Change Management Contracts in England

Change Management
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Change Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Change Management over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 43 45 54
Rank change year-on-year +2 +9 +2
Contract jobs citing Change Management 1,505 2,447 3,141
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 4.07% 4.84% 4.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.71% 5.36% 4.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 962 1,533 2,044
10th Percentile £331 £361 £324
25th Percentile £431 £456 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +7.53%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £601
90th Percentile £718 £740 £690
UK median daily rate £520 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -5.45% +10.00% +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 52 59
10th Percentile £14.31 £21.25 £13.50
25th Percentile £29.91 £33.55 £14.00
Median hourly rate £48.75 £48.40 £22.40
Median % change year-on-year +0.72% +116.07% -0.67%
75th Percentile £61.60 £80.00 £37.07
90th Percentile £67.91 £87.50 £52.55
UK median hourly rate £48.00 £48.13 £22.45
% change year-on-year -0.27% +114.39% +0.13%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Change Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,985 45,619 64,566
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.53% 90.25% 90.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,974 32,022 45,804
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £769 £749
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,225 1,607 1,769
10th Percentile £12.86 £10.94 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.31 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
Median % change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.15
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.34 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.27% +49.36% -

Change Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Change Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Change Management in England

Change Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Change Management in England.

Daily rate trend for Change Management in England

Change Management
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Change Management in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Change Management in England

Change Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Change Management in England.

Hourly rate trend for Change Management in England

Change Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Change Management in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

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 27 April 2024. 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 +2 799 £550 -4.35% 246
North of England -6 212 £514 -6.55% 111
South East -25 163 £486 -7.38% 91
South West +20 142 £550 +2.33% 53
Yorkshire -6 106 £517 -6.00% 34
Midlands -2 105 £500 -4.76% 71
North West -12 101 £508 -7.59% 68
West Midlands -3 73 £513 -2.38% 44
East of England +1 61 £350 -29.93% 44
East Midlands +22 28 £463 -11.90% 26
North East +7 12 £600 -7.69% 11
Change Management
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Change Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 71 (4.72%) SharePoint
2 37 (2.46%) Confluence
2 37 (2.46%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (1.06%) IIS
4 15 (1.00%) Tomcat
5 14 (0.93%) Apache
6 3 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.20%) Documentum
7 2 (0.13%) CMS
8 1 (0.066%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.066%) Exchange Server 2007
8 1 (0.066%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (0.066%) Oracle Spatial
8 1 (0.066%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.066%) WebSphere
Applications
1 81 (5.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 69 (4.58%) Microsoft Office
3 49 (3.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 29 (1.93%) MS Visio
5 26 (1.73%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 5 (0.33%) Adobe Illustrator
6 5 (0.33%) Photoshop
7 4 (0.27%) InDesign
8 3 (0.20%) Adobe Premiere
8 3 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.13%) FileZilla
9 2 (0.13%) Windchill
10 1 (0.066%) Adobe After Effects
10 1 (0.066%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.066%) Trello
Business Applications
1 36 (2.39%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (0.60%) Remedy ITSM
3 7 (0.47%) SAP SD
3 7 (0.47%) Teamcenter
4 6 (0.40%) Endur
4 6 (0.40%) Loan IQ
5 5 (0.33%) Oracle ERP
5 5 (0.33%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 5 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
6 4 (0.27%) SAP Hybris
6 4 (0.27%) SAP PLM
7 3 (0.20%) Aladdin
7 3 (0.20%) OpenLink RightAngle
7 3 (0.20%) Oracle Assets
7 3 (0.20%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 2 (0.13%) Bloomberg AIM
8 2 (0.13%) Oracle Cash Management
8 2 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
8 2 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
8 2 (0.13%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 173 (11.50%) Azure
2 109 (7.24%) Microsoft 365
3 77 (5.12%) AWS
4 39 (2.59%) SaaS
5 36 (2.39%) Power Platform
6 25 (1.66%) Entra ID
7 21 (1.40%) Cloud Computing
8 20 (1.33%) Azure Monitor
9 19 (1.26%) Dynamics 365
10 18 (1.20%) Azure DevOps
10 18 (1.20%) Serverless
10 18 (1.20%) SuccessFactors
11 17 (1.13%) IaaS
11 17 (1.13%) Microsoft Purview
11 17 (1.13%) PaaS
12 15 (1.00%) Azure Data Factory
13 14 (0.93%) Azure Functions
14 13 (0.86%) OneDrive
14 13 (0.86%) Slack
15 11 (0.73%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 91 (6.05%) Firewall
2 56 (3.72%) WAN
3 47 (3.12%) LAN
4 45 (2.99%) BGP
5 44 (2.92%) OSPF
6 43 (2.86%) VPN
7 34 (2.26%) DNS
8 32 (2.13%) IPsec
8 32 (2.13%) Network Security
8 32 (2.13%) Wi-Fi
9 29 (1.93%) Cisco ASA
9 29 (1.93%) TCP/IP
10 26 (1.73%) Wireless
11 24 (1.59%) Structured Cabling
12 23 (1.53%) DHCP
12 23 (1.53%) NetScaler
13 22 (1.46%) VLAN
14 20 (1.33%) Cisco ISE
15 19 (1.26%) WLAN
16 16 (1.06%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (1.46%) Power BI
2 16 (1.06%) Data Warehouse
3 14 (0.93%) NoSQL
4 12 (0.80%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (0.73%) Oracle Database
5 11 (0.73%) SAP HANA
6 10 (0.66%) Tableau
7 9 (0.60%) Snowflake Schema
7 9 (0.60%) SQL Server
8 8 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
8 8 (0.53%) Oracle Reports
9 6 (0.40%) Data Lake
9 6 (0.40%) Electronic Patient Records
9 6 (0.40%) KDB
10 5 (0.33%) Oracle Exadata
11 3 (0.20%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (0.20%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (0.20%) Big Data
11 3 (0.20%) MongoDB
11 3 (0.20%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 60 (3.99%) JIRA
2 16 (1.06%) Git
3 15 (1.00%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.40%) Bitbucket
5 5 (0.33%) Selenium
6 4 (0.27%) Visual Studio Team System
7 3 (0.20%) Oracle APEX
7 3 (0.20%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.13%) JMeter
8 2 (0.13%) LabVIEW
9 1 (0.066%) GitLab
General
1 572 (38.01%) Finance
2 434 (28.84%) Social Skills
3 243 (16.15%) Banking
4 204 (13.55%) Analytical Skills
5 173 (11.50%) Public Sector
6 76 (5.05%) Legal
7 67 (4.45%) Telecoms
8 62 (4.12%) Manufacturing
9 55 (3.65%) Presentation Skills
10 53 (3.52%) Influencing Skills
11 50 (3.32%) Marketing
12 38 (2.52%) Retail
13 26 (1.73%) Documentation Skills
13 26 (1.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 26 (1.73%) Organisational Skills
14 25 (1.66%) Electronics
15 24 (1.59%) Investment Banking
15 24 (1.59%) Pharmaceutical
16 21 (1.40%) Local Government
17 15 (1.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 243 (16.15%) Project Manager
2 236 (15.68%) Analyst
3 117 (7.77%) Business Analyst
4 116 (7.71%) Senior
5 102 (6.78%) Change Manager
6 94 (6.25%) Lead
7 87 (5.78%) Architect
8 65 (4.32%) Consultant
9 63 (4.19%) IT Manager
10 56 (3.72%) Banking Analyst
11 55 (3.65%) Developer
12 53 (3.52%) Network Engineer
13 46 (3.06%) Data Analyst
14 45 (2.99%) Business Manager
15 41 (2.72%) IT Analyst
16 35 (2.33%) Programme Manager
17 33 (2.19%) Administrator
17 33 (2.19%) Senior Manager
18 31 (2.06%) Resilience Manager
19 29 (1.93%) Business Change Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (1.59%) React
2 18 (1.20%) AngularJS
3 17 (1.13%) XML
4 16 (1.06%) HTML
4 16 (1.06%) REST
5 15 (1.00%) FIX Protocol
6 14 (0.93%) Kafka
7 13 (0.86%) Spring
8 12 (0.80%) Jinja
9 11 (0.73%) CSS
9 11 (0.73%) JSON
10 8 (0.53%) .NET
10 8 (0.53%) Lightning Web Components
11 7 (0.47%) Middleware
12 6 (0.40%) ActiveMQ
12 6 (0.40%) Itk
12 6 (0.40%) SAP Fiori
12 6 (0.40%) Visualforce
13 5 (0.33%) IDoc
13 5 (0.33%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 89 (5.91%) Management Information System
2 66 (4.39%) Product Ownership
3 44 (2.92%) Data Centre
4 38 (2.52%) PKI
5 33 (2.19%) Cloud Native
6 26 (1.73%) Data Structures
7 25 (1.66%) Replication
8 23 (1.53%) Derivative
9 21 (1.40%) Self-Motivation
10 19 (1.26%) Onboarding
11 18 (1.20%) CMDB
12 14 (0.93%) NHS
12 14 (0.93%) Virtual Team
13 13 (0.86%) Fixed Income
13 13 (0.86%) IVR
13 13 (0.86%) Legacy Systems
14 12 (0.80%) Data Protection Act
15 11 (0.73%) FMCG
16 10 (0.66%) Market Risk
16 10 (0.66%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 160 (10.63%) Windows
2 101 (6.71%) Linux
3 61 (4.05%) Windows Server
4 30 (1.99%) Unix
5 22 (1.46%) Windows 10
6 13 (0.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 11 (0.73%) Solaris
7 11 (0.73%) Windows Server 2012
7 11 (0.73%) Windows Server 2016
7 11 (0.73%) Windows Server 2019
8 10 (0.66%) Apple iOS
9 7 (0.47%) MVS
10 4 (0.27%) VMS
11 3 (0.20%) Ubuntu
12 2 (0.13%) CentOS
12 2 (0.13%) Mac OS
12 2 (0.13%) Mac OS X
12 2 (0.13%) Windows 7
13 1 (0.066%) Windows Server 2003
13 1 (0.066%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 361 (23.99%) Project Management
2 301 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 269 (17.87%) Agile
4 237 (15.75%) ITIL
5 236 (15.68%) Problem-Solving
6 145 (9.63%) Service Management
7 139 (9.24%) Project Delivery
8 134 (8.90%) Migration
9 127 (8.44%) ITSM
10 126 (8.37%) Risk Management
11 124 (8.24%) PRINCE2
12 116 (7.71%) DevOps
13 114 (7.57%) Continuous Improvement
13 114 (7.57%) Programme Management
14 113 (7.51%) Decision-Making
15 91 (6.05%) Incident Management
16 84 (5.58%) Business Case
17 81 (5.38%) ERP
18 80 (5.32%) Roadmaps
19 78 (5.18%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 64 (4.25%) Python
2 53 (3.52%) SQL
3 48 (3.19%) PowerShell
4 24 (1.59%) C
5 23 (1.53%) JavaScript
6 20 (1.33%) Java
7 14 (0.93%) Perl
8 13 (0.86%) C#
9 12 (0.80%) Tcl
10 8 (0.53%) Swift
11 7 (0.47%) C++
12 6 (0.40%) ABAP
12 6 (0.40%) Apex Code
12 6 (0.40%) Shell Script
13 4 (0.27%) Kusto Query Language
13 4 (0.27%) Search Processing Language
14 2 (0.13%) Bash
14 2 (0.13%) Bourne shell
14 2 (0.13%) Korn
14 2 (0.13%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 260 (17.28%) Security Cleared
2 182 (12.09%) SC Cleared
3 144 (9.57%) Degree
4 61 (4.05%) DV Cleared
5 54 (3.59%) Cisco Certification
6 38 (2.52%) CCNP
7 34 (2.26%) CCNA
8 27 (1.79%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 26 (1.73%) PMP
10 25 (1.66%) Computer Science Degree
10 25 (1.66%) PMI Certification
11 24 (1.59%) ITIL Certification
12 13 (0.86%) Microsoft Certification
13 12 (0.80%) Master's Degree
14 11 (0.73%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 11 (0.73%) Six Sigma Black Belt
15 10 (0.66%) BPSS Clearance
15 10 (0.66%) Six Sigma Green Belt
16 9 (0.60%) Azure Certification
16 9 (0.60%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 102 (6.78%) PMO
2 63 (4.19%) QA
3 38 (2.52%) Data Quality
4 36 (2.39%) SLA
5 24 (1.59%) GDPR
6 8 (0.53%) NIST
7 6 (0.40%) GRC
8 5 (0.33%) ISO 9001
9 4 (0.27%) COBIT
10 3 (0.20%) ISO 9000
10 3 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 15288
10 3 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 2 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.13%) GxP
11 2 (0.13%) NCSC
11 2 (0.13%) P3O
11 2 (0.13%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.066%) Basel III
12 1 (0.066%) EMIR
System Software
1 75 (4.98%) Active Directory
2 30 (1.99%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (1.20%) XenApp
4 17 (1.13%) Firmware
5 13 (0.86%) Virtual Desktop
6 12 (0.80%) VMware ESXi
6 12 (0.80%) XenDesktop
7 8 (0.53%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 6 (0.40%) Hyper-V
8 6 (0.40%) VMware NSX
9 5 (0.33%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (0.27%) Docker
10 4 (0.27%) vSphere
11 3 (0.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 3 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
12 2 (0.13%) Microsoft App-V
13 1 (0.066%) Snort
13 1 (0.066%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 41 (2.72%) Ansible
2 29 (1.93%) Kubernetes
3 19 (1.26%) NetBackup
4 18 (1.20%) Puppet
5 17 (1.13%) Microsoft Intune
6 14 (0.93%) SCCM
7 13 (0.86%) FortiGate
8 12 (0.80%) ITRS Geneos
8 12 (0.80%) SCOM
9 11 (0.73%) Terraform
10 8 (0.53%) Control-M
10 8 (0.53%) Grafana
11 6 (0.40%) Argo
11 6 (0.40%) Istio
11 6 (0.40%) Kibana
11 6 (0.40%) Prometheus
11 6 (0.40%) Red Hat Satellite
11 6 (0.40%) vCenter Server
12 5 (0.33%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 5 (0.33%) PingFederate
Vendors
1 262 (17.41%) Microsoft
2 131 (8.70%) SAP
3 78 (5.18%) ServiceNow
4 76 (5.05%) Cisco
5 57 (3.79%) Oracle
6 48 (3.19%) Citrix
7 47 (3.12%) VMware
8 43 (2.86%) Palo Alto
9 28 (1.86%) Juniper
10 26 (1.73%) NetApp
11 25 (1.66%) Red Hat
12 24 (1.59%) SolarWinds
13 18 (1.20%) Fortinet
13 18 (1.20%) Salesforce
13 18 (1.20%) Veritas
14 16 (1.06%) Avaya
15 14 (0.93%) IBM
16 13 (0.86%) CheckPoint
17 10 (0.66%) Remedy
17 10 (0.66%) Splunk