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

 6 months to
19 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 49 44
Rank change year-on-year -4 -5 +6
Contract jobs citing Change Management 1,584 1,076 1,579
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.28% 4.40% 4.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.95% 4.85% 4.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,022 684 1,020
10th Percentile £322 £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 £625 £650
90th Percentile £688 £700 £713
UK median daily rate £500 £501 £525
% change year-on-year -0.25% -4.52% -2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 28 57
10th Percentile £21.05 £24.45 £14.26
25th Percentile £22.63 £31.76 £20.82
Median hourly rate £42.05 £52.00 £33.07
Median % change year-on-year -19.13% +57.27% -28.28%
75th Percentile £54.71 £69.06 £59.50
90th Percentile £84.80 £74.75 £63.00
UK median hourly rate £41.86 £56.75 £34.53
% change year-on-year -26.24% +64.34% -24.93%

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 31,979 22,196 32,870
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.42% 90.71% 86.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,491 14,461 21,766
10th Percentile £313 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.05% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £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 1,970 819 2,143
10th Percentile £15.34 £15.08 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.00 £16.06
Median hourly rate £31.45 £33.40 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.84% +2.77% -10.41%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £70.63
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £32.12
% change year-on-year -7.69% +1.20% -8.24%

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 19 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 19 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 19 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 -12 661 £525 - 208
North of England -17 292 £475 +5.56% 113
Midlands +1 232 £500 -0.05% 98
South East +15 219 £500 - 162
North West +3 195 £430 -1.83% 60
West Midlands -4 154 £510 +1.64% 58
South West +14 117 £525 - 36
Yorkshire -27 92 £488 -2.50% 41
East Midlands +14 76 £425 +34.07% 40
East of England -17 58 £475 -2.51% 61
North East -16 5 £450 -21.74% 14
Change Management
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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
1 109 (6.88%) Confluence
2 75 (4.73%) SharePoint
3 27 (1.70%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (0.63%) SAS
5 9 (0.57%) Appian
6 6 (0.38%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 5 (0.32%) HCL Notes
7 5 (0.32%) IIS
8 4 (0.25%) CMS
9 2 (0.13%) Moodle
10 1 (0.063%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.063%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.063%) JBoss
10 1 (0.063%) Mattermost
10 1 (0.063%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.063%) Oracle Spatial
10 1 (0.063%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.063%) Tomcat
Applications
1 85 (5.37%) Microsoft Project
2 75 (4.73%) Microsoft Office
3 70 (4.42%) Microsoft Excel
4 36 (2.27%) MS Visio
5 32 (2.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 6 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.32%) Acrobat
8 4 (0.25%) Trello
8 4 (0.25%) Windchill
9 2 (0.13%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.063%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.063%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 60 (3.79%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (1.14%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (0.76%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 10 (0.63%) Salesforce CRM
5 6 (0.38%) Finacle
5 6 (0.38%) Oracle ERP
5 6 (0.38%) Remedy ITSM
5 6 (0.38%) SAP ERP
5 6 (0.38%) Workday HCM
6 5 (0.32%) SAP CO
6 5 (0.32%) SAP FI
6 5 (0.32%) SAP FI/CO
7 4 (0.25%) Oracle Payables
7 4 (0.25%) Primavera
8 3 (0.19%) iTrent
8 3 (0.19%) NetSuite
8 3 (0.19%) Oracle Cash Management
8 3 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
9 2 (0.13%) Kondor
9 2 (0.13%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 252 (15.91%) Azure
2 142 (8.96%) AWS
3 105 (6.63%) Microsoft 365
4 87 (5.49%) GCP
5 86 (5.43%) Power Platform
6 59 (3.72%) Azure DevOps
7 57 (3.60%) Entra ID
8 50 (3.16%) SaaS
9 30 (1.89%) Dynamics 365
10 24 (1.52%) Power Automate
11 22 (1.39%) PaaS
12 21 (1.33%) Google Workspace
13 19 (1.20%) Cloud Computing
13 19 (1.20%) Google Sheets
13 19 (1.20%) Microsoft Copilot
13 19 (1.20%) OpenShift
13 19 (1.20%) Serverless
14 18 (1.14%) IaaS
15 17 (1.07%) GitHub
16 15 (0.95%) AWS KMS
Communications & Networking
1 96 (6.06%) Firewall
2 66 (4.17%) Network Security
3 53 (3.35%) WAN
4 50 (3.16%) DNS
5 48 (3.03%) VPN
6 43 (2.71%) LAN
7 29 (1.83%) SD-WAN
8 26 (1.64%) Wi-Fi
9 21 (1.33%) BGP
10 20 (1.26%) DHCP
10 20 (1.26%) TCP/IP
11 19 (1.20%) OSPF
12 18 (1.14%) SSL
13 14 (0.88%) Cisco ASA
13 14 (0.88%) Structured Cabling
14 13 (0.82%) Cisco IOS
14 13 (0.82%) Internet
14 13 (0.82%) SAN
15 12 (0.76%) MPLS
15 12 (0.76%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (4.42%) Power BI
2 48 (3.03%) SQL Server
3 22 (1.39%) PostgreSQL
4 20 (1.26%) Metadata
5 19 (1.20%) Tableau
6 18 (1.14%) Data Warehouse
7 15 (0.95%) Oracle Database
8 14 (0.88%) Oracle Reports
9 12 (0.76%) Amazon RDS
10 11 (0.69%) Elasticsearch
11 10 (0.63%) MySQL
12 9 (0.57%) NoSQL
13 8 (0.51%) Pinecone
13 8 (0.51%) Relational Database
14 7 (0.44%) Electronic Patient Records
15 6 (0.38%) Metadata Repository
15 6 (0.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 5 (0.32%) Amazon Aurora
16 5 (0.32%) Big Data
16 5 (0.32%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 193 (12.18%) JIRA
2 46 (2.90%) Jenkins
3 34 (2.15%) Git
4 20 (1.26%) GitLab
5 17 (1.07%) Liquibase
6 12 (0.76%) Visual Studio
7 8 (0.51%) MLflow
8 5 (0.32%) InstallShield
9 4 (0.25%) AdminStudio
9 4 (0.25%) JUnit
9 4 (0.25%) Maven
10 3 (0.19%) IntelliJ
10 3 (0.19%) Oracle APEX
10 3 (0.19%) Rational DOORS
10 3 (0.19%) Sonatype Nexus
11 2 (0.13%) Artifactory
11 2 (0.13%) git-flow
11 2 (0.13%) Hudson
11 2 (0.13%) Mockito
11 2 (0.13%) MSI
General
1 689 (43.50%) Social Skills
2 514 (32.45%) Finance
3 297 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
4 158 (9.97%) Public Sector
5 134 (8.46%) Banking
6 70 (4.42%) Influencing Skills
7 61 (3.85%) Legal
8 55 (3.47%) Retail
9 52 (3.28%) Documentation Skills
10 50 (3.16%) Presentation Skills
11 41 (2.59%) Manufacturing
12 38 (2.40%) Local Government
13 35 (2.21%) Telecoms
14 34 (2.15%) Marketing
15 31 (1.96%) Law
16 28 (1.77%) Financial Institution
17 26 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
18 19 (1.20%) Investment Banking
19 17 (1.07%) Aviation
20 16 (1.01%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 207 (13.07%) Project Manager
2 179 (11.30%) Analyst
3 172 (10.86%) Lead
4 137 (8.65%) Change Manager
5 110 (6.94%) Senior
6 105 (6.63%) Business Analyst
7 103 (6.50%) Consultant
8 53 (3.35%) Programme Manager
9 51 (3.22%) Business Manager
9 51 (3.22%) Developer
10 50 (3.16%) Administrator
11 48 (3.03%) Architect
12 40 (2.53%) Senior Manager
13 37 (2.34%) Business Change Manager
14 35 (2.21%) IT Manager
15 30 (1.89%) Network Engineer
16 29 (1.83%) Delivery Manager
16 29 (1.83%) SAP Manager
16 29 (1.83%) Service Manager
17 27 (1.70%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (3.54%) REST
2 30 (1.89%) .NET
3 29 (1.83%) Elastic Stack
4 28 (1.77%) Oracle Fusion
5 21 (1.33%) .NET Framework
5 21 (1.33%) RESTful
6 20 (1.26%) OAuth
7 17 (1.07%) Middleware
7 17 (1.07%) SAML
8 15 (0.95%) Web Services
9 12 (0.76%) OpenID
10 11 (0.69%) CSS
10 11 (0.69%) LDAP
10 11 (0.69%) SOAP
11 10 (0.63%) HTML
11 10 (0.63%) ISPF
11 10 (0.63%) pytest
12 9 (0.57%) Django
12 9 (0.57%) NumPy
12 9 (0.57%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 92 (5.81%) Management Information System
2 76 (4.80%) Onboarding
3 71 (4.48%) Product Ownership
4 61 (3.85%) Data Centre
5 41 (2.59%) CMDB
6 37 (2.34%) Cloud Native
6 37 (2.34%) Virtual Team
7 33 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
8 31 (1.96%) PKI
8 31 (1.96%) PMI
9 30 (1.89%) Analytical Mindset
10 26 (1.64%) Data Structures
11 23 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
12 22 (1.39%) Public Cloud
13 20 (1.26%) Data Protection Act
14 17 (1.07%) Operational Technology
15 16 (1.01%) Self-Motivation
16 14 (0.88%) Distributed Systems
16 14 (0.88%) e-Learning
16 14 (0.88%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 163 (10.29%) Windows
2 61 (3.85%) Linux
3 52 (3.28%) Windows Server
4 34 (2.15%) Unix
5 31 (1.96%) Windows 10
6 9 (0.57%) Windows Server 2019
7 8 (0.51%) Apple iOS
7 8 (0.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 8 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (0.25%) CentOS
8 4 (0.25%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.25%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (0.19%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.13%) Android
10 2 (0.13%) VMS
11 1 (0.063%) AIX
11 1 (0.063%) Data ONTAP
11 1 (0.063%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 507 (32.01%) Stakeholder Management
2 398 (25.13%) Agile
3 387 (24.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 344 (21.72%) Problem-Solving
5 311 (19.63%) ITIL
6 303 (19.13%) Continuous Improvement
7 293 (18.50%) Project Management
8 251 (15.85%) Migration
9 212 (13.38%) DevOps
10 183 (11.55%) Project Delivery
11 154 (9.72%) ITSM
12 149 (9.41%) ERP
13 147 (9.28%) Roadmaps
14 144 (9.09%) Service Management
15 141 (8.90%) PRINCE2
15 141 (8.90%) Risk Management
16 134 (8.46%) Decision-Making
16 134 (8.46%) Validation
17 131 (8.27%) Workshop Facilitation
18 120 (7.58%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 152 (9.60%) SQL
2 124 (7.83%) Python
3 102 (6.44%) PowerShell
4 42 (2.65%) C#
5 38 (2.40%) Bash
6 26 (1.64%) PL/SQL
7 23 (1.45%) Java
8 20 (1.26%) JavaScript
9 18 (1.14%) T-SQL
10 15 (0.95%) Go
11 12 (0.76%) Shell Script
12 10 (0.63%) CLIST
12 10 (0.63%) COBOL
12 10 (0.63%) JCL
12 10 (0.63%) REXX
13 6 (0.38%) Groovy
13 6 (0.38%) Korn
14 4 (0.25%) Perl
15 3 (0.19%) ABAP
15 3 (0.19%) C++
Qualifications
1 329 (20.77%) Security Cleared
2 255 (16.10%) Degree
3 227 (14.33%) SC Cleared
4 103 (6.50%) PMI Certification
5 97 (6.12%) PMP
6 49 (3.09%) DV Cleared
7 45 (2.84%) Computer Science Degree
8 43 (2.71%) BPSS Clearance
8 43 (2.71%) Master's Degree
9 41 (2.59%) CISSP
10 35 (2.21%) CISM
11 32 (2.02%) Cisco Certification
12 28 (1.77%) ITIL Certification
13 27 (1.70%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 24 (1.52%) APMG
15 22 (1.39%) CCNP
16 20 (1.26%) Microsoft Certification
17 17 (1.07%) Azure Certification
18 13 (0.82%) MBA
19 11 (0.69%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (5.93%) QA
2 77 (4.86%) GDPR
3 69 (4.36%) PMO
4 68 (4.29%) Data Quality
5 59 (3.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 51 (3.22%) SLA
7 32 (2.02%) NIST
8 19 (1.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 17 (1.07%) PCI DSS
10 16 (1.01%) IFRS
11 15 (0.95%) IFRS 17
12 11 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
13 10 (0.63%) Basel III
14 9 (0.57%) SOC 2
15 8 (0.51%) Accessibility
15 8 (0.51%) MiFID
15 8 (0.51%) NCSC
16 6 (0.38%) GRC
17 5 (0.32%) EMIR
18 4 (0.25%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 106 (6.69%) Active Directory
2 60 (3.79%) Docker
3 37 (2.34%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (1.33%) Hyper-V
5 10 (0.63%) ACF2
5 10 (0.63%) RACF
5 10 (0.63%) Time Sharing Option
5 10 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (0.57%) VMware ESXi
6 9 (0.57%) VMware NSX
7 8 (0.51%) Firmware
7 8 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
8 5 (0.32%) KVM
8 5 (0.32%) vSphere
8 5 (0.32%) XenApp
8 5 (0.32%) XenDesktop
9 2 (0.13%) NFS
9 2 (0.13%) ProxySG
10 1 (0.063%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.063%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 82 (5.18%) Kubernetes
2 61 (3.85%) Terraform
3 51 (3.22%) Ansible
4 38 (2.40%) Microsoft Intune
5 27 (1.70%) Grafana
6 26 (1.64%) Prometheus
7 25 (1.58%) SCCM
8 14 (0.88%) vCenter Server
9 13 (0.82%) Puppet
10 10 (0.63%) CA Endevor
10 10 (0.63%) Kibana
11 9 (0.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 9 (0.57%) Tivoli
11 9 (0.57%) Tivoli Storage Manager
12 8 (0.51%) FortiGate
12 8 (0.51%) SCOM
12 8 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
13 5 (0.32%) CASB
13 5 (0.32%) PowerCLI
13 5 (0.32%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 280 (17.68%) Microsoft
2 148 (9.34%) ServiceNow
3 145 (9.15%) SAP
4 117 (7.39%) Oracle
5 67 (4.23%) Google
6 60 (3.79%) Salesforce
7 57 (3.60%) VMware
8 54 (3.41%) Cisco
9 35 (2.21%) Citrix
10 31 (1.96%) Workday
11 30 (1.89%) Splunk
12 22 (1.39%) Atlassian
12 22 (1.39%) F5
13 17 (1.07%) CheckPoint
13 17 (1.07%) Juniper
13 17 (1.07%) Palo Alto
14 16 (1.01%) Fortinet
14 16 (1.01%) Remedy
15 14 (0.88%) Sage
15 14 (0.88%) SolarWinds
616 Change Management jobs in England