Change Management Contracts with Work from Home Options

Change Management
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 Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Change Management over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 37 44 63
Rank change year-on-year +7 +19 +18
Contract jobs citing Change Management 786 1,220 1,742
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 5.21% 4.86% 3.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.92% 5.41% 4.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 377 658 1,207
10th Percentile £313 £363 £330
25th Percentile £425 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £541 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.46% +8.25% +9.29%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £600
90th Percentile £700 £731 £675
UK median daily rate £515 £545 £500
% change year-on-year -5.50% +9.00% +7.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 33 18
10th Percentile £13.63 £23.15 £13.25
25th Percentile £17.49 £35.00 £13.69
Median hourly rate £51.25 £55.00 £26.20
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% +109.92% -1.06%
75th Percentile £62.00 £80.00 £39.97
90th Percentile £67.45 £87.50 £60.23
UK median hourly rate £49.00 £48.70 £22.34
% change year-on-year +0.62% +117.98% -6.92%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,282 22,550 40,272
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.98% 89.75% 91.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,890 15,929 29,247
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% +7.69%
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 574 522 532
10th Percentile £15.05 £18.63 £13.75
25th Percentile £25.50 £30.00 £20.00
Median hourly rate £43.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% +57.14% +41.16%
75th Percentile £60.00 £69.31 £55.38
90th Percentile £75.18 £80.25 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +2.04%

Change Management
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Change Management trend for jobs with a WFH option

Change Management
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 Management.

Change Management daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Change Management
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Change Management over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Change Management daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Change Management
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 Management.

Change Management hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Change Management
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Change Management over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Change Management hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Change Management
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 33 (4.20%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.15%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.89%) Confluence
4 4 (0.51%) IIS
5 3 (0.38%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 3 (0.38%) CMS
6 1 (0.13%) Apache
6 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
Applications
1 32 (4.07%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (3.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 25 (3.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 25 (3.18%) MS Visio
4 10 (1.27%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.51%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 4 (0.51%) Adobe Illustrator
5 4 (0.51%) Photoshop
6 3 (0.38%) Adobe Premiere
6 3 (0.38%) InDesign
7 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 16 (2.04%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.64%) Endur
2 5 (0.64%) SAP SD
3 4 (0.51%) Loan IQ
3 4 (0.51%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 3 (0.38%) SAP Hybris
4 3 (0.38%) SAP WM
5 2 (0.25%) OpenLink RightAngle
5 2 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.25%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.25%) SAP EWM
5 2 (0.25%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.13%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.13%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.13%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.13%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.13%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 68 (8.65%) Azure
2 34 (4.33%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (2.42%) AWS
4 16 (2.04%) Power Platform
5 13 (1.65%) SaaS
6 11 (1.40%) IaaS
6 11 (1.40%) PaaS
7 10 (1.27%) Azure DevOps
7 10 (1.27%) Dynamics 365
8 9 (1.15%) Cloud Computing
9 8 (1.02%) Entra ID
9 8 (1.02%) Microsoft Purview
9 8 (1.02%) SuccessFactors
10 7 (0.89%) Serverless
11 6 (0.76%) Azure Stack
11 6 (0.76%) Google Analytics
12 5 (0.64%) Azure Logic Apps
12 5 (0.64%) Mimecast
12 5 (0.64%) Slack
13 4 (0.51%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 24 (3.05%) Firewall
2 22 (2.80%) Intranet
3 20 (2.54%) BGP
4 19 (2.42%) OSPF
4 19 (2.42%) Wi-Fi
5 16 (2.04%) WAN
6 15 (1.91%) Structured Cabling
7 13 (1.65%) IPsec
7 13 (1.65%) LAN
8 12 (1.53%) VPN
9 10 (1.27%) Cisco ASA
10 9 (1.15%) EIGRP
11 8 (1.02%) Cisco ISE
12 7 (0.89%) Cisco Firepower
12 7 (0.89%) DNS
12 7 (0.89%) HSRP
12 7 (0.89%) NetScaler
12 7 (0.89%) SNMP
12 7 (0.89%) Wireless
13 6 (0.76%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (1.27%) Data Warehouse
1 10 (1.27%) Power BI
2 6 (0.76%) NoSQL
2 6 (0.76%) Snowflake Schema
3 5 (0.64%) Tableau
4 4 (0.51%) Big Data
4 4 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (0.38%) Oracle Database
5 3 (0.38%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (0.38%) QlikView
5 3 (0.38%) SAP HANA
5 3 (0.38%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.25%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.13%) DBAmp
7 1 (0.13%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.13%) Impala
7 1 (0.13%) Metadata
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle Database 11g
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 34 (4.33%) JIRA
2 8 (1.02%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.51%) Oracle APEX
4 2 (0.25%) Git
4 2 (0.25%) Visual Studio Team System
5 1 (0.13%) Visual Studio
General
1 400 (50.89%) Finance
2 262 (33.33%) Banking
3 182 (23.16%) Social Skills
4 72 (9.16%) Public Sector
5 56 (7.12%) Analytical Skills
6 32 (4.07%) Telecoms
7 25 (3.18%) Presentation Skills
8 20 (2.54%) Organisational Skills
9 19 (2.42%) Influencing Skills
10 18 (2.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 16 (2.04%) Manufacturing
11 16 (2.04%) Retail
12 13 (1.65%) Legal
13 11 (1.40%) Marketing
14 8 (1.02%) Documentation Skills
14 8 (1.02%) Investment Banking
15 7 (0.89%) Pharmaceutical
16 5 (0.64%) Back Office
16 5 (0.64%) Local Government
17 4 (0.51%) Military
Job Titles
1 116 (14.76%) Analyst
2 114 (14.50%) Project Manager
3 110 (13.99%) Architect
4 55 (7.00%) Change Manager
5 54 (6.87%) Business Analyst
6 50 (6.36%) Banking Analyst
7 44 (5.60%) Lead
8 42 (5.34%) Consultant
8 42 (5.34%) Senior
9 38 (4.83%) Data Analyst
10 34 (4.33%) IT Analyst
11 33 (4.20%) Business Manager
11 33 (4.20%) IT Manager
12 30 (3.82%) Resilience Manager
13 26 (3.31%) Banking Business Analyst
14 25 (3.18%) Business Change Manager
15 22 (2.80%) Infrastructure Architect
15 22 (2.80%) Senior Manager
16 21 (2.67%) Banking Infrastructure Architect
17 20 (2.54%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (2.42%) HTML
2 17 (2.16%) CSS
3 13 (1.65%) XML
4 11 (1.40%) REST
5 8 (1.02%) JSON
6 6 (0.76%) Jinja
7 5 (0.64%) .NET
7 5 (0.64%) IDoc
8 4 (0.51%) Middleware
8 4 (0.51%) SOAP
9 3 (0.38%) EDI
9 3 (0.38%) Kafka
9 3 (0.38%) LDAP
9 3 (0.38%) Lightning Web Components
9 3 (0.38%) SAP XI
9 3 (0.38%) Smart Contracts
10 2 (0.25%) ActiveMQ
10 2 (0.25%) Oracle Fusion
11 1 (0.13%) OpenID
11 1 (0.13%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 32 (4.07%) Management Information System
2 30 (3.82%) Product Ownership
3 24 (3.05%) Data Structures
4 20 (2.54%) Cloud Native
5 14 (1.78%) Self-Motivation
6 11 (1.40%) Mainframe
7 10 (1.27%) Data Centre
8 8 (1.02%) Onboarding
9 7 (0.89%) CMDB
10 6 (0.76%) Reference Data
10 6 (0.76%) Virtual Team
11 5 (0.64%) Derivative
11 5 (0.64%) LIMS
11 5 (0.64%) NHS
11 5 (0.64%) Replication
12 4 (0.51%) Cyber Threat
12 4 (0.51%) Fixed Income
12 4 (0.51%) FMCG
12 4 (0.51%) PKI
12 4 (0.51%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 35 (4.45%) Windows
2 15 (1.91%) Linux
2 15 (1.91%) MVS
3 13 (1.65%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.64%) Unix
4 5 (0.64%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (0.51%) Solaris
6 3 (0.38%) VMS
6 3 (0.38%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.25%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.13%) CentOS
8 1 (0.13%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.13%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 144 (18.32%) Project Management
2 131 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 96 (12.21%) ITIL
4 90 (11.45%) Agile
5 89 (11.32%) Service Management
6 78 (9.92%) Problem-Solving
7 74 (9.41%) Migration
8 71 (9.03%) ITSM
9 59 (7.51%) Risk Management
10 55 (7.00%) Project Delivery
11 50 (6.36%) DevOps
12 49 (6.23%) Continuous Improvement
13 45 (5.73%) PRINCE2
14 41 (5.22%) Business Case
15 38 (4.83%) Decision-Making
15 38 (4.83%) Roadmaps
16 37 (4.71%) User Experience
17 35 (4.45%) Cybersecurity
17 35 (4.45%) Data Migration
17 35 (4.45%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 20 (2.54%) SQL
2 19 (2.42%) Python
3 18 (2.29%) JavaScript
4 9 (1.15%) C#
5 6 (0.76%) Perl
5 6 (0.76%) PowerShell
5 6 (0.76%) Tcl
6 5 (0.64%) ABAP
7 3 (0.38%) C
8 2 (0.25%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (0.25%) PL/SQL
8 2 (0.25%) Search Processing Language
9 1 (0.13%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.13%) C++
9 1 (0.13%) R
9 1 (0.13%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.13%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.13%) VB
9 1 (0.13%) VB.NET
9 1 (0.13%) VBA
Qualifications
1 101 (12.85%) Security Cleared
2 89 (11.32%) SC Cleared
3 55 (7.00%) Degree
4 18 (2.29%) Cisco Certification
5 15 (1.91%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 14 (1.78%) CCNP
7 10 (1.27%) CCNA
8 8 (1.02%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (1.02%) DV Cleared
9 6 (0.76%) CCIE
9 6 (0.76%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (0.76%) PMI Certification
10 5 (0.64%) APMP
10 5 (0.64%) Azure Certification
10 5 (0.64%) BC Cleared
10 5 (0.64%) ITIL Certification
10 5 (0.64%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 5 (0.64%) PMP
10 5 (0.64%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 4 (0.51%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (4.58%) PMO
2 24 (3.05%) QA
3 14 (1.78%) Data Quality
4 9 (1.15%) SLA
5 7 (0.89%) GDPR
6 4 (0.51%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.25%) COBIT
7 2 (0.25%) GRC
7 2 (0.25%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.13%) Basel III
8 1 (0.13%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.13%) COREP
8 1 (0.13%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.13%) FINREP
8 1 (0.13%) IFRS
8 1 (0.13%) IFRS 9
8 1 (0.13%) NCSC
8 1 (0.13%) NIST
8 1 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.13%) Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
System Software
1 22 (2.80%) Active Directory
2 7 (0.89%) Firmware
3 6 (0.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.38%) XenApp
4 3 (0.38%) XenDesktop
5 1 (0.13%) Docker
5 1 (0.13%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.13%) Snort
5 1 (0.13%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (1.91%) Ansible
2 8 (1.02%) Control-M
3 7 (0.89%) Kubernetes
3 7 (0.89%) Puppet
4 6 (0.76%) NetBackup
4 6 (0.76%) SCCM
5 5 (0.64%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (0.38%) FortiGate
6 3 (0.38%) SCOM
6 3 (0.38%) Terraform
7 1 (0.13%) Argo
7 1 (0.13%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.13%) Grafana
7 1 (0.13%) Istio
7 1 (0.13%) Kibana
7 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Clustering
7 1 (0.13%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.13%) SCOrch
7 1 (0.13%) SCVMM
7 1 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 86 (10.94%) Microsoft
2 67 (8.52%) ServiceNow
3 47 (5.98%) SAP
4 26 (3.31%) Cisco
5 25 (3.18%) Oracle
6 18 (2.29%) Citrix
6 18 (2.29%) Splunk
7 17 (2.16%) NetApp
8 12 (1.53%) Palo Alto
9 8 (1.02%) Adobe
10 7 (0.89%) BT
10 7 (0.89%) F5
10 7 (0.89%) SolarWinds
10 7 (0.89%) VMware
11 6 (0.76%) Ariba
11 6 (0.76%) Google
11 6 (0.76%) Juniper
11 6 (0.76%) Salesforce
11 6 (0.76%) Veritas
12 5 (0.64%) Pega