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 26 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 32 57
Rank change year-on-year -15 +25 -7
Contract jobs citing Change Management 65 54 57
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 3.32% 5.54% 2.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.23% 6.29% 3.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 38 46
10th Percentile £423 £325 £200
25th Percentile £425 £413 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £487 £425
Median % change year-on-year -2.51% +14.65% -2.86%
75th Percentile £628 £575 £550
90th Percentile £680 £700 £725
England median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 6 1
10th Percentile - £22.40 -
25th Percentile - £30.44 £26.42
Median hourly rate £22.63 £50.75 £27.67
Median % change year-on-year -55.41% +83.41% -55.73%
75th Percentile £22.68 £69.38 £28.93
90th Percentile - £72.50 -
England median hourly rate £42.05 £56.75 £33.80
% change year-on-year -25.89% +67.90% -29.59%

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 1,537 858 1,647
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 78.42% 88.00% 86.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 713 466 794
10th Percentile £200 £250 £238
25th Percentile £356 £399 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% +3.16% -2.81%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £700
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 424 166 526
10th Percentile £14.18 £15.17 £14.16
25th Percentile £16.54 £20.36 £15.00
Median hourly rate £21.90 £54.00 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year -59.44% +41.66% +34.94%
75th Percentile £65.00 £73.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £85.00 £75.25
England median hourly rate £35.55 £32.50 £33.00
% change year-on-year +9.38% -1.52% -12.00%

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 26 March 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 26 March 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 26 March 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 -3 36 £450 -15.09% 21
Bedfordshire -9 9 £585 -13.33% 3
Cambridgeshire -14 9 £475 +5.56% 11
Essex 0 8 £450 +8.50% 7
Norfolk -27 2 - - 2
Suffolk -1 1 £475 - 7
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 1 (1.54%) Confluence
1 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.54%) SharePoint
Applications
1 17 (26.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (6.15%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (4.62%) Windchill
4 2 (3.08%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (3.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (3.08%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (1.54%) MS Visio
5 1 (1.54%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 4 (6.15%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (3.08%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (1.54%) Infor M3
3 1 (1.54%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (1.54%) ResourceLink
Cloud Services
1 4 (6.15%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (4.62%) Azure
3 2 (3.08%) OCI
3 2 (3.08%) PaaS
3 2 (3.08%) Power Platform
3 2 (3.08%) SaaS
4 1 (1.54%) AWS
4 1 (1.54%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.54%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.54%) OneDrive
4 1 (1.54%) PowerApps
4 1 (1.54%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 8 (12.31%) Structured Cabling
2 7 (10.77%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (6.15%) Firewall
4 3 (4.62%) Network Security
5 2 (3.08%) Cisco ASA
5 2 (3.08%) DNS
5 2 (3.08%) VPN
6 1 (1.54%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 1 (1.54%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 1 (1.54%) LAN
6 1 (1.54%) TCP/IP
6 1 (1.54%) WAN
6 1 (1.54%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.08%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (3.08%) QlikView
2 1 (1.54%) Metadata
2 1 (1.54%) Oracle Database
2 1 (1.54%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (1.54%) Power BI
2 1 (1.54%) Qlik Sense
2 1 (1.54%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (1.54%) Hudson
1 1 (1.54%) JIRA
General
1 18 (27.69%) Social Skills
2 14 (21.54%) Finance
3 9 (13.85%) Aerospace
4 7 (10.77%) Public Sector
5 5 (7.69%) Manufacturing
6 4 (6.15%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (6.15%) Aviation
6 4 (6.15%) Local Government
6 4 (6.15%) Retail
7 2 (3.08%) Law
7 2 (3.08%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.54%) Back Office
8 1 (1.54%) Legal
8 1 (1.54%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (23.08%) Administrator
2 14 (21.54%) SAP Administrator
2 14 (21.54%) SAP Support
3 13 (20.00%) Project Manager
4 10 (15.38%) SAP Security Administrator
4 10 (15.38%) Security Administrator
5 9 (13.85%) Analyst
6 8 (12.31%) Senior
7 7 (10.77%) Data Centre Manager
7 7 (10.77%) Data Centre Project Manager
8 6 (9.23%) Business Analyst
9 5 (7.69%) Lead
10 4 (6.15%) Financial Controller
10 4 (6.15%) Infrastructure Manager
10 4 (6.15%) Infrastructure Project Manager
10 4 (6.15%) Senior Analyst
10 4 (6.15%) Senior Business Analyst
11 3 (4.62%) Data Manager
12 2 (3.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 2 (3.08%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.08%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.54%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 10 (15.38%) Data Centre
2 3 (4.62%) Onboarding
2 3 (4.62%) Virtual Team
3 2 (3.08%) e-Learning
3 2 (3.08%) Life Science
3 2 (3.08%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.54%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.54%) NHS
4 1 (1.54%) PMI
4 1 (1.54%) Reference Data
4 1 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.54%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 1 (1.54%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.15%) Windows
2 3 (4.62%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.54%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (24.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 15 (23.08%) SDLC
3 14 (21.54%) Project Management
3 14 (21.54%) SAP Security
3 14 (21.54%) Stakeholder Management
4 13 (20.00%) ERP
5 12 (18.46%) PRINCE2
6 10 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (15.38%) Risk Management
7 9 (13.85%) Continuous Improvement
8 7 (10.77%) Agile
8 7 (10.77%) Line Management
8 7 (10.77%) Migration
8 7 (10.77%) Project Planning
9 6 (9.23%) Coaching
9 6 (9.23%) Decision-Making
9 6 (9.23%) Impact Assessments
9 6 (9.23%) Process Improvement
9 6 (9.23%) Procure-to-Pay
10 5 (7.69%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.62%) SQL
2 1 (1.54%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 27 (41.54%) Security Cleared
2 21 (32.31%) SC Cleared
3 8 (12.31%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 7 (10.77%) Degree
5 6 (9.23%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (6.15%) ACCA
6 4 (6.15%) CIMA
7 2 (3.08%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.54%) APMG
8 1 (1.54%) CCNP
8 1 (1.54%) CIPD
8 1 (1.54%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (1.54%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (1.54%) PMI Certification
8 1 (1.54%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.62%) Data Quality
2 2 (3.08%) GDPR
3 1 (1.54%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (3.08%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.54%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.54%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.54%) VMware NSX
Vendors
1 18 (27.69%) SAP
2 10 (15.38%) Microsoft
3 6 (9.23%) IFS
4 5 (7.69%) Oracle
5 4 (6.15%) Cisco
5 4 (6.15%) VMware
6 3 (4.62%) ServiceNow
7 2 (3.08%) Palo Alto
7 2 (3.08%) PTC
8 1 (1.54%) Ariba
8 1 (1.54%) CheckPoint
8 1 (1.54%) Computacenter
8 1 (1.54%) EMC
8 1 (1.54%) F5
8 1 (1.54%) Infor
8 1 (1.54%) Salesforce