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 24 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 50 37
Rank change year-on-year -12 -13 +14
Contract jobs citing Change Management 602 617 964
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.18% 4.11% 5.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.57% 4.56% 5.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 383 342 595
10th Percentile £376 £375 £391
25th Percentile £428 £467 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £730 £773 £800
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 5
10th Percentile £29.11 £39.54 £25.70
25th Percentile £32.91 £46.06 £32.00
Median hourly rate £40.50 £59.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.36% +7.27% +144.44%
75th Percentile £74.45 £87.75 £61.25
90th Percentile £94.06 £97.50 £78.50
England median hourly rate £33.64 £54.00 £45.87
% change year-on-year -37.70% +17.74% +50.38%

All Process and 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 13,161 13,523 16,460
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.38% 90.14% 89.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,663 8,690 11,795
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £527 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.18% -2.22% -4.66%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £681
90th Percentile £763 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -3.81% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 234 165 236
10th Percentile £18.06 £18.04 £18.42
25th Percentile £24.61 £23.80 £21.38
Median hourly rate £30.25 £36.50 £33.35
Median % change year-on-year -17.12% +9.46% -13.52%
75th Percentile £52.66 £55.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £67.20 £80.75 £74.38
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% -22.22% +24.47%

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 24 December 2025.

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 24 December 2025.

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 24 December 2025. 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 +1 80 £475 -13.64% 76
South London +16 27 £433 -23.15% 9
West London -6 14 £425 +93.18% 14
East London +7 7 £630 +48.24% 10
North London +4 1 £600 - 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 52 (8.64%) Confluence
2 41 (6.81%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.66%) nginx
4 9 (1.50%) HCL Notes
4 9 (1.50%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (1.00%) Mattermost
5 6 (1.00%) Skype for Business
6 4 (0.66%) IIS
7 3 (0.50%) CICS
7 3 (0.50%) CMS
8 2 (0.33%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.17%) Appian
9 1 (0.17%) Moodle
9 1 (0.17%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.17%) Traefik
Applications
1 40 (6.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (4.98%) Microsoft Project
3 25 (4.15%) Microsoft Office
3 25 (4.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 24 (3.99%) MS Visio
5 10 (1.66%) Mozilla Thunderbird
6 4 (0.66%) Trello
7 3 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.17%) Adobe Captivate
8 1 (0.17%) Camtasia
8 1 (0.17%) Notion
Business Applications
1 29 (4.82%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (1.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.16%) Salesforce CRM
3 5 (0.83%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.66%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.50%) Elite 3E
5 3 (0.50%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.50%) Oracle EBS R12
5 3 (0.50%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (0.50%) SAP CO
5 3 (0.50%) SAP FI
5 3 (0.50%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (0.50%) SAP IBP
5 3 (0.50%) VisionPLUS
6 2 (0.33%) Maximo
6 2 (0.33%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (0.33%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.33%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.33%) SAP APO
6 2 (0.33%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 68 (11.30%) Azure
2 56 (9.30%) Microsoft 365
3 46 (7.64%) Power Platform
4 39 (6.48%) AWS
5 23 (3.82%) SaaS
6 20 (3.32%) Azure DevOps
7 16 (2.66%) Amazon S3
8 15 (2.49%) Power Automate
9 14 (2.33%) Dynamics 365
10 13 (2.16%) Entra ID
11 12 (1.99%) PaaS
11 12 (1.99%) PowerApps
12 11 (1.83%) Amazon EC2
12 11 (1.83%) Microsoft Copilot
12 11 (1.83%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 10 (1.66%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 10 (1.66%) Amazon ECS
13 10 (1.66%) Amazon ELB
13 10 (1.66%) GitHub
13 10 (1.66%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 44 (7.31%) Firewall
2 27 (4.49%) Network Security
3 20 (3.32%) DNS
4 16 (2.66%) WAN
5 14 (2.33%) VPN
6 13 (2.16%) HTTP
6 13 (2.16%) LAN
7 12 (1.99%) SMTP
7 12 (1.99%) SSH
8 10 (1.66%) BGP
8 10 (1.66%) FTP
8 10 (1.66%) IMAP
8 10 (1.66%) OpenLDAP
8 10 (1.66%) SD-WAN
9 9 (1.50%) OSPF
10 8 (1.33%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (1.00%) Cisco ASA
11 6 (1.00%) Skype
11 6 (1.00%) Unified Communications
12 5 (0.83%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (6.15%) Power BI
2 22 (3.65%) PostgreSQL
3 21 (3.49%) SQL Server
4 18 (2.99%) Tableau
5 17 (2.82%) Amazon Aurora
5 17 (2.82%) Amazon RDS
6 8 (1.33%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (1.33%) Metadata
7 7 (1.16%) Oracle Database
8 5 (0.83%) Relational Database
9 4 (0.66%) Redis
10 3 (0.50%) DynamoDB
10 3 (0.50%) Metadata Repository
10 3 (0.50%) NoSQL
10 3 (0.50%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 3 (0.50%) Oracle ODI
10 3 (0.50%) Oracle Reports
11 2 (0.33%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.33%) RDBMS
11 2 (0.33%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 72 (11.96%) JIRA
2 23 (3.82%) Jenkins
3 21 (3.49%) Git
4 10 (1.66%) Vagrant
5 6 (1.00%) Visual Studio
6 4 (0.66%) Oracle APEX
7 3 (0.50%) ChangeMan
7 3 (0.50%) JUnit
7 3 (0.50%) Liquibase
7 3 (0.50%) Oracle Forms
8 2 (0.33%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.33%) Mockito
8 2 (0.33%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.17%) Ant
9 1 (0.17%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.17%) GCC
9 1 (0.17%) MSI
9 1 (0.17%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.17%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.17%) SpecFlow
General
1 277 (46.01%) Social Skills
2 249 (41.36%) Finance
3 105 (17.44%) Analytical Skills
4 63 (10.47%) Banking
5 45 (7.48%) Public Sector
6 29 (4.82%) Presentation Skills
7 25 (4.15%) Influencing Skills
8 22 (3.65%) Documentation Skills
8 22 (3.65%) Legal
9 19 (3.16%) Retail
10 18 (2.99%) Marketing
11 17 (2.82%) Investment Banking
12 16 (2.66%) Organisational Skills
13 15 (2.49%) Manufacturing
14 14 (2.33%) Law
15 13 (2.16%) Pharmaceutical
15 13 (2.16%) Telecoms
16 12 (1.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 11 (1.83%) Local Government
18 10 (1.66%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 93 (15.45%) Analyst
2 76 (12.62%) Project Manager
3 67 (11.13%) Change Manager
4 64 (10.63%) Business Analyst
5 57 (9.47%) Lead
6 36 (5.98%) Developer
7 32 (5.32%) Senior
8 30 (4.98%) Consultant
9 25 (4.15%) Architect
10 20 (3.32%) Business Manager
11 19 (3.16%) Programme Manager
12 16 (2.66%) AWS Engineer
12 16 (2.66%) Business Change Manager
13 15 (2.49%) DevOps Engineer
13 15 (2.49%) IT Manager
14 14 (2.33%) Senior Manager
14 14 (2.33%) Transformation Manager
15 12 (1.99%) AWS DevOps
15 12 (1.99%) Financial Analyst
15 12 (1.99%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.66%) .NET
2 12 (1.99%) LDAP
3 10 (1.66%) REST
4 9 (1.50%) .NET Framework
5 8 (1.33%) HTML
5 8 (1.33%) Oracle Fusion
6 7 (1.16%) Kafka
6 7 (1.16%) SAML
7 6 (1.00%) OAuth
8 5 (0.83%) Node.js
8 5 (0.83%) OpenID
8 5 (0.83%) SOAP
9 4 (0.66%) CSS
9 4 (0.66%) Elastic Stack
9 4 (0.66%) HTML5 Canvas
9 4 (0.66%) Keycloak
9 4 (0.66%) RESTful
9 4 (0.66%) YAML
10 3 (0.50%) AngularJS
10 3 (0.50%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 28 (4.65%) Product Ownership
2 25 (4.15%) Management Information System
3 24 (3.99%) Onboarding
4 21 (3.49%) CMDB
5 14 (2.33%) Data Centre
5 14 (2.33%) Replication
6 13 (2.16%) Virtual Team
7 12 (1.99%) Analytical Mindset
8 11 (1.83%) Legacy Systems
8 11 (1.83%) PKI
8 11 (1.83%) PMI
9 9 (1.50%) Data Structures
9 9 (1.50%) Life Science
10 7 (1.16%) Cyber Threat
10 7 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
10 7 (1.16%) e-Learning
11 6 (1.00%) Cloud Native
11 6 (1.00%) Greenfield Project
11 6 (1.00%) Low-Code
12 5 (0.83%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 49 (8.14%) Windows
2 25 (4.15%) Linux
3 12 (1.99%) VMS
4 11 (1.83%) Windows Server
5 10 (1.66%) Amazon Linux
5 10 (1.66%) Ubuntu
6 8 (1.33%) Unix
7 7 (1.16%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.50%) zOS
10 2 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.33%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.17%) AIX
11 1 (0.17%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 187 (31.06%) Stakeholder Management
2 166 (27.57%) Agile
3 147 (24.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 120 (19.93%) Project Management
5 115 (19.10%) Problem-Solving
6 80 (13.29%) ITIL
7 78 (12.96%) Continuous Improvement
7 78 (12.96%) Migration
8 75 (12.46%) Project Delivery
9 65 (10.80%) Decision-Making
10 61 (10.13%) DevOps
11 59 (9.80%) Roadmaps
12 56 (9.30%) PRINCE2
12 56 (9.30%) Risk Management
13 55 (9.14%) Business Intelligence
14 51 (8.47%) Workshop Facilitation
15 50 (8.31%) ERP
16 48 (7.97%) Process Improvement
17 46 (7.64%) Scrum
17 46 (7.64%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 84 (13.95%) SQL
2 50 (8.31%) Python
3 32 (5.32%) PowerShell
4 25 (4.15%) C#
5 15 (2.49%) PL/SQL
6 14 (2.33%) Groovy
6 14 (2.33%) Java
7 13 (2.16%) JavaScript
8 9 (1.50%) T-SQL
9 7 (1.16%) Bash
9 7 (1.16%) Korn
10 4 (0.66%) Formula Language
10 4 (0.66%) Go
10 4 (0.66%) LotusScript
11 3 (0.50%) C
11 3 (0.50%) C++
11 3 (0.50%) Perl
12 2 (0.33%) COBOL
12 2 (0.33%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.33%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 121 (20.10%) Degree
2 75 (12.46%) Security Cleared
3 50 (8.31%) SC Cleared
4 48 (7.97%) PMI Certification
5 39 (6.48%) PMP
6 15 (2.49%) Master's Degree
7 12 (1.99%) Azure Certification
7 12 (1.99%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (1.99%) ITIL Certification
8 10 (1.66%) AWS Certification
9 9 (1.50%) APMG
9 9 (1.50%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (1.50%) DV Cleared
10 8 (1.33%) CCNP
11 7 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (1.00%) BPSS Clearance
12 6 (1.00%) CCIE
12 6 (1.00%) CFA
13 5 (0.83%) JNCIE
13 5 (0.83%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (7.31%) QA
2 37 (6.15%) PMO
3 28 (4.65%) Data Quality
4 19 (3.16%) GDPR
5 14 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (2.33%) SLA
6 9 (1.50%) NIST
7 8 (1.33%) Cyber Essentials
7 8 (1.33%) MiFID
8 6 (1.00%) Accessibility
8 6 (1.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 5 (0.83%) EMIR
9 5 (0.83%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.66%) GMP
10 4 (0.66%) IFRS
11 3 (0.50%) ITGC
12 2 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.33%) Basel III
12 2 (0.33%) IFRS 17
12 2 (0.33%) NCSC
System Software
1 28 (4.65%) Active Directory
2 20 (3.32%) Docker
3 10 (1.66%) DFS Replication
3 10 (1.66%) Dovecot
3 10 (1.66%) Postfix
3 10 (1.66%) Squid
4 4 (0.66%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.33%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.33%) ProxySG
6 2 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.33%) XenApp
6 2 (0.33%) XenDesktop
7 1 (0.17%) etcd
7 1 (0.17%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 31 (5.15%) Terraform
2 15 (2.49%) Grafana
3 14 (2.33%) Prometheus
4 13 (2.16%) Kubernetes
5 12 (1.99%) Microsoft Intune
6 11 (1.83%) Nessus
7 10 (1.66%) Proxmox
8 9 (1.50%) Ansible
9 8 (1.33%) SCOM
10 6 (1.00%) HP SiteScope
11 4 (0.66%) Rancher
11 4 (0.66%) SCCM
12 3 (0.50%) CA Endevor
12 3 (0.50%) FortiGate
13 2 (0.33%) Argo
13 2 (0.33%) ITRS Geneos
13 2 (0.33%) Puppet
13 2 (0.33%) RSA Archer
13 2 (0.33%) SCVMM
13 2 (0.33%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 107 (17.77%) Microsoft
2 60 (9.97%) ServiceNow
3 54 (8.97%) SAP
4 48 (7.97%) Oracle
5 21 (3.49%) Salesforce
6 20 (3.32%) Cisco
7 11 (1.83%) Citrix
7 11 (1.83%) Workday
8 10 (1.66%) F5
8 10 (1.66%) Fortinet
8 10 (1.66%) Jaspersoft
8 10 (1.66%) Remedy
9 9 (1.50%) Lotus
10 8 (1.33%) CheckPoint
10 8 (1.33%) VMware
11 7 (1.16%) CyberArk
11 7 (1.16%) Splunk
11 7 (1.16%) Zscaler
12 6 (1.00%) Dynatrace
12 6 (1.00%) Juniper