement
5 108 (15.74%) ITIL
6 107 (15.60%) Project Management
7 95 (13.85%) DevOps
8 90 (13.12%) Migration
9 80 (11.66%) Roadmaps
10 79 (11.52%) Project Delivery
11 75 (10.93%) Decision-Making
12 69 (10.06%) AI
13 63 (9.18%) User Acceptance Testing
14 59 (8.60%) CI/CD
15 57 (8.31%) Workshop Facilitation
16 55 (8.02%) PRINCE2
17 54 (7.87%) Risk Management
18 53 (7.73%) Analytics
18 53 (7.73%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 94 (13.70%) SQL
2 42 (6.12%) C#
3 40 (5.83%) Python
4 26 (3.79%) PowerShell
5 25 (3.64%) PL/SQL
6 19 (2.77%) JavaScript
6 19 (2.77%) T-SQL
7 17 (2.48%) Java
8 7 (1.02%) Groovy
9 6 (0.87%) Bash
9 6 (0.87%) Korn
10 4 (0.58%) Perl
10 4 (0.58%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.44%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.29%) 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
1 105 (15.31%) Degree
2 79 (11.52%) Security Cleared
3 50 (7.29%) SC Cleared
4 46 (6.71%) PMI Certification
5 39 (5.69%) PMP
6 23 (3.35%) CISSP
7 20 (2.92%) Cisco Certification
8 17 (2.48%) DV Cleared
9 16 (2.33%) CISM
9 16 (2.33%) ITIL Certification
9 16 (2.33%) Master's Degree
10 12 (1.75%) APMG
11 11 (1.60%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 9 (1.31%) Azure Certification
12 9 (1.31%) CCNP
12 9 (1.31%) Computer Science Degree
12 9 (1.31%) Microsoft Certification
13 7 (1.02%) Citrix Certification
13 7 (1.02%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 7 (1.02%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (8.16%) QA
2 44 (6.41%) Data Quality
3 41 (5.98%) PMO
4 30 (4.37%) GDPR
5 28 (4.08%) SLA
6 24 (3.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 11 (1.60%) NIST
7 11 (1.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 8 (1.17%) MiFID
9 7 (1.02%) IFRS
9 7 (1.02%) IFRS 17
10 6 (0.87%) COBIT
10 6 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials
10 6 (0.87%) PCI DSS
11 5 (0.73%) EMIR
12 4 (0.58%) Government Security Classifications
12 4 (0.58%) Solvency II
13 3 (0.44%) Accessibility
13 3 (0.44%) GRC
13 3 (0.44%) ITGC
System Software
1 38 (5.54%) Active Directory
2 16 (2.33%) Docker
3 8 (1.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.02%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.87%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (0.73%) XenApp
6 5 (0.73%) XenDesktop
7 4 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.29%) ProxySG
8 2 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.15%) Sendmail
9 1 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 22 (3.21%) Terraform
2 21 (3.06%) Kubernetes
3 15 (2.19%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (1.17%) Ansible
5 7 (1.02%) FortiGate
6 6 (0.87%) CASB
6 6 (0.87%) SCCM
7 5 (0.73%) SCVMM
8 4 (0.58%) Grafana
8 4 (0.58%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.44%) CA Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.44%) Cisco Prime
9 3 (0.44%) PingFederate
9 3 (0.44%) Rancher
9 3 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.29%) ITRS Geneos
10 2 (0.29%) PowerCLI
10 2 (0.29%) Puppet
10 2 (0.29%) SCOM
Vendors
1 117 (17.06%) Microsoft
2 92 (13.41%) ServiceNow
3 58 (8.45%) Oracle
4 49 (7.14%) SAP
5 35 (5.10%) Salesforce
6 29 (4.23%) Citrix
7 25 (3.64%) Cisco
8 20 (2.92%) Workday
9 16 (2.33%) VMware
10 12 (1.75%) OpenAI
11 10 (1.46%) F5
11 10 (1.46%) Fortinet
12 8 (1.17%) Automation Anywhere
12 8 (1.17%) Palo Alto
12 8 (1.17%) UiPath
12 8 (1.17%) Zscaler
13 7 (1.02%) Juniper
14 6 (0.87%) CheckPoint
14 6 (0.87%) Remedy
14 6 (0.87%) Temenos