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

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 50 46
Rank change year-on-year -5 -4 -4
Contract jobs citing Change Management 1,626 1,099 1,466
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.80% 4.45% 3.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.46% 4.87% 4.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,013 699 914
10th Percentile £351 £331 £313
25th Percentile £415 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £515
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -2.82% -6.45%
75th Percentile £619 £625 £627
90th Percentile £700 £725 £713
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £508
% change year-on-year +2.50% -1.48% -6.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 32 69
10th Percentile £19.25 £29.00 £17.60
25th Percentile £22.63 £31.07 £31.60
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 £85.80 £70.14 £69.60
UK median hourly rate £34.87 £54.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -35.43% +8.00% +2.67%

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 36,463 22,562 32,057
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.13% 91.37% 85.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,069 14,583 20,746
10th Percentile £325 £303 £300
25th Percentile £415 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £517 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.67% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £507 £525
% change year-on-year +1.08% -3.43% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,280 1,047 2,378
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £20.81 £18.13 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.00 £27.50 £37.75
Median % change year-on-year +70.91% -27.15% +7.43%
75th Percentile £68.00 £57.50 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.25 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £26.75 £37.18
% change year-on-year +64.34% -28.05% +6.23%

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 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 15 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 15 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 -4 741 £525 -4.55% 316
North of England -17 282 £472 +4.89% 108
South East -2 213 £563 +17.19% 122
Midlands -2 196 £505 +6.21% 88
North West -10 161 £439 -0.34% 53
West Midlands -20 134 £514 +8.16% 58
Yorkshire -23 108 £500 +9.59% 43
South West -5 97 £510 +4.08% 58
East of England -11 80 £500 - 38
East Midlands +15 60 £475 +32.31% 30
North East -21 13 £425 -22.73% 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 95 (5.84%) Confluence
2 80 (4.92%) SharePoint
3 30 (1.85%) Microsoft Exchange
4 15 (0.92%) IIS
5 14 (0.86%) 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 (0.18%) Camunda
10 3 (0.18%) Kentico
10 3 (0.18%) 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%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 63 (3.87%) Microsoft Office
2 53 (3.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 49 (3.01%) Microsoft Project
4 29 (1.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 24 (1.48%) MS Visio
6 8 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.25%) Acrobat
8 3 (0.18%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.062%) InfoPath
9 1 (0.062%) Trello
Business Applications
1 68 (4.18%) 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 (0.55%) 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 (0.18%) OpenText MBPM
9 3 (0.18%) Oracle BPM
9 3 (0.18%) Oracle Financials
9 3 (0.18%) SAP PM
9 3 (0.18%) SAP QM
9 3 (0.18%) Teamcenter
9 3 (0.18%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 245 (15.07%) Azure
2 130 (8.00%) AWS
3 100 (6.15%) Microsoft 365
4 85 (5.23%) Power Platform
5 70 (4.31%) SaaS
6 69 (4.24%) Entra ID
7 56 (3.44%) GCP
8 54 (3.32%) Azure DevOps
9 37 (2.28%) Google Workspace
10 34 (2.09%) Dynamics 365
11 24 (1.48%) Power Automate
12 21 (1.29%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 20 (1.23%) 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
15 18 (1.11%) Microsoft Copilot
16 17 (1.05%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 88 (5.41%) Firewall
2 64 (3.94%) Network Security
3 50 (3.08%) WAN
4 42 (2.58%) DNS
5 39 (2.40%) LAN
6 36 (2.21%) VPN
7 26 (1.60%) Wi-Fi
8 25 (1.54%) 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 (0.98%) OSPF
12 15 (0.92%) SSL
13 14 (0.86%) 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 (0.55%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (3.94%) Power BI
2 52 (3.20%) SQL Server
3 26 (1.60%) Metadata
4 23 (1.41%) Oracle Database
5 22 (1.35%) Data Warehouse
6 19 (1.17%) Oracle Reports
7 11 (0.68%) PostgreSQL
7 11 (0.68%) Relational Database
7 11 (0.68%) Tableau
8 10 (0.62%) Amazon RDS
9 9 (0.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 8 (0.49%) Pinecone
11 5 (0.31%) Db2
11 5 (0.31%) Elasticsearch
11 5 (0.31%) Neo4j
11 5 (0.31%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 5 (0.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 4 (0.25%) Oracle BI EE
12 4 (0.25%) Oracle Database 11g
12 4 (0.25%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 199 (12.24%) JIRA
2 48 (2.95%) Git
3 43 (2.64%) Jenkins
4 10 (0.62%) Visual Studio
5 9 (0.55%) MLflow
6 8 (0.49%) GitLab
7 7 (0.43%) AdminStudio
7 7 (0.43%) InstallShield
8 4 (0.25%) Artifactory
8 4 (0.25%) Hudson
8 4 (0.25%) IntelliJ
8 4 (0.25%) Liquibase
8 4 (0.25%) 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
1 639 (39.30%) Social Skills
2 588 (36.16%) Finance
3 264 (16.24%) Analytical Skills
4 147 (9.04%) Public Sector
5 136 (8.36%) Banking
6 86 (5.29%) Legal
7 81 (4.98%) Retail
8 63 (3.87%) Documentation Skills
9 54 (3.32%) Influencing Skills
10 50 (3.08%) Marketing
11 47 (2.89%) Presentation Skills
12 40 (2.46%) Law
13 38 (2.34%) Organisational Skills
14 37 (2.28%) Manufacturing
15 33 (2.03%) Local Government
15 33 (2.03%) Telecoms
16 22 (1.35%) Aviation
16 22 (1.35%) Financial Institution
17 16 (0.98%) Aerospace
17 16 (0.98%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 190 (11.69%) Project Manager
2 172 (10.58%) Lead
3 152 (9.35%) Analyst
4 133 (8.18%) Change Manager
5 119 (7.32%) Senior
6 112 (6.89%) Consultant
7 96 (5.90%) Business Analyst
8 59 (3.63%) Administrator
8 59 (3.63%) Programme Manager
9 50 (3.08%) Developer
10 49 (3.01%) Senior Manager
11 45 (2.77%) Business Manager
12 44 (2.71%) Architect
13 41 (2.52%) Delivery Manager
14 39 (2.40%) Support Engineer
15 37 (2.28%) IT Manager
16 35 (2.15%) Business Change Manager
17 32 (1.97%) Service Manager
18 30 (1.85%) Security Manager
19 28 (1.72%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (3.44%) REST
2 33 (2.03%) .NET
3 30 (1.85%) Oracle Fusion
4 24 (1.48%) OAuth
5 23 (1.41%) CSS
6 21 (1.29%) HTML
6 21 (1.29%) Middleware
7 20 (1.23%) .NET Framework
8 17 (1.05%) Web Services
9 15 (0.92%) Elastic Stack
10 14 (0.86%) LDAP
11 13 (0.80%) RESTful
12 11 (0.68%) React
13 10 (0.62%) Ajax
13 10 (0.62%) AngularJS
14 9 (0.55%) Django
14 9 (0.55%) OAuth2
14 9 (0.55%) OpenID
14 9 (0.55%) Pandas
14 9 (0.55%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 83 (5.10%) Management Information System
2 77 (4.74%) Product Ownership
3 70 (4.31%) Data Centre
4 65 (4.00%) Onboarding
5 52 (3.20%) Legacy Systems
6 46 (2.83%) Cloud Native
7 34 (2.09%) PMI
8 32 (1.97%) CMDB
9 25 (1.54%) Analytical Mindset
10 24 (1.48%) Enterprise Software
10 24 (1.48%) Operational Technology
11 23 (1.41%) Data Structures
12 22 (1.35%) PKI
12 22 (1.35%) Virtual Team
13 21 (1.29%) Security Posture
13 21 (1.29%) Self-Motivation
14 19 (1.17%) Public Cloud
15 18 (1.11%) Low-Code
16 17 (1.05%) Data Protection Act
17 14 (0.86%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 175 (10.76%) Windows
2 84 (5.17%) Linux
3 58 (3.57%) Windows Server
4 37 (2.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 35 (2.15%) Unix
6 23 (1.41%) Windows 10
7 10 (0.62%) Solaris
7 10 (0.62%) Windows Server 2019
8 7 (0.43%) VMS
8 7 (0.43%) Windows Server 2016
9 6 (0.37%) AIX
9 6 (0.37%) Apple iOS
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
1 544 (33.46%) Stakeholder Management
2 400 (24.60%) Agile
3 383 (23.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 332 (20.42%) Continuous Improvement
5 323 (19.86%) Problem-Solving
6 290 (17.84%) ITIL
7 274 (16.85%) Project Management
8 266 (16.36%) Migration
9 216 (13.28%) DevOps
10 193 (11.87%) Project Delivery
11 188 (11.56%) ERP
12 186 (11.44%) Roadmaps
13 170 (10.46%) Decision-Making
14 159 (9.78%) Risk Management
15 143 (8.79%) Validation
16 141 (8.67%) CI/CD
17 135 (8.30%) User Acceptance Testing
18 134 (8.24%) ITSM
19 132 (8.12%) Service Management
20 130 (8.00%) AI
Programming Languages
1 163 (10.02%) SQL
2 113 (6.95%) Python
3 97 (5.97%) PowerShell
4 45 (2.77%) Bash
5 44 (2.71%) C#
5 44 (2.71%) PL/SQL
6 37 (2.28%) Java
6 37 (2.28%) JavaScript
7 23 (1.41%) T-SQL
8 10 (0.62%) Groovy
9 9 (0.55%) 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 (0.18%) Apex Code
14 3 (0.18%) C++
Qualifications
1 327 (20.11%) Security Cleared
2 233 (14.33%) SC Cleared
3 200 (12.30%) Degree
4 122 (7.50%) PMP
5 112 (6.89%) PMI Certification
6 56 (3.44%) DV Cleared
7 55 (3.38%) CISSP
8 42 (2.58%) Cisco Certification
9 36 (2.21%) BPSS Clearance
10 35 (2.15%) CISM
11 31 (1.91%) Master's Degree
12 28 (1.72%) CCNP
13 27 (1.66%) ITIL Certification
14 25 (1.54%) APMG
15 23 (1.41%) Azure Certification
16 22 (1.35%) ACCA
16 22 (1.35%) CIMA
16 22 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
17 15 (0.92%) CCNA
18 13 (0.80%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (5.66%) QA
2 82 (5.04%) GDPR
3 79 (4.86%) PMO
4 78 (4.80%) Data Quality
5 69 (4.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 64 (3.94%) SLA
7 45 (2.77%) NIST
8 25 (1.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 22 (1.35%) SOC 2
10 21 (1.29%) GRC
11 20 (1.23%) PCI DSS
12 15 (0.92%) IFRS
13 13 (0.80%) IFRS 17
14 8 (0.49%) COBIT
14 8 (0.49%) ITGC
15 7 (0.43%) Basel III
16 6 (0.37%) HIPAA
16 6 (0.37%) ISO 9001
17 4 (0.25%) GMP
17 4 (0.25%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 113 (6.95%) Active Directory
2 59 (3.63%) Docker
3 55 (3.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (1.35%) VMware ESXi
5 21 (1.29%) Hyper-V
6 17 (1.05%) Virtual Machines
7 14 (0.86%) 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 (4.55%) Kubernetes
2 73 (4.49%) Terraform
3 56 (3.44%) Ansible
4 30 (1.85%) Microsoft Intune
5 26 (1.60%) Grafana
6 25 (1.54%) Prometheus
7 23 (1.41%) vCenter Server
8 21 (1.29%) Single Sign-On
9 20 (1.23%) SCCM
10 17 (1.05%) SCOM
11 11 (0.68%) Progress Chef
12 8 (0.49%) Puppet
13 7 (0.43%) Avamar
13 7 (0.43%) Kustomize
13 7 (0.43%) PowerCLI
13 7 (0.43%) vRealize
14 6 (0.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 6 (0.37%) CASB
14 6 (0.37%) Cisco Prime
14 6 (0.37%) ITRS Geneos
Vendors
1 271 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 170 (10.46%) ServiceNow
3 157 (9.66%) Oracle
4 151 (9.29%) SAP
5 73 (4.49%) VMware
6 63 (3.87%) Salesforce
7 61 (3.75%) Google
8 48 (2.95%) Cisco
9 34 (2.09%) Splunk
10 31 (1.91%) Citrix
11 25 (1.54%) IFS
12 24 (1.48%) Red Hat
13 23 (1.41%) IBM
14 21 (1.29%) Workday
15 19 (1.17%) Dynatrace
15 19 (1.17%) Remedy
16 18 (1.11%) CheckPoint
17 17 (1.05%) Juniper
18 16 (0.98%) F5
19 15 (0.92%) Palo Alto