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 16 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 51 44
Rank change year-on-year -1 -7 +2
Contract jobs citing Change Management 1,634 1,074 1,517
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.16% 4.40% 4.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.87% 4.84% 4.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,037 698 973
10th Percentile £325 £331 £343
25th Percentile £414 £411 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £509 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.67% -3.14% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £716 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £520
% change year-on-year - -3.85% -5.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 30 53
10th Percentile £22.63 £26.15 £14.09
25th Percentile £22.68 £31.83 £26.42
Median hourly rate £45.46 £57.50 £37.18
Median % change year-on-year -20.94% +54.65% -23.18%
75th Percentile £56.69 £70.00 £61.25
90th Percentile £85.00 £73.25 £67.00
UK median hourly rate £45.46 £54.00 £37.84
% change year-on-year -15.81% +42.71% -21.38%

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 33,547 22,212 32,344
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.44% 91.02% 86.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,492 14,606 21,309
10th Percentile £314 £311 £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 £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 2,069 881 2,207
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.84 £12.85
25th Percentile £20.09 £18.51 £15.76
Median hourly rate £41.56 £31.76 £34.21
Median % change year-on-year +30.84% -7.16% -8.77%
75th Percentile £66.25 £64.50 £58.69
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.25 £71.75
UK median hourly rate £37.16 £30.45 £33.55
% change year-on-year +22.04% -9.24% -7.45%

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 16 April 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 16 April 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 16 April 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 -1 714 £500 -7.19% 183
North of England -11 294 £475 +5.56% 108
Midlands 0 223 £500 -0.05% 85
South East +12 220 £510 +3.03% 126
North West -1 199 £448 +2.29% 56
West Midlands -13 151 £507 +1.15% 48
South West -9 102 £525 +5.00% 34
Yorkshire -39 87 £487 -2.60% 39
East Midlands +12 70 £450 +27.12% 35
East of England -18 69 £475 -2.51% 36
North East -19 8 £440 -23.48% 14
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 (6.79%) Confluence
2 77 (4.71%) SharePoint
3 30 (1.84%) Microsoft Exchange
4 13 (0.80%) SAS
5 9 (0.55%) Appian
6 6 (0.37%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 6 (0.37%) IIS
7 5 (0.31%) HCL Notes
7 5 (0.31%) Oracle Workflow
8 4 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.24%) CMS
9 1 (0.061%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.061%) Mattermost
9 1 (0.061%) Moodle
9 1 (0.061%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.061%) Oracle Spatial
9 1 (0.061%) Tomcat
Applications
1 80 (4.90%) Microsoft Project
2 71 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
3 68 (4.16%) Microsoft Excel
4 33 (2.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 30 (1.84%) MS Visio
6 8 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.31%) Acrobat
8 4 (0.24%) Trello
9 3 (0.18%) Windchill
10 2 (0.12%) Chatbot
11 1 (0.061%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 64 (3.92%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (1.16%) Dynamics CRM
3 13 (0.80%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 10 (0.61%) Salesforce CRM
5 8 (0.49%) SAP ERP
6 7 (0.43%) Oracle Payables
7 6 (0.37%) Finacle
7 6 (0.37%) Oracle ERP
7 6 (0.37%) Remedy ITSM
8 5 (0.31%) NetSuite
8 5 (0.31%) Primavera
8 5 (0.31%) SAP CO
8 5 (0.31%) SAP FI
8 5 (0.31%) SAP FI/CO
8 5 (0.31%) Workday HCM
9 4 (0.24%) iTrent
10 3 (0.18%) Oracle Cash Management
10 3 (0.18%) Oracle Financials
10 3 (0.18%) Oracle Receivables
11 2 (0.12%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 258 (15.79%) Azure
2 130 (7.96%) AWS
3 110 (6.73%) Microsoft 365
4 89 (5.45%) Power Platform
5 70 (4.28%) GCP
6 69 (4.22%) SaaS
7 66 (4.04%) Azure DevOps
8 58 (3.55%) Entra ID
9 33 (2.02%) Dynamics 365
10 30 (1.84%) Google Workspace
11 28 (1.71%) PaaS
11 28 (1.71%) Power Automate
12 22 (1.35%) Cloud Computing
13 20 (1.22%) OCI
13 20 (1.22%) OpenShift
14 19 (1.16%) Google Sheets
15 18 (1.10%) IaaS
16 17 (1.04%) GitHub
17 16 (0.98%) PowerApps
18 13 (0.80%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 98 (6.00%) Firewall
2 65 (3.98%) Network Security
3 54 (3.30%) WAN
4 51 (3.12%) DNS
5 46 (2.82%) VPN
6 43 (2.63%) LAN
7 31 (1.90%) SD-WAN
8 30 (1.84%) Wi-Fi
9 23 (1.41%) SSL
10 22 (1.35%) DHCP
11 21 (1.29%) BGP
12 19 (1.16%) OSPF
13 17 (1.04%) TCP/IP
14 15 (0.92%) SAN
14 15 (0.92%) Wireless
15 13 (0.80%) Cisco ASA
15 13 (0.80%) Cisco IOS
15 13 (0.80%) Structured Cabling
16 12 (0.73%) Internet
16 12 (0.73%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (4.22%) Power BI
2 54 (3.30%) SQL Server
3 24 (1.47%) Metadata
4 21 (1.29%) Data Warehouse
4 21 (1.29%) Tableau
5 15 (0.92%) Oracle Database
5 15 (0.92%) Oracle Reports
6 14 (0.86%) PostgreSQL
7 11 (0.67%) Amazon RDS
8 8 (0.49%) Elasticsearch
8 8 (0.49%) Pinecone
9 7 (0.43%) Electronic Patient Records
9 7 (0.43%) Relational Database
10 6 (0.37%) Metadata Repository
10 6 (0.37%) MySQL
10 6 (0.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (0.24%) Amazon Aurora
11 4 (0.24%) Pentaho
11 4 (0.24%) Redis
11 4 (0.24%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 210 (12.85%) JIRA
2 38 (2.33%) Git
3 34 (2.08%) Jenkins
4 12 (0.73%) Visual Studio
5 10 (0.61%) GitLab
6 9 (0.55%) Liquibase
7 8 (0.49%) MLflow
8 5 (0.31%) InstallShield
9 4 (0.24%) AdminStudio
9 4 (0.24%) Artifactory
9 4 (0.24%) Hudson
9 4 (0.24%) IntelliJ
9 4 (0.24%) JUnit
9 4 (0.24%) Maven
9 4 (0.24%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.18%) Oracle APEX
10 3 (0.18%) Rational DOORS
10 3 (0.18%) ScriptRunner
10 3 (0.18%) Snyk
10 3 (0.18%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 683 (41.80%) Social Skills
2 548 (33.54%) Finance
3 300 (18.36%) Analytical Skills
4 169 (10.34%) Public Sector
5 131 (8.02%) Banking
6 71 (4.35%) Influencing Skills
7 66 (4.04%) Legal
8 65 (3.98%) Retail
9 56 (3.43%) Documentation Skills
10 48 (2.94%) Marketing
11 45 (2.75%) Presentation Skills
12 37 (2.26%) Local Government
13 36 (2.20%) Manufacturing
14 32 (1.96%) Law
15 30 (1.84%) Telecoms
16 28 (1.71%) Organisational Skills
17 22 (1.35%) Financial Institution
18 20 (1.22%) Investment Banking
19 18 (1.10%) Aviation
20 16 (0.98%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 192 (11.75%) Lead
2 191 (11.69%) Project Manager
3 165 (10.10%) Analyst
4 147 (9.00%) Change Manager
5 113 (6.92%) Senior
6 105 (6.43%) Consultant
7 101 (6.18%) Business Analyst
8 61 (3.73%) Administrator
9 58 (3.55%) Programme Manager
10 56 (3.43%) Developer
11 49 (3.00%) Business Manager
12 48 (2.94%) Architect
13 41 (2.51%) Senior Manager
14 40 (2.45%) Business Change Manager
15 38 (2.33%) IT Manager
16 33 (2.02%) Delivery Manager
17 32 (1.96%) Network Engineer
17 32 (1.96%) Support Engineer
18 31 (1.90%) SAP Manager
19 29 (1.77%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (3.18%) REST
2 35 (2.14%) .NET
3 29 (1.77%) Oracle Fusion
4 25 (1.53%) OAuth
5 23 (1.41%) .NET Framework
6 20 (1.22%) Middleware
7 17 (1.04%) Elastic Stack
7 17 (1.04%) SAML
8 15 (0.92%) Web Services
9 14 (0.86%) OpenID
9 14 (0.86%) RESTful
10 13 (0.80%) CSS
10 13 (0.80%) LDAP
11 10 (0.61%) HTML
11 10 (0.61%) ISPF
11 10 (0.61%) OAuth2
11 10 (0.61%) pytest
12 9 (0.55%) Django
12 9 (0.55%) Pandas
12 9 (0.55%) React
Miscellaneous
1 87 (5.32%) Management Information System
2 71 (4.35%) Onboarding
3 70 (4.28%) Product Ownership
4 62 (3.79%) Data Centre
5 43 (2.63%) Virtual Team
6 39 (2.39%) Legacy Systems
6 39 (2.39%) PMI
7 38 (2.33%) CMDB
8 30 (1.84%) Cloud Native
9 29 (1.77%) Analytical Mindset
10 27 (1.65%) Data Structures
10 27 (1.65%) PKI
11 24 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
12 20 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
13 17 (1.04%) Data Protection Act
14 16 (0.98%) Operational Technology
14 16 (0.98%) Public Cloud
15 15 (0.92%) Low-Code
15 15 (0.92%) Replication
16 14 (0.86%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 162 (9.91%) Windows
2 62 (3.79%) Linux
3 56 (3.43%) Windows Server
4 29 (1.77%) Unix
5 28 (1.71%) Windows 10
6 13 (0.80%) 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 (0.24%) AIX
10 4 (0.24%) VMS
11 3 (0.18%) CentOS
11 3 (0.18%) HPUX
11 3 (0.18%) Mac OS
11 3 (0.18%) Oracle Linux
11 3 (0.18%) Solaris
11 3 (0.18%) SUSE
11 3 (0.18%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.12%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 522 (31.95%) Stakeholder Management
2 400 (24.48%) Agile
3 397 (24.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 347 (21.24%) Problem-Solving
5 329 (20.13%) Continuous Improvement
6 319 (19.52%) ITIL
7 301 (18.42%) Project Management
8 275 (16.83%) Migration
9 224 (13.71%) DevOps
10 194 (11.87%) Project Delivery
11 175 (10.71%) ERP
12 159 (9.73%) Roadmaps
13 153 (9.36%) ITSM
14 150 (9.18%) Decision-Making
15 146 (8.94%) Risk Management
16 144 (8.81%) Service Management
17 140 (8.57%) Validation
18 134 (8.20%) PRINCE2
19 130 (7.96%) Cybersecurity
20 128 (7.83%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 162 (9.91%) SQL
2 100 (6.12%) Python
3 95 (5.81%) PowerShell
4 49 (3.00%) C#
5 37 (2.26%) PL/SQL
6 35 (2.14%) Bash
7 26 (1.59%) Java
8 25 (1.53%) T-SQL
9 22 (1.35%) JavaScript
10 10 (0.61%) CLIST
10 10 (0.61%) COBOL
10 10 (0.61%) JCL
10 10 (0.61%) REXX
11 9 (0.55%) Groovy
11 9 (0.55%) Korn
12 7 (0.43%) Shell Script
13 6 (0.37%) Perl
14 5 (0.31%) Go
15 3 (0.18%) ABAP
15 3 (0.18%) C++
Qualifications
1 346 (21.18%) Security Cleared
2 249 (15.24%) SC Cleared
3 234 (14.32%) Degree
4 111 (6.79%) PMI Certification
5 108 (6.61%) PMP
6 49 (3.00%) CISSP
6 49 (3.00%) DV Cleared
7 43 (2.63%) BPSS Clearance
8 38 (2.33%) CISM
9 37 (2.26%) Cisco Certification
10 35 (2.14%) Master's Degree
11 30 (1.84%) Computer Science Degree
12 29 (1.77%) APMG
12 29 (1.77%) ITIL Certification
12 29 (1.77%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 26 (1.59%) CCNP
14 17 (1.04%) Azure Certification
15 16 (0.98%) ACCA
15 16 (0.98%) CIMA
15 16 (0.98%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (5.94%) QA
2 80 (4.90%) GDPR
3 78 (4.77%) PMO
4 71 (4.35%) Data Quality
5 64 (3.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 55 (3.37%) SLA
7 42 (2.57%) NIST
8 21 (1.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 18 (1.10%) SOC 2
10 17 (1.04%) IFRS
11 15 (0.92%) IFRS 17
11 15 (0.92%) PCI DSS
12 10 (0.61%) Basel III
13 9 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
13 9 (0.55%) GRC
14 7 (0.43%) COBIT
14 7 (0.43%) ITGC
15 5 (0.31%) Accessibility
15 5 (0.31%) NCSC
16 4 (0.24%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 117 (7.16%) Active Directory
2 51 (3.12%) Docker
3 41 (2.51%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (1.29%) Hyper-V
5 14 (0.86%) Virtual Machines
6 12 (0.73%) VMware ESXi
6 12 (0.73%) VMware NSX
7 10 (0.61%) ACF2
7 10 (0.61%) RACF
7 10 (0.61%) 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 (0.061%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.061%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 75 (4.59%) Kubernetes
2 54 (3.30%) Terraform
3 48 (2.94%) Ansible
4 34 (2.08%) Microsoft Intune
5 23 (1.41%) SCCM
6 20 (1.22%) Single Sign-On
7 19 (1.16%) Grafana
8 18 (1.10%) Prometheus
9 17 (1.04%) vCenter Server
10 10 (0.61%) CA Endevor
10 10 (0.61%) Puppet
11 9 (0.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 9 (0.55%) Tivoli
11 9 (0.55%) Tivoli Storage Manager
12 8 (0.49%) FortiGate
12 8 (0.49%) Kibana
12 8 (0.49%) SCOM
13 7 (0.43%) PowerCLI
14 6 (0.37%) CASB
14 6 (0.37%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 277 (16.95%) Microsoft
2 166 (10.16%) ServiceNow
3 156 (9.55%) SAP
4 146 (8.94%) Oracle
5 67 (4.10%) Salesforce
6 65 (3.98%) Google
7 61 (3.73%) VMware
8 57 (3.49%) Cisco
9 37 (2.26%) Citrix
10 34 (2.08%) Workday
11 24 (1.47%) Splunk
12 23 (1.41%) Atlassian
13 22 (1.35%) F5
14 21 (1.29%) IFS
15 19 (1.16%) Juniper
16 18 (1.10%) CheckPoint
17 17 (1.04%) Palo Alto
18 16 (0.98%) Remedy
19 15 (0.92%) SolarWinds
20 14 (0.86%) Fortinet