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

6 months to
4 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 50 41
Rank change year-on-year -17 -9 +6
Contract jobs citing Change Management 641 561 835
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.99% 4.26% 4.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.42% 4.69% 5.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 405 320 510
10th Percentile £400 £356 £387
25th Percentile £421 £456 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £563
Median % change year-on-year - -6.67% +2.27%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £725 £738 £738
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 3
10th Percentile £45.15 - £36.81
25th Percentile £54.00 £28.60 £43.17
Median hourly rate £74.46 £35.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +112.74% -39.13% +46.50%
75th Percentile £96.25 £56.00 £75.63
90th Percentile £98.50 £79.40 £84.25
England median hourly rate £45.46 £56.75 £37.18
% change year-on-year -19.89% +52.62% -19.27%

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 14,498 11,963 16,063
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 90.24% 90.92% 88.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,728 7,826 11,476
10th Percentile £350 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -7.56%
75th Percentile £650 £676 £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 222 155 344
10th Percentile £18.07 £20.45 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.56 £24.66 £19.29
Median hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year - +16.67% -16.67%
75th Percentile £56.38 £52.88 £50.00
90th Percentile £69.94 £78.04 £71.75
England median hourly rate £29.00 £35.00 £33.78
% change year-on-year -17.14% +3.63% -6.18%

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 4 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 4 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 4 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 -8 81 £483 -8.10% 58
South London +5 22 £500 -21.57% 3
West London -15 14 £500 +127.27% 4
East London +1 4 £525 +23.53% 4
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 40 (6.24%) Confluence
2 32 (4.99%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.72%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (1.25%) Appian
5 5 (0.78%) HCL Notes
6 4 (0.62%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 3 (0.47%) IIS
7 3 (0.47%) Mattermost
7 3 (0.47%) Skype for Business
8 2 (0.31%) CMS
9 1 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.16%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.16%) Moodle
9 1 (0.16%) nginx
9 1 (0.16%) Oracle Spatial
9 1 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.16%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.16%) Traefik
Applications
1 27 (4.21%) Microsoft Excel
1 27 (4.21%) Microsoft Project
2 25 (3.90%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (3.90%) MS Visio
3 21 (3.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.47%) Trello
5 1 (0.16%) Adobe Captivate
5 1 (0.16%) Camtasia
5 1 (0.16%) Mozilla Thunderbird
Business Applications
1 23 (3.59%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (1.09%) Salesforce CRM
3 6 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.78%) Finacle
4 5 (0.78%) SAP CO
4 5 (0.78%) SAP FI
4 5 (0.78%) SAP FI/CO
5 4 (0.62%) Oracle ERP
5 4 (0.62%) Remedy ITSM
6 3 (0.47%) SAP ERP
6 3 (0.47%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.31%) Aladdin
7 2 (0.31%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.16%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 1 (0.16%) OpenText VIM for SAP
8 1 (0.16%) Oracle Cash Management
8 1 (0.16%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.16%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 1 (0.16%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.16%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 101 (15.76%) Azure
2 54 (8.42%) Microsoft 365
3 37 (5.77%) AWS
4 35 (5.46%) Azure DevOps
5 33 (5.15%) Power Platform
6 24 (3.74%) Entra ID
7 21 (3.28%) SaaS
8 18 (2.81%) Power Automate
9 13 (2.03%) Dynamics 365
9 13 (2.03%) PaaS
10 12 (1.87%) Azure Data Factory
11 11 (1.72%) GitHub
11 11 (1.72%) IaaS
12 9 (1.40%) Azure AI
12 9 (1.40%) GCP
12 9 (1.40%) PowerApps
12 9 (1.40%) Serverless
13 8 (1.25%) Amazon S3
13 8 (1.25%) Anthropic Claude
13 8 (1.25%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 38 (5.93%) Firewall
2 31 (4.84%) Network Security
3 24 (3.74%) WAN
4 20 (3.12%) LAN
5 19 (2.96%) VPN
6 17 (2.65%) SD-WAN
7 13 (2.03%) BGP
7 13 (2.03%) DNS
8 12 (1.87%) OSPF
9 9 (1.40%) NetScaler
10 8 (1.25%) Cisco ASA
10 8 (1.25%) Cisco IOS
11 7 (1.09%) Intranet
11 7 (1.09%) Wi-Fi
12 6 (0.94%) Cisco Nexus
12 6 (0.94%) DHCP
12 6 (0.94%) NX-OS
13 5 (0.78%) Internet
13 5 (0.78%) TCP/IP
14 4 (0.62%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (5.77%) SQL Server
2 24 (3.74%) Power BI
3 10 (1.56%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (1.40%) Amazon RDS
4 9 (1.40%) Metadata
4 9 (1.40%) Tableau
5 8 (1.25%) Pinecone
6 7 (1.09%) Relational Database
7 6 (0.94%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (0.94%) Oracle Database
8 5 (0.78%) Amazon Aurora
9 4 (0.62%) MySQL
10 3 (0.47%) GIS
10 3 (0.47%) Metadata Repository
10 3 (0.47%) Oracle ODI
10 3 (0.47%) Redis
11 2 (0.31%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.31%) Electronic Patient Records
11 2 (0.31%) MongoDB
11 2 (0.31%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 75 (11.70%) JIRA
2 16 (2.50%) Git
3 13 (2.03%) Jenkins
4 11 (1.72%) Visual Studio
5 8 (1.25%) MLflow
6 3 (0.47%) JUnit
6 3 (0.47%) Liquibase
6 3 (0.47%) Maven
6 3 (0.47%) Oracle APEX
7 2 (0.31%) git-flow
7 2 (0.31%) Mockito
8 1 (0.16%) Ant
8 1 (0.16%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.16%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.16%) GCC
8 1 (0.16%) Hudson
8 1 (0.16%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.16%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.16%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.16%) Vagrant
General
1 282 (43.99%) Social Skills
2 259 (40.41%) Finance
3 105 (16.38%) Analytical Skills
4 70 (10.92%) Banking
5 40 (6.24%) Public Sector
6 34 (5.30%) Legal
7 31 (4.84%) Presentation Skills
8 29 (4.52%) Documentation Skills
8 29 (4.52%) Influencing Skills
9 22 (3.43%) Retail
10 21 (3.28%) Law
11 19 (2.96%) Investment Banking
11 19 (2.96%) Marketing
12 17 (2.65%) Financial Institution
13 16 (2.50%) Organisational Skills
14 11 (1.72%) Local Government
14 11 (1.72%) Manufacturing
14 11 (1.72%) Telecoms
15 9 (1.40%) Pharmaceutical
15 9 (1.40%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 86 (13.42%) Analyst
2 82 (12.79%) Change Manager
2 82 (12.79%) Project Manager
3 60 (9.36%) Business Analyst
4 57 (8.89%) Lead
5 41 (6.40%) Senior
6 38 (5.93%) Developer
7 37 (5.77%) Consultant
8 25 (3.90%) Architect
8 25 (3.90%) Business Manager
9 20 (3.12%) Business Change Manager
10 19 (2.96%) C# Developer
10 19 (2.96%) Programme Manager
11 15 (2.34%) Senior Manager
11 15 (2.34%) Support Engineer
12 14 (2.18%) Delivery Manager
12 14 (2.18%) Network Engineer
13 12 (1.87%) IT Engineer
13 12 (1.87%) IT Support
13 12 (1.87%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (4.06%) .NET
2 22 (3.43%) REST
3 21 (3.28%) .NET Framework
4 15 (2.34%) OAuth
5 14 (2.18%) Web Services
6 12 (1.87%) RESTful
7 9 (1.40%) NumPy
7 9 (1.40%) Pandas
7 9 (1.40%) pytest
8 8 (1.25%) CSS
8 8 (1.25%) Django
8 8 (1.25%) Faiss
8 8 (1.25%) Flask
8 8 (1.25%) HTML
8 8 (1.25%) JWT
8 8 (1.25%) PyTorch
8 8 (1.25%) SAML
8 8 (1.25%) scikit-learn
8 8 (1.25%) Swagger
8 8 (1.25%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 29 (4.52%) Onboarding
1 29 (4.52%) Product Ownership
2 27 (4.21%) CMDB
3 25 (3.90%) Management Information System
4 22 (3.43%) Legacy Systems
5 17 (2.65%) Analytical Mindset
6 15 (2.34%) PKI
7 14 (2.18%) Data Centre
8 13 (2.03%) Data Structures
8 13 (2.03%) PMI
9 10 (1.56%) Low-Code
10 9 (1.40%) Greenfield Project
11 8 (1.25%) Self-Motivation
11 8 (1.25%) Virtual Team
12 7 (1.09%) Cyber Threat
13 6 (0.94%) Cloud Native
13 6 (0.94%) Data Protection Act
13 6 (0.94%) e-Learning
13 6 (0.94%) Life Science
13 6 (0.94%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 74 (11.54%) Windows
2 17 (2.65%) Windows Server
3 16 (2.50%) Linux
3 16 (2.50%) Windows 10
4 11 (1.72%) Unix
5 6 (0.94%) Windows Server 2016
5 6 (0.94%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.31%) Android
6 2 (0.31%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.31%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.31%) VMS
7 1 (0.16%) AIX
7 1 (0.16%) Amazon Linux
7 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.16%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 213 (33.23%) Stakeholder Management
2 160 (24.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 159 (24.80%) Agile
4 113 (17.63%) Problem-Solving
5 105 (16.38%) Project Management
6 97 (15.13%) ITIL
7 90 (14.04%) Continuous Improvement
8 82 (12.79%) Migration
9 79 (12.32%) DevOps
10 76 (11.86%) Project Delivery
11 72 (11.23%) Roadmaps
12 68 (10.61%) Decision-Making
13 60 (9.36%) PRINCE2
14 58 (9.05%) AI
15 57 (8.89%) Risk Management
16 55 (8.58%) Workshop Facilitation
17 54 (8.42%) User Acceptance Testing
18 52 (8.11%) CI/CD
19 51 (7.96%) ITSM
20 48 (7.49%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 89 (13.88%) SQL
2 40 (6.24%) Python
3 38 (5.93%) C#
4 26 (4.06%) PowerShell
5 21 (3.28%) PL/SQL
6 16 (2.50%) T-SQL
7 15 (2.34%) Java
8 14 (2.18%) JavaScript
9 6 (0.94%) Bash
9 6 (0.94%) Korn
10 5 (0.78%) Groovy
11 4 (0.62%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.47%) Perl
12 3 (0.47%) TypeScript
13 2 (0.31%) Go
13 2 (0.31%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.31%) VB.NET
14 1 (0.16%) ABAP
14 1 (0.16%) C
14 1 (0.16%) C++
Qualifications
1 107 (16.69%) Degree
2 72 (11.23%) Security Cleared
3 48 (7.49%) PMI Certification
4 45 (7.02%) SC Cleared
5 41 (6.40%) PMP
6 20 (3.12%) Master's Degree
7 16 (2.50%) DV Cleared
8 14 (2.18%) Cisco Certification
8 14 (2.18%) ITIL Certification
9 13 (2.03%) CISSP
10 9 (1.40%) Azure Certification
10 9 (1.40%) CCNP
10 9 (1.40%) CISM
10 9 (1.40%) Computer Science Degree
11 8 (1.25%) APMG
11 8 (1.25%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 8 (1.25%) Microsoft Certification
12 7 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
12 7 (1.09%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 6 (0.94%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (8.11%) QA
2 42 (6.55%) Data Quality
3 31 (4.84%) GDPR
3 31 (4.84%) PMO
4 25 (3.90%) SLA
5 24 (3.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (1.56%) NIST
7 8 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials
7 8 (1.25%) IFRS
7 8 (1.25%) MiFID
7 8 (1.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 7 (1.09%) IFRS 17
9 6 (0.94%) Accessibility
9 6 (0.94%) PCI DSS
10 5 (0.78%) EMIR
11 4 (0.62%) Government Security Classifications
11 4 (0.62%) Solvency II
12 3 (0.47%) GRC
13 2 (0.31%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 2 (0.31%) NCSC
System Software
1 36 (5.62%) Active Directory
2 19 (2.96%) Docker
3 8 (1.25%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.94%) Hyper-V
4 6 (0.94%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (0.78%) XenApp
5 5 (0.78%) XenDesktop
6 3 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.31%) ProxySG
7 2 (0.31%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.16%) DFS Replication
8 1 (0.16%) Dovecot
8 1 (0.16%) etcd
8 1 (0.16%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.16%) Postfix
8 1 (0.16%) Squid
8 1 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 23 (3.59%) Kubernetes
2 20 (3.12%) Terraform
3 15 (2.34%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (1.25%) Ansible
5 7 (1.09%) FortiGate
5 7 (1.09%) SCCM
6 5 (0.78%) Grafana
6 5 (0.78%) SCOM
6 5 (0.78%) SCVMM
7 4 (0.62%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.47%) Cisco Prime
8 3 (0.47%) HP SiteScope
8 3 (0.47%) Puppet
8 3 (0.47%) Rancher
9 2 (0.31%) Argo
9 2 (0.31%) PowerCLI
9 2 (0.31%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.16%) Avamar
10 1 (0.16%) Istio
Vendors
1 115 (17.94%) Microsoft
2 80 (12.48%) ServiceNow
3 47 (7.33%) Oracle
3 47 (7.33%) SAP
4 28 (4.37%) Citrix
5 27 (4.21%) Salesforce
6 25 (3.90%) Cisco
7 16 (2.50%) VMware
7 16 (2.50%) Workday
8 12 (1.87%) Fortinet
8 12 (1.87%) OpenAI
9 11 (1.72%) F5
10 9 (1.40%) Palo Alto
10 9 (1.40%) Remedy
10 9 (1.40%) Zscaler
11 8 (1.25%) Automation Anywhere
11 8 (1.25%) CheckPoint
11 8 (1.25%) UiPath
12 7 (1.09%) Juniper
13 6 (0.94%) Adobe