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

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 64 53
Rank change year-on-year -2 -11 -10
Contract jobs citing Change Management 707 480 728
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.85% 3.97% 4.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.35% 4.31% 4.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 429 292 462
10th Percentile £400 £356 £341
25th Percentile £415 £424 £462
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £654 £661
90th Percentile £737 £750 £761
England median daily rate £503 £500 £515
% change year-on-year +0.60% -2.91% -6.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 3
10th Percentile £25.55 - £32.35
25th Percentile £35.00 - £32.44
Median hourly rate £58.92 £28.60 £34.53
Median % change year-on-year +106.01% -17.17% -35.15%
75th Percentile £95.00 £34.30 £52.99
90th Percentile £98.00 £37.72 £62.90
England median hourly rate £34.87 £50.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -30.26% - -3.50%

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 16,241 11,146 15,435
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.51% 92.25% 88.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,846 7,494 11,093
10th Percentile £358 £350 £340
25th Percentile £434 £431 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £675
90th Percentile £760 £800 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.25% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 243 187 312
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.50 £15.95
25th Percentile £25.25 £23.60 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £30.81 £27.92
Median % change year-on-year +21.73% +10.33% -29.54%
75th Percentile £58.84 £48.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £76.73 £63.10 £66.98
England median hourly rate £46.43 £28.18 £36.50
% change year-on-year +64.76% -22.79% -2.46%

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 May 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 28 May 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 28 May 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 -10 77 £520 -5.45% 22
West London -13 21 £500 +56.25% 8
South London -1 20 £500 -14.89% 4
East London -3 6 £649 +10.90% 6
North London 0 2 £500 +13.64% 5
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 42 (5.94%) SharePoint
2 38 (5.37%) Confluence
3 15 (2.12%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (1.56%) Appian
5 9 (1.27%) IIS
6 5 (0.71%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 5 (0.71%) Oracle Workflow
7 4 (0.57%) CMS
7 4 (0.57%) HCL Notes
8 3 (0.42%) Camunda
9 2 (0.28%) Kentico
9 2 (0.28%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.14%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.14%) MTS
10 1 (0.14%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.14%) Oracle Spatial
10 1 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.14%) Tomcat
Applications
1 22 (3.11%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (2.83%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (2.55%) Microsoft Project
4 17 (2.40%) MS Visio
5 15 (2.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.42%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.42%) Trello
Business Applications
1 17 (2.40%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (2.12%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.85%) Finacle
3 6 (0.85%) Salesforce CRM
4 5 (0.71%) Oracle ERP
5 4 (0.57%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 3 (0.42%) OpenText MBPM
6 3 (0.42%) Oracle BPM
6 3 (0.42%) Oracle Financials
6 3 (0.42%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.42%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.28%) Front Arena
7 2 (0.28%) Global One
7 2 (0.28%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.28%) Primavera
7 2 (0.28%) SAP CO
7 2 (0.28%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.28%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.28%) SAP FI/CO
7 2 (0.28%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 116 (16.41%) Azure
2 54 (7.64%) Microsoft 365
3 43 (6.08%) Power Platform
4 41 (5.80%) AWS
5 40 (5.66%) Azure DevOps
5 40 (5.66%) Entra ID
6 33 (4.67%) SaaS
7 24 (3.39%) Dynamics 365
7 24 (3.39%) Power Automate
8 19 (2.69%) GCP
9 16 (2.26%) PowerApps
10 12 (1.70%) OCI
11 11 (1.56%) Azure Data Factory
11 11 (1.56%) GitHub
11 11 (1.56%) Smartsheet
12 9 (1.27%) Asana
12 9 (1.27%) Azure AI
12 9 (1.27%) PaaS
13 8 (1.13%) Anthropic Claude
14 7 (0.99%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 23 (3.25%) Firewall
2 16 (2.26%) Network Security
2 16 (2.26%) WAN
3 15 (2.12%) DNS
4 13 (1.84%) VPN
5 12 (1.70%) LAN
5 12 (1.70%) SD-WAN
6 10 (1.41%) BGP
7 9 (1.27%) DHCP
7 9 (1.27%) OSPF
8 8 (1.13%) SSL
9 6 (0.85%) Cisco Nexus
9 6 (0.85%) Intranet
9 6 (0.85%) NetScaler
10 5 (0.71%) Cisco IOS
10 5 (0.71%) TCP/IP
11 4 (0.57%) HTTPS
12 3 (0.42%) DKIM
12 3 (0.42%) FTP
12 3 (0.42%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (6.08%) SQL Server
2 27 (3.82%) Power BI
3 15 (2.12%) Metadata
4 9 (1.27%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (1.13%) Oracle Database
5 8 (1.13%) Pinecone
5 8 (1.13%) Relational Database
6 7 (0.99%) Tableau
7 4 (0.57%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (0.57%) MySQL
7 4 (0.57%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 4 (0.57%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (0.42%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.42%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.28%) Crystal Reports
9 2 (0.28%) Electronic Patient Records
9 2 (0.28%) KDB
9 2 (0.28%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 97 (13.72%) JIRA
2 19 (2.69%) Git
3 18 (2.55%) Jenkins
4 9 (1.27%) Visual Studio
5 8 (1.13%) MLflow
6 4 (0.57%) Maven
6 4 (0.57%) SonarQube
7 3 (0.42%) Artifactory
7 3 (0.42%) ScriptRunner
7 3 (0.42%) Snyk
8 2 (0.28%) Eclipse
8 2 (0.28%) git-flow
9 1 (0.14%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.14%) Hudson
9 1 (0.14%) Liquibase
9 1 (0.14%) Oracle Forms
General
1 280 (39.60%) Finance
2 276 (39.04%) Social Skills
3 103 (14.57%) Analytical Skills
4 80 (11.32%) Banking
5 48 (6.79%) Public Sector
6 43 (6.08%) Legal
7 38 (5.37%) Marketing
8 28 (3.96%) Retail
9 26 (3.68%) Influencing Skills
10 22 (3.11%) Documentation Skills
11 21 (2.97%) Presentation Skills
12 18 (2.55%) Law
13 17 (2.40%) Financial Institution
13 17 (2.40%) Organisational Skills
14 15 (2.12%) Investment Banking
15 11 (1.56%) Aviation
15 11 (1.56%) Front Office
15 11 (1.56%) Local Government
16 8 (1.13%) Telecoms
17 7 (0.99%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 81 (11.46%) Change Manager
2 77 (10.89%) Project Manager
3 75 (10.61%) Lead
4 72 (10.18%) Analyst
5 48 (6.79%) Consultant
6 47 (6.65%) Senior
7 44 (6.22%) Business Analyst
8 38 (5.37%) Developer
9 28 (3.96%) Programme Manager
10 22 (3.11%) Architect
10 22 (3.11%) Business Manager
10 22 (3.11%) Delivery Manager
10 22 (3.11%) Support Engineer
11 21 (2.97%) Senior Manager
12 20 (2.83%) Business Change Manager
13 19 (2.69%) Administrator
13 19 (2.69%) IT Engineer
13 19 (2.69%) IT Support
13 19 (2.69%) IT Support Engineer
14 15 (2.12%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (4.67%) REST
2 29 (4.10%) .NET
3 21 (2.97%) .NET Framework
4 20 (2.83%) OAuth
5 14 (1.98%) Web Services
6 13 (1.84%) CSS
7 12 (1.70%) Middleware
8 11 (1.56%) React
8 11 (1.56%) RESTful
9 10 (1.41%) HTML
10 9 (1.27%) AngularJS
10 9 (1.27%) NumPy
10 9 (1.27%) Pandas
10 9 (1.27%) pytest
11 8 (1.13%) Faiss
11 8 (1.13%) FastAPI
11 8 (1.13%) JWT
11 8 (1.13%) OpenAPI
11 8 (1.13%) PyTorch
11 8 (1.13%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 30 (4.24%) Onboarding
2 29 (4.10%) Legacy Systems
3 24 (3.39%) Product Ownership
4 22 (3.11%) CMDB
4 22 (3.11%) PMI
5 19 (2.69%) Data Centre
5 19 (2.69%) Management Information System
6 14 (1.98%) Analytical Mindset
7 13 (1.84%) Low-Code
8 12 (1.70%) Data Structures
9 10 (1.41%) FMCG
9 10 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
10 9 (1.27%) PKI
11 8 (1.13%) Security Posture
12 7 (0.99%) Cloud Native
12 7 (0.99%) Public Cloud
13 6 (0.85%) Data Protection Act
13 6 (0.85%) Greenfield Project
13 6 (0.85%) Reference Data
13 6 (0.85%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 84 (11.88%) Windows
2 21 (2.97%) Windows Server
3 19 (2.69%) Linux
4 13 (1.84%) Unix
5 10 (1.41%) Windows 10
6 6 (0.85%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (0.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (0.71%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (0.57%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.42%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.14%) AIX
10 1 (0.14%) Android
10 1 (0.14%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 207 (29.28%) Stakeholder Management
2 169 (23.90%) Agile
3 164 (23.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 139 (19.66%) Continuous Improvement
5 119 (16.83%) Project Management
6 114 (16.12%) ITIL
7 113 (15.98%) Problem-Solving
8 102 (14.43%) DevOps
9 98 (13.86%) Migration
10 86 (12.16%) Roadmaps
11 85 (12.02%) Decision-Making
12 80 (11.32%) Project Delivery
13 76 (10.75%) AI
14 63 (8.91%) CI/CD
15 60 (8.49%) Analytics
16 59 (8.35%) User Acceptance Testing
17 58 (8.20%) Risk Management
18 57 (8.06%) Workshop Facilitation
19 53 (7.50%) PRINCE2
20 52 (7.36%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 99 (14.00%) SQL
2 44 (6.22%) Python
3 43 (6.08%) C#
4 34 (4.81%) PL/SQL
5 26 (3.68%) PowerShell
6 24 (3.39%) T-SQL
7 23 (3.25%) JavaScript
8 19 (2.69%) Java
9 7 (0.99%) Korn
10 5 (0.71%) Bash
10 5 (0.71%) Groovy
10 5 (0.71%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.42%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.28%) C
12 2 (0.28%) C++
12 2 (0.28%) Perl
13 1 (0.14%) ABAP
13 1 (0.14%) Bicep
13 1 (0.14%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 83 (11.74%) Degree
2 80 (11.32%) Security Cleared
3 54 (7.64%) SC Cleared
4 49 (6.93%) PMI Certification
5 47 (6.65%) PMP
6 26 (3.68%) CISSP
7 19 (2.69%) CISM
8 18 (2.55%) Cisco Certification
9 16 (2.26%) APMG
10 14 (1.98%) DV Cleared
10 14 (1.98%) ITIL Certification
11 12 (1.70%) Master's Degree
12 11 (1.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 9 (1.27%) Azure Certification
13 9 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
14 8 (1.13%) CISA
15 7 (0.99%) CRISC
15 7 (0.99%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 7 (0.99%) Microsoft Certification
16 6 (0.85%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (8.20%) QA
2 44 (6.22%) PMO
3 41 (5.80%) Data Quality
4 31 (4.38%) SLA
5 29 (4.10%) GDPR
6 23 (3.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 15 (2.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 11 (1.56%) NIST
8 11 (1.56%) PCI DSS
9 8 (1.13%) ITGC
10 7 (0.99%) COBIT
10 7 (0.99%) GRC
11 6 (0.85%) IFRS
12 5 (0.71%) IFRS 17
13 4 (0.57%) Government Security Classifications
14 3 (0.42%) Accessibility
14 3 (0.42%) HIPAA
14 3 (0.42%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 3 (0.42%) Solvency II
15 2 (0.28%) Basel III
System Software
1 48 (6.79%) Active Directory
2 15 (2.12%) Docker
3 10 (1.41%) Hyper-V
3 10 (1.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.13%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.57%) XenApp
5 4 (0.57%) XenDesktop
6 2 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.14%) Sendmail
7 1 (0.14%) Squid
7 1 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 24 (3.39%) Terraform
2 21 (2.97%) Kubernetes
3 15 (2.12%) Ansible
4 13 (1.84%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (1.41%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (0.99%) SCCM
7 6 (0.85%) CASB
8 4 (0.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (0.57%) CA Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.57%) FortiGate
8 4 (0.57%) ITRS Geneos
8 4 (0.57%) PingFederate
8 4 (0.57%) SCVMM
8 4 (0.57%) vRealize
9 3 (0.42%) Cisco Prime
9 3 (0.42%) Puppet
10 2 (0.28%) Control-M
10 2 (0.28%) Grafana
10 2 (0.28%) PowerCLI
10 2 (0.28%) SCOM
Vendors
1 118 (16.69%) Microsoft
2 96 (13.58%) ServiceNow
3 72 (10.18%) Oracle
4 42 (5.94%) SAP
5 41 (5.80%) Salesforce
6 28 (3.96%) Citrix
7 22 (3.11%) VMware
8 16 (2.26%) Workday
9 15 (2.12%) Cisco
10 14 (1.98%) Google
11 12 (1.70%) OpenAI
12 11 (1.56%) Zscaler
13 8 (1.13%) Automation Anywhere
13 8 (1.13%) UiPath
14 7 (0.99%) Juniper
14 7 (0.99%) Palo Alto
14 7 (0.99%) Splunk
15 6 (0.85%) Avaloq
15 6 (0.85%) GoldenSource
15 6 (0.85%) Temenos