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

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 45 44
Rank change year-on-year -10 -1 +6
Contract jobs citing Change Management 1,543 1,119 1,589
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.26% 4.52% 4.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.92% 4.99% 4.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 991 685 1,020
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 £646
90th Percentile £688 £712 £707
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -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% -22.54%
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% -19.27%

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 31,340 22,420 33,107
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.60% 90.56% 86.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,068 14,466 21,877
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 1,932 799 2,164
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.26 £13.02
25th Percentile £18.84 £21.00 £16.06
Median hourly rate £30.00 £34.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +6.15% -8.84%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £58.53
90th Percentile £74.26 £77.25 £71.83
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 10 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 10 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 10 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 -17 634 £525 - 171
North of England -12 294 £464 -2.37% 101
Midlands +5 242 £496 -0.80% 79
South East +9 203 £500 - 186
North West +6 193 £414 -8.00% 54
West Midlands -5 166 £500 -2.63% 57
South West +11 112 £525 - 38
Yorkshire -28 96 £487 -2.60% 36
East Midlands +14 75 £425 +34.07% 22
East of England -28 54 £475 -2.51% 61
North East -22 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
1 103 (6.68%) Confluence
2 72 (4.67%) 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 2 (0.13%) Mattermost
11 1 (0.065%) Apache Airflow
11 1 (0.065%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.065%) JBoss
11 1 (0.065%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.065%) Oracle Spatial
11 1 (0.065%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.065%) Skype for Business
11 1 (0.065%) Tomcat
Applications
1 84 (5.44%) Microsoft Project
2 75 (4.86%) Microsoft Office
3 72 (4.67%) Microsoft Excel
4 36 (2.33%) MS Visio
5 32 (2.07%) 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%) Adobe Captivate
8 1 (0.065%) Camtasia
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%) Remedy ITSM
4 7 (0.45%) SAP ERP
5 6 (0.39%) Oracle ERP
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%) OpenText VIM for SAP
8 2 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 241 (15.62%) Azure
2 141 (9.14%) AWS
3 105 (6.80%) Microsoft 365
4 96 (6.22%) GCP
5 83 (5.38%) Power Platform
6 55 (3.56%) Azure DevOps
7 52 (3.37%) Entra ID
8 46 (2.98%) SaaS
9 25 (1.62%) Dynamics 365
10 22 (1.43%) Power Automate
11 21 (1.36%) Google Workspace
11 21 (1.36%) PaaS
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
14 17 (1.10%) IaaS
15 16 (1.04%) GitHub
16 15 (0.97%) AWS KMS
Communications & Networking
1 89 (5.77%) Firewall
2 62 (4.02%) Network Security
3 54 (3.50%) DNS
4 50 (3.24%) WAN
5 48 (3.11%) VPN
6 38 (2.46%) LAN
7 26 (1.69%) Wi-Fi
8 24 (1.56%) SD-WAN
9 23 (1.49%) DHCP
10 22 (1.43%) TCP/IP
11 18 (1.17%) BGP
11 18 (1.17%) SSL
12 16 (1.04%) OSPF
13 13 (0.84%) Cisco IOS
13 13 (0.84%) Structured Cabling
13 13 (0.84%) Wireless
14 12 (0.78%) Cisco ASA
14 12 (0.78%) Internet
15 11 (0.71%) Kerberos
15 11 (0.71%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (4.41%) Power BI
2 48 (3.11%) 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%) Elasticsearch
7 13 (0.84%) Oracle Reports
8 12 (0.78%) Amazon RDS
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 (11.99%) JIRA
2 48 (3.11%) Jenkins
3 33 (2.14%) Git
4 22 (1.43%) GitLab
5 19 (1.23%) 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
1 679 (44.01%) Social Skills
2 499 (32.34%) Finance
3 292 (18.92%) Analytical Skills
4 149 (9.66%) Public Sector
5 132 (8.55%) Banking
6 71 (4.60%) Influencing Skills
7 60 (3.89%) Legal
8 51 (3.31%) Documentation Skills
8 51 (3.31%) Presentation Skills
9 47 (3.05%) Retail
10 38 (2.46%) Manufacturing
11 37 (2.40%) Local Government
12 33 (2.14%) Telecoms
13 31 (2.01%) Marketing
13 31 (2.01%) Organisational Skills
14 29 (1.88%) Law
15 28 (1.81%) Financial Institution
16 19 (1.23%) Investment Banking
17 16 (1.04%) Publishing
17 16 (1.04%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 194 (12.57%) Project Manager
2 186 (12.05%) Analyst
3 164 (10.63%) Lead
4 132 (8.55%) Change Manager
5 110 (7.13%) Senior
6 105 (6.80%) Business Analyst
7 98 (6.35%) Consultant
8 53 (3.43%) Business Manager
9 51 (3.31%) Programme Manager
10 50 (3.24%) Administrator
11 49 (3.18%) Developer
12 47 (3.05%) Architect
13 41 (2.66%) Senior Manager
14 38 (2.46%) Business Change Manager
15 34 (2.20%) SAP Manager
15 34 (2.20%) Service Manager
16 32 (2.07%) IT Manager
17 31 (2.01%) Delivery Manager
18 29 (1.88%) IT Support
19 28 (1.81%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (3.63%) REST
2 32 (2.07%) 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 91 (5.90%) Management Information System
2 81 (5.25%) Onboarding
3 67 (4.34%) Product Ownership
4 58 (3.76%) Data Centre
5 41 (2.66%) CMDB
6 40 (2.59%) Cloud Native
7 35 (2.27%) Virtual Team
8 32 (2.07%) Legacy Systems
9 31 (2.01%) PKI
10 28 (1.81%) PMI
11 27 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
12 24 (1.56%) Data Structures
13 22 (1.43%) Public Cloud
13 22 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
14 21 (1.36%) Enterprise Software
15 19 (1.23%) Data Protection Act
16 16 (1.04%) Distributed Systems
16 16 (1.04%) Operational Technology
17 15 (0.97%) e-Learning
18 13 (0.84%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 160 (10.37%) Windows
2 62 (4.02%) Linux
3 51 (3.31%) Windows Server
4 36 (2.33%) Unix
5 33 (2.14%) 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
1 499 (32.34%) Stakeholder Management
2 384 (24.89%) Agile
3 373 (24.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 334 (21.65%) Problem-Solving
5 304 (19.70%) ITIL
6 285 (18.47%) Project Management
7 284 (18.41%) Continuous Improvement
8 250 (16.20%) Migration
9 214 (13.87%) DevOps
10 172 (11.15%) Project Delivery
11 152 (9.85%) ITSM
12 142 (9.20%) Service Management
13 141 (9.14%) ERP
14 138 (8.94%) Roadmaps
15 137 (8.88%) Risk Management
16 136 (8.81%) PRINCE2
17 131 (8.49%) Decision-Making
18 130 (8.43%) Validation
19 124 (8.04%) CI/CD
20 123 (7.97%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 150 (9.72%) SQL
2 128 (8.30%) Python
3 94 (6.09%) PowerShell
4 41 (2.66%) Bash
4 41 (2.66%) C#
5 25 (1.62%) Java
6 22 (1.43%) PL/SQL
7 21 (1.36%) JavaScript
8 18 (1.17%) 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%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 317 (20.54%) Security Cleared
2 256 (16.59%) Degree
3 222 (14.39%) SC Cleared
4 95 (6.16%) PMI Certification
5 88 (5.70%) PMP
6 48 (3.11%) Computer Science Degree
7 45 (2.92%) DV Cleared
7 45 (2.92%) Master's Degree
8 44 (2.85%) BPSS Clearance
9 32 (2.07%) CISSP
10 28 (1.81%) CISM
11 27 (1.75%) ITIL Certification
11 27 (1.75%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 23 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
13 20 (1.30%) APMG
13 20 (1.30%) Cisco Certification
14 15 (0.97%) Azure Certification
14 15 (0.97%) CCNP
15 13 (0.84%) MBA
16 11 (0.71%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (6.29%) QA
2 74 (4.80%) GDPR
3 67 (4.34%) Data Quality
4 60 (3.89%) PMO
5 54 (3.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 49 (3.18%) SLA
7 26 (1.69%) NIST
8 17 (1.10%) PCI DSS
8 17 (1.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 16 (1.04%) IFRS
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 6 (0.39%) GRC
15 6 (0.39%) SOC 2
16 5 (0.32%) EMIR
17 4 (0.26%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 104 (6.74%) Active Directory
2 65 (4.21%) Docker
3 33 (2.14%) 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
8 7 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
8 7 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
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 App-V
11 1 (0.065%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 85 (5.51%) Kubernetes
2 61 (3.95%) Terraform
3 54 (3.50%) Ansible
4 33 (2.14%) Microsoft Intune
5 28 (1.81%) Grafana
6 27 (1.75%) Prometheus
7 26 (1.69%) SCCM
8 15 (0.97%) Puppet
9 14 (0.91%) vCenter Server
10 12 (0.78%) Kibana
11 10 (0.65%) CA Endevor
12 9 (0.58%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 9 (0.58%) SCOM
12 9 (0.58%) Tivoli
12 9 (0.58%) Tivoli Storage Manager
13 8 (0.52%) FortiGate
13 8 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
14 5 (0.32%) PowerCLI
14 5 (0.32%) Progress Chef
14 5 (0.32%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 277 (17.95%) Microsoft
2 150 (9.72%) SAP
3 148 (9.59%) ServiceNow
4 111 (7.19%) Oracle
5 69 (4.47%) Google
6 55 (3.56%) Salesforce
7 54 (3.50%) Cisco
8 53 (3.43%) VMware
9 34 (2.20%) Citrix
9 34 (2.20%) Splunk
10 29 (1.88%) Workday
11 25 (1.62%) F5
12 21 (1.36%) Atlassian
13 19 (1.23%) Juniper
14 17 (1.10%) CheckPoint
14 17 (1.10%) Remedy
15 15 (0.97%) Adobe
15 15 (0.97%) Sage
16 14 (0.91%) Fortinet
16 14 (0.91%) SolarWinds