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 31 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 49 44
Rank change year-on-year -5 -5 +3
Contract jobs citing Change Management 1,625 1,054 1,536
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.27% 4.34% 4.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.96% 4.78% 4.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,048 684 995
10th Percentile £325 £331 £350
25th Percentile £413 £412 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £623 £638
90th Percentile £694 £700 £716
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 27 54
10th Percentile £21.65 £23.60 £14.13
25th Percentile £22.63 £31.76 £25.35
Median hourly rate £41.86 £56.75 £35.86
Median % change year-on-year -26.24% +58.26% -25.61%
75th Percentile £47.11 £70.00 £60.94
90th Percentile £85.25 £75.50 £63.75
UK median hourly rate £41.86 £57.50 £37.18
% change year-on-year -27.21% +54.65% -22.54%

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 32,752 22,033 32,691
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.09% 90.76% 86.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,983 14,520 21,608
10th Percentile £313 £312 £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 £615 £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 2,011 860 2,165
10th Percentile £15.34 £15.00 £13.00
25th Percentile £19.25 £20.00 £16.00
Median hourly rate £37.00 £32.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +13.85% - -13.33%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £58.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £76.34 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £31.88 £32.50
% change year-on-year +11.36% -1.91% -10.48%

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 31 March 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 31 March 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 31 March 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 -4 692 £513 -2.38% 182
North of England -14 297 £474 +5.22% 112
Midlands -1 231 £500 -0.10% 102
South East +12 218 £500 - 147
North West +2 197 £425 +3.03% 61
West Midlands -13 156 £513 +2.09% 58
South West +4 109 £508 -0.49% 39
Yorkshire -31 92 £487 -2.60% 35
East Midlands +17 73 £425 +34.07% 42
East of England -18 67 £475 -4.95% 52
North East -16 8 £440 -23.48% 16
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
1 115 (7.08%) Confluence
2 73 (4.49%) SharePoint
3 24 (1.48%) Microsoft Exchange
4 13 (0.80%) SAS
5 9 (0.55%) Appian
6 6 (0.37%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 5 (0.31%) HCL Notes
7 5 (0.31%) IIS
8 4 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.25%) CMS
8 4 (0.25%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.12%) Moodle
10 1 (0.062%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.062%) JBoss
10 1 (0.062%) Mattermost
10 1 (0.062%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.062%) Oracle Spatial
10 1 (0.062%) Tomcat
Applications
1 85 (5.23%) Microsoft Project
2 74 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
3 72 (4.43%) Microsoft Excel
4 37 (2.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 37 (2.28%) MS Visio
5 8 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.31%) Acrobat
7 4 (0.25%) Trello
8 3 (0.18%) Windchill
9 2 (0.12%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.062%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 62 (3.82%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (0.74%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 10 (0.62%) Salesforce CRM
5 8 (0.49%) Remedy ITSM
6 7 (0.43%) Oracle ERP
6 7 (0.43%) Oracle Payables
6 7 (0.43%) SAP ERP
7 6 (0.37%) Finacle
7 6 (0.37%) Workday HCM
8 5 (0.31%) Primavera
8 5 (0.31%) SAP CO
8 5 (0.31%) SAP FI
8 5 (0.31%) SAP FI/CO
9 4 (0.25%) NetSuite
10 3 (0.18%) iTrent
10 3 (0.18%) Oracle Cash Management
10 3 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
10 3 (0.18%) Oracle Financials
10 3 (0.18%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 257 (15.82%) Azure
2 144 (8.86%) AWS
3 100 (6.15%) Microsoft 365
4 87 (5.35%) Power Platform
5 80 (4.92%) GCP
6 66 (4.06%) Azure DevOps
7 57 (3.51%) Entra ID
8 52 (3.20%) SaaS
9 28 (1.72%) Dynamics 365
10 26 (1.60%) PaaS
11 25 (1.54%) Power Automate
12 21 (1.29%) Cloud Computing
12 21 (1.29%) Google Workspace
13 19 (1.17%) Google Sheets
13 19 (1.17%) OpenShift
13 19 (1.17%) Serverless
14 18 (1.11%) IaaS
14 18 (1.11%) OCI
15 17 (1.05%) Microsoft Copilot
16 15 (0.92%) AWS KMS
Communications & Networking
1 97 (5.97%) Firewall
2 65 (4.00%) Network Security
3 54 (3.32%) WAN
4 45 (2.77%) DNS
4 45 (2.77%) LAN
4 45 (2.77%) VPN
5 29 (1.78%) SD-WAN
6 26 (1.60%) Wi-Fi
7 22 (1.35%) SSL
8 21 (1.29%) BGP
9 19 (1.17%) DHCP
9 19 (1.17%) OSPF
10 17 (1.05%) TCP/IP
11 15 (0.92%) SAN
12 14 (0.86%) Cisco ASA
12 14 (0.86%) Structured Cabling
12 14 (0.86%) Wireless
13 13 (0.80%) Cisco IOS
13 13 (0.80%) Internet
14 12 (0.74%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (4.25%) Power BI
2 49 (3.02%) SQL Server
3 22 (1.35%) Metadata
3 22 (1.35%) PostgreSQL
4 20 (1.23%) Tableau
5 19 (1.17%) Data Warehouse
5 19 (1.17%) Oracle Database
6 15 (0.92%) Oracle Reports
7 12 (0.74%) Amazon RDS
8 10 (0.62%) Elasticsearch
9 9 (0.55%) MySQL
10 8 (0.49%) Electronic Patient Records
10 8 (0.49%) NoSQL
10 8 (0.49%) Pinecone
10 8 (0.49%) Relational Database
11 6 (0.37%) Amazon Aurora
11 6 (0.37%) Metadata Repository
11 6 (0.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 5 (0.31%) Redis
13 4 (0.25%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 211 (12.98%) JIRA
2 47 (2.89%) Jenkins
3 40 (2.46%) Git
4 19 (1.17%) GitLab
5 17 (1.05%) Liquibase
6 12 (0.74%) Visual Studio
7 8 (0.49%) MLflow
8 5 (0.31%) InstallShield
9 4 (0.25%) AdminStudio
9 4 (0.25%) JUnit
9 4 (0.25%) Maven
10 3 (0.18%) Artifactory
10 3 (0.18%) Hudson
10 3 (0.18%) IntelliJ
10 3 (0.18%) Oracle APEX
10 3 (0.18%) Rational DOORS
10 3 (0.18%) ScriptRunner
10 3 (0.18%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.18%) Sonatype Nexus
11 2 (0.12%) git-flow
General
1 690 (42.46%) Social Skills
2 541 (33.29%) Finance
3 311 (19.14%) Analytical Skills
4 161 (9.91%) Public Sector
5 138 (8.49%) Banking
6 70 (4.31%) Influencing Skills
7 63 (3.88%) Legal
8 61 (3.75%) Retail
9 56 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
10 47 (2.89%) Presentation Skills
11 38 (2.34%) Manufacturing
12 37 (2.28%) Local Government
12 37 (2.28%) Marketing
13 34 (2.09%) Telecoms
14 31 (1.91%) Law
15 28 (1.72%) Financial Institution
16 27 (1.66%) Organisational Skills
17 21 (1.29%) Investment Banking
18 17 (1.05%) Aviation
19 16 (0.98%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 195 (12.00%) Project Manager
2 185 (11.38%) Lead
3 177 (10.89%) Analyst
4 140 (8.62%) Change Manager
5 112 (6.89%) Senior
6 111 (6.83%) Business Analyst
7 102 (6.28%) Consultant
8 55 (3.38%) Programme Manager
9 54 (3.32%) Administrator
10 52 (3.20%) Business Manager
10 52 (3.20%) Developer
11 48 (2.95%) Architect
12 40 (2.46%) Senior Manager
13 39 (2.40%) Business Change Manager
14 35 (2.15%) IT Manager
15 33 (2.03%) Network Engineer
16 30 (1.85%) Delivery Manager
16 30 (1.85%) Service Manager
16 30 (1.85%) Support Engineer
17 29 (1.78%) SAP Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (3.57%) REST
2 31 (1.91%) .NET
3 28 (1.72%) Oracle Fusion
4 27 (1.66%) Elastic Stack
5 21 (1.29%) .NET Framework
5 21 (1.29%) OAuth
6 20 (1.23%) RESTful
7 19 (1.17%) Middleware
8 18 (1.11%) SAML
9 15 (0.92%) Web Services
10 14 (0.86%) OpenID
11 13 (0.80%) CSS
11 13 (0.80%) LDAP
12 11 (0.68%) AngularJS
12 11 (0.68%) SOAP
13 10 (0.62%) HTML
13 10 (0.62%) ISPF
13 10 (0.62%) OAuth2
13 10 (0.62%) pytest
14 9 (0.55%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 89 (5.48%) Management Information System
2 76 (4.68%) Onboarding
3 73 (4.49%) Product Ownership
4 58 (3.57%) Data Centre
5 42 (2.58%) CMDB
6 41 (2.52%) Virtual Team
7 38 (2.34%) Cloud Native
8 35 (2.15%) Legacy Systems
9 32 (1.97%) PMI
10 31 (1.91%) PKI
11 30 (1.85%) Analytical Mindset
12 26 (1.60%) Data Structures
13 23 (1.42%) Enterprise Software
14 21 (1.29%) Public Cloud
15 19 (1.17%) Data Protection Act
16 18 (1.11%) Self-Motivation
17 16 (0.98%) Operational Technology
17 16 (0.98%) Replication
18 15 (0.92%) Low-Code
19 14 (0.86%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 163 (10.03%) Windows
2 66 (4.06%) Linux
3 55 (3.38%) Windows Server
4 32 (1.97%) Unix
5 30 (1.85%) Windows 10
6 10 (0.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 9 (0.55%) Windows Server 2019
8 8 (0.49%) Apple iOS
8 8 (0.49%) Windows Server 2016
9 6 (0.37%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.25%) CentOS
10 4 (0.25%) VMS
10 4 (0.25%) Windows Server 2012
11 3 (0.18%) Mac OS
12 2 (0.12%) Android
13 1 (0.062%) AIX
13 1 (0.062%) Data ONTAP
13 1 (0.062%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 528 (32.49%) Stakeholder Management
2 415 (25.54%) Agile
3 396 (24.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 352 (21.66%) Problem-Solving
5 319 (19.63%) ITIL
6 308 (18.95%) Continuous Improvement
7 295 (18.15%) Project Management
8 264 (16.25%) Migration
9 229 (14.09%) DevOps
10 187 (11.51%) Project Delivery
11 157 (9.66%) ITSM
12 154 (9.48%) ERP
13 152 (9.35%) Roadmaps
14 146 (8.98%) Service Management
15 145 (8.92%) Risk Management
16 140 (8.62%) Decision-Making
17 138 (8.49%) PRINCE2
17 138 (8.49%) Validation
18 134 (8.25%) Workshop Facilitation
19 130 (8.00%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 158 (9.72%) SQL
2 123 (7.57%) Python
3 100 (6.15%) PowerShell
4 44 (2.71%) C#
5 39 (2.40%) Bash
6 31 (1.91%) PL/SQL
7 25 (1.54%) Java
8 22 (1.35%) JavaScript
9 20 (1.23%) T-SQL
10 14 (0.86%) Go
11 11 (0.68%) Shell Script
12 10 (0.62%) CLIST
12 10 (0.62%) COBOL
12 10 (0.62%) Groovy
12 10 (0.62%) JCL
12 10 (0.62%) REXX
13 7 (0.43%) Korn
14 5 (0.31%) Perl
15 3 (0.18%) ABAP
15 3 (0.18%) C++
Qualifications
1 337 (20.74%) Security Cleared
2 252 (15.51%) Degree
3 237 (14.58%) SC Cleared
4 103 (6.34%) PMI Certification
5 99 (6.09%) PMP
6 53 (3.26%) DV Cleared
7 47 (2.89%) CISSP
8 45 (2.77%) BPSS Clearance
9 40 (2.46%) Computer Science Degree
9 40 (2.46%) Master's Degree
10 39 (2.40%) CISM
11 36 (2.22%) Cisco Certification
12 28 (1.72%) ITIL Certification
12 28 (1.72%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 26 (1.60%) APMG
14 25 (1.54%) CCNP
15 17 (1.05%) Azure Certification
15 17 (1.05%) Microsoft Certification
16 13 (0.80%) ACCA
16 13 (0.80%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (5.78%) QA
2 82 (5.05%) GDPR
3 78 (4.80%) PMO
4 69 (4.25%) Data Quality
5 62 (3.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 53 (3.26%) SLA
7 39 (2.40%) NIST
8 20 (1.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 16 (0.98%) IFRS
9 16 (0.98%) PCI DSS
9 16 (0.98%) SOC 2
10 15 (0.92%) IFRS 17
11 10 (0.62%) Basel III
12 9 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
13 8 (0.49%) MiFID
14 7 (0.43%) NCSC
15 6 (0.37%) Accessibility
15 6 (0.37%) COBIT
15 6 (0.37%) GRC
16 5 (0.31%) EMIR
System Software
1 106 (6.52%) Active Directory
2 61 (3.75%) Docker
3 41 (2.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (1.29%) Hyper-V
5 13 (0.80%) Virtual Machines
5 13 (0.80%) VMware NSX
6 12 (0.74%) VMware ESXi
7 10 (0.62%) ACF2
7 10 (0.62%) RACF
7 10 (0.62%) Time Sharing Option
8 8 (0.49%) Firmware
8 8 (0.49%) vSphere
9 7 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
10 5 (0.31%) KVM
10 5 (0.31%) XenApp
10 5 (0.31%) XenDesktop
11 2 (0.12%) NFS
11 2 (0.12%) ProxySG
12 1 (0.062%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.062%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 82 (5.05%) Kubernetes
2 62 (3.82%) Terraform
3 53 (3.26%) Ansible
4 35 (2.15%) Microsoft Intune
5 26 (1.60%) Grafana
6 25 (1.54%) Prometheus
7 22 (1.35%) SCCM
8 17 (1.05%) vCenter Server
9 14 (0.86%) Single Sign-On
10 12 (0.74%) Puppet
11 11 (0.68%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 10 (0.62%) CA Endevor
12 10 (0.62%) Kibana
13 9 (0.55%) Tivoli
13 9 (0.55%) Tivoli Storage Manager
14 8 (0.49%) FortiGate
14 8 (0.49%) SCOM
15 7 (0.43%) PowerCLI
16 6 (0.37%) CASB
16 6 (0.37%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 277 (17.05%) Microsoft
2 163 (10.03%) ServiceNow
3 147 (9.05%) SAP
4 131 (8.06%) Oracle
5 67 (4.12%) Salesforce
6 62 (3.82%) VMware
7 59 (3.63%) Google
8 58 (3.57%) Cisco
9 35 (2.15%) Citrix
10 33 (2.03%) Workday
11 32 (1.97%) Splunk
12 25 (1.54%) Atlassian
13 22 (1.35%) F5
14 18 (1.11%) Remedy
15 17 (1.05%) CheckPoint
16 16 (0.98%) Juniper
16 16 (0.98%) Palo Alto
17 15 (0.92%) Fortinet
18 14 (0.86%) Adobe
18 14 (0.86%) Sage