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

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 47 44
Rank change year-on-year -8 -3 +7
Contract jobs citing Change Management 1,562 1,100 1,573
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.24% 4.45% 4.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.90% 4.92% 4.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,005 687 1,015
10th Percentile £315 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £635 £650
90th Percentile £688 £711 £712
UK median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 29 59
10th Percentile £20.96 £25.30 £15.00
25th Percentile £22.63 £31.76 £25.13
Median hourly rate £41.86 £54.00 £37.18
Median % change year-on-year -22.49% +45.24% -20.98%
75th Percentile £56.69 £68.75 £59.50
90th Percentile £84.95 £74.00 £62.50
UK median hourly rate £41.86 £56.75 £37.18
% change year-on-year -26.24% +52.62% -19.17%

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 31,861 22,379 32,986
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.53% 90.57% 86.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,379 14,469 21,822
10th Percentile £313 £310 £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 £614 £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 1,986 803 2,148
10th Percentile £15.31 £15.25 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.03 £16.06
Median hourly rate £30.32 £34.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.12% +6.15% -9.72%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -7.69% - -7.14%

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 14 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 14 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 14 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 -18 642 £525 - 199
North of England -12 295 £475 +5.56% 97
Midlands +5 238 £500 -0.05% 77
South East +10 213 £500 - 151
North West +3 195 £424 -5.83% 49
West Midlands -4 160 £507 +1.00% 52
South West +12 113 £525 - 35
Yorkshire -28 95 £488 -2.50% 34
East Midlands +18 77 £425 +34.07% 25
East of England -21 58 £475 -2.51% 40
North East -21 5 £450 -21.74% 15
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
1 107 (6.85%) Confluence
2 74 (4.74%) SharePoint
3 27 (1.73%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (0.64%) SAS
5 9 (0.58%) Appian
6 6 (0.38%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 5 (0.32%) HCL Notes
7 5 (0.32%) IIS
8 4 (0.26%) CMS
9 3 (0.19%) Moodle
10 1 (0.064%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.064%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.064%) JBoss
10 1 (0.064%) Mattermost
10 1 (0.064%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.064%) Oracle Spatial
10 1 (0.064%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.064%) Tomcat
Applications
1 90 (5.76%) Microsoft Project
2 77 (4.93%) Microsoft Office
3 71 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
4 37 (2.37%) MS Visio
5 32 (2.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 6 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.32%) Acrobat
8 4 (0.26%) Trello
8 4 (0.26%) Windchill
9 1 (0.064%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.064%) Oracle Smart View
9 1 (0.064%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 62 (3.97%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (0.77%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 11 (0.70%) Salesforce CRM
5 7 (0.45%) Remedy ITSM
5 7 (0.45%) SAP ERP
6 6 (0.38%) Oracle ERP
6 6 (0.38%) Workday HCM
7 5 (0.32%) Finacle
7 5 (0.32%) SAP CO
7 5 (0.32%) SAP FI
7 5 (0.32%) SAP FI/CO
8 3 (0.19%) iTrent
8 3 (0.19%) NetSuite
8 3 (0.19%) Oracle Cash Management
8 3 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
8 3 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
8 3 (0.19%) Primavera
9 2 (0.13%) OpenText VIM for SAP
9 2 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 252 (16.13%) Azure
2 144 (9.22%) AWS
3 102 (6.53%) Microsoft 365
4 95 (6.08%) GCP
5 83 (5.31%) Power Platform
6 59 (3.78%) Azure DevOps
7 56 (3.59%) Entra ID
8 47 (3.01%) SaaS
9 27 (1.73%) Dynamics 365
10 22 (1.41%) PaaS
10 22 (1.41%) Power Automate
11 21 (1.34%) Google Workspace
11 21 (1.34%) Serverless
12 19 (1.22%) Google Sheets
12 19 (1.22%) Microsoft Copilot
12 19 (1.22%) OpenShift
13 18 (1.15%) Cloud Computing
13 18 (1.15%) GitHub
13 18 (1.15%) IaaS
14 15 (0.96%) AWS KMS
Communications & Networking
1 92 (5.89%) Firewall
2 62 (3.97%) Network Security
3 51 (3.27%) DNS
4 50 (3.20%) WAN
5 47 (3.01%) VPN
6 41 (2.62%) LAN
7 26 (1.66%) SD-WAN
7 26 (1.66%) Wi-Fi
8 21 (1.34%) DHCP
9 20 (1.28%) TCP/IP
10 19 (1.22%) BGP
11 17 (1.09%) OSPF
12 16 (1.02%) SSL
13 13 (0.83%) Cisco IOS
13 13 (0.83%) SAN
13 13 (0.83%) Structured Cabling
14 12 (0.77%) Cisco ASA
14 12 (0.77%) Internet
14 12 (0.77%) Wireless
15 11 (0.70%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (4.35%) Power BI
2 47 (3.01%) SQL Server
3 22 (1.41%) PostgreSQL
4 21 (1.34%) Metadata
5 19 (1.22%) Tableau
6 17 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
7 15 (0.96%) Oracle Database
8 13 (0.83%) Oracle Reports
9 12 (0.77%) Amazon RDS
9 12 (0.77%) Elasticsearch
10 10 (0.64%) MySQL
10 10 (0.64%) NoSQL
11 8 (0.51%) Pinecone
11 8 (0.51%) Relational Database
12 7 (0.45%) Electronic Patient Records
13 6 (0.38%) BigQuery
13 6 (0.38%) Metadata Repository
13 6 (0.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 5 (0.32%) Amazon Aurora
14 5 (0.32%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 191 (12.23%) JIRA
2 47 (3.01%) Jenkins
3 35 (2.24%) Git
4 21 (1.34%) GitLab
5 18 (1.15%) Liquibase
6 12 (0.77%) Visual Studio
7 8 (0.51%) MLflow
8 4 (0.26%) JUnit
8 4 (0.26%) Maven
9 3 (0.19%) IntelliJ
9 3 (0.19%) Oracle APEX
9 3 (0.19%) Rational DOORS
9 3 (0.19%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.13%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.13%) git-flow
10 2 (0.13%) Mockito
10 2 (0.13%) MSI
11 1 (0.064%) InstallShield
11 1 (0.064%) TestDirector
11 1 (0.064%) Toad
General
1 683 (43.73%) Social Skills
2 504 (32.27%) Finance
3 291 (18.63%) Analytical Skills
4 151 (9.67%) Public Sector
5 132 (8.45%) Banking
6 69 (4.42%) Influencing Skills
7 61 (3.91%) Legal
8 52 (3.33%) Retail
9 51 (3.27%) Documentation Skills
10 49 (3.14%) Presentation Skills
11 41 (2.62%) Manufacturing
12 37 (2.37%) Local Government
13 34 (2.18%) Telecoms
14 31 (1.98%) Marketing
15 30 (1.92%) Law
16 29 (1.86%) Organisational Skills
17 28 (1.79%) Financial Institution
18 19 (1.22%) Investment Banking
19 16 (1.02%) Aerospace
19 16 (1.02%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 202 (12.93%) Project Manager
2 180 (11.52%) Analyst
3 171 (10.95%) Lead
4 132 (8.45%) Change Manager
5 111 (7.11%) Senior
6 103 (6.59%) Business Analyst
7 100 (6.40%) Consultant
8 53 (3.39%) Programme Manager
9 51 (3.27%) Developer
10 50 (3.20%) Administrator
10 50 (3.20%) Business Manager
11 48 (3.07%) Architect
12 41 (2.62%) Senior Manager
13 36 (2.30%) Business Change Manager
14 34 (2.18%) IT Manager
14 34 (2.18%) SAP Manager
15 31 (1.98%) Delivery Manager
16 30 (1.92%) Service Manager
17 28 (1.79%) Network Engineer
18 27 (1.73%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (3.65%) REST
2 31 (1.98%) Elastic Stack
3 29 (1.86%) .NET
4 26 (1.66%) Oracle Fusion
5 22 (1.41%) RESTful
6 21 (1.34%) .NET Framework
7 20 (1.28%) OAuth
8 17 (1.09%) SAML
9 16 (1.02%) Middleware
10 15 (0.96%) Web Services
11 12 (0.77%) CSS
11 12 (0.77%) OpenID
12 11 (0.70%) HTML
12 11 (0.70%) LDAP
12 11 (0.70%) SOAP
13 10 (0.64%) ISPF
13 10 (0.64%) pytest
14 9 (0.58%) Django
14 9 (0.58%) NumPy
14 9 (0.58%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 91 (5.83%) Management Information System
2 82 (5.25%) Onboarding
3 67 (4.29%) Product Ownership
4 58 (3.71%) Data Centre
5 42 (2.69%) CMDB
6 39 (2.50%) Cloud Native
7 37 (2.37%) Virtual Team
8 33 (2.11%) Legacy Systems
9 31 (1.98%) PKI
10 29 (1.86%) PMI
11 28 (1.79%) Analytical Mindset
12 25 (1.60%) Data Structures
13 22 (1.41%) Public Cloud
14 21 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
15 20 (1.28%) Data Protection Act
16 17 (1.09%) Operational Technology
16 17 (1.09%) Self-Motivation
17 15 (0.96%) Distributed Systems
17 15 (0.96%) e-Learning
18 13 (0.83%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 159 (10.18%) Windows
2 62 (3.97%) Linux
3 51 (3.27%) Windows Server
4 35 (2.24%) Unix
5 30 (1.92%) Windows 10
6 9 (0.58%) Windows Server 2019
7 8 (0.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 8 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
8 7 (0.45%) Apple iOS
9 4 (0.26%) CentOS
9 4 (0.26%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.26%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.13%) Android
10 2 (0.13%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.13%) VMS
11 1 (0.064%) AIX
11 1 (0.064%) Data ONTAP
11 1 (0.064%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 505 (32.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 391 (25.03%) Agile
3 379 (24.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 337 (21.57%) Problem-Solving
5 304 (19.46%) ITIL
6 293 (18.76%) Continuous Improvement
7 292 (18.69%) Project Management
8 250 (16.01%) Migration
9 218 (13.96%) DevOps
10 175 (11.20%) Project Delivery
11 153 (9.80%) ITSM
12 148 (9.48%) ERP
13 141 (9.03%) Roadmaps
13 141 (9.03%) Service Management
14 140 (8.96%) PRINCE2
14 140 (8.96%) Risk Management
15 132 (8.45%) Validation
16 130 (8.32%) Decision-Making
17 127 (8.13%) CI/CD
18 124 (7.94%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 150 (9.60%) SQL
2 128 (8.19%) Python
3 97 (6.21%) PowerShell
4 42 (2.69%) C#
5 40 (2.56%) Bash
6 25 (1.60%) Java
7 22 (1.41%) PL/SQL
8 21 (1.34%) JavaScript
9 17 (1.09%) Go
9 17 (1.09%) T-SQL
10 12 (0.77%) Shell Script
11 10 (0.64%) CLIST
11 10 (0.64%) COBOL
11 10 (0.64%) JCL
11 10 (0.64%) REXX
12 6 (0.38%) Groovy
13 5 (0.32%) Korn
14 4 (0.26%) Perl
14 4 (0.26%) TypeScript
15 3 (0.19%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 327 (20.93%) Security Cleared
2 257 (16.45%) Degree
3 227 (14.53%) SC Cleared
4 102 (6.53%) PMI Certification
5 95 (6.08%) PMP
6 48 (3.07%) DV Cleared
7 46 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
8 44 (2.82%) BPSS Clearance
8 44 (2.82%) Master's Degree
9 35 (2.24%) CISSP
10 30 (1.92%) CISM
11 27 (1.73%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 25 (1.60%) ITIL Certification
13 24 (1.54%) Cisco Certification
14 20 (1.28%) APMG
14 20 (1.28%) Microsoft Certification
15 19 (1.22%) CCNP
16 15 (0.96%) Azure Certification
17 13 (0.83%) MBA
18 11 (0.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (6.27%) QA
2 75 (4.80%) GDPR
3 67 (4.29%) Data Quality
4 62 (3.97%) PMO
5 58 (3.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 50 (3.20%) SLA
7 30 (1.92%) NIST
8 18 (1.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 16 (1.02%) IFRS
9 16 (1.02%) PCI DSS
10 15 (0.96%) IFRS 17
11 11 (0.70%) Accessibility
11 11 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
12 10 (0.64%) Basel III
13 8 (0.51%) MiFID
13 8 (0.51%) NCSC
13 8 (0.51%) SOC 2
14 6 (0.38%) GRC
15 5 (0.32%) EMIR
16 4 (0.26%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 104 (6.66%) Active Directory
2 63 (4.03%) Docker
3 35 (2.24%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (1.41%) Hyper-V
5 10 (0.64%) ACF2
5 10 (0.64%) RACF
5 10 (0.64%) Time Sharing Option
6 9 (0.58%) VMware NSX
7 8 (0.51%) Firmware
7 8 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (0.51%) VMware ESXi
8 7 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
9 5 (0.32%) KVM
9 5 (0.32%) vSphere
9 5 (0.32%) XenApp
9 5 (0.32%) XenDesktop
10 2 (0.13%) NFS
10 2 (0.13%) ProxySG
11 1 (0.064%) Microsoft App-V
11 1 (0.064%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 84 (5.38%) Kubernetes
2 62 (3.97%) Terraform
3 53 (3.39%) Ansible
4 35 (2.24%) Microsoft Intune
5 28 (1.79%) Grafana
6 27 (1.73%) Prometheus
7 23 (1.47%) SCCM
8 14 (0.90%) Puppet
8 14 (0.90%) vCenter Server
9 11 (0.70%) Kibana
10 10 (0.64%) CA Endevor
11 9 (0.58%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 9 (0.58%) Tivoli
11 9 (0.58%) Tivoli Storage Manager
12 8 (0.51%) FortiGate
12 8 (0.51%) SCOM
12 8 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
13 5 (0.32%) PowerCLI
13 5 (0.32%) Progress Chef
13 5 (0.32%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 277 (17.73%) Microsoft
2 152 (9.73%) SAP
2 152 (9.73%) ServiceNow
3 112 (7.17%) Oracle
4 69 (4.42%) Google
5 57 (3.65%) Salesforce
6 55 (3.52%) VMware
7 52 (3.33%) Cisco
8 34 (2.18%) Citrix
9 32 (2.05%) Splunk
10 29 (1.86%) Workday
11 22 (1.41%) Atlassian
11 22 (1.41%) F5
12 17 (1.09%) Juniper
12 17 (1.09%) Remedy
13 15 (0.96%) CheckPoint
13 15 (0.96%) Palo Alto
13 15 (0.96%) Sage
14 14 (0.90%) Adobe
14 14 (0.90%) Fortinet