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 31 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 51 38
Rank change year-on-year -20 -13 +13
Contract jobs citing Change Management 587 572 903
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.96% 4.13% 4.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.35% 4.57% 5.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 377 316 552
10th Percentile £372 £350 £380
25th Percentile £415 £456 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £544 £560
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% -2.90% +1.82%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £675
90th Percentile £727 £738 £750
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 £28.60 £25.70
25th Percentile £32.91 £30.20 £32.00
Median hourly rate £40.50 £39.54 £34.53
Median % change year-on-year +2.43% +14.51% +22.62%
75th Percentile £74.45 £53.02 £61.25
90th Percentile £94.06 £75.50 £78.50
England median hourly rate £45.46 £49.04 £37.18
% change year-on-year -7.30% +31.90% -11.48%

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 13,482 12,521 16,487
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.03% 90.48% 88.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,929 7,934 11,797
10th Percentile £350 £350 £340
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 208 155 336
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.75 £16.25
25th Percentile £24.90 £24.88 £19.83
Median hourly rate £34.14 £35.00 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.47% +14.75% -18.67%
75th Percentile £56.00 £53.75 £52.50
90th Percentile £70.75 £79.50 £72.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.31 £36.42
% change year-on-year -26.69% -5.80% +4.05%

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 31 January 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 31 January 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 31 January 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 +1 79 £500 -8.68% 31
South London +16 22 £425 -33.33% 9
West London -13 14 £463 +110.23% 6
East London +1 5 £525 +23.53% 9
North London +5 2 £575 - 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 41 (6.98%) Confluence
2 32 (5.45%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.87%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (1.19%) nginx
5 6 (1.02%) Appian
5 6 (1.02%) Mattermost
5 6 (1.02%) Skype for Business
6 5 (0.85%) HCL Notes
7 4 (0.68%) CMS
8 3 (0.51%) IIS
9 2 (0.34%) CICS
10 1 (0.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.17%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.17%) Moodle
10 1 (0.17%) Oracle Spatial
10 1 (0.17%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.17%) Traefik
Applications
1 32 (5.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (4.60%) Microsoft Project
3 24 (4.09%) MS Visio
4 23 (3.92%) Microsoft Office
4 23 (3.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (1.19%) Mozilla Thunderbird
6 4 (0.68%) Trello
7 1 (0.17%) Adobe Captivate
7 1 (0.17%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 24 (4.09%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.36%) Salesforce CRM
3 5 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.68%) Finacle
4 4 (0.68%) SAP CO
4 4 (0.68%) SAP FI
4 4 (0.68%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (0.51%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (0.51%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.34%) Aladdin
6 2 (0.34%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.34%) OpenText VIM for SAP
6 2 (0.34%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.34%) SAP IBP
6 2 (0.34%) Teamcenter
6 2 (0.34%) VisionPLUS
6 2 (0.34%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 78 (13.29%) Azure
2 52 (8.86%) Microsoft 365
3 37 (6.30%) AWS
3 37 (6.30%) Power Platform
4 24 (4.09%) Azure DevOps
5 18 (3.07%) SaaS
6 17 (2.90%) Power Automate
7 14 (2.39%) Dynamics 365
7 14 (2.39%) Entra ID
8 13 (2.21%) Amazon S3
9 12 (2.04%) GitHub
9 12 (2.04%) PaaS
10 10 (1.70%) Azure Data Factory
11 9 (1.53%) IaaS
11 9 (1.53%) PowerApps
11 9 (1.53%) Serverless
12 8 (1.36%) Amazon EC2
12 8 (1.36%) Amazon EKS
12 8 (1.36%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 7 (1.19%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 39 (6.64%) Firewall
2 28 (4.77%) Network Security
3 20 (3.41%) WAN
4 17 (2.90%) DNS
4 17 (2.90%) VPN
5 16 (2.73%) LAN
6 13 (2.21%) SD-WAN
7 10 (1.70%) HTTP
8 9 (1.53%) SMTP
9 8 (1.36%) BGP
9 8 (1.36%) Intranet
9 8 (1.36%) NetScaler
9 8 (1.36%) SSH
10 7 (1.19%) FTP
10 7 (1.19%) IMAP
10 7 (1.19%) OpenLDAP
10 7 (1.19%) OSPF
10 7 (1.19%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (1.02%) Cisco ASA
11 6 (1.02%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (5.79%) SQL Server
2 30 (5.11%) Power BI
3 19 (3.24%) PostgreSQL
4 14 (2.39%) Amazon Aurora
4 14 (2.39%) Amazon RDS
4 14 (2.39%) Tableau
5 8 (1.36%) Metadata
6 7 (1.19%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (1.19%) Relational Database
7 6 (1.02%) Pinecone
8 5 (0.85%) Oracle Database
9 4 (0.68%) Redis
10 3 (0.51%) DynamoDB
10 3 (0.51%) GIS
10 3 (0.51%) Metadata Repository
10 3 (0.51%) Oracle ODI
11 2 (0.34%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.34%) MongoDB
11 2 (0.34%) NonStop SQL
11 2 (0.34%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 63 (10.73%) JIRA
2 19 (3.24%) Jenkins
3 17 (2.90%) Git
4 11 (1.87%) Visual Studio
5 7 (1.19%) Vagrant
6 6 (1.02%) MLflow
7 3 (0.51%) JUnit
7 3 (0.51%) Liquibase
7 3 (0.51%) Oracle APEX
8 2 (0.34%) ChangeMan
8 2 (0.34%) git-flow
8 2 (0.34%) Mockito
9 1 (0.17%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.17%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.17%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.17%) GCC
9 1 (0.17%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.17%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.17%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.17%) SpecFlow
General
1 281 (47.87%) Social Skills
2 251 (42.76%) Finance
3 106 (18.06%) Analytical Skills
4 67 (11.41%) Banking
5 38 (6.47%) Public Sector
6 27 (4.60%) Legal
6 27 (4.60%) Presentation Skills
7 24 (4.09%) Influencing Skills
8 23 (3.92%) Documentation Skills
9 20 (3.41%) Investment Banking
10 19 (3.24%) Retail
11 17 (2.90%) Law
11 17 (2.90%) Marketing
12 13 (2.21%) Local Government
12 13 (2.21%) Manufacturing
13 12 (2.04%) Telecoms
14 11 (1.87%) Financial Institution
14 11 (1.87%) Front Office
14 11 (1.87%) Pharmaceutical
15 9 (1.53%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 89 (15.16%) Analyst
2 72 (12.27%) Change Manager
3 71 (12.10%) Project Manager
4 62 (10.56%) Business Analyst
5 61 (10.39%) Lead
6 36 (6.13%) Developer
6 36 (6.13%) Senior
7 30 (5.11%) Consultant
8 24 (4.09%) Architect
9 21 (3.58%) Business Manager
10 19 (3.24%) Programme Manager
11 17 (2.90%) C# Developer
12 16 (2.73%) Business Change Manager
12 16 (2.73%) Senior Manager
13 15 (2.56%) IT Manager
14 14 (2.39%) AWS Engineer
14 14 (2.39%) Transformation Manager
15 11 (1.87%) DevOps Engineer
16 9 (1.53%) Transformation Project Manager
16 9 (1.53%) Wintel Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (4.26%) .NET
2 18 (3.07%) .NET Framework
3 17 (2.90%) REST
4 13 (2.21%) OAuth
5 10 (1.70%) RESTful
6 9 (1.53%) LDAP
6 9 (1.53%) Web Services
7 8 (1.36%) HTML
7 8 (1.36%) SAML
8 7 (1.19%) Kafka
8 7 (1.19%) NumPy
8 7 (1.19%) OpenID
8 7 (1.19%) Oracle Fusion
8 7 (1.19%) Pandas
8 7 (1.19%) pytest
9 6 (1.02%) Flask
9 6 (1.02%) scikit-learn
9 6 (1.02%) SOAP
9 6 (1.02%) Swagger
9 6 (1.02%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 27 (4.60%) Onboarding
2 26 (4.43%) Product Ownership
3 25 (4.26%) Management Information System
4 23 (3.92%) CMDB
5 17 (2.90%) Legacy Systems
6 15 (2.56%) Analytical Mindset
6 15 (2.56%) PKI
7 12 (2.04%) Data Structures
7 12 (2.04%) PMI
8 11 (1.87%) Replication
9 9 (1.53%) Data Centre
9 9 (1.53%) Greenfield Project
9 9 (1.53%) Virtual Team
10 8 (1.36%) Life Science
11 7 (1.19%) Cyber Threat
11 7 (1.19%) Data Protection Act
11 7 (1.19%) Low-Code
12 5 (0.85%) Cloud Native
12 5 (0.85%) e-Learning
12 5 (0.85%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 59 (10.05%) Windows
2 23 (3.92%) Linux
3 15 (2.56%) Windows Server
4 12 (2.04%) Windows 10
5 8 (1.36%) Unix
5 8 (1.36%) VMS
6 7 (1.19%) Amazon Linux
6 7 (1.19%) Ubuntu
7 5 (0.85%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (0.85%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.34%) Android
8 2 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.34%) zOS
9 1 (0.17%) AIX
9 1 (0.17%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.17%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 196 (33.39%) Stakeholder Management
2 158 (26.92%) Agile
3 151 (25.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 113 (19.25%) Problem-Solving
5 104 (17.72%) Project Management
6 85 (14.48%) ITIL
7 72 (12.27%) Project Delivery
8 71 (12.10%) Continuous Improvement
9 68 (11.58%) Migration
10 66 (11.24%) Decision-Making
11 64 (10.90%) DevOps
12 63 (10.73%) Roadmaps
13 58 (9.88%) Workshop Facilitation
14 57 (9.71%) Risk Management
15 56 (9.54%) PRINCE2
16 54 (9.20%) User Acceptance Testing
17 50 (8.52%) Requirements Gathering
18 49 (8.35%) Business Intelligence
18 49 (8.35%) Data Analysis
19 48 (8.18%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 91 (15.50%) SQL
2 49 (8.35%) Python
3 30 (5.11%) PowerShell
4 28 (4.77%) C#
5 19 (3.24%) PL/SQL
6 14 (2.39%) T-SQL
7 12 (2.04%) Groovy
7 12 (2.04%) Java
8 11 (1.87%) JavaScript
9 7 (1.19%) Bash
10 6 (1.02%) Korn
11 4 (0.68%) Go
11 4 (0.68%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.68%) TypeScript
12 3 (0.51%) Perl
13 2 (0.34%) C
13 2 (0.34%) C++
13 2 (0.34%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.34%) VB.NET
14 1 (0.17%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 119 (20.27%) Degree
2 62 (10.56%) Security Cleared
3 47 (8.01%) PMI Certification
4 39 (6.64%) PMP
5 37 (6.30%) SC Cleared
6 21 (3.58%) Master's Degree
7 13 (2.21%) Azure Certification
8 12 (2.04%) DV Cleared
9 11 (1.87%) ITIL Certification
10 10 (1.70%) APMG
11 9 (1.53%) Computer Science Degree
12 8 (1.36%) AWS Certification
12 8 (1.36%) Cisco Certification
13 7 (1.19%) CCNP
13 7 (1.19%) CISSP
13 7 (1.19%) Microsoft Certification
14 6 (1.02%) BPSS Clearance
14 6 (1.02%) CFA
14 6 (1.02%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 5 (0.85%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (8.86%) QA
2 38 (6.47%) Data Quality
3 35 (5.96%) PMO
4 27 (4.60%) GDPR
5 19 (3.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 18 (3.07%) SLA
7 9 (1.53%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (1.53%) NIST
8 8 (1.36%) IFRS
8 8 (1.36%) MiFID
9 7 (1.19%) IFRS 17
9 7 (1.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 6 (1.02%) Accessibility
11 5 (0.85%) EMIR
12 4 (0.68%) PCI DSS
12 4 (0.68%) Solvency II
13 3 (0.51%) GMP
13 3 (0.51%) GRC
14 2 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
14 2 (0.34%) NCSC
System Software
1 30 (5.11%) Active Directory
2 24 (4.09%) Docker
3 7 (1.19%) DFS Replication
3 7 (1.19%) Dovecot
3 7 (1.19%) Postfix
3 7 (1.19%) Squid
4 5 (0.85%) Hyper-V
4 5 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.68%) XenApp
5 4 (0.68%) XenDesktop
6 2 (0.34%) ProxySG
6 2 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.17%) etcd
7 1 (0.17%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 27 (4.60%) Terraform
2 21 (3.58%) Kubernetes
3 12 (2.04%) Grafana
4 11 (1.87%) Microsoft Intune
4 11 (1.87%) Prometheus
5 8 (1.36%) SCOM
6 7 (1.19%) Nessus
6 7 (1.19%) Proxmox
7 6 (1.02%) HP SiteScope
7 6 (1.02%) SCCM
8 5 (0.85%) Ansible
9 4 (0.68%) FortiGate
9 4 (0.68%) Rancher
9 4 (0.68%) SCVMM
10 3 (0.51%) Puppet
11 2 (0.34%) Argo
11 2 (0.34%) CA Endevor
11 2 (0.34%) Cisco Prime
12 1 (0.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 1 (0.17%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 101 (17.21%) Microsoft
2 60 (10.22%) ServiceNow
3 50 (8.52%) Oracle
4 49 (8.35%) SAP
5 22 (3.75%) Citrix
5 22 (3.75%) Salesforce
6 21 (3.58%) Cisco
7 12 (2.04%) Fortinet
7 12 (2.04%) Workday
8 9 (1.53%) OpenAI
9 8 (1.36%) CheckPoint
9 8 (1.36%) F5
9 8 (1.36%) Remedy
9 8 (1.36%) VMware
10 7 (1.19%) Jaspersoft
10 7 (1.19%) Palo Alto
10 7 (1.19%) UiPath
10 7 (1.19%) Zscaler
11 6 (1.02%) Automation Anywhere
11 6 (1.02%) Dynatrace