Service market

Change management contracts

UK public sector · 220 contracts awarded in the 12 months to 6 October 2026

Covering 600+ buyer portals · 5 years of records · Updated 6 October 2026 · How we count

Contracts awarded
220
Last 12 months
Median contract
£157k
Recorded value
Recorded value
£162m
208 of 213 main-service contracts have a published value
Buyers
126
Suppliers
120

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What stands out

  • The five suppliers that won the most change management contracts took 23% of them (51 of 220).
  • Contracts awarded per quarter fell 28% from the first half of the period to the second.
  • The median contract, £157k, is 96% above the median across consulting & accountancy contracts (£80k).
  • London had the most contracts: 60, or 27% of the total.

Who buys change management

By contracts awarded, the 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Nuclear Restoration Services16 contracts
  2. 2Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs11 contracts
  3. 3Financial Conduct Authority7 contracts
  4. 4Post Office Limited7 contracts
  5. 5Highways England6 contracts
  6. 6National Employment Savings Trust (NEST)5 contracts
  7. 7Westminster City Council5 contracts
  8. 8UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)4 contracts
  9. 9Cabinet Office4 contracts
  10. 10Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ)3 contracts

Top change management contractors by contracts won

The 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Deloitte14 contracts
  2. 2Alexander Mann Solutions (AMS)12 contracts
  3. 3PA Consulting10 contracts
  4. 4KPMG8 contracts
  5. 5Baringa7 contracts
  6. 6Q5 Ltd7 contracts
  7. 7Human Engine Limited6 contracts
  8. 8PwC5 contracts
  9. 9Korn Ferry4 contracts
  10. 10Reed Talent Solutions4 contracts

Latest and largest awards

Each links to the official notice.

Latest

Largest

Contracts awarded by quarter

40Q4 2025*72Q1 202656Q2 202652Q3 20260Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Where the contracts were awarded

England 211 · Wales 5 · Scotland 4

London60North West27East of England16South West15North East12South East12West Midlands11East Midlands8Yorkshire and The Humber5Wales4Scotland4UK-wide or not stated46

What is included

Consultancy that designs and drives change in how an organisation or function is structured and run, where the subject is not health and care and the change has no technology core: transformation partners and change programmes, target operating models and organisation design, workforce and employment models for new bodies, capability assessments, and end-to-end process mapping and lean redesign.

  • Transformation partner for a cross-cutting programme
  • Organisational change options and implementation support
  • Change programme consultancy
  • Target operating model design and implementation support
  • Operating model for a new function or public body
  • Sector-wide operating model
  • Institutional capability and organisational effectiveness assessment
  • HR framework and employment model design for a new body
  • End-to-end process mapping
  • Review of a change management process
  • Decision-making process improvement
  • Lean and continuous improvement

What is not included

  • Health, social care and children's services transformation (see Health and social care transformation consultancy)
  • Strategy development and single-service reviews (see Strategy development and service reviews)
  • Governance and board arrangements (see Governance reviews and board effectiveness)
  • Pay and grading structures (see Pay, reward and job evaluation)
  • Project management of the programme (see Programme management)
  • Finance function improvement (see Financial sustainability, recovery and finance function reviews)
  • Service delivery model and insourcing options appraisals (see Feasibility study)
  • Demand, capacity and flow modelling (see Demand and capacity modelling)
  • Technology-led transformation (see it software (it.advice.digital transformation consultancy))
  • Process automation or system implementation (see it software (it.ent.robotic process automation))
  • Open-ended data science resource (see it software (it.data.analytics and data science services))
  • HR advisory, casework and staff supply (see Recruitment & HR)

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