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 17 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 31 54
Rank change year-on-year -35 +23 -2
Contract jobs citing Change Management 37 58 52
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 2.31% 5.27% 2.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.75% 6.18% 3.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 40 38
10th Percentile £418 £121 £309
25th Percentile £443 £361 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £450 £514
Median % change year-on-year +15.56% -12.37% +32.52%
75th Percentile £628 £600 £642
90th Percentile £641 £700 £771
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 7 0
10th Percentile £23.08 £26.42 -
25th Percentile £26.94 £26.71 -
Median hourly rate £34.25 £41.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -17.47% - -
75th Percentile £41.94 £66.25 -
90th Percentile £46.03 £72.50 -
England median hourly rate £45.46 £55.37 £43.33
% change year-on-year -17.90% +27.79% +28.73%

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 1,345 938 1,510
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 84.06% 85.27% 86.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 592 416 774
10th Percentile £196 £243 £236
25th Percentile £351 £340 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £478 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.58% -4.45% -
75th Percentile £580 £600 £599
90th Percentile £675 £691 £700
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 424 174 385
10th Percentile £14.00 - £14.00
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.62 £14.94
Median hourly rate £20.16 £40.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -49.60% +60.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.69 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £84.18 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £40.29
% change year-on-year -28.14% -13.14% +15.12%

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 17 January 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 17 January 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 17 January 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 -13 15 £450 -21.74% 15
Bedfordshire -16 8 £585 +377.55% 8
Cambridgeshire -16 5 £488 +8.33% 10
Essex - 5 £450 - 9
Suffolk +5 3 £513 +3.12% 5
Norfolk -23 1 - - 6
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 3 (8.11%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (8.11%) Microsoft Project
1 3 (8.11%) Windchill
2 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (2.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.70%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 3 (8.11%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (2.70%) Infor M3
2 1 (2.70%) ResourceLink
Cloud Services
1 3 (8.11%) Azure
1 3 (8.11%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (8.11%) Power Platform
2 1 (2.70%) AWS
2 1 (2.70%) GCP
2 1 (2.70%) OneDrive
2 1 (2.70%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (10.81%) Structured Cabling
1 4 (10.81%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (8.11%) Firewall
2 3 (8.11%) Network Security
3 2 (5.41%) Cisco ASA
3 2 (5.41%) DNS
3 2 (5.41%) VPN
4 1 (2.70%) TCP/IP
4 1 (2.70%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.41%) Power BI
2 1 (2.70%) Amazon Aurora
2 1 (2.70%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (2.70%) Metadata
2 1 (2.70%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (2.70%) SAP HANA
2 1 (2.70%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (2.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (2.70%) Tableau
General
1 12 (32.43%) Social Skills
2 6 (16.22%) Public Sector
3 5 (13.51%) Aerospace
4 4 (10.81%) Local Government
5 3 (8.11%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (8.11%) Finance
5 3 (8.11%) Retail
6 2 (5.41%) Legal
6 2 (5.41%) Manufacturing
6 2 (5.41%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (5.41%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.70%) Law
7 1 (2.70%) Publishing
7 1 (2.70%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 10 (27.03%) Analyst
2 9 (24.32%) Project Manager
3 8 (21.62%) Senior
4 5 (13.51%) Business Analyst
5 4 (10.81%) Lead
5 4 (10.81%) Senior Analyst
5 4 (10.81%) Senior Business Analyst
6 3 (8.11%) Data Centre Manager
6 3 (8.11%) Data Centre Project Manager
6 3 (8.11%) Infrastructure Manager
6 3 (8.11%) Infrastructure Project Manager
7 2 (5.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (5.41%) IT Manager
7 2 (5.41%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (5.41%) Senior Manager
7 2 (5.41%) Senior Windows Engineer
7 2 (5.41%) Technical Analyst
7 2 (5.41%) VMware Engineer
7 2 (5.41%) Windows Engineer
7 2 (5.41%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (16.22%) Data Centre
2 2 (5.41%) e-Learning
2 2 (5.41%) Life Science
2 2 (5.41%) Onboarding
2 2 (5.41%) Virtual Team
3 1 (2.70%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.70%) NHS
3 1 (2.70%) Private Cloud
3 1 (2.70%) Public Cloud
3 1 (2.70%) Reference Data
3 1 (2.70%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 1 (2.70%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 6 (16.22%) Windows
2 5 (13.51%) Windows Server
3 2 (5.41%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (35.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 9 (24.32%) PRINCE2
2 9 (24.32%) Project Management
2 9 (24.32%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (18.92%) Project Delivery
3 7 (18.92%) Risk Management
4 6 (16.22%) Agile
4 6 (16.22%) Migration
5 5 (13.51%) Business Analysis
5 5 (13.51%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (13.51%) Data Analysis
5 5 (13.51%) Mentoring
6 4 (10.81%) Coaching
6 4 (10.81%) Collaborative Working
6 4 (10.81%) ERP
6 4 (10.81%) Impact Assessments
6 4 (10.81%) ITIL
6 4 (10.81%) Project Governance
6 4 (10.81%) Project Planning
6 4 (10.81%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.70%) PowerShell
1 1 (2.70%) SQL
1 1 (2.70%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (29.73%) Security Cleared
2 10 (27.03%) SC Cleared
3 6 (16.22%) Degree
4 4 (10.81%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 2 (5.41%) PMP
6 1 (2.70%) APMG
6 1 (2.70%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (2.70%) CCNP
6 1 (2.70%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (2.70%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (2.70%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (2.70%) PMI Certification
6 1 (2.70%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.11%) PMO
2 2 (5.41%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.70%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (2.70%) Hyper-V
1 1 (2.70%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (2.70%) Ansible
1 1 (2.70%) SCCM
1 1 (2.70%) WSUS
Vendors
1 8 (21.62%) Microsoft
2 4 (10.81%) SAP
3 3 (8.11%) Cisco
3 3 (8.11%) IFS
3 3 (8.11%) ServiceNow
3 3 (8.11%) VMware
4 2 (5.41%) Palo Alto
4 2 (5.41%) PTC
4 2 (5.41%) Workday
5 1 (2.70%) Ariba
5 1 (2.70%) Computacenter
5 1 (2.70%) EMC
5 1 (2.70%) Infor
5 1 (2.70%) Oracle
5 1 (2.70%) Progress
5 1 (2.70%) Qualys
5 1 (2.70%) Rapid7
5 1 (2.70%) Salesforce
5 1 (2.70%) Tenable