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

6 months to
7 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 51 43
Rank change year-on-year -2 -8 +5
Contract jobs citing Change Management 1,641 1,059 1,514
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.21% 4.34% 4.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.91% 4.78% 4.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,052 688 973
10th Percentile £325 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £410 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £616 £638
90th Percentile £700 £700 £724
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £523
% change year-on-year - -4.31% -4.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 30 54
10th Percentile £21.65 £26.15 £14.13
25th Percentile £22.64 £34.01 £25.35
Median hourly rate £42.25 £57.50 £35.86
Median % change year-on-year -26.52% +60.37% -25.92%
75th Percentile £56.69 £70.00 £60.94
90th Percentile £85.18 £73.25 £63.75
UK median hourly rate £42.25 £54.00 £37.18
% change year-on-year -21.76% +45.24% -21.09%

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 33,455 22,163 32,367
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.84% 90.86% 86.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,444 14,600 21,357
10th Percentile £313 £311 £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 £614 £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 2,067 867 2,171
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.99 £12.92
25th Percentile £19.54 £19.00 £15.87
Median hourly rate £38.25 £32.50 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +17.69% -1.52% -12.00%
75th Percentile £65.59 £65.00 £58.69
90th Percentile £77.50 £75.80 £70.50
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £31.51 £33.00
% change year-on-year +14.25% -4.52% -11.53%

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 7 April 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 7 April 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 7 April 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 -9 704 £513 -2.38% 182
North of England -15 293 £474 +5.22% 112
Midlands -5 236 £500 - 102
South East +12 219 £502 +0.30% 147
North West +4 196 £425 +1.39% 61
West Midlands -10 160 £513 +2.45% 58
South West +2 109 £525 +2.94% 39
Yorkshire -38 89 £487 -2.55% 35
East Midlands +16 74 £425 +20.06% 42
East of England -21 67 £475 -2.51% 52
North East -19 8 £440 -23.48% 16
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 (6.76%) Confluence
2 70 (4.27%) SharePoint
3 26 (1.58%) Microsoft Exchange
4 13 (0.79%) SAS
5 9 (0.55%) Appian
6 6 (0.37%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 5 (0.30%) HCL Notes
7 5 (0.30%) IIS
7 5 (0.30%) Oracle Workflow
8 4 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.24%) CMS
9 2 (0.12%) Moodle
10 1 (0.061%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.061%) JBoss
10 1 (0.061%) Mattermost
10 1 (0.061%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.061%) Oracle Spatial
10 1 (0.061%) Tomcat
Applications
1 82 (5.00%) Microsoft Project
2 72 (4.39%) Microsoft Office
3 70 (4.27%) Microsoft Excel
4 33 (2.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 33 (2.01%) MS Visio
5 8 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.30%) Acrobat
7 4 (0.24%) Trello
8 3 (0.18%) Windchill
9 2 (0.12%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.061%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 63 (3.84%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (1.16%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (0.73%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 10 (0.61%) Salesforce CRM
5 8 (0.49%) Remedy ITSM
6 7 (0.43%) Oracle ERP
6 7 (0.43%) Oracle Payables
6 7 (0.43%) SAP ERP
7 6 (0.37%) Finacle
7 6 (0.37%) Workday HCM
8 5 (0.30%) Primavera
8 5 (0.30%) SAP CO
8 5 (0.30%) SAP FI
8 5 (0.30%) SAP FI/CO
9 4 (0.24%) iTrent
9 4 (0.24%) NetSuite
10 3 (0.18%) Oracle Cash Management
10 3 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
10 3 (0.18%) Oracle Financials
10 3 (0.18%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 258 (15.72%) Azure
2 136 (8.29%) AWS
3 105 (6.40%) Microsoft 365
4 89 (5.42%) Power Platform
5 75 (4.57%) GCP
6 63 (3.84%) Azure DevOps
7 59 (3.60%) Entra ID
8 58 (3.53%) SaaS
9 33 (2.01%) Dynamics 365
10 28 (1.71%) PaaS
11 26 (1.58%) Power Automate
12 23 (1.40%) Google Workspace
13 21 (1.28%) Cloud Computing
14 20 (1.22%) OCI
14 20 (1.22%) OpenShift
15 19 (1.16%) Google Sheets
16 18 (1.10%) IaaS
16 18 (1.10%) Microsoft Copilot
17 17 (1.04%) Serverless
18 15 (0.91%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 100 (6.09%) Firewall
2 66 (4.02%) Network Security
3 54 (3.29%) WAN
4 48 (2.93%) DNS
5 47 (2.86%) VPN
6 44 (2.68%) LAN
7 30 (1.83%) SD-WAN
8 27 (1.65%) Wi-Fi
9 23 (1.40%) SSL
10 22 (1.34%) DHCP
11 21 (1.28%) BGP
12 19 (1.16%) OSPF
13 18 (1.10%) TCP/IP
14 15 (0.91%) SAN
14 15 (0.91%) Wireless
15 14 (0.85%) Cisco ASA
16 13 (0.79%) Cisco IOS
16 13 (0.79%) Internet
17 12 (0.73%) MPLS
17 12 (0.73%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (4.33%) Power BI
2 50 (3.05%) SQL Server
3 23 (1.40%) Metadata
4 21 (1.28%) Tableau
5 20 (1.22%) Data Warehouse
6 19 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
7 17 (1.04%) Oracle Database
8 15 (0.91%) Oracle Reports
9 12 (0.73%) Amazon RDS
10 9 (0.55%) Elasticsearch
10 9 (0.55%) Electronic Patient Records
11 8 (0.49%) MySQL
11 8 (0.49%) Pinecone
12 7 (0.43%) Relational Database
13 6 (0.37%) Metadata Repository
13 6 (0.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 5 (0.30%) Amazon Aurora
14 5 (0.30%) NoSQL
14 5 (0.30%) Redis
15 4 (0.24%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 207 (12.61%) JIRA
2 40 (2.44%) Jenkins
3 37 (2.25%) Git
4 15 (0.91%) GitLab
5 13 (0.79%) Liquibase
6 12 (0.73%) Visual Studio
7 8 (0.49%) MLflow
8 5 (0.30%) InstallShield
9 4 (0.24%) AdminStudio
9 4 (0.24%) Hudson
9 4 (0.24%) JUnit
9 4 (0.24%) Maven
10 3 (0.18%) Artifactory
10 3 (0.18%) IntelliJ
10 3 (0.18%) Oracle APEX
10 3 (0.18%) Rational DOORS
10 3 (0.18%) ScriptRunner
10 3 (0.18%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.18%) Sonatype Nexus
11 2 (0.12%) git-flow
General
1 690 (42.05%) Social Skills
2 546 (33.27%) Finance
3 308 (18.77%) Analytical Skills
4 162 (9.87%) Public Sector
5 136 (8.29%) Banking
6 70 (4.27%) Influencing Skills
7 66 (4.02%) Legal
8 64 (3.90%) Retail
9 55 (3.35%) Documentation Skills
10 47 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
11 43 (2.62%) Marketing
12 39 (2.38%) Manufacturing
13 37 (2.25%) Local Government
14 33 (2.01%) Telecoms
15 31 (1.89%) Law
16 27 (1.65%) Organisational Skills
17 25 (1.52%) Financial Institution
18 22 (1.34%) Investment Banking
19 18 (1.10%) Aviation
20 16 (0.98%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 198 (12.07%) Project Manager
2 186 (11.33%) Lead
3 174 (10.60%) Analyst
4 147 (8.96%) Change Manager
5 114 (6.95%) Senior
6 110 (6.70%) Business Analyst
7 105 (6.40%) Consultant
8 56 (3.41%) Administrator
9 55 (3.35%) Programme Manager
10 54 (3.29%) Developer
11 53 (3.23%) Business Manager
12 48 (2.93%) Architect
13 44 (2.68%) Senior Manager
14 42 (2.56%) Business Change Manager
15 34 (2.07%) IT Manager
15 34 (2.07%) Network Engineer
16 31 (1.89%) Delivery Manager
16 31 (1.89%) Support Engineer
17 30 (1.83%) SAP Manager
17 30 (1.83%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (3.29%) REST
2 33 (2.01%) .NET
3 28 (1.71%) Oracle Fusion
4 23 (1.40%) Elastic Stack
5 22 (1.34%) .NET Framework
6 21 (1.28%) Middleware
6 21 (1.28%) OAuth
7 18 (1.10%) SAML
8 17 (1.04%) RESTful
9 15 (0.91%) Web Services
10 14 (0.85%) OpenID
11 13 (0.79%) LDAP
12 10 (0.61%) CSS
12 10 (0.61%) ISPF
12 10 (0.61%) OAuth2
12 10 (0.61%) pytest
13 9 (0.55%) Django
13 9 (0.55%) NumPy
13 9 (0.55%) Pandas
13 9 (0.55%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 87 (5.30%) Management Information System
2 75 (4.57%) Onboarding
3 73 (4.45%) Product Ownership
4 59 (3.60%) Data Centre
5 41 (2.50%) Virtual Team
6 38 (2.32%) CMDB
7 36 (2.19%) PMI
8 35 (2.13%) Legacy Systems
9 34 (2.07%) Cloud Native
10 29 (1.77%) Analytical Mindset
10 29 (1.77%) PKI
11 26 (1.58%) Data Structures
12 23 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
13 19 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
14 18 (1.10%) Data Protection Act
14 18 (1.10%) Public Cloud
15 16 (0.98%) Operational Technology
15 16 (0.98%) Replication
16 15 (0.91%) Low-Code
16 15 (0.91%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 164 (9.99%) Windows
2 62 (3.78%) Linux
3 57 (3.47%) Windows Server
4 31 (1.89%) Windows 10
5 27 (1.65%) Unix
6 11 (0.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 9 (0.55%) Windows Server 2019
8 8 (0.49%) Apple iOS
8 8 (0.49%) Windows Server 2016
9 6 (0.37%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.24%) CentOS
10 4 (0.24%) VMS
10 4 (0.24%) Windows Server 2012
11 3 (0.18%) Mac OS
12 2 (0.12%) Android
13 1 (0.061%) AIX
13 1 (0.061%) Data ONTAP
13 1 (0.061%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 524 (31.93%) Stakeholder Management
2 407 (24.80%) Agile
3 403 (24.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 350 (21.33%) Problem-Solving
5 319 (19.44%) ITIL
6 316 (19.26%) Continuous Improvement
7 295 (17.98%) Project Management
8 269 (16.39%) Migration
9 225 (13.71%) DevOps
10 188 (11.46%) Project Delivery
11 170 (10.36%) ERP
12 156 (9.51%) Roadmaps
13 155 (9.45%) ITSM
14 149 (9.08%) Service Management
15 147 (8.96%) Decision-Making
16 143 (8.71%) Risk Management
17 139 (8.47%) Validation
18 138 (8.41%) PRINCE2
19 133 (8.10%) Workshop Facilitation
20 127 (7.74%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 164 (9.99%) SQL
2 114 (6.95%) Python
3 97 (5.91%) PowerShell
4 46 (2.80%) C#
5 38 (2.32%) Bash
6 34 (2.07%) PL/SQL
7 26 (1.58%) Java
8 22 (1.34%) T-SQL
9 19 (1.16%) JavaScript
10 10 (0.61%) CLIST
10 10 (0.61%) COBOL
10 10 (0.61%) Go
10 10 (0.61%) Groovy
10 10 (0.61%) JCL
10 10 (0.61%) REXX
10 10 (0.61%) Shell Script
11 7 (0.43%) Korn
12 6 (0.37%) Perl
13 3 (0.18%) ABAP
13 3 (0.18%) C++
Qualifications
1 338 (20.60%) Security Cleared
2 240 (14.63%) Degree
2 240 (14.63%) SC Cleared
3 109 (6.64%) PMI Certification
4 105 (6.40%) PMP
5 52 (3.17%) DV Cleared
6 45 (2.74%) BPSS Clearance
6 45 (2.74%) CISSP
7 37 (2.25%) Cisco Certification
7 37 (2.25%) CISM
7 37 (2.25%) Master's Degree
8 34 (2.07%) Computer Science Degree
9 29 (1.77%) ITIL Certification
10 28 (1.71%) APMG
10 28 (1.71%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 26 (1.58%) CCNP
12 17 (1.04%) Azure Certification
12 17 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
13 15 (0.91%) ACCA
13 15 (0.91%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (5.85%) QA
2 83 (5.06%) GDPR
3 76 (4.63%) PMO
4 69 (4.20%) Data Quality
5 63 (3.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 55 (3.35%) SLA
7 39 (2.38%) NIST
8 19 (1.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 17 (1.04%) SOC 2
10 16 (0.98%) IFRS
11 15 (0.91%) IFRS 17
11 15 (0.91%) PCI DSS
12 10 (0.61%) Basel III
13 9 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
14 7 (0.43%) NCSC
15 6 (0.37%) Accessibility
15 6 (0.37%) COBIT
15 6 (0.37%) GRC
15 6 (0.37%) MiFID
16 4 (0.24%) ITGC
System Software
1 111 (6.76%) Active Directory
2 57 (3.47%) Docker
3 41 (2.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (1.28%) Hyper-V
5 14 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
6 13 (0.79%) VMware NSX
7 12 (0.73%) VMware ESXi
8 10 (0.61%) ACF2
8 10 (0.61%) RACF
8 10 (0.61%) Time Sharing Option
9 8 (0.49%) Firmware
9 8 (0.49%) vSphere
10 7 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
11 5 (0.30%) KVM
11 5 (0.30%) XenApp
11 5 (0.30%) XenDesktop
12 2 (0.12%) NFS
12 2 (0.12%) ProxySG
13 1 (0.061%) Oracle RAC
13 1 (0.061%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 79 (4.81%) Kubernetes
2 59 (3.60%) Terraform
3 51 (3.11%) Ansible
4 36 (2.19%) Microsoft Intune
5 23 (1.40%) Grafana
6 22 (1.34%) Prometheus
6 22 (1.34%) SCCM
7 17 (1.04%) vCenter Server
8 16 (0.98%) Single Sign-On
9 11 (0.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 11 (0.67%) Puppet
10 10 (0.61%) CA Endevor
11 9 (0.55%) Kibana
11 9 (0.55%) Tivoli
11 9 (0.55%) Tivoli Storage Manager
12 8 (0.49%) FortiGate
12 8 (0.49%) SCOM
13 7 (0.43%) PowerCLI
14 6 (0.37%) CASB
14 6 (0.37%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 278 (16.94%) Microsoft
2 163 (9.93%) ServiceNow
3 152 (9.26%) SAP
4 137 (8.35%) Oracle
5 67 (4.08%) Salesforce
6 62 (3.78%) VMware
7 60 (3.66%) Google
8 58 (3.53%) Cisco
9 36 (2.19%) Citrix
10 34 (2.07%) Workday
11 28 (1.71%) Splunk
12 23 (1.40%) Atlassian
12 23 (1.40%) F5
13 18 (1.10%) CheckPoint
13 18 (1.10%) IFS
13 18 (1.10%) Juniper
13 18 (1.10%) Remedy
14 17 (1.04%) Palo Alto
15 15 (0.91%) Fortinet
15 15 (0.91%) SolarWinds