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

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 55 47
Rank change year-on-year +12 -8 +1
Contract jobs citing Change Management 182 130 200
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 4.22% 3.83% 4.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.01% 4.30% 4.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 143 83 135
10th Percentile £273 £353 £326
25th Percentile £319 £456 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £525 £523
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +0.48% -0.48%
75th Percentile £538 £638 £560
90th Percentile £619 £651 £683
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 18
10th Percentile - £29.71 £23.53
25th Percentile - £46.53 £33.64
Median hourly rate £20.79 £56.75 £49.07
Median % change year-on-year -63.36% +15.65% +20.40%
75th Percentile - £57.62 £56.05
90th Percentile £45.48 - £62.66
England median hourly rate £45.46 £49.04 £40.26
% change year-on-year -7.30% +21.82% +31.98%

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 3,633 3,022 4,439
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.25% 88.93% 88.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,385 1,876 2,828
10th Percentile £224 £250 £213
25th Percentile £400 £403 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £511 £517
Median % change year-on-year -2.12% -1.24% +1.92%
75th Percentile £600 £623 £615
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 333 112 258
10th Percentile £14.80 £19.37 £17.70
25th Percentile £17.00 £25.56 £26.00
Median hourly rate £23.58 £42.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -44.53% -22.73% +26.44%
75th Percentile £55.00 £62.50 £66.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £68.63 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.75 £42.50
% change year-on-year -27.63% -18.24% +21.43%

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 11 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 11 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 11 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 +15 125 £420 -23.64% 35
Berkshire +14 95 £350 -39.13% 21
Hampshire +4 38 £500 -10.11% 27
Buckinghamshire +10 21 £500 -13.04% 6
Oxfordshire -3 9 £463 -7.50% 8
West Sussex -6 8 £500 +49.25% 3
Surrey -11 8 £725 +38.10% 10
East Sussex +2 3 £563 +55.17% 6
Kent -10 2 £488 -16.67% 14
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 (6.59%) Confluence
2 11 (6.04%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.10%) CMS
3 2 (1.10%) JBoss
4 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 20 (10.99%) Microsoft Project
2 13 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (4.95%) Microsoft Excel
4 7 (3.85%) MS Visio
5 4 (2.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (2.20%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 4 (2.20%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (1.10%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.10%) Workday HCM
3 1 (0.55%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.55%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.55%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.55%) Primavera
3 1 (0.55%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.55%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 45 (24.73%) Azure
2 41 (22.53%) AWS
3 39 (21.43%) GCP
4 10 (5.49%) Power Platform
5 6 (3.30%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (2.20%) Datadog
7 3 (1.65%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.65%) Canva
7 3 (1.65%) Lucidchart
8 2 (1.10%) Alation
8 2 (1.10%) Collibra
8 2 (1.10%) GitHub
8 2 (1.10%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (1.10%) Google Ads
8 2 (1.10%) SaaS
8 2 (1.10%) Viva Engage
9 1 (0.55%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.55%) IaaS
9 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.55%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (5.49%) DNS
2 9 (4.95%) Firewall
3 6 (3.30%) Network Security
4 5 (2.75%) Cisco ISE
5 4 (2.20%) Cisco Firepower
5 4 (2.20%) Cisco IOS
5 4 (2.20%) Junos
5 4 (2.20%) NX-OS
6 3 (1.65%) HTTP
6 3 (1.65%) Intrusion Detection
6 3 (1.65%) SD-WAN
7 2 (1.10%) SAN
7 2 (1.10%) VLAN
7 2 (1.10%) VoIP
7 2 (1.10%) WAN
8 1 (0.55%) IPsec
8 1 (0.55%) MGCP
8 1 (0.55%) SCCP
8 1 (0.55%) SSL
8 1 (0.55%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.49%) Power BI
2 5 (2.75%) Metadata
2 5 (2.75%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.65%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (1.10%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.55%) DTS
5 1 (0.55%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.55%) Oracle Database 12c
5 1 (0.55%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 19 (10.44%) JIRA
2 3 (1.65%) Jenkins
General
1 93 (51.10%) Social Skills
2 51 (28.02%) Analytical Skills
3 41 (22.53%) Finance
4 16 (8.79%) Public Sector
5 15 (8.24%) Manufacturing
6 10 (5.49%) Influencing Skills
7 8 (4.40%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (3.85%) Telecoms
9 6 (3.30%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (2.20%) Banking
10 4 (2.20%) Marketing
11 3 (1.65%) Billing
11 3 (1.65%) Retail
12 2 (1.10%) Aerospace
12 2 (1.10%) Automotive
12 2 (1.10%) Electronics
12 2 (1.10%) Law
12 2 (1.10%) Legal
12 2 (1.10%) Military
13 1 (0.55%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 35 (19.23%) Lead
2 25 (13.74%) Analyst
3 20 (10.99%) Project Manager
4 14 (7.69%) Change Manager
4 14 (7.69%) Consultant
5 9 (4.95%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 8 (4.40%) Business Change Manager
6 8 (4.40%) Business Manager
7 7 (3.85%) Senior
7 7 (3.85%) Support Analyst
8 6 (3.30%) Cloud Consultant
8 6 (3.30%) Network Engineer
8 6 (3.30%) Technology Consultant
9 5 (2.75%) Business Analyst
9 5 (2.75%) IT Analyst
9 5 (2.75%) IT Manager
9 5 (2.75%) IT Support
9 5 (2.75%) IT Support Analyst
9 5 (2.75%) Senior Manager
10 4 (2.20%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.75%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (2.20%) .NET
2 4 (2.20%) Middleware
3 3 (1.65%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (1.10%) .NET Core
4 2 (1.10%) ADO
4 2 (1.10%) AngularJS
4 2 (1.10%) Oracle GoldenGate
4 2 (1.10%) RESTful
5 1 (0.55%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.55%) 802.1X
5 1 (0.55%) OAuth
5 1 (0.55%) OAuth2
5 1 (0.55%) OpenID
5 1 (0.55%) REST
5 1 (0.55%) SAML
5 1 (0.55%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 15 (8.24%) Management Information System
2 10 (5.49%) Onboarding
3 9 (4.95%) Virtual Team
4 7 (3.85%) Data Centre
5 6 (3.30%) Analytical Mindset
5 6 (3.30%) Product Ownership
5 6 (3.30%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (2.75%) CMDB
6 5 (2.75%) Security Operations Centre
7 4 (2.20%) Cloud Native
7 4 (2.20%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (2.20%) Life Science
7 4 (2.20%) PKI
8 3 (1.65%) BYOD
8 3 (1.65%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.65%) Operational Technology
8 3 (1.65%) Reference Data
8 3 (1.65%) Renewable Energy
8 3 (1.65%) Replication
9 2 (1.10%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 18 (9.89%) Windows
2 9 (4.95%) Windows Server
3 7 (3.85%) Linux
4 2 (1.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.55%) Data ONTAP
5 1 (0.55%) Unix
5 1 (0.55%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (35.16%) ITIL
2 59 (32.42%) Continuous Improvement
3 52 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 51 (28.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 48 (26.37%) Service Management
6 46 (25.27%) ITSM
7 44 (24.18%) Agile
8 39 (21.43%) Project Management
9 37 (20.33%) Stakeholder Management
10 31 (17.03%) Performance Metrics
11 18 (9.89%) Project Delivery
12 16 (8.79%) Cybersecurity
12 16 (8.79%) DevOps
12 16 (8.79%) Waterfall
13 14 (7.69%) Budget Management
13 14 (7.69%) PRINCE2
13 14 (7.69%) Service Delivery
14 13 (7.14%) Impact Assessments
14 13 (7.14%) Infrastructure Management
14 13 (7.14%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (6.59%) PowerShell
2 6 (3.30%) Python
3 4 (2.20%) Bash
4 3 (1.65%) Shell Script
4 3 (1.65%) SQL
5 2 (1.10%) C#
5 2 (1.10%) Java
5 2 (1.10%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.55%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 66 (36.26%) Security Cleared
2 52 (28.57%) SC Cleared
3 24 (13.19%) Degree
4 11 (6.04%) DV Cleared
5 7 (3.85%) PMI Certification
5 7 (3.85%) PMP
6 5 (2.75%) A+ Certification
6 5 (2.75%) APMG
7 4 (2.20%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.65%) ACCA
8 3 (1.65%) CIMA
8 3 (1.65%) CISM
8 3 (1.65%) CISSP
9 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.55%) CCNA
10 1 (0.55%) CCNP
10 1 (0.55%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.55%) PgMP
10 1 (0.55%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (7.69%) PMO
2 11 (6.04%) GDPR
3 8 (4.40%) QA
4 3 (1.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.65%) NIST
4 3 (1.65%) PCI DSS
4 3 (1.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (1.10%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.55%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.55%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.55%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.55%) NCSC
6 1 (0.55%) P3O
6 1 (0.55%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (6.59%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (2.20%) Docker
3 4 (2.20%) Firmware
3 4 (2.20%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (2.20%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.55%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.55%) NFS
4 1 (0.55%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 9 (4.95%) vCenter Server
2 6 (3.30%) SCCM
3 5 (2.75%) SCOM
4 4 (2.20%) Grafana
4 4 (2.20%) Kubernetes
4 4 (2.20%) Prometheus
5 3 (1.65%) Ansible
6 2 (1.10%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 1 (0.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.55%) Data Guard
7 1 (0.55%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.55%) SnapMirror
7 1 (0.55%) SnapVault
Vendors
1 31 (17.03%) Google
2 27 (14.84%) Microsoft
3 23 (12.64%) Oracle
4 17 (9.34%) ServiceNow
5 12 (6.59%) Salesforce
6 9 (4.95%) VMware
7 8 (4.40%) Cisco
8 7 (3.85%) SAP
9 5 (2.75%) CyberArk
9 5 (2.75%) Juniper
9 5 (2.75%) SolarWinds
10 4 (2.20%) AppDynamics
10 4 (2.20%) Broadcom
10 4 (2.20%) Dynatrace
10 4 (2.20%) Remedy
10 4 (2.20%) Splunk
11 3 (1.65%) Adobe
12 2 (1.10%) CheckPoint
12 2 (1.10%) Informatica
12 2 (1.10%) Workday