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 28 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 48 43
Rank change year-on-year -4 -5 +7
Contract jobs citing Change Management 1,532 1,125 1,604
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.31% 4.38% 4.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.95% 4.86% 4.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 987 666 1,026
10th Percentile £313 £331 £357
25th Percentile £413 £425 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £650
90th Percentile £694 £725 £706
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 68 28 57
10th Percentile £20.79 £28.12 £15.96
25th Percentile £22.63 £34.19 £28.30
Median hourly rate £45.46 £56.75 £37.18
Median % change year-on-year -19.89% +52.62% -19.36%
75th Percentile £56.69 £69.06 £59.50
90th Percentile £86.08 £74.75 £63.00
UK median hourly rate £43.66 £56.75 £37.18
% change year-on-year -23.06% +52.62% -15.98%

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 30,972 23,170 33,015
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.17% 90.22% 87.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,848 14,569 21,913
10th Percentile £313 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £617 £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 1,919 779 2,056
10th Percentile £15.24 £15.59 £13.42
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £28.50 £35.00 £34.77
Median % change year-on-year -18.57% +0.68% -0.67%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £59.93
90th Percentile £72.51 £75.30 £72.17
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £32.50 £33.50
% change year-on-year -15.38% -2.99% -4.29%

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 28 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 28 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 28 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 -16 633 £523 -0.48% 145
North of England -9 297 £475 -6.03% 91
Midlands +13 247 £496 -1.00% 64
South East +4 192 £500 -2.44% 132
North West +4 186 £414 -11.44% 52
West Midlands +8 169 £500 -2.63% 48
South West +8 115 £525 -1.41% 31
Yorkshire -21 107 £487 -11.41% 30
East Midlands +22 78 £425 +8.70% 16
East of England -30 46 £488 +0.05% 45
North East -23 4 £475 -17.39% 11
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
1 111 (7.25%) Confluence
2 75 (4.90%) SharePoint
3 28 (1.83%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (0.65%) SAS
5 9 (0.59%) Appian
6 5 (0.33%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 5 (0.33%) HCL Notes
6 5 (0.33%) IIS
7 4 (0.26%) CMS
7 4 (0.26%) Mattermost
8 3 (0.20%) Moodle
8 3 (0.20%) Skype for Business
9 2 (0.13%) nginx
10 1 (0.065%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.065%) FileNet
10 1 (0.065%) JBoss
10 1 (0.065%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.065%) Oracle Spatial
10 1 (0.065%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.065%) Tomcat
Applications
1 84 (5.48%) Microsoft Project
2 76 (4.96%) Microsoft Office
3 70 (4.57%) Microsoft Excel
4 38 (2.48%) MS Visio
5 30 (1.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.33%) Acrobat
6 5 (0.33%) Trello
7 4 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.26%) Windchill
8 2 (0.13%) Mozilla Thunderbird
9 1 (0.065%) Adobe Captivate
9 1 (0.065%) Camtasia
9 1 (0.065%) Oracle Smart View
9 1 (0.065%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 60 (3.92%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (0.72%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 11 (0.72%) Salesforce CRM
4 7 (0.46%) Remedy ITSM
4 7 (0.46%) SAP ERP
5 6 (0.39%) Workday HCM
6 5 (0.33%) Finacle
6 5 (0.33%) Oracle ERP
6 5 (0.33%) SAP CO
6 5 (0.33%) SAP FI
6 5 (0.33%) SAP FI/CO
7 4 (0.26%) Oracle Cash Management
7 4 (0.26%) Oracle Payables
7 4 (0.26%) Teamcenter
8 3 (0.20%) iTrent
8 3 (0.20%) NetSuite
8 3 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
9 2 (0.13%) Kondor
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle General Ledger
Cloud Services
1 236 (15.40%) Azure
2 146 (9.53%) AWS
3 105 (6.85%) Microsoft 365
4 100 (6.53%) GCP
5 79 (5.16%) Power Platform
6 51 (3.33%) Entra ID
7 50 (3.26%) Azure DevOps
8 47 (3.07%) SaaS
9 25 (1.63%) Serverless
10 24 (1.57%) Dynamics 365
11 21 (1.37%) Google Workspace
11 21 (1.37%) Power Automate
12 20 (1.31%) PaaS
13 19 (1.24%) Google Sheets
13 19 (1.24%) Microsoft Copilot
13 19 (1.24%) OpenShift
14 18 (1.17%) AWS KMS
14 18 (1.17%) Cloud Computing
15 17 (1.11%) IaaS
16 16 (1.04%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 88 (5.74%) Firewall
2 59 (3.85%) DNS
2 59 (3.85%) Network Security
3 44 (2.87%) VPN
4 42 (2.74%) WAN
5 31 (2.02%) LAN
6 25 (1.63%) DHCP
7 21 (1.37%) TCP/IP
7 21 (1.37%) Wi-Fi
8 20 (1.31%) SD-WAN
9 18 (1.17%) SSL
10 15 (0.98%) BGP
11 13 (0.85%) Kerberos
11 13 (0.85%) OSPF
12 12 (0.78%) Cisco IOS
12 12 (0.78%) Wireless
13 11 (0.72%) Cisco ASA
13 11 (0.72%) HTTP
13 11 (0.72%) Internet
14 10 (0.65%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (4.18%) Power BI
2 47 (3.07%) SQL Server
3 24 (1.57%) PostgreSQL
4 22 (1.44%) Metadata
5 17 (1.11%) Tableau
6 15 (0.98%) Elasticsearch
6 15 (0.98%) NoSQL
7 14 (0.91%) Amazon RDS
8 13 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
8 13 (0.85%) Oracle Database
9 11 (0.72%) Oracle Reports
10 9 (0.59%) MySQL
11 8 (0.52%) Pinecone
11 8 (0.52%) Relational Database
12 7 (0.46%) Electronic Patient Records
13 6 (0.39%) Amazon Aurora
13 6 (0.39%) BigQuery
13 6 (0.39%) Metadata Repository
14 5 (0.33%) Big Data
15 4 (0.26%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 186 (12.14%) JIRA
2 54 (3.52%) Jenkins
3 34 (2.22%) Git
4 27 (1.76%) GitLab
5 25 (1.63%) Liquibase
6 12 (0.78%) Visual Studio
7 8 (0.52%) MLflow
8 4 (0.26%) JUnit
9 3 (0.20%) Maven
9 3 (0.20%) Oracle APEX
9 3 (0.20%) Sonatype Nexus
9 3 (0.20%) Vagrant
10 2 (0.13%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.13%) git-flow
10 2 (0.13%) IntelliJ
10 2 (0.13%) Mockito
10 2 (0.13%) MSI
10 2 (0.13%) Rational DOORS
11 1 (0.065%) InstallShield
11 1 (0.065%) Toad
General
1 692 (45.17%) Social Skills
2 500 (32.64%) Finance
3 288 (18.80%) Analytical Skills
4 144 (9.40%) Public Sector
5 141 (9.20%) Banking
6 69 (4.50%) Influencing Skills
7 58 (3.79%) Legal
8 55 (3.59%) Presentation Skills
9 51 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
10 42 (2.74%) Manufacturing
10 42 (2.74%) Retail
11 36 (2.35%) Local Government
12 34 (2.22%) Organisational Skills
12 34 (2.22%) Telecoms
13 33 (2.15%) Marketing
14 32 (2.09%) Financial Institution
15 28 (1.83%) Law
16 19 (1.24%) Investment Banking
17 16 (1.04%) Publishing
17 16 (1.04%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 203 (13.25%) Analyst
2 191 (12.47%) Project Manager
3 165 (10.77%) Lead
4 130 (8.49%) Change Manager
5 113 (7.38%) Business Analyst
6 110 (7.18%) Senior
7 91 (5.94%) Consultant
8 52 (3.39%) Programme Manager
9 50 (3.26%) Architect
9 50 (3.26%) Business Manager
10 49 (3.20%) Developer
11 47 (3.07%) Administrator
12 41 (2.68%) Senior Manager
13 36 (2.35%) Business Change Manager
14 35 (2.28%) SAP Manager
15 34 (2.22%) IT Manager
16 33 (2.15%) Service Manager
17 29 (1.89%) Delivery Manager
18 27 (1.76%) Network Engineer
19 25 (1.63%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (3.92%) REST
2 37 (2.42%) Elastic Stack
3 28 (1.83%) .NET
4 27 (1.76%) RESTful
5 25 (1.63%) Oracle Fusion
6 22 (1.44%) OAuth
7 20 (1.31%) .NET Framework
8 19 (1.24%) SAML
9 15 (0.98%) LDAP
9 15 (0.98%) Middleware
10 14 (0.91%) OpenID
10 14 (0.91%) Web Services
11 11 (0.72%) CSS
11 11 (0.72%) HTML
12 10 (0.65%) ISPF
12 10 (0.65%) pytest
12 10 (0.65%) SOAP
13 9 (0.59%) Django
13 9 (0.59%) NumPy
13 9 (0.59%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 88 (5.74%) Management Information System
2 81 (5.29%) Onboarding
3 68 (4.44%) Product Ownership
4 49 (3.20%) Data Centre
5 46 (3.00%) Cloud Native
6 43 (2.81%) CMDB
7 36 (2.35%) Virtual Team
8 33 (2.15%) Legacy Systems
8 33 (2.15%) PKI
9 28 (1.83%) Analytical Mindset
10 27 (1.76%) PMI
10 27 (1.76%) Public Cloud
11 23 (1.50%) Data Structures
12 22 (1.44%) Distributed Systems
12 22 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
13 20 (1.31%) Enterprise Software
14 19 (1.24%) Data Protection Act
15 15 (0.98%) e-Learning
16 13 (0.85%) Mainframe
16 13 (0.85%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 152 (9.92%) Windows
2 73 (4.77%) Linux
3 46 (3.00%) Windows Server
4 38 (2.48%) Unix
5 33 (2.15%) Windows 10
6 9 (0.59%) Windows Server 2019
7 8 (0.52%) Windows Server 2016
8 7 (0.46%) Apple iOS
8 7 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 6 (0.39%) VMS
10 5 (0.33%) Ubuntu
11 4 (0.26%) CentOS
11 4 (0.26%) Windows Server 2012
12 3 (0.20%) Amazon Linux
13 2 (0.13%) Android
13 2 (0.13%) Mac OS
14 1 (0.065%) AIX
14 1 (0.065%) Data ONTAP
14 1 (0.065%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 491 (32.05%) Stakeholder Management
2 394 (25.72%) Agile
3 368 (24.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 330 (21.54%) Problem-Solving
5 297 (19.39%) ITIL
6 283 (18.47%) Project Management
7 277 (18.08%) Continuous Improvement
8 248 (16.19%) Migration
9 218 (14.23%) DevOps
10 171 (11.16%) Project Delivery
11 151 (9.86%) ITSM
12 144 (9.40%) Service Management
13 138 (9.01%) ERP
14 134 (8.75%) PRINCE2
15 130 (8.49%) CI/CD
16 128 (8.36%) Decision-Making
16 128 (8.36%) Roadmaps
17 127 (8.29%) Risk Management
18 123 (8.03%) Workshop Facilitation
19 122 (7.96%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 152 (9.92%) SQL
2 141 (9.20%) Python
3 99 (6.46%) PowerShell
4 41 (2.68%) Bash
5 38 (2.48%) C#
6 26 (1.70%) Java
7 25 (1.63%) Go
8 21 (1.37%) PL/SQL
9 20 (1.31%) JavaScript
10 16 (1.04%) T-SQL
11 12 (0.78%) Shell Script
12 10 (0.65%) CLIST
12 10 (0.65%) COBOL
12 10 (0.65%) JCL
12 10 (0.65%) REXX
13 8 (0.52%) Groovy
14 6 (0.39%) Korn
15 5 (0.33%) Perl
16 4 (0.26%) ABAP
16 4 (0.26%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 308 (20.10%) Security Cleared
2 263 (17.17%) Degree
3 217 (14.16%) SC Cleared
4 94 (6.14%) PMI Certification
5 87 (5.68%) PMP
6 57 (3.72%) Computer Science Degree
7 52 (3.39%) Master's Degree
8 46 (3.00%) DV Cleared
9 41 (2.68%) BPSS Clearance
10 29 (1.89%) CISSP
11 26 (1.70%) CISM
11 26 (1.70%) ITIL Certification
11 26 (1.70%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 23 (1.50%) Microsoft Certification
13 20 (1.31%) APMG
13 20 (1.31%) Cisco Certification
14 17 (1.11%) Azure Certification
15 15 (0.98%) CCNP
16 13 (0.85%) MBA
17 12 (0.78%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (6.14%) QA
2 67 (4.37%) Data Quality
3 65 (4.24%) GDPR
4 61 (3.98%) PMO
5 47 (3.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 43 (2.81%) SLA
7 20 (1.31%) NIST
8 17 (1.11%) IFRS
9 15 (0.98%) IFRS 17
9 15 (0.98%) PCI DSS
9 15 (0.98%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 12 (0.78%) Accessibility
11 10 (0.65%) Basel III
11 10 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
12 8 (0.52%) MiFID
12 8 (0.52%) NCSC
13 6 (0.39%) GRC
14 5 (0.33%) EMIR
15 4 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
15 4 (0.26%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 101 (6.59%) Active Directory
2 75 (4.90%) Docker
3 34 (2.22%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (1.31%) Hyper-V
5 10 (0.65%) ACF2
5 10 (0.65%) RACF
5 10 (0.65%) Time Sharing Option
6 9 (0.59%) VMware NSX
7 8 (0.52%) Firmware
7 8 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
8 7 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
8 7 (0.46%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (0.33%) KVM
9 5 (0.33%) vSphere
9 5 (0.33%) XenApp
9 5 (0.33%) XenDesktop
10 3 (0.20%) DFS Replication
11 2 (0.13%) Dovecot
11 2 (0.13%) Postfix
11 2 (0.13%) Squid
Systems Management
1 92 (6.01%) Kubernetes
2 69 (4.50%) Terraform
3 61 (3.98%) Ansible
4 35 (2.28%) Grafana
5 33 (2.15%) Prometheus
6 30 (1.96%) Microsoft Intune
7 29 (1.89%) SCCM
8 17 (1.11%) Puppet
9 14 (0.91%) Kibana
10 13 (0.85%) vCenter Server
11 11 (0.72%) SCOM
12 10 (0.65%) CA Endevor
13 9 (0.59%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 9 (0.59%) Tivoli
13 9 (0.59%) Tivoli Storage Manager
14 7 (0.46%) FortiGate
14 7 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
15 5 (0.33%) Progress Chef
15 5 (0.33%) SCVMM
16 4 (0.26%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 276 (18.02%) Microsoft
2 143 (9.33%) SAP
2 143 (9.33%) ServiceNow
3 108 (7.05%) Oracle
4 72 (4.70%) Google
5 58 (3.79%) Salesforce
6 54 (3.52%) Cisco
7 53 (3.46%) VMware
8 44 (2.87%) Splunk
9 35 (2.28%) Citrix
10 26 (1.70%) Workday
11 24 (1.57%) F5
12 21 (1.37%) Atlassian
13 19 (1.24%) Juniper
14 18 (1.17%) Remedy
15 17 (1.11%) CheckPoint
16 15 (0.98%) Adobe
16 15 (0.98%) Sage
17 14 (0.91%) Fortinet
17 14 (0.91%) SolarWinds