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 27 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 44 49
Rank change year-on-year -3 +5 -5
Contract jobs citing Change Management 159 174 240
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 4.33% 4.14% 4.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.90% 4.91% 4.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 114 92 164
10th Percentile £317 £341 £350
25th Percentile £406 £429 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -
75th Percentile £569 £638 £595
90th Percentile £638 £651 £704
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 18 18
10th Percentile £20.79 £34.03 £17.53
25th Percentile £28.47 £55.87 £29.77
Median hourly rate £41.00 £58.40 £48.70
Median % change year-on-year -29.79% +19.91% +49.85%
75th Percentile £70.16 £61.60 £55.64
90th Percentile £71.50 £70.00 £60.56
England median hourly rate £28.79 £56.75 £45.87
% change year-on-year -49.26% +23.72% +41.12%

All Process and 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 3,243 3,546 4,935
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 88.29% 84.47% 89.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,040 2,150 3,279
10th Percentile £217 £260 £225
25th Percentile £393 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £520
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -1.92% +1.86%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £623
90th Percentile £650 £688 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 351 177 255
10th Percentile £13.75 £16.25 £15.50
25th Percentile £16.17 £30.00 £22.63
Median hourly rate £20.71 £58.05 £52.10
Median % change year-on-year -64.32% +11.41% +43.47%
75th Percentile £33.05 £70.00 £65.93
90th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -37.13% -10.11% +27.14%

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 27 October 2025.

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 27 October 2025.

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 27 October 2025. 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 +7 100 £450 -10.00% 86
Berkshire -3 73 £436 -12.80% 63
Hampshire +17 27 £508 -8.76% 20
Oxfordshire - 14 £500 - 11
Buckinghamshire +1 13 £500 - 15
Kent 0 9 £480 -17.95% 7
West Sussex -3 8 £496 +10.22% 5
Surrey -12 8 £600 +17.07% 16
East Sussex -4 4 £550 +51.72% 2
Sussex - 2 - - 3
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 15 (9.43%) Confluence
2 8 (5.03%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.89%) CMS
4 2 (1.26%) JBoss
5 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.63%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.63%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.63%) Smallworld
5 1 (0.63%) WebLogic
Applications
1 16 (10.06%) Microsoft Project
2 10 (6.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (5.66%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (4.40%) MS Visio
5 4 (2.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (1.89%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 5 (3.14%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 4 (2.52%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (1.26%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.26%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.26%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.63%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.63%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.63%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.63%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.63%) Primavera
4 1 (0.63%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 21 (13.21%) Azure
2 16 (10.06%) AWS
3 13 (8.18%) GCP
4 9 (5.66%) Power Platform
5 8 (5.03%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (2.52%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (2.52%) Entra ID
7 3 (1.89%) Asana
7 3 (1.89%) GitHub
7 3 (1.89%) GitHub Actions
7 3 (1.89%) Lucidchart
8 2 (1.26%) Alation
8 2 (1.26%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (1.26%) Collibra
8 2 (1.26%) SaaS
9 1 (0.63%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 1 (0.63%) Amazon EKS
9 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.63%) OCI
9 1 (0.63%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.40%) Network Security
2 5 (3.14%) Firewall
3 4 (2.52%) Broadband
3 4 (2.52%) DNS
4 3 (1.89%) HTTP
4 3 (1.89%) SD-WAN
4 3 (1.89%) VLAN
5 2 (1.26%) DHCP
5 2 (1.26%) VoIP
6 1 (0.63%) BGP
6 1 (0.63%) FTP
6 1 (0.63%) IPsec
6 1 (0.63%) OSPF
6 1 (0.63%) SAN
6 1 (0.63%) SCCP
6 1 (0.63%) SSL
6 1 (0.63%) VPN
6 1 (0.63%) WAN
6 1 (0.63%) Wireless
6 1 (0.63%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (5.66%) Power BI
2 5 (3.14%) Metadata
2 5 (3.14%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.26%) Oracle Database
3 2 (1.26%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.63%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.63%) DTS
4 1 (0.63%) GIS
4 1 (0.63%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.63%) Oracle BI EE
4 1 (0.63%) Oracle Database 12c
4 1 (0.63%) Oracle Exadata
4 1 (0.63%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 23 (14.47%) JIRA
2 7 (4.40%) MSI
3 4 (2.52%) Jenkins
General
1 73 (45.91%) Social Skills
2 39 (24.53%) Finance
3 24 (15.09%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (11.95%) Manufacturing
5 13 (8.18%) Public Sector
5 13 (8.18%) Telecoms
6 12 (7.55%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (4.40%) Retail
8 5 (3.14%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (3.14%) Legal
9 4 (2.52%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.89%) Aerospace
10 3 (1.89%) Banking
10 3 (1.89%) Billing
10 3 (1.89%) Law
10 3 (1.89%) Marketing
11 2 (1.26%) Automotive
11 2 (1.26%) Electronics
11 2 (1.26%) Military
11 2 (1.26%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 25 (15.72%) Analyst
1 25 (15.72%) Project Manager
2 15 (9.43%) Lead
3 12 (7.55%) Change Manager
4 8 (5.03%) Business Analyst
4 8 (5.03%) Consultant
4 8 (5.03%) IT Manager
5 7 (4.40%) Programme Manager
5 7 (4.40%) Release Manager
5 7 (4.40%) SAP Manager
6 6 (3.77%) Senior
7 5 (3.14%) Data Analyst
8 4 (2.52%) Configuration Manager
8 4 (2.52%) Delivery Manager
8 4 (2.52%) Head of Digital
8 4 (2.52%) SCCM Engineer
8 4 (2.52%) Security Analyst
8 4 (2.52%) Support Analyst
8 4 (2.52%) Technical Specialist
9 3 (1.89%) SAP Engagement Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.89%) Elastic Stack
1 3 (1.89%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (1.26%) .NET
2 2 (1.26%) .NET Core
2 2 (1.26%) ADO
2 2 (1.26%) AngularJS
2 2 (1.26%) Oracle GoldenGate
2 2 (1.26%) RESTful
3 1 (0.63%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.63%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.63%) Middleware
3 1 (0.63%) Node.js
3 1 (0.63%) OAuth
3 1 (0.63%) OAuth2
3 1 (0.63%) OpenID
3 1 (0.63%) REST
3 1 (0.63%) SAML
3 1 (0.63%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 13 (8.18%) Life Science
1 13 (8.18%) Management Information System
2 11 (6.92%) Onboarding
3 9 (5.66%) Data Centre
3 9 (5.66%) Renewable Energy
3 9 (5.66%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (5.03%) CMDB
5 7 (4.40%) Virtual Team
6 5 (3.14%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (3.14%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.89%) BYOD
7 3 (1.89%) Reference Data
8 2 (1.26%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.26%) Mobile App
8 2 (1.26%) Operational Technology
8 2 (1.26%) Replication
8 2 (1.26%) Security Operations Centre
9 1 (0.63%) Legacy Applications
9 1 (0.63%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.63%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 16 (10.06%) Windows
2 9 (5.66%) Windows Server
3 7 (4.40%) Windows 10
4 6 (3.77%) Linux
5 3 (1.89%) Unix
6 2 (1.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.63%) CentOS
7 1 (0.63%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (30.19%) Agile
2 44 (27.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 41 (25.79%) Problem-Solving
4 37 (23.27%) Project Management
5 36 (22.64%) Stakeholder Management
6 31 (19.50%) Continuous Improvement
6 31 (19.50%) ITIL
7 29 (18.24%) Migration
8 22 (13.84%) Service Management
9 20 (12.58%) Project Delivery
10 17 (10.69%) Waterfall
11 15 (9.43%) CRM
11 15 (9.43%) ITSM
11 15 (9.43%) Roadmaps
12 14 (8.81%) Cybersecurity
12 14 (8.81%) Risk Management
13 13 (8.18%) Performance Metrics
14 12 (7.55%) Data Analysis
14 12 (7.55%) DevOps
14 12 (7.55%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 9 (5.66%) C#
1 9 (5.66%) PowerShell
2 6 (3.77%) VB
3 4 (2.52%) SQL
4 3 (1.89%) PL/SQL
4 3 (1.89%) Python
4 3 (1.89%) Shell Script
5 2 (1.26%) Java
6 1 (0.63%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.63%) Perl
Qualifications
1 34 (21.38%) Security Cleared
2 27 (16.98%) Degree
3 26 (16.35%) SC Cleared
4 5 (3.14%) DV Cleared
5 4 (2.52%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.89%) A+ Certification
6 3 (1.89%) CISM
6 3 (1.89%) CISSP
6 3 (1.89%) PMI Certification
6 3 (1.89%) PMP
7 2 (1.26%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.63%) ACCA
8 1 (0.63%) CCNA
8 1 (0.63%) CIMA
8 1 (0.63%) CIPFA
8 1 (0.63%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.63%) HNC
8 1 (0.63%) Server+ Certification
8 1 (0.63%) Six Sigma Black Belt
8 1 (0.63%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (8.18%) GDPR
2 10 (6.29%) QA
3 7 (4.40%) PMO
4 4 (2.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (2.52%) NIST
5 3 (1.89%) Data Quality
5 3 (1.89%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (1.26%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (1.26%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.63%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.63%) P3O
7 1 (0.63%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (3.77%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (3.14%) Active Directory
3 4 (2.52%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (1.89%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (1.26%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.63%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.63%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (4.40%) SCCM
2 3 (1.89%) Ansible
2 3 (1.89%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 2 (1.26%) Oracle RMAN
4 1 (0.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (0.63%) Data Guard
4 1 (0.63%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
4 1 (0.63%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.63%) Terraform
Vendors
1 35 (22.01%) Microsoft
2 17 (10.69%) ServiceNow
3 16 (10.06%) Oracle
4 14 (8.81%) Salesforce
5 11 (6.92%) Google
6 10 (6.29%) SAP
7 8 (5.03%) VMware
8 6 (3.77%) Remedy
9 4 (2.52%) Cisco
9 4 (2.52%) Citrix
10 3 (1.89%) CyberArk
11 2 (1.26%) IFS
11 2 (1.26%) Informatica
11 2 (1.26%) Progress
11 2 (1.26%) Workday
12 1 (0.63%) CheckPoint
12 1 (0.63%) Dell
12 1 (0.63%) HP
12 1 (0.63%) Juniper
12 1 (0.63%) Siemens