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 18 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 46 47
Rank change year-on-year -6 +1 -4
Contract jobs citing Change Management 74 47 49
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 3.16% 3.60% 3.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.04% 4.03% 3.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 21 32
10th Percentile £400 £425 £132
25th Percentile £425 £463 £332
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £509 £530 £480
Median % change year-on-year -3.96% +10.42% -1.54%
75th Percentile £575 £684 £575
90th Percentile £750 £750 £588
England median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 6 3
10th Percentile £34.87 - -
25th Percentile £45.35 £22.63 £26.42
Median hourly rate £56.92 £23.13 £27.67
Median % change year-on-year +146.09% -16.41% -51.88%
75th Percentile £73.31 £29.16 £36.34
90th Percentile £82.73 £31.00 £40.79
England median hourly rate £54.00 £30.00 £58.30
% change year-on-year +80.00% -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 1,832 1,166 1,253
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 78.19% 89.42% 81.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 832 504 458
10th Percentile £190 £200 £200
25th Percentile £367 £379 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £446
Median % change year-on-year - +12.11% -10.80%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £550
90th Percentile £675 £686 £638
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 461 312 383
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.38 £14.62
25th Percentile £17.00 £16.30 £15.62
Median hourly rate £50.00 £25.15 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +98.81% -37.13% +101.92%
75th Percentile £70.00 £64.06 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £68.60
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -3.37%

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 18 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 18 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 18 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 +5 45 £550 +4.76% 35
Cambridgeshire -2 15 £525 -20.60% 25
Bedfordshire +6 6 £518 +15.00% 16
Essex -13 4 £450 -13.46% 29
Suffolk -16 2 £450 -18.18% 6
Norfolk - 2 £241 - 9
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 (2.70%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (5.41%) Windchill
2 2 (2.70%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.35%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (6.76%) Maximo
1 5 (6.76%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (2.70%) Dynamics GP
2 2 (2.70%) Oracle Applications
2 2 (2.70%) Workday HCM
3 1 (1.35%) Primavera
3 1 (1.35%) SAP SD
3 1 (1.35%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 11 (14.86%) Azure
2 7 (9.46%) AWS
3 4 (5.41%) Amazon CloudWatch
3 4 (5.41%) Azure Monitor
3 4 (5.41%) Entra ID
3 4 (5.41%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (5.41%) SaaS
4 3 (4.05%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (4.05%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (4.05%) Microsoft Copilot
4 3 (4.05%) PaaS
4 3 (4.05%) Power Platform
5 2 (2.70%) Azure Logic Apps
5 2 (2.70%) Azure Service Bus
5 2 (2.70%) Cohesity
5 2 (2.70%) OCI
5 2 (2.70%) OpenShift
5 2 (2.70%) Power Automate
5 2 (2.70%) PowerApps
5 2 (2.70%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 6 (8.11%) Firewall
2 5 (6.76%) Structured Cabling
2 5 (6.76%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (5.41%) Network Security
3 4 (5.41%) SNMP
4 3 (4.05%) LAN
4 3 (4.05%) WAN
5 2 (2.70%) DHCP
5 2 (2.70%) DNS
5 2 (2.70%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
5 2 (2.70%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 2 (2.70%) NAS
5 2 (2.70%) SAN
6 1 (1.35%) Intranet
6 1 (1.35%) VoIP
6 1 (1.35%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (1.35%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.35%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (1.35%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (1.35%) QlikView
2 1 (1.35%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (5.41%) Git
2 2 (2.70%) JIRA
2 2 (2.70%) Visual Studio
General
1 30 (40.54%) Social Skills
2 24 (32.43%) Finance
3 8 (10.81%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (8.11%) Retail
5 4 (5.41%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (5.41%) Law
5 4 (5.41%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (5.41%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (4.05%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (2.70%) Back Office
8 1 (1.35%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.35%) Billing
8 1 (1.35%) Legal
8 1 (1.35%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.35%) Military
8 1 (1.35%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 18 (24.32%) Project Manager
2 9 (12.16%) Analyst
3 8 (10.81%) Business Analyst
3 8 (10.81%) Senior
4 6 (8.11%) Lead
5 5 (6.76%) Consultant
6 4 (5.41%) Data Centre Manager
6 4 (5.41%) Data Centre Project Manager
6 4 (5.41%) Data Manager
6 4 (5.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (5.41%) IT Manager
6 4 (5.41%) Service Manager
7 3 (4.05%) Cybersecurity Manager
7 3 (4.05%) Infrastructure Manager
7 3 (4.05%) Product Manager
7 3 (4.05%) SAP Financial Leader
7 3 (4.05%) Security Manager
7 3 (4.05%) Security Project Manager
7 3 (4.05%) Senior Manager
7 3 (4.05%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.76%) Terraform
2 4 (5.41%) eBPF
2 4 (5.41%) OpenTelemetry
3 3 (4.05%) JSP
3 3 (4.05%) XML
4 2 (2.70%) .NET
4 2 (2.70%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (1.35%) EDI
5 1 (1.35%) SailPoint
5 1 (1.35%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.46%) Data Centre
2 4 (5.41%) Cloud Native
3 3 (4.05%) NHS
4 2 (2.70%) AI Agents
4 2 (2.70%) BYOD
4 2 (2.70%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (2.70%) Low-Code
4 2 (2.70%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.35%) e-Learning
5 1 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.35%) FMCG
5 1 (1.35%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.35%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (13.51%) Windows
2 7 (9.46%) Windows Server
3 4 (5.41%) Linux
4 2 (2.70%) Android
5 1 (1.35%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (40.54%) Stakeholder Management
2 20 (27.03%) Continuous Improvement
3 19 (25.68%) Problem-Solving
4 17 (22.97%) Agile
4 17 (22.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 15 (20.27%) Risk Management
5 15 (20.27%) Roadmaps
6 14 (18.92%) Project Management
7 13 (17.57%) PRINCE2
8 11 (14.86%) DevOps
8 11 (14.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 11 (14.86%) ITIL
8 11 (14.86%) Root Cause Analysis
9 10 (13.51%) Project Delivery
10 9 (12.16%) ERP
10 9 (12.16%) Project Governance
11 8 (10.81%) Decision-Making
11 8 (10.81%) ITSM
11 8 (10.81%) Project Planning
11 8 (10.81%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 7 (9.46%) Bash
2 6 (8.11%) Python
3 3 (4.05%) Java
3 3 (4.05%) PowerShell
3 3 (4.05%) SQL
4 2 (2.70%) C#
4 2 (2.70%) JavaScript
4 2 (2.70%) X++
5 1 (1.35%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 18 (24.32%) Security Cleared
2 12 (16.22%) SC Cleared
3 11 (14.86%) Degree
4 6 (8.11%) DV Cleared
4 6 (8.11%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 5 (6.76%) PMI Certification
5 5 (6.76%) PMP
6 3 (4.05%) CISSP
7 2 (2.70%) ACCA
7 2 (2.70%) CIMA
7 2 (2.70%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (2.70%) CISM
7 2 (2.70%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (1.35%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (1.35%) CCNA
8 1 (1.35%) CCSP
8 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (1.35%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (1.35%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (1.35%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.41%) PMO
1 4 (5.41%) SLA
2 3 (4.05%) QA
3 2 (2.70%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.35%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (1.35%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.35%) GDPR
4 1 (1.35%) NCSC
System Software
1 8 (10.81%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (6.76%) Active Directory
3 3 (4.05%) vSphere
4 2 (2.70%) Firmware
4 2 (2.70%) Hyper-V
4 2 (2.70%) VMware NSX
5 1 (1.35%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 4 (5.41%) Ansible
1 4 (5.41%) Grafana
1 4 (5.41%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (5.41%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 12 (16.22%) Microsoft
2 8 (10.81%) SAP
2 8 (10.81%) VMware
3 5 (6.76%) IBM
3 5 (6.76%) Planon
3 5 (6.76%) ServiceNow
4 4 (5.41%) Cribl.io
4 4 (5.41%) Dynatrace
4 4 (5.41%) Splunk
5 3 (4.05%) Cisco
5 3 (4.05%) Oracle
5 3 (4.05%) PTC
6 2 (2.70%) CheckPoint
6 2 (2.70%) F5
6 2 (2.70%) NetApp
6 2 (2.70%) Workday
6 2 (2.70%) Zscaler
7 1 (1.35%) OpenAI
7 1 (1.35%) Palo Alto
7 1 (1.35%) SOTI