Change Management Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Change Management
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Change Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 48 55
Rank change year-on-year +1 +7 -3
Contract jobs citing Change Management 75 49 42
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 3.35% 3.86% 2.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.28% 4.33% 3.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 23 27
10th Percentile £402 £358 £248
25th Percentile £425 £456 £333
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -3.90% +16.67% -5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £670 £563
90th Percentile £726 £740 £575
England median daily rate £525 £500 £523
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.31% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 6 3
10th Percentile £22.63 - -
25th Percentile £28.78 £22.63 £26.42
Median hourly rate £48.84 £23.13 £27.67
Median % change year-on-year +111.15% -16.41% -51.88%
75th Percentile £68.25 £29.16 £36.34
90th Percentile £78.75 £31.00 £40.79
England median hourly rate £49.67 £30.00 £58.30
% change year-on-year +65.57% -48.54% +20.45%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East of England

Change Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,752 1,131 1,229
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 78.35% 89.20% 82.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 834 496 454
10th Percentile £190 £200 £200
25th Percentile £400 £375 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £438
Median % change year-on-year - +14.29% -12.50%
75th Percentile £594 £575 £550
90th Percentile £675 £678 £638
England median daily rate £525 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 409 290 406
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.78 £14.70
25th Percentile £16.01 £16.55 £15.62
Median hourly rate £47.50 £30.76 £39.75
Median % change year-on-year +54.42% -22.62% +100.66%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.13 £70.00
England median hourly rate £43.56 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +73.20% -41.51% +1.18%

Change Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Change Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Change Management job vacancy trend in the East of England

Change Management
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Change Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Change Management

Change Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Change Management in the East of England over the 6 months to 4 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Change Management in the East of England

Change Management
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Change Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Change Management

Change Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Change Management in the East of England over the 6 months to 4 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Change Management in the East of England

Change Management
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 East of England region over the 6 months to 4 September 2026. 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
Hertfordshire +9 45 £530 +0.86% 24
Cambridgeshire -5 15 £528 -18.85% 25
Bedfordshire +6 6 £518 +15.00% 13
Essex -17 5 £450 +5.88% 27
Suffolk -11 2 £450 -18.18% 8
Norfolk - 2 £241 - 8
Change Management
England

Change Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (4.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (4.00%) Spreadsheet
1 3 (4.00%) Windchill
2 1 (1.33%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (6.67%) Maximo
2 2 (2.67%) Dynamics GP
2 2 (2.67%) Oracle Applications
2 2 (2.67%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.33%) Primavera
3 1 (1.33%) SAP SD
3 1 (1.33%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 11 (14.67%) Azure
2 7 (9.33%) AWS
3 4 (5.33%) Amazon CloudWatch
3 4 (5.33%) Azure Monitor
3 4 (5.33%) Entra ID
3 4 (5.33%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (5.33%) SaaS
4 3 (4.00%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (4.00%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (4.00%) Microsoft Copilot
4 3 (4.00%) PaaS
4 3 (4.00%) Power Platform
5 2 (2.67%) Azure Logic Apps
5 2 (2.67%) Azure Service Bus
5 2 (2.67%) OCI
5 2 (2.67%) OpenShift
5 2 (2.67%) Power Automate
5 2 (2.67%) PowerApps
5 2 (2.67%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 1 (1.33%) Cohesity
Communications & Networking
1 6 (8.00%) Firewall
2 5 (6.67%) Structured Cabling
2 5 (6.67%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (5.33%) Network Security
3 4 (5.33%) SNMP
4 3 (4.00%) LAN
4 3 (4.00%) WAN
5 2 (2.67%) DHCP
5 2 (2.67%) DNS
5 2 (2.67%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
5 2 (2.67%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 1 (1.33%) Intranet
6 1 (1.33%) NAS
6 1 (1.33%) SAN
6 1 (1.33%) VoIP
6 1 (1.33%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (1.33%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.33%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (1.33%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (1.33%) QlikView
2 1 (1.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (5.33%) Git
2 2 (2.67%) JIRA
2 2 (2.67%) Visual Studio
3 1 (1.33%) Hudson
General
1 28 (37.33%) Social Skills
2 21 (28.00%) Finance
3 6 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (6.67%) Retail
5 4 (5.33%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (5.33%) Law
5 4 (5.33%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (5.33%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (4.00%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.67%) Aerospace
7 2 (2.67%) Back Office
7 2 (2.67%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.33%) Aviation
8 1 (1.33%) Billing
8 1 (1.33%) Legal
8 1 (1.33%) Military
8 1 (1.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 18 (24.00%) Project Manager
2 9 (12.00%) Analyst
3 8 (10.67%) Business Analyst
4 7 (9.33%) Senior
5 6 (8.00%) Consultant
6 4 (5.33%) Data Centre Manager
6 4 (5.33%) Data Centre Project Manager
6 4 (5.33%) Data Manager
6 4 (5.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (5.33%) IT Manager
6 4 (5.33%) Lead
6 4 (5.33%) Service Manager
7 3 (4.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
7 3 (4.00%) Financial Controller
7 3 (4.00%) Product Manager
7 3 (4.00%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
7 3 (4.00%) SAP Administrator
7 3 (4.00%) SAP Support
7 3 (4.00%) Security Manager
7 3 (4.00%) Security Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.67%) Terraform
2 4 (5.33%) eBPF
2 4 (5.33%) OpenTelemetry
3 2 (2.67%) .NET
3 2 (2.67%) JSP
3 2 (2.67%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (2.67%) XML
4 1 (1.33%) EDI
4 1 (1.33%) REST
4 1 (1.33%) SailPoint
4 1 (1.33%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.00%) Data Centre
2 4 (5.33%) Cloud Native
3 3 (4.00%) NHS
4 2 (2.67%) AI Agents
4 2 (2.67%) BYOD
4 2 (2.67%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (2.67%) Low-Code
4 2 (2.67%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.33%) e-Learning
5 1 (1.33%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.33%) FMCG
5 1 (1.33%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.33%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.33%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.33%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (13.33%) Windows
2 7 (9.33%) Windows Server
3 4 (5.33%) Linux
4 2 (2.67%) Android
5 1 (1.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 18 (24.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 18 (24.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 16 (21.33%) Agile
3 16 (21.33%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (20.00%) Project Management
5 13 (17.33%) ERP
5 13 (17.33%) PRINCE2
5 13 (17.33%) Risk Management
6 12 (16.00%) Roadmaps
7 10 (13.33%) DevOps
7 10 (13.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 10 (13.33%) ITIL
7 10 (13.33%) Project Delivery
7 10 (13.33%) Root Cause Analysis
8 9 (12.00%) Project Governance
9 8 (10.67%) Decision-Making
9 8 (10.67%) ITSM
9 8 (10.67%) Project Planning
10 7 (9.33%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 7 (9.33%) Bash
2 6 (8.00%) Python
3 4 (5.33%) SQL
4 3 (4.00%) PowerShell
5 2 (2.67%) C#
5 2 (2.67%) Java
5 2 (2.67%) JavaScript
5 2 (2.67%) X++
6 1 (1.33%) ABAP
6 1 (1.33%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (25.33%) Security Cleared
2 13 (17.33%) SC Cleared
3 10 (13.33%) Degree
4 6 (8.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 5 (6.67%) DV Cleared
5 5 (6.67%) PMI Certification
5 5 (6.67%) PMP
6 3 (4.00%) ACCA
6 3 (4.00%) CIMA
6 3 (4.00%) CISSP
7 2 (2.67%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (2.67%) CISM
7 2 (2.67%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (1.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (1.33%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (1.33%) CCNA
8 1 (1.33%) CCSP
8 1 (1.33%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (1.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (1.33%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.33%) SLA
2 3 (4.00%) QA
3 1 (1.33%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (1.33%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.33%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.33%) GDPR
3 1 (1.33%) NCSC
3 1 (1.33%) PMO
System Software
1 7 (9.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (6.67%) Active Directory
3 3 (4.00%) vSphere
4 2 (2.67%) Hyper-V
4 2 (2.67%) VMware NSX
5 1 (1.33%) Firmware
5 1 (1.33%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 4 (5.33%) Ansible
1 4 (5.33%) Grafana
1 4 (5.33%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (5.33%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 12 (16.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (10.67%) SAP
3 7 (9.33%) VMware
4 5 (6.67%) IBM
4 5 (6.67%) Planon
4 5 (6.67%) ServiceNow
5 4 (5.33%) Cribl.io
5 4 (5.33%) Dynatrace
5 4 (5.33%) Splunk
6 3 (4.00%) Cisco
6 3 (4.00%) IFS
6 3 (4.00%) Oracle
7 2 (2.67%) CheckPoint
7 2 (2.67%) F5
7 2 (2.67%) PTC
7 2 (2.67%) Zscaler
8 1 (1.33%) Barracuda Networks
8 1 (1.33%) Computacenter
8 1 (1.33%) CyberArk
8 1 (1.33%) SOTI