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 11 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 57 44
Rank change year-on-year -3 -13 +2
Contract jobs citing Change Management 706 506 802
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.08% 4.00% 4.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.58% 4.37% 5.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 445 320 500
10th Percentile £400 £356 £363
25th Percentile £415 £455 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.88% -2.27% -2.65%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £665
90th Percentile £725 £750 £751
England median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 3
10th Percentile £36.70 - £36.81
25th Percentile £39.25 - £43.17
Median hourly rate £58.92 £28.60 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +106.01% -50.26% +29.94%
75th Percentile £95.00 £61.80 £65.38
90th Percentile £98.00 £81.72 £67.85
England median hourly rate £45.46 £57.50 £37.18
% change year-on-year -20.94% +54.65% -23.18%

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 15,419 11,590 15,847
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.17% 91.69% 88.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,329 7,865 11,333
10th Percentile £353 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £445 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £675
90th Percentile £758 £800 £790
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 249 165 335
10th Percentile £18.25 £18.11 £15.97
25th Percentile £22.41 £24.18 £19.74
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% +16.67% -23.08%
75th Percentile £56.00 £50.75 £49.94
90th Percentile £72.50 £64.50 £66.90
England median hourly rate £40.52 £32.05 £33.78
% change year-on-year +26.43% -5.11% -9.93%

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 11 April 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 11 April 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 11 April 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 -10 78 £500 -4.76% 44
South London +2 24 £500 -16.67% 7
West London -10 18 £463 +44.53% 14
East London +1 6 £649 +29.75% 7
North London +3 2 £575 +30.68% 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 44 (6.23%) Confluence
2 33 (4.67%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.56%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (1.13%) Appian
5 5 (0.71%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 5 (0.71%) HCL Notes
6 3 (0.42%) IIS
7 2 (0.28%) CMS
7 2 (0.28%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.14%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.14%) Oracle Spatial
8 1 (0.14%) Tomcat
Applications
1 25 (3.54%) Microsoft Office
1 25 (3.54%) Microsoft Project
2 24 (3.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 20 (2.83%) MS Visio
4 18 (2.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.42%) Trello
6 2 (0.28%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 21 (2.97%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (1.98%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.99%) Salesforce CRM
4 6 (0.85%) Finacle
5 5 (0.71%) Oracle ERP
5 5 (0.71%) SAP CO
5 5 (0.71%) SAP FI
5 5 (0.71%) SAP FI/CO
6 4 (0.57%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (0.57%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 3 (0.42%) Oracle Financials
7 3 (0.42%) SAP ERP
7 3 (0.42%) Workday HCM
8 2 (0.28%) Aladdin
8 2 (0.28%) Elite 3E
8 2 (0.28%) Front Arena
8 2 (0.28%) Global One
8 2 (0.28%) Oracle Receivables
8 2 (0.28%) Primavera
8 2 (0.28%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 118 (16.71%) Azure
2 53 (7.51%) Microsoft 365
3 47 (6.66%) Azure DevOps
4 40 (5.67%) Power Platform
5 39 (5.52%) AWS
6 33 (4.67%) Entra ID
7 32 (4.53%) SaaS
8 24 (3.40%) Power Automate
9 23 (3.26%) Dynamics 365
10 16 (2.27%) PaaS
11 15 (2.12%) GCP
12 14 (1.98%) PowerApps
13 12 (1.70%) Azure Data Factory
13 12 (1.70%) IaaS
13 12 (1.70%) OCI
14 11 (1.56%) GitHub
15 9 (1.27%) Azure AI
15 9 (1.27%) Serverless
15 9 (1.27%) Smartsheet
16 8 (1.13%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 32 (4.53%) Firewall
2 28 (3.97%) Network Security
3 22 (3.12%) WAN
4 18 (2.55%) LAN
4 18 (2.55%) VPN
5 17 (2.41%) SD-WAN
6 13 (1.84%) BGP
6 13 (1.84%) DNS
7 12 (1.70%) OSPF
8 9 (1.27%) DHCP
8 9 (1.27%) NetScaler
9 8 (1.13%) Cisco IOS
9 8 (1.13%) SSL
10 7 (0.99%) Cisco ASA
10 7 (0.99%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (0.85%) Cisco Nexus
11 6 (0.85%) Intranet
11 6 (0.85%) NX-OS
12 3 (0.42%) Internet
12 3 (0.42%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (5.81%) SQL Server
2 26 (3.68%) Power BI
3 11 (1.56%) Metadata
3 11 (1.56%) Tableau
4 9 (1.27%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (1.13%) Pinecone
5 8 (1.13%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (0.99%) Amazon RDS
7 6 (0.85%) Oracle Database
7 6 (0.85%) Relational Database
8 4 (0.57%) MySQL
8 4 (0.57%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 3 (0.42%) Amazon Aurora
9 3 (0.42%) GIS
9 3 (0.42%) Metadata Repository
9 3 (0.42%) Oracle ODI
9 3 (0.42%) Redis
10 2 (0.28%) Crystal Reports
10 2 (0.28%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.28%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 93 (13.17%) JIRA
2 18 (2.55%) Git
3 15 (2.12%) Jenkins
4 11 (1.56%) Visual Studio
5 8 (1.13%) MLflow
6 4 (0.57%) Liquibase
6 4 (0.57%) Maven
6 4 (0.57%) SonarQube
7 3 (0.42%) Artifactory
7 3 (0.42%) JUnit
7 3 (0.42%) Oracle APEX
7 3 (0.42%) ScriptRunner
7 3 (0.42%) Snyk
8 2 (0.28%) git-flow
8 2 (0.28%) Mockito
9 1 (0.14%) Ant
9 1 (0.14%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.14%) Hudson
9 1 (0.14%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.14%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 290 (41.08%) Social Skills
2 287 (40.65%) Finance
3 119 (16.86%) Analytical Skills
4 79 (11.19%) Banking
5 45 (6.37%) Public Sector
6 36 (5.10%) Legal
7 35 (4.96%) Marketing
8 32 (4.53%) Influencing Skills
9 28 (3.97%) Documentation Skills
10 26 (3.68%) Presentation Skills
10 26 (3.68%) Retail
11 21 (2.97%) Law
12 20 (2.83%) Investment Banking
13 17 (2.41%) Financial Institution
14 12 (1.70%) Organisational Skills
14 12 (1.70%) Telecoms
15 10 (1.42%) Local Government
16 9 (1.27%) Aviation
16 9 (1.27%) Front Office
17 8 (1.13%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 91 (12.89%) Change Manager
2 80 (11.33%) Analyst
3 75 (10.62%) Project Manager
4 68 (9.63%) Lead
5 53 (7.51%) Business Analyst
6 46 (6.52%) Senior
7 44 (6.23%) Consultant
8 41 (5.81%) Developer
9 26 (3.68%) Architect
10 25 (3.54%) Business Manager
11 23 (3.26%) Support Engineer
12 22 (3.12%) Programme Manager
13 21 (2.97%) Business Change Manager
14 19 (2.69%) C# Developer
15 18 (2.55%) IT Engineer
15 18 (2.55%) IT Support
15 18 (2.55%) IT Support Engineer
16 17 (2.41%) Senior Manager
17 16 (2.27%) Delivery Manager
18 15 (2.12%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (4.25%) .NET
2 27 (3.82%) REST
3 22 (3.12%) .NET Framework
4 17 (2.41%) OAuth
5 15 (2.12%) Web Services
6 12 (1.70%) RESTful
7 10 (1.42%) CSS
7 10 (1.42%) OpenID
7 10 (1.42%) SAML
8 9 (1.27%) Middleware
8 9 (1.27%) NumPy
8 9 (1.27%) Pandas
8 9 (1.27%) pytest
9 8 (1.13%) Django
9 8 (1.13%) Flask
9 8 (1.13%) PyTorch
9 8 (1.13%) React
9 8 (1.13%) scikit-learn
9 8 (1.13%) Swagger
9 8 (1.13%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 30 (4.25%) Onboarding
2 26 (3.68%) CMDB
2 26 (3.68%) Product Ownership
3 25 (3.54%) Legacy Systems
4 23 (3.26%) PMI
5 21 (2.97%) Management Information System
6 17 (2.41%) Analytical Mindset
7 15 (2.12%) Data Centre
8 13 (1.84%) Data Structures
8 13 (1.84%) Low-Code
8 13 (1.84%) PKI
9 11 (1.56%) Virtual Team
10 9 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
11 8 (1.13%) FMCG
12 6 (0.85%) Cloud Native
12 6 (0.85%) Cyber Threat
12 6 (0.85%) Greenfield Project
12 6 (0.85%) Public Cloud
12 6 (0.85%) Reference Data
12 6 (0.85%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 77 (10.91%) Windows
2 18 (2.55%) Windows Server
3 15 (2.12%) Windows 10
4 13 (1.84%) Linux
5 11 (1.56%) Unix
6 6 (0.85%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (0.85%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.42%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.42%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.28%) Android
8 2 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.14%) AIX
9 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 221 (31.30%) Stakeholder Management
2 173 (24.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 166 (23.51%) Agile
4 118 (16.71%) Problem-Solving
5 117 (16.57%) Continuous Improvement
6 111 (15.72%) ITIL
7 108 (15.30%) Project Management
8 99 (14.02%) DevOps
9 91 (12.89%) Migration
10 84 (11.90%) Decision-Making
10 84 (11.90%) Roadmaps
11 77 (10.91%) Project Delivery
12 69 (9.77%) AI
13 63 (8.92%) CI/CD
14 62 (8.78%) User Acceptance Testing
15 57 (8.07%) Workshop Facilitation
16 54 (7.65%) Risk Management
17 53 (7.51%) Analytics
17 53 (7.51%) ERP
18 51 (7.22%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 102 (14.45%) SQL
2 45 (6.37%) C#
3 39 (5.52%) Python
4 29 (4.11%) PL/SQL
5 24 (3.40%) PowerShell
6 22 (3.12%) T-SQL
7 18 (2.55%) Java
7 18 (2.55%) JavaScript
8 7 (0.99%) Groovy
8 7 (0.99%) Korn
9 6 (0.85%) Bash
10 5 (0.71%) Perl
11 4 (0.57%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.42%) TypeScript
13 2 (0.28%) VB.NET
14 1 (0.14%) ABAP
14 1 (0.14%) C
14 1 (0.14%) C++
14 1 (0.14%) Formula Language
14 1 (0.14%) LotusScript
Qualifications
1 99 (14.02%) Degree
2 77 (10.91%) Security Cleared
3 51 (7.22%) SC Cleared
4 49 (6.94%) PMI Certification
5 43 (6.09%) PMP
6 24 (3.40%) CISSP
7 20 (2.83%) Cisco Certification
8 16 (2.27%) CISM
8 16 (2.27%) ITIL Certification
8 16 (2.27%) Master's Degree
9 15 (2.12%) DV Cleared
10 14 (1.98%) APMG
11 11 (1.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 10 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
13 9 (1.27%) Azure Certification
13 9 (1.27%) CCNP
13 9 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
14 7 (0.99%) CISA
14 7 (0.99%) Citrix Certification
14 7 (0.99%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (8.22%) QA
2 41 (5.81%) Data Quality
3 40 (5.67%) PMO
4 30 (4.25%) SLA
5 29 (4.11%) GDPR
6 25 (3.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 12 (1.70%) NIST
7 12 (1.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 7 (0.99%) COBIT
8 7 (0.99%) IFRS
8 7 (0.99%) IFRS 17
9 6 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials
9 6 (0.85%) ITGC
9 6 (0.85%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.57%) Government Security Classifications
10 4 (0.57%) MiFID
11 3 (0.42%) Accessibility
11 3 (0.42%) GRC
11 3 (0.42%) Solvency II
12 2 (0.28%) Basel III
System Software
1 40 (5.67%) Active Directory
2 16 (2.27%) Docker
3 8 (1.13%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.99%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (0.71%) XenApp
6 5 (0.71%) XenDesktop
7 4 (0.57%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.28%) ProxySG
8 2 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.14%) Sendmail
9 1 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 22 (3.12%) Kubernetes
1 22 (3.12%) Terraform
2 14 (1.98%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (1.42%) Ansible
4 7 (0.99%) FortiGate
5 6 (0.85%) CASB
5 6 (0.85%) SCCM
5 6 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (0.71%) SCVMM
7 4 (0.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (0.57%) CA Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.57%) Grafana
7 4 (0.57%) PingFederate
7 4 (0.57%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.42%) Cisco Prime
8 3 (0.42%) ITRS Geneos
8 3 (0.42%) Rancher
9 2 (0.28%) Control-M
9 2 (0.28%) Puppet
9 2 (0.28%) SCOM
Vendors
1 121 (17.14%) Microsoft
2 99 (14.02%) ServiceNow
3 70 (9.92%) Oracle
4 49 (6.94%) SAP
5 40 (5.67%) Salesforce
6 30 (4.25%) Citrix
7 23 (3.26%) Cisco
8 20 (2.83%) Workday
9 16 (2.27%) VMware
10 12 (1.70%) OpenAI
11 10 (1.42%) F5
11 10 (1.42%) Fortinet
12 8 (1.13%) Automation Anywhere
12 8 (1.13%) Google
12 8 (1.13%) Palo Alto
12 8 (1.13%) UiPath
12 8 (1.13%) Zscaler
13 7 (0.99%) Juniper
14 6 (0.85%) CheckPoint
14 6 (0.85%) Remedy