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

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 51 46
Rank change year-on-year -6 -5 -3
Contract jobs citing Change Management 1,645 1,107 1,451
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.79% 4.42% 3.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.44% 4.84% 4.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,024 701 901
10th Percentile £358 £325 £316
25th Percentile £421 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £522 £500 £515
Median % change year-on-year +4.30% -2.91% -6.36%
75th Percentile £617 £625 £625
90th Percentile £700 £725 £700
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £508
% change year-on-year +2.50% -1.48% -6.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 36 73
10th Percentile £19.25 £29.00 £18.00
25th Percentile £22.63 £31.07 £30.41
Median hourly rate £34.87 £50.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.26% - -0.49%
75th Percentile £60.75 £70.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £85.20 £71.33 £69.38
UK median hourly rate £34.94 £54.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year -35.31% +10.20% +0.62%

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 37,051 22,887 31,886
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.28% 91.38% 85.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,430 14,787 20,644
10th Percentile £325 £300 £304
25th Percentile £415 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £730 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £502 £525
% change year-on-year +2.09% -4.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,322 1,108 2,367
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.78
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.87 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.00 £26.50 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year +77.36% -30.26% +8.14%
75th Percentile £68.55 £55.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.25 £73.75 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -32.93% +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 24 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 24 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 24 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 -1 753 £525 -4.55% 163
North of England -18 293 £475 +5.56% 87
South East 0 227 £563 +15.33% 115
Midlands -7 183 £509 +7.21% 70
North West -14 165 £447 +1.88% 56
West Midlands -25 127 £515 +8.42% 45
Yorkshire -24 113 £500 +8.11% 20
South West -14 88 £510 +4.08% 41
East of England -4 80 £475 -5.00% 30
East Midlands +18 54 £475 +32.68% 25
North East -22 15 £425 -15.00% 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 95 (5.78%) Confluence
2 81 (4.92%) SharePoint
3 30 (1.82%) Microsoft Exchange
4 17 (1.03%) IIS
5 14 (0.85%) Appian
5 14 (0.85%) SAS
6 10 (0.61%) Oracle Workflow
7 6 (0.36%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 6 (0.36%) CMS
8 5 (0.30%) Camunda
9 4 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.18%) Kentico
10 3 (0.18%) WebSphere
11 2 (0.12%) CICS
11 2 (0.12%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.061%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.061%) HCL Notes
12 1 (0.061%) MTS
12 1 (0.061%) NetWeaver
12 1 (0.061%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 60 (3.65%) Microsoft Office
2 52 (3.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 51 (3.10%) Microsoft Project
4 27 (1.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 23 (1.40%) MS Visio
6 9 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.24%) Acrobat
8 3 (0.18%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.061%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.061%) InfoPath
9 1 (0.061%) Trello
9 1 (0.061%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 68 (4.13%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (0.67%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 10 (0.61%) NetSuite
4 10 (0.61%) Oracle Payables
5 9 (0.55%) Remedy ITSM
6 8 (0.49%) Oracle ERP
6 8 (0.49%) Oracle Receivables
7 7 (0.43%) Maximo
8 6 (0.36%) Primavera
8 6 (0.36%) Salesforce CRM
9 5 (0.30%) Finacle
9 5 (0.30%) OpenText MBPM
9 5 (0.30%) Oracle Applications
9 5 (0.30%) Oracle BPM
9 5 (0.30%) SAP PM
10 4 (0.24%) SAP ERP
10 4 (0.24%) SAP QM
10 4 (0.24%) Teamcenter
11 3 (0.18%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 238 (14.47%) Azure
2 129 (7.84%) AWS
3 99 (6.02%) Microsoft 365
4 84 (5.11%) Power Platform
5 73 (4.44%) SaaS
6 70 (4.26%) Entra ID
7 56 (3.40%) Azure DevOps
8 53 (3.22%) GCP
9 35 (2.13%) Google Workspace
10 31 (1.88%) Dynamics 365
11 24 (1.46%) Power Automate
12 23 (1.40%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 22 (1.34%) OCI
14 20 (1.22%) Microsoft Copilot
15 19 (1.16%) Google Kubernetes Engine
16 18 (1.09%) GitHub
16 18 (1.09%) PaaS
16 18 (1.09%) Serverless
17 17 (1.03%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 17 (1.03%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 91 (5.53%) Firewall
2 66 (4.01%) Network Security
3 53 (3.22%) WAN
4 40 (2.43%) DNS
4 40 (2.43%) LAN
5 37 (2.25%) VPN
6 28 (1.70%) Wi-Fi
7 25 (1.52%) SD-WAN
8 20 (1.22%) BGP
9 19 (1.16%) TCP/IP
10 18 (1.09%) Wireless
11 17 (1.03%) OSPF
12 16 (0.97%) SSL
13 15 (0.91%) DHCP
13 15 (0.91%) MPLS
14 12 (0.73%) Cisco Nexus
14 12 (0.73%) SAN
15 11 (0.67%) Internet
15 11 (0.67%) Structured Cabling
16 10 (0.61%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (3.89%) Power BI
2 50 (3.04%) SQL Server
3 26 (1.58%) Metadata
4 25 (1.52%) Oracle Database
5 21 (1.28%) Data Warehouse
6 19 (1.16%) Oracle Reports
7 11 (0.67%) PostgreSQL
7 11 (0.67%) Relational Database
8 10 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
8 10 (0.61%) Tableau
9 9 (0.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 7 (0.43%) Pinecone
11 5 (0.30%) Db2
11 5 (0.30%) Neo4j
11 5 (0.30%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 5 (0.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 4 (0.24%) MongoDB
12 4 (0.24%) MySQL
12 4 (0.24%) NoSQL
12 4 (0.24%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 207 (12.58%) JIRA
2 51 (3.10%) Git
3 46 (2.80%) Jenkins
4 10 (0.61%) GitLab
5 9 (0.55%) Visual Studio
6 8 (0.49%) MLflow
7 7 (0.43%) AdminStudio
7 7 (0.43%) InstallShield
8 4 (0.24%) Artifactory
8 4 (0.24%) Hudson
8 4 (0.24%) IntelliJ
8 4 (0.24%) Liquibase
8 4 (0.24%) Maven
9 3 (0.18%) Eclipse
9 3 (0.18%) Rational DOORS
9 3 (0.18%) ScriptRunner
9 3 (0.18%) Snyk
9 3 (0.18%) SonarQube
10 2 (0.12%) git-flow
10 2 (0.12%) Selenium
General
1 627 (38.12%) Social Skills
2 605 (36.78%) Finance
3 263 (15.99%) Analytical Skills
4 152 (9.24%) Public Sector
5 140 (8.51%) Banking
6 91 (5.53%) Legal
7 80 (4.86%) Retail
8 62 (3.77%) Documentation Skills
9 56 (3.40%) Influencing Skills
10 47 (2.86%) Marketing
11 46 (2.80%) Presentation Skills
12 41 (2.49%) Organisational Skills
13 40 (2.43%) Manufacturing
14 39 (2.37%) Law
15 38 (2.31%) Local Government
16 35 (2.13%) Telecoms
17 23 (1.40%) Aviation
18 22 (1.34%) Financial Institution
19 18 (1.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
20 15 (0.91%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 190 (11.55%) Project Manager
2 174 (10.58%) Lead
3 152 (9.24%) Analyst
4 131 (7.96%) Change Manager
5 124 (7.54%) Senior
6 114 (6.93%) Consultant
7 91 (5.53%) Business Analyst
8 63 (3.83%) Programme Manager
9 56 (3.40%) Administrator
10 53 (3.22%) Senior Manager
11 49 (2.98%) Developer
12 46 (2.80%) Business Manager
12 46 (2.80%) Delivery Manager
13 41 (2.49%) Architect
13 41 (2.49%) Support Engineer
14 40 (2.43%) IT Manager
15 37 (2.25%) Service Manager
16 36 (2.19%) Business Change Manager
17 31 (1.88%) Network Engineer
18 29 (1.76%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (3.40%) REST
2 33 (2.01%) .NET
3 30 (1.82%) Oracle Fusion
4 23 (1.40%) OAuth
5 22 (1.34%) CSS
6 21 (1.28%) .NET Framework
6 21 (1.28%) HTML
7 18 (1.09%) Middleware
8 16 (0.97%) Web Services
9 14 (0.85%) LDAP
10 13 (0.79%) Elastic Stack
11 12 (0.73%) Ajax
11 12 (0.73%) RESTful
12 11 (0.67%) React
13 10 (0.61%) AngularJS
14 9 (0.55%) Microsoft Graph
14 9 (0.55%) OAuth2
14 9 (0.55%) OpenID
15 8 (0.49%) Pandas
15 8 (0.49%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 85 (5.17%) Management Information System
2 73 (4.44%) Data Centre
3 70 (4.26%) Product Ownership
4 65 (3.95%) Onboarding
5 49 (2.98%) Legacy Systems
6 45 (2.74%) Cloud Native
7 35 (2.13%) PMI
8 30 (1.82%) CMDB
9 25 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
10 24 (1.46%) Operational Technology
10 24 (1.46%) Self-Motivation
11 23 (1.40%) Data Structures
12 22 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
12 22 (1.34%) Virtual Team
13 21 (1.28%) PKI
14 20 (1.22%) Data Protection Act
14 20 (1.22%) Security Posture
15 18 (1.09%) Low-Code
15 18 (1.09%) Public Cloud
16 14 (0.85%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 177 (10.76%) Windows
2 87 (5.29%) Linux
3 55 (3.34%) Windows Server
4 40 (2.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 34 (2.07%) Unix
6 21 (1.28%) Windows 10
7 10 (0.61%) Solaris
8 9 (0.55%) Windows Server 2019
9 8 (0.49%) VMS
10 6 (0.36%) AIX
10 6 (0.36%) Mac OS
10 6 (0.36%) Oracle Linux
10 6 (0.36%) SUSE
10 6 (0.36%) Ubuntu
10 6 (0.36%) Windows Server 2012
11 5 (0.30%) Apple iOS
11 5 (0.30%) HPUX
11 5 (0.30%) Windows Server 2016
12 3 (0.18%) Android
13 2 (0.12%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 556 (33.80%) Stakeholder Management
2 418 (25.41%) Agile
3 391 (23.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 353 (21.46%) Continuous Improvement
5 323 (19.64%) Problem-Solving
6 294 (17.87%) ITIL
7 280 (17.02%) Project Management
8 266 (16.17%) Migration
9 224 (13.62%) DevOps
10 202 (12.28%) Project Delivery
11 188 (11.43%) Roadmaps
12 183 (11.12%) ERP
13 179 (10.88%) Decision-Making
14 159 (9.67%) Risk Management
15 146 (8.88%) AI
16 145 (8.81%) Validation
17 141 (8.57%) CI/CD
18 140 (8.51%) User Acceptance Testing
19 137 (8.33%) ITSM
19 137 (8.33%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 159 (9.67%) SQL
2 111 (6.75%) Python
3 98 (5.96%) PowerShell
4 45 (2.74%) C#
4 45 (2.74%) PL/SQL
5 42 (2.55%) Bash
6 38 (2.31%) Java
6 38 (2.31%) JavaScript
7 24 (1.46%) T-SQL
8 10 (0.61%) Groovy
9 9 (0.55%) Korn
10 8 (0.49%) Shell Script
11 7 (0.43%) COBOL
11 7 (0.43%) Go
12 6 (0.36%) JCL
13 5 (0.30%) Perl
14 4 (0.24%) ABAP
14 4 (0.24%) REXX
15 3 (0.18%) VBA
15 3 (0.18%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 323 (19.64%) Security Cleared
2 233 (14.16%) SC Cleared
3 199 (12.10%) Degree
4 125 (7.60%) PMP
5 115 (6.99%) PMI Certification
6 57 (3.47%) DV Cleared
7 55 (3.34%) CISSP
8 44 (2.67%) Cisco Certification
9 40 (2.43%) BPSS Clearance
10 34 (2.07%) CISM
11 30 (1.82%) CCNP
11 30 (1.82%) Master's Degree
12 25 (1.52%) APMG
12 25 (1.52%) ITIL Certification
13 23 (1.40%) Azure Certification
14 22 (1.34%) ACCA
14 22 (1.34%) CIMA
15 21 (1.28%) Computer Science Degree
16 15 (0.91%) CCNA
17 14 (0.85%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (5.71%) QA
2 80 (4.86%) GDPR
2 80 (4.86%) PMO
3 73 (4.44%) Data Quality
4 70 (4.26%) SLA
5 69 (4.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 44 (2.67%) NIST
7 25 (1.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 22 (1.34%) SOC 2
9 21 (1.28%) GRC
10 20 (1.22%) PCI DSS
11 15 (0.91%) IFRS
12 13 (0.79%) IFRS 17
13 9 (0.55%) ITGC
14 8 (0.49%) COBIT
15 6 (0.36%) Basel III
15 6 (0.36%) HIPAA
15 6 (0.36%) ISO 9001
16 5 (0.30%) Accessibility
17 4 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 111 (6.75%) Active Directory
2 54 (3.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 53 (3.22%) Docker
4 22 (1.34%) VMware ESXi
5 18 (1.09%) Hyper-V
5 18 (1.09%) Virtual Machines
6 13 (0.79%) VMware NSX
7 10 (0.61%) Virtual Desktop
8 7 (0.43%) vCloud
8 7 (0.43%) vSphere
9 6 (0.36%) KVM
10 4 (0.24%) Oracle RAC
11 3 (0.18%) BitLocker
11 3 (0.18%) XenApp
11 3 (0.18%) XenDesktop
12 2 (0.12%) ACF2
12 2 (0.12%) RACF
12 2 (0.12%) Time Sharing Option
13 1 (0.061%) Firmware
13 1 (0.061%) NFS
Systems Management
1 76 (4.62%) Terraform
2 69 (4.19%) Kubernetes
3 58 (3.53%) Ansible
4 31 (1.88%) Microsoft Intune
5 22 (1.34%) Grafana
5 22 (1.34%) vCenter Server
6 21 (1.28%) Prometheus
6 21 (1.28%) Single Sign-On
7 17 (1.03%) SCCM
8 16 (0.97%) SCOM
9 12 (0.73%) Progress Chef
10 7 (0.43%) Avamar
10 7 (0.43%) Kustomize
10 7 (0.43%) PowerCLI
10 7 (0.43%) Puppet
10 7 (0.43%) vRealize
11 6 (0.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 6 (0.36%) CASB
11 6 (0.36%) Cisco Prime
11 6 (0.36%) ITRS Geneos
Vendors
1 269 (16.35%) Microsoft
2 173 (10.52%) ServiceNow
3 158 (9.60%) Oracle
4 151 (9.18%) SAP
5 70 (4.26%) VMware
6 61 (3.71%) Salesforce
7 59 (3.59%) Google
8 50 (3.04%) Cisco
9 31 (1.88%) Citrix
10 30 (1.82%) Splunk
11 26 (1.58%) Red Hat
12 25 (1.52%) IBM
12 25 (1.52%) IFS
13 21 (1.28%) Workday
14 18 (1.09%) CheckPoint
14 18 (1.09%) Remedy
15 16 (0.97%) Juniper
16 15 (0.91%) Dynatrace
16 15 (0.91%) Sage
17 14 (0.85%) Palo Alto