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 25 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 57 58
Rank change year-on-year +4 +1 -18
Contract jobs citing Change Management 214 104 169
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 3.71% 3.47% 3.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.54% 3.79% 3.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 145 68 104
10th Percentile £293 £312 £316
25th Percentile £356 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £483 £484
Median % change year-on-year +5.70% -0.21% -7.90%
75th Percentile £600 £550 £540
90th Percentile £665 £638 £688
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 5 23
10th Percentile £20.79 £23.92 £18.80
25th Percentile £42.13 - £30.21
Median hourly rate £82.50 £32.05 £59.00
Median % change year-on-year +157.41% -45.68% +20.42%
75th Percentile £85.00 £58.75 £61.60
90th Percentile £87.45 £75.73 £64.40
England median hourly rate £45.46 £57.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -20.94% +35.29% -12.19%

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 4,715 2,747 4,737
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 81.67% 91.57% 85.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,080 1,752 2,766
10th Percentile £285 £253 £232
25th Percentile £406 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% - -1.53%
75th Percentile £613 £600 £619
90th Percentile £713 £675 £698
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 425 171 429
10th Percentile £15.25 £13.85 £13.00
25th Percentile £21.00 £16.34 £18.20
Median hourly rate £50.00 £28.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +78.57% -41.05% -5.00%
75th Percentile £81.00 £62.50 £62.50
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £76.86
England median hourly rate £42.69 £30.45 £35.00
% change year-on-year +40.18% -13.00% -8.74%

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 25 April 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 25 April 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 25 April 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 +9 138 £515 +12.81% 30
Berkshire +16 112 £500 +8.11% 20
Hampshire -12 56 £505 +1.00% 17
Buckinghamshire -15 24 £575 +43.75% 8
West Sussex -8 10 £557 +153.18% 3
Surrey -13 8 £800 +88.24% 6
Kent -5 3 £544 +0.23% 7
Oxfordshire -25 2 £425 -15.00% 3
East Sussex - 2 £725 - 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 8 (3.74%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.34%) Confluence
3 3 (1.40%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.93%) CMS
5 1 (0.47%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.47%) Appian
Applications
1 21 (9.81%) Microsoft Project
2 16 (7.48%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (2.80%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (2.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.47%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (3.74%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 3 (1.40%) Primavera
2 3 (1.40%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.47%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.47%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.47%) Sage X3
3 1 (0.47%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.47%) SAP PLM
3 1 (0.47%) SAP SCM
3 1 (0.47%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.47%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 46 (21.50%) AWS
2 45 (21.03%) Azure
3 29 (13.55%) GCP
4 15 (7.01%) Power Platform
5 4 (1.87%) Datadog
6 3 (1.40%) Canva
6 3 (1.40%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (1.40%) SaaS
7 2 (0.93%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.93%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (0.93%) Google Ads
7 2 (0.93%) IaaS
7 2 (0.93%) PaaS
7 2 (0.93%) SuccessFactors
7 2 (0.93%) Viva Engage
8 1 (0.47%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (0.47%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.47%) iPaaS
8 1 (0.47%) OCI
8 1 (0.47%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 16 (7.48%) Firewall
1 16 (7.48%) Network Security
2 12 (5.61%) WAN
3 11 (5.14%) SD-WAN
4 9 (4.21%) LAN
5 8 (3.74%) DNS
5 8 (3.74%) VPN
6 7 (3.27%) MPLS
7 6 (2.80%) Cisco Firepower
7 6 (2.80%) HTTP
8 5 (2.34%) BGP
8 5 (2.34%) OSPF
9 4 (1.87%) Cisco IOS
9 4 (1.87%) Cisco ISE
9 4 (1.87%) Junos
9 4 (1.87%) NX-OS
9 4 (1.87%) TCP/IP
10 3 (1.40%) Internet
10 3 (1.40%) NAS
10 3 (1.40%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (7.01%) Power BI
2 2 (0.93%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.47%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (5.61%) JIRA
2 3 (1.40%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.47%) GitLab
3 1 (0.47%) Jenkins
General
1 93 (43.46%) Social Skills
2 66 (30.84%) Finance
3 63 (29.44%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (12.15%) Retail
5 17 (7.94%) Documentation Skills
6 16 (7.48%) Public Sector
7 10 (4.67%) Influencing Skills
8 9 (4.21%) Manufacturing
9 8 (3.74%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (3.74%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.40%) Aerospace
10 3 (1.40%) Billing
10 3 (1.40%) Marketing
11 2 (0.93%) Automotive
11 2 (0.93%) Legal
11 2 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.93%) Publishing
12 1 (0.47%) Aviation
12 1 (0.47%) Banking
12 1 (0.47%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 48 (22.43%) Lead
2 33 (15.42%) Project Manager
3 25 (11.68%) Change Manager
4 17 (7.94%) Security Manager
5 15 (7.01%) Security Project Manager
6 13 (6.07%) Consultant
7 12 (5.61%) Analyst
8 11 (5.14%) Business Manager
9 10 (4.67%) IT Manager
9 10 (4.67%) Senior
9 10 (4.67%) Senior Manager
10 9 (4.21%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 9 (4.21%) Business Change Manager
10 9 (4.21%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 8 (3.74%) Transformation Manager
12 7 (3.27%) Delivery Manager
12 7 (3.27%) Network Engineer
12 7 (3.27%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
12 7 (3.27%) Senior Project Manager
13 6 (2.80%) Network Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.87%) Middleware
2 2 (0.93%) .NET
2 2 (0.93%) Ajax
2 2 (0.93%) CSS
2 2 (0.93%) HTML
2 2 (0.93%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (0.93%) REST
3 1 (0.47%) A2A Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 14 (6.54%) Data Centre
2 13 (6.07%) Onboarding
3 12 (5.61%) Management Information System
4 9 (4.21%) Virtual Team
5 8 (3.74%) Operational Technology
5 8 (3.74%) Product Ownership
6 6 (2.80%) Analytical Mindset
6 6 (2.80%) BYOD
7 5 (2.34%) Cloud Native
7 5 (2.34%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (2.34%) Security Operations Centre
8 4 (1.87%) PKI
9 3 (1.40%) e-Learning
9 3 (1.40%) Replication
9 3 (1.40%) SCADA
9 3 (1.40%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.93%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.93%) Graphic Design
10 2 (0.93%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.93%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 24 (11.21%) Windows
2 11 (5.14%) Windows Server
3 6 (2.80%) Linux
4 2 (0.93%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.47%) Data ONTAP
5 1 (0.47%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (39.25%) Stakeholder Management
2 73 (34.11%) ITIL
3 60 (28.04%) Continuous Improvement
4 58 (27.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 56 (26.17%) Problem-Solving
6 52 (24.30%) Agile
7 46 (21.50%) Project Management
8 45 (21.03%) Cybersecurity
9 41 (19.16%) ITSM
10 34 (15.89%) Migration
10 34 (15.89%) Service Management
11 31 (14.49%) Project Delivery
12 30 (14.02%) User Acceptance Testing
13 29 (13.55%) Budget Management
14 27 (12.62%) ERP
15 25 (11.68%) Risk Management
16 24 (11.21%) Data Protection
17 23 (10.75%) Impact Assessments
18 21 (9.81%) Performance Metrics
18 21 (9.81%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 12 (5.61%) PowerShell
2 6 (2.80%) Python
3 5 (2.34%) Bash
4 2 (0.93%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 87 (40.65%) Security Cleared
2 69 (32.24%) SC Cleared
3 29 (13.55%) PMP
4 25 (11.68%) PMI Certification
5 24 (11.21%) Degree
6 17 (7.94%) DV Cleared
7 14 (6.54%) CISM
7 14 (6.54%) CISSP
8 7 (3.27%) ACCA
8 7 (3.27%) APMG
8 7 (3.27%) CIMA
9 5 (2.34%) CCNP
9 5 (2.34%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (1.40%) CCNA
11 2 (0.93%) A+ Certification
11 2 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.93%) CCSE
11 2 (0.93%) CCSM
11 2 (0.93%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.93%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (17.76%) GDPR
2 33 (15.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 27 (12.62%) NIST
4 18 (8.41%) PMO
4 18 (8.41%) SOC 2
5 9 (4.21%) QA
6 6 (2.80%) PCI DSS
6 6 (2.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 6 (2.80%) SLA
7 3 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 3 (1.40%) NCSC
8 2 (0.93%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.47%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.47%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.47%) P3O
System Software
1 19 (8.88%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.87%) Docker
3 4 (1.87%) Firmware
3 4 (1.87%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.93%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.47%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.47%) NFS
Systems Management
1 10 (4.67%) vCenter Server
2 6 (2.80%) SCCM
3 5 (2.34%) Grafana
3 5 (2.34%) Kubernetes
3 5 (2.34%) SCOM
4 4 (1.87%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (1.87%) Prometheus
4 4 (1.87%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.47%) Dell DRAC
5 1 (0.47%) SnapMirror
5 1 (0.47%) SnapVault
5 1 (0.47%) Terraform
Vendors
1 22 (10.28%) Microsoft
2 21 (9.81%) Google
3 17 (7.94%) ServiceNow
4 15 (7.01%) Oracle
5 13 (6.07%) SAP
6 12 (5.61%) IFS
7 10 (4.67%) Cisco
7 10 (4.67%) VMware
8 7 (3.27%) SolarWinds
9 6 (2.80%) Juniper
10 5 (2.34%) Callidus
11 4 (1.87%) Adobe
11 4 (1.87%) AppDynamics
11 4 (1.87%) Broadcom
11 4 (1.87%) CheckPoint
11 4 (1.87%) Dynatrace
11 4 (1.87%) Splunk
12 3 (1.40%) CyberArk
12 3 (1.40%) Fortinet
12 3 (1.40%) Salesforce