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 20 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 54 45
Rank change year-on-year +10 -9 +8
Contract jobs citing Change Management 186 123 208
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 4.22% 3.78% 4.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.02% 4.23% 4.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 144 74 139
10th Percentile £273 £354 £342
25th Percentile £320 £450 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £484 £550 £518
Median % change year-on-year -12.09% +6.28% -1.43%
75th Percentile £550 £638 £560
90th Percentile £647 £650 £678
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 22
10th Percentile - £29.71 £25.73
25th Percentile - £46.53 £44.60
Median hourly rate £20.79 £56.75 £52.28
Median % change year-on-year -63.36% +8.54% +8.92%
75th Percentile - £57.62 £60.95
90th Percentile £45.48 - £62.00
England median hourly rate £45.46 £55.37 £40.26
% change year-on-year -17.90% +37.55% +15.01%

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 3,706 2,905 4,533
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.06% 89.30% 88.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,443 1,789 2,848
10th Percentile £241 £250 £213
25th Percentile £400 £400 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £504 £513
Median % change year-on-year -0.79% -1.66% +0.49%
75th Percentile £600 £620 £613
90th Percentile £688 £675 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 325 108 289
10th Percentile £14.50 £19.77 £16.10
25th Percentile £17.00 £25.56 £24.34
Median hourly rate £23.58 £43.94 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -46.35% -16.30% +16.67%
75th Percentile £50.00 £62.76 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £74.91 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% -12.50% +14.29%

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 20 January 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 20 January 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 20 January 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 +17 122 £400 -33.33% 40
Berkshire +11 96 £350 -41.67% 25
Hampshire -5 41 £500 -9.09% 23
Buckinghamshire +1 17 £513 -10.87% 9
West Sussex -7 10 £500 +49.25% 3
Oxfordshire -5 9 £463 -17.78% 6
Surrey -15 8 £725 +38.10% 9
East Sussex +4 4 £575 +58.62% 5
Kent -6 3 £550 -5.98% 11
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 12 (6.45%) SharePoint
2 11 (5.91%) Confluence
3 2 (1.08%) CMS
3 2 (1.08%) JBoss
4 1 (0.54%) Appian
4 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 21 (11.29%) Microsoft Project
2 14 (7.53%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (5.91%) Microsoft Excel
4 7 (3.76%) MS Visio
5 5 (2.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (2.69%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 4 (2.15%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.08%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.54%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.54%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.54%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.54%) Primavera
4 1 (0.54%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.54%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 45 (24.19%) Azure
2 41 (22.04%) AWS
3 39 (20.97%) GCP
4 10 (5.38%) Power Platform
5 6 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (2.15%) Datadog
7 3 (1.61%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.61%) Canva
7 3 (1.61%) Lucidchart
8 2 (1.08%) Alation
8 2 (1.08%) Collibra
8 2 (1.08%) Google Ads
8 2 (1.08%) SaaS
8 2 (1.08%) Viva Engage
9 1 (0.54%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.54%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.54%) IaaS
9 1 (0.54%) iPaaS
9 1 (0.54%) PaaS
9 1 (0.54%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 10 (5.38%) DNS
2 9 (4.84%) Firewall
3 7 (3.76%) Network Security
4 5 (2.69%) Cisco ISE
5 4 (2.15%) Cisco Firepower
5 4 (2.15%) Cisco IOS
5 4 (2.15%) Junos
5 4 (2.15%) NX-OS
6 3 (1.61%) HTTP
6 3 (1.61%) Intrusion Detection
6 3 (1.61%) SD-WAN
7 2 (1.08%) SAN
7 2 (1.08%) VLAN
7 2 (1.08%) VoIP
7 2 (1.08%) WAN
8 1 (0.54%) Cisco IPT
8 1 (0.54%) DHCP
8 1 (0.54%) iSCSI
8 1 (0.54%) MGCP
8 1 (0.54%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.38%) Power BI
2 5 (2.69%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.61%) Metadata
3 3 (1.61%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (1.08%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.54%) DTS
5 1 (0.54%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.54%) Oracle Database 12c
5 1 (0.54%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 18 (9.68%) JIRA
2 3 (1.61%) Jenkins
General
1 102 (54.84%) Social Skills
2 53 (28.49%) Analytical Skills
3 43 (23.12%) Finance
4 17 (9.14%) Manufacturing
5 16 (8.60%) Public Sector
6 11 (5.91%) Influencing Skills
7 10 (5.38%) Telecoms
8 9 (4.84%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (2.15%) Marketing
10 4 (2.15%) Retail
11 3 (1.61%) Automotive
11 3 (1.61%) Banking
11 3 (1.61%) Billing
12 2 (1.08%) Aerospace
12 2 (1.08%) Electronics
12 2 (1.08%) Law
12 2 (1.08%) Legal
12 2 (1.08%) Military
13 1 (0.54%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 36 (19.35%) Lead
2 26 (13.98%) Analyst
3 20 (10.75%) Project Manager
4 18 (9.68%) Change Manager
5 14 (7.53%) Consultant
6 9 (4.84%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 9 (4.84%) Business Change Manager
6 9 (4.84%) Business Manager
7 8 (4.30%) Senior
8 7 (3.76%) Business Analyst
8 7 (3.76%) Support Analyst
9 6 (3.23%) Cloud Consultant
9 6 (3.23%) Network Engineer
9 6 (3.23%) Senior Manager
9 6 (3.23%) Technology Consultant
10 5 (2.69%) IT Analyst
10 5 (2.69%) IT Manager
10 5 (2.69%) IT Support
10 5 (2.69%) IT Support Analyst
11 4 (2.15%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.69%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (2.15%) .NET
2 4 (2.15%) Middleware
3 3 (1.61%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (1.08%) .NET Core
4 2 (1.08%) ADO
4 2 (1.08%) AngularJS
4 2 (1.08%) Oracle GoldenGate
4 2 (1.08%) RESTful
5 1 (0.54%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.54%) 802.1X
5 1 (0.54%) OAuth
5 1 (0.54%) OAuth2
5 1 (0.54%) OpenID
5 1 (0.54%) REST
5 1 (0.54%) SAML
5 1 (0.54%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 15 (8.06%) Management Information System
2 10 (5.38%) Onboarding
3 9 (4.84%) Virtual Team
4 8 (4.30%) Product Ownership
5 7 (3.76%) Data Centre
6 6 (3.23%) Analytical Mindset
6 6 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (2.69%) Cloud Native
7 5 (2.69%) Operational Technology
7 5 (2.69%) Security Operations Centre
8 4 (2.15%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (2.15%) Life Science
8 4 (2.15%) PKI
8 4 (2.15%) Renewable Energy
9 3 (1.61%) BYOD
9 3 (1.61%) Mobile App
9 3 (1.61%) Reference Data
9 3 (1.61%) Replication
9 3 (1.61%) SCADA
10 2 (1.08%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 18 (9.68%) Windows
2 9 (4.84%) Windows Server
3 7 (3.76%) Linux
4 2 (1.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.54%) Data ONTAP
5 1 (0.54%) Unix
5 1 (0.54%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (33.87%) ITIL
2 62 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 53 (28.49%) Problem-Solving
4 52 (27.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 48 (25.81%) Service Management
6 47 (25.27%) ITSM
7 46 (24.73%) Agile
8 44 (23.66%) Stakeholder Management
9 41 (22.04%) Project Management
10 31 (16.67%) Performance Metrics
11 19 (10.22%) Project Delivery
12 18 (9.68%) Cybersecurity
12 18 (9.68%) Waterfall
13 17 (9.14%) PRINCE2
14 16 (8.60%) Impact Assessments
15 14 (7.53%) Budget Management
15 14 (7.53%) CRM
15 14 (7.53%) Roadmaps
15 14 (7.53%) User Acceptance Testing
16 13 (6.99%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (6.45%) PowerShell
2 6 (3.23%) Python
3 4 (2.15%) Bash
4 3 (1.61%) Shell Script
4 3 (1.61%) SQL
5 2 (1.08%) C#
5 2 (1.08%) Java
5 2 (1.08%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.54%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 69 (37.10%) Security Cleared
2 55 (29.57%) SC Cleared
3 24 (12.90%) Degree
4 12 (6.45%) DV Cleared
5 8 (4.30%) PMI Certification
5 8 (4.30%) PMP
6 7 (3.76%) APMG
7 5 (2.69%) A+ Certification
8 4 (2.15%) ACCA
8 4 (2.15%) CIMA
8 4 (2.15%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.61%) CISM
9 3 (1.61%) CISSP
10 2 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.54%) CCNA
11 1 (0.54%) CCNP
11 1 (0.54%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.54%) Server+ Certification
11 1 (0.54%) Six Sigma Black Belt
11 1 (0.54%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (8.06%) PMO
2 9 (4.84%) QA
3 8 (4.30%) GDPR
4 3 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.61%) NCSC
4 3 (1.61%) NIST
4 3 (1.61%) PCI DSS
4 3 (1.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (1.08%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.08%) P3O
6 1 (0.54%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.54%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.54%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.54%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (6.45%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (2.15%) Docker
3 4 (2.15%) Firmware
3 4 (2.15%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (2.15%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.54%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.54%) NFS
4 1 (0.54%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 9 (4.84%) vCenter Server
2 6 (3.23%) SCCM
3 5 (2.69%) SCOM
4 4 (2.15%) Grafana
4 4 (2.15%) Kubernetes
4 4 (2.15%) Prometheus
5 3 (1.61%) Ansible
6 2 (1.08%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 1 (0.54%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.54%) Data Guard
7 1 (0.54%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.54%) SnapMirror
7 1 (0.54%) SnapVault
Vendors
1 31 (16.67%) Google
2 26 (13.98%) Microsoft
3 24 (12.90%) Oracle
4 12 (6.45%) ServiceNow
5 10 (5.38%) Salesforce
6 9 (4.84%) VMware
7 8 (4.30%) Cisco
8 7 (3.76%) SAP
9 5 (2.69%) CyberArk
9 5 (2.69%) Juniper
9 5 (2.69%) Remedy
9 5 (2.69%) SolarWinds
10 4 (2.15%) AppDynamics
10 4 (2.15%) Broadcom
10 4 (2.15%) Dynatrace
10 4 (2.15%) Splunk
11 3 (1.61%) Adobe
12 2 (1.08%) BMC
12 2 (1.08%) CheckPoint
12 2 (1.08%) Informatica