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 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 46 44
Rank change year-on-year -8 -2 +7
Contract jobs citing Change Management 1,433 1,154 1,583
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.51% 4.28% 4.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.11% 4.80% 5.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 938 669 974
10th Percentile £313 £338 £363
25th Percentile £404 £438 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £650
90th Percentile £688 £733 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £549
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.33% +4.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 18 38
10th Percentile £20.79 £24.04 £18.42
25th Percentile £22.16 £28.19 £28.30
Median hourly rate £45.46 £49.04 £40.26
Median % change year-on-year -7.30% +21.82% +22.92%
75th Percentile £47.11 £58.47 £55.95
90th Percentile £60.00 £84.50 £64.65
UK median hourly rate £45.46 £49.04 £40.00
% change year-on-year -7.30% +22.60% +21.21%

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 28,047 24,036 31,494
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.31% 89.14% 87.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,899 14,761 21,230
10th Percentile £304 £310 £305
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £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 1,744 772 1,471
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.54 £14.18
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.50 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.15 £34.75 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.63% -18.24% +21.43%
75th Percentile £57.50 £63.84 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.59 £75.00 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £40.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -19.75% +15.71%

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 15 January 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 15 January 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 15 January 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 -13 581 £525 -4.55% 140
North of England -2 273 £450 -13.46% 86
Midlands +9 231 £475 -5.00% 85
South East +8 190 £475 -13.64% 149
North West +9 170 £414 -17.20% 42
West Midlands +5 154 £479 -4.30% 46
South West +8 116 £525 -4.55% 46
Yorkshire -13 100 £487 -11.45% 29
East Midlands +26 77 £425 +3.03% 39
East of England -33 38 £520 +15.56% 53
North East -23 3 £500 -13.04% 18
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
1 113 (7.89%) Confluence
2 80 (5.58%) SharePoint
3 24 (1.67%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (0.63%) nginx
5 7 (0.49%) CMS
5 7 (0.49%) HCL Notes
6 6 (0.42%) Mattermost
6 6 (0.42%) Mule
6 6 (0.42%) Skype for Business
7 5 (0.35%) Appian
7 5 (0.35%) IIS
8 4 (0.28%) CICS
9 3 (0.21%) Moodle
10 2 (0.14%) JBoss
11 1 (0.070%) Apache Airflow
11 1 (0.070%) FileNet
11 1 (0.070%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.070%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.070%) Traefik
Applications
1 79 (5.51%) Microsoft Office
1 79 (5.51%) Microsoft Project
2 77 (5.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 44 (3.07%) MS Visio
4 35 (2.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.63%) Mozilla Thunderbird
6 7 (0.49%) Trello
7 5 (0.35%) Acrobat
8 4 (0.28%) Windchill
9 2 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.070%) Adobe Captivate
10 1 (0.070%) Camtasia
10 1 (0.070%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.070%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 43 (3.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
3 13 (0.91%) Salesforce CRM
4 9 (0.63%) Remedy ITSM
5 8 (0.56%) SAP ERP
6 7 (0.49%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 6 (0.42%) Oracle Payables
8 5 (0.35%) NetSuite
8 5 (0.35%) Oracle Cash Management
8 5 (0.35%) Oracle EBS
8 5 (0.35%) Workday HCM
9 4 (0.28%) Teamcenter
9 4 (0.28%) VisionPLUS
10 3 (0.21%) Kondor
10 3 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
10 3 (0.21%) Oracle General Ledger
10 3 (0.21%) ResourceLink
10 3 (0.21%) SAP CO
10 3 (0.21%) SAP FI
10 3 (0.21%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 197 (13.75%) Azure
2 137 (9.56%) AWS
3 98 (6.84%) GCP
4 95 (6.63%) Microsoft 365
5 84 (5.86%) Power Platform
6 40 (2.79%) Azure DevOps
7 37 (2.58%) SaaS
8 32 (2.23%) Entra ID
9 26 (1.81%) Serverless
10 24 (1.67%) AWS KMS
10 24 (1.67%) Dynamics 365
11 22 (1.54%) GitHub
12 21 (1.47%) Amazon S3
13 20 (1.40%) Power Automate
14 17 (1.19%) PaaS
15 16 (1.12%) Amazon EC2
15 16 (1.12%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 15 (1.05%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 15 (1.05%) Amazon ELB
17 14 (0.98%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 87 (6.07%) Firewall
2 71 (4.95%) DNS
3 60 (4.19%) Network Security
4 44 (3.07%) VPN
5 41 (2.86%) WAN
6 27 (1.88%) SSH
7 25 (1.74%) LAN
8 23 (1.61%) SSL
9 21 (1.47%) HTTP
10 20 (1.40%) DHCP
10 20 (1.40%) TCP/IP
11 18 (1.26%) SD-WAN
12 17 (1.19%) SMTP
12 17 (1.19%) Wi-Fi
13 15 (1.05%) FTP
13 15 (1.05%) Wireless
14 14 (0.98%) IPsec
15 12 (0.84%) SAN
16 11 (0.77%) Cisco IPT
16 11 (0.77%) DMVPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (5.02%) Power BI
2 38 (2.65%) SQL Server
3 33 (2.30%) PostgreSQL
4 24 (1.67%) Metadata
5 23 (1.61%) Amazon RDS
6 21 (1.47%) Tableau
7 19 (1.33%) NoSQL
8 17 (1.19%) Amazon Aurora
9 14 (0.98%) Elasticsearch
10 13 (0.91%) Oracle Database
11 8 (0.56%) Data Warehouse
11 8 (0.56%) Relational Database
12 7 (0.49%) BigQuery
13 6 (0.42%) Electronic Patient Records
13 6 (0.42%) MySQL
14 5 (0.35%) Big Data
15 4 (0.28%) Oracle Reports
15 4 (0.28%) Pinecone
15 4 (0.28%) Redis
16 3 (0.21%) Metadata Repository
Development Applications
1 176 (12.28%) JIRA
2 64 (4.47%) Jenkins
3 29 (2.02%) Git
4 26 (1.81%) GitLab
5 25 (1.74%) Liquibase
6 15 (1.05%) Vagrant
7 10 (0.70%) Visual Studio
8 8 (0.56%) Sonatype Nexus
9 4 (0.28%) Bitbucket
9 4 (0.28%) ChangeMan
9 4 (0.28%) MLflow
9 4 (0.28%) MSI
10 3 (0.21%) InstallShield
10 3 (0.21%) JUnit
10 3 (0.21%) Oracle APEX
11 2 (0.14%) AdminStudio
11 2 (0.14%) Artifactory
11 2 (0.14%) git-flow
11 2 (0.14%) Mockito
11 2 (0.14%) Oracle Forms
General
1 648 (45.22%) Social Skills
2 456 (31.82%) Finance
3 278 (19.40%) Analytical Skills
4 153 (10.68%) Banking
5 141 (9.84%) Public Sector
6 65 (4.54%) Influencing Skills
7 51 (3.56%) Manufacturing
8 43 (3.00%) Telecoms
9 42 (2.93%) Legal
10 38 (2.65%) Documentation Skills
11 37 (2.58%) Presentation Skills
12 33 (2.30%) Retail
13 32 (2.23%) Local Government
13 32 (2.23%) Marketing
14 31 (2.16%) Financial Institution
14 31 (2.16%) Organisational Skills
15 26 (1.81%) Law
16 19 (1.33%) Investment Banking
17 15 (1.05%) Billing
17 15 (1.05%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 208 (14.52%) Analyst
2 176 (12.28%) Project Manager
3 158 (11.03%) Lead
4 128 (8.93%) Change Manager
5 114 (7.96%) Business Analyst
6 91 (6.35%) Senior
7 79 (5.51%) Consultant
8 47 (3.28%) Developer
9 42 (2.93%) Architect
9 42 (2.93%) Business Manager
10 41 (2.86%) Administrator
10 41 (2.86%) IT Manager
10 41 (2.86%) Senior Manager
11 40 (2.79%) Programme Manager
12 32 (2.23%) AWS Engineer
12 32 (2.23%) Business Change Manager
12 32 (2.23%) Service Manager
13 28 (1.95%) DevOps Engineer
13 28 (1.95%) SAP Manager
14 26 (1.81%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (3.49%) REST
2 38 (2.65%) Elastic Stack
3 26 (1.81%) .NET
3 26 (1.81%) RESTful
4 22 (1.54%) Oracle Fusion
5 18 (1.26%) SAML
6 16 (1.12%) OAuth
7 15 (1.05%) LDAP
8 14 (0.98%) .NET Framework
9 13 (0.91%) Middleware
9 13 (0.91%) OpenID
10 12 (0.84%) HTML
11 11 (0.77%) 802.1X
12 9 (0.63%) ISPF
13 8 (0.56%) CSS
13 8 (0.56%) Kafka
13 8 (0.56%) SOAP
14 7 (0.49%) AngularJS
14 7 (0.49%) OAuth2
15 6 (0.42%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 80 (5.58%) Onboarding
2 79 (5.51%) Management Information System
3 60 (4.19%) Product Ownership
4 42 (2.93%) CMDB
5 41 (2.86%) Cloud Native
6 40 (2.79%) Data Centre
7 38 (2.65%) Virtual Team
8 36 (2.51%) PKI
9 28 (1.95%) Legacy Systems
10 26 (1.81%) Analytical Mindset
10 26 (1.81%) Public Cloud
10 26 (1.81%) Replication
11 24 (1.67%) Distributed Systems
12 22 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
12 22 (1.54%) PMI
13 20 (1.40%) Self-Motivation
14 19 (1.33%) Life Science
15 18 (1.26%) Data Protection Act
16 14 (0.98%) e-Learning
16 14 (0.98%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 159 (11.10%) Windows
2 82 (5.72%) Linux
3 42 (2.93%) Windows Server
4 39 (2.72%) Unix
5 30 (2.09%) Windows 10
6 18 (1.26%) VMS
7 15 (1.05%) Amazon Linux
8 12 (0.84%) Ubuntu
9 7 (0.49%) Windows Server 2019
10 6 (0.42%) Apple iOS
10 6 (0.42%) Windows Server 2016
11 4 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 4 (0.28%) zOS
12 3 (0.21%) CentOS
12 3 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.14%) AIX
13 2 (0.14%) Android
14 1 (0.070%) Debian
14 1 (0.070%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.070%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 428 (29.87%) Stakeholder Management
2 370 (25.82%) Agile
3 345 (24.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 308 (21.49%) ITIL
5 298 (20.80%) Problem-Solving
6 288 (20.10%) Project Management
7 230 (16.05%) Continuous Improvement
8 203 (14.17%) DevOps
9 196 (13.68%) Migration
10 175 (12.21%) Project Delivery
11 151 (10.54%) Service Management
12 145 (10.12%) ITSM
13 132 (9.21%) PRINCE2
14 125 (8.72%) Decision-Making
15 121 (8.44%) Roadmaps
16 120 (8.37%) ERP
17 118 (8.23%) CI/CD
18 110 (7.68%) Service Delivery
19 105 (7.33%) Risk Management
20 102 (7.12%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 143 (9.98%) Python
2 131 (9.14%) SQL
3 97 (6.77%) PowerShell
4 35 (2.44%) Bash
5 29 (2.02%) C#
6 27 (1.88%) Go
7 25 (1.74%) Java
8 20 (1.40%) Groovy
9 19 (1.33%) PL/SQL
10 16 (1.12%) JavaScript
11 14 (0.98%) T-SQL
12 12 (0.84%) Shell Script
13 11 (0.77%) COBOL
14 9 (0.63%) CLIST
14 9 (0.63%) JCL
14 9 (0.63%) Perl
14 9 (0.63%) REXX
15 7 (0.49%) Korn
16 5 (0.35%) C++
17 4 (0.28%) C
Qualifications
1 294 (20.52%) Security Cleared
2 271 (18.91%) Degree
3 205 (14.31%) SC Cleared
4 89 (6.21%) PMI Certification
5 79 (5.51%) PMP
6 60 (4.19%) Computer Science Degree
7 52 (3.63%) Master's Degree
8 41 (2.86%) DV Cleared
9 35 (2.44%) BPSS Clearance
10 25 (1.74%) Microsoft Certification
11 23 (1.61%) ITIL Certification
11 23 (1.61%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 22 (1.54%) APMG
13 18 (1.26%) CISM
13 18 (1.26%) CISSP
14 16 (1.12%) AWS Certification
14 16 (1.12%) Azure Certification
15 13 (0.91%) Cisco Certification
16 12 (0.84%) CCNP
16 12 (0.84%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (5.72%) QA
2 71 (4.95%) PMO
3 53 (3.70%) GDPR
4 48 (3.35%) Data Quality
5 40 (2.79%) SLA
6 33 (2.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 14 (0.98%) NIST
8 12 (0.84%) PCI DSS
9 11 (0.77%) IFRS
10 10 (0.70%) Accessibility
10 10 (0.70%) IFRS 17
10 10 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 9 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
12 8 (0.56%) Basel III
12 8 (0.56%) MiFID
13 7 (0.49%) NCSC
14 6 (0.42%) GRC
15 5 (0.35%) EMIR
15 5 (0.35%) ISO 20022
16 4 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 93 (6.49%) Active Directory
2 68 (4.75%) Docker
3 26 (1.81%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (1.12%) Hyper-V
5 15 (1.05%) DFS Replication
6 13 (0.91%) Firmware
7 9 (0.63%) ACF2
7 9 (0.63%) Dovecot
7 9 (0.63%) Postfix
7 9 (0.63%) RACF
7 9 (0.63%) Squid
7 9 (0.63%) Time Sharing Option
8 7 (0.49%) VMware NSX
9 6 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
9 6 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
10 4 (0.28%) XenApp
10 4 (0.28%) XenDesktop
11 3 (0.21%) Microsoft App-V
12 2 (0.14%) NFS
12 2 (0.14%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 78 (5.44%) Terraform
2 75 (5.23%) Kubernetes
3 53 (3.70%) Ansible
4 47 (3.28%) Grafana
5 46 (3.21%) Prometheus
6 35 (2.44%) SCCM
7 27 (1.88%) Microsoft Intune
8 16 (1.12%) Puppet
9 13 (0.91%) CA Endevor
9 13 (0.91%) Kibana
9 13 (0.91%) SCOM
10 10 (0.70%) Nessus
11 9 (0.63%) Proxmox
11 9 (0.63%) vCenter Server
12 8 (0.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 8 (0.56%) Tivoli
12 8 (0.56%) Tivoli Storage Manager
13 6 (0.42%) HP SiteScope
14 5 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
14 5 (0.35%) WSUS
Vendors
1 266 (18.56%) Microsoft
2 131 (9.14%) ServiceNow
3 117 (8.16%) SAP
4 102 (7.12%) Oracle
5 63 (4.40%) Google
6 57 (3.98%) Salesforce
7 54 (3.77%) Cisco
8 45 (3.14%) Splunk
9 40 (2.79%) VMware
10 28 (1.95%) F5
11 26 (1.81%) Workday
12 23 (1.61%) CheckPoint
12 23 (1.61%) Citrix
12 23 (1.61%) Juniper
13 21 (1.47%) Remedy
14 20 (1.40%) Atlassian
15 15 (1.05%) Fortinet
15 15 (1.05%) IBM
16 14 (0.98%) Adobe
17 13 (0.91%) Blue Coat