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 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 299 310 293
Rank change year-on-year +11 -17 +50
Contract jobs citing Change Control 324 500 820
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.74% 0.83% 0.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.86% 0.93% 1.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 196 308 598
10th Percentile £346 £307 £313
25th Percentile £447 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - +17.65%
75th Percentile £609 £620 £624
90th Percentile £729 £775 £732
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 37,653 53,977 80,244
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.28% 89.91% 90.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,313 37,392 56,301
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% +9.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,429 1,779 1,937
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.54 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +50.00% -
75th Percentile £59.44 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.98 £35.90 £20.00
% change year-on-year +0.21% +79.50% -8.09%

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 25 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 25 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 25 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 +22 287 £525 +2.94% 216
UK excluding London +45 197 £525 +5.00% 170
London +6 116 £525 - 59
Work from Home +35 95 £525 - 108
South East -4 53 £525 +5.00% 59
Midlands +19 39 £475 -7.32% 30
North of England +34 35 £550 +18.28% 30
West Midlands +22 34 £475 -5.00% 20
South West +33 33 £545 +3.81% 22
North West +22 26 £500 +17.65% 20
Scotland +9 24 £500 -2.44% 13
Yorkshire +24 9 £558 +11.50% 10
East of England +7 8 £500 +6.38% 14
Wales +22 7 £645 -0.85% 7
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 (3.40%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.78%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (2.16%) Confluence
4 3 (0.93%) IBM Domino
4 3 (0.93%) IBM Notes
5 2 (0.62%) 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 (9.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (6.48%) Microsoft Project
3 17 (5.25%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (5.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.23%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.93%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (1.85%) Loan IQ
2 3 (0.93%) Aareon QL
2 3 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.93%) Oracle Assets
2 3 (0.93%) Oracle Cash Management
2 3 (0.93%) Oracle Payables
2 3 (0.93%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.62%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.62%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 2 (0.62%) Primavera
3 2 (0.62%) 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 58 (17.90%) Azure
2 28 (8.64%) AWS
3 14 (4.32%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (4.01%) Azure DevOps
5 12 (3.70%) Power Platform
6 11 (3.40%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 11 (3.40%) AWS CloudFormation
7 9 (2.78%) GitHub
8 7 (2.16%) Amazon EC2
8 7 (2.16%) Amazon S3
8 7 (2.16%) Cloud Computing
8 7 (2.16%) IaaS
9 6 (1.85%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (1.54%) OneDrive
10 5 (1.54%) SaaS
11 4 (1.23%) Azure Data Factory
11 4 (1.23%) Entra ID
11 4 (1.23%) GCP
11 4 (1.23%) GitHub Actions
11 4 (1.23%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 35 (10.80%) Firewall
2 28 (8.64%) VPN
3 21 (6.48%) WAN
4 18 (5.56%) LAN
5 13 (4.01%) Cisco Nexus
5 13 (4.01%) TCP/IP
6 10 (3.09%) DMZ
6 10 (3.09%) Wireless
6 10 (3.09%) WLAN
7 9 (2.78%) BGP
7 9 (2.78%) OSPF
8 8 (2.47%) Cisco ASA
9 6 (1.85%) DNS
9 6 (1.85%) Network Security
10 5 (1.54%) Cisco Wireless
10 5 (1.54%) IPsec
10 5 (1.54%) MPLS
10 5 (1.54%) SD-WAN
10 5 (1.54%) WAAS
11 4 (1.23%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.63%) MySQL
1 15 (4.63%) Relational Database
1 15 (4.63%) SQL Server
2 9 (2.78%) Power BI
3 8 (2.47%) RDBMS
4 7 (2.16%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (1.85%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (1.54%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (1.23%) Amazon Aurora
8 3 (0.93%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.62%) Big Data
9 2 (0.62%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.62%) Data Mart
9 2 (0.62%) Delta Lake
9 2 (0.62%) Electronic Patient Records
9 2 (0.62%) OLAP
9 2 (0.62%) OLTP
9 2 (0.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.62%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 12 (3.70%) JIRA
2 8 (2.47%) GitLab
2 8 (2.47%) Jenkins
3 6 (1.85%) AppScan
3 6 (1.85%) Burp Suite
3 6 (1.85%) Git
3 6 (1.85%) SonarQube
4 4 (1.23%) Subversion
5 1 (0.31%) Rational DOORS
General
1 98 (30.25%) Finance
2 97 (29.94%) Social Skills
3 48 (14.81%) Public Sector
4 44 (13.58%) Banking
5 40 (12.35%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (5.56%) Influencing Skills
6 18 (5.56%) Investment Banking
6 18 (5.56%) Telecoms
7 14 (4.32%) Marketing
8 13 (4.01%) Manufacturing
8 13 (4.01%) Pharmaceutical
9 12 (3.70%) Billing
9 12 (3.70%) Financial Institution
10 10 (3.09%) Legal
10 10 (3.09%) Presentation Skills
10 10 (3.09%) Retail
11 9 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
12 8 (2.47%) Electronics
12 8 (2.47%) Local Government
13 5 (1.54%) Law
Job Titles
1 66 (20.37%) Project Manager
2 38 (11.73%) Analyst
3 24 (7.41%) Senior
4 17 (5.25%) Business Analyst
5 16 (4.94%) Network Engineer
6 15 (4.63%) IT Manager
7 14 (4.32%) Commercial Manager
8 13 (4.01%) Lead
9 12 (3.70%) Administrator
9 12 (3.70%) Contracts Manager
9 12 (3.70%) PMO Analyst
10 11 (3.40%) Cisco Engineer
10 11 (3.40%) DBA
10 11 (3.40%) Programme Manager
11 10 (3.09%) Blue Coat Engineer
11 10 (3.09%) Cisco Network Engineer
11 10 (3.09%) Juniper Engineer
12 8 (2.47%) Azure Engineer
12 8 (2.47%) Delivery Manager
12 8 (2.47%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.01%) Elastic Stack
2 4 (1.23%) .NET
2 4 (1.23%) Middleware
3 3 (0.93%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (0.62%) AngularJS
4 2 (0.62%) Kafka
4 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Graph
4 2 (0.62%) PySpark
4 2 (0.62%) React
4 2 (0.62%) Regular Expression
4 2 (0.62%) Unity DI Container
5 1 (0.31%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 27 (8.33%) Public Cloud
2 25 (7.72%) PKI
3 17 (5.25%) Management Information System
4 13 (4.01%) Product Ownership
5 8 (2.47%) Life Science
6 6 (1.85%) Derivative
6 6 (1.85%) Fixed Income
7 5 (1.54%) Data Centre
7 5 (1.54%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (1.54%) Market Risk
7 5 (1.54%) Mobile App
7 5 (1.54%) Onboarding
7 5 (1.54%) PMI
8 4 (1.23%) Credit Risk
8 4 (1.23%) Virtual Team
9 3 (0.93%) NHS
9 3 (0.93%) Smartphone
10 2 (0.62%) CCTV
10 2 (0.62%) Clustering
10 2 (0.62%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 39 (12.04%) Windows
2 21 (6.48%) Linux
3 10 (3.09%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.85%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.93%) CentOS
5 3 (0.93%) Ubuntu
5 3 (0.93%) 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
1 114 (35.19%) Project Management
2 94 (29.01%) Agile
3 73 (22.53%) Project Delivery
4 62 (19.14%) Stakeholder Management
5 50 (15.43%) Risk Management
6 45 (13.89%) Change Management
7 42 (12.96%) Decision-Making
8 41 (12.65%) Problem-Solving
9 38 (11.73%) Programme Management
10 35 (10.80%) Business Case
10 35 (10.80%) Migration
11 33 (10.19%) DevOps
12 31 (9.57%) Configuration Management
13 29 (8.95%) PRINCE2
14 27 (8.33%) ITIL
15 25 (7.72%) Service Management
16 24 (7.41%) Waterfall
17 22 (6.79%) Infrastructure as Code
18 21 (6.48%) Continuous Improvement
18 21 (6.48%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 27 (8.33%) PowerShell
2 22 (6.79%) SQL
3 13 (4.01%) Python
4 9 (2.78%) Bash
5 7 (2.16%) C#
6 2 (0.62%) Java
6 2 (0.62%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.31%) Ada
7 1 (0.31%) C
7 1 (0.31%) C++
7 1 (0.31%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 78 (24.07%) Security Cleared
2 47 (14.51%) SC Cleared
3 34 (10.49%) Degree
4 31 (9.57%) DV Cleared
5 17 (5.25%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (3.40%) PMI Certification
6 11 (3.40%) PMP
7 9 (2.78%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 7 (2.16%) Azure Certification
9 6 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (1.54%) BC Cleared
11 4 (1.23%) APMP
11 4 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (1.23%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (1.23%) Numerate Degree
12 3 (0.93%) APMG
12 3 (0.93%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 2 (0.62%) CRISC
13 2 (0.62%) GCED
13 2 (0.62%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (14.81%) PMO
2 37 (11.42%) QA
3 22 (6.79%) SLA
4 15 (4.63%) JSP 440
5 5 (1.54%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (1.54%) GMP
6 3 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (0.93%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.62%) Disclosure Scotland
7 2 (0.62%) GDPR
7 2 (0.62%) NCSC
7 2 (0.62%) NIST
7 2 (0.62%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.31%) Def Stans
8 1 (0.31%) FedRAMP
8 1 (0.31%) HAZOP
8 1 (0.31%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.31%) SOC 2
System Software
1 17 (5.25%) Active Directory
2 12 (3.70%) Docker
3 5 (1.54%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.93%) vSphere
5 2 (0.62%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.62%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.62%) 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 23 (7.10%) Terraform
2 19 (5.86%) Ansible
2 19 (5.86%) OPNET
3 15 (4.63%) Grafana
4 13 (4.01%) Graylog
4 13 (4.01%) Prometheus
5 12 (3.70%) Puppet
6 11 (3.40%) Kubernetes
6 11 (3.40%) Nagios
7 10 (3.09%) Progress Chef
8 7 (2.16%) FortiGate
8 7 (2.16%) Nessus
8 7 (2.16%) SCCM
9 6 (1.85%) HP Fortify
9 6 (1.85%) WebInspect
10 3 (0.93%) WSUS
11 2 (0.62%) CEMLI
11 2 (0.62%) Observium
11 2 (0.62%) vCenter Server
12 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 101 (31.17%) Microsoft
2 32 (9.88%) Cisco
3 18 (5.56%) Juniper
4 17 (5.25%) Fortinet
5 16 (4.94%) SAP
6 14 (4.32%) Palo Alto
7 13 (4.01%) Splunk
8 11 (3.40%) CheckPoint
9 10 (3.09%) Blue Coat
10 8 (2.47%) Citrix
11 7 (2.16%) Oracle
11 7 (2.16%) VMware
12 6 (1.85%) Adobe
12 6 (1.85%) Checkmarx
12 6 (1.85%) Databricks
12 6 (1.85%) Veracode
13 5 (1.54%) Extreme Networks
13 5 (1.54%) Qualys
13 5 (1.54%) SolarWinds
14 4 (1.23%) ServiceNow