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 15 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 53 49
Rank change year-on-year +7 -4 -2
Contract jobs citing Change Management 278 127 179
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 4.20% 3.69% 3.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.22% 4.14% 4.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 183 81 95
10th Percentile £425 £358 £319
25th Percentile £463 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £488 £498
Median % change year-on-year +17.95% -2.01% -5.24%
75th Percentile £638 £538 £623
90th Percentile £696 £638 £650
England median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 10 24
10th Percentile £17.61 £32.05 £31.96
25th Percentile £57.34 £36.14 £56.36
Median hourly rate £76.80 £51.75 £61.33
Median % change year-on-year +48.41% -15.62% +26.71%
75th Percentile £85.50 £70.16 £63.08
90th Percentile £88.00 £72.35 £70.00
England median hourly rate £50.50 £30.00 £58.30
% change year-on-year +68.33% -48.54% +20.45%

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 5,329 3,064 3,786
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 80.47% 89.12% 82.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,207 1,908 2,271
10th Percentile £281 £220 £256
25th Percentile £425 £380 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -2.44% -1.14%
75th Percentile £619 £600 £625
90th Percentile £713 £656 £690
England median daily rate £525 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 616 300 258
10th Percentile £13.45 £13.48 £16.18
25th Percentile £17.23 £15.50 £34.25
Median hourly rate £52.43 £20.58 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +154.80% -64.12% +9.24%
75th Percentile £70.00 £50.00 £72.22
90th Percentile £87.16 £69.65 £78.75
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -1.81%

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 15 September 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 15 September 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 15 September 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 +3 161 £575 +35.29% 114
Berkshire +12 122 £575 +35.29% 60
Hampshire +6 81 £600 +18.23% 59
Buckinghamshire -8 33 £550 +17.33% 38
Surrey -6 15 £500 -16.67% 40
West Sussex -20 10 £550 +15.79% 16
Oxfordshire -31 6 £540 +2.86% 19
Kent -4 4 £550 +14.58% 11
Middlesex - 3 - - 8
East Sussex -3 1 - - 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 10 (3.60%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.52%) Confluence
3 3 (1.08%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.36%) CMS
4 1 (0.36%) Oracle Coherence
4 1 (0.36%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 19 (6.83%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (5.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (4.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (2.88%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.72%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.72%) Houdini
5 2 (0.72%) NUKE
6 1 (0.36%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.36%) InfoPath
6 1 (0.36%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.36%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 8 (2.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.72%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.36%) BASE24
4 1 (0.36%) ENOVIA
4 1 (0.36%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.36%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.36%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.36%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.36%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.36%) Primavera
4 1 (0.36%) SAP BRIM
4 1 (0.36%) SAP Convergent Charging
4 1 (0.36%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 32 (11.51%) Azure
2 16 (5.76%) AWS
3 13 (4.68%) Power Platform
4 6 (2.16%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (2.16%) Entra ID
5 5 (1.80%) Azure Monitor
5 5 (1.80%) IaaS
6 4 (1.44%) Azure Sentinel
6 4 (1.44%) OpenShift
7 3 (1.08%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (1.08%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (1.08%) Smartsheet
8 2 (0.72%) Azure AKS
8 2 (0.72%) Azure App Service
8 2 (0.72%) Azure Key Vault
8 2 (0.72%) GitHub
8 2 (0.72%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (0.72%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 2 (0.72%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 19 (6.83%) DNS
2 16 (5.76%) Network Security
3 13 (4.68%) Firewall
4 12 (4.32%) VPN
5 11 (3.96%) WAN
6 8 (2.88%) DHCP
7 7 (2.52%) LAN
8 6 (2.16%) Cisco ASA
8 6 (2.16%) SD-WAN
8 6 (2.16%) TCP/IP
8 6 (2.16%) Wireless
9 5 (1.80%) MPLS
9 5 (1.80%) SSL
10 4 (1.44%) Cisco Firepower
10 4 (1.44%) Cisco Nexus
10 4 (1.44%) HTTP
10 4 (1.44%) VSAN
10 4 (1.44%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (1.08%) DMVPN
11 3 (1.08%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.32%) Power BI
2 7 (2.52%) Metadata
3 2 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (0.72%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.36%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.36%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.36%) QualityStage
4 1 (0.36%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 19 (6.83%) JIRA
2 2 (0.72%) Cucumber
2 2 (0.72%) Git
2 2 (0.72%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.72%) Selenium
2 2 (0.72%) SpecFlow
General
1 98 (35.25%) Social Skills
2 73 (26.26%) Finance
3 57 (20.50%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (7.91%) Retail
5 21 (7.55%) Documentation Skills
6 20 (7.19%) Public Sector
7 19 (6.83%) Organisational Skills
8 17 (6.12%) Telecoms
9 16 (5.76%) Aerospace
10 15 (5.40%) Manufacturing
11 11 (3.96%) Influencing Skills
12 10 (3.60%) Legal
13 6 (2.16%) Aviation
14 5 (1.80%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (1.44%) Banking
15 4 (1.44%) Billing
15 4 (1.44%) Local Government
16 3 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 3 (1.08%) Law
17 2 (0.72%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 44 (15.83%) Lead
2 29 (10.43%) Change Manager
3 26 (9.35%) Project Manager
4 25 (8.99%) Delivery Manager
5 20 (7.19%) Analyst
6 12 (4.32%) IT Manager
7 11 (3.96%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 11 (3.96%) Senior
7 11 (3.96%) Storage Engineer
8 10 (3.60%) Business Manager
8 10 (3.60%) Consultant
8 10 (3.60%) Network Engineer
8 10 (3.60%) Service Manager
9 9 (3.24%) Product Delivery Manager
9 9 (3.24%) Product Manager
10 8 (2.88%) Service Delivery Manager
11 7 (2.52%) Head of IT
11 7 (2.52%) Security Manager
11 7 (2.52%) Senior Manager
11 7 (2.52%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (5.40%) REST
2 13 (4.68%) HTML
3 12 (4.32%) Ajax
4 9 (3.24%) CSS
5 5 (1.80%) Terraform
6 4 (1.44%) Oracle Fusion
7 3 (1.08%) 802.1X
7 3 (1.08%) SOAP
8 2 (0.72%) Elastic Stack
8 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Graph
8 2 (0.72%) Oracle GoldenGate
8 2 (0.72%) Playwright
8 2 (0.72%) RESTful
8 2 (0.72%) Swagger
8 2 (0.72%) Unreal Engine
8 2 (0.72%) YAML
9 1 (0.36%) A2A Protocol
9 1 (0.36%) OAuth
9 1 (0.36%) OAuth2
9 1 (0.36%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 15 (5.40%) Management Information System
2 12 (4.32%) Data Centre
2 12 (4.32%) Virtual Team
3 11 (3.96%) PKI
4 10 (3.60%) Onboarding
5 7 (2.52%) CMDB
6 6 (2.16%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.44%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.08%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.08%) Driving Licence
8 3 (1.08%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.08%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.08%) Operational Technology
8 3 (1.08%) PMI
8 3 (1.08%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.08%) Social Media
9 2 (0.72%) BYOD
9 2 (0.72%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (0.72%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.72%) Motion Graphics
Operating Systems
1 47 (16.91%) Windows
2 34 (12.23%) Windows Server
3 13 (4.68%) Linux
4 4 (1.44%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (0.72%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.72%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.36%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.36%) Unix
6 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (43.88%) Stakeholder Management
2 102 (36.69%) ITIL
3 91 (32.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 73 (26.26%) Continuous Improvement
5 72 (25.90%) Agile
6 69 (24.82%) Service Management
7 68 (24.46%) ITSM
8 57 (20.50%) Problem-Solving
9 49 (17.63%) Project Delivery
10 44 (15.83%) Project Management
11 42 (15.11%) Service Delivery
12 39 (14.03%) Roadmaps
13 30 (10.79%) PRINCE2
14 29 (10.43%) Decision-Making
15 28 (10.07%) ERP
15 28 (10.07%) Impact Assessments
16 26 (9.35%) Cybersecurity
17 23 (8.27%) Validation
18 22 (7.91%) Budget Management
18 22 (7.91%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 25 (8.99%) PowerShell
2 15 (5.40%) JavaScript
3 10 (3.60%) Python
4 9 (3.24%) SQL
5 6 (2.16%) Bash
6 3 (1.08%) Shell Script
7 2 (0.72%) C#
7 2 (0.72%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.36%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.36%) Java
Qualifications
1 148 (53.24%) Security Cleared
2 96 (34.53%) SC Cleared
3 49 (17.63%) DV Cleared
4 43 (15.47%) Degree
5 30 (10.79%) PMP
6 29 (10.43%) PMI Certification
7 12 (4.32%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (3.24%) CCNP
9 7 (2.52%) CISM
9 7 (2.52%) CISSP
9 7 (2.52%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 6 (2.16%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (2.16%) CCNA
10 6 (2.16%) ITIL Certification
11 5 (1.80%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 4 (1.44%) CCSE
12 4 (1.44%) CCSM
12 4 (1.44%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (1.44%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 3 (1.08%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (8.99%) GDPR
2 21 (7.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (5.76%) NIST
3 16 (5.76%) PMO
4 15 (5.40%) SLA
5 11 (3.96%) QA
6 10 (3.60%) SOC 2
7 7 (2.52%) ISO 9001
8 6 (2.16%) Data Quality
9 4 (1.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (1.08%) GRC
10 3 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 3 (1.08%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.72%) COBIT
11 2 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.36%) EU AI Act
12 1 (0.36%) GAAP
12 1 (0.36%) IFRS
12 1 (0.36%) ITGC
12 1 (0.36%) PERC
System Software
1 35 (12.59%) VMware Infrastructure
2 21 (7.55%) Active Directory
3 19 (6.83%) VMware ESXi
4 14 (5.04%) vCloud
4 14 (5.04%) VMware NSX
5 5 (1.80%) Hyper-V
6 3 (1.08%) Docker
7 2 (0.72%) vSphere
8 1 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 29 (10.43%) vCenter Server
2 26 (9.35%) SCOM
3 11 (3.96%) Avamar
4 6 (2.16%) Kubernetes
5 5 (1.80%) Ansible
6 3 (1.08%) Dell DRAC
6 3 (1.08%) Grafana
6 3 (1.08%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (1.08%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.72%) Kibana
7 2 (0.72%) logstash
7 2 (0.72%) MOM
7 2 (0.72%) Nagios
7 2 (0.72%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 2 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.36%) AirWatch
8 1 (0.36%) Amdocs OSS
8 1 (0.36%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.36%) SCCM
Vendors
1 62 (22.30%) Microsoft
2 57 (20.50%) ServiceNow
3 44 (15.83%) VMware
4 20 (7.19%) Cisco
4 20 (7.19%) SAP
5 14 (5.04%) Dell
6 11 (3.96%) CheckPoint
6 11 (3.96%) Thales
7 10 (3.60%) Juniper
8 9 (3.24%) IFS
8 9 (3.24%) Oracle
9 8 (2.88%) Fortinet
10 7 (2.52%) Palo Alto
10 7 (2.52%) Salesforce
11 6 (2.16%) SolarWinds
12 5 (1.80%) Callidus
12 5 (1.80%) F5
13 4 (1.44%) CyberArk
13 4 (1.44%) Remedy
14 3 (1.08%) Blue Coat