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

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 61 56
Rank change year-on-year 0 -5 -13
Contract jobs citing Change Management 755 514 697
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.95% 4.10% 3.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.45% 4.44% 4.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 462 320 450
10th Percentile £400 £348 £349
25th Percentile £420 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -5.78%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £661
90th Percentile £727 £750 £750
England median daily rate £518 £500 £515
% change year-on-year +3.50% -2.82% -6.45%
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 £50.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -30.26% - -0.49%

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 16,970 11,588 15,541
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.88% 92.38% 88.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,314 7,764 11,086
10th Percentile £360 £338 £343
25th Percentile £437 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £520 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 260 214 312
10th Percentile £17.96 £16.50 £15.50
25th Percentile £25.24 £24.66 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £33.45 £29.25
Median % change year-on-year +12.12% +14.34% -26.88%
75th Percentile £59.85 £49.94 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £67.90
England median hourly rate £47.00 £27.06 £37.63
% change year-on-year +73.67% -28.07% +7.07%

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 23 June 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 23 June 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 23 June 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 -11 83 £550 -2.22% 32
South London +9 21 £500 -14.89% 7
West London -16 19 £500 +11.11% 11
East London +3 8 £750 +28.21% 5
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 43 (5.70%) SharePoint
2 37 (4.90%) Confluence
3 16 (2.12%) Microsoft Exchange
4 14 (1.85%) IIS
5 13 (1.72%) Appian
6 7 (0.93%) Oracle Workflow
7 5 (0.66%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 5 (0.66%) Camunda
7 5 (0.66%) CMS
8 3 (0.40%) Kentico
8 3 (0.40%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.13%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.13%) HCL Notes
9 1 (0.13%) MTS
9 1 (0.13%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.13%) Oracle Spatial
9 1 (0.13%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 19 (2.52%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (2.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (2.12%) Microsoft Project
4 15 (1.99%) MS Visio
5 13 (1.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.40%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.13%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 22 (2.91%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (2.25%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.79%) Finacle
3 6 (0.79%) Oracle ERP
3 6 (0.79%) Salesforce CRM
4 5 (0.66%) OpenText MBPM
4 5 (0.66%) Oracle BPM
5 4 (0.53%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 4 (0.53%) SAP PM
6 3 (0.40%) Oracle Financials
6 3 (0.40%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.40%) SAP QM
6 3 (0.40%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.26%) Global One
7 2 (0.26%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.26%) Primavera
7 2 (0.26%) SAP CO
7 2 (0.26%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.26%) SAP FI/CO
7 2 (0.26%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 123 (16.29%) Azure
2 60 (7.95%) Microsoft 365
3 46 (6.09%) Entra ID
4 45 (5.96%) AWS
5 41 (5.43%) Azure DevOps
6 40 (5.30%) SaaS
7 39 (5.17%) Power Platform
8 23 (3.05%) Dynamics 365
9 21 (2.78%) Power Automate
10 18 (2.38%) GCP
11 13 (1.72%) Google Workspace
11 13 (1.72%) OCI
11 13 (1.72%) PowerApps
12 12 (1.59%) Smartsheet
13 10 (1.32%) Azure Data Factory
13 10 (1.32%) GitHub
13 10 (1.32%) PaaS
14 9 (1.19%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 9 (1.19%) Google Drive
14 9 (1.19%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 26 (3.44%) Firewall
2 18 (2.38%) WAN
3 16 (2.12%) Network Security
4 15 (1.99%) DNS
5 12 (1.59%) LAN
6 11 (1.46%) SD-WAN
6 11 (1.46%) VPN
7 9 (1.19%) BGP
7 9 (1.19%) DHCP
8 8 (1.06%) OSPF
8 8 (1.06%) SSL
9 7 (0.93%) HTTPS
10 6 (0.79%) Cisco Nexus
10 6 (0.79%) Intranet
10 6 (0.79%) NetScaler
10 6 (0.79%) TCP/IP
11 5 (0.66%) Cisco IOS
12 3 (0.40%) 5G
12 3 (0.40%) NX-OS
12 3 (0.40%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (5.96%) SQL Server
2 24 (3.18%) Power BI
3 19 (2.52%) Metadata
4 12 (1.59%) Oracle Database
5 7 (0.93%) Pinecone
5 7 (0.93%) Relational Database
6 6 (0.79%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (0.79%) Oracle Reports
7 5 (0.66%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 4 (0.53%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (0.53%) MySQL
9 3 (0.40%) Data Lake
9 3 (0.40%) Data Mart
9 3 (0.40%) MongoDB
9 3 (0.40%) NoSQL
9 3 (0.40%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (0.40%) Tableau
10 2 (0.26%) Semantic Layer
10 2 (0.26%) Stardog
Development Applications
1 101 (13.38%) JIRA
2 22 (2.91%) Git
3 21 (2.78%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.06%) Visual Studio
5 7 (0.93%) MLflow
6 4 (0.53%) Artifactory
6 4 (0.53%) Maven
7 3 (0.40%) Eclipse
7 3 (0.40%) ScriptRunner
7 3 (0.40%) Snyk
7 3 (0.40%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.26%) git-flow
9 1 (0.13%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.13%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.13%) GitLab
9 1 (0.13%) Hudson
9 1 (0.13%) Liquibase
9 1 (0.13%) Selenium
9 1 (0.13%) TestRail
9 1 (0.13%) Zephyr
General
1 295 (39.07%) Finance
2 285 (37.75%) Social Skills
3 105 (13.91%) Analytical Skills
4 87 (11.52%) Banking
5 54 (7.15%) Public Sector
6 47 (6.23%) Legal
7 40 (5.30%) Marketing
8 35 (4.64%) Retail
9 26 (3.44%) Presentation Skills
10 25 (3.31%) Influencing Skills
11 23 (3.05%) Documentation Skills
12 22 (2.91%) Law
13 21 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
14 18 (2.38%) Financial Institution
15 16 (2.12%) Local Government
16 14 (1.85%) Telecoms
17 13 (1.72%) Manufacturing
18 12 (1.59%) Front Office
19 11 (1.46%) Aviation
19 11 (1.46%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 89 (11.79%) Project Manager
2 80 (10.60%) Lead
3 79 (10.46%) Analyst
3 79 (10.46%) Change Manager
4 60 (7.95%) Consultant
5 50 (6.62%) Senior
6 47 (6.23%) Business Analyst
7 36 (4.77%) Developer
8 28 (3.71%) Programme Manager
9 26 (3.44%) Delivery Manager
9 26 (3.44%) Support Engineer
10 24 (3.18%) Senior Manager
11 21 (2.78%) Business Manager
12 20 (2.65%) Technical Manager
13 19 (2.52%) Architect
13 19 (2.52%) Business Change Manager
13 19 (2.52%) IT Engineer
13 19 (2.52%) IT Support
13 19 (2.52%) IT Support Engineer
14 18 (2.38%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (4.64%) REST
2 31 (4.11%) .NET
3 22 (2.91%) .NET Framework
4 18 (2.38%) OAuth
5 14 (1.85%) Web Services
6 12 (1.59%) CSS
6 12 (1.59%) Middleware
7 11 (1.46%) React
7 11 (1.46%) RESTful
8 9 (1.19%) AngularJS
8 9 (1.19%) Oracle Fusion
9 8 (1.06%) HTML
9 8 (1.06%) SPFx
9 8 (1.06%) Spring
10 7 (0.93%) Faiss
10 7 (0.93%) FastAPI
10 7 (0.93%) Hugging Face
10 7 (0.93%) JWT
10 7 (0.93%) OpenAPI
10 7 (0.93%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 34 (4.50%) Onboarding
2 30 (3.97%) Legacy Systems
3 26 (3.44%) Product Ownership
4 24 (3.18%) PMI
5 22 (2.91%) Data Centre
5 22 (2.91%) Management Information System
6 18 (2.38%) CMDB
7 13 (1.72%) Analytical Mindset
7 13 (1.72%) Cloud Native
7 13 (1.72%) FMCG
7 13 (1.72%) Low-Code
7 13 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
8 11 (1.46%) Data Structures
9 10 (1.32%) Public Cloud
10 9 (1.19%) Security Posture
11 8 (1.06%) PKI
12 7 (0.93%) Data Protection Act
12 7 (0.93%) Operational Technology
12 7 (0.93%) Virtual Team
13 6 (0.79%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 91 (12.05%) Windows
2 24 (3.18%) Linux
2 24 (3.18%) Windows Server
3 13 (1.72%) Unix
4 10 (1.32%) Windows 10
5 9 (1.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (1.06%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (0.66%) Mac OS
7 5 (0.66%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.40%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.26%) AIX
9 2 (0.26%) Android
9 2 (0.26%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.13%) HPUX
10 1 (0.13%) Solaris
10 1 (0.13%) SUSE
10 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 234 (30.99%) Stakeholder Management
2 188 (24.90%) Agile
3 181 (23.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 151 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 120 (15.89%) DevOps
6 119 (15.76%) ITIL
7 118 (15.63%) Project Management
8 117 (15.50%) Problem-Solving
9 115 (15.23%) Migration
10 100 (13.25%) Decision-Making
11 97 (12.85%) Roadmaps
12 91 (12.05%) Project Delivery
13 82 (10.86%) AI
14 75 (9.93%) User Acceptance Testing
15 73 (9.67%) CI/CD
16 62 (8.21%) Analytics
17 61 (8.08%) PRINCE2
17 61 (8.08%) Workshop Facilitation
18 60 (7.95%) Risk Management
19 56 (7.42%) Impact Assessments
Programming Languages
1 100 (13.25%) SQL
2 47 (6.23%) Python
3 43 (5.70%) C#
4 35 (4.64%) PL/SQL
5 30 (3.97%) PowerShell
6 25 (3.31%) T-SQL
7 22 (2.91%) JavaScript
8 21 (2.78%) Java
9 7 (0.93%) Groovy
9 7 (0.93%) Korn
10 6 (0.79%) Bash
11 4 (0.53%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.40%) TypeScript
13 2 (0.26%) C++
13 2 (0.26%) Perl
14 1 (0.13%) ABAP
14 1 (0.13%) C
14 1 (0.13%) COBOL
14 1 (0.13%) SOQL
14 1 (0.13%) VBA
Qualifications
1 85 (11.26%) Degree
2 80 (10.60%) Security Cleared
3 61 (8.08%) SC Cleared
4 60 (7.95%) PMI Certification
5 56 (7.42%) PMP
6 28 (3.71%) CISSP
7 20 (2.65%) CISM
8 17 (2.25%) Cisco Certification
9 15 (1.99%) APMG
10 13 (1.72%) DV Cleared
11 11 (1.46%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 11 (1.46%) Computer Science Degree
11 11 (1.46%) ITIL Certification
11 11 (1.46%) Master's Degree
12 10 (1.32%) Azure Certification
13 8 (1.06%) CISA
14 7 (0.93%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 6 (0.79%) CBAP
15 6 (0.79%) Citrix Certification
15 6 (0.79%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (7.81%) QA
2 46 (6.09%) PMO
3 37 (4.90%) SLA
4 36 (4.77%) Data Quality
5 28 (3.71%) GDPR
6 24 (3.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 16 (2.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 12 (1.59%) GRC
9 11 (1.46%) PCI DSS
10 9 (1.19%) NIST
11 8 (1.06%) ITGC
12 7 (0.93%) COBIT
13 6 (0.79%) IFRS
14 5 (0.66%) HIPAA
14 5 (0.66%) IFRS 17
15 4 (0.53%) Accessibility
15 4 (0.53%) Government Security Classifications
16 3 (0.40%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 3 (0.40%) SOC 2
17 2 (0.26%) SOC 1
System Software
1 51 (6.75%) Active Directory
2 15 (1.99%) Docker
3 10 (1.32%) Hyper-V
3 10 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (1.19%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.53%) XenApp
5 4 (0.53%) XenDesktop
6 2 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.13%) Sendmail
7 1 (0.13%) Squid
7 1 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 29 (3.84%) Terraform
2 20 (2.65%) Kubernetes
3 19 (2.52%) Ansible
4 13 (1.72%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (1.32%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (1.19%) SCCM
7 6 (0.79%) CASB
7 6 (0.79%) ITRS Geneos
8 5 (0.66%) vRealize
9 4 (0.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.53%) CA Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.53%) FortiGate
9 4 (0.53%) PingFederate
9 4 (0.53%) Puppet
9 4 (0.53%) SCVMM
10 3 (0.40%) Cisco Prime
10 3 (0.40%) Grafana
10 3 (0.40%) Packer
10 3 (0.40%) Prometheus
11 2 (0.26%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 124 (16.42%) Microsoft
2 91 (12.05%) ServiceNow
3 78 (10.33%) Oracle
4 48 (6.36%) SAP
5 45 (5.96%) Salesforce
6 29 (3.84%) Citrix
7 22 (2.91%) VMware
8 21 (2.78%) Google
9 15 (1.99%) Workday
10 14 (1.85%) Cisco
11 13 (1.72%) Zscaler
12 11 (1.46%) Splunk
13 10 (1.32%) OpenAI
14 8 (1.06%) Databricks
15 7 (0.93%) Apple
15 7 (0.93%) Automation Anywhere
15 7 (0.93%) Palo Alto
15 7 (0.93%) Red Hat
15 7 (0.93%) UiPath
16 6 (0.79%) Temenos