Change Management Contract Job Trends in England

Change Management
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Change Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 47 44
Rank change year-on-year -6 -3 +6
Contract jobs citing Change Management 1,474 1,099 1,636
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.33% 4.23% 4.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.95% 4.71% 4.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 957 639 1,035
10th Percentile £313 £332 £359
25th Percentile £406 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £594 £638 £650
90th Percentile £694 £713 £712
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 26 57
10th Percentile £20.79 £27.80 £17.16
25th Percentile £22.68 £32.57 £28.30
Median hourly rate £45.46 £56.75 £37.18
Median % change year-on-year -19.89% +52.62% -11.48%
75th Percentile £56.69 £69.69 £59.00
90th Percentile £75.51 £76.25 £63.00
UK median hourly rate £45.46 £56.75 £37.18
% change year-on-year -19.89% +52.62% -5.27%

All Process & Methodology Skills
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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 29,784 23,344 33,259
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.41% 89.82% 87.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,034 14,461 22,141
10th Percentile £310 £309 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,874 730 1,983
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.62 £13.29
25th Percentile £18.23 £21.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.89 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.04% - -
75th Percentile £60.41 £64.73 £60.32
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.03 £72.90
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £33.28
% change year-on-year -22.62% -2.35% -1.12%

Change Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Change Management job vacancy trend in England

Change Management
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

Change Management
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Change Management in England over the 6 months to 15 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Change Management in England

Change Management
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

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

Change Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Change Management in England over the 6 months to 15 February 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Change Management in England

Change Management
Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 15 February 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
London -12 605 £520 -0.95% 165
North of England -7 290 £450 -11.24% 95
Midlands +10 238 £492 -1.60% 81
South East +2 185 £475 -11.63% 141
North West +6 180 £402 -14.92% 53
West Midlands +1 158 £500 -0.20% 59
South West +8 113 £525 -4.55% 29
Yorkshire -19 105 £487 -11.45% 32
East Midlands +22 80 £435 +11.25% 22
East of England -36 39 £500 +5.26% 37
North East -23 5 £475 -17.39% 12
Change Management
UK

Change Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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
1 113 (7.67%) Confluence
2 74 (5.02%) SharePoint
3 27 (1.83%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (0.61%) Appian
5 6 (0.41%) Mattermost
5 6 (0.41%) Skype for Business
6 5 (0.34%) HCL Notes
7 4 (0.27%) CMS
7 4 (0.27%) IIS
7 4 (0.27%) nginx
8 3 (0.20%) Moodle
8 3 (0.20%) SAS
9 2 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.14%) JBoss
9 2 (0.14%) Mule
10 1 (0.068%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.068%) FileNet
10 1 (0.068%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.068%) Oracle Spatial
10 1 (0.068%) Tomcat
Applications
1 84 (5.70%) Microsoft Project
2 70 (4.75%) Microsoft Office
3 63 (4.27%) Microsoft Excel
4 40 (2.71%) MS Visio
5 28 (1.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.34%) Acrobat
6 5 (0.34%) Trello
7 4 (0.27%) Mozilla Thunderbird
7 4 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.27%) Windchill
8 1 (0.068%) Adobe Captivate
8 1 (0.068%) Camtasia
8 1 (0.068%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.068%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 58 (3.93%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (0.81%) Salesforce CRM
4 11 (0.75%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 8 (0.54%) SAP ERP
6 7 (0.47%) Workday HCM
7 6 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
8 5 (0.34%) Oracle Cash Management
8 5 (0.34%) Oracle ERP
8 5 (0.34%) Oracle Payables
8 5 (0.34%) SAP CO
8 5 (0.34%) SAP FI
8 5 (0.34%) SAP FI/CO
9 4 (0.27%) Finacle
9 4 (0.27%) NetSuite
9 4 (0.27%) Teamcenter
10 3 (0.20%) iTrent
10 3 (0.20%) Kondor
10 3 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
10 3 (0.20%) Oracle General Ledger
Cloud Services
1 219 (14.86%) Azure
2 139 (9.43%) AWS
3 101 (6.85%) Microsoft 365
4 96 (6.51%) GCP
5 81 (5.50%) Power Platform
6 45 (3.05%) Entra ID
7 44 (2.99%) Azure DevOps
8 37 (2.51%) SaaS
9 25 (1.70%) Dynamics 365
9 25 (1.70%) Serverless
10 24 (1.63%) Power Automate
11 21 (1.42%) Google Workspace
12 20 (1.36%) AWS KMS
13 19 (1.29%) Google Sheets
14 18 (1.22%) Cloud Computing
15 17 (1.15%) Microsoft Copilot
15 17 (1.15%) OpenShift
15 17 (1.15%) PaaS
16 16 (1.09%) GitHub
17 15 (1.02%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 82 (5.56%) Firewall
2 60 (4.07%) DNS
3 57 (3.87%) Network Security
4 41 (2.78%) VPN
5 39 (2.65%) WAN
6 29 (1.97%) LAN
7 24 (1.63%) DHCP
8 22 (1.49%) TCP/IP
9 21 (1.42%) Wi-Fi
10 17 (1.15%) SD-WAN
10 17 (1.15%) SSL
11 13 (0.88%) BGP
11 13 (0.88%) Kerberos
11 13 (0.88%) SSH
12 12 (0.81%) HTTP
12 12 (0.81%) SAN
13 11 (0.75%) OSPF
14 10 (0.68%) Cisco ASA
14 10 (0.68%) Internet
14 10 (0.68%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (4.48%) Power BI
2 46 (3.12%) SQL Server
3 26 (1.76%) PostgreSQL
4 21 (1.42%) Metadata
4 21 (1.42%) Tableau
5 16 (1.09%) Amazon RDS
5 16 (1.09%) NoSQL
6 15 (1.02%) Elasticsearch
7 12 (0.81%) Oracle Database
8 8 (0.54%) Amazon Aurora
8 8 (0.54%) Data Warehouse
8 8 (0.54%) Oracle Reports
8 8 (0.54%) Pinecone
8 8 (0.54%) Relational Database
9 7 (0.47%) MySQL
10 6 (0.41%) BigQuery
10 6 (0.41%) Electronic Patient Records
11 5 (0.34%) Big Data
11 5 (0.34%) Metadata Repository
12 3 (0.20%) Redis
Development Applications
1 173 (11.74%) JIRA
2 52 (3.53%) Jenkins
3 28 (1.90%) Git
4 26 (1.76%) GitLab
5 25 (1.70%) Liquibase
6 12 (0.81%) Visual Studio
7 8 (0.54%) MLflow
8 6 (0.41%) Vagrant
9 5 (0.34%) Sonatype Nexus
10 4 (0.27%) MSI
11 3 (0.20%) InstallShield
11 3 (0.20%) JUnit
11 3 (0.20%) Oracle APEX
12 2 (0.14%) AdminStudio
12 2 (0.14%) Artifactory
12 2 (0.14%) git-flow
12 2 (0.14%) Mockito
13 1 (0.068%) CircleCI
13 1 (0.068%) Octopus Deploy
13 1 (0.068%) SonarQube
General
1 695 (47.15%) Social Skills
2 500 (33.92%) Finance
3 285 (19.34%) Analytical Skills
4 148 (10.04%) Public Sector
5 145 (9.84%) Banking
6 63 (4.27%) Influencing Skills
7 50 (3.39%) Presentation Skills
8 49 (3.32%) Documentation Skills
8 49 (3.32%) Legal
9 47 (3.19%) Manufacturing
10 37 (2.51%) Retail
10 37 (2.51%) Telecoms
11 35 (2.37%) Local Government
12 33 (2.24%) Organisational Skills
13 32 (2.17%) Financial Institution
13 32 (2.17%) Marketing
14 22 (1.49%) Law
15 21 (1.42%) Investment Banking
16 16 (1.09%) Retail Banking
17 14 (0.95%) Billing
Job Titles
1 212 (14.38%) Analyst
2 182 (12.35%) Project Manager
3 168 (11.40%) Lead
4 119 (8.07%) Change Manager
5 117 (7.94%) Business Analyst
6 101 (6.85%) Senior
7 85 (5.77%) Consultant
8 50 (3.39%) Architect
9 48 (3.26%) Programme Manager
10 45 (3.05%) Business Manager
10 45 (3.05%) Developer
11 39 (2.65%) Administrator
12 38 (2.58%) Senior Manager
13 34 (2.31%) IT Manager
14 33 (2.24%) SAP Manager
15 32 (2.17%) Business Change Manager
15 32 (2.17%) Service Manager
16 27 (1.83%) Transformation Manager
17 26 (1.76%) Delivery Manager
17 26 (1.76%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (3.87%) REST
2 38 (2.58%) Elastic Stack
3 28 (1.90%) .NET
3 28 (1.90%) RESTful
4 24 (1.63%) Oracle Fusion
5 22 (1.49%) OAuth
6 19 (1.29%) .NET Framework
6 19 (1.29%) SAML
7 17 (1.15%) LDAP
8 15 (1.02%) Middleware
9 14 (0.95%) OpenID
10 12 (0.81%) Web Services
11 11 (0.75%) HTML
12 10 (0.68%) ISPF
13 9 (0.61%) CSS
13 9 (0.61%) Django
13 9 (0.61%) NumPy
13 9 (0.61%) Pandas
13 9 (0.61%) pytest
13 9 (0.61%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 84 (5.70%) Management Information System
2 81 (5.50%) Onboarding
3 70 (4.75%) Product Ownership
4 44 (2.99%) Data Centre
5 42 (2.85%) Cloud Native
6 39 (2.65%) CMDB
7 36 (2.44%) Virtual Team
8 35 (2.37%) PKI
9 34 (2.31%) Legacy Systems
10 28 (1.90%) Analytical Mindset
10 28 (1.90%) PMI
11 27 (1.83%) Public Cloud
12 24 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
13 23 (1.56%) Distributed Systems
14 21 (1.42%) Data Structures
15 19 (1.29%) Enterprise Software
16 17 (1.15%) Data Protection Act
17 15 (1.02%) e-Learning
17 15 (1.02%) Replication
18 13 (0.88%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 146 (9.91%) Windows
2 77 (5.22%) Linux
3 44 (2.99%) Windows Server
4 37 (2.51%) Unix
5 34 (2.31%) Windows 10
6 9 (0.61%) VMS
6 9 (0.61%) Windows Server 2019
7 8 (0.54%) Windows Server 2016
8 7 (0.47%) Ubuntu
9 6 (0.41%) Amazon Linux
9 6 (0.41%) Apple iOS
9 6 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (0.27%) CentOS
10 4 (0.27%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.14%) AIX
11 2 (0.14%) Android
12 1 (0.068%) Data ONTAP
12 1 (0.068%) Debian
12 1 (0.068%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.068%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 478 (32.43%) Stakeholder Management
2 388 (26.32%) Agile
3 365 (24.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 326 (22.12%) Problem-Solving
5 290 (19.67%) ITIL
6 281 (19.06%) Project Management
7 254 (17.23%) Continuous Improvement
8 238 (16.15%) Migration
9 191 (12.96%) DevOps
10 165 (11.19%) Project Delivery
11 144 (9.77%) Service Management
12 143 (9.70%) ITSM
13 137 (9.29%) ERP
14 133 (9.02%) PRINCE2
15 127 (8.62%) Decision-Making
16 126 (8.55%) Risk Management
17 121 (8.21%) Workshop Facilitation
18 117 (7.94%) CI/CD
18 117 (7.94%) Roadmaps
18 117 (7.94%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 145 (9.84%) SQL
2 142 (9.63%) Python
3 100 (6.78%) PowerShell
4 38 (2.58%) Bash
5 32 (2.17%) C#
6 25 (1.70%) Go
7 22 (1.49%) Java
8 20 (1.36%) PL/SQL
9 18 (1.22%) JavaScript
10 15 (1.02%) T-SQL
11 13 (0.88%) Shell Script
12 11 (0.75%) Groovy
13 10 (0.68%) CLIST
13 10 (0.68%) COBOL
13 10 (0.68%) JCL
13 10 (0.68%) REXX
14 6 (0.41%) Perl
15 5 (0.34%) Korn
16 4 (0.27%) TypeScript
17 3 (0.20%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 288 (19.54%) Security Cleared
2 272 (18.45%) Degree
3 203 (13.77%) SC Cleared
4 92 (6.24%) PMI Certification
5 82 (5.56%) PMP
6 60 (4.07%) Computer Science Degree
7 56 (3.80%) Master's Degree
8 45 (3.05%) DV Cleared
9 38 (2.58%) BPSS Clearance
10 24 (1.63%) CISSP
10 24 (1.63%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 23 (1.56%) Microsoft Certification
12 22 (1.49%) APMG
12 22 (1.49%) CISM
13 21 (1.42%) ITIL Certification
14 19 (1.29%) Cisco Certification
15 14 (0.95%) Azure Certification
15 14 (0.95%) CCNP
16 13 (0.88%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 13 (0.88%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (6.65%) QA
2 63 (4.27%) PMO
3 57 (3.87%) GDPR
4 55 (3.73%) Data Quality
5 39 (2.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 38 (2.58%) SLA
7 17 (1.15%) IFRS
8 15 (1.02%) IFRS 17
8 15 (1.02%) NIST
9 12 (0.81%) Accessibility
9 12 (0.81%) PCI DSS
10 11 (0.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 10 (0.68%) Basel III
11 10 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
12 8 (0.54%) MiFID
12 8 (0.54%) NCSC
13 6 (0.41%) GRC
14 5 (0.34%) EMIR
14 5 (0.34%) ISO 20022
15 4 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 101 (6.85%) Active Directory
2 68 (4.61%) Docker
3 31 (2.10%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (1.29%) Hyper-V
5 10 (0.68%) ACF2
5 10 (0.68%) RACF
5 10 (0.68%) Time Sharing Option
6 9 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (0.61%) VMware NSX
7 8 (0.54%) Firmware
8 6 (0.41%) DFS Replication
8 6 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
9 5 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (0.34%) XenApp
9 5 (0.34%) XenDesktop
10 4 (0.27%) Dovecot
10 4 (0.27%) KVM
10 4 (0.27%) Postfix
10 4 (0.27%) Squid
10 4 (0.27%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 80 (5.43%) Kubernetes
2 68 (4.61%) Terraform
3 59 (4.00%) Ansible
4 38 (2.58%) Grafana
5 36 (2.44%) Prometheus
6 31 (2.10%) SCCM
7 28 (1.90%) Microsoft Intune
8 17 (1.15%) Puppet
9 14 (0.95%) Kibana
10 13 (0.88%) SCOM
11 12 (0.81%) vCenter Server
12 10 (0.68%) CA Endevor
13 9 (0.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 9 (0.61%) Tivoli
13 9 (0.61%) Tivoli Storage Manager
14 6 (0.41%) HP SiteScope
14 6 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
15 5 (0.34%) FortiGate
15 5 (0.34%) SCVMM
16 4 (0.27%) WSUS
Vendors
1 267 (18.11%) Microsoft
2 129 (8.75%) SAP
2 129 (8.75%) ServiceNow
3 105 (7.12%) Oracle
4 69 (4.68%) Google
5 59 (4.00%) Salesforce
6 51 (3.46%) Cisco
7 49 (3.32%) VMware
8 46 (3.12%) Splunk
9 33 (2.24%) Citrix
10 25 (1.70%) Workday
11 21 (1.42%) F5
12 19 (1.29%) Atlassian
13 17 (1.15%) Juniper
13 17 (1.15%) Remedy
14 16 (1.09%) CheckPoint
15 15 (1.02%) Fortinet
16 14 (0.95%) Adobe
17 13 (0.88%) Palo Alto
17 13 (0.88%) Sage