Change Management Contract Job Trends in the South East

Change Management
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Change Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 51 57
Rank change year-on-year -3 +6 -19
Contract jobs citing Change Management 216 113 187
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 3.53% 3.75% 3.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.37% 4.09% 3.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 143 74 101
10th Percentile £380 £325 £313
25th Percentile £463 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £480 £455
Median % change year-on-year +17.19% +5.49% -13.33%
75th Percentile £638 £517 £525
90th Percentile £675 £625 £651
England median daily rate £519 £500 £514
% change year-on-year +3.75% -2.72% -6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 5 34
10th Percentile £20.08 - £20.23
25th Percentile £42.13 £32.05 £45.06
Median hourly rate £82.75 £41.00 £61.33
Median % change year-on-year +101.83% -33.15% +25.94%
75th Percentile £85.06 £58.75 £61.60
90th Percentile £87.73 £75.73 £70.00
England median hourly rate £34.87 £50.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -30.26% - -0.49%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,944 2,760 4,733
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 80.90% 91.51% 82.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,129 1,742 2,731
10th Percentile £280 £250 £263
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £501
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -0.20% -0.79%
75th Percentile £610 £600 £625
90th Percentile £700 £663 £700
England median daily rate £518 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -0.48% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 482 205 473
10th Percentile £15.05 £13.25 £13.01
25th Percentile £23.00 £15.12 £18.32
Median hourly rate £52.50 £24.66 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +112.90% -50.68% -4.76%
75th Percentile £82.25 £55.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £76.96
England median hourly rate £47.00 £27.45 £37.75
% change year-on-year +71.22% -27.28% +7.09%

Change Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Change Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Change Management job vacancy trend in the South East

Change Management
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Change Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Change Management

Change Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Change Management in the South East over the 6 months to 17 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Change Management in the South East

Change Management
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Change Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Change Management

Change Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Change Management in the South East over the 6 months to 17 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Change Management in the South East

Change Management
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 17 June 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
Thames Valley -5 116 £575 +36.90% 35
Berkshire +11 90 £575 +36.90% 15
Hampshire 0 73 £563 +12.50% 26
Buckinghamshire -19 24 £525 +31.25% 14
West Sussex -7 13 £550 +2.33% 7
Surrey -15 7 £575 +21.05% 12
Kent +4 5 £525 +16.02% 17
East Sussex -4 2 £725 - 13
Oxfordshire -38 2 - - 6
Change Management
England

Change Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 5 (2.31%) Confluence
1 5 (2.31%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.39%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.46%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (0.46%) Appian
3 1 (0.46%) CMS
Applications
1 14 (6.48%) Microsoft Project
2 11 (5.09%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (2.31%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (2.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.46%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 7 (3.24%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 3 (1.39%) Primavera
2 3 (1.39%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.46%) BASE24
3 1 (0.46%) Sage X3
3 1 (0.46%) SAP BRIM
3 1 (0.46%) SAP Convergent Charging
3 1 (0.46%) SAP PLM
3 1 (0.46%) SAP SCM
3 1 (0.46%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 32 (14.81%) Azure
2 31 (14.35%) AWS
3 16 (7.41%) Power Platform
4 9 (4.17%) GCP
5 5 (2.31%) Azure Sentinel
6 4 (1.85%) Datadog
6 4 (1.85%) Entra ID
7 3 (1.39%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (0.93%) SuccessFactors
9 1 (0.46%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (0.46%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.46%) Canva
9 1 (0.46%) IaaS
9 1 (0.46%) iPaaS
9 1 (0.46%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.46%) PaaS
9 1 (0.46%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (8.33%) Network Security
2 15 (6.94%) WAN
3 14 (6.48%) Firewall
3 14 (6.48%) LAN
4 12 (5.56%) SD-WAN
5 10 (4.63%) VPN
6 9 (4.17%) DNS
6 9 (4.17%) MPLS
7 6 (2.78%) HTTP
8 5 (2.31%) BGP
8 5 (2.31%) Cisco ASA
8 5 (2.31%) Cisco Firepower
8 5 (2.31%) Cisco Nexus
8 5 (2.31%) OSPF
8 5 (2.31%) VSAN
8 5 (2.31%) Wireless
9 4 (1.85%) TCP/IP
9 4 (1.85%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (1.39%) Internet
11 2 (0.93%) UMTS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (7.41%) Power BI
2 1 (0.46%) Data Mining
2 1 (0.46%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (0.46%) QualityStage
2 1 (0.46%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 13 (6.02%) JIRA
2 3 (1.39%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.46%) GitLab
3 1 (0.46%) Jenkins
General
1 78 (36.11%) Social Skills
2 69 (31.94%) Finance
3 53 (24.54%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (14.35%) Retail
5 19 (8.80%) Documentation Skills
6 17 (7.87%) Public Sector
7 13 (6.02%) Telecoms
8 9 (4.17%) Manufacturing
9 7 (3.24%) Legal
9 7 (3.24%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.85%) Billing
11 4 (1.85%) Law
11 4 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.39%) Aerospace
12 3 (1.39%) Local Government
13 2 (0.93%) Banking
13 2 (0.93%) Marketing
14 1 (0.46%) Automotive
14 1 (0.46%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 37 (17.13%) Lead
2 32 (14.81%) Project Manager
3 19 (8.80%) Change Manager
4 16 (7.41%) Security Manager
5 15 (6.94%) Security Project Manager
6 13 (6.02%) Senior
7 12 (5.56%) Business Manager
8 11 (5.09%) Delivery Manager
8 11 (5.09%) IT Manager
8 11 (5.09%) Senior Manager
9 9 (4.17%) Analyst
9 9 (4.17%) Consultant
9 9 (4.17%) Transformation Manager
10 8 (3.70%) Cybersecurity Manager
10 8 (3.70%) Network Manager
11 7 (3.24%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 7 (3.24%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
11 7 (3.24%) Senior Project Manager
12 6 (2.78%) Cloud Engineer
12 6 (2.78%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (5.09%) Ajax
1 11 (5.09%) HTML
1 11 (5.09%) REST
2 9 (4.17%) CSS
3 5 (2.31%) Middleware
4 1 (0.46%) A2A Protocol
4 1 (0.46%) LDAP
4 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (0.46%) OAuth
4 1 (0.46%) OAuth2
4 1 (0.46%) OpenID
4 1 (0.46%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.46%) SAML
4 1 (0.46%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 18 (8.33%) Data Centre
2 11 (5.09%) Management Information System
2 11 (5.09%) Onboarding
3 7 (3.24%) Operational Technology
3 7 (3.24%) Product Ownership
4 6 (2.78%) BYOD
4 6 (2.78%) PKI
4 6 (2.78%) Virtual Team
5 5 (2.31%) Cloud Native
5 5 (2.31%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.39%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (1.39%) e-Learning
7 2 (0.93%) CMDB
7 2 (0.93%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (0.93%) Replication
7 2 (0.93%) SCADA
7 2 (0.93%) Security Operations Centre
7 2 (0.93%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.46%) AI Agents
8 1 (0.46%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 30 (13.89%) Windows
2 19 (8.80%) Windows Server
3 7 (3.24%) Linux
4 2 (0.93%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.46%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.46%) Unix
5 1 (0.46%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.46%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (48.15%) Stakeholder Management
2 65 (30.09%) ITIL
3 57 (26.39%) Agile
4 56 (25.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 47 (21.76%) Continuous Improvement
6 46 (21.30%) Problem-Solving
7 44 (20.37%) Cybersecurity
8 38 (17.59%) Project Management
9 35 (16.20%) Migration
10 34 (15.74%) Project Delivery
11 33 (15.28%) ITSM
12 32 (14.81%) ERP
12 32 (14.81%) User Acceptance Testing
13 27 (12.50%) Roadmaps
14 26 (12.04%) Budget Management
15 25 (11.57%) Data Protection
16 23 (10.65%) Risk Management
17 22 (10.19%) Process Improvement
17 22 (10.19%) Validation
18 21 (9.72%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 16 (7.41%) PowerShell
2 11 (5.09%) JavaScript
3 7 (3.24%) Python
3 7 (3.24%) SQL
4 5 (2.31%) Bash
5 1 (0.46%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 95 (43.98%) Security Cleared
2 64 (29.63%) SC Cleared
3 29 (13.43%) DV Cleared
4 28 (12.96%) PMP
5 23 (10.65%) Degree
5 23 (10.65%) PMI Certification
6 14 (6.48%) CISM
6 14 (6.48%) CISSP
7 11 (5.09%) CCNP
7 11 (5.09%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (3.24%) ACCA
8 7 (3.24%) CIMA
9 5 (2.31%) CCSE
9 5 (2.31%) CCSM
9 5 (2.31%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 4 (1.85%) APMG
10 4 (1.85%) CCNA
11 3 (1.39%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.93%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (19.44%) GDPR
2 36 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 28 (12.96%) NIST
4 18 (8.33%) SOC 2
5 16 (7.41%) PMO
6 9 (4.17%) SLA
7 7 (3.24%) QA
8 6 (2.78%) PCI DSS
8 6 (2.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (1.85%) Data Quality
10 3 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 2 (0.93%) GRC
11 2 (0.93%) NCSC
12 1 (0.46%) COBIT
12 1 (0.46%) EU AI Act
12 1 (0.46%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.46%) P3O
System Software
1 22 (10.19%) Active Directory
2 20 (9.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (5.56%) VMware ESXi
4 7 (3.24%) vCloud
4 7 (3.24%) VMware NSX
5 4 (1.85%) Docker
6 2 (0.93%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 15 (6.94%) vCenter Server
2 14 (6.48%) SCOM
3 6 (2.78%) Avamar
4 5 (2.31%) Grafana
4 5 (2.31%) Kubernetes
4 5 (2.31%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (1.85%) Prometheus
5 4 (1.85%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.46%) Dell DRAC
6 1 (0.46%) SCCM
6 1 (0.46%) Terraform
Vendors
1 31 (14.35%) ServiceNow
2 28 (12.96%) Microsoft
3 21 (9.72%) VMware
4 13 (6.02%) IFS
5 12 (5.56%) Cisco
5 12 (5.56%) SAP
6 10 (4.63%) Oracle
7 7 (3.24%) CheckPoint
7 7 (3.24%) Dell
7 7 (3.24%) Fortinet
8 6 (2.78%) Juniper
8 6 (2.78%) Thales
9 5 (2.31%) Callidus
9 5 (2.31%) Palo Alto
10 4 (1.85%) AppDynamics
10 4 (1.85%) Aruba
10 4 (1.85%) Dynatrace
10 4 (1.85%) Salesforce
10 4 (1.85%) SolarWinds
10 4 (1.85%) Splunk