Change Control Contracts with Work from Home Options

Change Control
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 251 293 311
Rank change year-on-year +42 +18 +4
Contract jobs citing Change Control 97 189 352
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.64% 0.74% 0.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.73% 0.82% 0.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 113 272
10th Percentile £270 £400 £326
25th Percentile £463 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.29% +5.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £589 £613 £600
90th Percentile £712 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +5.00% - +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 11 6
10th Percentile - £12.50 £16.24
25th Percentile £13.25 £26.02 £16.56
Median hourly rate £14.00 £42.00 £26.39
Median % change year-on-year -66.67% +59.18% -41.37%
75th Percentile £53.75 £50.00 £34.44
90th Percentile £62.19 £57.50 £35.00
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £50.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +5.00% +42.86% +37.25%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,319 22,924 40,623
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.90% 89.76% 91.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,917 16,193 29,494
10th Percentile £325 £363 £362
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £630
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 575 527 541
10th Percentile £15.17 £18.67 £13.75
25th Percentile £24.63 £30.00 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +57.14% +40.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £55.25
90th Percentile £75.15 £80.25 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £35.95 £35.80 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.42% +43.20% +2.04%

Change Control
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Change Control as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Change Control trend for jobs with a WFH option

Change Control
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Change Control.

Change Control daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Change Control
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Change Control over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Change Control daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Change Control
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Change Control.

Change Control hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Change Control
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Change Control over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Change Control hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Change Control
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 2 (2.06%) IIS
1 2 (2.06%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.03%) Confluence
2 1 (1.03%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (1.03%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 13 (13.40%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (11.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (10.31%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (6.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (3.09%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (1.03%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (4.12%) Loan IQ
2 1 (1.03%) Oracle Assets
2 1 (1.03%) Oracle Cash Management
2 1 (1.03%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (1.03%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (1.03%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (1.03%) Primavera
2 1 (1.03%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 15 (15.46%) Azure
2 13 (13.40%) AWS
3 4 (4.12%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 3 (3.09%) AWS CloudFormation
4 3 (3.09%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (3.09%) GitHub
5 2 (2.06%) Amazon EC2
5 2 (2.06%) Amazon S3
5 2 (2.06%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (2.06%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.03%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 1 (1.03%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (1.03%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (1.03%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (1.03%) IaaS
6 1 (1.03%) Miro
6 1 (1.03%) PowerApps
6 1 (1.03%) Route 53
6 1 (1.03%) SaaS
6 1 (1.03%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (7.22%) Firewall
1 7 (7.22%) WAN
2 6 (6.19%) VPN
3 5 (5.15%) LAN
3 5 (5.15%) MPLS
4 4 (4.12%) TCP/IP
4 4 (4.12%) WAAS
5 3 (3.09%) ADSL
5 3 (3.09%) Cisco Nexus
5 3 (3.09%) Ethernet
5 3 (3.09%) Internet
5 3 (3.09%) PSTN
5 3 (3.09%) Wireless
6 2 (2.06%) WLAN
7 1 (1.03%) BGP
7 1 (1.03%) DHCP
7 1 (1.03%) DMZ
7 1 (1.03%) DNS
7 1 (1.03%) GSM
7 1 (1.03%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.15%) Relational Database
2 4 (4.12%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (4.12%) MySQL
2 4 (4.12%) SQL Server
3 3 (3.09%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (3.09%) RDBMS
4 2 (2.06%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (2.06%) Power BI
5 1 (1.03%) Amazon Aurora
5 1 (1.03%) NoSQL
5 1 (1.03%) SAP HANA
5 1 (1.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (1.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (4.12%) JIRA
2 1 (1.03%) AppScan
2 1 (1.03%) Burp Suite
2 1 (1.03%) Git
2 1 (1.03%) GitLab
2 1 (1.03%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.03%) SonarQube
General
1 37 (38.14%) Finance
2 31 (31.96%) Social Skills
3 21 (21.65%) Banking
4 14 (14.43%) Public Sector
5 12 (12.37%) Billing
6 9 (9.28%) Analytical Skills
7 8 (8.25%) Influencing Skills
7 8 (8.25%) Telecoms
8 5 (5.15%) Financial Institution
8 5 (5.15%) Investment Banking
9 4 (4.12%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (3.09%) Local Government
10 3 (3.09%) Manufacturing
11 2 (2.06%) Electronics
11 2 (2.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (2.06%) Legal
11 2 (2.06%) Marketing
12 1 (1.03%) Back Office
12 1 (1.03%) Environmental Health
12 1 (1.03%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 24 (24.74%) Project Manager
2 13 (13.40%) Analyst
2 13 (13.40%) Commercial Manager
3 12 (12.37%) Contracts Manager
4 8 (8.25%) Senior
5 6 (6.19%) Administrator
5 6 (6.19%) Business Analyst
5 6 (6.19%) DBA
6 5 (5.15%) Systems Engineer
7 4 (4.12%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 4 (4.12%) Delivery Manager
7 4 (4.12%) IT Engineer
7 4 (4.12%) IT Manager
7 4 (4.12%) Network Engineer
7 4 (4.12%) PMO Analyst
7 4 (4.12%) PowerShell Engineer
7 4 (4.12%) Programme Manager
7 4 (4.12%) SCCM Engineer
8 3 (3.09%) Coordinator
8 3 (3.09%) Infrastructure Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.06%) Elastic Stack
1 2 (2.06%) REST
2 1 (1.03%) Middleware
2 1 (1.03%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.03%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 16 (16.49%) Public Cloud
2 9 (9.28%) Product Ownership
3 5 (5.15%) Management Information System
4 4 (4.12%) Derivative
4 4 (4.12%) Fixed Income
5 3 (3.09%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (2.06%) Clustering
6 2 (2.06%) Operational Technology
6 2 (2.06%) Virtual Team
7 1 (1.03%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.03%) Data Structures
7 1 (1.03%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (1.03%) Life Science
7 1 (1.03%) PKI
7 1 (1.03%) SCADA
7 1 (1.03%) Security Posture
7 1 (1.03%) Smartcard
7 1 (1.03%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 14 (14.43%) Windows
2 6 (6.19%) Linux
3 4 (4.12%) Windows 10
4 2 (2.06%) CentOS
4 2 (2.06%) Ubuntu
4 2 (2.06%) Windows Server
4 2 (2.06%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (1.03%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (1.03%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (41.24%) Agile
2 32 (32.99%) Project Management
3 22 (22.68%) Project Delivery
4 21 (21.65%) Decision-Making
5 18 (18.56%) Risk Management
6 15 (15.46%) Change Management
7 14 (14.43%) Problem-Solving
8 13 (13.40%) Contract Management
8 13 (13.40%) Stakeholder Management
9 12 (12.37%) Migration
9 12 (12.37%) PRINCE2
9 12 (12.37%) Project Governance
10 11 (11.34%) Business Case
11 9 (9.28%) Waterfall
12 8 (8.25%) DevOps
12 8 (8.25%) ITIL
12 8 (8.25%) Programme Management
13 7 (7.22%) Configuration Management
13 7 (7.22%) Contingency Planning
13 7 (7.22%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 9 (9.28%) PowerShell
1 9 (9.28%) SQL
2 2 (2.06%) Bash
3 1 (1.03%) C#
3 1 (1.03%) Python
Qualifications
1 18 (18.56%) Security Cleared
2 14 (14.43%) Degree
2 14 (14.43%) SC Cleared
3 6 (6.19%) DV Cleared
4 4 (4.12%) APMP
4 4 (4.12%) Numerate Degree
5 3 (3.09%) BC Cleared
5 3 (3.09%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (3.09%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 2 (2.06%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.03%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (1.03%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.03%) CISSP
7 1 (1.03%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.03%) CRISC
7 1 (1.03%) DBS Check
7 1 (1.03%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.03%) MCSA
7 1 (1.03%) MCSE
7 1 (1.03%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (17.53%) PMO
1 17 (17.53%) SLA
2 10 (10.31%) QA
3 2 (2.06%) Disclosure Scotland
3 2 (2.06%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.03%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.03%) FedRAMP
4 1 (1.03%) GxP
4 1 (1.03%) HIPAA
4 1 (1.03%) ISO 20022
4 1 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.03%) NCSC
4 1 (1.03%) NIST
4 1 (1.03%) SOC 2
System Software
1 9 (9.28%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.06%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (2.06%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (2.06%) vSphere
3 1 (1.03%) Docker
3 1 (1.03%) VMware NSX
3 1 (1.03%) VMware Server
3 1 (1.03%) XenApp
3 1 (1.03%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 8 (8.25%) Terraform
2 6 (6.19%) Ansible
3 5 (5.15%) SCCM
4 4 (4.12%) Grafana
5 3 (3.09%) Nagios
5 3 (3.09%) Puppet
5 3 (3.09%) WSUS
6 2 (2.06%) Graylog
6 2 (2.06%) Nessus
6 2 (2.06%) Progress Chef
6 2 (2.06%) Prometheus
7 1 (1.03%) FortiGate
7 1 (1.03%) HP Fortify
7 1 (1.03%) Kubernetes
7 1 (1.03%) vCenter Server
7 1 (1.03%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 25 (25.77%) Microsoft
2 8 (8.25%) Cisco
3 5 (5.15%) SAP
4 4 (4.12%) Citrix
4 4 (4.12%) VMware
5 3 (3.09%) Avaya
5 3 (3.09%) BT
5 3 (3.09%) Computacenter
5 3 (3.09%) Openreach
6 2 (2.06%) Cadence
6 2 (2.06%) F5
6 2 (2.06%) Fortinet
6 2 (2.06%) Genesys
6 2 (2.06%) Juniper
6 2 (2.06%) Palo Alto
6 2 (2.06%) Qualys
6 2 (2.06%) SolarWinds
6 2 (2.06%) Splunk
7 1 (1.03%) BMC
7 1 (1.03%) NEC