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

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 51 46
Rank change year-on-year -5 -5 -3
Contract jobs citing Change Management 1,625 1,096 1,468
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.78% 4.42% 3.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.44% 4.84% 4.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,016 699 917
10th Percentile £352 £331 £321
25th Percentile £415 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £500 £514
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% -2.72% -6.55%
75th Percentile £617 £632 £625
90th Percentile £700 £725 £705
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £508
% change year-on-year +2.50% -1.48% -6.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 33 69
10th Percentile £19.25 £29.00 £17.60
25th Percentile £22.63 £31.76 £31.60
Median hourly rate £34.87 £50.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.26% - -0.49%
75th Percentile £60.75 £70.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £85.53 £70.13 £69.60
UK median hourly rate £34.87 £54.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -35.43% +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 36,618 22,657 32,179
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.18% 91.33% 85.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,120 14,657 20,816
10th Percentile £325 £303 £300
25th Percentile £415 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.23% -1.00% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £727 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +1.46% -3.79% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,297 1,070 2,391
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £21.00 £18.11 £16.04
Median hourly rate £47.00 £27.40 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +71.53% -26.93% +5.19%
75th Percentile £68.00 £57.19 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.25 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £26.21 £37.18
% change year-on-year +67.72% -29.51% +6.14%

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 18 June 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 18 June 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 18 June 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 -3 742 £525 -4.55% 177
North of England -17 289 £475 +5.56% 90
South East -5 216 £563 +16.22% 107
Midlands -6 188 £505 +6.21% 66
North West -10 164 £447 +1.59% 52
West Midlands -19 128 £515 +8.42% 41
Yorkshire -26 111 £500 +9.59% 28
South West -4 95 £510 +4.08% 36
East of England -9 77 £475 -5.00% 36
East Midlands +15 58 £453 +26.04% 25
North East -23 14 £425 -22.73% 12
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 95 (5.85%) Confluence
2 79 (4.86%) SharePoint
3 30 (1.85%) Microsoft Exchange
4 16 (0.98%) IIS
5 14 (0.86%) Appian
5 14 (0.86%) SAS
6 9 (0.55%) Oracle Workflow
7 6 (0.37%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 6 (0.37%) CMS
8 4 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.25%) Camunda
9 3 (0.18%) Kentico
9 3 (0.18%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.12%) CICS
10 2 (0.12%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.062%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.062%) HCL Notes
11 1 (0.062%) MTS
11 1 (0.062%) NetWeaver
11 1 (0.062%) Tomcat
Applications
1 62 (3.82%) Microsoft Office
2 52 (3.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 49 (3.02%) Microsoft Project
4 28 (1.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 25 (1.54%) MS Visio
6 8 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.25%) Acrobat
8 3 (0.18%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.062%) InfoPath
9 1 (0.062%) Trello
Business Applications
1 67 (4.12%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (0.68%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 10 (0.62%) NetSuite
4 10 (0.62%) Oracle Payables
5 9 (0.55%) Remedy ITSM
6 8 (0.49%) Oracle ERP
6 8 (0.49%) Oracle Receivables
7 6 (0.37%) Finacle
7 6 (0.37%) Maximo
7 6 (0.37%) Primavera
7 6 (0.37%) Salesforce CRM
8 5 (0.31%) Oracle Applications
8 5 (0.31%) SAP PM
9 4 (0.25%) OpenText MBPM
9 4 (0.25%) Oracle BPM
9 4 (0.25%) SAP ERP
9 4 (0.25%) SAP QM
10 3 (0.18%) Teamcenter
10 3 (0.18%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 238 (14.65%) Azure
2 127 (7.82%) AWS
3 101 (6.22%) Microsoft 365
4 83 (5.11%) Power Platform
5 70 (4.31%) SaaS
6 69 (4.25%) Entra ID
7 54 (3.32%) Azure DevOps
8 53 (3.26%) GCP
9 37 (2.28%) Google Workspace
10 31 (1.91%) Dynamics 365
11 25 (1.54%) Power Automate
12 22 (1.35%) OCI
12 22 (1.35%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 19 (1.17%) Cloud Computing
13 19 (1.17%) Google Kubernetes Engine
13 19 (1.17%) Microsoft Copilot
14 18 (1.11%) GitHub
14 18 (1.11%) PaaS
15 17 (1.05%) Google Sheets
15 17 (1.05%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 91 (5.60%) Firewall
2 67 (4.12%) Network Security
3 51 (3.14%) WAN
4 42 (2.58%) DNS
5 39 (2.40%) LAN
6 37 (2.28%) VPN
7 27 (1.66%) Wi-Fi
8 25 (1.54%) SD-WAN
9 20 (1.23%) BGP
10 18 (1.11%) TCP/IP
10 18 (1.11%) Wireless
11 17 (1.05%) OSPF
12 16 (0.98%) DHCP
12 16 (0.98%) SSL
13 15 (0.92%) MPLS
14 12 (0.74%) Cisco Nexus
14 12 (0.74%) SAN
15 11 (0.68%) Structured Cabling
16 10 (0.62%) Internet
16 10 (0.62%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (3.88%) Power BI
2 52 (3.20%) SQL Server
3 26 (1.60%) Metadata
4 24 (1.48%) Oracle Database
5 21 (1.29%) Data Warehouse
6 19 (1.17%) Oracle Reports
7 11 (0.68%) PostgreSQL
7 11 (0.68%) Relational Database
8 10 (0.62%) Amazon RDS
8 10 (0.62%) Tableau
9 9 (0.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 8 (0.49%) Pinecone
11 5 (0.31%) Db2
11 5 (0.31%) Neo4j
11 5 (0.31%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 5 (0.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 4 (0.25%) Elasticsearch
12 4 (0.25%) MongoDB
12 4 (0.25%) MySQL
12 4 (0.25%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 202 (12.43%) JIRA
2 49 (3.02%) Git
3 43 (2.65%) Jenkins
4 10 (0.62%) Visual Studio
5 9 (0.55%) MLflow
6 8 (0.49%) GitLab
7 7 (0.43%) AdminStudio
7 7 (0.43%) InstallShield
8 4 (0.25%) Artifactory
8 4 (0.25%) Hudson
8 4 (0.25%) IntelliJ
8 4 (0.25%) Liquibase
8 4 (0.25%) Maven
9 3 (0.18%) Eclipse
9 3 (0.18%) Rational DOORS
9 3 (0.18%) ScriptRunner
9 3 (0.18%) Snyk
9 3 (0.18%) SonarQube
10 2 (0.12%) git-flow
10 2 (0.12%) Selenium
General
1 627 (38.58%) Social Skills
2 596 (36.68%) Finance
3 259 (15.94%) Analytical Skills
4 149 (9.17%) Public Sector
5 139 (8.55%) Banking
6 86 (5.29%) Legal
7 80 (4.92%) Retail
8 64 (3.94%) Documentation Skills
9 54 (3.32%) Influencing Skills
10 49 (3.02%) Marketing
11 44 (2.71%) Presentation Skills
12 39 (2.40%) Manufacturing
12 39 (2.40%) Organisational Skills
13 38 (2.34%) Law
14 35 (2.15%) Telecoms
15 33 (2.03%) Local Government
16 22 (1.35%) Aviation
16 22 (1.35%) Financial Institution
17 16 (0.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 16 (0.98%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 190 (11.69%) Project Manager
2 175 (10.77%) Lead
3 152 (9.35%) Analyst
4 129 (7.94%) Change Manager
5 123 (7.57%) Senior
6 112 (6.89%) Consultant
7 95 (5.85%) Business Analyst
8 59 (3.63%) Programme Manager
9 58 (3.57%) Administrator
10 51 (3.14%) Developer
10 51 (3.14%) Senior Manager
11 45 (2.77%) Business Manager
12 44 (2.71%) Delivery Manager
13 42 (2.58%) Architect
14 40 (2.46%) Support Engineer
15 39 (2.40%) IT Manager
16 35 (2.15%) Business Change Manager
16 35 (2.15%) Service Manager
17 30 (1.85%) Network Engineer
17 30 (1.85%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (3.51%) REST
2 33 (2.03%) .NET
3 30 (1.85%) Oracle Fusion
4 24 (1.48%) OAuth
5 22 (1.35%) CSS
6 21 (1.29%) .NET Framework
6 21 (1.29%) HTML
7 19 (1.17%) Middleware
8 17 (1.05%) Web Services
9 14 (0.86%) Elastic Stack
9 14 (0.86%) LDAP
10 13 (0.80%) RESTful
11 11 (0.68%) Ajax
11 11 (0.68%) React
12 10 (0.62%) AngularJS
13 9 (0.55%) Django
13 9 (0.55%) OpenID
13 9 (0.55%) Pandas
13 9 (0.55%) pytest
13 9 (0.55%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 84 (5.17%) Management Information System
2 77 (4.74%) Product Ownership
3 70 (4.31%) Data Centre
4 64 (3.94%) Onboarding
5 51 (3.14%) Legacy Systems
6 45 (2.77%) Cloud Native
7 34 (2.09%) PMI
8 30 (1.85%) CMDB
9 25 (1.54%) Analytical Mindset
10 24 (1.48%) Operational Technology
11 23 (1.42%) Data Structures
12 22 (1.35%) PKI
12 22 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
12 22 (1.35%) Virtual Team
13 21 (1.29%) Enterprise Software
14 20 (1.23%) Security Posture
15 19 (1.17%) Data Protection Act
15 19 (1.17%) Low-Code
16 17 (1.05%) Public Cloud
17 14 (0.86%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 178 (10.95%) Windows
2 86 (5.29%) Linux
3 57 (3.51%) Windows Server
4 39 (2.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 35 (2.15%) Unix
6 23 (1.42%) Windows 10
7 10 (0.62%) Solaris
7 10 (0.62%) Windows Server 2019
8 8 (0.49%) VMS
9 7 (0.43%) Windows Server 2016
10 6 (0.37%) AIX
10 6 (0.37%) Apple iOS
10 6 (0.37%) Oracle Linux
10 6 (0.37%) SUSE
10 6 (0.37%) Ubuntu
10 6 (0.37%) Windows Server 2012
11 5 (0.31%) HPUX
11 5 (0.31%) Mac OS
12 2 (0.12%) CentOS
12 2 (0.12%) MVS
Processes & Methodologies
1 544 (33.48%) Stakeholder Management
2 404 (24.86%) Agile
3 385 (23.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 346 (21.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 320 (19.69%) Problem-Solving
6 287 (17.66%) ITIL
7 269 (16.55%) Project Management
8 267 (16.43%) Migration
9 217 (13.35%) DevOps
10 194 (11.94%) Project Delivery
11 190 (11.69%) Roadmaps
12 185 (11.38%) ERP
13 174 (10.71%) Decision-Making
14 160 (9.85%) Risk Management
15 146 (8.98%) Validation
16 140 (8.62%) CI/CD
17 136 (8.37%) User Acceptance Testing
18 134 (8.25%) AI
18 134 (8.25%) ITSM
19 129 (7.94%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 163 (10.03%) SQL
2 112 (6.89%) Python
3 97 (5.97%) PowerShell
4 45 (2.77%) PL/SQL
5 44 (2.71%) C#
6 43 (2.65%) Bash
7 38 (2.34%) Java
8 37 (2.28%) JavaScript
9 24 (1.48%) T-SQL
10 10 (0.62%) Groovy
11 9 (0.55%) Korn
12 8 (0.49%) Shell Script
13 7 (0.43%) Go
14 6 (0.37%) COBOL
14 6 (0.37%) JCL
15 5 (0.31%) Perl
16 4 (0.25%) ABAP
16 4 (0.25%) REXX
17 3 (0.18%) VBA
17 3 (0.18%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 325 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 234 (14.40%) SC Cleared
3 201 (12.37%) Degree
4 123 (7.57%) PMP
5 113 (6.95%) PMI Certification
6 57 (3.51%) DV Cleared
7 56 (3.45%) CISSP
8 44 (2.71%) Cisco Certification
9 40 (2.46%) BPSS Clearance
10 35 (2.15%) CISM
11 31 (1.91%) Master's Degree
12 30 (1.85%) CCNP
13 26 (1.60%) ITIL Certification
14 25 (1.54%) APMG
15 23 (1.42%) Azure Certification
16 22 (1.35%) ACCA
16 22 (1.35%) CIMA
17 21 (1.29%) Computer Science Degree
18 15 (0.92%) CCNA
19 14 (0.86%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (5.54%) QA
2 81 (4.98%) GDPR
3 77 (4.74%) PMO
4 75 (4.62%) Data Quality
5 69 (4.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 67 (4.12%) SLA
7 45 (2.77%) NIST
8 25 (1.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 22 (1.35%) SOC 2
10 21 (1.29%) GRC
11 20 (1.23%) PCI DSS
12 15 (0.92%) IFRS
13 13 (0.80%) IFRS 17
14 8 (0.49%) COBIT
14 8 (0.49%) ITGC
15 6 (0.37%) Basel III
15 6 (0.37%) HIPAA
15 6 (0.37%) ISO 9001
16 5 (0.31%) Accessibility
17 4 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 112 (6.89%) Active Directory
2 56 (3.45%) Docker
3 54 (3.32%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (1.35%) VMware ESXi
5 20 (1.23%) Hyper-V
6 18 (1.11%) Virtual Machines
7 14 (0.86%) VMware NSX
8 10 (0.62%) Virtual Desktop
9 7 (0.43%) vCloud
9 7 (0.43%) vSphere
10 6 (0.37%) KVM
11 4 (0.25%) Oracle RAC
11 4 (0.25%) XenApp
11 4 (0.25%) XenDesktop
12 3 (0.18%) BitLocker
13 2 (0.12%) ACF2
13 2 (0.12%) RACF
13 2 (0.12%) Time Sharing Option
14 1 (0.062%) Firmware
14 1 (0.062%) NFS
Systems Management
1 73 (4.49%) Terraform
2 71 (4.37%) Kubernetes
3 57 (3.51%) Ansible
4 31 (1.91%) Microsoft Intune
5 23 (1.42%) Grafana
5 23 (1.42%) vCenter Server
6 22 (1.35%) Prometheus
7 21 (1.29%) Single Sign-On
8 20 (1.23%) SCCM
9 17 (1.05%) SCOM
10 12 (0.74%) Progress Chef
11 7 (0.43%) Avamar
11 7 (0.43%) Kustomize
11 7 (0.43%) PowerCLI
11 7 (0.43%) Puppet
11 7 (0.43%) vRealize
12 6 (0.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 6 (0.37%) CASB
12 6 (0.37%) Cisco Prime
12 6 (0.37%) ITRS Geneos
Vendors
1 266 (16.37%) Microsoft
2 170 (10.46%) ServiceNow
3 159 (9.78%) Oracle
4 151 (9.29%) SAP
5 72 (4.43%) VMware
6 62 (3.82%) Salesforce
7 61 (3.75%) Google
8 50 (3.08%) Cisco
9 32 (1.97%) Citrix
10 31 (1.91%) Splunk
11 25 (1.54%) IFS
11 25 (1.54%) Red Hat
12 24 (1.48%) IBM
13 21 (1.29%) Workday
14 19 (1.17%) CheckPoint
14 19 (1.17%) Remedy
15 17 (1.05%) Juniper
16 16 (0.98%) Dynatrace
16 16 (0.98%) F5
17 15 (0.92%) Palo Alto