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 11 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 47 41
Rank change year-on-year -1 -6 +9
Contract jobs citing Change Management 1,448 1,288 1,781
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.68% 4.25% 4.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.24% 4.83% 5.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 933 724 1,114
10th Percentile £315 £349 £375
25th Percentile £404 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £650
90th Percentile £700 £725 £728
UK median daily rate £496 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -5.62% -3.67% +3.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 79 23 37
10th Percentile £20.79 £24.20 £21.23
25th Percentile £22.63 £28.25 £25.00
Median hourly rate £37.28 £44.08 £43.33
Median % change year-on-year -15.43% +1.73% +35.41%
75th Percentile £45.46 £59.16 £55.15
90th Percentile £65.63 £77.20 £61.50
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £42.79 £41.67
% change year-on-year -29.89% +2.70% +24.37%

All Process and 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 27,655 26,658 34,191
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 89.31% 87.92% 88.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,614 16,424 23,309
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £406 £415 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
75th Percentile £625 £648 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,796 941 1,445
10th Percentile £14.92 £15.25 £14.85
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.24 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +18.67%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.13 £33.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -23.86% -22.35% +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 11 December 2025.

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 11 December 2025.

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 11 December 2025. 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 -7 614 £525 -4.55% 191
North of England -16 269 £451 -14.00% 125
Midlands +11 208 £475 -7.32% 89
South East +9 194 £492 -5.38% 178
North West +2 174 £442 -14.95% 69
West Midlands +4 151 £475 -9.52% 52
South West +17 112 £525 -4.55% 42
Yorkshire -22 92 £489 -7.83% 46
East Midlands +25 57 £400 - 36
East of England -12 44 £500 +4.17% 32
North East -17 3 £475 -17.39% 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
1 129 (8.91%) Confluence
2 80 (5.52%) SharePoint
3 27 (1.86%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (0.76%) nginx
5 8 (0.55%) HCL Notes
6 7 (0.48%) CMS
7 6 (0.41%) Mattermost
7 6 (0.41%) Mule
7 6 (0.41%) Skype for Business
8 5 (0.35%) IIS
8 5 (0.35%) JBoss
9 4 (0.28%) CICS
10 3 (0.21%) Moodle
10 3 (0.21%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.069%) Apache Airflow
11 1 (0.069%) FileNet
11 1 (0.069%) Traefik
Applications
1 95 (6.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 84 (5.80%) Microsoft Office
2 84 (5.80%) Microsoft Project
3 40 (2.76%) MS Visio
4 34 (2.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 11 (0.76%) Mozilla Thunderbird
6 7 (0.48%) Windchill
7 6 (0.41%) Trello
8 4 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.14%) PTC Creo
10 1 (0.069%) Acrobat
10 1 (0.069%) Adobe Captivate
10 1 (0.069%) Camtasia
10 1 (0.069%) Notion
10 1 (0.069%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 42 (2.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (1.10%) Dynamics CRM
3 14 (0.97%) Salesforce CRM
4 9 (0.62%) Remedy ITSM
5 7 (0.48%) Oracle Payables
5 7 (0.48%) SAP ERP
6 5 (0.35%) Maximo
6 5 (0.35%) Oracle Cash Management
6 5 (0.35%) Oracle EBS
6 5 (0.35%) SAP APO
6 5 (0.35%) Workday HCM
7 4 (0.28%) NetSuite
7 4 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
7 4 (0.28%) Oracle General Ledger
7 4 (0.28%) Teamcenter
7 4 (0.28%) VisionPLUS
8 3 (0.21%) Kondor
8 3 (0.21%) Oracle EBS R12
8 3 (0.21%) ResourceLink
8 3 (0.21%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 165 (11.40%) Azure
2 141 (9.74%) AWS
3 94 (6.49%) Microsoft 365
4 92 (6.35%) GCP
5 82 (5.66%) Power Platform
6 51 (3.52%) SaaS
7 38 (2.62%) Azure DevOps
8 31 (2.14%) AWS KMS
8 31 (2.14%) Serverless
9 30 (2.07%) Entra ID
10 28 (1.93%) Amazon S3
11 23 (1.59%) Amazon EC2
11 23 (1.59%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 22 (1.52%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 22 (1.52%) Dynamics 365
13 21 (1.45%) Amazon ELB
14 19 (1.31%) GitHub
14 19 (1.31%) Power Automate
15 17 (1.17%) OpenShift
16 16 (1.10%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 99 (6.84%) Firewall
2 78 (5.39%) DNS
3 60 (4.14%) Network Security
4 40 (2.76%) VPN
5 39 (2.69%) WAN
6 32 (2.21%) SSH
7 26 (1.80%) HTTP
8 23 (1.59%) SMTP
8 23 (1.59%) SSL
9 22 (1.52%) LAN
10 20 (1.38%) DHCP
10 20 (1.38%) FTP
11 19 (1.31%) Wireless
12 16 (1.10%) SD-WAN
13 15 (1.04%) TCP/IP
14 14 (0.97%) IPsec
15 13 (0.90%) BGP
15 13 (0.90%) Wi-Fi
16 12 (0.83%) OSPF
17 11 (0.76%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (4.77%) Power BI
2 36 (2.49%) PostgreSQL
3 30 (2.07%) Amazon RDS
4 28 (1.93%) SQL Server
5 25 (1.73%) Tableau
6 24 (1.66%) NoSQL
7 23 (1.59%) Metadata
8 19 (1.31%) Amazon Aurora
9 16 (1.10%) Oracle Database
10 11 (0.76%) Elasticsearch
11 8 (0.55%) Relational Database
12 7 (0.48%) BigQuery
12 7 (0.48%) MySQL
13 6 (0.41%) Data Warehouse
13 6 (0.41%) Oracle Reports
14 5 (0.35%) Big Data
14 5 (0.35%) Electronic Patient Records
14 5 (0.35%) RDBMS
15 4 (0.28%) Redis
16 3 (0.21%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 190 (13.12%) JIRA
2 80 (5.52%) Jenkins
3 40 (2.76%) Git
4 29 (2.00%) GitLab
4 29 (2.00%) Liquibase
5 21 (1.45%) Vagrant
6 12 (0.83%) Sonatype Nexus
7 6 (0.41%) Visual Studio
8 5 (0.35%) Bitbucket
9 4 (0.28%) ChangeMan
9 4 (0.28%) MSI
9 4 (0.28%) Oracle APEX
9 4 (0.28%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.21%) Artifactory
10 3 (0.21%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 3 (0.21%) InstallShield
10 3 (0.21%) JUnit
10 3 (0.21%) Oracle Forms
10 3 (0.21%) REST Assured
10 3 (0.21%) Selenium
General
1 621 (42.89%) Social Skills
2 471 (32.53%) Finance
3 252 (17.40%) Analytical Skills
4 148 (10.22%) Banking
5 129 (8.91%) Public Sector
6 67 (4.63%) Influencing Skills
7 64 (4.42%) Manufacturing
8 48 (3.31%) Legal
9 46 (3.18%) Telecoms
10 42 (2.90%) Presentation Skills
11 40 (2.76%) Organisational Skills
12 38 (2.62%) Financial Institution
13 37 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
14 30 (2.07%) Marketing
14 30 (2.07%) Retail
15 27 (1.86%) Law
16 26 (1.80%) Local Government
17 23 (1.59%) Pharmaceutical
18 18 (1.24%) Billing
19 17 (1.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 222 (15.33%) Analyst
2 188 (12.98%) Project Manager
3 148 (10.22%) Lead
4 115 (7.94%) Change Manager
5 112 (7.73%) Business Analyst
6 85 (5.87%) Senior
7 77 (5.32%) Consultant
8 55 (3.80%) Administrator
9 50 (3.45%) Developer
10 44 (3.04%) Architect
11 42 (2.90%) IT Manager
12 41 (2.83%) Programme Manager
13 40 (2.76%) DevOps Engineer
14 38 (2.62%) Senior Manager
15 35 (2.42%) Service Manager
16 34 (2.35%) AWS Engineer
17 33 (2.28%) Business Manager
17 33 (2.28%) Service Analyst
18 31 (2.14%) SAP Manager
19 28 (1.93%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (3.25%) REST
2 40 (2.76%) Elastic Stack
3 26 (1.80%) RESTful
4 24 (1.66%) .NET
5 22 (1.52%) Oracle Fusion
6 17 (1.17%) LDAP
6 17 (1.17%) SAML
7 11 (0.76%) .NET Framework
7 11 (0.76%) 802.1X
7 11 (0.76%) OAuth
7 11 (0.76%) OpenID
8 9 (0.62%) HTML
9 8 (0.55%) ISPF
9 8 (0.55%) Kafka
9 8 (0.55%) SOAP
10 7 (0.48%) AngularJS
11 6 (0.41%) CSS
11 6 (0.41%) SailPoint
11 6 (0.41%) XML
12 5 (0.35%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 83 (5.73%) Onboarding
2 74 (5.11%) Management Information System
3 49 (3.38%) Product Ownership
4 48 (3.31%) Data Centre
5 45 (3.11%) Virtual Team
6 40 (2.76%) Cloud Native
7 39 (2.69%) PKI
8 33 (2.28%) Distributed Systems
9 32 (2.21%) CMDB
9 32 (2.21%) Replication
10 29 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
11 25 (1.73%) Analytical Mindset
11 25 (1.73%) Self-Motivation
12 24 (1.66%) Life Science
12 24 (1.66%) Public Cloud
13 19 (1.31%) Data Protection Act
14 15 (1.04%) PMI
15 14 (0.97%) Mainframe
16 13 (0.90%) Tandem
17 12 (0.83%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 147 (10.15%) Windows
2 89 (6.15%) Linux
3 35 (2.42%) Windows Server
4 32 (2.21%) Unix
5 24 (1.66%) VMS
6 21 (1.45%) Amazon Linux
6 21 (1.45%) Windows 10
7 12 (0.83%) Ubuntu
8 10 (0.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.28%) zOS
10 3 (0.21%) CentOS
10 3 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.14%) AIX
11 2 (0.14%) Android
11 2 (0.14%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.069%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.069%) Solaris
12 1 (0.069%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 388 (26.80%) Agile
2 382 (26.38%) Stakeholder Management
3 315 (21.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 303 (20.93%) Project Management
5 292 (20.17%) Problem-Solving
6 284 (19.61%) ITIL
7 209 (14.43%) Continuous Improvement
8 199 (13.74%) DevOps
8 199 (13.74%) Migration
9 194 (13.40%) Project Delivery
10 162 (11.19%) Service Management
11 131 (9.05%) ITSM
12 129 (8.91%) PRINCE2
13 126 (8.70%) Decision-Making
14 124 (8.56%) Roadmaps
15 116 (8.01%) CI/CD
16 115 (7.94%) ERP
17 110 (7.60%) Risk Management
18 107 (7.39%) Cybersecurity
19 104 (7.18%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 141 (9.74%) Python
2 116 (8.01%) SQL
3 90 (6.22%) PowerShell
4 42 (2.90%) Java
5 32 (2.21%) C#
6 31 (2.14%) Go
7 26 (1.80%) Groovy
8 23 (1.59%) Bash
9 20 (1.38%) JavaScript
10 19 (1.31%) PL/SQL
11 16 (1.10%) Perl
12 12 (0.83%) T-SQL
13 10 (0.69%) COBOL
14 9 (0.62%) Shell Script
15 8 (0.55%) CLIST
15 8 (0.55%) JCL
15 8 (0.55%) REXX
16 7 (0.48%) Korn
17 4 (0.28%) Formula Language
17 4 (0.28%) LotusScript
Qualifications
1 273 (18.85%) Security Cleared
2 272 (18.78%) Degree
3 198 (13.67%) SC Cleared
4 85 (5.87%) PMI Certification
5 77 (5.32%) PMP
6 67 (4.63%) Computer Science Degree
7 45 (3.11%) Master's Degree
8 39 (2.69%) BPSS Clearance
9 32 (2.21%) DV Cleared
10 24 (1.66%) Microsoft Certification
11 23 (1.59%) ITIL Certification
11 23 (1.59%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 22 (1.52%) AWS Certification
13 17 (1.17%) APMG
13 17 (1.17%) Cisco Certification
14 16 (1.10%) CISM
14 16 (1.10%) CISSP
15 15 (1.04%) CCNP
16 13 (0.90%) Azure Certification
17 11 (0.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (5.39%) QA
2 70 (4.83%) PMO
3 51 (3.52%) GDPR
4 38 (2.62%) SLA
5 37 (2.56%) Data Quality
6 29 (2.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 14 (0.97%) Accessibility
7 14 (0.97%) NIST
7 14 (0.97%) PCI DSS
8 11 (0.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 10 (0.69%) NCSC
10 9 (0.62%) MiFID
11 8 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
12 6 (0.41%) EMIR
13 5 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
13 5 (0.35%) IFRS
13 5 (0.35%) ISO 20022
14 4 (0.28%) GMP
15 3 (0.21%) Basel III
15 3 (0.21%) ITGC
System Software
1 95 (6.56%) Active Directory
2 63 (4.35%) Docker
3 20 (1.38%) DFS Replication
3 20 (1.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.76%) Dovecot
4 11 (0.76%) Postfix
4 11 (0.76%) Squid
5 9 (0.62%) Firmware
5 9 (0.62%) VMware NSX
6 8 (0.55%) ACF2
6 8 (0.55%) RACF
6 8 (0.55%) Time Sharing Option
7 7 (0.48%) Hyper-V
7 7 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
9 3 (0.21%) Microsoft App-V
10 2 (0.14%) NFS
10 2 (0.14%) ProxySG
11 1 (0.069%) Snort
11 1 (0.069%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 82 (5.66%) Terraform
2 63 (4.35%) Kubernetes
3 53 (3.66%) Ansible
4 51 (3.52%) Grafana
5 50 (3.45%) Prometheus
6 27 (1.86%) SCCM
7 22 (1.52%) Microsoft Intune
8 12 (0.83%) CA Endevor
8 12 (0.83%) Nessus
9 11 (0.76%) Kibana
9 11 (0.76%) SCOM
10 10 (0.69%) Proxmox
11 9 (0.62%) Puppet
12 8 (0.55%) vCenter Server
13 7 (0.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 7 (0.48%) Tivoli
13 7 (0.48%) Tivoli Storage Manager
14 6 (0.41%) HP SiteScope
15 5 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
15 5 (0.35%) WSUS
Vendors
1 290 (20.03%) Microsoft
2 132 (9.12%) ServiceNow
3 130 (8.98%) SAP
4 94 (6.49%) Oracle
5 57 (3.94%) Cisco
6 56 (3.87%) Google
7 52 (3.59%) Salesforce
8 43 (2.97%) Splunk
9 31 (2.14%) VMware
10 29 (2.00%) F5
11 26 (1.80%) Workday
12 25 (1.73%) Juniper
13 24 (1.66%) Remedy
14 23 (1.59%) Atlassian
15 21 (1.45%) CheckPoint
16 18 (1.24%) IBM
17 17 (1.17%) Fortinet
18 15 (1.04%) Citrix
19 13 (0.90%) Blue Coat
20 12 (0.83%) CyberArk