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

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 47 44
Rank change year-on-year -6 -3 +6
Contract jobs citing Change Management 1,446 1,190 1,630
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.60% 4.33% 4.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.19% 4.87% 5.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 942 685 1,012
10th Percentile £313 £344 £363
25th Percentile £404 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +3.29%
75th Percentile £589 £638 £650
90th Percentile £688 £738 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 18 36
10th Percentile £20.73 £24.04 £17.70
25th Percentile £22.16 £28.19 £27.54
Median hourly rate £41.86 £49.04 £45.87
Median % change year-on-year -14.65% +6.92% +58.16%
75th Percentile £45.46 £58.47 £56.02
90th Percentile £60.90 £84.50 £64.75
UK median hourly rate £41.86 £49.04 £43.33
% change year-on-year -14.65% +13.18% +35.41%

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 27,843 24,416 31,995
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.51% 88.85% 88.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,784 15,001 21,658
10th Percentile £304 £310 £306
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £645 £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 1,756 802 1,433
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.62 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.96 £20.34 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £43.90
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -20.27% +23.66%
75th Percentile £57.50 £64.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -23.53% +21.43%

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 January 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 January 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 January 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 -10 594 £525 -4.55% 218
North of England -10 274 £450 -13.88% 90
Midlands +11 229 £475 -5.00% 84
South East +8 184 £473 -12.09% 148
North West +5 171 £424 -15.25% 47
West Midlands +1 154 £475 -5.00% 52
South West +19 118 £525 -4.55% 33
Yorkshire -16 101 £487 -11.45% 36
East Midlands +24 75 £402 -2.55% 31
East of England -15 44 £510 +13.33% 42
North East -26 2 £500 -13.04% 8
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
1 115 (7.95%) Confluence
2 82 (5.67%) SharePoint
3 23 (1.59%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (0.69%) nginx
5 7 (0.48%) CMS
6 6 (0.41%) HCL Notes
6 6 (0.41%) Mattermost
6 6 (0.41%) Mule
6 6 (0.41%) Skype for Business
7 5 (0.35%) IIS
8 4 (0.28%) CICS
9 3 (0.21%) Appian
9 3 (0.21%) Moodle
10 2 (0.14%) JBoss
10 2 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.069%) Apache Airflow
11 1 (0.069%) FileNet
11 1 (0.069%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.069%) Traefik
Applications
1 83 (5.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 81 (5.60%) Microsoft Project
3 78 (5.39%) Microsoft Office
4 40 (2.77%) MS Visio
5 34 (2.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 10 (0.69%) Mozilla Thunderbird
7 7 (0.48%) Trello
8 5 (0.35%) Acrobat
9 4 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
9 4 (0.28%) Windchill
10 1 (0.069%) Adobe Captivate
10 1 (0.069%) Camtasia
10 1 (0.069%) Notion
10 1 (0.069%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.069%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 44 (3.04%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
3 13 (0.90%) Salesforce CRM
4 10 (0.69%) SAP ERP
5 9 (0.62%) Remedy ITSM
6 7 (0.48%) Oracle Payables
7 6 (0.41%) Oracle EBS
8 5 (0.35%) NetSuite
8 5 (0.35%) Oracle Cash Management
8 5 (0.35%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 5 (0.35%) Workday HCM
9 4 (0.28%) Oracle General Ledger
9 4 (0.28%) Teamcenter
9 4 (0.28%) VisionPLUS
10 3 (0.21%) Maximo
10 3 (0.21%) Oracle EBS R12
10 3 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
10 3 (0.21%) SAP CO
10 3 (0.21%) SAP FI
10 3 (0.21%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 196 (13.55%) Azure
2 141 (9.75%) AWS
3 101 (6.98%) Microsoft 365
4 100 (6.92%) GCP
5 88 (6.09%) Power Platform
6 40 (2.77%) Azure DevOps
6 40 (2.77%) SaaS
7 32 (2.21%) Entra ID
8 28 (1.94%) Serverless
9 25 (1.73%) AWS KMS
9 25 (1.73%) Dynamics 365
10 22 (1.52%) Amazon S3
10 22 (1.52%) GitHub
11 18 (1.24%) Microsoft Copilot
11 18 (1.24%) Power Automate
12 17 (1.18%) Amazon EC2
12 17 (1.18%) PaaS
12 17 (1.18%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 16 (1.11%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 16 (1.11%) Amazon ELB
Communications & Networking
1 87 (6.02%) Firewall
2 71 (4.91%) DNS
3 59 (4.08%) Network Security
4 41 (2.84%) VPN
5 38 (2.63%) WAN
6 28 (1.94%) SSH
7 24 (1.66%) SSL
8 23 (1.59%) LAN
9 22 (1.52%) HTTP
10 20 (1.38%) TCP/IP
11 19 (1.31%) DHCP
12 18 (1.24%) SMTP
13 17 (1.18%) Wi-Fi
14 16 (1.11%) FTP
15 15 (1.04%) IPsec
15 15 (1.04%) SD-WAN
15 15 (1.04%) Wireless
16 12 (0.83%) SAN
17 11 (0.76%) Cisco IPT
17 11 (0.76%) DMVPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (5.12%) Power BI
2 34 (2.35%) PostgreSQL
3 33 (2.28%) SQL Server
4 24 (1.66%) Amazon RDS
4 24 (1.66%) Tableau
5 22 (1.52%) Metadata
5 22 (1.52%) NoSQL
6 18 (1.24%) Amazon Aurora
7 13 (0.90%) Elasticsearch
7 13 (0.90%) Oracle Database
8 8 (0.55%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (0.48%) BigQuery
10 6 (0.41%) Electronic Patient Records
10 6 (0.41%) MySQL
10 6 (0.41%) Relational Database
11 5 (0.35%) Big Data
11 5 (0.35%) Oracle Reports
12 4 (0.28%) Redis
13 3 (0.21%) DynamoDB
13 3 (0.21%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 181 (12.52%) JIRA
2 68 (4.70%) Jenkins
3 30 (2.07%) Git
4 27 (1.87%) GitLab
4 27 (1.87%) Liquibase
5 16 (1.11%) Vagrant
6 8 (0.55%) Sonatype Nexus
6 8 (0.55%) Visual Studio
7 4 (0.28%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.28%) ChangeMan
7 4 (0.28%) MSI
7 4 (0.28%) Oracle APEX
8 3 (0.21%) Artifactory
8 3 (0.21%) InstallShield
8 3 (0.21%) JUnit
8 3 (0.21%) MLflow
8 3 (0.21%) Oracle Forms
9 2 (0.14%) AdminStudio
9 2 (0.14%) git-flow
9 2 (0.14%) Mockito
General
1 645 (44.61%) Social Skills
2 454 (31.40%) Finance
3 273 (18.88%) Analytical Skills
4 157 (10.86%) Banking
5 144 (9.96%) Public Sector
6 66 (4.56%) Influencing Skills
7 55 (3.80%) Manufacturing
8 42 (2.90%) Telecoms
9 40 (2.77%) Legal
10 39 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
10 39 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
11 36 (2.49%) Organisational Skills
12 34 (2.35%) Financial Institution
13 32 (2.21%) Retail
14 31 (2.14%) Local Government
14 31 (2.14%) Marketing
15 23 (1.59%) Law
16 16 (1.11%) Investment Banking
17 15 (1.04%) Billing
17 15 (1.04%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 207 (14.32%) Analyst
2 180 (12.45%) Project Manager
3 156 (10.79%) Lead
4 124 (8.58%) Change Manager
5 112 (7.75%) Business Analyst
6 88 (6.09%) Senior
7 80 (5.53%) Consultant
8 47 (3.25%) Administrator
8 47 (3.25%) Developer
9 45 (3.11%) Architect
10 39 (2.70%) Senior Manager
11 38 (2.63%) Business Manager
12 37 (2.56%) IT Manager
13 35 (2.42%) Programme Manager
14 32 (2.21%) AWS Engineer
15 31 (2.14%) DevOps Engineer
15 31 (2.14%) Service Manager
16 29 (2.01%) Business Change Manager
16 29 (2.01%) SAP Manager
17 26 (1.80%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (3.46%) REST
2 39 (2.70%) Elastic Stack
3 27 (1.87%) RESTful
4 23 (1.59%) .NET
5 22 (1.52%) Oracle Fusion
6 17 (1.18%) SAML
7 16 (1.11%) LDAP
8 13 (0.90%) Middleware
8 13 (0.90%) OAuth
9 11 (0.76%) .NET Framework
9 11 (0.76%) 802.1X
9 11 (0.76%) HTML
9 11 (0.76%) OpenID
10 8 (0.55%) ISPF
10 8 (0.55%) Kafka
10 8 (0.55%) SOAP
11 7 (0.48%) AngularJS
11 7 (0.48%) CSS
12 6 (0.41%) XML
13 5 (0.35%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 84 (5.81%) Onboarding
2 78 (5.39%) Management Information System
3 61 (4.22%) Product Ownership
4 45 (3.11%) Cloud Native
5 43 (2.97%) Data Centre
6 40 (2.77%) CMDB
7 39 (2.70%) Virtual Team
8 36 (2.49%) PKI
9 27 (1.87%) Analytical Mindset
10 26 (1.80%) Distributed Systems
10 26 (1.80%) Legacy Systems
10 26 (1.80%) Public Cloud
10 26 (1.80%) Replication
11 22 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
11 22 (1.52%) PMI
11 22 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
12 20 (1.38%) Life Science
13 18 (1.24%) Data Protection Act
14 14 (0.97%) e-Learning
15 13 (0.90%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 157 (10.86%) Windows
2 84 (5.81%) Linux
3 38 (2.63%) Windows Server
4 37 (2.56%) Unix
5 29 (2.01%) Windows 10
6 19 (1.31%) VMS
7 16 (1.11%) Amazon Linux
8 13 (0.90%) Ubuntu
9 6 (0.41%) Apple iOS
9 6 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 6 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
10 5 (0.35%) Windows Server 2016
11 4 (0.28%) zOS
12 3 (0.21%) CentOS
12 3 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.14%) AIX
13 2 (0.14%) Android
14 1 (0.069%) Debian
14 1 (0.069%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.069%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 423 (29.25%) Stakeholder Management
2 376 (26.00%) Agile
3 332 (22.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 301 (20.82%) ITIL
5 299 (20.68%) Problem-Solving
6 296 (20.47%) Project Management
7 222 (15.35%) Continuous Improvement
8 202 (13.97%) DevOps
9 191 (13.21%) Migration
10 180 (12.45%) Project Delivery
11 149 (10.30%) Service Management
12 141 (9.75%) ITSM
13 132 (9.13%) PRINCE2
14 123 (8.51%) Roadmaps
15 122 (8.44%) Decision-Making
16 119 (8.23%) ERP
17 113 (7.81%) CI/CD
18 106 (7.33%) Service Delivery
19 102 (7.05%) Cybersecurity
19 102 (7.05%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 143 (9.89%) Python
2 125 (8.64%) SQL
3 97 (6.71%) PowerShell
4 34 (2.35%) Bash
5 29 (2.01%) Go
6 28 (1.94%) Java
7 26 (1.80%) C#
8 21 (1.45%) Groovy
9 18 (1.24%) PL/SQL
10 16 (1.11%) JavaScript
11 12 (0.83%) T-SQL
12 10 (0.69%) COBOL
12 10 (0.69%) Shell Script
13 9 (0.62%) Perl
14 8 (0.55%) CLIST
14 8 (0.55%) JCL
14 8 (0.55%) REXX
15 7 (0.48%) Korn
16 5 (0.35%) C++
17 4 (0.28%) C
Qualifications
1 295 (20.40%) Security Cleared
2 269 (18.60%) Degree
3 204 (14.11%) SC Cleared
4 90 (6.22%) PMI Certification
5 80 (5.53%) PMP
6 61 (4.22%) Computer Science Degree
7 52 (3.60%) Master's Degree
8 40 (2.77%) DV Cleared
9 39 (2.70%) BPSS Clearance
10 25 (1.73%) Microsoft Certification
11 23 (1.59%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 21 (1.45%) ITIL Certification
13 19 (1.31%) APMG
13 19 (1.31%) AWS Certification
14 18 (1.24%) CISM
14 18 (1.24%) CISSP
15 17 (1.18%) Azure Certification
16 12 (0.83%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 11 (0.76%) Cisco Certification
17 11 (0.76%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (5.74%) QA
2 71 (4.91%) PMO
3 50 (3.46%) GDPR
4 44 (3.04%) Data Quality
5 37 (2.56%) SLA
6 30 (2.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 17 (1.18%) NIST
8 13 (0.90%) Accessibility
8 13 (0.90%) PCI DSS
9 9 (0.62%) IFRS
10 8 (0.55%) Basel III
10 8 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
10 8 (0.55%) MiFID
10 8 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 7 (0.48%) IFRS 17
12 6 (0.41%) NCSC
13 5 (0.35%) EMIR
13 5 (0.35%) ISO 20022
14 4 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
14 4 (0.28%) GMP
System Software
1 91 (6.29%) Active Directory
2 68 (4.70%) Docker
3 24 (1.66%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (1.11%) DFS Replication
5 14 (0.97%) Hyper-V
6 13 (0.90%) Firmware
7 10 (0.69%) Dovecot
7 10 (0.69%) Postfix
7 10 (0.69%) Squid
8 8 (0.55%) ACF2
8 8 (0.55%) RACF
8 8 (0.55%) Time Sharing Option
8 8 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
8 8 (0.55%) VMware NSX
9 6 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
10 3 (0.21%) Microsoft App-V
10 3 (0.21%) XenApp
10 3 (0.21%) XenDesktop
11 2 (0.14%) ProxySG
11 2 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 79 (5.46%) Terraform
2 73 (5.05%) Kubernetes
3 55 (3.80%) Ansible
4 50 (3.46%) Grafana
5 49 (3.39%) Prometheus
6 36 (2.49%) SCCM
7 29 (2.01%) Microsoft Intune
8 14 (0.97%) Puppet
9 13 (0.90%) SCOM
10 12 (0.83%) CA Endevor
10 12 (0.83%) Kibana
11 11 (0.76%) Nessus
12 10 (0.69%) Proxmox
13 9 (0.62%) vCenter Server
14 7 (0.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 7 (0.48%) Tivoli
14 7 (0.48%) Tivoli Storage Manager
15 6 (0.41%) HP SiteScope
16 5 (0.35%) WSUS
17 4 (0.28%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 280 (19.36%) Microsoft
2 129 (8.92%) ServiceNow
3 125 (8.64%) SAP
4 100 (6.92%) Oracle
5 62 (4.29%) Google
6 57 (3.94%) Salesforce
7 51 (3.53%) Cisco
8 46 (3.18%) Splunk
9 39 (2.70%) VMware
10 28 (1.94%) F5
11 27 (1.87%) Workday
12 22 (1.52%) CheckPoint
12 22 (1.52%) Juniper
13 21 (1.45%) Atlassian
14 20 (1.38%) Citrix
14 20 (1.38%) Remedy
15 15 (1.04%) IBM
16 14 (0.97%) Adobe
16 14 (0.97%) Fortinet
17 13 (0.90%) Blue Coat