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

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 59 57
Rank change year-on-year -1 -2 -16
Contract jobs citing Change Management 778 534 698
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.03% 4.08% 3.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.53% 4.42% 4.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 468 334 444
10th Percentile £400 £346 £340
25th Percentile £423 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £663
90th Percentile £738 £754 £750
England median daily rate £525 £500 £514
% change year-on-year +5.00% -2.72% -6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 3
10th Percentile £28.70 - £32.35
25th Percentile £43.25 - £32.44
Median hourly rate £57.50 £28.60 £34.53
Median % change year-on-year +101.05% -17.17% -37.22%
75th Percentile £76.96 £34.30 £52.99
90th Percentile £97.00 £37.72 £62.90
England median hourly rate £34.87 £41.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -14.95% -18.00% +3.31%

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 17,177 12,084 15,599
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.92% 92.22% 88.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,420 8,065 11,124
10th Percentile £360 £331 £341
25th Percentile £438 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £523 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +1.46% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 266 227 298
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £15.98
25th Percentile £23.25 £24.66 £20.02
Median hourly rate £37.25 £32.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.62% +8.33% -26.90%
75th Percentile £59.00 £50.25 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.45 £68.75
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% +1.65%

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 3 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 3 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 3 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 -15 78 £538 -4.44% 68
West London -10 22 £506 +9.46% 14
South London +4 20 £525 -9.64% 5
East London +3 8 £750 +28.21% 8
North London +3 3 £450 +2.27% 3
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 46 (5.91%) SharePoint
2 38 (4.88%) Confluence
3 16 (2.06%) Microsoft Exchange
4 14 (1.80%) IIS
5 11 (1.41%) Appian
6 7 (0.90%) Oracle Workflow
7 6 (0.77%) CMS
8 5 (0.64%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 5 (0.64%) Camunda
9 4 (0.51%) WebSphere
10 3 (0.39%) 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 (2.06%) Microsoft Office
1 16 (2.06%) Microsoft Project
2 15 (1.93%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (1.80%) MS Visio
4 10 (1.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.39%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.26%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.13%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.13%) InDesign
7 1 (0.13%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (3.08%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (2.19%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.77%) OpenText MBPM
3 6 (0.77%) Oracle BPM
3 6 (0.77%) Oracle ERP
4 5 (0.64%) Salesforce CRM
4 5 (0.64%) SAP PM
5 4 (0.51%) Finacle
5 4 (0.51%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 4 (0.51%) SAP QM
6 3 (0.39%) Oracle Financials
6 3 (0.39%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.39%) SAP CO
6 3 (0.39%) SAP FI
6 3 (0.39%) SAP FI/CO
6 3 (0.39%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.26%) Global One
7 2 (0.26%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.26%) Primavera
7 2 (0.26%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 127 (16.32%) Azure
2 60 (7.71%) Microsoft 365
3 52 (6.68%) Entra ID
4 48 (6.17%) AWS
5 43 (5.53%) Power Platform
5 43 (5.53%) SaaS
6 41 (5.27%) Azure DevOps
7 23 (2.96%) Dynamics 365
8 19 (2.44%) Power Automate
9 18 (2.31%) GCP
10 15 (1.93%) OCI
11 13 (1.67%) Google Workspace
11 13 (1.67%) Microsoft Copilot
11 13 (1.67%) PowerApps
12 12 (1.54%) Smartsheet
13 11 (1.41%) GitHub
14 10 (1.29%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 10 (1.29%) PaaS
15 9 (1.16%) Google Drive
16 8 (1.03%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 34 (4.37%) Firewall
2 19 (2.44%) WAN
3 18 (2.31%) Network Security
4 16 (2.06%) DNS
5 13 (1.67%) LAN
5 13 (1.67%) VPN
6 10 (1.29%) SD-WAN
7 9 (1.16%) BGP
7 9 (1.16%) DHCP
8 8 (1.03%) OSPF
8 8 (1.03%) SSL
8 8 (1.03%) TCP/IP
9 7 (0.90%) HTTPS
10 6 (0.77%) Cisco ASA
10 6 (0.77%) Cisco Nexus
11 5 (0.64%) Cisco Firepower
11 5 (0.64%) Cisco IOS
12 4 (0.51%) Internet
13 3 (0.39%) SNMP
13 3 (0.39%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (5.27%) SQL Server
2 28 (3.60%) Power BI
3 22 (2.83%) Metadata
4 14 (1.80%) Oracle Database
5 8 (1.03%) Relational Database
6 7 (0.90%) Oracle Reports
7 6 (0.77%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (0.64%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 5 (0.64%) Pinecone
9 4 (0.51%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (0.51%) Data Lake
9 4 (0.51%) Data Mart
9 4 (0.51%) MongoDB
9 4 (0.51%) MySQL
9 4 (0.51%) NoSQL
10 3 (0.39%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (0.39%) Semantic Layer
10 3 (0.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (0.39%) Stardog
10 3 (0.39%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 103 (13.24%) JIRA
2 24 (3.08%) Git
3 22 (2.83%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.77%) Visual Studio
5 5 (0.64%) MLflow
6 4 (0.51%) Artifactory
6 4 (0.51%) Eclipse
6 4 (0.51%) Maven
7 3 (0.39%) ScriptRunner
7 3 (0.39%) Snyk
7 3 (0.39%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.26%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.26%) Selenium
9 1 (0.13%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.13%) git-flow
9 1 (0.13%) Hudson
9 1 (0.13%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.13%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.13%) TestRail
9 1 (0.13%) Zephyr
General
1 303 (38.95%) Finance
2 288 (37.02%) Social Skills
3 110 (14.14%) Analytical Skills
4 87 (11.18%) Banking
5 57 (7.33%) Public Sector
6 48 (6.17%) Legal
7 42 (5.40%) Marketing
8 36 (4.63%) Retail
9 28 (3.60%) Presentation Skills
10 27 (3.47%) Influencing Skills
10 27 (3.47%) Organisational Skills
11 24 (3.08%) Documentation Skills
12 22 (2.83%) Law
13 18 (2.31%) Financial Institution
14 16 (2.06%) Local Government
15 14 (1.80%) Manufacturing
16 13 (1.67%) Front Office
16 13 (1.67%) Telecoms
17 12 (1.54%) Aviation
18 11 (1.41%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 96 (12.34%) Project Manager
2 88 (11.31%) Analyst
3 79 (10.15%) Change Manager
4 77 (9.90%) Lead
5 61 (7.84%) Consultant
6 51 (6.56%) Senior
7 48 (6.17%) Business Analyst
8 34 (4.37%) Developer
9 28 (3.60%) Programme Manager
10 26 (3.34%) Support Engineer
11 25 (3.21%) Delivery Manager
11 25 (3.21%) Senior Manager
12 23 (2.96%) Business Manager
13 21 (2.70%) Business Change Manager
14 20 (2.57%) Technical Manager
15 19 (2.44%) Applications Support
15 19 (2.44%) IT Engineer
15 19 (2.44%) IT Support
15 19 (2.44%) IT Support Engineer
16 17 (2.19%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (4.50%) REST
2 30 (3.86%) .NET
3 20 (2.57%) .NET Framework
4 16 (2.06%) OAuth
5 13 (1.67%) Middleware
5 13 (1.67%) Web Services
6 12 (1.54%) CSS
7 11 (1.41%) Oracle Fusion
7 11 (1.41%) React
7 11 (1.41%) RESTful
8 9 (1.16%) AngularJS
8 9 (1.16%) Spring
9 8 (1.03%) HTML
9 8 (1.03%) J2EE
9 8 (1.03%) SPFx
10 7 (0.90%) JSON
10 7 (0.90%) Microsoft Graph
10 7 (0.90%) OAuth2
10 7 (0.90%) OpenID
10 7 (0.90%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 38 (4.88%) Onboarding
2 30 (3.86%) Legacy Systems
3 24 (3.08%) Data Centre
4 23 (2.96%) PMI
5 22 (2.83%) Product Ownership
6 20 (2.57%) Management Information System
7 18 (2.31%) CMDB
8 15 (1.93%) Self-Motivation
9 14 (1.80%) Cloud Native
10 12 (1.54%) FMCG
11 11 (1.41%) Analytical Mindset
11 11 (1.41%) Low-Code
12 10 (1.29%) Data Structures
12 10 (1.29%) Public Cloud
13 9 (1.16%) Security Posture
14 8 (1.03%) Operational Technology
14 8 (1.03%) Virtual Team
15 7 (0.90%) AI Agents
15 7 (0.90%) Data Protection Act
16 6 (0.77%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 88 (11.31%) Windows
2 26 (3.34%) Windows Server
3 25 (3.21%) Linux
4 14 (1.80%) Unix
5 10 (1.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (1.03%) Windows 10
7 6 (0.77%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (0.64%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.39%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.26%) AIX
10 2 (0.26%) Android
10 2 (0.26%) Oracle Linux
10 2 (0.26%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.13%) HPUX
11 1 (0.13%) Solaris
11 1 (0.13%) SUSE
11 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 245 (31.49%) Stakeholder Management
2 198 (25.45%) Agile
3 190 (24.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 158 (20.31%) Continuous Improvement
5 124 (15.94%) ITIL
6 123 (15.81%) DevOps
7 120 (15.42%) Problem-Solving
8 119 (15.30%) Migration
9 118 (15.17%) Project Management
10 103 (13.24%) Decision-Making
11 101 (12.98%) Roadmaps
12 100 (12.85%) Project Delivery
13 92 (11.83%) AI
14 75 (9.64%) CI/CD
14 75 (9.64%) User Acceptance Testing
15 67 (8.61%) Analytics
16 64 (8.23%) PRINCE2
17 62 (7.97%) Risk Management
18 61 (7.84%) Workshop Facilitation
19 58 (7.46%) Impact Assessments
Programming Languages
1 96 (12.34%) SQL
2 49 (6.30%) Python
3 43 (5.53%) C#
4 34 (4.37%) PL/SQL
5 32 (4.11%) PowerShell
6 24 (3.08%) T-SQL
7 22 (2.83%) Java
7 22 (2.83%) JavaScript
8 9 (1.16%) Korn
9 7 (0.90%) Bash
9 7 (0.90%) Groovy
10 4 (0.51%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.39%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.26%) Bicep
12 2 (0.26%) C++
12 2 (0.26%) Perl
12 2 (0.26%) SHACL
12 2 (0.26%) SPARQL
13 1 (0.13%) C
13 1 (0.13%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 82 (10.54%) Degree
2 78 (10.03%) Security Cleared
3 60 (7.71%) SC Cleared
4 59 (7.58%) PMI Certification
5 56 (7.20%) PMP
6 27 (3.47%) CISSP
7 20 (2.57%) Cisco Certification
8 19 (2.44%) CISM
9 15 (1.93%) APMG
10 12 (1.54%) Computer Science Degree
10 12 (1.54%) ITIL Certification
11 11 (1.41%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 10 (1.29%) DV Cleared
13 9 (1.16%) Azure Certification
13 9 (1.16%) Master's Degree
14 8 (1.03%) CCNP
14 8 (1.03%) CISA
15 7 (0.90%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 6 (0.77%) SSCP
17 5 (0.64%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (7.71%) QA
2 48 (6.17%) PMO
3 42 (5.40%) SLA
4 34 (4.37%) Data Quality
5 28 (3.60%) GDPR
6 24 (3.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 16 (2.06%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 12 (1.54%) GRC
8 12 (1.54%) PCI DSS
9 8 (1.03%) ITGC
9 8 (1.03%) NIST
10 7 (0.90%) COBIT
11 6 (0.77%) Accessibility
11 6 (0.77%) IFRS
12 5 (0.64%) HIPAA
12 5 (0.64%) IFRS 17
13 4 (0.51%) Government Security Classifications
13 4 (0.51%) SOC 2
14 3 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
14 3 (0.39%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 54 (6.94%) Active Directory
2 14 (1.80%) Docker
3 10 (1.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.03%) Hyper-V
5 7 (0.90%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.26%) XenApp
7 2 (0.26%) XenDesktop
8 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.13%) Sendmail
8 1 (0.13%) Squid
8 1 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 30 (3.86%) Terraform
2 19 (2.44%) Ansible
2 19 (2.44%) Kubernetes
3 15 (1.93%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (1.29%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (1.03%) SCCM
6 6 (0.77%) CASB
6 6 (0.77%) ITRS Geneos
7 5 (0.64%) vRealize
8 4 (0.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (0.51%) CA Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.51%) FortiGate
8 4 (0.51%) Grafana
8 4 (0.51%) PingFederate
8 4 (0.51%) Puppet
8 4 (0.51%) ZABBIX
9 3 (0.39%) Packer
9 3 (0.39%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.26%) PowerCLI
10 2 (0.26%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 127 (16.32%) Microsoft
2 94 (12.08%) ServiceNow
3 82 (10.54%) Oracle
4 50 (6.43%) SAP
5 45 (5.78%) Salesforce
6 24 (3.08%) Citrix
7 22 (2.83%) VMware
8 21 (2.70%) Google
9 18 (2.31%) Cisco
10 15 (1.93%) Workday
11 14 (1.80%) Zscaler
12 13 (1.67%) Splunk
13 8 (1.03%) Apple
13 8 (1.03%) OpenAI
14 7 (0.90%) Databricks
14 7 (0.90%) Dynatrace
14 7 (0.90%) IBM
14 7 (0.90%) Red Hat
15 6 (0.77%) Juniper
15 6 (0.77%) Palo Alto