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 4 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 51 47 42
Rank change year-on-year -4 -5 +9
Contract jobs citing Change Management 1,449 1,297 1,755
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.65% 4.24% 4.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.20% 4.83% 5.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 931 724 1,097
10th Percentile £315 £350 £375
25th Percentile £404 £450 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £650
90th Percentile £700 £729 £729
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% +3.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 79 24 37
10th Percentile £20.79 £21.62 £21.23
25th Percentile £22.63 £26.85 £25.00
Median hourly rate £37.28 £42.79 £43.33
Median % change year-on-year -12.88% -1.25% +35.41%
75th Percentile £45.46 £58.95 £55.15
90th Percentile £70.16 £75.80 £61.50
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £41.50 £41.67
% change year-on-year -27.71% -0.40% +24.37%

All Process and 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 27,869 26,864 33,636
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 89.46% 87.86% 88.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,747 16,503 22,915
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £417 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,797 957 1,425
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.24 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.24 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +18.90%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.35 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.75 £43.63
% change year-on-year -23.21% -24.93% +24.64%

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 4 December 2025.

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 4 December 2025.

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 4 December 2025. 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 -8 615 £525 -4.55% 216
North of England -16 268 £450 -14.29% 280
Midlands +16 213 £475 -9.52% 209
South East +7 191 £492 -4.93% 296
North West 0 174 £438 -16.27% 141
West Midlands +7 157 £475 -9.52% 110
South West +19 114 £525 +0.96% 114
Yorkshire -18 91 £489 -6.95% 118
East Midlands +27 56 £425 - 94
East of England -15 41 £520 +8.33% 125
North East -22 3 £475 -17.39% 23
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
1 130 (8.97%) Confluence
2 79 (5.45%) SharePoint
3 27 (1.86%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (0.83%) nginx
5 8 (0.55%) CMS
5 8 (0.55%) HCL Notes
6 6 (0.41%) Mattermost
6 6 (0.41%) Mule
6 6 (0.41%) Skype for Business
7 5 (0.35%) IIS
7 5 (0.35%) JBoss
8 4 (0.28%) CICS
9 3 (0.21%) Moodle
9 3 (0.21%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.069%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.069%) FileNet
10 1 (0.069%) Traefik
Applications
1 95 (6.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 85 (5.87%) Microsoft Office
3 84 (5.80%) Microsoft Project
4 39 (2.69%) MS Visio
5 34 (2.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 12 (0.83%) Mozilla Thunderbird
7 7 (0.48%) Windchill
8 6 (0.41%) Trello
9 4 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (0.14%) PTC Creo
11 1 (0.069%) Acrobat
11 1 (0.069%) Adobe Captivate
11 1 (0.069%) Camtasia
11 1 (0.069%) Notion
11 1 (0.069%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 42 (2.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (1.10%) Dynamics CRM
3 14 (0.97%) Salesforce CRM
4 9 (0.62%) Remedy ITSM
5 8 (0.55%) SAP ERP
6 7 (0.48%) Oracle Payables
7 5 (0.35%) Maximo
7 5 (0.35%) Oracle Cash Management
7 5 (0.35%) Oracle EBS
7 5 (0.35%) SAP APO
7 5 (0.35%) Workday HCM
8 4 (0.28%) NetSuite
8 4 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
8 4 (0.28%) Oracle General Ledger
8 4 (0.28%) Teamcenter
8 4 (0.28%) VisionPLUS
9 3 (0.21%) Kondor
9 3 (0.21%) Oracle EBS R12
9 3 (0.21%) ResourceLink
9 3 (0.21%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 159 (10.97%) Azure
2 141 (9.73%) AWS
3 95 (6.56%) Microsoft 365
4 90 (6.21%) GCP
5 80 (5.52%) Power Platform
6 49 (3.38%) SaaS
7 36 (2.48%) Azure DevOps
8 33 (2.28%) AWS KMS
9 31 (2.14%) Serverless
10 30 (2.07%) Amazon S3
11 28 (1.93%) Entra ID
12 25 (1.73%) Amazon EC2
12 25 (1.73%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 24 (1.66%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 23 (1.59%) Amazon ELB
15 22 (1.52%) Dynamics 365
16 19 (1.31%) GitHub
17 17 (1.17%) Power Automate
18 16 (1.10%) Microsoft Copilot
18 16 (1.10%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 100 (6.90%) Firewall
2 78 (5.38%) DNS
3 61 (4.21%) Network Security
4 40 (2.76%) VPN
4 40 (2.76%) WAN
5 33 (2.28%) SSH
6 27 (1.86%) HTTP
7 25 (1.73%) SMTP
8 23 (1.59%) LAN
9 22 (1.52%) SSL
10 21 (1.45%) FTP
11 20 (1.38%) DHCP
12 19 (1.31%) Wireless
13 16 (1.10%) SD-WAN
14 14 (0.97%) IPsec
14 14 (0.97%) TCP/IP
15 13 (0.90%) BGP
16 12 (0.83%) IMAP
16 12 (0.83%) OpenLDAP
16 12 (0.83%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (4.62%) Power BI
2 37 (2.55%) PostgreSQL
3 32 (2.21%) Amazon RDS
4 28 (1.93%) SQL Server
5 24 (1.66%) Metadata
5 24 (1.66%) NoSQL
6 23 (1.59%) Tableau
7 20 (1.38%) Amazon Aurora
8 16 (1.10%) Oracle Database
9 11 (0.76%) Elasticsearch
10 8 (0.55%) Relational Database
11 7 (0.48%) BigQuery
11 7 (0.48%) MySQL
12 6 (0.41%) Data Warehouse
12 6 (0.41%) Oracle Reports
13 5 (0.35%) Big Data
13 5 (0.35%) Electronic Patient Records
13 5 (0.35%) RDBMS
14 4 (0.28%) Redis
15 3 (0.21%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 186 (12.84%) JIRA
2 81 (5.59%) Jenkins
3 42 (2.90%) Git
4 29 (2.00%) Liquibase
5 28 (1.93%) GitLab
6 23 (1.59%) Vagrant
7 12 (0.83%) Sonatype Nexus
8 5 (0.35%) Bitbucket
8 5 (0.35%) MSI
8 5 (0.35%) Visual Studio
9 4 (0.28%) ChangeMan
9 4 (0.28%) Oracle APEX
9 4 (0.28%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.21%) Artifactory
10 3 (0.21%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 3 (0.21%) InstallShield
10 3 (0.21%) JUnit
10 3 (0.21%) REST Assured
10 3 (0.21%) Selenium
10 3 (0.21%) TeamCity
General
1 620 (42.79%) Social Skills
2 474 (32.71%) Finance
3 256 (17.67%) Analytical Skills
4 150 (10.35%) Banking
5 127 (8.76%) Public Sector
6 65 (4.49%) Manufacturing
7 64 (4.42%) Influencing Skills
8 49 (3.38%) Telecoms
9 48 (3.31%) Legal
10 42 (2.90%) Organisational Skills
10 42 (2.90%) Presentation Skills
11 38 (2.62%) Financial Institution
12 37 (2.55%) Documentation Skills
13 33 (2.28%) Marketing
14 30 (2.07%) Retail
15 27 (1.86%) Law
16 25 (1.73%) Local Government
17 24 (1.66%) Pharmaceutical
18 20 (1.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 19 (1.31%) Billing
Job Titles
1 225 (15.53%) Analyst
2 186 (12.84%) Project Manager
3 144 (9.94%) Lead
4 114 (7.87%) Business Analyst
5 108 (7.45%) Change Manager
6 83 (5.73%) Senior
7 79 (5.45%) Consultant
8 55 (3.80%) Administrator
9 50 (3.45%) Developer
10 44 (3.04%) IT Manager
11 43 (2.97%) Programme Manager
12 42 (2.90%) Architect
13 41 (2.83%) DevOps Engineer
14 37 (2.55%) Senior Manager
15 36 (2.48%) Service Manager
16 35 (2.42%) AWS Engineer
17 33 (2.28%) Business Manager
17 33 (2.28%) Service Analyst
18 31 (2.14%) SAP Manager
19 29 (2.00%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (3.24%) REST
2 40 (2.76%) Elastic Stack
3 26 (1.79%) RESTful
4 24 (1.66%) .NET
5 22 (1.52%) Oracle Fusion
6 18 (1.24%) LDAP
7 17 (1.17%) SAML
8 11 (0.76%) .NET Framework
8 11 (0.76%) 802.1X
8 11 (0.76%) OAuth
8 11 (0.76%) OpenID
9 9 (0.62%) HTML
10 8 (0.55%) ISPF
10 8 (0.55%) Kafka
10 8 (0.55%) SOAP
11 7 (0.48%) AngularJS
12 6 (0.41%) CSS
12 6 (0.41%) SailPoint
12 6 (0.41%) XML
13 5 (0.35%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 82 (5.66%) Onboarding
2 75 (5.18%) Management Information System
3 49 (3.38%) Product Ownership
4 46 (3.17%) Data Centre
5 45 (3.11%) Virtual Team
6 39 (2.69%) Cloud Native
7 38 (2.62%) PKI
8 33 (2.28%) Distributed Systems
9 32 (2.21%) Replication
10 31 (2.14%) CMDB
11 29 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
12 28 (1.93%) Analytical Mindset
13 25 (1.73%) Self-Motivation
14 24 (1.66%) Life Science
14 24 (1.66%) Public Cloud
15 19 (1.31%) Data Protection Act
16 15 (1.04%) PMI
17 14 (0.97%) Mainframe
18 13 (0.90%) Tandem
19 12 (0.83%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 146 (10.08%) Windows
2 91 (6.28%) Linux
3 34 (2.35%) Windows Server
4 32 (2.21%) Unix
5 26 (1.79%) VMS
6 23 (1.59%) Amazon Linux
7 21 (1.45%) Windows 10
8 12 (0.83%) Ubuntu
9 10 (0.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (0.28%) zOS
11 3 (0.21%) CentOS
11 3 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.14%) AIX
12 2 (0.14%) Android
12 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.069%) Debian
13 1 (0.069%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.069%) Solaris
13 1 (0.069%) SUSE
13 1 (0.069%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 390 (26.92%) Agile
2 376 (25.95%) Stakeholder Management
3 318 (21.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 303 (20.91%) Project Management
5 299 (20.63%) Problem-Solving
6 284 (19.60%) ITIL
7 207 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
8 199 (13.73%) Migration
9 198 (13.66%) DevOps
10 197 (13.60%) Project Delivery
11 164 (11.32%) Service Management
12 130 (8.97%) ITSM
12 130 (8.97%) PRINCE2
13 127 (8.76%) Roadmaps
14 126 (8.70%) Decision-Making
15 117 (8.07%) CI/CD
16 116 (8.01%) ERP
16 116 (8.01%) Risk Management
17 111 (7.66%) Cybersecurity
18 102 (7.04%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 142 (9.80%) Python
2 115 (7.94%) SQL
3 92 (6.35%) PowerShell
4 43 (2.97%) Java
5 32 (2.21%) C#
6 31 (2.14%) Go
7 27 (1.86%) Groovy
8 23 (1.59%) Bash
9 21 (1.45%) JavaScript
10 18 (1.24%) PL/SQL
11 17 (1.17%) Perl
12 11 (0.76%) T-SQL
13 10 (0.69%) COBOL
14 9 (0.62%) Shell Script
15 8 (0.55%) CLIST
15 8 (0.55%) JCL
15 8 (0.55%) REXX
16 7 (0.48%) Korn
17 4 (0.28%) Formula Language
17 4 (0.28%) LotusScript
Qualifications
1 272 (18.77%) Degree
1 272 (18.77%) Security Cleared
2 200 (13.80%) SC Cleared
3 86 (5.94%) PMI Certification
4 79 (5.45%) PMP
5 68 (4.69%) Computer Science Degree
6 44 (3.04%) Master's Degree
7 38 (2.62%) BPSS Clearance
8 32 (2.21%) DV Cleared
9 24 (1.66%) Microsoft Certification
10 22 (1.52%) AWS Certification
10 22 (1.52%) ITIL Certification
11 21 (1.45%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 17 (1.17%) APMG
12 17 (1.17%) Cisco Certification
13 16 (1.10%) CISM
13 16 (1.10%) CISSP
14 15 (1.04%) CCNP
15 13 (0.90%) Azure Certification
16 11 (0.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (5.31%) QA
2 69 (4.76%) PMO
3 53 (3.66%) GDPR
4 39 (2.69%) SLA
5 38 (2.62%) Data Quality
6 29 (2.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 15 (1.04%) Accessibility
7 15 (1.04%) NIST
7 15 (1.04%) PCI DSS
8 11 (0.76%) NCSC
8 11 (0.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 9 (0.62%) MiFID
10 8 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
11 6 (0.41%) EMIR
12 5 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
12 5 (0.35%) IFRS
12 5 (0.35%) ISO 20022
13 4 (0.28%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 4 (0.28%) GMP
14 3 (0.21%) Basel III
System Software
1 93 (6.42%) Active Directory
2 65 (4.49%) Docker
3 21 (1.45%) DFS Replication
4 19 (1.31%) VMware Infrastructure
5 12 (0.83%) Dovecot
5 12 (0.83%) Postfix
5 12 (0.83%) Squid
6 10 (0.69%) Firmware
7 9 (0.62%) VMware NSX
8 8 (0.55%) ACF2
8 8 (0.55%) RACF
8 8 (0.55%) Time Sharing Option
9 7 (0.48%) Hyper-V
9 7 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
10 5 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
11 3 (0.21%) Microsoft App-V
12 2 (0.14%) ProxySG
13 1 (0.069%) NFS
13 1 (0.069%) Snort
13 1 (0.069%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 83 (5.73%) Terraform
2 62 (4.28%) Kubernetes
3 53 (3.66%) Grafana
4 52 (3.59%) Ansible
4 52 (3.59%) Prometheus
5 26 (1.79%) SCCM
6 20 (1.38%) Microsoft Intune
7 13 (0.90%) Nessus
8 12 (0.83%) CA Endevor
9 11 (0.76%) Kibana
9 11 (0.76%) SCOM
10 10 (0.69%) Proxmox
11 9 (0.62%) Puppet
12 8 (0.55%) vCenter Server
13 7 (0.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 7 (0.48%) Tivoli
13 7 (0.48%) Tivoli Storage Manager
14 6 (0.41%) HP SiteScope
15 5 (0.35%) WSUS
16 4 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 293 (20.22%) Microsoft
2 132 (9.11%) SAP
3 131 (9.04%) ServiceNow
4 93 (6.42%) Oracle
5 57 (3.93%) Cisco
6 56 (3.86%) Google
7 52 (3.59%) Salesforce
8 43 (2.97%) Splunk
9 29 (2.00%) F5
10 28 (1.93%) VMware
11 27 (1.86%) Workday
12 25 (1.73%) Juniper
13 24 (1.66%) Remedy
14 23 (1.59%) Atlassian
15 21 (1.45%) CheckPoint
16 18 (1.24%) IBM
17 17 (1.17%) Fortinet
18 13 (0.90%) Blue Coat
18 13 (0.90%) Citrix
19 12 (0.83%) Jaspersoft