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 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 48 43
Rank change year-on-year -4 -5 +8
Contract jobs citing Change Management 1,443 1,223 1,672
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.57% 4.30% 4.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.16% 4.85% 5.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 932 702 1,044
10th Percentile £313 £338 £363
25th Percentile £404 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £596 £638 £650
90th Percentile £688 £731 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 19 39
10th Percentile £20.59 £24.83 £18.78
25th Percentile £22.16 £29.38 £25.13
Median hourly rate £41.18 £54.00 £43.33
Median % change year-on-year -23.75% +24.62% +62.77%
75th Percentile £45.46 £59.38 £55.48
90th Percentile £59.63 £83.00 £62.40
UK median hourly rate £34.65 £54.00 £41.67
% change year-on-year -35.84% +29.61% +43.67%

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 27,947 25,226 32,434
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.49% 88.70% 88.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,782 15,552 22,007
10th Percentile £301 £313 £308
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £645 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £528
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.57% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,795 831 1,432
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.62 £14.36
25th Percentile £17.96 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +25.64%
75th Percentile £56.69 £64.73 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.65 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.42
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.14% +24.04%

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 December 2025.

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 December 2025.

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 December 2025. 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 -11 589 £525 -4.55% 355
North of England -8 281 £450 -13.46% 254
Midlands +9 221 £475 -5.00% 227
South East +13 184 £475 -9.52% 367
North West +1 178 £436 -12.85% 137
West Midlands +4 151 £475 -5.00% 115
South West +21 119 £525 +0.96% 122
Yorkshire -16 101 £487 -11.45% 102
East Midlands +25 70 £425 -19.05% 99
East of England -24 45 £520 +12.43% 142
North East -21 2 £500 -13.04% 17
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
1 118 (8.18%) Confluence
2 85 (5.89%) SharePoint
3 23 (1.59%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (0.69%) nginx
5 9 (0.62%) HCL Notes
6 7 (0.49%) CMS
7 6 (0.42%) Mattermost
7 6 (0.42%) Mule
7 6 (0.42%) Skype for Business
8 5 (0.35%) IIS
9 4 (0.28%) CICS
9 4 (0.28%) JBoss
10 3 (0.21%) Moodle
11 2 (0.14%) Appian
11 2 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.069%) Apache Airflow
12 1 (0.069%) FileNet
12 1 (0.069%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.069%) Traefik
Applications
1 90 (6.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 82 (5.68%) Microsoft Office
3 80 (5.54%) Microsoft Project
4 39 (2.70%) MS Visio
5 32 (2.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 10 (0.69%) Mozilla Thunderbird
7 7 (0.49%) Trello
8 5 (0.35%) Windchill
9 4 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
10 3 (0.21%) Acrobat
11 2 (0.14%) PTC Creo
12 1 (0.069%) Adobe Captivate
12 1 (0.069%) Camtasia
12 1 (0.069%) Notion
12 1 (0.069%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 40 (2.77%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (0.83%) Salesforce CRM
4 9 (0.62%) Remedy ITSM
5 8 (0.55%) SAP ERP
6 7 (0.49%) Oracle Payables
7 6 (0.42%) Oracle EBS
8 5 (0.35%) Maximo
8 5 (0.35%) NetSuite
8 5 (0.35%) Oracle Cash Management
8 5 (0.35%) Workday HCM
9 4 (0.28%) Oracle General Ledger
9 4 (0.28%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 4 (0.28%) Teamcenter
9 4 (0.28%) VisionPLUS
10 3 (0.21%) Oracle EBS R12
10 3 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
10 3 (0.21%) SAP CO
10 3 (0.21%) SAP FI
10 3 (0.21%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 188 (13.03%) Azure
2 143 (9.91%) AWS
3 101 (7.00%) GCP
4 100 (6.93%) Microsoft 365
5 89 (6.17%) Power Platform
6 38 (2.63%) Azure DevOps
6 38 (2.63%) SaaS
7 32 (2.22%) Entra ID
8 30 (2.08%) Serverless
9 26 (1.80%) AWS KMS
10 25 (1.73%) Dynamics 365
11 23 (1.59%) Amazon S3
12 21 (1.46%) GitHub
13 20 (1.39%) Power Automate
14 18 (1.25%) Amazon EC2
14 18 (1.25%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 17 (1.18%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 17 (1.18%) Amazon ELB
15 17 (1.18%) Microsoft Copilot
15 17 (1.18%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 90 (6.24%) Firewall
2 73 (5.06%) DNS
3 60 (4.16%) Network Security
4 41 (2.84%) VPN
5 35 (2.43%) WAN
6 30 (2.08%) SSH
7 24 (1.66%) SSL
8 23 (1.59%) HTTP
9 20 (1.39%) LAN
10 19 (1.32%) DHCP
10 19 (1.32%) SMTP
11 18 (1.25%) TCP/IP
12 17 (1.18%) FTP
13 15 (1.04%) IPsec
13 15 (1.04%) Wi-Fi
13 15 (1.04%) Wireless
14 14 (0.97%) SD-WAN
15 12 (0.83%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
15 12 (0.83%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
16 11 (0.76%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (5.20%) Power BI
2 34 (2.36%) PostgreSQL
3 31 (2.15%) SQL Server
4 25 (1.73%) Amazon RDS
4 25 (1.73%) Tableau
5 24 (1.66%) NoSQL
6 22 (1.52%) Metadata
7 18 (1.25%) Amazon Aurora
8 15 (1.04%) Oracle Database
9 13 (0.90%) Elasticsearch
10 9 (0.62%) Data Warehouse
10 9 (0.62%) Relational Database
11 7 (0.49%) BigQuery
12 6 (0.42%) Electronic Patient Records
12 6 (0.42%) MySQL
13 5 (0.35%) Big Data
13 5 (0.35%) Oracle Reports
14 4 (0.28%) RDBMS
14 4 (0.28%) Redis
15 3 (0.21%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 184 (12.75%) JIRA
2 73 (5.06%) Jenkins
3 33 (2.29%) Git
4 29 (2.01%) GitLab
4 29 (2.01%) Liquibase
5 17 (1.18%) Vagrant
6 10 (0.69%) Sonatype Nexus
7 7 (0.49%) Visual Studio
8 5 (0.35%) Bitbucket
9 4 (0.28%) ChangeMan
9 4 (0.28%) MSI
9 4 (0.28%) Oracle APEX
10 3 (0.21%) Artifactory
10 3 (0.21%) InstallShield
10 3 (0.21%) JUnit
10 3 (0.21%) Oracle Forms
10 3 (0.21%) SonarQube
11 2 (0.14%) MLflow
11 2 (0.14%) Mockito
11 2 (0.14%) TeamCity
General
1 639 (44.28%) Social Skills
2 457 (31.67%) Finance
3 266 (18.43%) Analytical Skills
4 151 (10.46%) Banking
5 137 (9.49%) Public Sector
6 65 (4.50%) Influencing Skills
7 55 (3.81%) Manufacturing
8 43 (2.98%) Legal
9 41 (2.84%) Telecoms
10 38 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
10 38 (2.63%) Financial Institution
10 38 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
11 37 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
12 32 (2.22%) Retail
13 30 (2.08%) Marketing
14 28 (1.94%) Local Government
15 23 (1.59%) Law
16 16 (1.11%) Aerospace
16 16 (1.11%) Investment Banking
17 15 (1.04%) Billing
Job Titles
1 207 (14.35%) Analyst
2 178 (12.34%) Project Manager
3 153 (10.60%) Lead
4 123 (8.52%) Change Manager
5 110 (7.62%) Business Analyst
6 86 (5.96%) Senior
7 78 (5.41%) Consultant
8 52 (3.60%) Administrator
9 49 (3.40%) Developer
10 45 (3.12%) Architect
11 39 (2.70%) Senior Manager
12 38 (2.63%) IT Manager
13 37 (2.56%) Business Manager
14 36 (2.49%) Programme Manager
15 35 (2.43%) DevOps Engineer
16 34 (2.36%) AWS Engineer
17 31 (2.15%) Service Manager
18 28 (1.94%) Business Change Manager
18 28 (1.94%) SAP Manager
19 27 (1.87%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (3.53%) REST
2 42 (2.91%) Elastic Stack
3 28 (1.94%) RESTful
4 22 (1.52%) .NET
4 22 (1.52%) Oracle Fusion
5 17 (1.18%) SAML
6 16 (1.11%) LDAP
7 12 (0.83%) Middleware
7 12 (0.83%) OAuth
8 11 (0.76%) 802.1X
8 11 (0.76%) HTML
8 11 (0.76%) OpenID
9 10 (0.69%) .NET Framework
10 8 (0.55%) ISPF
10 8 (0.55%) Kafka
10 8 (0.55%) SOAP
11 7 (0.49%) AngularJS
11 7 (0.49%) CSS
12 6 (0.42%) XML
13 5 (0.35%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 81 (5.61%) Onboarding
2 76 (5.27%) Management Information System
3 53 (3.67%) Product Ownership
4 46 (3.19%) Cloud Native
5 45 (3.12%) Data Centre
6 40 (2.77%) Virtual Team
7 38 (2.63%) PKI
8 37 (2.56%) CMDB
9 28 (1.94%) Distributed Systems
10 27 (1.87%) Public Cloud
10 27 (1.87%) Replication
11 26 (1.80%) Legacy Systems
12 25 (1.73%) Analytical Mindset
12 25 (1.73%) Self-Motivation
13 20 (1.39%) Life Science
14 19 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
14 19 (1.32%) PMI
15 18 (1.25%) Data Protection Act
16 14 (0.97%) Tandem
17 13 (0.90%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 157 (10.88%) Windows
2 86 (5.96%) Linux
3 41 (2.84%) Windows Server
4 37 (2.56%) Unix
5 26 (1.80%) Windows 10
6 20 (1.39%) VMS
7 17 (1.18%) Amazon Linux
8 12 (0.83%) Ubuntu
9 8 (0.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (0.35%) Apple iOS
10 5 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
11 4 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
11 4 (0.28%) zOS
12 3 (0.21%) CentOS
12 3 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.14%) AIX
13 2 (0.14%) Android
14 1 (0.069%) Debian
14 1 (0.069%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.069%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 411 (28.48%) Stakeholder Management
2 377 (26.13%) Agile
3 319 (22.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 299 (20.72%) ITIL
4 299 (20.72%) Project Management
5 294 (20.37%) Problem-Solving
6 213 (14.76%) Continuous Improvement
7 202 (14.00%) DevOps
8 193 (13.37%) Migration
9 184 (12.75%) Project Delivery
10 156 (10.81%) Service Management
11 137 (9.49%) ITSM
12 131 (9.08%) PRINCE2
13 120 (8.32%) Decision-Making
13 120 (8.32%) Roadmaps
14 115 (7.97%) ERP
15 114 (7.90%) CI/CD
16 104 (7.21%) Cybersecurity
17 103 (7.14%) Service Delivery
18 102 (7.07%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 147 (10.19%) Python
2 125 (8.66%) SQL
3 97 (6.72%) PowerShell
4 32 (2.22%) Bash
4 32 (2.22%) Java
5 31 (2.15%) Go
6 29 (2.01%) C#
7 22 (1.52%) Groovy
8 19 (1.32%) JavaScript
9 17 (1.18%) PL/SQL
10 12 (0.83%) Perl
11 11 (0.76%) T-SQL
12 10 (0.69%) COBOL
12 10 (0.69%) Shell Script
13 8 (0.55%) CLIST
13 8 (0.55%) JCL
13 8 (0.55%) REXX
14 7 (0.49%) Korn
15 5 (0.35%) C++
16 4 (0.28%) C
Qualifications
1 295 (20.44%) Security Cleared
2 268 (18.57%) Degree
3 202 (14.00%) SC Cleared
4 87 (6.03%) PMI Certification
5 78 (5.41%) PMP
6 64 (4.44%) Computer Science Degree
7 49 (3.40%) Master's Degree
8 40 (2.77%) DV Cleared
9 38 (2.63%) BPSS Clearance
10 25 (1.73%) Microsoft Certification
11 24 (1.66%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 22 (1.52%) ITIL Certification
13 21 (1.46%) AWS Certification
14 19 (1.32%) APMG
15 17 (1.18%) CISM
15 17 (1.18%) CISSP
16 16 (1.11%) Azure Certification
17 11 (0.76%) Cisco Certification
17 11 (0.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
18 10 (0.69%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (5.41%) QA
2 71 (4.92%) PMO
3 49 (3.40%) GDPR
4 41 (2.84%) Data Quality
5 38 (2.63%) SLA
6 30 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 16 (1.11%) NIST
8 14 (0.97%) Accessibility
8 14 (0.97%) PCI DSS
9 9 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 8 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
10 8 (0.55%) MiFID
10 8 (0.55%) NCSC
11 7 (0.49%) IFRS
12 6 (0.42%) Basel III
13 5 (0.35%) EMIR
13 5 (0.35%) ISO 20022
14 4 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
14 4 (0.28%) GMP
14 4 (0.28%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 93 (6.44%) Active Directory
2 70 (4.85%) Docker
3 23 (1.59%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (1.18%) DFS Replication
5 13 (0.90%) Firmware
6 12 (0.83%) Hyper-V
7 10 (0.69%) Dovecot
7 10 (0.69%) Postfix
7 10 (0.69%) Squid
8 9 (0.62%) VMware NSX
9 8 (0.55%) ACF2
9 8 (0.55%) RACF
9 8 (0.55%) Time Sharing Option
10 7 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
11 6 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
12 3 (0.21%) Microsoft App-V
13 2 (0.14%) NFS
13 2 (0.14%) ProxySG
13 2 (0.14%) XenApp
13 2 (0.14%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 81 (5.61%) Terraform
2 74 (5.13%) Kubernetes
3 55 (3.81%) Ansible
4 53 (3.67%) Grafana
5 52 (3.60%) Prometheus
6 34 (2.36%) SCCM
7 26 (1.80%) Microsoft Intune
8 13 (0.90%) Kibana
8 13 (0.90%) Puppet
8 13 (0.90%) SCOM
9 12 (0.83%) CA Endevor
10 11 (0.76%) Nessus
11 10 (0.69%) Proxmox
12 9 (0.62%) vCenter Server
13 7 (0.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 7 (0.49%) Tivoli
13 7 (0.49%) Tivoli Storage Manager
14 6 (0.42%) HP SiteScope
15 5 (0.35%) WSUS
16 4 (0.28%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 281 (19.47%) Microsoft
2 130 (9.01%) ServiceNow
3 126 (8.73%) SAP
4 98 (6.79%) Oracle
5 63 (4.37%) Google
6 54 (3.74%) Salesforce
7 51 (3.53%) Cisco
8 50 (3.47%) Splunk
9 39 (2.70%) VMware
10 30 (2.08%) F5
11 26 (1.80%) Workday
12 24 (1.66%) Juniper
13 23 (1.59%) Atlassian
14 22 (1.52%) CheckPoint
15 19 (1.32%) Remedy
16 18 (1.25%) IBM
17 17 (1.18%) Citrix
18 15 (1.04%) Fortinet
19 13 (0.90%) Blue Coat
20 12 (0.83%) Dynatrace