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 20 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 50 41
Rank change year-on-year -23 -9 +6
Contract jobs citing Change Management 612 565 868
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.91% 4.17% 4.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.33% 4.60% 5.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 381 311 533
10th Percentile £375 £356 £389
25th Percentile £415 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £540 £566
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% -4.59% +2.82%
75th Percentile £630 £650 £675
90th Percentile £723 £738 £738
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 6 4
10th Percentile £47.12 £28.60 £32.17
25th Percentile £58.92 £30.20 £32.44
Median hourly rate £90.00 £39.54 £46.02
Median % change year-on-year +127.62% -14.07% +17.24%
75th Percentile £100.00 £53.02 £68.44
90th Percentile £104.28 £75.50 £81.38
England median hourly rate £45.46 £56.75 £37.18
% change year-on-year -19.89% +52.62% -19.17%

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 14,143 12,286 16,265
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 90.44% 90.69% 88.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,444 7,897 11,628
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% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 219 156 343
10th Percentile £18.21 £20.23 £16.02
25th Percentile £24.81 £24.73 £19.53
Median hourly rate £35.50 £37.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.05% +23.33% -16.67%
75th Percentile £56.73 £55.25 £52.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £78.58 £72.50
England median hourly rate £26.61 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -23.99% - -

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 20 February 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 20 February 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 20 February 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 -5 79 £500 -4.76% 47
South London +10 27 £500 -21.57% 1
West London -13 15 £463 +110.23% 6
East London +1 5 £525 +23.53% 10
North London +5 2 £575 - 2
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 41 (6.70%) Confluence
2 33 (5.39%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.96%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (1.31%) Appian
5 5 (0.82%) HCL Notes
5 5 (0.82%) Mattermost
5 5 (0.82%) Skype for Business
6 4 (0.65%) nginx
7 2 (0.33%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.33%) CMS
7 2 (0.33%) IIS
8 1 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.16%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.16%) Moodle
8 1 (0.16%) Oracle Spatial
8 1 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.16%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.16%) Traefik
Applications
1 30 (4.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (4.41%) Microsoft Project
3 25 (4.08%) MS Visio
4 23 (3.76%) Microsoft Office
5 20 (3.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.65%) Mozilla Thunderbird
7 3 (0.49%) Trello
8 1 (0.16%) Adobe Captivate
8 1 (0.16%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 27 (4.41%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.31%) Salesforce CRM
3 6 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.82%) SAP CO
4 5 (0.82%) SAP FI
4 5 (0.82%) SAP FI/CO
5 4 (0.65%) Finacle
5 4 (0.65%) Oracle ERP
5 4 (0.65%) Remedy ITSM
6 3 (0.49%) SAP ERP
6 3 (0.49%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.33%) Aladdin
7 2 (0.33%) Elite 3E
7 2 (0.33%) OpenText VIM for SAP
7 2 (0.33%) SAP IBP
7 2 (0.33%) Teamcenter
8 1 (0.16%) Actimize
8 1 (0.16%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 1 (0.16%) Loan IQ
8 1 (0.16%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 92 (15.03%) Azure
2 53 (8.66%) Microsoft 365
3 39 (6.37%) AWS
4 37 (6.05%) Power Platform
5 30 (4.90%) Azure DevOps
6 20 (3.27%) Power Automate
7 18 (2.94%) Entra ID
7 18 (2.94%) SaaS
8 14 (2.29%) Dynamics 365
9 12 (1.96%) Azure Data Factory
10 11 (1.80%) Amazon S3
10 11 (1.80%) GitHub
10 11 (1.80%) PaaS
11 10 (1.63%) IaaS
11 10 (1.63%) PowerApps
12 9 (1.47%) Amazon EC2
12 9 (1.47%) Azure AI
12 9 (1.47%) Serverless
12 9 (1.47%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 8 (1.31%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 39 (6.37%) Firewall
2 30 (4.90%) Network Security
3 22 (3.59%) WAN
4 19 (3.10%) VPN
5 18 (2.94%) LAN
6 15 (2.45%) DNS
6 15 (2.45%) SD-WAN
7 12 (1.96%) BGP
8 11 (1.80%) OSPF
9 9 (1.47%) NetScaler
10 7 (1.14%) Cisco ASA
10 7 (1.14%) HTTP
10 7 (1.14%) Intranet
10 7 (1.14%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (0.98%) Cisco IOS
11 6 (0.98%) Cisco Nexus
11 6 (0.98%) SMTP
11 6 (0.98%) TCP/IP
12 5 (0.82%) Skype
12 5 (0.82%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (5.88%) SQL Server
2 27 (4.41%) Power BI
3 13 (2.12%) PostgreSQL
4 12 (1.96%) Amazon RDS
5 10 (1.63%) Tableau
6 9 (1.47%) Metadata
7 8 (1.31%) Amazon Aurora
7 8 (1.31%) Pinecone
8 7 (1.14%) Relational Database
9 6 (0.98%) Data Warehouse
10 5 (0.82%) Oracle Database
11 3 (0.49%) GIS
11 3 (0.49%) Metadata Repository
11 3 (0.49%) Oracle ODI
11 3 (0.49%) Redis
12 2 (0.33%) Data Lake
12 2 (0.33%) MongoDB
12 2 (0.33%) MySQL
12 2 (0.33%) Snowflake Schema
13 1 (0.16%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 67 (10.95%) JIRA
2 17 (2.78%) Git
3 15 (2.45%) Jenkins
4 11 (1.80%) Visual Studio
5 8 (1.31%) MLflow
6 4 (0.65%) Vagrant
7 3 (0.49%) JUnit
7 3 (0.49%) Liquibase
7 3 (0.49%) Oracle APEX
8 2 (0.33%) git-flow
8 2 (0.33%) Mockito
9 1 (0.16%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.16%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.16%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.16%) GCC
9 1 (0.16%) Selenium
9 1 (0.16%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.16%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.16%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.16%) SpecFlow
General
1 283 (46.24%) Social Skills
2 259 (42.32%) Finance
3 103 (16.83%) Analytical Skills
4 65 (10.62%) Banking
5 43 (7.03%) Public Sector
6 32 (5.23%) Presentation Skills
7 31 (5.07%) Legal
8 28 (4.58%) Documentation Skills
9 26 (4.25%) Influencing Skills
10 20 (3.27%) Retail
11 19 (3.10%) Law
11 19 (3.10%) Marketing
12 18 (2.94%) Investment Banking
13 14 (2.29%) Organisational Skills
14 13 (2.12%) Financial Institution
14 13 (2.12%) Manufacturing
15 12 (1.96%) Local Government
15 12 (1.96%) Telecoms
16 10 (1.63%) Pharmaceutical
17 8 (1.31%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 89 (14.54%) Analyst
2 77 (12.58%) Project Manager
3 74 (12.09%) Change Manager
4 60 (9.80%) Business Analyst
5 59 (9.64%) Lead
6 40 (6.54%) Senior
7 34 (5.56%) Developer
8 32 (5.23%) Consultant
9 27 (4.41%) Architect
10 22 (3.59%) Business Manager
11 17 (2.78%) Business Change Manager
11 17 (2.78%) C# Developer
11 17 (2.78%) Programme Manager
12 16 (2.61%) Senior Manager
13 13 (2.12%) IT Manager
13 13 (2.12%) SAP Manager
14 12 (1.96%) Delivery Manager
15 11 (1.80%) Administrator
15 11 (1.80%) Network Engineer
16 10 (1.63%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (4.08%) .NET
2 20 (3.27%) REST
3 19 (3.10%) .NET Framework
4 15 (2.45%) OAuth
5 12 (1.96%) RESTful
5 12 (1.96%) Web Services
6 9 (1.47%) NumPy
6 9 (1.47%) Pandas
6 9 (1.47%) pytest
7 8 (1.31%) Django
7 8 (1.31%) FastAPI
7 8 (1.31%) Flask
7 8 (1.31%) HTML
7 8 (1.31%) Hugging Face
7 8 (1.31%) JWT
7 8 (1.31%) PyTorch
7 8 (1.31%) SAML
7 8 (1.31%) scikit-learn
7 8 (1.31%) Swagger
7 8 (1.31%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 30 (4.90%) Product Ownership
2 28 (4.58%) Onboarding
3 25 (4.08%) CMDB
3 25 (4.08%) Management Information System
4 20 (3.27%) Legacy Systems
5 16 (2.61%) Analytical Mindset
6 15 (2.45%) PKI
7 14 (2.29%) PMI
8 13 (2.12%) Data Structures
9 11 (1.80%) Data Centre
10 10 (1.63%) Low-Code
11 9 (1.47%) Greenfield Project
12 8 (1.31%) Virtual Team
13 7 (1.14%) Cyber Threat
13 7 (1.14%) Life Science
13 7 (1.14%) Replication
13 7 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
14 6 (0.98%) Data Protection Act
14 6 (0.98%) e-Learning
14 6 (0.98%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 63 (10.29%) Windows
2 18 (2.94%) Linux
3 15 (2.45%) Windows 10
4 14 (2.29%) Windows Server
5 9 (1.47%) Unix
6 6 (0.98%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (0.98%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (0.82%) VMS
8 4 (0.65%) Amazon Linux
8 4 (0.65%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.33%) Android
10 1 (0.16%) AIX
10 1 (0.16%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.16%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 205 (33.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 160 (26.14%) Agile
3 153 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 113 (18.46%) Problem-Solving
5 100 (16.34%) Project Management
6 90 (14.71%) ITIL
7 87 (14.22%) Continuous Improvement
8 77 (12.58%) Migration
9 76 (12.42%) Project Delivery
10 70 (11.44%) DevOps
11 65 (10.62%) Decision-Making
11 65 (10.62%) Roadmaps
12 56 (9.15%) PRINCE2
12 56 (9.15%) Risk Management
12 56 (9.15%) Workshop Facilitation
13 55 (8.99%) User Acceptance Testing
14 53 (8.66%) AI
15 49 (8.01%) CI/CD
15 49 (8.01%) ITSM
16 48 (7.84%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 88 (14.38%) SQL
2 45 (7.35%) Python
3 31 (5.07%) C#
4 30 (4.90%) PowerShell
5 19 (3.10%) PL/SQL
6 14 (2.29%) T-SQL
7 13 (2.12%) JavaScript
8 11 (1.80%) Java
9 8 (1.31%) Groovy
10 6 (0.98%) Bash
11 5 (0.82%) Korn
12 4 (0.65%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.49%) Perl
13 3 (0.49%) TypeScript
14 2 (0.33%) Go
14 2 (0.33%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.33%) VB.NET
15 1 (0.16%) ABAP
15 1 (0.16%) C
15 1 (0.16%) C++
Qualifications
1 112 (18.30%) Degree
2 71 (11.60%) Security Cleared
3 48 (7.84%) PMI Certification
4 44 (7.19%) SC Cleared
5 39 (6.37%) PMP
6 22 (3.59%) Master's Degree
7 16 (2.61%) DV Cleared
8 14 (2.29%) Cisco Certification
9 13 (2.12%) CISSP
10 12 (1.96%) Azure Certification
10 12 (1.96%) ITIL Certification
11 11 (1.80%) Computer Science Degree
12 10 (1.63%) APMG
13 9 (1.47%) CISM
14 8 (1.31%) CCNP
15 7 (1.14%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 7 (1.14%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 7 (1.14%) Microsoft Certification
16 6 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
16 6 (0.98%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (8.01%) QA
2 39 (6.37%) Data Quality
3 31 (5.07%) PMO
4 30 (4.90%) GDPR
5 23 (3.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 19 (3.10%) SLA
7 10 (1.63%) NIST
8 8 (1.31%) Cyber Essentials
8 8 (1.31%) IFRS
8 8 (1.31%) MiFID
8 8 (1.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 7 (1.14%) IFRS 17
10 6 (0.98%) Accessibility
11 5 (0.82%) EMIR
11 5 (0.82%) PCI DSS
12 4 (0.65%) Government Security Classifications
12 4 (0.65%) Solvency II
13 3 (0.49%) GMP
13 3 (0.49%) GRC
14 2 (0.33%) COBIT
System Software
1 33 (5.39%) Active Directory
2 22 (3.59%) Docker
3 7 (1.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.98%) Hyper-V
4 6 (0.98%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (0.82%) XenApp
5 5 (0.82%) XenDesktop
6 4 (0.65%) DFS Replication
6 4 (0.65%) Dovecot
6 4 (0.65%) Postfix
6 4 (0.65%) Squid
7 3 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.33%) ProxySG
8 2 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.16%) etcd
9 1 (0.16%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 24 (3.92%) Terraform
2 20 (3.27%) Kubernetes
3 13 (2.12%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (1.31%) Grafana
5 7 (1.14%) Prometheus
5 7 (1.14%) SCCM
6 6 (0.98%) Ansible
6 6 (0.98%) SCOM
7 5 (0.82%) FortiGate
7 5 (0.82%) HP SiteScope
7 5 (0.82%) SCVMM
8 4 (0.65%) Nessus
8 4 (0.65%) Proxmox
9 3 (0.49%) Cisco Prime
9 3 (0.49%) Puppet
9 3 (0.49%) Rancher
10 2 (0.33%) Argo
11 1 (0.16%) HP ALM
11 1 (0.16%) Istio
11 1 (0.16%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 109 (17.81%) Microsoft
2 74 (12.09%) ServiceNow
3 52 (8.50%) SAP
4 47 (7.68%) Oracle
5 28 (4.58%) Salesforce
6 27 (4.41%) Citrix
7 24 (3.92%) Cisco
8 14 (2.29%) Workday
9 13 (2.12%) Fortinet
10 12 (1.96%) OpenAI
10 12 (1.96%) VMware
11 9 (1.47%) F5
11 9 (1.47%) Palo Alto
11 9 (1.47%) Remedy
11 9 (1.47%) UiPath
12 8 (1.31%) Automation Anywhere
12 8 (1.31%) CheckPoint
13 7 (1.14%) Juniper
13 7 (1.14%) Splunk
13 7 (1.14%) Zscaler