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

6 months to
23 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 49 44
Rank change year-on-year -5 -5 +4
Contract jobs citing Change Management 1,593 1,083 1,553
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.26% 4.39% 4.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.94% 4.83% 4.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,029 694 1,006
10th Percentile £322 £327 £350
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £518 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.52% -1.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £618 £638
90th Percentile £694 £700 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 28 56
10th Percentile £21.65 £24.45 £14.22
25th Percentile £22.63 £31.76 £20.62
Median hourly rate £42.25 £53.37 £33.07
Median % change year-on-year -20.84% +61.42% -31.11%
75th Percentile £56.69 £70.00 £59.94
90th Percentile £84.95 £74.75 £63.25
UK median hourly rate £42.05 £57.50 £33.80
% change year-on-year -26.87% +70.13% -29.59%

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 32,274 22,410 32,751
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.33% 90.76% 86.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,683 14,625 21,650
10th Percentile £313 £310 £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 £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 1,981 836 2,152
10th Percentile £15.38 £15.00 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £20.86 £16.00
Median hourly rate £35.00 £33.26 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.25% +2.32% -13.33%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £58.69
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.35 £71.87
UK median hourly rate £31.50 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -3.08% - -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 23 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 23 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 23 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 -11 667 £525 - 199
North of England -13 294 £472 +4.89% 115
Midlands +2 229 £500 -0.25% 106
South East +10 218 £500 - 157
North West +2 196 £424 -3.14% 65
West Midlands -13 153 £510 -0.63% 63
South West +13 117 £525 - 36
Yorkshire -35 92 £488 -2.50% 36
East Midlands +14 74 £425 +34.07% 42
East of England -16 63 £475 +2.70% 55
North East -21 6 £438 -23.91% 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
1 110 (6.91%) Confluence
2 76 (4.77%) SharePoint
3 27 (1.69%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (0.63%) SAS
5 9 (0.56%) Appian
6 6 (0.38%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 5 (0.31%) HCL Notes
7 5 (0.31%) IIS
8 4 (0.25%) CMS
9 2 (0.13%) Moodle
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
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%) Tomcat
Applications
1 84 (5.27%) Microsoft Project
2 73 (4.58%) Microsoft Office
3 71 (4.46%) Microsoft Excel
4 36 (2.26%) MS Visio
5 34 (2.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 7 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.31%) Acrobat
8 4 (0.25%) Trello
8 4 (0.25%) Windchill
9 2 (0.13%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.063%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 60 (3.77%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (1.13%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (0.75%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 10 (0.63%) Salesforce CRM
5 7 (0.44%) SAP ERP
6 6 (0.38%) Finacle
6 6 (0.38%) Oracle ERP
6 6 (0.38%) Remedy ITSM
6 6 (0.38%) Workday HCM
7 5 (0.31%) Oracle Payables
7 5 (0.31%) SAP CO
7 5 (0.31%) SAP FI
7 5 (0.31%) SAP FI/CO
8 4 (0.25%) Primavera
9 3 (0.19%) iTrent
9 3 (0.19%) NetSuite
9 3 (0.19%) Oracle Cash Management
9 3 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
10 2 (0.13%) Elite 3E
10 2 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 255 (16.01%) Azure
2 143 (8.98%) AWS
3 104 (6.53%) Microsoft 365
4 89 (5.59%) Power Platform
5 87 (5.46%) GCP
6 62 (3.89%) Azure DevOps
7 55 (3.45%) Entra ID
8 51 (3.20%) SaaS
9 30 (1.88%) Dynamics 365
10 25 (1.57%) Power Automate
11 24 (1.51%) PaaS
12 21 (1.32%) Google Workspace
13 20 (1.26%) Serverless
14 19 (1.19%) Cloud Computing
14 19 (1.19%) Google Sheets
14 19 (1.19%) Microsoft Copilot
14 19 (1.19%) OpenShift
15 18 (1.13%) IaaS
16 16 (1.00%) GitHub
17 15 (0.94%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 95 (5.96%) Firewall
2 66 (4.14%) Network Security
3 54 (3.39%) WAN
4 48 (3.01%) DNS
5 47 (2.95%) VPN
6 44 (2.76%) LAN
7 29 (1.82%) SD-WAN
8 26 (1.63%) Wi-Fi
9 21 (1.32%) BGP
10 20 (1.26%) DHCP
11 19 (1.19%) OSPF
12 18 (1.13%) SSL
12 18 (1.13%) TCP/IP
13 14 (0.88%) Cisco ASA
13 14 (0.88%) Structured Cabling
14 13 (0.82%) Cisco IOS
14 13 (0.82%) SAN
15 12 (0.75%) MPLS
15 12 (0.75%) Wireless
16 11 (0.69%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (4.52%) Power BI
2 48 (3.01%) SQL Server
3 22 (1.38%) PostgreSQL
4 20 (1.26%) Metadata
4 20 (1.26%) Tableau
5 18 (1.13%) Data Warehouse
6 15 (0.94%) Oracle Database
6 15 (0.94%) Oracle Reports
7 12 (0.75%) Amazon RDS
8 10 (0.63%) Elasticsearch
9 9 (0.56%) MySQL
9 9 (0.56%) NoSQL
10 8 (0.50%) Pinecone
10 8 (0.50%) Relational Database
11 7 (0.44%) Electronic Patient Records
12 6 (0.38%) Amazon Aurora
12 6 (0.38%) Metadata Repository
12 6 (0.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 5 (0.31%) Big Data
13 5 (0.31%) Redis
Development Applications
1 198 (12.43%) JIRA
2 47 (2.95%) Jenkins
3 37 (2.32%) Git
4 20 (1.26%) GitLab
5 17 (1.07%) Liquibase
6 12 (0.75%) Visual Studio
7 8 (0.50%) MLflow
8 5 (0.31%) 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
12 1 (0.063%) Cucumber
General
1 689 (43.25%) Social Skills
2 523 (32.83%) Finance
3 302 (18.96%) Analytical Skills
4 158 (9.92%) Public Sector
5 138 (8.66%) Banking
6 71 (4.46%) Influencing Skills
7 62 (3.89%) Legal
8 56 (3.52%) Retail
9 54 (3.39%) Documentation Skills
10 47 (2.95%) Presentation Skills
11 38 (2.39%) Local Government
11 38 (2.39%) Manufacturing
12 35 (2.20%) Telecoms
13 34 (2.13%) Marketing
14 31 (1.95%) Law
15 29 (1.82%) Financial Institution
16 27 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
17 21 (1.32%) Investment Banking
18 17 (1.07%) Aviation
19 16 (1.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 200 (12.55%) Project Manager
2 183 (11.49%) Analyst
3 175 (10.99%) Lead
4 137 (8.60%) Change Manager
5 110 (6.91%) Senior
6 108 (6.78%) Business Analyst
7 102 (6.40%) Consultant
8 54 (3.39%) Programme Manager
9 52 (3.26%) Developer
10 51 (3.20%) Administrator
10 51 (3.20%) Business Manager
11 48 (3.01%) Architect
12 40 (2.51%) Senior Manager
13 37 (2.32%) Business Change Manager
14 32 (2.01%) IT Manager
15 31 (1.95%) Network Engineer
16 29 (1.82%) Delivery Manager
16 29 (1.82%) Support Engineer
17 28 (1.76%) IT Support
17 28 (1.76%) SAP Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (3.52%) REST
2 31 (1.95%) .NET
3 30 (1.88%) Elastic Stack
4 29 (1.82%) Oracle Fusion
5 21 (1.32%) .NET Framework
5 21 (1.32%) RESTful
6 19 (1.19%) OAuth
7 18 (1.13%) Middleware
8 16 (1.00%) SAML
9 15 (0.94%) Web Services
10 12 (0.75%) CSS
11 11 (0.69%) HTML
11 11 (0.69%) OpenID
11 11 (0.69%) SOAP
12 10 (0.63%) ISPF
12 10 (0.63%) LDAP
12 10 (0.63%) pytest
13 9 (0.56%) Django
13 9 (0.56%) NumPy
13 9 (0.56%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 92 (5.78%) Management Information System
2 75 (4.71%) Onboarding
3 72 (4.52%) Product Ownership
4 59 (3.70%) Data Centre
5 41 (2.57%) CMDB
6 37 (2.32%) Cloud Native
7 35 (2.20%) Virtual Team
8 33 (2.07%) Legacy Systems
9 31 (1.95%) PMI
10 30 (1.88%) Analytical Mindset
10 30 (1.88%) PKI
11 26 (1.63%) Data Structures
12 23 (1.44%) Enterprise Software
13 22 (1.38%) Public Cloud
14 20 (1.26%) Data Protection Act
15 17 (1.07%) Self-Motivation
16 16 (1.00%) Operational Technology
17 14 (0.88%) Distributed Systems
17 14 (0.88%) e-Learning
17 14 (0.88%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 163 (10.23%) Windows
2 61 (3.83%) Linux
3 52 (3.26%) Windows Server
4 34 (2.13%) Unix
5 31 (1.95%) Windows 10
6 9 (0.56%) Windows Server 2019
7 8 (0.50%) Apple iOS
7 8 (0.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 8 (0.50%) 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
1 512 (32.14%) Stakeholder Management
2 402 (25.24%) Agile
3 388 (24.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 350 (21.97%) Problem-Solving
5 310 (19.46%) ITIL
6 309 (19.40%) Continuous Improvement
7 287 (18.02%) Project Management
8 252 (15.82%) Migration
9 216 (13.56%) DevOps
10 182 (11.42%) Project Delivery
11 153 (9.60%) ITSM
12 151 (9.48%) ERP
13 150 (9.42%) Roadmaps
14 145 (9.10%) Service Management
15 141 (8.85%) Risk Management
16 137 (8.60%) PRINCE2
17 135 (8.47%) Validation
18 133 (8.35%) Decision-Making
19 130 (8.16%) Workshop Facilitation
20 124 (7.78%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 155 (9.73%) SQL
2 124 (7.78%) Python
3 100 (6.28%) PowerShell
4 44 (2.76%) C#
5 38 (2.39%) Bash
6 28 (1.76%) PL/SQL
7 23 (1.44%) Java
8 21 (1.32%) JavaScript
9 19 (1.19%) T-SQL
10 15 (0.94%) Go
11 12 (0.75%) Shell Script
12 10 (0.63%) CLIST
12 10 (0.63%) COBOL
12 10 (0.63%) JCL
12 10 (0.63%) REXX
13 7 (0.44%) Groovy
14 6 (0.38%) Korn
15 5 (0.31%) Perl
16 3 (0.19%) ABAP
16 3 (0.19%) C++
Qualifications
1 333 (20.90%) Security Cleared
2 252 (15.82%) Degree
3 231 (14.50%) SC Cleared
4 101 (6.34%) PMI Certification
5 95 (5.96%) PMP
6 50 (3.14%) DV Cleared
7 44 (2.76%) BPSS Clearance
7 44 (2.76%) CISSP
7 44 (2.76%) Computer Science Degree
8 42 (2.64%) Master's Degree
9 37 (2.32%) CISM
10 33 (2.07%) Cisco Certification
11 27 (1.69%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 26 (1.63%) ITIL Certification
13 23 (1.44%) APMG
14 22 (1.38%) CCNP
15 20 (1.26%) Microsoft Certification
16 17 (1.07%) Azure Certification
17 13 (0.82%) MBA
18 11 (0.69%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (5.84%) QA
2 77 (4.83%) GDPR
3 71 (4.46%) PMO
4 69 (4.33%) Data Quality
5 61 (3.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 51 (3.20%) SLA
7 34 (2.13%) NIST
8 20 (1.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 17 (1.07%) PCI DSS
10 16 (1.00%) IFRS
11 15 (0.94%) IFRS 17
12 10 (0.63%) Basel III
12 10 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
12 10 (0.63%) SOC 2
13 8 (0.50%) MiFID
13 8 (0.50%) NCSC
14 7 (0.44%) Accessibility
15 6 (0.38%) GRC
16 5 (0.31%) COBIT
16 5 (0.31%) EMIR
System Software
1 104 (6.53%) Active Directory
2 61 (3.83%) Docker
3 38 (2.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (1.32%) 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
5 10 (0.63%) VMware NSX
6 9 (0.56%) VMware ESXi
7 8 (0.50%) Firmware
8 7 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
9 5 (0.31%) KVM
9 5 (0.31%) vSphere
9 5 (0.31%) XenApp
9 5 (0.31%) XenDesktop
10 2 (0.13%) NFS
10 2 (0.13%) ProxySG
11 1 (0.063%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.063%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 82 (5.15%) Kubernetes
2 62 (3.89%) Terraform
3 51 (3.20%) Ansible
4 36 (2.26%) Microsoft Intune
5 28 (1.76%) Grafana
6 27 (1.69%) Prometheus
7 24 (1.51%) SCCM
8 14 (0.88%) vCenter Server
9 12 (0.75%) Puppet
10 10 (0.63%) CA Endevor
10 10 (0.63%) Kibana
11 9 (0.56%) Tivoli
11 9 (0.56%) Tivoli Storage Manager
12 8 (0.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 8 (0.50%) FortiGate
12 8 (0.50%) SCOM
12 8 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
13 6 (0.38%) CASB
14 5 (0.31%) PowerCLI
14 5 (0.31%) Rancher
Vendors
1 278 (17.45%) Microsoft
2 151 (9.48%) ServiceNow
3 144 (9.04%) SAP
4 120 (7.53%) Oracle
5 67 (4.21%) Google
6 63 (3.95%) Salesforce
7 58 (3.64%) VMware
8 55 (3.45%) Cisco
9 35 (2.20%) Citrix
10 32 (2.01%) Workday
11 30 (1.88%) Splunk
12 23 (1.44%) F5
13 22 (1.38%) Atlassian
14 17 (1.07%) CheckPoint
14 17 (1.07%) Juniper
14 17 (1.07%) Palo Alto
15 16 (1.00%) Fortinet
15 16 (1.00%) Remedy
16 14 (0.88%) Sage
16 14 (0.88%) SolarWinds