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

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 59 55
Rank change year-on-year -1 -4 -15
Contract jobs citing Change Management 793 565 681
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.99% 4.18% 3.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.48% 4.53% 4.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 473 354 433
10th Percentile £398 £344 £350
25th Percentile £423 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -5.58%
75th Percentile £638 £673 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £766
England median daily rate £525 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +5.00% -2.44% -6.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 4
10th Percentile £28.70 - £32.38
25th Percentile £43.25 - £32.51
Median hourly rate £57.50 £28.60 £49.27
Median % change year-on-year +101.05% -41.95% -10.43%
75th Percentile £76.96 £34.30 £66.88
90th Percentile £97.00 £37.72 £68.45
England median hourly rate £37.43 £37.28 £52.50
% change year-on-year +0.40% -28.99% +7.15%

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 17,684 12,469 15,548
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.06% 92.20% 88.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,749 8,337 11,045
10th Percentile £360 £331 £341
25th Percentile £440 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £769 £790 £800
England median daily rate £525 £514 £525
% change year-on-year +2.14% -2.10% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 273 233 283
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.24
25th Percentile £22.73 £24.66 £20.03
Median hourly rate £36.50 £32.00 £30.12
Median % change year-on-year +14.06% +6.24% -27.42%
75th Percentile £58.92 £50.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.65 £68.60
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% -6.09%

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 11 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 11 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 11 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 -18 79 £525 -4.55% 51
West London -5 23 £556 +17.11% 12
South London -1 20 £525 -9.17% 7
East London +5 8 £750 +28.21% 9
North London +1 4 £450 +2.27% 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 (5.67%) SharePoint
2 37 (4.67%) Confluence
3 16 (2.02%) Microsoft Exchange
4 14 (1.77%) IIS
5 10 (1.26%) Appian
6 7 (0.88%) Oracle Workflow
7 6 (0.76%) CMS
8 5 (0.63%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 5 (0.63%) Camunda
9 4 (0.50%) WebSphere
10 3 (0.38%) Kentico
11 1 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
11 1 (0.13%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.13%) HCL Notes
11 1 (0.13%) MTS
11 1 (0.13%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.13%) Oracle Spatial
11 1 (0.13%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 16 (2.02%) Microsoft Excel
1 16 (2.02%) Microsoft Project
2 15 (1.89%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (1.51%) MS Visio
4 9 (1.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.38%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.25%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.13%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.13%) InDesign
7 1 (0.13%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 28 (3.53%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (2.40%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.76%) OpenText MBPM
3 6 (0.76%) Oracle BPM
3 6 (0.76%) Oracle ERP
4 5 (0.63%) Salesforce CRM
4 5 (0.63%) 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 (0.38%) Finacle
6 3 (0.38%) Oracle Financials
6 3 (0.38%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.38%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.25%) HFM
7 2 (0.25%) Primavera
7 2 (0.25%) SAP HR
7 2 (0.25%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 127 (16.02%) Azure
2 60 (7.57%) Microsoft 365
3 53 (6.68%) Entra ID
4 49 (6.18%) AWS
5 45 (5.67%) Power Platform
6 44 (5.55%) SaaS
7 40 (5.04%) Azure DevOps
8 22 (2.77%) Dynamics 365
9 18 (2.27%) GCP
9 18 (2.27%) Power Automate
10 16 (2.02%) OCI
11 13 (1.64%) Google Workspace
11 13 (1.64%) Microsoft Copilot
11 13 (1.64%) PowerApps
12 12 (1.51%) Smartsheet
13 11 (1.39%) GitHub
14 10 (1.26%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 10 (1.26%) PaaS
15 9 (1.13%) Google Drive
16 8 (1.01%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 36 (4.54%) Firewall
2 18 (2.27%) Network Security
2 18 (2.27%) WAN
3 17 (2.14%) DNS
4 13 (1.64%) VPN
5 12 (1.51%) LAN
6 9 (1.13%) DHCP
6 9 (1.13%) SD-WAN
6 9 (1.13%) TCP/IP
7 8 (1.01%) BGP
7 8 (1.01%) SSL
8 7 (0.88%) Cisco ASA
8 7 (0.88%) Cisco Firepower
8 7 (0.88%) HTTPS
8 7 (0.88%) OSPF
9 6 (0.76%) Cisco Nexus
10 5 (0.63%) Cisco IOS
11 4 (0.50%) Internet
11 4 (0.50%) SNMP
12 3 (0.38%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (5.04%) SQL Server
2 30 (3.78%) Power BI
3 24 (3.03%) Metadata
4 14 (1.77%) Oracle Database
5 8 (1.01%) Relational Database
6 7 (0.88%) Oracle Reports
7 5 (0.63%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (0.63%) 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%) MongoDB
8 4 (0.50%) MySQL
8 4 (0.50%) NoSQL
8 4 (0.50%) Pinecone
8 4 (0.50%) Tableau
9 3 (0.38%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.38%) Semantic Layer
9 3 (0.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (0.38%) Stardog
Development Applications
1 101 (12.74%) JIRA
2 24 (3.03%) Git
3 22 (2.77%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.76%) Visual Studio
5 4 (0.50%) Artifactory
5 4 (0.50%) Eclipse
5 4 (0.50%) Maven
5 4 (0.50%) MLflow
6 3 (0.38%) ScriptRunner
6 3 (0.38%) Snyk
6 3 (0.38%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.25%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.25%) Selenium
8 1 (0.13%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.13%) GitLab
8 1 (0.13%) Hudson
8 1 (0.13%) Liquibase
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.13%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.13%) Zephyr
General
1 314 (39.60%) Finance
2 293 (36.95%) Social Skills
3 113 (14.25%) Analytical Skills
4 91 (11.48%) Banking
5 61 (7.69%) Public Sector
6 50 (6.31%) Legal
7 42 (5.30%) Marketing
8 36 (4.54%) Retail
9 31 (3.91%) Influencing Skills
10 27 (3.40%) Organisational Skills
10 27 (3.40%) Presentation Skills
11 24 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
11 24 (3.03%) Law
12 19 (2.40%) Financial Institution
13 17 (2.14%) Local Government
14 15 (1.89%) Telecoms
15 14 (1.77%) Manufacturing
16 13 (1.64%) Aviation
16 13 (1.64%) Front Office
17 12 (1.51%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 99 (12.48%) Project Manager
2 92 (11.60%) Analyst
3 78 (9.84%) Change Manager
4 77 (9.71%) Lead
5 62 (7.82%) Consultant
6 50 (6.31%) Senior
7 49 (6.18%) Business Analyst
8 34 (4.29%) Developer
9 27 (3.40%) Programme Manager
10 26 (3.28%) Support Engineer
11 25 (3.15%) Delivery Manager
11 25 (3.15%) Senior Manager
12 24 (3.03%) Business Manager
13 22 (2.77%) Business Change Manager
14 20 (2.52%) Technical Manager
15 19 (2.40%) Applications Support
15 19 (2.40%) IT Engineer
15 19 (2.40%) IT Support
15 19 (2.40%) IT Support Engineer
16 16 (2.02%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (4.41%) REST
2 30 (3.78%) .NET
3 20 (2.52%) .NET Framework
4 15 (1.89%) OAuth
5 13 (1.64%) CSS
5 13 (1.64%) Middleware
5 13 (1.64%) Web Services
6 12 (1.51%) Oracle Fusion
7 11 (1.39%) React
8 10 (1.26%) RESTful
9 9 (1.13%) AngularJS
9 9 (1.13%) HTML
9 9 (1.13%) Spring
10 8 (1.01%) J2EE
10 8 (1.01%) SOAP
10 8 (1.01%) SPFx
11 7 (0.88%) JSON
11 7 (0.88%) Microsoft Graph
11 7 (0.88%) OAuth2
11 7 (0.88%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 43 (5.42%) Onboarding
2 30 (3.78%) Legacy Systems
3 24 (3.03%) Data Centre
4 23 (2.90%) PMI
4 23 (2.90%) Product Ownership
5 19 (2.40%) Management Information System
6 18 (2.27%) CMDB
7 15 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
8 14 (1.77%) Cloud Native
9 12 (1.51%) FMCG
10 11 (1.39%) Security Posture
11 10 (1.26%) Analytical Mindset
11 10 (1.26%) Data Structures
11 10 (1.26%) Low-Code
11 10 (1.26%) Public Cloud
12 8 (1.01%) Operational Technology
12 8 (1.01%) Virtual Team
13 7 (0.88%) AI Agents
13 7 (0.88%) Data Protection Act
14 6 (0.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 84 (10.59%) Windows
2 26 (3.28%) Windows Server
3 25 (3.15%) Linux
4 14 (1.77%) Unix
5 10 (1.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (0.88%) Windows 10
7 5 (0.63%) Mac OS
7 5 (0.63%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.38%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.25%) AIX
9 2 (0.25%) Android
9 2 (0.25%) Oracle Linux
9 2 (0.25%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.13%) HPUX
10 1 (0.13%) Solaris
10 1 (0.13%) SUSE
10 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 254 (32.03%) Stakeholder Management
2 198 (24.97%) Agile
3 194 (24.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 160 (20.18%) Continuous Improvement
5 126 (15.89%) ITIL
6 124 (15.64%) Problem-Solving
7 121 (15.26%) DevOps
7 121 (15.26%) Migration
8 119 (15.01%) Project Management
9 105 (13.24%) Decision-Making
10 104 (13.11%) Project Delivery
11 102 (12.86%) Roadmaps
12 93 (11.73%) AI
13 77 (9.71%) User Acceptance Testing
14 72 (9.08%) CI/CD
15 69 (8.70%) Analytics
15 69 (8.70%) PRINCE2
16 62 (7.82%) Risk Management
17 61 (7.69%) ERP
17 61 (7.69%) Impact Assessments
Programming Languages
1 95 (11.98%) SQL
2 48 (6.05%) Python
3 43 (5.42%) C#
4 34 (4.29%) PL/SQL
5 33 (4.16%) PowerShell
6 24 (3.03%) T-SQL
7 22 (2.77%) Java
7 22 (2.77%) JavaScript
8 9 (1.13%) Korn
9 7 (0.88%) Bash
9 7 (0.88%) Groovy
10 4 (0.50%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.38%) Bicep
11 3 (0.38%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.25%) C++
12 2 (0.25%) Perl
12 2 (0.25%) SHACL
12 2 (0.25%) SPARQL
13 1 (0.13%) COBOL
13 1 (0.13%) RPG
Qualifications
1 82 (10.34%) Degree
2 77 (9.71%) Security Cleared
3 62 (7.82%) PMI Certification
4 60 (7.57%) PMP
4 60 (7.57%) SC Cleared
5 27 (3.40%) CISSP
6 21 (2.65%) Cisco Certification
7 19 (2.40%) CISM
8 14 (1.77%) APMG
9 12 (1.51%) Computer Science Degree
10 11 (1.39%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 11 (1.39%) ITIL Certification
11 9 (1.13%) CCNP
12 8 (1.01%) Azure Certification
12 8 (1.01%) DV Cleared
12 8 (1.01%) Master's Degree
13 7 (0.88%) CISA
14 6 (0.76%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 6 (0.76%) SSCP
15 5 (0.63%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (7.44%) QA
2 51 (6.43%) PMO
3 41 (5.17%) SLA
4 34 (4.29%) Data Quality
5 28 (3.53%) GDPR
6 22 (2.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 15 (1.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 14 (1.77%) GRC
9 11 (1.39%) PCI DSS
10 8 (1.01%) ITGC
10 8 (1.01%) NIST
11 6 (0.76%) Accessibility
11 6 (0.76%) COBIT
11 6 (0.76%) IFRS
12 5 (0.63%) HIPAA
12 5 (0.63%) IFRS 17
13 4 (0.50%) Government Security Classifications
13 4 (0.50%) SOC 2
14 3 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
14 3 (0.38%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 55 (6.94%) Active Directory
2 13 (1.64%) Docker
3 11 (1.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.88%) Hyper-V
4 7 (0.88%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.25%) Oracle RAC
6 2 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.13%) Sendmail
7 1 (0.13%) Squid
7 1 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.13%) vSphere
7 1 (0.13%) XenApp
7 1 (0.13%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 30 (3.78%) Terraform
2 18 (2.27%) Ansible
2 18 (2.27%) Kubernetes
3 15 (1.89%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (1.26%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (0.88%) SCCM
6 6 (0.76%) CASB
6 6 (0.76%) ITRS Geneos
7 5 (0.63%) vRealize
7 5 (0.63%) 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
8 4 (0.50%) Puppet
9 3 (0.38%) Packer
9 3 (0.38%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.25%) Data Guard
10 2 (0.25%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 132 (16.65%) Microsoft
2 94 (11.85%) ServiceNow
3 85 (10.72%) Oracle
4 54 (6.81%) SAP
5 49 (6.18%) Salesforce
6 23 (2.90%) Citrix
6 23 (2.90%) VMware
7 21 (2.65%) Google
8 19 (2.40%) Cisco
9 14 (1.77%) Workday
10 13 (1.64%) Splunk
10 13 (1.64%) Zscaler
11 8 (1.01%) Apple
11 8 (1.01%) Red Hat
12 7 (0.88%) Databricks
12 7 (0.88%) Dynatrace
12 7 (0.88%) IBM
12 7 (0.88%) OpenAI
13 6 (0.76%) OpenText
13 6 (0.76%) Palo Alto