Change Management Contracts in England

Change Management
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Change Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Change Management over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 43 45 54
Rank change year-on-year +2 +9 +4
Contract jobs citing Change Management 1,512 2,463 3,134
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 4.07% 4.86% 4.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.70% 5.38% 4.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 964 1,535 2,036
10th Percentile £331 £363 £325
25th Percentile £431 £457 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £605
90th Percentile £718 £742 £690
UK median daily rate £520 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -5.45% +10.00% +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 52 60
10th Percentile £14.35 £21.25 £13.50
25th Percentile £29.91 £33.55 £14.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £48.40 £22.45
Median % change year-on-year -1.86% +115.59% -3.81%
75th Percentile £61.60 £80.00 £37.66
90th Percentile £67.78 £87.50 £52.98
UK median hourly rate £47.75 £48.13 £22.50
% change year-on-year -0.79% +113.91% -0.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Change Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,171 45,739 64,432
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.55% 90.26% 90.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,096 32,069 45,706
10th Percentile £300 £325 £330
25th Percentile £413 £444 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.18%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £769 £744
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,236 1,617 1,773
10th Percentile £12.89 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.38 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.65 £37.50 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.93% +56.25% -
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.23
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -5.41% +48.00% -

Change Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Change Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Change Management in England

Change Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Change Management in England.

Daily rate trend for Change Management in England

Change Management
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Change Management in England over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Change Management in England

Change Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Change Management in England.

Hourly rate trend for Change Management in England

Change Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Change Management in England over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Change Management in England

Change Management
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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
London +1 803 £550 -4.35% 247
North of England -5 211 £514 -6.55% 111
South East -22 166 £488 -7.14% 91
South West +21 143 £550 +2.33% 52
Midlands 0 105 £500 -4.76% 71
Yorkshire -8 105 £514 -6.55% 35
North West -12 101 £508 -7.59% 67
West Midlands -4 73 £513 -2.38% 44
East of England 0 61 £350 -29.93% 45
East Midlands +26 28 £463 -11.90% 26
North East +8 12 £600 -7.69% 11
Change Management
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Change Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 72 (4.76%) SharePoint
2 37 (2.45%) Confluence
2 37 (2.45%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (1.06%) IIS
4 15 (0.99%) Tomcat
5 14 (0.93%) Apache
6 3 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.20%) Documentum
7 2 (0.13%) CMS
8 1 (0.066%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.066%) Exchange Server 2007
8 1 (0.066%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (0.066%) Oracle Spatial
8 1 (0.066%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.066%) WebSphere
Applications
1 82 (5.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 70 (4.63%) Microsoft Office
3 50 (3.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 30 (1.98%) MS Visio
5 26 (1.72%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 5 (0.33%) Adobe Illustrator
6 5 (0.33%) Photoshop
7 4 (0.26%) InDesign
8 3 (0.20%) Adobe Premiere
8 3 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.13%) FileZilla
9 2 (0.13%) Windchill
10 1 (0.066%) Adobe After Effects
10 1 (0.066%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.066%) Trello
Business Applications
1 36 (2.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (0.60%) Remedy ITSM
3 7 (0.46%) SAP SD
3 7 (0.46%) Teamcenter
4 6 (0.40%) Endur
4 6 (0.40%) Loan IQ
5 5 (0.33%) Oracle ERP
5 5 (0.33%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 5 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
5 5 (0.33%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 4 (0.26%) SAP Hybris
6 4 (0.26%) SAP PLM
7 3 (0.20%) Aladdin
7 3 (0.20%) OpenLink RightAngle
7 3 (0.20%) Oracle Assets
8 2 (0.13%) Bloomberg AIM
8 2 (0.13%) Oracle Cash Management
8 2 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
8 2 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
8 2 (0.13%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 173 (11.44%) Azure
2 109 (7.21%) Microsoft 365
3 77 (5.09%) AWS
4 39 (2.58%) SaaS
5 36 (2.38%) Power Platform
6 25 (1.65%) Entra ID
7 21 (1.39%) Cloud Computing
8 20 (1.32%) Azure Monitor
9 19 (1.26%) Dynamics 365
10 18 (1.19%) Azure DevOps
10 18 (1.19%) Serverless
10 18 (1.19%) SuccessFactors
11 17 (1.12%) IaaS
11 17 (1.12%) Microsoft Purview
11 17 (1.12%) PaaS
12 15 (0.99%) Azure Data Factory
13 14 (0.93%) Azure Functions
14 13 (0.86%) OneDrive
14 13 (0.86%) Slack
15 11 (0.73%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 91 (6.02%) Firewall
2 56 (3.70%) WAN
3 47 (3.11%) LAN
4 45 (2.98%) BGP
5 44 (2.91%) OSPF
6 43 (2.84%) VPN
7 34 (2.25%) DNS
8 32 (2.12%) IPsec
8 32 (2.12%) Network Security
8 32 (2.12%) Wi-Fi
9 29 (1.92%) Cisco ASA
9 29 (1.92%) TCP/IP
10 26 (1.72%) Wireless
11 24 (1.59%) Structured Cabling
12 23 (1.52%) DHCP
12 23 (1.52%) NetScaler
13 22 (1.46%) VLAN
14 20 (1.32%) Cisco ISE
15 19 (1.26%) WLAN
16 16 (1.06%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (1.46%) Power BI
2 16 (1.06%) Data Warehouse
3 14 (0.93%) NoSQL
4 12 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (0.73%) Oracle Database
5 11 (0.73%) SAP HANA
6 10 (0.66%) Tableau
7 9 (0.60%) Snowflake Schema
7 9 (0.60%) SQL Server
8 8 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
8 8 (0.53%) Oracle Reports
9 6 (0.40%) Data Lake
9 6 (0.40%) Electronic Patient Records
9 6 (0.40%) KDB
10 5 (0.33%) Oracle Exadata
11 3 (0.20%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (0.20%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (0.20%) Big Data
11 3 (0.20%) MongoDB
11 3 (0.20%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 60 (3.97%) JIRA
2 16 (1.06%) Git
3 15 (0.99%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.40%) Bitbucket
5 5 (0.33%) Selenium
6 4 (0.26%) Visual Studio Team System
7 3 (0.20%) Oracle APEX
7 3 (0.20%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.13%) JMeter
8 2 (0.13%) LabVIEW
9 1 (0.066%) GitLab
General
1 576 (38.10%) Finance
2 433 (28.64%) Social Skills
3 246 (16.27%) Banking
4 204 (13.49%) Analytical Skills
5 175 (11.57%) Public Sector
6 76 (5.03%) Legal
7 67 (4.43%) Telecoms
8 62 (4.10%) Manufacturing
9 56 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
10 53 (3.51%) Influencing Skills
11 50 (3.31%) Marketing
12 38 (2.51%) Retail
13 26 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
13 26 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 26 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
14 25 (1.65%) Electronics
15 24 (1.59%) Investment Banking
15 24 (1.59%) Pharmaceutical
16 22 (1.46%) Local Government
17 15 (0.99%) Law
Job Titles
1 243 (16.07%) Project Manager
2 237 (15.67%) Analyst
3 117 (7.74%) Business Analyst
4 116 (7.67%) Senior
5 101 (6.68%) Change Manager
6 95 (6.28%) Lead
7 87 (5.75%) Architect
8 65 (4.30%) Consultant
8 65 (4.30%) IT Manager
9 56 (3.70%) Banking Analyst
10 55 (3.64%) Developer
11 53 (3.51%) Network Engineer
12 46 (3.04%) Data Analyst
13 44 (2.91%) Business Manager
14 41 (2.71%) IT Analyst
15 35 (2.31%) Programme Manager
16 33 (2.18%) Administrator
16 33 (2.18%) Senior Manager
17 32 (2.12%) Resilience Manager
18 28 (1.85%) Business Change Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (1.59%) React
2 18 (1.19%) AngularJS
3 17 (1.12%) XML
4 16 (1.06%) HTML
4 16 (1.06%) REST
5 15 (0.99%) FIX Protocol
6 14 (0.93%) Kafka
7 13 (0.86%) Spring
8 12 (0.79%) Jinja
9 11 (0.73%) CSS
9 11 (0.73%) JSON
10 8 (0.53%) .NET
10 8 (0.53%) Lightning Web Components
11 7 (0.46%) Middleware
12 6 (0.40%) ActiveMQ
12 6 (0.40%) Itk
12 6 (0.40%) SAP Fiori
12 6 (0.40%) Visualforce
13 5 (0.33%) IDoc
13 5 (0.33%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 89 (5.89%) Management Information System
2 66 (4.37%) Product Ownership
3 44 (2.91%) Data Centre
4 38 (2.51%) PKI
5 33 (2.18%) Cloud Native
6 26 (1.72%) Data Structures
7 25 (1.65%) Replication
8 23 (1.52%) Derivative
9 21 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
10 19 (1.26%) Onboarding
11 18 (1.19%) CMDB
12 14 (0.93%) NHS
12 14 (0.93%) Virtual Team
13 13 (0.86%) Fixed Income
13 13 (0.86%) IVR
13 13 (0.86%) Legacy Systems
14 12 (0.79%) Data Protection Act
15 11 (0.73%) FMCG
16 10 (0.66%) Life Science
16 10 (0.66%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 160 (10.58%) Windows
2 102 (6.75%) Linux
3 61 (4.03%) Windows Server
4 30 (1.98%) Unix
5 22 (1.46%) Windows 10
6 13 (0.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 11 (0.73%) Solaris
7 11 (0.73%) Windows Server 2012
7 11 (0.73%) Windows Server 2016
7 11 (0.73%) Windows Server 2019
8 10 (0.66%) Apple iOS
9 7 (0.46%) MVS
10 4 (0.26%) VMS
11 3 (0.20%) Ubuntu
12 2 (0.13%) CentOS
12 2 (0.13%) Mac OS
12 2 (0.13%) Mac OS X
12 2 (0.13%) Windows 7
13 1 (0.066%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.066%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 363 (24.01%) Project Management
2 303 (20.04%) Stakeholder Management
3 270 (17.86%) Agile
4 238 (15.74%) ITIL
5 236 (15.61%) Problem-Solving
6 146 (9.66%) Service Management
7 139 (9.19%) Project Delivery
8 134 (8.86%) Migration
9 128 (8.47%) ITSM
10 127 (8.40%) Risk Management
11 125 (8.27%) PRINCE2
12 117 (7.74%) DevOps
13 116 (7.67%) Continuous Improvement
14 114 (7.54%) Programme Management
15 113 (7.47%) Decision-Making
16 91 (6.02%) Incident Management
17 84 (5.56%) Business Case
18 81 (5.36%) ERP
19 80 (5.29%) Roadmaps
20 78 (5.16%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 64 (4.23%) Python
2 53 (3.51%) SQL
3 48 (3.17%) PowerShell
4 24 (1.59%) C
5 23 (1.52%) JavaScript
6 21 (1.39%) Java
7 14 (0.93%) Perl
8 13 (0.86%) C#
9 12 (0.79%) Tcl
10 8 (0.53%) Swift
11 7 (0.46%) C++
11 7 (0.46%) Shell Script
12 6 (0.40%) ABAP
12 6 (0.40%) Apex Code
13 4 (0.26%) Kusto Query Language
13 4 (0.26%) Search Processing Language
14 2 (0.13%) AWK
14 2 (0.13%) Bash
14 2 (0.13%) Bourne shell
14 2 (0.13%) Korn
Qualifications
1 263 (17.39%) Security Cleared
2 184 (12.17%) SC Cleared
3 146 (9.66%) Degree
4 61 (4.03%) DV Cleared
5 54 (3.57%) Cisco Certification
6 38 (2.51%) CCNP
7 34 (2.25%) CCNA
8 28 (1.85%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 26 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
9 26 (1.72%) PMP
10 25 (1.65%) PMI Certification
11 24 (1.59%) ITIL Certification
12 13 (0.86%) Microsoft Certification
13 12 (0.79%) Master's Degree
14 11 (0.73%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 11 (0.73%) Six Sigma Black Belt
15 10 (0.66%) BPSS Clearance
15 10 (0.66%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 10 (0.66%) Six Sigma Green Belt
16 9 (0.60%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 103 (6.81%) PMO
2 63 (4.17%) QA
3 38 (2.51%) Data Quality
4 36 (2.38%) SLA
5 24 (1.59%) GDPR
6 8 (0.53%) NIST
7 6 (0.40%) GRC
8 5 (0.33%) COBIT
8 5 (0.33%) ISO 9001
8 5 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 4 (0.26%) ISO 9000
10 3 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 2 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.13%) GxP
11 2 (0.13%) NCSC
11 2 (0.13%) P3O
11 2 (0.13%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.066%) IFRS
12 1 (0.066%) Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
System Software
1 75 (4.96%) Active Directory
2 30 (1.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (1.19%) XenApp
4 17 (1.12%) Firmware
5 13 (0.86%) Virtual Desktop
6 12 (0.79%) VMware ESXi
6 12 (0.79%) XenDesktop
7 8 (0.53%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 6 (0.40%) Hyper-V
8 6 (0.40%) VMware NSX
9 5 (0.33%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (0.26%) Docker
10 4 (0.26%) vSphere
11 3 (0.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 3 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
12 2 (0.13%) Microsoft App-V
13 1 (0.066%) Snort
13 1 (0.066%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 41 (2.71%) Ansible
2 29 (1.92%) Kubernetes
3 19 (1.26%) NetBackup
4 18 (1.19%) Puppet
5 17 (1.12%) Microsoft Intune
6 14 (0.93%) SCCM
7 13 (0.86%) FortiGate
8 12 (0.79%) ITRS Geneos
8 12 (0.79%) SCOM
9 11 (0.73%) Terraform
10 8 (0.53%) Control-M
10 8 (0.53%) Grafana
11 6 (0.40%) Argo
11 6 (0.40%) Istio
11 6 (0.40%) Kibana
11 6 (0.40%) Prometheus
11 6 (0.40%) Red Hat Satellite
11 6 (0.40%) vCenter Server
12 5 (0.33%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 5 (0.33%) PingFederate
Vendors
1 262 (17.33%) Microsoft
2 131 (8.66%) SAP
3 78 (5.16%) ServiceNow
4 76 (5.03%) Cisco
5 58 (3.84%) Oracle
6 48 (3.17%) Citrix
7 47 (3.11%) VMware
8 43 (2.84%) Palo Alto
9 28 (1.85%) Juniper
10 26 (1.72%) NetApp
11 25 (1.65%) Red Hat
12 24 (1.59%) SolarWinds
13 18 (1.19%) Fortinet
13 18 (1.19%) Salesforce
13 18 (1.19%) Veritas
14 16 (1.06%) Avaya
15 14 (0.93%) IBM
16 13 (0.86%) CheckPoint
17 10 (0.66%) Remedy
17 10 (0.66%) Splunk