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

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 48 44
Rank change year-on-year -7 -4 +7
Contract jobs citing Change Management 1,542 1,097 1,582
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.23% 4.45% 4.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.89% 4.91% 4.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 988 680 1,017
10th Percentile £313 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £635 £650
90th Percentile £688 £701 £712
UK median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 72 29 60
10th Percentile £20.88 £25.30 £15.13
25th Percentile £22.63 £31.76 £25.19
Median hourly rate £41.86 £54.00 £37.18
Median % change year-on-year -22.49% +45.24% -20.98%
75th Percentile £50.74 £68.75 £59.94
90th Percentile £83.68 £74.00 £64.55
UK median hourly rate £41.86 £56.75 £37.18
% change year-on-year -26.24% +52.62% -19.17%

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 31,521 22,327 33,048
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.53% 90.61% 86.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,160 14,432 21,853
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 £615 £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 1,961 797 2,159
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.25 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.00 £16.06
Median hourly rate £30.00 £34.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +6.15% -9.72%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.63 £70.53
UK median hourly rate £29.61 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -8.89% - -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 12 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 12 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 12 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 -17 637 £525 - 229
North of England -15 291 £470 +3.01% 99
Midlands +5 235 £500 - 83
South East +8 206 £500 - 177
North West +5 192 £414 -8.00% 52
West Midlands -8 159 £508 +1.20% 58
South West +12 114 £525 - 40
Yorkshire -31 94 £487 -2.55% 35
East Midlands +19 75 £425 +34.07% 24
East of England -25 56 £475 -4.90% 54
North East -21 5 £450 -21.74% 13
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
1 104 (6.74%) Confluence
2 73 (4.73%) SharePoint
3 26 (1.69%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (0.65%) SAS
5 9 (0.58%) Appian
6 6 (0.39%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 5 (0.32%) HCL Notes
7 5 (0.32%) IIS
8 4 (0.26%) CMS
9 3 (0.19%) Moodle
10 1 (0.065%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.065%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.065%) JBoss
10 1 (0.065%) Mattermost
10 1 (0.065%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.065%) Oracle Spatial
10 1 (0.065%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.065%) Tomcat
Applications
1 85 (5.51%) Microsoft Project
2 76 (4.93%) Microsoft Office
3 71 (4.60%) Microsoft Excel
4 36 (2.33%) MS Visio
5 32 (2.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.32%) Acrobat
6 5 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.26%) Trello
7 4 (0.26%) Windchill
8 1 (0.065%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.065%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.065%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 62 (4.02%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (0.71%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 11 (0.71%) Salesforce CRM
4 7 (0.45%) SAP ERP
5 6 (0.39%) Oracle ERP
5 6 (0.39%) Remedy ITSM
5 6 (0.39%) Workday HCM
6 5 (0.32%) Finacle
6 5 (0.32%) SAP CO
6 5 (0.32%) SAP FI
6 5 (0.32%) SAP FI/CO
7 3 (0.19%) iTrent
7 3 (0.19%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.19%) Oracle Cash Management
7 3 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
7 3 (0.19%) Primavera
8 2 (0.13%) Kondor
8 2 (0.13%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 244 (15.82%) Azure
2 140 (9.08%) AWS
3 102 (6.61%) Microsoft 365
4 95 (6.16%) GCP
5 82 (5.32%) Power Platform
6 56 (3.63%) Azure DevOps
7 53 (3.44%) Entra ID
8 47 (3.05%) SaaS
9 26 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
10 22 (1.43%) PaaS
10 22 (1.43%) Power Automate
11 21 (1.36%) Google Workspace
11 21 (1.36%) Serverless
12 19 (1.23%) Google Sheets
12 19 (1.23%) Microsoft Copilot
12 19 (1.23%) OpenShift
13 18 (1.17%) Cloud Computing
13 18 (1.17%) IaaS
14 17 (1.10%) GitHub
15 15 (0.97%) AWS KMS
Communications & Networking
1 86 (5.58%) Firewall
2 59 (3.83%) Network Security
3 49 (3.18%) DNS
4 48 (3.11%) WAN
5 43 (2.79%) VPN
6 39 (2.53%) LAN
7 26 (1.69%) Wi-Fi
8 24 (1.56%) SD-WAN
9 20 (1.30%) DHCP
10 19 (1.23%) TCP/IP
11 18 (1.17%) BGP
12 16 (1.04%) OSPF
12 16 (1.04%) SSL
13 13 (0.84%) Cisco IOS
13 13 (0.84%) Structured Cabling
14 12 (0.78%) Cisco ASA
14 12 (0.78%) Internet
14 12 (0.78%) Wireless
15 11 (0.71%) Kerberos
15 11 (0.71%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (4.35%) Power BI
2 47 (3.05%) SQL Server
3 21 (1.36%) Metadata
3 21 (1.36%) PostgreSQL
4 19 (1.23%) Tableau
5 17 (1.10%) Data Warehouse
6 15 (0.97%) Oracle Database
7 13 (0.84%) Oracle Reports
8 12 (0.78%) Amazon RDS
8 12 (0.78%) Elasticsearch
9 10 (0.65%) MySQL
9 10 (0.65%) NoSQL
10 8 (0.52%) Pinecone
10 8 (0.52%) Relational Database
11 6 (0.39%) BigQuery
11 6 (0.39%) Electronic Patient Records
11 6 (0.39%) Metadata Repository
11 6 (0.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 5 (0.32%) Amazon Aurora
12 5 (0.32%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 185 (12.00%) JIRA
2 47 (3.05%) Jenkins
3 34 (2.20%) Git
4 21 (1.36%) GitLab
5 18 (1.17%) Liquibase
6 12 (0.78%) Visual Studio
7 8 (0.52%) MLflow
8 4 (0.26%) JUnit
8 4 (0.26%) 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
11 1 (0.065%) InstallShield
11 1 (0.065%) TestDirector
11 1 (0.065%) Toad
General
1 676 (43.84%) Social Skills
2 500 (32.43%) Finance
3 288 (18.68%) Analytical Skills
4 150 (9.73%) Public Sector
5 131 (8.50%) Banking
6 70 (4.54%) Influencing Skills
7 61 (3.96%) Legal
8 51 (3.31%) Documentation Skills
9 50 (3.24%) Presentation Skills
9 50 (3.24%) Retail
10 41 (2.66%) Manufacturing
11 37 (2.40%) Local Government
12 34 (2.20%) Telecoms
13 31 (2.01%) Marketing
14 30 (1.95%) Law
14 30 (1.95%) Organisational Skills
15 28 (1.82%) Financial Institution
16 19 (1.23%) Investment Banking
17 16 (1.04%) Publishing
17 16 (1.04%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 199 (12.91%) Project Manager
2 181 (11.74%) Analyst
3 165 (10.70%) Lead
4 131 (8.50%) Change Manager
5 110 (7.13%) Senior
6 104 (6.74%) Business Analyst
7 100 (6.49%) Consultant
8 52 (3.37%) Business Manager
9 51 (3.31%) Programme Manager
10 50 (3.24%) Administrator
10 50 (3.24%) Developer
11 46 (2.98%) Architect
12 41 (2.66%) Senior Manager
13 37 (2.40%) Business Change Manager
14 35 (2.27%) IT Manager
15 34 (2.20%) SAP Manager
16 32 (2.08%) Service Manager
17 31 (2.01%) Delivery Manager
18 26 (1.69%) IT Support
18 26 (1.69%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (3.63%) REST
2 31 (2.01%) Elastic Stack
3 29 (1.88%) .NET
4 25 (1.62%) Oracle Fusion
5 22 (1.43%) RESTful
6 21 (1.36%) .NET Framework
7 20 (1.30%) OAuth
8 17 (1.10%) SAML
9 16 (1.04%) Middleware
10 15 (0.97%) Web Services
11 12 (0.78%) CSS
11 12 (0.78%) OpenID
12 11 (0.71%) HTML
12 11 (0.71%) LDAP
13 10 (0.65%) ISPF
13 10 (0.65%) pytest
13 10 (0.65%) SOAP
14 9 (0.58%) Django
14 9 (0.58%) NumPy
14 9 (0.58%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 92 (5.97%) Management Information System
2 82 (5.32%) Onboarding
3 65 (4.22%) Product Ownership
4 56 (3.63%) Data Centre
5 41 (2.66%) CMDB
6 39 (2.53%) Cloud Native
7 37 (2.40%) Virtual Team
8 32 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
9 31 (2.01%) PKI
10 29 (1.88%) PMI
11 26 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
12 24 (1.56%) Data Structures
13 22 (1.43%) Public Cloud
14 21 (1.36%) Enterprise Software
15 19 (1.23%) Data Protection Act
16 18 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
17 16 (1.04%) Operational Technology
18 15 (0.97%) Distributed Systems
19 14 (0.91%) e-Learning
20 13 (0.84%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 158 (10.25%) Windows
2 61 (3.96%) Linux
3 51 (3.31%) Windows Server
4 35 (2.27%) Unix
5 30 (1.95%) Windows 10
6 9 (0.58%) Windows Server 2019
7 8 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 8 (0.52%) Windows Server 2016
8 7 (0.45%) Apple iOS
9 4 (0.26%) CentOS
9 4 (0.26%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.26%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.13%) Android
10 2 (0.13%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.13%) VMS
11 1 (0.065%) AIX
11 1 (0.065%) Data ONTAP
11 1 (0.065%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 496 (32.17%) Stakeholder Management
2 387 (25.10%) Agile
3 375 (24.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 331 (21.47%) Problem-Solving
5 300 (19.46%) ITIL
6 287 (18.61%) Project Management
7 283 (18.35%) Continuous Improvement
8 245 (15.89%) Migration
9 213 (13.81%) DevOps
10 173 (11.22%) Project Delivery
11 151 (9.79%) ITSM
12 145 (9.40%) ERP
13 140 (9.08%) Roadmaps
14 139 (9.01%) Service Management
15 138 (8.95%) Risk Management
16 137 (8.88%) PRINCE2
17 130 (8.43%) Decision-Making
18 129 (8.37%) Validation
19 125 (8.11%) CI/CD
20 124 (8.04%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 148 (9.60%) SQL
2 127 (8.24%) Python
3 95 (6.16%) PowerShell
4 41 (2.66%) C#
5 40 (2.59%) Bash
6 25 (1.62%) Java
7 22 (1.43%) PL/SQL
8 21 (1.36%) JavaScript
9 17 (1.10%) Go
9 17 (1.10%) T-SQL
10 12 (0.78%) Shell Script
11 10 (0.65%) CLIST
11 10 (0.65%) COBOL
11 10 (0.65%) JCL
11 10 (0.65%) REXX
12 6 (0.39%) Groovy
13 5 (0.32%) Korn
14 4 (0.26%) Perl
14 4 (0.26%) TypeScript
15 3 (0.19%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 321 (20.82%) Security Cleared
2 254 (16.47%) Degree
3 225 (14.59%) SC Cleared
4 97 (6.29%) PMI Certification
5 89 (5.77%) PMP
6 47 (3.05%) DV Cleared
7 46 (2.98%) Computer Science Degree
8 44 (2.85%) BPSS Clearance
9 43 (2.79%) Master's Degree
10 33 (2.14%) CISSP
11 29 (1.88%) CISM
12 27 (1.75%) ITIL Certification
12 27 (1.75%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 21 (1.36%) Cisco Certification
14 20 (1.30%) APMG
14 20 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
15 16 (1.04%) CCNP
16 15 (0.97%) Azure Certification
17 13 (0.84%) MBA
18 11 (0.71%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (6.36%) QA
2 73 (4.73%) GDPR
3 67 (4.35%) Data Quality
4 59 (3.83%) PMO
5 55 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 50 (3.24%) SLA
7 27 (1.75%) NIST
8 17 (1.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 16 (1.04%) IFRS
9 16 (1.04%) PCI DSS
10 15 (0.97%) IFRS 17
11 12 (0.78%) Accessibility
12 11 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials
13 10 (0.65%) Basel III
14 8 (0.52%) MiFID
14 8 (0.52%) NCSC
15 7 (0.45%) SOC 2
16 6 (0.39%) GRC
17 5 (0.32%) EMIR
18 4 (0.26%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 101 (6.55%) Active Directory
2 63 (4.09%) Docker
3 34 (2.20%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (1.36%) 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
7 8 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (0.52%) VMware ESXi
8 7 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
9 5 (0.32%) KVM
9 5 (0.32%) vSphere
9 5 (0.32%) XenApp
9 5 (0.32%) XenDesktop
10 2 (0.13%) NFS
10 2 (0.13%) ProxySG
11 1 (0.065%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.065%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 84 (5.45%) Kubernetes
2 61 (3.96%) Terraform
3 53 (3.44%) Ansible
4 34 (2.20%) Microsoft Intune
5 28 (1.82%) Grafana
6 27 (1.75%) Prometheus
7 23 (1.49%) SCCM
8 14 (0.91%) Puppet
8 14 (0.91%) vCenter Server
9 11 (0.71%) Kibana
10 10 (0.65%) CA Endevor
11 9 (0.58%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 9 (0.58%) Tivoli
11 9 (0.58%) Tivoli Storage Manager
12 8 (0.52%) FortiGate
12 8 (0.52%) SCOM
12 8 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
13 5 (0.32%) PowerCLI
13 5 (0.32%) Progress Chef
13 5 (0.32%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 274 (17.77%) Microsoft
2 151 (9.79%) SAP
3 148 (9.60%) ServiceNow
4 111 (7.20%) Oracle
5 69 (4.47%) Google
6 56 (3.63%) Salesforce
7 54 (3.50%) VMware
8 52 (3.37%) Cisco
9 34 (2.20%) Citrix
10 32 (2.08%) Splunk
11 29 (1.88%) Workday
12 22 (1.43%) F5
13 21 (1.36%) Atlassian
14 17 (1.10%) Juniper
15 16 (1.04%) Remedy
16 15 (0.97%) CheckPoint
16 15 (0.97%) Palo Alto
16 15 (0.97%) Sage
17 14 (0.91%) Fortinet
17 14 (0.91%) SolarWinds