Change Control Contracts

Change Control
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Change Control skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Change Control 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 309 310 297
Rank change year-on-year +1 -13 +52
Contract jobs citing Change Control 320 502 826
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.74% 0.84% 0.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.86% 0.93% 1.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 193 311 604
10th Percentile £341 £307 £313
25th Percentile £450 £403 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - +17.65%
75th Percentile £610 £609 £623
90th Percentile £730 £770 £735
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £460
% change year-on-year +5.00% +8.70% +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 25 28
10th Percentile £13.48 £20.96 £14.59
25th Percentile £18.00 £31.25 £24.70
Median hourly rate £48.17 £50.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.66% +42.86% +37.25%
75th Percentile £59.91 £57.50 £45.05
90th Percentile £69.62 £64.60 £57.19
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.77 £40.00 £32.77
% change year-on-year +19.41% +22.06% +28.51%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Change Control 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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,374 53,774 80,482
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.31% 89.91% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,095 37,304 56,474
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,422 1,763 1,928
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.34 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.27% +49.36% -
75th Percentile £59.44 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.00 £36.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year - +80.00% -8.17%

Change Control
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Change Control as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Change Control in the UK

Change Control
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Change Control in the UK

Change Control
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Change Control over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Change Control in the UK

Change Control
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Change Control in the UK

Change Control
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Change Control over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Change Control in the UK

Change Control
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Change Control within the UK 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
England +24 286 £525 +4.48% 213
UK excluding London +43 192 £525 +5.00% 171
London -3 116 £525 - 53
Work from Home +38 94 £525 - 108
South East +4 51 £525 +5.00% 59
Midlands +15 39 £475 -5.00% 35
North of England +35 35 £550 +18.28% 28
West Midlands +23 34 £475 -2.56% 25
South West +33 33 £545 +3.81% 24
North West +22 26 £500 +17.65% 18
Scotland +14 21 £500 -2.44% 13
Yorkshire +18 9 £558 +11.50% 9
East of England +14 8 £500 +7.53% 12
Wales +20 7 £645 -0.85% 6
East Midlands +17 5 £355 -36.61% 10

Change Control
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 11 (3.44%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.81%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.88%) Confluence
4 3 (0.94%) IBM Domino
4 3 (0.94%) IBM Notes
5 2 (0.63%) IIS
6 1 (0.31%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.31%) OpenStack
Applications
1 30 (9.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (6.56%) Microsoft Project
3 17 (5.31%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (5.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.25%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.94%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (1.88%) Loan IQ
2 3 (0.94%) Aareon QL
2 3 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.94%) Oracle Assets
2 3 (0.94%) Oracle Cash Management
2 3 (0.94%) Oracle Payables
2 3 (0.94%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.63%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.63%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 2 (0.63%) Primavera
3 2 (0.63%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.31%) Changepoint
4 1 (0.31%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.31%) SAP APO
4 1 (0.31%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.31%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.31%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 57 (17.81%) Azure
2 28 (8.75%) AWS
3 14 (4.38%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (3.75%) Azure DevOps
4 12 (3.75%) Power Platform
5 11 (3.44%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 11 (3.44%) AWS CloudFormation
6 10 (3.13%) GitHub
7 7 (2.19%) Amazon EC2
7 7 (2.19%) Amazon S3
7 7 (2.19%) Cloud Computing
7 7 (2.19%) IaaS
8 6 (1.88%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (1.56%) OneDrive
9 5 (1.56%) SaaS
10 4 (1.25%) Azure Data Factory
10 4 (1.25%) Entra ID
10 4 (1.25%) GCP
10 4 (1.25%) GitHub Actions
10 4 (1.25%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 33 (10.31%) Firewall
2 28 (8.75%) VPN
3 19 (5.94%) WAN
4 17 (5.31%) LAN
5 13 (4.06%) Cisco Nexus
5 13 (4.06%) TCP/IP
6 10 (3.13%) DMZ
6 10 (3.13%) Wireless
6 10 (3.13%) WLAN
7 8 (2.50%) BGP
7 8 (2.50%) Cisco ASA
7 8 (2.50%) OSPF
8 6 (1.88%) DNS
9 5 (1.56%) Cisco Wireless
9 5 (1.56%) IPsec
9 5 (1.56%) MPLS
9 5 (1.56%) Network Security
9 5 (1.56%) WAAS
10 4 (1.25%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (0.94%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.69%) MySQL
1 15 (4.69%) Relational Database
1 15 (4.69%) SQL Server
2 9 (2.81%) Power BI
3 8 (2.50%) RDBMS
4 7 (2.19%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (1.88%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (1.56%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (1.25%) Amazon Aurora
8 3 (0.94%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.63%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.63%) Big Data
9 2 (0.63%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.63%) Data Mart
9 2 (0.63%) Delta Lake
9 2 (0.63%) OLAP
9 2 (0.63%) OLTP
9 2 (0.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.63%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 11 (3.44%) JIRA
2 8 (2.50%) GitLab
2 8 (2.50%) Jenkins
3 6 (1.88%) AppScan
3 6 (1.88%) Burp Suite
3 6 (1.88%) Git
3 6 (1.88%) SonarQube
4 4 (1.25%) Subversion
5 1 (0.31%) Rational DOORS
General
1 97 (30.31%) Finance
2 94 (29.38%) Social Skills
3 46 (14.38%) Public Sector
4 44 (13.75%) Banking
5 41 (12.81%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (5.63%) Investment Banking
6 18 (5.63%) Telecoms
7 17 (5.31%) Influencing Skills
8 14 (4.38%) Marketing
9 13 (4.06%) Manufacturing
10 12 (3.75%) Billing
10 12 (3.75%) Financial Institution
11 11 (3.44%) Pharmaceutical
12 10 (3.13%) Legal
12 10 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
12 10 (3.13%) Retail
13 9 (2.81%) Organisational Skills
14 8 (2.50%) Electronics
14 8 (2.50%) Local Government
15 5 (1.56%) Law
Job Titles
1 65 (20.31%) Project Manager
2 37 (11.56%) Analyst
3 24 (7.50%) Senior
4 17 (5.31%) Business Analyst
5 15 (4.69%) IT Manager
5 15 (4.69%) Network Engineer
6 14 (4.38%) Commercial Manager
7 13 (4.06%) Lead
8 12 (3.75%) Administrator
8 12 (3.75%) Contracts Manager
9 11 (3.44%) Cisco Engineer
9 11 (3.44%) DBA
9 11 (3.44%) PMO Analyst
9 11 (3.44%) Programme Manager
10 10 (3.13%) Blue Coat Engineer
10 10 (3.13%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 10 (3.13%) Juniper Engineer
11 8 (2.50%) Azure Engineer
11 8 (2.50%) Delivery Manager
11 8 (2.50%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.06%) Elastic Stack
2 4 (1.25%) .NET
2 4 (1.25%) Middleware
3 3 (0.94%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (0.63%) AngularJS
4 2 (0.63%) Kafka
4 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Graph
4 2 (0.63%) PySpark
4 2 (0.63%) React
4 2 (0.63%) Regular Expression
4 2 (0.63%) REST
4 2 (0.63%) Unity DI Container
Miscellaneous
1 27 (8.44%) Public Cloud
2 25 (7.81%) PKI
3 17 (5.31%) Management Information System
4 13 (4.06%) Product Ownership
5 8 (2.50%) Life Science
6 6 (1.88%) Derivative
6 6 (1.88%) Fixed Income
7 5 (1.56%) Data Centre
7 5 (1.56%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (1.56%) Market Risk
7 5 (1.56%) Mobile App
7 5 (1.56%) Onboarding
7 5 (1.56%) PMI
8 4 (1.25%) Credit Risk
8 4 (1.25%) Virtual Team
9 3 (0.94%) NHS
9 3 (0.94%) Smartphone
10 2 (0.63%) Client/Server
10 2 (0.63%) Clustering
10 2 (0.63%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 39 (12.19%) Windows
2 21 (6.56%) Linux
3 10 (3.13%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.88%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.94%) CentOS
5 3 (0.94%) Ubuntu
5 3 (0.94%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.31%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.31%) VMS
6 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (35.31%) Project Management
2 92 (28.75%) Agile
3 72 (22.50%) Project Delivery
4 60 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
5 49 (15.31%) Risk Management
6 45 (14.06%) Change Management
7 42 (13.13%) Decision-Making
8 41 (12.81%) Problem-Solving
9 37 (11.56%) Programme Management
10 35 (10.94%) Migration
11 34 (10.63%) Business Case
12 33 (10.31%) DevOps
13 31 (9.69%) Configuration Management
14 29 (9.06%) PRINCE2
15 27 (8.44%) ITIL
16 25 (7.81%) Service Management
17 24 (7.50%) Waterfall
18 23 (7.19%) Infrastructure as Code
19 22 (6.88%) Project Governance
20 21 (6.56%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 27 (8.44%) PowerShell
2 22 (6.88%) SQL
3 13 (4.06%) Python
4 9 (2.81%) Bash
5 7 (2.19%) C#
6 2 (0.63%) Java
6 2 (0.63%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.31%) Ada
7 1 (0.31%) C
7 1 (0.31%) C++
7 1 (0.31%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 75 (23.44%) Security Cleared
2 46 (14.38%) SC Cleared
3 34 (10.63%) Degree
4 30 (9.38%) DV Cleared
5 17 (5.31%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (3.44%) PMI Certification
6 11 (3.44%) PMP
7 9 (2.81%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 7 (2.19%) Azure Certification
9 6 (1.88%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (1.56%) BC Cleared
11 4 (1.25%) APMP
11 4 (1.25%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (1.25%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (1.25%) Numerate Degree
12 3 (0.94%) APMG
12 3 (0.94%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 2 (0.63%) CRISC
13 2 (0.63%) GCED
13 2 (0.63%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (15.00%) PMO
2 37 (11.56%) QA
3 22 (6.88%) SLA
4 15 (4.69%) JSP 440
5 5 (1.56%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.56%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (1.56%) GMP
6 3 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (0.94%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.63%) Disclosure Scotland
7 2 (0.63%) GDPR
7 2 (0.63%) NCSC
7 2 (0.63%) NIST
7 2 (0.63%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.31%) Def Stans
8 1 (0.31%) FedRAMP
8 1 (0.31%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.31%) SOC 2
System Software
1 17 (5.31%) Active Directory
2 12 (3.75%) Docker
3 5 (1.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.94%) vSphere
5 2 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.63%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.63%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.31%) Firmware
6 1 (0.31%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.31%) VMware Server
6 1 (0.31%) XenApp
6 1 (0.31%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 24 (7.50%) Terraform
2 19 (5.94%) Ansible
2 19 (5.94%) OPNET
3 15 (4.69%) Grafana
4 13 (4.06%) Graylog
4 13 (4.06%) Prometheus
5 12 (3.75%) Puppet
6 11 (3.44%) Kubernetes
6 11 (3.44%) Nagios
7 10 (3.13%) Progress Chef
8 7 (2.19%) FortiGate
8 7 (2.19%) Nessus
8 7 (2.19%) SCCM
9 6 (1.88%) HP Fortify
9 6 (1.88%) WebInspect
10 3 (0.94%) WSUS
11 2 (0.63%) CEMLI
11 2 (0.63%) vCenter Server
12 1 (0.31%) Observium
12 1 (0.31%) SCOM
Vendors
1 101 (31.56%) Microsoft
2 30 (9.38%) Cisco
3 17 (5.31%) Fortinet
3 17 (5.31%) Juniper
3 17 (5.31%) SAP
4 13 (4.06%) Splunk
5 12 (3.75%) Palo Alto
6 11 (3.44%) CheckPoint
7 10 (3.13%) Blue Coat
8 8 (2.50%) Citrix
9 7 (2.19%) Oracle
9 7 (2.19%) VMware
10 6 (1.88%) Adobe
10 6 (1.88%) Checkmarx
10 6 (1.88%) Databricks
10 6 (1.88%) Veracode
11 5 (1.56%) Extreme Networks
11 5 (1.56%) Qualys
12 4 (1.25%) ServiceNow
12 4 (1.25%) SolarWinds