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 22 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 57 63
Rank change year-on-year -6 +6 -26
Contract jobs citing Change Management 830 577 596
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.12% 4.30% 3.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.61% 4.65% 4.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 492 368 358
10th Percentile £400 £336 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £677 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £775
England median daily rate £525 £500 £515
% change year-on-year +5.00% -2.91% -6.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 4
10th Percentile £28.70 £27.91 £41.20
25th Percentile £43.25 £29.93 £54.57
Median hourly rate £55.00 £33.29 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year +65.24% -49.57% +20.00%
75th Percentile £57.50 £36.64 £77.13
90th Percentile £58.00 £38.66 £90.85
England median hourly rate £41.71 £30.00 £58.17
% change year-on-year +39.03% -48.43% +20.19%

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 17,993 12,408 14,435
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.22% 92.47% 88.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,806 8,254 10,021
10th Percentile £361 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 286 256 195
10th Percentile £17.43 £16.50 £17.35
25th Percentile £19.59 £24.74 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.75 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.33% -15.00% -12.50%
75th Percentile £57.38 £47.81 £53.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £71.63
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -40.82% +2.41%

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 22 August 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 22 August 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 22 August 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 -16 86 £538 -2.27% 59
West London -11 22 £538 +4.88% 21
South London -15 10 £563 +4.65% 10
East London +6 9 £750 +19.05% 15
North London +1 4 £450 +2.27% 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 49 (5.90%) SharePoint
2 33 (3.98%) Confluence
3 15 (1.81%) Microsoft Exchange
4 14 (1.69%) IIS
5 6 (0.72%) Appian
5 6 (0.72%) Oracle Workflow
6 5 (0.60%) Camunda
7 4 (0.48%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.48%) CMS
7 4 (0.48%) WebSphere
8 3 (0.36%) Kentico
9 2 (0.24%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.12%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.12%) MTS
10 1 (0.12%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 24 (2.89%) Microsoft Excel
1 24 (2.89%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (2.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 15 (1.81%) Microsoft Project
4 9 (1.08%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.36%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.24%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.24%) InDesign
6 2 (0.24%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 28 (3.37%) SAP S/4HANA
2 25 (3.01%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.84%) OpenText MBPM
3 7 (0.84%) Oracle BPM
4 6 (0.72%) Remedy ITSM
5 5 (0.60%) Salesforce CRM
5 5 (0.60%) SAP PM
6 4 (0.48%) NetSuite
6 4 (0.48%) SAP QM
7 3 (0.36%) Front Arena
7 3 (0.36%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.36%) Oracle Financials
7 3 (0.36%) Oracle Payables
7 3 (0.36%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 3 (0.36%) SAP IBP
8 2 (0.24%) Aladdin
8 2 (0.24%) Eikon
8 2 (0.24%) Elite 3E
8 2 (0.24%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.24%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 141 (16.99%) Azure
2 66 (7.95%) Entra ID
3 65 (7.83%) Microsoft 365
4 58 (6.99%) Power Platform
5 55 (6.63%) AWS
6 45 (5.42%) SaaS
7 39 (4.70%) Azure DevOps
8 32 (3.86%) Dynamics 365
9 22 (2.65%) GCP
10 21 (2.53%) GitHub
11 19 (2.29%) OCI
11 19 (2.29%) Power Automate
12 15 (1.81%) Microsoft Copilot
12 15 (1.81%) PowerApps
13 14 (1.69%) Google Workspace
14 12 (1.45%) Azure Monitor
14 12 (1.45%) OneDrive
14 12 (1.45%) Smartsheet
15 10 (1.20%) GitHub Actions
16 8 (0.96%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 40 (4.82%) Firewall
2 31 (3.73%) Network Security
3 26 (3.13%) DNS
4 21 (2.53%) TCP/IP
4 21 (2.53%) WAN
5 19 (2.29%) DHCP
6 18 (2.17%) VPN
7 14 (1.69%) LAN
8 9 (1.08%) SSL
9 7 (0.84%) Cisco Firepower
9 7 (0.84%) HTTPS
9 7 (0.84%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (0.72%) VLAN
10 6 (0.72%) Wireless
11 5 (0.60%) Cisco ASA
11 5 (0.60%) HTTP
11 5 (0.60%) SD-WAN
12 4 (0.48%) Internet
12 4 (0.48%) SNMP
13 3 (0.36%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (5.42%) Power BI
2 42 (5.06%) SQL Server
3 22 (2.65%) Metadata
4 15 (1.81%) Oracle Database
5 9 (1.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 7 (0.84%) Oracle Reports
6 7 (0.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 6 (0.72%) PostgreSQL
7 6 (0.72%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 6 (0.72%) Tableau
8 5 (0.60%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 5 (0.60%) Relational Database
8 5 (0.60%) Semantic Layer
9 4 (0.48%) Amazon Redshift
9 4 (0.48%) Data Mart
9 4 (0.48%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (0.48%) MongoDB
9 4 (0.48%) NoSQL
10 3 (0.36%) Data Lake
10 3 (0.36%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 95 (11.45%) JIRA
2 25 (3.01%) Git
3 23 (2.77%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.72%) SonarQube
5 4 (0.48%) Artifactory
5 4 (0.48%) Eclipse
6 3 (0.36%) ScriptRunner
6 3 (0.36%) Selenium
6 3 (0.36%) Snyk
6 3 (0.36%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.36%) Zephyr
7 2 (0.24%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.24%) GitLab
7 2 (0.24%) Liquibase
7 2 (0.24%) Maven
8 1 (0.12%) Flyway
8 1 (0.12%) Hudson
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.12%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 331 (39.88%) Finance
2 323 (38.92%) Social Skills
3 137 (16.51%) Analytical Skills
4 108 (13.01%) Banking
5 62 (7.47%) Public Sector
6 51 (6.14%) Legal
7 42 (5.06%) Influencing Skills
8 38 (4.58%) Marketing
9 33 (3.98%) Retail
10 32 (3.86%) Organisational Skills
11 25 (3.01%) Law
12 24 (2.89%) Presentation Skills
13 23 (2.77%) Telecoms
14 20 (2.41%) Front Office
15 17 (2.05%) Documentation Skills
15 17 (2.05%) Local Government
16 16 (1.93%) Manufacturing
17 15 (1.81%) Pharmaceutical
18 14 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 13 (1.57%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 112 (13.49%) Analyst
2 103 (12.41%) Lead
3 102 (12.29%) Project Manager
4 71 (8.55%) Consultant
5 68 (8.19%) Change Manager
6 60 (7.23%) Senior
7 59 (7.11%) Business Analyst
8 31 (3.73%) Developer
9 28 (3.37%) Senior Manager
10 27 (3.25%) Business Manager
11 25 (3.01%) Programme Manager
12 23 (2.77%) Business Change Manager
13 22 (2.65%) Administrator
14 20 (2.41%) Support Engineer
15 19 (2.29%) Applications Support
15 19 (2.29%) Financial Analyst
16 18 (2.17%) Delivery Manager
17 17 (2.05%) Cloud Engineer
17 17 (2.05%) Network Engineer
17 17 (2.05%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (5.06%) Terraform
2 32 (3.86%) REST
3 28 (3.37%) .NET
4 13 (1.57%) CSS
4 13 (1.57%) Middleware
4 13 (1.57%) Oracle Fusion
5 12 (1.45%) .NET Framework
6 11 (1.33%) HTML
7 9 (1.08%) OAuth
7 9 (1.08%) SOAP
7 9 (1.08%) Web Services
8 8 (0.96%) React
8 8 (0.96%) SPFx
9 7 (0.84%) AngularJS
9 7 (0.84%) Spring
10 6 (0.72%) Elastic Stack
10 6 (0.72%) Jakarta EE
10 6 (0.72%) JSON
10 6 (0.72%) Microsoft Graph
11 5 (0.60%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 67 (8.07%) Onboarding
2 31 (3.73%) Data Centre
3 29 (3.49%) Management Information System
4 28 (3.37%) Product Ownership
5 22 (2.65%) PMI
6 21 (2.53%) Legacy Systems
7 18 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
8 15 (1.81%) Cloud Native
8 15 (1.81%) Enterprise Software
8 15 (1.81%) FMCG
9 14 (1.69%) CMDB
10 13 (1.57%) Security Posture
11 11 (1.33%) Clustering
11 11 (1.33%) Operational Technology
11 11 (1.33%) Public Cloud
12 10 (1.20%) PKI
12 10 (1.20%) Virtual Team
13 9 (1.08%) Data Protection Act
13 9 (1.08%) Derivative
14 8 (0.96%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 86 (10.36%) Windows
2 28 (3.37%) Windows Server
3 25 (3.01%) Linux
4 11 (1.33%) Unix
5 10 (1.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (0.84%) Windows 10
7 6 (0.72%) Mac OS
7 6 (0.72%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.24%) AIX
9 2 (0.24%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.24%) Oracle Linux
9 2 (0.24%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.12%) Android
10 1 (0.12%) HPUX
10 1 (0.12%) Solaris
10 1 (0.12%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 310 (37.35%) Stakeholder Management
2 214 (25.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 207 (24.94%) Agile
4 179 (21.57%) Continuous Improvement
5 140 (16.87%) Migration
6 133 (16.02%) Project Management
7 131 (15.78%) Problem-Solving
8 130 (15.66%) Project Delivery
9 127 (15.30%) ITIL
10 120 (14.46%) Roadmaps
11 117 (14.10%) Decision-Making
12 115 (13.86%) DevOps
13 110 (13.25%) AI
14 91 (10.96%) Analytics
15 83 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
16 81 (9.76%) PRINCE2
17 74 (8.92%) Workshop Facilitation
18 72 (8.67%) CI/CD
19 71 (8.55%) Service Management
20 68 (8.19%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 97 (11.69%) SQL
2 54 (6.51%) Python
3 45 (5.42%) PowerShell
4 37 (4.46%) C#
5 31 (3.73%) PL/SQL
6 24 (2.89%) JavaScript
7 23 (2.77%) T-SQL
8 21 (2.53%) Java
9 14 (1.69%) Bash
10 12 (1.45%) Korn
11 9 (1.08%) Bicep
12 6 (0.72%) Groovy
13 3 (0.36%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.36%) VBScript
14 2 (0.24%) C++
14 2 (0.24%) Perl
14 2 (0.24%) SHACL
14 2 (0.24%) SPARQL
14 2 (0.24%) VBA
15 1 (0.12%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 91 (10.96%) Degree
2 84 (10.12%) Security Cleared
3 69 (8.31%) PMI Certification
3 69 (8.31%) PMP
4 68 (8.19%) SC Cleared
5 22 (2.65%) CISSP
6 19 (2.29%) Cisco Certification
6 19 (2.29%) Computer Science Degree
7 17 (2.05%) APMG
8 16 (1.93%) CISM
9 11 (1.33%) CCNP
10 9 (1.08%) DV Cleared
10 9 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (0.84%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 7 (0.84%) ACCA
11 7 (0.84%) CIMA
11 7 (0.84%) ITIL Certification
12 6 (0.72%) CISA
12 6 (0.72%) Master's Degree
12 6 (0.72%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (6.99%) QA
2 50 (6.02%) PMO
3 37 (4.46%) Data Quality
3 37 (4.46%) SLA
4 21 (2.53%) GDPR
5 18 (2.17%) GRC
6 15 (1.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 13 (1.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 9 (1.08%) ITGC
9 8 (0.96%) PCI DSS
10 7 (0.84%) NIST
11 6 (0.72%) HIPAA
12 5 (0.60%) Accessibility
12 5 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
12 5 (0.60%) COBIT
13 4 (0.48%) ISO 20022
13 4 (0.48%) SOC 2
14 3 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
14 3 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 3 (0.36%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 60 (7.23%) Active Directory
2 17 (2.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (1.57%) Virtual Desktop
4 8 (0.96%) Docker
5 5 (0.60%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.24%) Oracle RAC
7 2 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.12%) Sendmail
8 1 (0.12%) Squid
8 1 (0.12%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 23 (2.77%) Ansible
2 22 (2.65%) Microsoft Intune
3 15 (1.81%) Single Sign-On
4 14 (1.69%) Kubernetes
5 9 (1.08%) SCCM
6 7 (0.84%) Microsoft Clustering
7 6 (0.72%) CASB
7 6 (0.72%) Grafana
7 6 (0.72%) ITRS Geneos
7 6 (0.72%) ZABBIX
8 5 (0.60%) Prometheus
8 5 (0.60%) vRealize
9 4 (0.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.48%) CA Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.48%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (0.48%) PingFederate
9 4 (0.48%) systemd
10 3 (0.36%) Control-M
10 3 (0.36%) Packer
10 3 (0.36%) Puppet
Vendors
1 161 (19.40%) Microsoft
2 85 (10.24%) ServiceNow
3 82 (9.88%) Oracle
4 53 (6.39%) SAP
5 43 (5.18%) Salesforce
6 28 (3.37%) VMware
7 23 (2.77%) Google
8 21 (2.53%) Cisco
8 21 (2.53%) Zscaler
9 16 (1.93%) Citrix
9 16 (1.93%) Splunk
10 13 (1.57%) Workday
11 10 (1.20%) Apple
11 10 (1.20%) Databricks
12 9 (1.08%) Dynatrace
12 9 (1.08%) Red Hat
13 8 (0.96%) IBM
14 7 (0.84%) Alteryx
14 7 (0.84%) Okta
15 6 (0.72%) New Relic