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 16 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 50 56
Rank change year-on-year +2 +6 -16
Contract jobs citing Change Management 260 129 187
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 3.99% 3.82% 3.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.91% 4.24% 4.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 171 79 99
10th Percentile £405 £325 £313
25th Percentile £463 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £480 £463
Median % change year-on-year +17.19% +3.78% -11.90%
75th Percentile £625 £522 £525
90th Percentile £675 £625 £650
England median daily rate £525 £500 £514
% change year-on-year +5.00% -2.72% -6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 11 32
10th Percentile £37.23 £32.05 £20.08
25th Percentile £57.50 £36.14 £36.46
Median hourly rate £83.50 £57.50 £59.55
Median % change year-on-year +45.22% -3.43% +22.28%
75th Percentile £86.13 £70.83 £61.60
90th Percentile £88.00 £80.00 £70.00
England median hourly rate £38.50 £32.05 £50.00
% change year-on-year +20.12% -35.90% +2.05%

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 5,298 3,045 4,618
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 81.31% 90.06% 82.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,356 1,891 2,707
10th Percentile £280 £250 £263
25th Percentile £413 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -2.44% -0.49%
75th Percentile £610 £600 £638
90th Percentile £700 £675 £700
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 523 263 424
10th Percentile £15.80 £13.50 £13.00
25th Percentile £25.12 £15.13 £18.29
Median hourly rate £55.00 £24.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +129.17% -52.00% -
75th Percentile £82.25 £53.63 £70.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £78.38
England median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +88.87% -34.02% -8.14%

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 16 July 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 16 July 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 16 July 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 +2 148 £575 +36.90% 36
Berkshire +7 110 £575 +36.09% 19
Hampshire +4 79 £563 +12.50% 17
Buckinghamshire -8 35 £550 +37.50% 11
West Sussex -12 13 £550 +29.41% 3
Surrey -19 11 £550 +29.41% 15
Kent -2 5 £525 +9.38% 4
Oxfordshire -37 3 - - 7
Middlesex - 2 - - 1
East Sussex -1 1 - - 2
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 9 (3.46%) Confluence
2 7 (2.69%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.15%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.77%) CMS
5 1 (0.38%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.38%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 19 (7.31%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (6.54%) Microsoft Project
3 15 (5.77%) Microsoft Excel
4 11 (4.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.38%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.38%) Houdini
5 1 (0.38%) InfoPath
5 1 (0.38%) NUKE
5 1 (0.38%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 4 (1.54%) Primavera
2 3 (1.15%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 3 (1.15%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.77%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.77%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.38%) BASE24
4 1 (0.38%) ENOVIA
4 1 (0.38%) Sage X3
4 1 (0.38%) SAP BRIM
4 1 (0.38%) SAP Convergent Charging
4 1 (0.38%) SAP PLM
4 1 (0.38%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 36 (13.85%) Azure
2 27 (10.38%) AWS
3 16 (6.15%) Power Platform
4 7 (2.69%) Entra ID
5 6 (2.31%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (1.92%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (1.54%) IaaS
8 3 (1.15%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (1.15%) GCP
8 3 (1.15%) Smartsheet
9 2 (0.77%) Azure AKS
9 2 (0.77%) Azure App Service
9 2 (0.77%) Azure Key Vault
9 2 (0.77%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (0.77%) GitHub
9 2 (0.77%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (0.77%) SuccessFactors
10 1 (0.38%) SaaS
10 1 (0.38%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 23 (8.85%) Network Security
2 17 (6.54%) Firewall
3 16 (6.15%) WAN
4 14 (5.38%) LAN
5 13 (5.00%) DNS
6 12 (4.62%) SD-WAN
6 12 (4.62%) VPN
7 9 (3.46%) MPLS
8 7 (2.69%) Cisco ASA
8 7 (2.69%) HTTP
9 6 (2.31%) Wireless
10 5 (1.92%) BGP
10 5 (1.92%) Cisco Firepower
10 5 (1.92%) Cisco Nexus
10 5 (1.92%) OSPF
10 5 (1.92%) TCP/IP
10 5 (1.92%) VSAN
10 5 (1.92%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (1.15%) DHCP
11 3 (1.15%) NGN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (6.15%) Power BI
2 1 (0.38%) Data Mining
2 1 (0.38%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.38%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (0.38%) QualityStage
2 1 (0.38%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 23 (8.85%) JIRA
2 3 (1.15%) Rational DOORS
3 2 (0.77%) Cucumber
3 2 (0.77%) Git
3 2 (0.77%) Selenium
3 2 (0.77%) SpecFlow
4 1 (0.38%) GitLab
4 1 (0.38%) Jenkins
General
1 85 (32.69%) Social Skills
2 79 (30.38%) Finance
3 58 (22.31%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (11.92%) Retail
5 25 (9.62%) Documentation Skills
6 23 (8.85%) Public Sector
7 17 (6.54%) Telecoms
8 9 (3.46%) Manufacturing
8 9 (3.46%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (3.08%) Legal
10 6 (2.31%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (1.92%) Billing
12 4 (1.54%) Aviation
12 4 (1.54%) Local Government
12 4 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (1.15%) Aerospace
13 3 (1.15%) Law
14 2 (0.77%) Automotive
14 2 (0.77%) Banking
14 2 (0.77%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 41 (15.77%) Lead
2 37 (14.23%) Project Manager
3 25 (9.62%) Change Manager
4 15 (5.77%) IT Manager
4 15 (5.77%) Security Manager
4 15 (5.77%) Security Project Manager
5 14 (5.38%) Senior
6 13 (5.00%) Analyst
7 12 (4.62%) Business Manager
7 12 (4.62%) Delivery Manager
8 11 (4.23%) Senior Manager
9 9 (3.46%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 9 (3.46%) Head of IT
9 9 (3.46%) Storage Engineer
10 8 (3.08%) Consultant
10 8 (3.08%) Network Engineer
10 8 (3.08%) Network Manager
10 8 (3.08%) Service Manager
11 7 (2.69%) Senior Project Manager
11 7 (2.69%) Service Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (5.38%) REST
2 13 (5.00%) HTML
3 12 (4.62%) Ajax
4 9 (3.46%) CSS
5 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Graph
5 2 (0.77%) Playwright
5 2 (0.77%) RESTful
5 2 (0.77%) SOAP
5 2 (0.77%) Swagger
5 2 (0.77%) YAML
6 1 (0.38%) 802.1X
6 1 (0.38%) A2A Protocol
6 1 (0.38%) LDAP
6 1 (0.38%) OAuth
6 1 (0.38%) OAuth2
6 1 (0.38%) OpenID
6 1 (0.38%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (0.38%) SailPoint
6 1 (0.38%) Unreal Engine
6 1 (0.38%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 21 (8.08%) Data Centre
2 15 (5.77%) Onboarding
3 13 (5.00%) Management Information System
4 9 (3.46%) PKI
5 6 (2.31%) BYOD
5 6 (2.31%) Operational Technology
5 6 (2.31%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (2.31%) Virtual Team
6 5 (1.92%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.54%) CMDB
7 4 (1.54%) PMI
7 4 (1.54%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.77%) Cloud Native
9 2 (0.77%) Driving Licence
9 2 (0.77%) Linux Command Line
9 2 (0.77%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.77%) Replication
9 2 (0.77%) Security Operations Centre
9 2 (0.77%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 39 (15.00%) Windows
2 24 (9.23%) Windows Server
3 10 (3.85%) Linux
4 3 (1.15%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (0.77%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.77%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.38%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.38%) Unix
6 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (46.54%) Stakeholder Management
2 83 (31.92%) ITIL
3 67 (25.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 63 (24.23%) Agile
5 60 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
6 55 (21.15%) ITSM
6 55 (21.15%) Project Management
7 54 (20.77%) Problem-Solving
8 49 (18.85%) Project Delivery
9 42 (16.15%) Cybersecurity
10 41 (15.77%) Service Management
11 39 (15.00%) Migration
12 35 (13.46%) Service Delivery
13 30 (11.54%) Budget Management
14 29 (11.15%) User Acceptance Testing
15 28 (10.77%) ERP
15 28 (10.77%) Validation
16 27 (10.38%) Roadmaps
17 26 (10.00%) Data Protection
18 25 (9.62%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 17 (6.54%) PowerShell
2 12 (4.62%) JavaScript
3 8 (3.08%) Python
4 7 (2.69%) SQL
5 4 (1.54%) Bash
6 2 (0.77%) C#
7 1 (0.38%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.38%) Java
7 1 (0.38%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 119 (45.77%) Security Cleared
2 77 (29.62%) SC Cleared
3 39 (15.00%) PMP
4 37 (14.23%) DV Cleared
5 35 (13.46%) PMI Certification
6 34 (13.08%) Degree
7 14 (5.38%) CISM
7 14 (5.38%) CISSP
8 12 (4.62%) Cisco Certification
9 11 (4.23%) CCNP
10 7 (2.69%) ITIL Certification
11 5 (1.92%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (1.92%) CCNA
11 5 (1.92%) CCSE
11 5 (1.92%) CCSM
11 5 (1.92%) Six Sigma Green Belt
12 4 (1.54%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 3 (1.15%) ACCA
13 3 (1.15%) CIMA
13 3 (1.15%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (16.92%) GDPR
2 37 (14.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 28 (10.77%) NIST
4 20 (7.69%) PMO
5 18 (6.92%) SOC 2
6 15 (5.77%) SLA
7 12 (4.62%) QA
8 7 (2.69%) PCI DSS
8 7 (2.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 6 (2.31%) Data Quality
9 6 (2.31%) ISO 9001
10 3 (1.15%) GRC
10 3 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 2 (0.77%) COBIT
12 1 (0.38%) EU AI Act
12 1 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.38%) ITGC
12 1 (0.38%) P3O
12 1 (0.38%) PERC
System Software
1 28 (10.77%) VMware Infrastructure
2 24 (9.23%) Active Directory
3 14 (5.38%) VMware ESXi
4 9 (3.46%) vCloud
4 9 (3.46%) VMware NSX
5 3 (1.15%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.38%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 20 (7.69%) vCenter Server
2 19 (7.31%) SCOM
3 9 (3.46%) Avamar
4 6 (2.31%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (1.54%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (1.15%) Kubernetes
6 3 (1.15%) Terraform
7 2 (0.77%) Dell DRAC
8 1 (0.38%) AirWatch
8 1 (0.38%) Amdocs OSS
8 1 (0.38%) Grafana
8 1 (0.38%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.38%) SCCM
Vendors
1 50 (19.23%) ServiceNow
2 46 (17.69%) Microsoft
3 30 (11.54%) VMware
4 17 (6.54%) Cisco
5 14 (5.38%) SAP
6 13 (5.00%) IFS
7 11 (4.23%) Dell
8 10 (3.85%) CheckPoint
9 9 (3.46%) Fortinet
9 9 (3.46%) Juniper
9 9 (3.46%) Thales
10 7 (2.69%) Oracle
11 6 (2.31%) Palo Alto
11 6 (2.31%) Salesforce
12 5 (1.92%) Callidus
12 5 (1.92%) SolarWinds
13 4 (1.54%) Aruba
13 4 (1.54%) Remedy
14 3 (1.15%) F5
15 2 (0.77%) CyberArk