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

6 months to
24 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 47 43
Rank change year-on-year -6 -4 +8
Contract jobs citing Change Management 1,519 1,101 1,600
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.34% 4.34% 4.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.98% 4.81% 4.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 982 646 1,022
10th Percentile £313 £332 £359
25th Percentile £411 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +1.24%
75th Percentile £598 £638 £650
90th Percentile £688 £719 £706
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -1.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 28 56
10th Percentile £20.96 £28.12 £16.95
25th Percentile £22.68 £34.19 £28.30
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 £87.45 £74.75 £63.25
UK median hourly rate £45.46 £56.75 £37.18
% change year-on-year -19.89% +52.62% -12.52%

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 30,532 22,872 32,975
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.28% 90.11% 87.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,556 14,324 21,897
10th Percentile £313 £310 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% - -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 1,892 747 2,040
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.62 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.48 £21.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% - -
75th Percentile £63.40 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.18 £72.00
UK median hourly rate £25.77 £33.00 £34.00
% change year-on-year -21.91% -2.94% -2.86%

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 February 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 February 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 February 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 -16 623 £525 - 162
North of England -7 296 £465 -8.55% 96
Midlands +13 253 £500 -0.40% 72
South East +2 191 £496 -5.52% 138
North West +6 184 £413 -12.59% 59
West Midlands +3 173 £500 -4.76% 58
South West +10 112 £525 -3.67% 37
Yorkshire -15 108 £487 -11.45% 28
East Midlands +20 80 £435 +11.25% 14
East of England -31 42 £500 +2.62% 41
North East -25 4 £475 -17.39% 11
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
1 111 (7.31%) Confluence
2 74 (4.87%) SharePoint
3 28 (1.84%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (0.66%) SAS
5 9 (0.59%) Appian
6 5 (0.33%) CMS
6 5 (0.33%) HCL Notes
6 5 (0.33%) Mattermost
7 4 (0.26%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 4 (0.26%) Skype for Business
8 3 (0.20%) IIS
8 3 (0.20%) Moodle
8 3 (0.20%) nginx
9 1 (0.066%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.066%) FileNet
9 1 (0.066%) JBoss
9 1 (0.066%) Mule
9 1 (0.066%) Oracle Spatial
9 1 (0.066%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.066%) Tomcat
Applications
1 86 (5.66%) Microsoft Project
2 76 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
3 68 (4.48%) Microsoft Excel
4 38 (2.50%) MS Visio
5 30 (1.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.33%) Acrobat
6 5 (0.33%) Trello
7 4 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.26%) Windchill
8 3 (0.20%) Mozilla Thunderbird
9 1 (0.066%) Adobe Captivate
9 1 (0.066%) Camtasia
9 1 (0.066%) Oracle Smart View
9 1 (0.066%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 60 (3.95%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (0.72%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 11 (0.72%) Salesforce CRM
4 7 (0.46%) Remedy ITSM
4 7 (0.46%) SAP ERP
5 6 (0.39%) Workday HCM
6 5 (0.33%) Finacle
6 5 (0.33%) Oracle Cash Management
6 5 (0.33%) Oracle ERP
6 5 (0.33%) Oracle Payables
6 5 (0.33%) SAP CO
6 5 (0.33%) SAP FI
6 5 (0.33%) SAP FI/CO
7 4 (0.26%) Teamcenter
8 3 (0.20%) iTrent
8 3 (0.20%) NetSuite
8 3 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
8 3 (0.20%) Oracle General Ledger
9 2 (0.13%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 226 (14.88%) Azure
2 145 (9.55%) AWS
3 103 (6.78%) Microsoft 365
4 99 (6.52%) GCP
5 78 (5.13%) Power Platform
6 45 (2.96%) Azure DevOps
6 45 (2.96%) Entra ID
7 42 (2.76%) SaaS
8 25 (1.65%) Serverless
9 24 (1.58%) Dynamics 365
10 22 (1.45%) Power Automate
11 21 (1.38%) Google Workspace
12 20 (1.32%) PaaS
13 19 (1.25%) AWS KMS
13 19 (1.25%) Google Sheets
13 19 (1.25%) OpenShift
14 18 (1.18%) Cloud Computing
14 18 (1.18%) Microsoft Copilot
15 17 (1.12%) IaaS
16 15 (0.99%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 88 (5.79%) Firewall
2 62 (4.08%) Network Security
3 61 (4.02%) DNS
4 45 (2.96%) VPN
5 44 (2.90%) WAN
6 32 (2.11%) LAN
7 25 (1.65%) DHCP
8 22 (1.45%) TCP/IP
9 21 (1.38%) Wi-Fi
10 20 (1.32%) SD-WAN
11 19 (1.25%) SSL
12 16 (1.05%) BGP
13 14 (0.92%) OSPF
14 13 (0.86%) Kerberos
15 12 (0.79%) Cisco ASA
15 12 (0.79%) Cisco IOS
15 12 (0.79%) HTTP
15 12 (0.79%) Wireless
16 11 (0.72%) IPsec
16 11 (0.72%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (4.15%) Power BI
2 46 (3.03%) SQL Server
3 26 (1.71%) PostgreSQL
4 22 (1.45%) Metadata
5 17 (1.12%) Tableau
6 16 (1.05%) NoSQL
7 15 (0.99%) Amazon RDS
7 15 (0.99%) Elasticsearch
8 13 (0.86%) Oracle Database
9 11 (0.72%) Data Warehouse
10 10 (0.66%) Oracle Reports
11 8 (0.53%) MySQL
11 8 (0.53%) Pinecone
11 8 (0.53%) Relational Database
12 7 (0.46%) Amazon Aurora
12 7 (0.46%) Electronic Patient Records
13 6 (0.39%) BigQuery
13 6 (0.39%) Metadata Repository
14 5 (0.33%) Big Data
15 4 (0.26%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 177 (11.65%) JIRA
2 56 (3.69%) Jenkins
3 34 (2.24%) Git
4 28 (1.84%) GitLab
5 26 (1.71%) Liquibase
6 12 (0.79%) Visual Studio
7 8 (0.53%) MLflow
8 4 (0.26%) JUnit
8 4 (0.26%) Sonatype Nexus
8 4 (0.26%) Vagrant
9 3 (0.20%) Oracle APEX
10 2 (0.13%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.13%) git-flow
10 2 (0.13%) Maven
10 2 (0.13%) Mockito
10 2 (0.13%) MSI
10 2 (0.13%) Rational DOORS
10 2 (0.13%) Selenium
11 1 (0.066%) Browser DevTools
11 1 (0.066%) TestRail
General
1 698 (45.95%) Social Skills
2 502 (33.05%) Finance
3 290 (19.09%) Analytical Skills
4 146 (9.61%) Public Sector
5 143 (9.41%) Banking
6 68 (4.48%) Influencing Skills
7 56 (3.69%) Presentation Skills
8 55 (3.62%) Legal
9 51 (3.36%) Documentation Skills
10 44 (2.90%) Manufacturing
11 40 (2.63%) Retail
12 37 (2.44%) Telecoms
13 36 (2.37%) Local Government
14 33 (2.17%) Financial Institution
14 33 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
15 31 (2.04%) Marketing
16 27 (1.78%) Law
17 19 (1.25%) Investment Banking
18 16 (1.05%) Retail Banking
19 14 (0.92%) Billing
Job Titles
1 212 (13.96%) Analyst
2 187 (12.31%) Project Manager
3 166 (10.93%) Lead
4 129 (8.49%) Change Manager
5 119 (7.83%) Business Analyst
6 109 (7.18%) Senior
7 87 (5.73%) Consultant
8 52 (3.42%) Architect
9 50 (3.29%) Programme Manager
10 48 (3.16%) Business Manager
11 45 (2.96%) Developer
12 42 (2.76%) Administrator
13 41 (2.70%) Senior Manager
14 35 (2.30%) IT Manager
14 35 (2.30%) SAP Manager
15 34 (2.24%) Business Change Manager
16 33 (2.17%) Service Manager
17 28 (1.84%) Delivery Manager
18 26 (1.71%) Network Engineer
18 26 (1.71%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (3.95%) REST
2 38 (2.50%) Elastic Stack
3 28 (1.84%) .NET
3 28 (1.84%) RESTful
4 27 (1.78%) Oracle Fusion
5 22 (1.45%) OAuth
6 19 (1.25%) .NET Framework
6 19 (1.25%) SAML
7 16 (1.05%) LDAP
8 15 (0.99%) Middleware
9 14 (0.92%) OpenID
10 13 (0.86%) Web Services
11 11 (0.72%) HTML
12 10 (0.66%) CSS
12 10 (0.66%) ISPF
12 10 (0.66%) pytest
12 10 (0.66%) SOAP
13 9 (0.59%) Django
13 9 (0.59%) NumPy
13 9 (0.59%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 89 (5.86%) Management Information System
2 81 (5.33%) Onboarding
3 71 (4.67%) Product Ownership
4 48 (3.16%) Data Centre
5 45 (2.96%) Cloud Native
6 43 (2.83%) CMDB
7 36 (2.37%) Virtual Team
8 34 (2.24%) Legacy Systems
8 34 (2.24%) PKI
9 28 (1.84%) Analytical Mindset
9 28 (1.84%) PMI
9 28 (1.84%) Public Cloud
10 25 (1.65%) Data Structures
11 23 (1.51%) Distributed Systems
12 22 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
13 19 (1.25%) Data Protection Act
13 19 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
14 15 (0.99%) e-Learning
15 13 (0.86%) Mainframe
15 13 (0.86%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 148 (9.74%) Windows
2 74 (4.87%) Linux
3 45 (2.96%) Windows Server
4 37 (2.44%) Unix
5 33 (2.17%) Windows 10
6 9 (0.59%) Windows Server 2019
7 8 (0.53%) Windows Server 2016
8 7 (0.46%) VMS
9 6 (0.39%) Apple iOS
9 6 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 6 (0.39%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.26%) Amazon Linux
10 4 (0.26%) CentOS
10 4 (0.26%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.13%) Android
12 1 (0.066%) AIX
12 1 (0.066%) Data ONTAP
12 1 (0.066%) Debian
12 1 (0.066%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 491 (32.32%) Stakeholder Management
2 399 (26.27%) Agile
3 370 (24.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 333 (21.92%) Problem-Solving
5 297 (19.55%) ITIL
6 279 (18.37%) Project Management
7 270 (17.77%) Continuous Improvement
8 244 (16.06%) Migration
9 207 (13.63%) DevOps
10 170 (11.19%) Project Delivery
11 152 (10.01%) ITSM
12 148 (9.74%) Service Management
13 139 (9.15%) ERP
14 134 (8.82%) PRINCE2
15 130 (8.56%) Decision-Making
16 129 (8.49%) Risk Management
17 128 (8.43%) Roadmaps
18 127 (8.36%) CI/CD
19 123 (8.10%) Workshop Facilitation
20 117 (7.70%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 148 (9.74%) SQL
2 144 (9.48%) Python
3 100 (6.58%) PowerShell
4 40 (2.63%) Bash
5 33 (2.17%) C#
6 26 (1.71%) Go
7 23 (1.51%) Java
8 20 (1.32%) JavaScript
8 20 (1.32%) PL/SQL
9 15 (0.99%) T-SQL
10 12 (0.79%) Shell Script
11 10 (0.66%) CLIST
11 10 (0.66%) COBOL
11 10 (0.66%) JCL
11 10 (0.66%) REXX
12 9 (0.59%) Groovy
13 5 (0.33%) Korn
13 5 (0.33%) Perl
14 4 (0.26%) TypeScript
15 3 (0.20%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 304 (20.01%) Security Cleared
2 273 (17.97%) Degree
3 215 (14.15%) SC Cleared
4 93 (6.12%) PMI Certification
5 83 (5.46%) PMP
6 60 (3.95%) Computer Science Degree
7 56 (3.69%) Master's Degree
8 47 (3.09%) DV Cleared
9 38 (2.50%) BPSS Clearance
10 28 (1.84%) CISSP
11 26 (1.71%) ITIL Certification
12 25 (1.65%) CISM
12 25 (1.65%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 23 (1.51%) Microsoft Certification
14 21 (1.38%) APMG
15 20 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
16 17 (1.12%) Azure Certification
17 14 (0.92%) CCNP
18 13 (0.86%) AWS Certification
18 13 (0.86%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (6.12%) QA
2 64 (4.21%) Data Quality
2 64 (4.21%) GDPR
3 61 (4.02%) PMO
4 46 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 42 (2.76%) SLA
6 19 (1.25%) NIST
7 17 (1.12%) IFRS
8 16 (1.05%) PCI DSS
9 15 (0.99%) IFRS 17
9 15 (0.99%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 12 (0.79%) Accessibility
11 10 (0.66%) Basel III
11 10 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials
12 8 (0.53%) MiFID
12 8 (0.53%) NCSC
13 6 (0.39%) GRC
14 5 (0.33%) EMIR
14 5 (0.33%) ISO 20022
15 4 (0.26%) Solvency II
System Software
1 99 (6.52%) Active Directory
2 75 (4.94%) Docker
3 33 (2.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (1.32%) Hyper-V
5 10 (0.66%) ACF2
5 10 (0.66%) RACF
5 10 (0.66%) Time Sharing Option
6 9 (0.59%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (0.59%) VMware NSX
7 8 (0.53%) Firmware
8 7 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
8 7 (0.46%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (0.33%) KVM
9 5 (0.33%) vSphere
9 5 (0.33%) XenApp
9 5 (0.33%) XenDesktop
10 4 (0.26%) DFS Replication
11 3 (0.20%) Dovecot
11 3 (0.20%) Postfix
11 3 (0.20%) Squid
Systems Management
1 89 (5.86%) Kubernetes
2 71 (4.67%) Terraform
3 60 (3.95%) Ansible
4 37 (2.44%) Grafana
5 35 (2.30%) Prometheus
6 29 (1.91%) Microsoft Intune
6 29 (1.91%) SCCM
7 17 (1.12%) Puppet
8 14 (0.92%) Kibana
9 13 (0.86%) vCenter Server
10 12 (0.79%) SCOM
11 10 (0.66%) CA Endevor
12 9 (0.59%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 9 (0.59%) Tivoli
12 9 (0.59%) Tivoli Storage Manager
13 7 (0.46%) FortiGate
13 7 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
14 5 (0.33%) SCVMM
15 4 (0.26%) HP SiteScope
15 4 (0.26%) WSUS
Vendors
1 275 (18.10%) Microsoft
2 139 (9.15%) ServiceNow
3 136 (8.95%) SAP
4 107 (7.04%) Oracle
5 71 (4.67%) Google
6 59 (3.88%) Salesforce
7 56 (3.69%) Cisco
8 52 (3.42%) VMware
9 46 (3.03%) Splunk
10 35 (2.30%) Citrix
11 26 (1.71%) Workday
12 25 (1.65%) F5
13 20 (1.32%) Juniper
14 19 (1.25%) Atlassian
14 19 (1.25%) Remedy
15 18 (1.18%) CheckPoint
16 15 (0.99%) Adobe
16 15 (0.99%) Fortinet
17 14 (0.92%) Sage
17 14 (0.92%) SolarWinds