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

6 months to
4 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 47 44
Rank change year-on-year -8 -3 +6
Contract jobs citing Change Management 1,547 1,126 1,574
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.30% 4.47% 4.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.94% 4.95% 4.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 997 675 1,006
10th Percentile £313 £327 £350
25th Percentile £413 £415 £454
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 £694 £725 £706
UK median daily rate £500 £518 £525
% change year-on-year -3.52% -1.29% -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% -19.27%
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% -5.28%

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 31,295 22,746 32,794
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.03% 90.36% 87.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,032 14,434 21,722
10th Percentile £313 £308 £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 £618 £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 1,939 776 2,084
10th Percentile £15.24 £15.50 £13.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.00 £33.78
Median % change year-on-year -17.14% +3.63% -6.18%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £59.44
90th Percentile £73.46 £75.38 £71.90
UK median hourly rate £27.94 £32.50 £32.85
% change year-on-year -14.03% -1.05% -6.16%

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 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 4 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 4 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 -17 641 £525 - 198
North of England -8 299 £470 -6.00% 112
Midlands +7 246 £500 - 82
South East +2 193 £500 - 139
North West +3 190 £418 -7.06% 60
West Midlands -2 169 £500 -0.40% 55
South West +12 116 £525 -1.41% 32
Yorkshire -24 105 £487 -7.63% 41
East Midlands +18 77 £425 +8.70% 27
East of England -31 49 £475 -4.95% 49
North East -23 4 £475 -17.39% 14
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 (7.05%) Confluence
2 76 (4.91%) SharePoint
3 28 (1.81%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (0.65%) SAS
5 9 (0.58%) Appian
6 5 (0.32%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 5 (0.32%) HCL Notes
6 5 (0.32%) IIS
7 4 (0.26%) CMS
7 4 (0.26%) Mattermost
8 3 (0.19%) Moodle
8 3 (0.19%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.065%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.065%) FileNet
9 1 (0.065%) JBoss
9 1 (0.065%) nginx
9 1 (0.065%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.065%) Oracle Spatial
9 1 (0.065%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.065%) Tomcat
Applications
1 85 (5.49%) Microsoft Project
2 76 (4.91%) Microsoft Office
3 70 (4.52%) Microsoft Excel
4 38 (2.46%) MS Visio
5 32 (2.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.32%) Acrobat
7 4 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.26%) Trello
7 4 (0.26%) Windchill
8 1 (0.065%) Adobe Captivate
8 1 (0.065%) Camtasia
8 1 (0.065%) Mozilla Thunderbird
8 1 (0.065%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.065%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 61 (3.94%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (0.71%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 11 (0.71%) Salesforce CRM
4 7 (0.45%) Remedy ITSM
4 7 (0.45%) SAP ERP
5 6 (0.39%) Workday HCM
6 5 (0.32%) Finacle
6 5 (0.32%) Oracle ERP
6 5 (0.32%) SAP CO
6 5 (0.32%) SAP FI
6 5 (0.32%) SAP FI/CO
7 4 (0.26%) Oracle Cash Management
7 4 (0.26%) Oracle Payables
7 4 (0.26%) Primavera
8 3 (0.19%) iTrent
8 3 (0.19%) NetSuite
8 3 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
9 2 (0.13%) Kondor
9 2 (0.13%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 239 (15.45%) Azure
2 145 (9.37%) AWS
3 107 (6.92%) Microsoft 365
4 97 (6.27%) GCP
5 81 (5.24%) Power Platform
6 52 (3.36%) Azure DevOps
6 52 (3.36%) Entra ID
7 48 (3.10%) SaaS
8 24 (1.55%) Dynamics 365
9 23 (1.49%) Serverless
10 21 (1.36%) Google Workspace
10 21 (1.36%) PaaS
10 21 (1.36%) Power Automate
11 20 (1.29%) OpenShift
12 19 (1.23%) Google Sheets
12 19 (1.23%) Microsoft Copilot
13 18 (1.16%) Cloud Computing
14 17 (1.10%) AWS KMS
14 17 (1.10%) IaaS
15 16 (1.03%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 88 (5.69%) Firewall
2 61 (3.94%) Network Security
3 58 (3.75%) DNS
4 44 (2.84%) VPN
4 44 (2.84%) WAN
5 33 (2.13%) LAN
6 25 (1.62%) DHCP
7 23 (1.49%) Wi-Fi
8 21 (1.36%) SD-WAN
8 21 (1.36%) TCP/IP
9 18 (1.16%) SSL
10 16 (1.03%) BGP
11 14 (0.90%) OSPF
12 13 (0.84%) Cisco IOS
12 13 (0.84%) Kerberos
12 13 (0.84%) Wireless
13 12 (0.78%) Cisco ASA
13 12 (0.78%) Structured Cabling
14 11 (0.71%) HTTP
14 11 (0.71%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (4.27%) Power BI
2 48 (3.10%) SQL Server
3 23 (1.49%) PostgreSQL
4 22 (1.42%) Metadata
5 18 (1.16%) Tableau
6 15 (0.97%) Data Warehouse
6 15 (0.97%) Oracle Database
7 14 (0.90%) Elasticsearch
8 13 (0.84%) Amazon RDS
8 13 (0.84%) NoSQL
9 12 (0.78%) Oracle Reports
10 9 (0.58%) MySQL
11 8 (0.52%) Pinecone
11 8 (0.52%) Relational Database
12 7 (0.45%) Electronic Patient Records
13 6 (0.39%) BigQuery
13 6 (0.39%) Metadata Repository
14 5 (0.32%) Amazon Aurora
14 5 (0.32%) Big Data
14 5 (0.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 186 (12.02%) JIRA
2 50 (3.23%) Jenkins
3 34 (2.20%) Git
4 24 (1.55%) GitLab
5 22 (1.42%) Liquibase
6 12 (0.78%) Visual Studio
7 8 (0.52%) MLflow
8 4 (0.26%) JUnit
9 3 (0.19%) Maven
9 3 (0.19%) Oracle APEX
9 3 (0.19%) 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 (0.065%) InstallShield
11 1 (0.065%) Toad
General
1 694 (44.86%) Social Skills
2 505 (32.64%) Finance
3 288 (18.62%) Analytical Skills
4 143 (9.24%) Public Sector
5 139 (8.99%) Banking
6 71 (4.59%) Influencing Skills
7 60 (3.88%) Legal
8 55 (3.56%) Presentation Skills
9 51 (3.30%) Documentation Skills
10 41 (2.65%) Retail
11 39 (2.52%) Manufacturing
12 36 (2.33%) Local Government
13 34 (2.20%) Organisational Skills
14 33 (2.13%) Financial Institution
14 33 (2.13%) Telecoms
15 31 (2.00%) Marketing
16 29 (1.87%) Law
17 19 (1.23%) Investment Banking
18 16 (1.03%) Publishing
18 16 (1.03%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 203 (13.12%) Analyst
2 192 (12.41%) Project Manager
3 164 (10.60%) Lead
4 132 (8.53%) Change Manager
5 113 (7.30%) Business Analyst
6 110 (7.11%) Senior
7 95 (6.14%) Consultant
8 51 (3.30%) Business Manager
8 51 (3.30%) Programme Manager
9 49 (3.17%) Architect
10 48 (3.10%) Developer
11 47 (3.04%) Administrator
12 40 (2.59%) Senior Manager
13 37 (2.39%) Business Change Manager
14 34 (2.20%) SAP Manager
14 34 (2.20%) Service Manager
15 31 (2.00%) IT Manager
16 29 (1.87%) Delivery Manager
17 28 (1.81%) Network Engineer
18 26 (1.68%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (3.75%) REST
2 34 (2.20%) Elastic Stack
3 29 (1.87%) .NET
4 25 (1.62%) Oracle Fusion
4 25 (1.62%) RESTful
5 22 (1.42%) OAuth
6 21 (1.36%) .NET Framework
7 19 (1.23%) SAML
8 15 (0.97%) Middleware
9 14 (0.90%) LDAP
9 14 (0.90%) OpenID
9 14 (0.90%) Web Services
10 11 (0.71%) CSS
10 11 (0.71%) HTML
11 10 (0.65%) ISPF
11 10 (0.65%) pytest
11 10 (0.65%) SOAP
12 9 (0.58%) Django
12 9 (0.58%) NumPy
12 9 (0.58%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 90 (5.82%) Management Information System
2 82 (5.30%) Onboarding
3 69 (4.46%) Product Ownership
4 53 (3.43%) Data Centre
5 43 (2.78%) Cloud Native
5 43 (2.78%) CMDB
6 36 (2.33%) Virtual Team
7 33 (2.13%) Legacy Systems
7 33 (2.13%) PKI
8 28 (1.81%) Analytical Mindset
9 27 (1.75%) PMI
10 25 (1.62%) Public Cloud
11 24 (1.55%) Data Structures
12 21 (1.36%) Enterprise Software
12 21 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
13 20 (1.29%) Data Protection Act
14 19 (1.23%) Distributed Systems
15 15 (0.97%) e-Learning
16 13 (0.84%) Mainframe
16 13 (0.84%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 155 (10.02%) Windows
2 70 (4.52%) Linux
3 48 (3.10%) Windows Server
4 37 (2.39%) Unix
5 33 (2.13%) Windows 10
6 9 (0.58%) Windows Server 2019
7 8 (0.52%) Windows Server 2016
8 7 (0.45%) Apple iOS
8 7 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (0.32%) 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 (0.065%) AIX
12 1 (0.065%) Data ONTAP
12 1 (0.065%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 495 (32.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 392 (25.34%) Agile
3 376 (24.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 333 (21.53%) Problem-Solving
5 304 (19.65%) ITIL
6 286 (18.49%) Project Management
7 280 (18.10%) Continuous Improvement
8 253 (16.35%) Migration
9 216 (13.96%) DevOps
10 172 (11.12%) Project Delivery
11 154 (9.95%) ITSM
12 145 (9.37%) Service Management
13 140 (9.05%) ERP
14 137 (8.86%) PRINCE2
15 135 (8.73%) Risk Management
15 135 (8.73%) Roadmaps
16 131 (8.47%) Decision-Making
17 128 (8.27%) CI/CD
18 125 (8.08%) Validation
18 125 (8.08%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 154 (9.95%) SQL
2 135 (8.73%) Python
3 99 (6.40%) PowerShell
4 40 (2.59%) Bash
4 40 (2.59%) C#
5 26 (1.68%) Java
6 22 (1.42%) Go
6 22 (1.42%) PL/SQL
7 20 (1.29%) JavaScript
8 17 (1.10%) T-SQL
9 12 (0.78%) Shell Script
10 10 (0.65%) CLIST
10 10 (0.65%) COBOL
10 10 (0.65%) JCL
10 10 (0.65%) REXX
11 7 (0.45%) Groovy
12 6 (0.39%) Korn
13 5 (0.32%) Perl
14 4 (0.26%) ABAP
14 4 (0.26%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 310 (20.04%) Security Cleared
2 264 (17.07%) Degree
3 218 (14.09%) SC Cleared
4 96 (6.21%) PMI Certification
5 88 (5.69%) PMP
6 53 (3.43%) Computer Science Degree
7 51 (3.30%) Master's Degree
8 46 (2.97%) DV Cleared
9 42 (2.71%) BPSS Clearance
10 30 (1.94%) CISSP
11 27 (1.75%) CISM
11 27 (1.75%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 26 (1.68%) ITIL Certification
13 23 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
14 21 (1.36%) APMG
15 20 (1.29%) Cisco Certification
16 16 (1.03%) Azure Certification
17 15 (0.97%) CCNP
18 14 (0.90%) MBA
19 12 (0.78%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (6.27%) QA
2 68 (4.40%) Data Quality
3 67 (4.33%) GDPR
4 61 (3.94%) PMO
5 48 (3.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 44 (2.84%) SLA
7 21 (1.36%) NIST
8 17 (1.10%) IFRS
9 16 (1.03%) PCI DSS
9 16 (1.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 15 (0.97%) IFRS 17
11 12 (0.78%) Accessibility
12 10 (0.65%) Basel III
12 10 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
13 8 (0.52%) MiFID
13 8 (0.52%) NCSC
14 7 (0.45%) GRC
15 5 (0.32%) EMIR
16 4 (0.26%) Government Security Classifications
16 4 (0.26%) Solvency II
System Software
1 104 (6.72%) Active Directory
2 71 (4.59%) Docker
3 35 (2.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (1.29%) Hyper-V
5 10 (0.65%) ACF2
5 10 (0.65%) RACF
5 10 (0.65%) Time Sharing Option
6 9 (0.58%) VMware NSX
7 8 (0.52%) Firmware
8 7 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
8 7 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
8 7 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (0.32%) KVM
9 5 (0.32%) vSphere
9 5 (0.32%) XenApp
9 5 (0.32%) XenDesktop
10 2 (0.13%) DFS Replication
10 2 (0.13%) NFS
10 2 (0.13%) ProxySG
11 1 (0.065%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 89 (5.75%) Kubernetes
2 65 (4.20%) Terraform
3 58 (3.75%) Ansible
4 32 (2.07%) Grafana
5 31 (2.00%) Microsoft Intune
6 30 (1.94%) Prometheus
7 29 (1.87%) SCCM
8 16 (1.03%) Puppet
9 14 (0.90%) vCenter Server
10 13 (0.84%) Kibana
11 11 (0.71%) SCOM
12 10 (0.65%) CA Endevor
13 9 (0.58%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 9 (0.58%) Tivoli
13 9 (0.58%) Tivoli Storage Manager
14 8 (0.52%) FortiGate
15 7 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
16 5 (0.32%) PowerCLI
16 5 (0.32%) Progress Chef
16 5 (0.32%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 281 (18.16%) Microsoft
2 145 (9.37%) ServiceNow
3 143 (9.24%) SAP
4 109 (7.05%) Oracle
5 71 (4.59%) Google
6 57 (3.68%) Salesforce
7 55 (3.56%) Cisco
7 55 (3.56%) VMware
8 41 (2.65%) Splunk
9 36 (2.33%) Citrix
10 29 (1.87%) Workday
11 25 (1.62%) F5
12 21 (1.36%) Atlassian
13 19 (1.23%) Juniper
14 17 (1.10%) CheckPoint
14 17 (1.10%) Remedy
15 16 (1.03%) Sage
16 15 (0.97%) Adobe
17 14 (0.90%) Fortinet
17 14 (0.90%) SolarWinds