Change Management Contracts in the South East

Change Management
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 66 41 47
Rank change year-on-year -25 +6 -8
Contract jobs citing Change Management 163 299 364
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 2.95% 5.13% 4.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.48% 5.73% 5.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 222 255
10th Percentile £313 £249 £264
25th Percentile £381 £410 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £486 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.38% +5.00% +10.50%
75th Percentile £540 £633 £594
90th Percentile £688 £736 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +7.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 13 24
10th Percentile £18.95 £20.70 £13.50
25th Percentile £35.06 £32.75 £14.00
Median hourly rate £60.30 £49.00 £15.25
Median % change year-on-year +23.07% +221.28% -36.46%
75th Percentile £61.70 £61.99 £28.36
90th Percentile £66.75 £77.85 £39.95
England median hourly rate £48.75 £48.40 £22.40
% change year-on-year +0.72% +116.07% -0.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,689 5,214 6,955
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.87% 89.45% 89.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,728 3,619 4,703
10th Percentile £243 £250 £225
25th Percentile £400 £405 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £508 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.38% +1.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £623 £619 £588
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 431 218 287
10th Percentile £13.00 £18.37 £12.23
25th Percentile £18.20 £23.49 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +122.22% -13.46%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £48.67
90th Percentile £76.86 £74.85 £62.59
England median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
% change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%

Change Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Change Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Change Management in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Change Management in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Change Management in the South East

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 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Change Management in the South East

Change Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Change Management in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Change Management in the South East

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Change Management in the South East over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Change Management in the South East

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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 27 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
Thames Valley -18 100 £493 -10.36% 40
Berkshire -5 87 £500 -9.09% 23
Surrey +3 23 £450 -10.00% 5
Hampshire -43 16 £500 -8.51% 28
Kent +9 11 £520 -0.95% 2
West Sussex -2 11 £400 +113.33% 5
Buckinghamshire -20 10 £400 -21.57% 11
Oxfordshire 0 3 £450 -18.18% 6
East Sussex +7 1 £475 -26.92% 2
Home Counties - 1 £530 -
Change Management
England

Change Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 6 (3.68%) Confluence
1 6 (3.68%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.84%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 3 (1.84%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.23%) Apache
4 1 (0.61%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 8 (4.91%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (4.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (3.68%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (1.84%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (1.23%) FileZilla
5 2 (1.23%) MS Visio
5 2 (1.23%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 7 (4.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (3.68%) Teamcenter
3 3 (1.84%) SAP Hybris
3 3 (1.84%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.61%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.61%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.61%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.61%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.61%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (0.61%) SAP PM
4 1 (0.61%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 30 (18.40%) Azure
2 12 (7.36%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (6.13%) Azure Data Factory
3 10 (6.13%) Azure Functions
3 10 (6.13%) Azure Monitor
3 10 (6.13%) Serverless
4 9 (5.52%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 8 (4.91%) Entra ID
6 6 (3.68%) OpenShift
7 5 (3.07%) AWS
7 5 (3.07%) SuccessFactors
8 4 (2.45%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (2.45%) SAP Commerce Cloud
8 4 (2.45%) Smartsheet
9 3 (1.84%) PaaS
10 2 (1.23%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.61%) Azure Logic Apps
11 1 (0.61%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.61%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.61%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (13.50%) Firewall
2 10 (6.13%) DNS
3 9 (5.52%) DHCP
4 8 (4.91%) Network Security
5 6 (3.68%) Fibre Channel
5 6 (3.68%) SAN
5 6 (3.68%) SSL
5 6 (3.68%) VPN
6 5 (3.07%) TCP/IP
6 5 (3.07%) VoIP
7 4 (2.45%) iSCSI
7 4 (2.45%) NAS
7 4 (2.45%) VLAN
8 3 (1.84%) Cisco ASA
8 3 (1.84%) Cisco Nexus
9 2 (1.23%) CTI
9 2 (1.23%) FTP
9 2 (1.23%) RNC
9 2 (1.23%) RS-232
9 2 (1.23%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (6.13%) NoSQL
2 8 (4.91%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (3.68%) Elasticsearch
4 4 (2.45%) Oracle Database
4 4 (2.45%) SAP HANA
5 3 (1.84%) SQL Server
6 2 (1.23%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.61%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.61%) GIS
7 1 (0.61%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.61%) Power BI
7 1 (0.61%) Spatial Data
7 1 (0.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 11 (6.75%) Git
2 10 (6.13%) JIRA
3 4 (2.45%) Bitbucket
4 3 (1.84%) Selenium
5 2 (1.23%) JMeter
5 2 (1.23%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.61%) Visual Studio
General
1 50 (30.67%) Social Skills
2 31 (19.02%) Finance
3 21 (12.88%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (9.82%) Public Sector
5 12 (7.36%) Telecoms
6 11 (6.75%) Influencing Skills
6 11 (6.75%) Manufacturing
6 11 (6.75%) Retail
7 6 (3.68%) Legal
8 5 (3.07%) Automotive
9 4 (2.45%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (2.45%) Marketing
10 3 (1.84%) Banking
10 3 (1.84%) Corporate Banking
10 3 (1.84%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.84%) Publishing
11 2 (1.23%) Aerospace
11 2 (1.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.61%) Military
12 1 (0.61%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 24 (14.72%) Analyst
1 24 (14.72%) Project Manager
2 15 (9.20%) Administrator
2 15 (9.20%) Lead
3 14 (8.59%) Senior
4 13 (7.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 11 (6.75%) Business Analyst
5 11 (6.75%) Systems Administrator
6 9 (5.52%) Azure Developer
6 9 (5.52%) Change Manager
6 9 (5.52%) Developer
6 9 (5.52%) Full Stack Developer
7 8 (4.91%) Senior Systems Administrator
8 7 (4.29%) Business Manager
8 7 (4.29%) Consultant
8 7 (4.29%) Systems Engineer
9 6 (3.68%) Site Engineer
9 6 (3.68%) Site Reliability Engineer
10 5 (3.07%) Full Stack Python Developer
10 5 (3.07%) Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (5.52%) React
2 8 (4.91%) Kafka
3 6 (3.68%) Itk
4 5 (3.07%) SAP Fiori
5 4 (2.45%) SAP Basis
6 3 (1.84%) .NET
7 2 (1.23%) .NET Core
7 2 (1.23%) AngularJS
7 2 (1.23%) RESTful
7 2 (1.23%) Smart Contracts
8 1 (0.61%) ARM Templates
8 1 (0.61%) JSON
8 1 (0.61%) OAuth
8 1 (0.61%) OpenID
8 1 (0.61%) OpenLayers
8 1 (0.61%) REST
8 1 (0.61%) SOAP
8 1 (0.61%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (6.75%) Cloud Native
2 10 (6.13%) Data Centre
2 10 (6.13%) Product Ownership
3 5 (3.07%) Life Science
3 5 (3.07%) Mobile App
4 4 (2.45%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (2.45%) Management Information System
4 4 (2.45%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (1.23%) NHS
5 2 (1.23%) PKI
5 2 (1.23%) Public Cloud
5 2 (1.23%) Virtual Team
6 1 (0.61%) Cyberattack
6 1 (0.61%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.61%) e-Learning
6 1 (0.61%) FMCG
6 1 (0.61%) Freedom of Information
6 1 (0.61%) Freedom of Information Act
6 1 (0.61%) IoT
6 1 (0.61%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 25 (15.34%) Windows
2 21 (12.88%) Windows Server
3 13 (7.98%) Linux
4 9 (5.52%) Unix
4 9 (5.52%) Windows Server 2016
4 9 (5.52%) Windows Server 2019
5 6 (3.68%) Windows Server 2012
6 4 (2.45%) Solaris
7 2 (1.23%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (20.25%) Agile
2 32 (19.63%) DevOps
3 30 (18.40%) Project Management
4 28 (17.18%) Problem-Solving
5 23 (14.11%) Stakeholder Management
6 22 (13.50%) ITIL
6 22 (13.50%) Project Delivery
7 20 (12.27%) Continuous Improvement
8 17 (10.43%) Migration
9 16 (9.82%) Incident Management
10 15 (9.20%) CI/CD
10 15 (9.20%) Microservices
10 15 (9.20%) Problem Management
11 13 (7.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 13 (7.98%) PRINCE2
12 12 (7.36%) Risk Management
12 12 (7.36%) SDLC
13 11 (6.75%) Collaborative Working
13 11 (6.75%) Information Security
14 10 (6.13%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 10 (6.13%) PowerShell
1 10 (6.13%) Python
2 8 (4.91%) C
3 6 (3.68%) C++
4 5 (3.07%) SQL
5 3 (1.84%) Shell Script
6 2 (1.23%) AWK
6 2 (1.23%) Bourne shell
6 2 (1.23%) Java
6 2 (1.23%) Korn
6 2 (1.23%) Perl
7 1 (0.61%) C#
Qualifications
1 36 (22.09%) Security Cleared
2 17 (10.43%) Degree
3 16 (9.82%) SC Cleared
4 12 (7.36%) DV Cleared
5 6 (3.68%) CCNA
5 6 (3.68%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (3.68%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 5 (3.07%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (2.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 4 (2.45%) MCSE
7 4 (2.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 3 (1.84%) PMI Certification
8 3 (1.84%) PMP
9 2 (1.23%) APMP
9 2 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (1.23%) CISM
9 2 (1.23%) CISSP
9 2 (1.23%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.23%) RHCE
9 2 (1.23%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (7.36%) PMO
2 9 (5.52%) QA
3 5 (3.07%) ISO 9001
4 3 (1.84%) GDPR
4 3 (1.84%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 3 (1.84%) SLA
5 2 (1.23%) PCI DSS
5 2 (1.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.61%) ITGC
6 1 (0.61%) P3O
System Software
1 22 (13.50%) Active Directory
2 15 (9.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (5.52%) XenApp
4 4 (2.45%) Firmware
4 4 (2.45%) vSphere
5 3 (1.84%) XenDesktop
6 2 (1.23%) Hyper-V
6 2 (1.23%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.61%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (6.13%) Kubernetes
2 6 (3.68%) Argo
2 6 (3.68%) Grafana
2 6 (3.68%) Istio
2 6 (3.68%) Kibana
2 6 (3.68%) Prometheus
3 5 (3.07%) SCCM
3 5 (3.07%) SCOM
4 4 (2.45%) Ansible
4 4 (2.45%) Red Hat Satellite
5 2 (1.23%) NetBackup
5 2 (1.23%) Oracle ZFS
5 2 (1.23%) Rancher
5 2 (1.23%) Tivoli Identity Manager
5 2 (1.23%) yum
6 1 (0.61%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (0.61%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 40 (24.54%) Microsoft
2 16 (9.82%) VMware
3 15 (9.20%) SAP
4 10 (6.13%) Citrix
5 8 (4.91%) Oracle
6 7 (4.29%) ServiceNow
7 6 (3.68%) Ivanti
8 5 (3.07%) Cisco
8 5 (3.07%) Juniper
8 5 (3.07%) Workday
9 4 (2.45%) Adobe
9 4 (2.45%) BT
9 4 (2.45%) Red Hat
10 3 (1.84%) EMC
10 3 (1.84%) FireEye
10 3 (1.84%) IBM
10 3 (1.84%) Sparx
10 3 (1.84%) Tanium
11 2 (1.23%) Atlassian
11 2 (1.23%) Cerner