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 12 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 51 44
Rank change year-on-year -4 -7 -1
Contract jobs citing Change Management 1,618 1,076 1,463
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.79% 4.39% 3.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.46% 4.81% 4.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,007 677 917
10th Percentile £350 £331 £321
25th Percentile £415 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £500 £515
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% -2.91% -6.36%
75th Percentile £619 £625 £630
90th Percentile £700 £730 £713
UK median daily rate £509 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +1.75% -2.44% -5.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 68 31 70
10th Percentile £19.25 £29.00 £15.84
25th Percentile £22.63 £31.91 £30.71
Median hourly rate £34.87 £50.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.26% - -2.91%
75th Percentile £61.81 £70.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £86.08 £70.16 £69.55
UK median hourly rate £34.87 £54.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -35.43% +8.00% +2.05%

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 36,315 22,393 32,018
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.15% 91.34% 85.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,987 14,479 20,805
10th Percentile £325 £303 £300
25th Percentile £414 £407 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +0.99% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,273 1,020 2,369
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.80
25th Percentile £20.82 £18.10 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £28.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +69.64% -25.33% +5.63%
75th Percentile £68.00 £58.75 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.25 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £27.21 £36.50
% change year-on-year +61.56% -25.45% +4.20%

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 12 June 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 12 June 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 12 June 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 -2 737 £525 -4.55% 200
North of England -15 280 £472 +4.89% 99
South East -5 211 £563 +15.03% 117
Midlands -3 196 £503 +5.89% 76
North West -7 160 £430 -1.99% 52
West Midlands -18 133 £514 +8.16% 47
Yorkshire -26 107 £500 +11.11% 37
South West +1 97 £510 +4.08% 44
East of England -6 80 £500 - 34
East Midlands +16 61 £453 +26.04% 29
North East -22 13 £425 -22.73% 12
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 94 (5.81%) Confluence
2 80 (4.94%) SharePoint
3 30 (1.85%) Microsoft Exchange
4 15 (0.93%) IIS
5 14 (0.87%) SAS
6 13 (0.80%) Appian
7 8 (0.49%) Oracle Workflow
8 6 (0.37%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 6 (0.37%) CMS
9 4 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.19%) Camunda
10 3 (0.19%) Kentico
10 3 (0.19%) WebSphere
11 2 (0.12%) CICS
11 2 (0.12%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.062%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.062%) HCL Notes
12 1 (0.062%) MTS
12 1 (0.062%) NetWeaver
12 1 (0.062%) Tomcat
Applications
1 63 (3.89%) Microsoft Office
2 53 (3.28%) Microsoft Excel
3 50 (3.09%) Microsoft Project
4 29 (1.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 24 (1.48%) MS Visio
6 8 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.25%) Acrobat
8 3 (0.19%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.12%) Trello
10 1 (0.062%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 68 (4.20%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (1.11%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (0.68%) NetSuite
3 11 (0.68%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 10 (0.62%) Oracle Payables
5 9 (0.56%) Remedy ITSM
6 8 (0.49%) Oracle ERP
6 8 (0.49%) Oracle Receivables
7 6 (0.37%) Finacle
7 6 (0.37%) Maximo
7 6 (0.37%) Primavera
7 6 (0.37%) Salesforce CRM
8 4 (0.25%) SAP ERP
9 3 (0.19%) OpenText MBPM
9 3 (0.19%) Oracle BPM
9 3 (0.19%) Oracle Financials
9 3 (0.19%) SAP PM
9 3 (0.19%) SAP QM
9 3 (0.19%) Teamcenter
9 3 (0.19%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 245 (15.14%) Azure
2 130 (8.03%) AWS
3 101 (6.24%) Microsoft 365
4 85 (5.25%) Power Platform
5 70 (4.33%) Entra ID
6 69 (4.26%) SaaS
7 56 (3.46%) GCP
8 53 (3.28%) Azure DevOps
9 37 (2.29%) Google Workspace
10 34 (2.10%) Dynamics 365
11 24 (1.48%) Power Automate
12 21 (1.30%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 20 (1.24%) Cloud Computing
14 19 (1.17%) OCI
14 19 (1.17%) PaaS
15 18 (1.11%) GitHub
15 18 (1.11%) Google Kubernetes Engine
15 18 (1.11%) Google Sheets
16 17 (1.05%) Microsoft Copilot
16 17 (1.05%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 87 (5.38%) Firewall
2 64 (3.96%) Network Security
3 50 (3.09%) WAN
4 42 (2.60%) DNS
5 39 (2.41%) LAN
6 36 (2.22%) VPN
7 26 (1.61%) Wi-Fi
8 25 (1.55%) SD-WAN
9 19 (1.17%) BGP
10 17 (1.05%) DHCP
10 17 (1.05%) TCP/IP
10 17 (1.05%) Wireless
11 16 (0.99%) OSPF
12 15 (0.93%) SSL
13 14 (0.87%) MPLS
14 12 (0.74%) Cisco Nexus
14 12 (0.74%) SAN
15 11 (0.68%) Structured Cabling
16 10 (0.62%) Intranet
17 9 (0.56%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (3.96%) Power BI
2 52 (3.21%) SQL Server
3 26 (1.61%) Metadata
4 23 (1.42%) Data Warehouse
4 23 (1.42%) Oracle Database
5 18 (1.11%) Oracle Reports
6 11 (0.68%) PostgreSQL
6 11 (0.68%) Relational Database
6 11 (0.68%) Tableau
7 10 (0.62%) Amazon RDS
8 9 (0.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 8 (0.49%) Pinecone
10 5 (0.31%) Db2
10 5 (0.31%) Elasticsearch
10 5 (0.31%) Neo4j
10 5 (0.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 4 (0.25%) MongoDB
11 4 (0.25%) MySQL
11 4 (0.25%) NoSQL
11 4 (0.25%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 198 (12.24%) JIRA
2 48 (2.97%) Git
3 42 (2.60%) Jenkins
4 10 (0.62%) Visual Studio
5 9 (0.56%) MLflow
6 8 (0.49%) GitLab
7 7 (0.43%) AdminStudio
7 7 (0.43%) InstallShield
8 4 (0.25%) Hudson
8 4 (0.25%) IntelliJ
8 4 (0.25%) Liquibase
8 4 (0.25%) Maven
9 3 (0.19%) Artifactory
9 3 (0.19%) Eclipse
9 3 (0.19%) Rational DOORS
9 3 (0.19%) ScriptRunner
9 3 (0.19%) Snyk
9 3 (0.19%) SonarQube
10 2 (0.12%) git-flow
10 2 (0.12%) Selenium
General
1 637 (39.37%) Social Skills
2 585 (36.16%) Finance
3 261 (16.13%) Analytical Skills
4 145 (8.96%) Public Sector
5 134 (8.28%) Banking
6 85 (5.25%) Legal
7 81 (5.01%) Retail
8 62 (3.83%) Documentation Skills
9 53 (3.28%) Influencing Skills
10 50 (3.09%) Marketing
11 46 (2.84%) Presentation Skills
12 39 (2.41%) Law
13 37 (2.29%) Organisational Skills
14 36 (2.22%) Manufacturing
15 33 (2.04%) Telecoms
16 30 (1.85%) Local Government
17 22 (1.36%) Aviation
17 22 (1.36%) Financial Institution
18 16 (0.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 16 (0.99%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 189 (11.68%) Project Manager
2 171 (10.57%) Lead
3 151 (9.33%) Analyst
4 131 (8.10%) Change Manager
5 120 (7.42%) Senior
6 111 (6.86%) Consultant
7 95 (5.87%) Business Analyst
8 59 (3.65%) Administrator
8 59 (3.65%) Programme Manager
9 50 (3.09%) Developer
10 49 (3.03%) Senior Manager
11 44 (2.72%) Architect
12 43 (2.66%) Business Manager
13 40 (2.47%) Delivery Manager
14 38 (2.35%) Support Engineer
15 37 (2.29%) IT Manager
16 33 (2.04%) Business Change Manager
17 31 (1.92%) Service Manager
18 30 (1.85%) Security Manager
19 28 (1.73%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (3.46%) REST
2 32 (1.98%) .NET
3 29 (1.79%) Oracle Fusion
4 24 (1.48%) OAuth
5 23 (1.42%) CSS
6 21 (1.30%) HTML
6 21 (1.30%) Middleware
7 20 (1.24%) .NET Framework
8 17 (1.05%) Web Services
9 15 (0.93%) Elastic Stack
10 14 (0.87%) LDAP
11 13 (0.80%) RESTful
12 11 (0.68%) React
13 10 (0.62%) Ajax
13 10 (0.62%) AngularJS
14 9 (0.56%) Django
14 9 (0.56%) OpenID
14 9 (0.56%) Pandas
14 9 (0.56%) pytest
14 9 (0.56%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 83 (5.13%) Management Information System
2 76 (4.70%) Product Ownership
3 70 (4.33%) Data Centre
4 64 (3.96%) Onboarding
5 52 (3.21%) Legacy Systems
6 46 (2.84%) Cloud Native
7 33 (2.04%) PMI
8 32 (1.98%) CMDB
9 25 (1.55%) Analytical Mindset
10 24 (1.48%) Enterprise Software
10 24 (1.48%) Operational Technology
11 23 (1.42%) Data Structures
12 22 (1.36%) PKI
12 22 (1.36%) Virtual Team
13 21 (1.30%) Security Posture
14 20 (1.24%) Self-Motivation
15 19 (1.17%) Public Cloud
16 18 (1.11%) Low-Code
17 17 (1.05%) Data Protection Act
18 14 (0.87%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 175 (10.82%) Windows
2 83 (5.13%) Linux
3 58 (3.58%) Windows Server
4 37 (2.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 35 (2.16%) Unix
6 24 (1.48%) Windows 10
7 10 (0.62%) Solaris
7 10 (0.62%) Windows Server 2019
8 7 (0.43%) Apple iOS
8 7 (0.43%) VMS
8 7 (0.43%) Windows Server 2016
9 6 (0.37%) AIX
9 6 (0.37%) Oracle Linux
9 6 (0.37%) SUSE
9 6 (0.37%) Ubuntu
9 6 (0.37%) Windows Server 2012
10 5 (0.31%) HPUX
10 5 (0.31%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.12%) Android
11 2 (0.12%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 539 (33.31%) Stakeholder Management
2 394 (24.35%) Agile
3 379 (23.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 330 (20.40%) Continuous Improvement
5 318 (19.65%) Problem-Solving
6 288 (17.80%) ITIL
7 273 (16.87%) Project Management
8 266 (16.44%) Migration
9 215 (13.29%) DevOps
10 192 (11.87%) Project Delivery
11 186 (11.50%) ERP
12 185 (11.43%) Roadmaps
13 169 (10.44%) Decision-Making
14 158 (9.77%) Risk Management
15 142 (8.78%) Validation
16 141 (8.71%) CI/CD
17 134 (8.28%) ITSM
17 134 (8.28%) User Acceptance Testing
18 130 (8.03%) Service Management
19 129 (7.97%) AI
Programming Languages
1 163 (10.07%) SQL
2 112 (6.92%) Python
3 96 (5.93%) PowerShell
4 45 (2.78%) Bash
5 44 (2.72%) C#
5 44 (2.72%) PL/SQL
6 37 (2.29%) JavaScript
7 36 (2.22%) Java
8 23 (1.42%) T-SQL
9 9 (0.56%) Groovy
9 9 (0.56%) Korn
10 8 (0.49%) Shell Script
11 7 (0.43%) Go
12 6 (0.37%) COBOL
12 6 (0.37%) JCL
13 4 (0.25%) ABAP
13 4 (0.25%) Perl
13 4 (0.25%) REXX
14 3 (0.19%) Apex Code
14 3 (0.19%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 325 (20.09%) Security Cleared
2 232 (14.34%) SC Cleared
3 200 (12.36%) Degree
4 122 (7.54%) PMP
5 111 (6.86%) PMI Certification
6 55 (3.40%) CISSP
6 55 (3.40%) DV Cleared
7 42 (2.60%) Cisco Certification
8 36 (2.22%) BPSS Clearance
9 35 (2.16%) CISM
10 31 (1.92%) Master's Degree
11 28 (1.73%) CCNP
12 27 (1.67%) ITIL Certification
13 25 (1.55%) APMG
14 23 (1.42%) Azure Certification
15 22 (1.36%) ACCA
15 22 (1.36%) CIMA
15 22 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
16 15 (0.93%) CCNA
17 13 (0.80%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (5.69%) QA
2 82 (5.07%) GDPR
3 79 (4.88%) Data Quality
3 79 (4.88%) PMO
4 69 (4.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 63 (3.89%) SLA
6 45 (2.78%) NIST
7 25 (1.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 22 (1.36%) SOC 2
9 20 (1.24%) GRC
9 20 (1.24%) PCI DSS
10 15 (0.93%) IFRS
11 13 (0.80%) IFRS 17
12 8 (0.49%) COBIT
12 8 (0.49%) ITGC
13 7 (0.43%) Basel III
14 6 (0.37%) HIPAA
14 6 (0.37%) ISO 9001
15 4 (0.25%) Accessibility
15 4 (0.25%) GMP
System Software
1 114 (7.05%) Active Directory
2 59 (3.65%) Docker
3 55 (3.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (1.36%) VMware ESXi
5 21 (1.30%) Hyper-V
6 17 (1.05%) Virtual Machines
7 14 (0.87%) VMware NSX
8 10 (0.62%) Virtual Desktop
9 7 (0.43%) vCloud
9 7 (0.43%) vSphere
10 6 (0.37%) KVM
11 4 (0.25%) Oracle RAC
11 4 (0.25%) XenApp
11 4 (0.25%) XenDesktop
12 2 (0.12%) ACF2
12 2 (0.12%) BitLocker
12 2 (0.12%) RACF
12 2 (0.12%) Time Sharing Option
13 1 (0.062%) Ceph
13 1 (0.062%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 74 (4.57%) Kubernetes
2 73 (4.51%) Terraform
3 55 (3.40%) Ansible
4 31 (1.92%) Microsoft Intune
5 26 (1.61%) Grafana
6 25 (1.55%) Prometheus
7 23 (1.42%) vCenter Server
8 21 (1.30%) SCCM
8 21 (1.30%) Single Sign-On
9 17 (1.05%) SCOM
10 11 (0.68%) Progress Chef
11 8 (0.49%) Puppet
12 7 (0.43%) Avamar
12 7 (0.43%) Kustomize
12 7 (0.43%) PowerCLI
12 7 (0.43%) vRealize
13 6 (0.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 6 (0.37%) CASB
13 6 (0.37%) Cisco Prime
14 5 (0.31%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 271 (16.75%) Microsoft
2 169 (10.44%) ServiceNow
3 156 (9.64%) Oracle
4 150 (9.27%) SAP
5 73 (4.51%) VMware
6 62 (3.83%) Salesforce
7 61 (3.77%) Google
8 48 (2.97%) Cisco
9 33 (2.04%) Splunk
10 31 (1.92%) Citrix
11 25 (1.55%) IFS
12 24 (1.48%) Red Hat
13 23 (1.42%) IBM
14 21 (1.30%) Workday
15 19 (1.17%) Dynatrace
15 19 (1.17%) Remedy
16 18 (1.11%) CheckPoint
17 17 (1.05%) Juniper
18 16 (0.99%) F5
19 15 (0.93%) Sage