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

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 50 45
Rank change year-on-year -3 -5 -2
Contract jobs citing Change Management 1,588 1,046 1,449
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.85% 4.36% 3.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.54% 4.78% 4.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 993 673 923
10th Percentile £350 £331 £315
25th Percentile £415 £405 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £515
Median % change year-on-year - -2.91% -6.36%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £630
90th Percentile £700 £725 £713
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% -5.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 27 65
10th Percentile £19.25 £28.60 £15.06
25th Percentile £22.63 £32.05 £30.00
Median hourly rate £34.87 £57.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -39.36% +15.00% -0.49%
75th Percentile £61.81 £70.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £85.18 £71.00 £69.80
UK median hourly rate £30.21 £54.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -44.06% +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 34,973 21,894 31,367
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.68% 91.30% 86.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,266 14,295 20,565
10th Percentile £325 £305 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £510 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -0.49% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,148 929 2,246
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.42 £12.92
25th Percentile £20.50 £18.50 £16.00
Median hourly rate £46.11 £29.00 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +58.98% -20.55% -0.73%
75th Percentile £68.00 £62.24 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.44 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £28.18 £36.05
% change year-on-year +50.82% -21.82% +0.13%

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 22 May 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 22 May 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 22 May 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 -1 692 £513 -6.82% 274
North of England -13 291 £475 +5.56% 107
Midlands 0 212 £505 +0.90% 65
South East -5 203 £538 +9.69% 123
North West -1 168 £450 -0.11% 48
West Midlands -2 141 £514 +2.80% 42
Yorkshire -29 113 £490 +8.89% 50
South West -8 97 £500 -1.96% 51
East of England -7 80 £475 -5.00% 34
East Midlands +21 69 £453 +24.66% 23
North East -22 10 £425 -26.09% 10
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 96 (6.05%) Confluence
2 76 (4.79%) SharePoint
3 30 (1.89%) Microsoft Exchange
4 14 (0.88%) SAS
5 11 (0.69%) IIS
6 10 (0.63%) Appian
7 6 (0.38%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 6 (0.38%) Oracle Workflow
8 4 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.25%) CMS
8 4 (0.25%) HCL Notes
9 2 (0.13%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.063%) Camunda
10 1 (0.063%) CICS
10 1 (0.063%) Kentico
10 1 (0.063%) Mattermost
10 1 (0.063%) Moodle
10 1 (0.063%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.063%) Oracle Spatial
10 1 (0.063%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 65 (4.09%) Microsoft Project
2 60 (3.78%) Microsoft Office
3 55 (3.46%) Microsoft Excel
4 28 (1.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 23 (1.45%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.25%) Acrobat
8 3 (0.19%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.19%) Trello
9 1 (0.063%) PTC Creo
9 1 (0.063%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 64 (4.03%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (1.13%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (0.76%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 8 (0.50%) Remedy ITSM
5 7 (0.44%) NetSuite
5 7 (0.44%) Oracle Payables
6 6 (0.38%) Finacle
6 6 (0.38%) Salesforce CRM
6 6 (0.38%) SAP ERP
7 5 (0.31%) Maximo
7 5 (0.31%) Oracle ERP
7 5 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
7 5 (0.31%) Primavera
8 3 (0.19%) Oracle Financials
8 3 (0.19%) Unit4 Business World
8 3 (0.19%) Workday HCM
9 2 (0.13%) Global One
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle Applications
9 2 (0.13%) SAP FI
9 2 (0.13%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 235 (14.80%) Azure
2 118 (7.43%) AWS
3 95 (5.98%) Microsoft 365
4 90 (5.67%) Power Platform
5 65 (4.09%) Entra ID
5 65 (4.09%) SaaS
6 58 (3.65%) Azure DevOps
7 56 (3.53%) GCP
8 33 (2.08%) Dynamics 365
8 33 (2.08%) Google Workspace
9 31 (1.95%) Power Automate
10 24 (1.51%) OpenShift
11 21 (1.32%) Cloud Computing
11 21 (1.32%) PaaS
12 20 (1.26%) Google Sheets
13 18 (1.13%) OCI
14 17 (1.07%) GitHub
14 17 (1.07%) PowerApps
15 16 (1.01%) Asana
15 16 (1.01%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 79 (4.97%) Firewall
2 60 (3.78%) Network Security
3 51 (3.21%) DNS
4 44 (2.77%) VPN
4 44 (2.77%) WAN
5 35 (2.20%) LAN
6 24 (1.51%) Wi-Fi
7 23 (1.45%) SD-WAN
8 22 (1.39%) SSL
9 21 (1.32%) DHCP
10 18 (1.13%) BGP
10 18 (1.13%) TCP/IP
11 17 (1.07%) SAN
12 16 (1.01%) OSPF
13 14 (0.88%) Wireless
14 13 (0.82%) MPLS
15 12 (0.76%) Structured Cabling
16 11 (0.69%) Cisco ASA
16 11 (0.69%) Cisco Nexus
16 11 (0.69%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (4.41%) Power BI
2 50 (3.15%) SQL Server
3 23 (1.45%) Data Warehouse
3 23 (1.45%) Metadata
4 18 (1.13%) Tableau
5 17 (1.07%) Oracle Reports
6 16 (1.01%) Oracle Database
7 11 (0.69%) PostgreSQL
8 10 (0.63%) Amazon RDS
8 10 (0.63%) Relational Database
9 9 (0.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 8 (0.50%) Elasticsearch
10 8 (0.50%) Pinecone
11 6 (0.38%) Metadata Repository
12 5 (0.31%) Electronic Patient Records
12 5 (0.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 4 (0.25%) MySQL
13 4 (0.25%) Neo4j
13 4 (0.25%) Oracle BI Publisher
13 4 (0.25%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 204 (12.85%) JIRA
2 46 (2.90%) Git
3 41 (2.58%) Jenkins
4 12 (0.76%) Visual Studio
5 10 (0.63%) GitLab
6 9 (0.57%) MLflow
7 8 (0.50%) InstallShield
8 7 (0.44%) AdminStudio
9 4 (0.25%) Hudson
9 4 (0.25%) IntelliJ
9 4 (0.25%) Liquibase
9 4 (0.25%) Maven
9 4 (0.25%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.19%) Artifactory
10 3 (0.19%) Rational DOORS
10 3 (0.19%) ScriptRunner
10 3 (0.19%) Snyk
11 2 (0.13%) Eclipse
11 2 (0.13%) git-flow
11 2 (0.13%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 627 (39.48%) Social Skills
2 551 (34.70%) Finance
3 265 (16.69%) Analytical Skills
4 156 (9.82%) Public Sector
5 129 (8.12%) Banking
6 79 (4.97%) Legal
7 73 (4.60%) Retail
8 58 (3.65%) Influencing Skills
9 54 (3.40%) Documentation Skills
10 47 (2.96%) Marketing
11 43 (2.71%) Presentation Skills
12 35 (2.20%) Law
13 30 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
14 29 (1.83%) Local Government
14 29 (1.83%) Manufacturing
15 27 (1.70%) Telecoms
16 23 (1.45%) Financial Institution
17 22 (1.39%) Aviation
18 16 (1.01%) Investment Banking
18 16 (1.01%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 182 (11.46%) Project Manager
2 164 (10.33%) Lead
3 148 (9.32%) Analyst
4 141 (8.88%) Change Manager
5 119 (7.49%) Senior
6 100 (6.30%) Consultant
7 93 (5.86%) Business Analyst
8 60 (3.78%) Programme Manager
9 56 (3.53%) Administrator
10 52 (3.27%) Developer
11 49 (3.09%) Senior Manager
12 46 (2.90%) Architect
13 43 (2.71%) Business Manager
14 38 (2.39%) Business Change Manager
15 37 (2.33%) Delivery Manager
16 36 (2.27%) IT Manager
17 35 (2.20%) Support Engineer
18 32 (2.02%) Service Manager
19 28 (1.76%) SAP Manager
20 27 (1.70%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (2.96%) REST
2 32 (2.02%) .NET
3 26 (1.64%) Oracle Fusion
4 24 (1.51%) OAuth
5 22 (1.39%) Middleware
6 20 (1.26%) .NET Framework
6 20 (1.26%) CSS
7 17 (1.07%) HTML
8 16 (1.01%) Elastic Stack
9 15 (0.94%) Web Services
10 14 (0.88%) LDAP
11 12 (0.76%) RESTful
12 11 (0.69%) React
13 10 (0.63%) AngularJS
13 10 (0.63%) Pandas
13 10 (0.63%) pytest
13 10 (0.63%) SAML
14 9 (0.57%) Django
14 9 (0.57%) NumPy
14 9 (0.57%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 77 (4.85%) Product Ownership
2 74 (4.66%) Management Information System
3 68 (4.28%) Data Centre
4 60 (3.78%) Onboarding
5 43 (2.71%) Legacy Systems
6 38 (2.39%) CMDB
7 36 (2.27%) Cloud Native
7 36 (2.27%) PMI
8 26 (1.64%) Analytical Mindset
8 26 (1.64%) Data Structures
9 25 (1.57%) PKI
10 24 (1.51%) Enterprise Software
10 24 (1.51%) Virtual Team
11 19 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
12 18 (1.13%) Low-Code
13 17 (1.07%) Operational Technology
14 16 (1.01%) Data Protection Act
15 15 (0.94%) Public Cloud
16 13 (0.82%) Security Posture
17 12 (0.76%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 162 (10.20%) Windows
2 67 (4.22%) Linux
3 59 (3.72%) Windows Server
4 34 (2.14%) Unix
5 24 (1.51%) Windows 10
6 21 (1.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 9 (0.57%) Windows Server 2019
8 8 (0.50%) Apple iOS
8 8 (0.50%) Solaris
9 7 (0.44%) Windows Server 2016
10 6 (0.38%) Ubuntu
10 6 (0.38%) VMS
11 5 (0.31%) SUSE
11 5 (0.31%) Windows Server 2012
12 4 (0.25%) AIX
12 4 (0.25%) HPUX
12 4 (0.25%) Mac OS
12 4 (0.25%) Oracle Linux
13 2 (0.13%) CentOS
13 2 (0.13%) CoreOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 514 (32.37%) Stakeholder Management
2 374 (23.55%) Agile
3 370 (23.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 326 (20.53%) Problem-Solving
5 324 (20.40%) Continuous Improvement
6 286 (18.01%) ITIL
7 276 (17.38%) Project Management
8 267 (16.81%) Migration
9 206 (12.97%) DevOps
10 176 (11.08%) Project Delivery
11 175 (11.02%) ERP
12 172 (10.83%) Roadmaps
13 158 (9.95%) Decision-Making
14 147 (9.26%) Risk Management
15 146 (9.19%) Validation
16 136 (8.56%) ITSM
17 133 (8.38%) CI/CD
18 123 (7.75%) Workshop Facilitation
19 120 (7.56%) AI
20 117 (7.37%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 160 (10.08%) SQL
2 96 (6.05%) Python
3 85 (5.35%) PowerShell
4 45 (2.83%) C#
5 41 (2.58%) PL/SQL
6 37 (2.33%) Bash
7 33 (2.08%) JavaScript
8 27 (1.70%) Java
9 23 (1.45%) T-SQL
10 9 (0.57%) Korn
11 8 (0.50%) Groovy
12 7 (0.44%) Shell Script
13 5 (0.31%) COBOL
13 5 (0.31%) Go
13 5 (0.31%) JCL
14 4 (0.25%) Bicep
15 3 (0.19%) Apex Code
15 3 (0.19%) C++
15 3 (0.19%) SOQL
15 3 (0.19%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 331 (20.84%) Security Cleared
2 230 (14.48%) SC Cleared
3 202 (12.72%) Degree
4 109 (6.86%) PMP
5 102 (6.42%) PMI Certification
6 53 (3.34%) DV Cleared
7 50 (3.15%) CISSP
8 39 (2.46%) BPSS Clearance
8 39 (2.46%) CISM
9 36 (2.27%) Cisco Certification
10 34 (2.14%) Master's Degree
11 27 (1.70%) APMG
11 27 (1.70%) ITIL Certification
12 26 (1.64%) Computer Science Degree
13 25 (1.57%) CCNP
14 18 (1.13%) ACCA
14 18 (1.13%) CIMA
15 16 (1.01%) Azure Certification
16 14 (0.88%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
17 12 (0.76%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (5.86%) QA
2 83 (5.23%) GDPR
3 79 (4.97%) Data Quality
4 71 (4.47%) PMO
5 65 (4.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 59 (3.72%) SLA
7 42 (2.64%) NIST
8 23 (1.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 21 (1.32%) SOC 2
10 19 (1.20%) PCI DSS
11 17 (1.07%) IFRS
12 15 (0.94%) IFRS 17
13 14 (0.88%) GRC
14 9 (0.57%) Basel III
15 8 (0.50%) ITGC
16 7 (0.44%) COBIT
17 5 (0.31%) Accessibility
17 5 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
17 5 (0.31%) ISO 9001
18 4 (0.25%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 115 (7.24%) Active Directory
2 53 (3.34%) Docker
2 53 (3.34%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (1.26%) Hyper-V
3 20 (1.26%) VMware ESXi
4 15 (0.94%) Virtual Machines
4 15 (0.94%) VMware NSX
5 8 (0.50%) vSphere
6 7 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
7 6 (0.38%) KVM
7 6 (0.38%) vCloud
8 5 (0.31%) Firmware
9 4 (0.25%) XenApp
9 4 (0.25%) XenDesktop
10 3 (0.19%) NFS
11 2 (0.13%) ACF2
11 2 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
11 2 (0.13%) RACF
11 2 (0.13%) Time Sharing Option
12 1 (0.063%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 79 (4.97%) Kubernetes
2 68 (4.28%) Terraform
3 60 (3.78%) Ansible
4 32 (2.02%) Microsoft Intune
5 24 (1.51%) Grafana
5 24 (1.51%) SCCM
6 23 (1.45%) Prometheus
6 23 (1.45%) vCenter Server
7 21 (1.32%) Single Sign-On
8 16 (1.01%) SCOM
9 10 (0.63%) Puppet
10 8 (0.50%) Kibana
11 7 (0.44%) PowerCLI
12 6 (0.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 6 (0.38%) CASB
12 6 (0.38%) Cisco Prime
12 6 (0.38%) vRealize
13 5 (0.31%) Avamar
13 5 (0.31%) FortiGate
13 5 (0.31%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 258 (16.25%) Microsoft
2 177 (11.15%) ServiceNow
3 149 (9.38%) SAP
4 143 (9.01%) Oracle
5 75 (4.72%) VMware
6 64 (4.03%) Salesforce
7 52 (3.27%) Google
8 50 (3.15%) Cisco
9 33 (2.08%) Splunk
10 32 (2.02%) Citrix
11 26 (1.64%) IFS
12 22 (1.39%) Workday
13 19 (1.20%) CheckPoint
13 19 (1.20%) F5
14 18 (1.13%) IBM
14 18 (1.13%) Remedy
15 17 (1.07%) Dynatrace
15 17 (1.07%) Palo Alto
16 16 (1.01%) Juniper
17 14 (0.88%) Sage