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

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 56 60
Rank change year-on-year -2 +4 -21
Contract jobs citing Change Management 805 579 647
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.06% 4.27% 3.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.57% 4.63% 4.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 480 359 407
10th Percentile £400 £345 £363
25th Percentile £425 £413 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.32% - -5.58%
75th Percentile £641 £675 £675
90th Percentile £738 £760 £771
England median daily rate £525 £500 £515
% change year-on-year +5.00% -2.91% -6.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 4
10th Percentile £30.28 - £32.38
25th Percentile £47.38 - £32.51
Median hourly rate £56.25 £40.00 £49.27
Median % change year-on-year +40.63% -18.81% -10.43%
75th Percentile £67.94 - £66.88
90th Percentile £96.50 - £68.45
England median hourly rate £41.00 £32.05 £52.50
% change year-on-year +27.93% -38.95% +13.87%

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 17,625 12,495 14,990
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.94% 92.13% 88.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,646 8,354 10,656
10th Percentile £363 £330 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £680
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 277 234 247
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.24
25th Percentile £21.00 £24.66 £21.05
Median hourly rate £35.71 £30.90 £33.55
Median % change year-on-year +15.56% -7.89% -21.98%
75th Percentile £57.50 £49.75 £51.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.25 £71.25
England median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +88.87% -37.13% -6.98%

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 22 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 22 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 22 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 -20 80 £538 -6.52% 46
West London +1 24 £556 +17.11% 14
South London -7 20 £525 -9.17% 5
East London +4 8 £750 +19.05% 7
North London 0 3 £450 +2.27%
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 49 (6.09%) SharePoint
2 38 (4.72%) Confluence
3 17 (2.11%) Microsoft Exchange
4 14 (1.74%) IIS
5 9 (1.12%) Appian
6 7 (0.87%) Oracle Workflow
7 6 (0.75%) CMS
8 5 (0.62%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 5 (0.62%) Camunda
9 4 (0.50%) WebSphere
10 3 (0.37%) Kentico
11 1 (0.12%) Apache Airflow
11 1 (0.12%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.12%) MTS
11 1 (0.12%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.12%) Oracle Spatial
11 1 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 18 (2.24%) Microsoft Project
2 17 (2.11%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (1.74%) Microsoft Excel
4 11 (1.37%) MS Visio
5 8 (0.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.37%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.25%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.12%) InDesign
8 1 (0.12%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 29 (3.60%) SAP S/4HANA
2 21 (2.61%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.75%) OpenText MBPM
3 6 (0.75%) Oracle BPM
3 6 (0.75%) Oracle ERP
4 5 (0.62%) Salesforce CRM
4 5 (0.62%) SAP PM
5 4 (0.50%) NetSuite
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 (0.37%) Oracle Financials
6 3 (0.37%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.37%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.25%) Front Arena
7 2 (0.25%) Primavera
7 2 (0.25%) SAP HR
7 2 (0.25%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 141 (17.52%) Azure
2 64 (7.95%) Microsoft 365
3 60 (7.45%) Entra ID
4 53 (6.58%) AWS
5 47 (5.84%) Power Platform
5 47 (5.84%) SaaS
6 41 (5.09%) Azure DevOps
7 25 (3.11%) Dynamics 365
8 19 (2.36%) GCP
9 18 (2.24%) Power Automate
10 17 (2.11%) OCI
11 15 (1.86%) Microsoft Copilot
12 13 (1.61%) GitHub
12 13 (1.61%) Google Workspace
12 13 (1.61%) OneDrive
12 13 (1.61%) Smartsheet
13 12 (1.49%) PowerApps
14 11 (1.37%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 10 (1.24%) PaaS
16 9 (1.12%) Google Drive
Communications & Networking
1 40 (4.97%) Firewall
2 24 (2.98%) Network Security
3 23 (2.86%) DNS
4 18 (2.24%) WAN
5 16 (1.99%) TCP/IP
6 15 (1.86%) DHCP
7 14 (1.74%) VPN
8 13 (1.61%) LAN
9 8 (0.99%) BGP
9 8 (0.99%) SSL
10 7 (0.87%) Cisco ASA
10 7 (0.87%) Cisco Firepower
10 7 (0.87%) HTTPS
10 7 (0.87%) OSPF
11 6 (0.75%) SD-WAN
12 5 (0.62%) Cisco IOS
12 5 (0.62%) Cisco Nexus
12 5 (0.62%) VLAN
13 4 (0.50%) HTTP
13 4 (0.50%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (4.47%) SQL Server
2 32 (3.98%) Power BI
3 22 (2.73%) Metadata
4 13 (1.61%) Oracle Database
5 7 (0.87%) Oracle Reports
6 5 (0.62%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 4 (0.50%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (0.50%) Data Lake
7 4 (0.50%) Data Mart
7 4 (0.50%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (0.50%) MongoDB
7 4 (0.50%) MySQL
7 4 (0.50%) NoSQL
7 4 (0.50%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.50%) Tableau
8 3 (0.37%) Pinecone
8 3 (0.37%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.37%) Semantic Layer
8 3 (0.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (0.37%) Stardog
Development Applications
1 104 (12.92%) JIRA
2 27 (3.35%) Git
3 22 (2.73%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.50%) Artifactory
4 4 (0.50%) Eclipse
4 4 (0.50%) Maven
4 4 (0.50%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.37%) MLflow
5 3 (0.37%) ScriptRunner
5 3 (0.37%) Snyk
5 3 (0.37%) SonarQube
5 3 (0.37%) Zephyr
6 2 (0.25%) Selenium
7 1 (0.12%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.12%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.12%) GitLab
7 1 (0.12%) Hudson
7 1 (0.12%) Liquibase
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.12%) SpecFlow
General
1 310 (38.51%) Finance
2 298 (37.02%) Social Skills
3 120 (14.91%) Analytical Skills
4 88 (10.93%) Banking
5 65 (8.07%) Public Sector
6 46 (5.71%) Legal
7 42 (5.22%) Marketing
8 37 (4.60%) Retail
9 32 (3.98%) Influencing Skills
10 29 (3.60%) Organisational Skills
11 27 (3.35%) Presentation Skills
12 25 (3.11%) Documentation Skills
13 23 (2.86%) Law
14 20 (2.48%) Telecoms
15 19 (2.36%) Financial Institution
16 16 (1.99%) Local Government
17 15 (1.86%) Manufacturing
18 14 (1.74%) Aviation
19 13 (1.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
20 12 (1.49%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 103 (12.80%) Project Manager
2 95 (11.80%) Analyst
3 81 (10.06%) Lead
4 72 (8.94%) Change Manager
5 63 (7.83%) Consultant
6 54 (6.71%) Senior
7 50 (6.21%) Business Analyst
8 31 (3.85%) Developer
9 29 (3.60%) Programme Manager
10 25 (3.11%) Delivery Manager
10 25 (3.11%) Senior Manager
10 25 (3.11%) Support Engineer
11 23 (2.86%) Business Manager
12 22 (2.73%) Business Change Manager
13 20 (2.48%) Technical Manager
14 19 (2.36%) Applications Support
14 19 (2.36%) IT Engineer
14 19 (2.36%) IT Support
14 19 (2.36%) IT Support Engineer
14 19 (2.36%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (4.35%) REST
2 26 (3.23%) .NET
3 15 (1.86%) .NET Framework
4 14 (1.74%) CSS
4 14 (1.74%) Web Services
5 12 (1.49%) Middleware
5 12 (1.49%) OAuth
5 12 (1.49%) Oracle Fusion
6 10 (1.24%) HTML
6 10 (1.24%) SOAP
7 9 (1.12%) AngularJS
7 9 (1.12%) RESTful
8 8 (0.99%) Jakarta EE
8 8 (0.99%) React
8 8 (0.99%) SPFx
8 8 (0.99%) Spring
9 7 (0.87%) JSON
9 7 (0.87%) Microsoft Graph
10 6 (0.75%) jQuery
10 6 (0.75%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 53 (6.58%) Onboarding
2 27 (3.35%) Data Centre
2 27 (3.35%) Product Ownership
3 26 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
4 24 (2.98%) PMI
5 20 (2.48%) Management Information System
6 18 (2.24%) CMDB
7 16 (1.99%) Self-Motivation
8 15 (1.86%) Cloud Native
9 14 (1.74%) FMCG
10 12 (1.49%) Public Cloud
11 11 (1.37%) Security Posture
12 10 (1.24%) Operational Technology
13 9 (1.12%) Analytical Mindset
13 9 (1.12%) Low-Code
14 8 (0.99%) Enterprise Software
14 8 (0.99%) PKI
14 8 (0.99%) Virtual Team
15 7 (0.87%) AI Agents
15 7 (0.87%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 84 (10.43%) Windows
2 26 (3.23%) Windows Server
3 25 (3.11%) Linux
4 13 (1.61%) Unix
5 10 (1.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (0.87%) Windows 10
7 5 (0.62%) Mac OS
7 5 (0.62%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.50%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.37%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.25%) AIX
10 2 (0.25%) Android
10 2 (0.25%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.12%) HPUX
11 1 (0.12%) Solaris
11 1 (0.12%) SUSE
11 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 269 (33.42%) Stakeholder Management
2 206 (25.59%) Agile
3 197 (24.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 171 (21.24%) Continuous Improvement
5 137 (17.02%) Migration
6 133 (16.52%) ITIL
7 125 (15.53%) DevOps
7 125 (15.53%) Problem-Solving
7 125 (15.53%) Project Management
8 116 (14.41%) Project Delivery
9 112 (13.91%) Roadmaps
10 110 (13.66%) Decision-Making
11 101 (12.55%) AI
12 76 (9.44%) User Acceptance Testing
13 74 (9.19%) Analytics
13 74 (9.19%) PRINCE2
14 70 (8.70%) CI/CD
15 63 (7.83%) Service Management
16 62 (7.70%) ITSM
17 61 (7.58%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 85 (10.56%) SQL
2 45 (5.59%) Python
3 39 (4.84%) C#
4 32 (3.98%) PL/SQL
4 32 (3.98%) PowerShell
5 25 (3.11%) JavaScript
6 22 (2.73%) T-SQL
7 21 (2.61%) Java
8 10 (1.24%) Bash
8 10 (1.24%) Korn
9 7 (0.87%) Groovy
10 5 (0.62%) Bicep
11 2 (0.25%) C++
11 2 (0.25%) Perl
11 2 (0.25%) SHACL
11 2 (0.25%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.25%) SPARQL
12 1 (0.12%) ABAP
12 1 (0.12%) C
12 1 (0.12%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 82 (10.19%) Degree
1 82 (10.19%) Security Cleared
2 67 (8.32%) PMI Certification
3 64 (7.95%) PMP
3 64 (7.95%) SC Cleared
4 26 (3.23%) CISSP
5 23 (2.86%) Cisco Certification
6 19 (2.36%) CISM
7 14 (1.74%) Computer Science Degree
8 13 (1.61%) APMG
9 11 (1.37%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 11 (1.37%) CCNP
10 10 (1.24%) DV Cleared
10 10 (1.24%) ITIL Certification
11 8 (0.99%) Azure Certification
12 7 (0.87%) Master's Degree
12 7 (0.87%) Microsoft Certification
13 6 (0.75%) CISA
13 6 (0.75%) SSCP
14 5 (0.62%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (7.33%) QA
2 53 (6.58%) PMO
3 41 (5.09%) SLA
4 32 (3.98%) Data Quality
5 25 (3.11%) GDPR
6 21 (2.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 14 (1.74%) GRC
7 14 (1.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 10 (1.24%) PCI DSS
9 8 (0.99%) ITGC
9 8 (0.99%) NIST
10 5 (0.62%) Accessibility
10 5 (0.62%) COBIT
10 5 (0.62%) HIPAA
11 4 (0.50%) Government Security Classifications
11 4 (0.50%) SOC 2
12 3 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 3 (0.37%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 3 (0.37%) IFRS
System Software
1 59 (7.33%) Active Directory
2 11 (1.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (1.24%) Docker
4 9 (1.12%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (0.75%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.25%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.12%) Sendmail
9 1 (0.12%) Squid
9 1 (0.12%) vSphere
9 1 (0.12%) XenApp
9 1 (0.12%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 36 (4.47%) Terraform
2 22 (2.73%) Ansible
3 18 (2.24%) Microsoft Intune
4 16 (1.99%) Kubernetes
5 10 (1.24%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (0.75%) CASB
6 6 (0.75%) ITRS Geneos
6 6 (0.75%) SCCM
7 5 (0.62%) vRealize
7 5 (0.62%) ZABBIX
8 4 (0.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (0.50%) CA Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.50%) Grafana
8 4 (0.50%) PingFederate
9 3 (0.37%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.37%) Packer
9 3 (0.37%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.37%) Puppet
9 3 (0.37%) systemd
9 3 (0.37%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 140 (17.39%) Microsoft
2 100 (12.42%) ServiceNow
3 77 (9.57%) Oracle
4 53 (6.58%) SAP
5 49 (6.09%) Salesforce
6 26 (3.23%) VMware
7 24 (2.98%) Cisco
8 21 (2.61%) Citrix
8 21 (2.61%) Google
9 18 (2.24%) Zscaler
10 14 (1.74%) Splunk
11 12 (1.49%) Workday
12 8 (0.99%) Apple
12 8 (0.99%) Databricks
12 8 (0.99%) IBM
12 8 (0.99%) Red Hat
13 7 (0.87%) Dynatrace
13 7 (0.87%) Juniper
14 6 (0.75%) OpenAI
14 6 (0.75%) OpenText