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

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 46 43
Rank change year-on-year -7 -3 +8
Contract jobs citing Change Management 1,515 1,122 1,589
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.29% 4.43% 4.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.93% 4.91% 4.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 980 667 1,018
10th Percentile £313 £331 £355
25th Percentile £412 £419 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £650
90th Percentile £688 £725 £706
UK median daily rate £500 £521 £525
% change year-on-year -4.08% -0.71% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 67 28 55
10th Percentile £20.79 £28.12 £15.93
25th Percentile £22.63 £34.19 £27.36
Median hourly rate £45.46 £56.75 £37.18
Median % change year-on-year -19.89% +52.62% -19.36%
75th Percentile £56.69 £69.06 £59.50
90th Percentile £84.35 £74.75 £63.50
UK median hourly rate £41.86 £56.75 £40.26
% change year-on-year -26.24% +40.96% -9.03%

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 30,728 22,863 33,081
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.02% 90.30% 87.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,671 14,434 21,926
10th Percentile £313 £306 £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 £615 £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 1,917 775 2,089
10th Percentile £15.24 £15.50 £13.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £28.91 £35.00 £34.21
Median % change year-on-year -17.40% +2.31% -3.42%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £59.92
90th Percentile £73.46 £75.95 £72.07
UK median hourly rate £27.61 £32.50 £33.03
% change year-on-year -15.06% -1.61% -5.62%

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 2 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 2 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 2 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 -19 625 £520 -0.95% 192
North of England -9 294 £475 -5.00% 124
Midlands +9 244 £496 -1.00% 91
South East -1 190 £500 -2.44% 176
North West +4 186 £414 -9.75% 65
West Midlands +2 167 £500 -2.63% 59
South West +10 114 £525 -1.41% 61
Yorkshire -21 104 £487 -8.07% 47
East Midlands +15 77 £425 +8.70% 32
East of England -31 46 £488 +0.05% 78
North East -21 4 £475 -17.39% 13
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
1 109 (7.19%) Confluence
2 75 (4.95%) SharePoint
3 28 (1.85%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (0.66%) SAS
5 9 (0.59%) Appian
6 5 (0.33%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 5 (0.33%) HCL Notes
6 5 (0.33%) IIS
7 4 (0.26%) CMS
7 4 (0.26%) Mattermost
8 3 (0.20%) Moodle
8 3 (0.20%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.066%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.066%) FileNet
9 1 (0.066%) JBoss
9 1 (0.066%) nginx
9 1 (0.066%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.066%) Oracle Spatial
9 1 (0.066%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.066%) Tomcat
Applications
1 83 (5.48%) Microsoft Project
2 75 (4.95%) Microsoft Office
3 69 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
4 38 (2.51%) MS Visio
5 30 (1.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.33%) Acrobat
7 4 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.26%) Trello
7 4 (0.26%) Windchill
8 1 (0.066%) Adobe Captivate
8 1 (0.066%) Camtasia
8 1 (0.066%) Mozilla Thunderbird
8 1 (0.066%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.066%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 59 (3.89%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (0.73%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 11 (0.73%) Salesforce CRM
4 7 (0.46%) Remedy ITSM
4 7 (0.46%) SAP ERP
5 6 (0.40%) Workday HCM
6 5 (0.33%) Finacle
6 5 (0.33%) Oracle ERP
6 5 (0.33%) SAP CO
6 5 (0.33%) SAP FI
6 5 (0.33%) SAP FI/CO
7 4 (0.26%) Oracle Cash Management
7 4 (0.26%) Oracle Payables
8 3 (0.20%) iTrent
8 3 (0.20%) NetSuite
8 3 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
9 2 (0.13%) Kondor
9 2 (0.13%) Maximo
9 2 (0.13%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 235 (15.51%) Azure
2 142 (9.37%) AWS
3 104 (6.86%) Microsoft 365
4 97 (6.40%) GCP
5 79 (5.21%) Power Platform
6 51 (3.37%) Entra ID
7 50 (3.30%) Azure DevOps
8 47 (3.10%) SaaS
9 24 (1.58%) Dynamics 365
10 23 (1.52%) Serverless
11 21 (1.39%) Google Workspace
11 21 (1.39%) Power Automate
12 20 (1.32%) PaaS
13 19 (1.25%) Google Sheets
13 19 (1.25%) Microsoft Copilot
13 19 (1.25%) OpenShift
14 18 (1.19%) Cloud Computing
15 17 (1.12%) AWS KMS
15 17 (1.12%) IaaS
16 16 (1.06%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 87 (5.74%) Firewall
2 59 (3.89%) Network Security
3 58 (3.83%) DNS
4 44 (2.90%) VPN
5 42 (2.77%) WAN
6 31 (2.05%) LAN
7 25 (1.65%) DHCP
8 21 (1.39%) TCP/IP
8 21 (1.39%) Wi-Fi
9 20 (1.32%) SD-WAN
10 18 (1.19%) SSL
11 15 (0.99%) BGP
12 13 (0.86%) Kerberos
12 13 (0.86%) OSPF
13 12 (0.79%) Cisco IOS
13 12 (0.79%) Wireless
14 11 (0.73%) Cisco ASA
14 11 (0.73%) Internet
15 10 (0.66%) HTTP
15 10 (0.66%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (4.22%) Power BI
2 47 (3.10%) SQL Server
3 23 (1.52%) PostgreSQL
4 22 (1.45%) Metadata
5 17 (1.12%) Tableau
6 14 (0.92%) Elasticsearch
7 13 (0.86%) Amazon RDS
7 13 (0.86%) Data Warehouse
7 13 (0.86%) NoSQL
7 13 (0.86%) Oracle Database
8 12 (0.79%) Oracle Reports
9 9 (0.59%) MySQL
10 8 (0.53%) Pinecone
10 8 (0.53%) Relational Database
11 7 (0.46%) Electronic Patient Records
12 6 (0.40%) BigQuery
12 6 (0.40%) Metadata Repository
13 5 (0.33%) Amazon Aurora
13 5 (0.33%) Big Data
14 4 (0.26%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 183 (12.08%) JIRA
2 50 (3.30%) Jenkins
3 33 (2.18%) Git
4 24 (1.58%) GitLab
5 22 (1.45%) Liquibase
6 12 (0.79%) Visual Studio
7 8 (0.53%) MLflow
8 4 (0.26%) JUnit
9 3 (0.20%) Maven
9 3 (0.20%) Oracle APEX
9 3 (0.20%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.13%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.13%) git-flow
10 2 (0.13%) IntelliJ
10 2 (0.13%) Mockito
10 2 (0.13%) MSI
10 2 (0.13%) Rational DOORS
10 2 (0.13%) Vagrant
11 1 (0.066%) InstallShield
11 1 (0.066%) Toad
General
1 684 (45.15%) Social Skills
2 494 (32.61%) Finance
3 284 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
4 142 (9.37%) Public Sector
5 138 (9.11%) Banking
6 69 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
7 58 (3.83%) Legal
8 54 (3.56%) Presentation Skills
9 51 (3.37%) Documentation Skills
10 41 (2.71%) Retail
11 39 (2.57%) Manufacturing
12 36 (2.38%) Local Government
13 34 (2.24%) Organisational Skills
14 33 (2.18%) Telecoms
15 31 (2.05%) Marketing
16 30 (1.98%) Financial Institution
17 28 (1.85%) Law
18 19 (1.25%) Investment Banking
19 16 (1.06%) Publishing
19 16 (1.06%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 202 (13.33%) Analyst
2 188 (12.41%) Project Manager
3 162 (10.69%) Lead
4 130 (8.58%) Change Manager
5 113 (7.46%) Business Analyst
6 109 (7.19%) Senior
7 90 (5.94%) Consultant
8 51 (3.37%) Programme Manager
9 50 (3.30%) Business Manager
10 49 (3.23%) Architect
11 47 (3.10%) Administrator
11 47 (3.10%) Developer
12 40 (2.64%) Senior Manager
13 36 (2.38%) Business Change Manager
14 34 (2.24%) SAP Manager
15 33 (2.18%) Service Manager
16 31 (2.05%) IT Manager
17 29 (1.91%) Delivery Manager
18 27 (1.78%) Network Engineer
19 25 (1.65%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (3.83%) REST
2 34 (2.24%) Elastic Stack
3 28 (1.85%) .NET
4 25 (1.65%) Oracle Fusion
4 25 (1.65%) RESTful
5 22 (1.45%) OAuth
6 20 (1.32%) .NET Framework
7 19 (1.25%) SAML
8 15 (0.99%) Middleware
9 14 (0.92%) LDAP
9 14 (0.92%) OpenID
9 14 (0.92%) Web Services
10 11 (0.73%) CSS
10 11 (0.73%) HTML
11 10 (0.66%) ISPF
11 10 (0.66%) pytest
11 10 (0.66%) SOAP
12 9 (0.59%) Django
12 9 (0.59%) NumPy
12 9 (0.59%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 88 (5.81%) Management Information System
2 81 (5.35%) Onboarding
3 67 (4.42%) Product Ownership
4 49 (3.23%) Data Centre
5 43 (2.84%) Cloud Native
5 43 (2.84%) CMDB
6 36 (2.38%) Virtual Team
7 33 (2.18%) Legacy Systems
7 33 (2.18%) PKI
8 28 (1.85%) Analytical Mindset
9 26 (1.72%) PMI
10 25 (1.65%) Public Cloud
11 24 (1.58%) Data Structures
12 21 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
13 20 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
14 19 (1.25%) Data Protection Act
14 19 (1.25%) Distributed Systems
15 15 (0.99%) e-Learning
16 13 (0.86%) Mainframe
16 13 (0.86%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 151 (9.97%) Windows
2 69 (4.55%) Linux
3 46 (3.04%) Windows Server
4 37 (2.44%) Unix
5 33 (2.18%) Windows 10
6 9 (0.59%) Windows Server 2019
7 8 (0.53%) Windows Server 2016
8 7 (0.46%) Apple iOS
8 7 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (0.33%) VMS
10 4 (0.26%) CentOS
10 4 (0.26%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.26%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.13%) Amazon Linux
11 2 (0.13%) Android
11 2 (0.13%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.066%) AIX
12 1 (0.066%) Data ONTAP
12 1 (0.066%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 487 (32.15%) Stakeholder Management
2 388 (25.61%) Agile
3 367 (24.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 326 (21.52%) Problem-Solving
5 297 (19.60%) ITIL
6 278 (18.35%) Project Management
7 276 (18.22%) Continuous Improvement
8 246 (16.24%) Migration
9 213 (14.06%) DevOps
10 169 (11.16%) Project Delivery
11 151 (9.97%) ITSM
12 143 (9.44%) Service Management
13 137 (9.04%) ERP
14 132 (8.71%) PRINCE2
15 128 (8.45%) Decision-Making
15 128 (8.45%) Roadmaps
16 126 (8.32%) CI/CD
17 125 (8.25%) Risk Management
18 121 (7.99%) Validation
18 121 (7.99%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 150 (9.90%) SQL
2 135 (8.91%) Python
3 98 (6.47%) PowerShell
4 40 (2.64%) Bash
5 38 (2.51%) C#
6 26 (1.72%) Java
7 22 (1.45%) Go
8 21 (1.39%) PL/SQL
9 20 (1.32%) JavaScript
10 16 (1.06%) T-SQL
11 12 (0.79%) Shell Script
12 10 (0.66%) CLIST
12 10 (0.66%) COBOL
12 10 (0.66%) JCL
12 10 (0.66%) REXX
13 7 (0.46%) Groovy
14 6 (0.40%) Korn
15 5 (0.33%) Perl
16 4 (0.26%) ABAP
16 4 (0.26%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 306 (20.20%) Security Cleared
2 257 (16.96%) Degree
3 215 (14.19%) SC Cleared
4 92 (6.07%) PMI Certification
5 85 (5.61%) PMP
6 53 (3.50%) Computer Science Degree
7 49 (3.23%) Master's Degree
8 46 (3.04%) DV Cleared
9 41 (2.71%) BPSS Clearance
10 29 (1.91%) CISSP
11 26 (1.72%) CISM
11 26 (1.72%) ITIL Certification
12 25 (1.65%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 23 (1.52%) Microsoft Certification
14 20 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
15 19 (1.25%) APMG
16 16 (1.06%) Azure Certification
17 15 (0.99%) CCNP
18 13 (0.86%) MBA
19 12 (0.79%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (6.14%) QA
2 67 (4.42%) Data Quality
3 65 (4.29%) GDPR
4 60 (3.96%) PMO
5 47 (3.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 43 (2.84%) SLA
7 20 (1.32%) NIST
8 17 (1.12%) IFRS
9 15 (0.99%) IFRS 17
9 15 (0.99%) PCI DSS
9 15 (0.99%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 12 (0.79%) Accessibility
11 10 (0.66%) Basel III
11 10 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials
12 8 (0.53%) MiFID
12 8 (0.53%) NCSC
13 6 (0.40%) GRC
14 5 (0.33%) EMIR
15 4 (0.26%) Government Security Classifications
15 4 (0.26%) Solvency II
System Software
1 101 (6.67%) Active Directory
2 71 (4.69%) Docker
3 34 (2.24%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (1.32%) Hyper-V
5 10 (0.66%) ACF2
5 10 (0.66%) RACF
5 10 (0.66%) Time Sharing Option
6 9 (0.59%) VMware NSX
7 8 (0.53%) Firmware
8 7 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
8 7 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
8 7 (0.46%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (0.33%) KVM
9 5 (0.33%) vSphere
9 5 (0.33%) XenApp
9 5 (0.33%) XenDesktop
10 2 (0.13%) DFS Replication
10 2 (0.13%) NFS
10 2 (0.13%) ProxySG
11 1 (0.066%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 89 (5.87%) Kubernetes
2 65 (4.29%) Terraform
3 58 (3.83%) Ansible
4 32 (2.11%) Grafana
5 30 (1.98%) Microsoft Intune
5 30 (1.98%) Prometheus
6 29 (1.91%) SCCM
7 16 (1.06%) Puppet
8 13 (0.86%) Kibana
8 13 (0.86%) vCenter Server
9 11 (0.73%) SCOM
10 10 (0.66%) CA Endevor
11 9 (0.59%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 9 (0.59%) Tivoli
11 9 (0.59%) Tivoli Storage Manager
12 7 (0.46%) FortiGate
12 7 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
13 5 (0.33%) Progress Chef
13 5 (0.33%) SCVMM
14 4 (0.26%) WSUS
Vendors
1 276 (18.22%) Microsoft
2 142 (9.37%) ServiceNow
3 138 (9.11%) SAP
4 107 (7.06%) Oracle
5 71 (4.69%) Google
6 57 (3.76%) Salesforce
7 54 (3.56%) Cisco
8 53 (3.50%) VMware
9 41 (2.71%) Splunk
10 35 (2.31%) Citrix
11 26 (1.72%) Workday
12 24 (1.58%) F5
13 21 (1.39%) Atlassian
14 19 (1.25%) Juniper
15 17 (1.12%) CheckPoint
15 17 (1.12%) Remedy
16 15 (0.99%) Adobe
16 15 (0.99%) Sage
17 14 (0.92%) Fortinet
17 14 (0.92%) SolarWinds