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

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 46 44
Rank change year-on-year -8 -2 +7
Contract jobs citing Change Management 1,443 1,146 1,605
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.39% 4.31% 4.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.00% 4.82% 4.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 950 661 1,005
10th Percentile £313 £331 £357
25th Percentile £406 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £650
90th Percentile £688 £725 £712
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% +0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 22 47
10th Percentile £20.79 £26.42 £15.63
25th Percentile £23.32 £28.60 £28.30
Median hourly rate £45.46 £42.79 £37.18
Median % change year-on-year +6.24% +15.09% -10.41%
75th Percentile - £58.47 £59.00
90th Percentile £59.50 £72.50 £63.00
UK median hourly rate £45.46 £42.79 £37.18
% change year-on-year +6.24% +15.09% +6.23%

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 28,878 23,799 32,593
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.87% 89.45% 87.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,472 14,557 21,833
10th Percentile £305 £310 £300
25th Percentile £410 £413 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £625 £644 £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 1,785 763 1,818
10th Percentile £15.04 £15.62 £13.99
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.00 £17.02
Median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.03% -6.85% +4.29%
75th Percentile £60.00 £63.75 £62.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £35.96
% change year-on-year -22.62% -9.62% +10.65%

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 29 January 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 29 January 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 29 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
London -21 584 £525 -4.55% 170
North of England -8 275 £452 -11.38% 88
Midlands +8 237 £475 -5.00% 94
South East +1 188 £496 -7.72% 159
North West +7 176 £414 -15.51% 43
West Midlands +3 153 £482 -3.60% 57
South West +18 117 £525 -4.55% 40
Yorkshire -22 95 £487 -11.45% 34
East Midlands +26 84 £475 +21.48% 37
East of England -28 37 £525 +16.67% 38
North East -26 4 £475 -17.39% 13
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
1 112 (7.76%) Confluence
2 78 (5.41%) SharePoint
3 27 (1.87%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (0.55%) CMS
4 8 (0.55%) nginx
5 7 (0.49%) Appian
6 6 (0.42%) Mattermost
6 6 (0.42%) Skype for Business
7 5 (0.35%) HCL Notes
8 4 (0.28%) CICS
8 4 (0.28%) IIS
9 3 (0.21%) Moodle
9 3 (0.21%) Mule
10 2 (0.14%) JBoss
11 1 (0.069%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 1 (0.069%) Apache Airflow
11 1 (0.069%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.069%) FileNet
11 1 (0.069%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.069%) Traefik
Applications
1 81 (5.61%) Microsoft Project
2 74 (5.13%) Microsoft Office
3 64 (4.44%) Microsoft Excel
4 40 (2.77%) MS Visio
5 31 (2.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 8 (0.55%) Mozilla Thunderbird
7 6 (0.42%) Trello
8 5 (0.35%) Acrobat
9 4 (0.28%) Windchill
10 2 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
11 1 (0.069%) Adobe Captivate
11 1 (0.069%) Camtasia
11 1 (0.069%) Oracle Smart View
11 1 (0.069%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 49 (3.40%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (0.83%) Salesforce CRM
4 9 (0.62%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 8 (0.55%) SAP ERP
6 6 (0.42%) Oracle Payables
6 6 (0.42%) Remedy ITSM
7 5 (0.35%) NetSuite
7 5 (0.35%) Oracle Cash Management
7 5 (0.35%) Oracle EBS
7 5 (0.35%) Workday HCM
8 4 (0.28%) Finacle
8 4 (0.28%) SAP CO
8 4 (0.28%) SAP FI
8 4 (0.28%) SAP FI/CO
8 4 (0.28%) Teamcenter
8 4 (0.28%) VisionPLUS
9 3 (0.21%) iTrent
9 3 (0.21%) Kondor
9 3 (0.21%) Oracle General Ledger
Cloud Services
1 206 (14.28%) Azure
2 133 (9.22%) AWS
3 98 (6.79%) Microsoft 365
4 93 (6.44%) GCP
5 83 (5.75%) Power Platform
6 41 (2.84%) Azure DevOps
6 41 (2.84%) Entra ID
7 37 (2.56%) SaaS
8 26 (1.80%) Dynamics 365
9 25 (1.73%) Serverless
10 21 (1.46%) AWS KMS
10 21 (1.46%) Power Automate
11 20 (1.39%) Google Workspace
12 19 (1.32%) Cloud Computing
12 19 (1.32%) Google Sheets
13 18 (1.25%) Amazon S3
13 18 (1.25%) PaaS
14 17 (1.18%) GitHub
15 16 (1.11%) Microsoft Copilot
16 15 (1.04%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 88 (6.10%) Firewall
2 71 (4.92%) DNS
3 58 (4.02%) Network Security
4 43 (2.98%) VPN
5 42 (2.91%) WAN
6 26 (1.80%) LAN
7 22 (1.52%) DHCP
7 22 (1.52%) SSH
7 22 (1.52%) SSL
8 19 (1.32%) TCP/IP
9 18 (1.25%) HTTP
9 18 (1.25%) SD-WAN
9 18 (1.25%) Wi-Fi
10 15 (1.04%) SMTP
11 14 (0.97%) IPsec
11 14 (0.97%) Wireless
12 12 (0.83%) FTP
12 12 (0.83%) Kerberos
12 12 (0.83%) SAN
13 11 (0.76%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (4.85%) Power BI
2 43 (2.98%) SQL Server
3 32 (2.22%) PostgreSQL
4 20 (1.39%) Amazon RDS
4 20 (1.39%) Metadata
4 20 (1.39%) Tableau
5 18 (1.25%) NoSQL
6 16 (1.11%) Amazon Aurora
7 15 (1.04%) Elasticsearch
8 13 (0.90%) Oracle Database
9 8 (0.55%) Relational Database
10 7 (0.49%) BigQuery
10 7 (0.49%) Data Warehouse
11 6 (0.42%) Electronic Patient Records
11 6 (0.42%) MySQL
11 6 (0.42%) Oracle Reports
11 6 (0.42%) Pinecone
12 5 (0.35%) Big Data
13 4 (0.28%) Redis
14 3 (0.21%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 171 (11.85%) JIRA
2 58 (4.02%) Jenkins
3 27 (1.87%) Git
4 25 (1.73%) GitLab
5 24 (1.66%) Liquibase
6 12 (0.83%) Vagrant
6 12 (0.83%) Visual Studio
7 6 (0.42%) MLflow
7 6 (0.42%) Sonatype Nexus
8 4 (0.28%) ChangeMan
8 4 (0.28%) MSI
9 3 (0.21%) InstallShield
9 3 (0.21%) JUnit
9 3 (0.21%) Oracle APEX
10 2 (0.14%) AdminStudio
10 2 (0.14%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.14%) git-flow
10 2 (0.14%) Mockito
10 2 (0.14%) Oracle Forms
11 1 (0.069%) Browser DevTools
General
1 686 (47.54%) Social Skills
2 480 (33.26%) Finance
3 283 (19.61%) Analytical Skills
4 145 (10.05%) Banking
5 142 (9.84%) Public Sector
6 64 (4.44%) Influencing Skills
7 53 (3.67%) Manufacturing
8 45 (3.12%) Documentation Skills
8 45 (3.12%) Legal
8 45 (3.12%) Presentation Skills
9 43 (2.98%) Telecoms
10 35 (2.43%) Retail
11 33 (2.29%) Local Government
12 30 (2.08%) Financial Institution
12 30 (2.08%) Marketing
13 29 (2.01%) Organisational Skills
14 26 (1.80%) Law
15 20 (1.39%) Investment Banking
16 16 (1.11%) Pharmaceutical
17 14 (0.97%) Billing
Job Titles
1 208 (14.41%) Analyst
2 183 (12.68%) Project Manager
3 165 (11.43%) Lead
4 126 (8.73%) Change Manager
5 113 (7.83%) Business Analyst
6 94 (6.51%) Senior
7 76 (5.27%) Consultant
8 49 (3.40%) Developer
9 46 (3.19%) Programme Manager
10 44 (3.05%) Architect
11 41 (2.84%) Business Manager
11 41 (2.84%) Senior Manager
12 40 (2.77%) IT Manager
13 34 (2.36%) Administrator
14 31 (2.15%) Business Change Manager
14 31 (2.15%) Service Manager
15 29 (2.01%) AWS Engineer
16 28 (1.94%) SAP Manager
16 28 (1.94%) Transformation Manager
17 25 (1.73%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (3.67%) REST
2 38 (2.63%) Elastic Stack
3 29 (2.01%) .NET
4 27 (1.87%) RESTful
5 24 (1.66%) Oracle Fusion
6 20 (1.39%) LDAP
7 19 (1.32%) OAuth
8 18 (1.25%) .NET Framework
8 18 (1.25%) SAML
9 14 (0.97%) Middleware
9 14 (0.97%) OpenID
10 11 (0.76%) 802.1X
10 11 (0.76%) HTML
11 10 (0.69%) ISPF
12 8 (0.55%) CSS
12 8 (0.55%) Kafka
12 8 (0.55%) OAuth2
12 8 (0.55%) SOAP
12 8 (0.55%) Web Services
13 7 (0.49%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 82 (5.68%) Management Information System
2 79 (5.47%) Onboarding
3 63 (4.37%) Product Ownership
4 40 (2.77%) Data Centre
5 39 (2.70%) Cloud Native
6 38 (2.63%) CMDB
7 36 (2.49%) PKI
8 35 (2.43%) Virtual Team
9 32 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
10 27 (1.87%) Analytical Mindset
11 25 (1.73%) Public Cloud
12 24 (1.66%) PMI
13 23 (1.59%) Distributed Systems
13 23 (1.59%) Replication
14 21 (1.46%) Self-Motivation
15 20 (1.39%) Data Protection Act
16 19 (1.32%) Life Science
17 18 (1.25%) Data Structures
17 18 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
18 15 (1.04%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 154 (10.67%) Windows
2 82 (5.68%) Linux
3 45 (3.12%) Windows Server
4 40 (2.77%) Unix
5 31 (2.15%) Windows 10
6 14 (0.97%) VMS
7 12 (0.83%) Amazon Linux
8 11 (0.76%) Ubuntu
9 8 (0.55%) Windows Server 2019
10 7 (0.49%) Windows Server 2016
11 6 (0.42%) Apple iOS
12 5 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 4 (0.28%) CentOS
13 4 (0.28%) Windows Server 2012
13 4 (0.28%) zOS
14 2 (0.14%) AIX
14 2 (0.14%) Android
15 1 (0.069%) Data ONTAP
15 1 (0.069%) Debian
15 1 (0.069%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 450 (31.19%) Stakeholder Management
2 377 (26.13%) Agile
3 362 (25.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 314 (21.76%) Problem-Solving
5 300 (20.79%) ITIL
6 289 (20.03%) Project Management
7 233 (16.15%) Continuous Improvement
8 216 (14.97%) Migration
9 196 (13.58%) DevOps
10 169 (11.71%) Project Delivery
11 146 (10.12%) Service Management
12 140 (9.70%) ITSM
13 136 (9.42%) PRINCE2
14 131 (9.08%) ERP
15 130 (9.01%) Decision-Making
16 121 (8.39%) Roadmaps
17 116 (8.04%) Risk Management
18 115 (7.97%) CI/CD
19 110 (7.62%) Workshop Facilitation
20 104 (7.21%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 144 (9.98%) SQL
2 141 (9.77%) Python
3 101 (7.00%) PowerShell
4 37 (2.56%) Bash
5 30 (2.08%) C#
6 26 (1.80%) Go
7 23 (1.59%) Java
8 22 (1.52%) PL/SQL
9 17 (1.18%) Groovy
10 16 (1.11%) T-SQL
11 15 (1.04%) JavaScript
12 12 (0.83%) COBOL
12 12 (0.83%) Shell Script
13 10 (0.69%) CLIST
13 10 (0.69%) JCL
13 10 (0.69%) REXX
14 7 (0.49%) Perl
15 6 (0.42%) Korn
16 5 (0.35%) TypeScript
17 4 (0.28%) C++
Qualifications
1 280 (19.40%) Degree
2 274 (18.99%) Security Cleared
3 192 (13.31%) SC Cleared
4 90 (6.24%) PMI Certification
5 82 (5.68%) PMP
6 60 (4.16%) Computer Science Degree
7 54 (3.74%) Master's Degree
8 43 (2.98%) DV Cleared
9 32 (2.22%) BPSS Clearance
10 24 (1.66%) Microsoft Certification
11 23 (1.59%) APMG
11 23 (1.59%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 20 (1.39%) ITIL Certification
13 19 (1.32%) CISSP
14 18 (1.25%) Azure Certification
14 18 (1.25%) CISM
15 16 (1.11%) AWS Certification
16 12 (0.83%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 11 (0.76%) Cisco Certification
17 11 (0.76%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (6.03%) QA
2 66 (4.57%) PMO
3 54 (3.74%) Data Quality
4 52 (3.60%) GDPR
5 39 (2.70%) SLA
6 33 (2.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 14 (0.97%) IFRS
7 14 (0.97%) NIST
8 13 (0.90%) IFRS 17
9 12 (0.83%) Accessibility
10 11 (0.76%) PCI DSS
11 10 (0.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 9 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
13 8 (0.55%) Basel III
13 8 (0.55%) MiFID
13 8 (0.55%) NCSC
14 6 (0.42%) GRC
15 5 (0.35%) EMIR
15 5 (0.35%) ISO 20022
16 4 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 99 (6.86%) Active Directory
2 71 (4.92%) Docker
3 28 (1.94%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (1.11%) Hyper-V
5 12 (0.83%) DFS Replication
6 10 (0.69%) ACF2
6 10 (0.69%) RACF
6 10 (0.69%) Time Sharing Option
7 9 (0.62%) Firmware
7 9 (0.62%) VMware NSX
8 8 (0.55%) Dovecot
8 8 (0.55%) Postfix
8 8 (0.55%) Squid
9 6 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
9 6 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
10 4 (0.28%) XenApp
10 4 (0.28%) XenDesktop
11 3 (0.21%) Microsoft App-V
12 2 (0.14%) ProxySG
12 2 (0.14%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 78 (5.41%) Kubernetes
2 72 (4.99%) Terraform
3 53 (3.67%) Ansible
4 43 (2.98%) Grafana
5 42 (2.91%) Prometheus
6 32 (2.22%) SCCM
7 27 (1.87%) Microsoft Intune
8 17 (1.18%) Puppet
9 14 (0.97%) CA Endevor
9 14 (0.97%) Kibana
9 14 (0.97%) SCOM
10 9 (0.62%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 9 (0.62%) Tivoli
10 9 (0.62%) Tivoli Storage Manager
10 9 (0.62%) vCenter Server
11 8 (0.55%) Nessus
11 8 (0.55%) Proxmox
12 6 (0.42%) HP SiteScope
12 6 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
13 5 (0.35%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 262 (18.16%) Microsoft
2 120 (8.32%) ServiceNow
3 114 (7.90%) SAP
4 108 (7.48%) Oracle
5 67 (4.64%) Google
6 53 (3.67%) Salesforce
7 52 (3.60%) Cisco
8 44 (3.05%) Splunk
9 43 (2.98%) VMware
10 28 (1.94%) F5
11 27 (1.87%) Citrix
12 25 (1.73%) Workday
13 21 (1.46%) CheckPoint
13 21 (1.46%) Juniper
14 17 (1.18%) Atlassian
14 17 (1.18%) Remedy
15 16 (1.11%) Fortinet
16 15 (1.04%) IBM
17 14 (0.97%) Adobe
18 13 (0.90%) Blue Coat