Change Consultant Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Change Consultant
South East > Thames Valley

The median Change Consultant daily rate in the Thames Valley is £458, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 February 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 132 116 148
Rank change year-on-year -16 +32 +10
Contract jobs requiring a Change Consultant 2 3 1
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.087% 0.18% 0.037%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.097% 0.20% 0.039%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £362 - -
25th Percentile £396 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £458 - -
75th Percentile £526 - -
90th Percentile £563 - -
South East median daily rate £458 - £370
% change year-on-year - - -38.33%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,063 1,536 2,572
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.93% 92.14% 94.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,381 910 1,558
10th Percentile £275 £250 £209
25th Percentile £400 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £588 £615 £600
90th Percentile £650 £660 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 121 41 172
10th Percentile £15.91 £23.50 £15.89
25th Percentile £19.34 £42.50 £19.25
Median hourly rate £27.50 £59.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -53.39% +32.58% +42.40%
75th Percentile £80.00 £64.73 £62.48
90th Percentile £97.50 £75.50 £72.30
South East median hourly rate £27.50 £42.69 £45.00
% change year-on-year -35.58% -5.13% -

Change Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Change Consultant' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Change Consultant job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Change Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Change Consultant job vacancies in the Thames Valley.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Change Consultant job vacancies in the Thames Valley

Change Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Change Consultant in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 12 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Change Consultant in the Thames Valley

Change Consultant
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Change Consultant within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 12 February 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
Berkshire - 2 £458 - 1
Change Consultant
South East

Change Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 12 February 2026, Change Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Thames Valley region featuring Change Consultant in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Accounts Payable
1 1 (50.00%) Accounts Receivable
1 1 (50.00%) Adobe
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Canva
1 1 (50.00%) Cash Management
1 1 (50.00%) CEMLI
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) Concur
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) ITSM
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Assets
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Cash Management
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle EBS R12
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Forms
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Receivables
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Workflow
1 1 (50.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (50.00%) SAP
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (50.00%) Toad

Change Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 1 (50.00%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Assets
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Cash Management
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle EBS R12
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Canva
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Forms
1 1 (50.00%) Toad
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) General Ledger
1 1 (50.00%) Marketing
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Graphic Design
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Accounts Payable
1 1 (50.00%) Accounts Receivable
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Cash Management
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) ITSM
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (50.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) CEMLI
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Adobe
1 1 (50.00%) Concur
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle
1 1 (50.00%) SAP
1 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow