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 1 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 51 44
Rank change year-on-year -2 -7 +3
Contract jobs citing Change Management 1,630 1,052 1,537
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.27% 4.34% 4.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.96% 4.78% 4.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,048 683 995
10th Percentile £325 £326 £350
25th Percentile £413 £410 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £507 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.38% -3.43% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £621 £638
90th Percentile £694 £700 £716
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 27 54
10th Percentile £21.65 £23.60 £14.13
25th Percentile £22.63 £31.76 £25.35
Median hourly rate £41.86 £56.75 £35.86
Median % change year-on-year -26.24% +58.26% -25.30%
75th Percentile £47.11 £70.00 £60.94
90th Percentile £85.25 £75.50 £63.75
UK median hourly rate £41.86 £57.50 £37.18
% change year-on-year -27.21% +54.65% -22.54%

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 32,858 22,016 32,689
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.08% 90.81% 86.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,074 14,505 21,608
10th Percentile £313 £313 £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 £614 £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 2,007 857 2,166
10th Percentile £15.34 £15.00 £13.00
25th Percentile £19.27 £20.00 £16.00
Median hourly rate £37.00 £32.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +13.85% - -13.33%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £58.36
90th Percentile £77.50 £76.63 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £32.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +10.94% -1.54% -11.33%

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 1 April 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 1 April 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 1 April 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 -7 694 £513 -2.38% 182
North of England -16 297 £475 +5.56% 112
Midlands -1 232 £500 -0.05% 102
South East +13 219 £500 - 147
North West +3 196 £430 +4.12% 61
West Midlands -10 157 £513 +2.24% 58
South West +5 110 £516 -0.72% 39
Yorkshire -34 93 £487 -2.55% 35
East Midlands +16 73 £425 +34.07% 42
East of England -12 67 £475 -4.95% 52
North East -16 8 £440 -23.48% 16
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
1 113 (6.93%) Confluence
2 72 (4.42%) SharePoint
3 24 (1.47%) Microsoft Exchange
4 13 (0.80%) SAS
5 9 (0.55%) Appian
6 6 (0.37%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 5 (0.31%) HCL Notes
7 5 (0.31%) IIS
8 4 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.25%) CMS
8 4 (0.25%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.12%) Moodle
10 1 (0.061%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.061%) JBoss
10 1 (0.061%) Mattermost
10 1 (0.061%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.061%) Oracle Spatial
10 1 (0.061%) Tomcat
Applications
1 85 (5.21%) Microsoft Project
2 74 (4.54%) Microsoft Office
3 70 (4.29%) Microsoft Excel
4 35 (2.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 34 (2.09%) MS Visio
6 8 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.31%) Acrobat
8 4 (0.25%) Trello
9 3 (0.18%) Windchill
10 2 (0.12%) Chatbot
11 1 (0.061%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 62 (3.80%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (0.74%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 10 (0.61%) Salesforce CRM
5 8 (0.49%) Remedy ITSM
6 7 (0.43%) Oracle ERP
6 7 (0.43%) Oracle Payables
6 7 (0.43%) SAP ERP
7 6 (0.37%) Finacle
7 6 (0.37%) Workday HCM
8 5 (0.31%) Primavera
8 5 (0.31%) SAP CO
8 5 (0.31%) SAP FI
8 5 (0.31%) SAP FI/CO
9 4 (0.25%) NetSuite
10 3 (0.18%) iTrent
10 3 (0.18%) Oracle Cash Management
10 3 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
10 3 (0.18%) Oracle Financials
10 3 (0.18%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 259 (15.89%) Azure
2 146 (8.96%) AWS
3 100 (6.13%) Microsoft 365
4 87 (5.34%) Power Platform
5 80 (4.91%) GCP
6 66 (4.05%) Azure DevOps
7 57 (3.50%) Entra ID
8 53 (3.25%) SaaS
9 28 (1.72%) Dynamics 365
10 26 (1.60%) PaaS
11 25 (1.53%) Power Automate
12 21 (1.29%) Cloud Computing
12 21 (1.29%) Google Workspace
13 19 (1.17%) Google Sheets
13 19 (1.17%) OpenShift
13 19 (1.17%) Serverless
14 18 (1.10%) IaaS
14 18 (1.10%) OCI
15 17 (1.04%) Microsoft Copilot
16 15 (0.92%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 98 (6.01%) Firewall
2 64 (3.93%) Network Security
3 53 (3.25%) WAN
4 46 (2.82%) DNS
4 46 (2.82%) VPN
5 44 (2.70%) LAN
6 29 (1.78%) SD-WAN
7 26 (1.60%) Wi-Fi
8 22 (1.35%) SSL
9 21 (1.29%) BGP
10 20 (1.23%) DHCP
11 19 (1.17%) OSPF
12 17 (1.04%) TCP/IP
13 15 (0.92%) SAN
14 14 (0.86%) Cisco ASA
14 14 (0.86%) Wireless
15 13 (0.80%) Cisco IOS
15 13 (0.80%) Internet
15 13 (0.80%) Structured Cabling
16 12 (0.74%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (4.23%) Power BI
2 49 (3.01%) SQL Server
3 23 (1.41%) PostgreSQL
4 22 (1.35%) Metadata
5 21 (1.29%) Tableau
6 19 (1.17%) Data Warehouse
6 19 (1.17%) Oracle Database
7 15 (0.92%) Oracle Reports
8 12 (0.74%) Amazon RDS
9 10 (0.61%) Elasticsearch
10 9 (0.55%) MySQL
11 8 (0.49%) Electronic Patient Records
11 8 (0.49%) NoSQL
11 8 (0.49%) Pinecone
11 8 (0.49%) Relational Database
12 6 (0.37%) Amazon Aurora
12 6 (0.37%) Metadata Repository
12 6 (0.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 5 (0.31%) Redis
14 4 (0.25%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 212 (13.01%) JIRA
2 47 (2.88%) Jenkins
3 40 (2.45%) Git
4 19 (1.17%) GitLab
5 17 (1.04%) Liquibase
6 12 (0.74%) Visual Studio
7 8 (0.49%) MLflow
8 5 (0.31%) InstallShield
9 4 (0.25%) AdminStudio
9 4 (0.25%) Hudson
9 4 (0.25%) JUnit
9 4 (0.25%) Maven
10 3 (0.18%) Artifactory
10 3 (0.18%) IntelliJ
10 3 (0.18%) Oracle APEX
10 3 (0.18%) Rational DOORS
10 3 (0.18%) ScriptRunner
10 3 (0.18%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.18%) Sonatype Nexus
11 2 (0.12%) Snyk
General
1 692 (42.45%) Social Skills
2 544 (33.37%) Finance
3 312 (19.14%) Analytical Skills
4 162 (9.94%) Public Sector
5 140 (8.59%) Banking
6 70 (4.29%) Influencing Skills
7 63 (3.87%) Retail
8 61 (3.74%) Legal
9 55 (3.37%) Documentation Skills
10 47 (2.88%) Presentation Skills
11 39 (2.39%) Manufacturing
11 39 (2.39%) Marketing
12 37 (2.27%) Local Government
13 33 (2.02%) Telecoms
14 31 (1.90%) Law
15 28 (1.72%) Financial Institution
16 27 (1.66%) Organisational Skills
17 22 (1.35%) Investment Banking
18 18 (1.10%) Aviation
19 16 (0.98%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 195 (11.96%) Project Manager
2 187 (11.47%) Lead
3 174 (10.67%) Analyst
4 140 (8.59%) Change Manager
5 112 (6.87%) Senior
6 107 (6.56%) Business Analyst
7 105 (6.44%) Consultant
8 55 (3.37%) Programme Manager
9 54 (3.31%) Administrator
10 53 (3.25%) Developer
11 52 (3.19%) Business Manager
12 48 (2.94%) Architect
13 40 (2.45%) Senior Manager
14 39 (2.39%) Business Change Manager
15 34 (2.09%) IT Manager
16 33 (2.02%) Network Engineer
17 30 (1.84%) Delivery Manager
17 30 (1.84%) Service Manager
17 30 (1.84%) Support Engineer
18 29 (1.78%) SAP Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (3.62%) REST
2 33 (2.02%) .NET
3 28 (1.72%) Oracle Fusion
4 27 (1.66%) Elastic Stack
5 22 (1.35%) .NET Framework
6 21 (1.29%) Middleware
6 21 (1.29%) OAuth
7 20 (1.23%) RESTful
8 18 (1.10%) SAML
9 15 (0.92%) Web Services
10 14 (0.86%) OpenID
11 13 (0.80%) CSS
11 13 (0.80%) LDAP
12 11 (0.67%) AngularJS
12 11 (0.67%) SOAP
13 10 (0.61%) HTML
13 10 (0.61%) ISPF
13 10 (0.61%) OAuth2
13 10 (0.61%) pytest
14 9 (0.55%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 87 (5.34%) Management Information System
2 74 (4.54%) Onboarding
3 72 (4.42%) Product Ownership
4 59 (3.62%) Data Centre
5 42 (2.58%) CMDB
6 41 (2.52%) Virtual Team
7 38 (2.33%) Cloud Native
8 35 (2.15%) Legacy Systems
9 33 (2.02%) PMI
10 31 (1.90%) PKI
11 30 (1.84%) Analytical Mindset
12 26 (1.60%) Data Structures
13 23 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
14 21 (1.29%) Public Cloud
15 19 (1.17%) Data Protection Act
16 18 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
17 16 (0.98%) Operational Technology
17 16 (0.98%) Replication
18 15 (0.92%) Low-Code
19 14 (0.86%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 165 (10.12%) Windows
2 66 (4.05%) Linux
3 56 (3.44%) Windows Server
4 31 (1.90%) Unix
5 30 (1.84%) Windows 10
6 10 (0.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 9 (0.55%) Windows Server 2019
8 8 (0.49%) Apple iOS
8 8 (0.49%) Windows Server 2016
9 6 (0.37%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.25%) CentOS
10 4 (0.25%) VMS
10 4 (0.25%) Windows Server 2012
11 3 (0.18%) Mac OS
12 2 (0.12%) Android
13 1 (0.061%) AIX
13 1 (0.061%) Data ONTAP
13 1 (0.061%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 531 (32.58%) Stakeholder Management
2 411 (25.21%) Agile
3 399 (24.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 354 (21.72%) Problem-Solving
5 319 (19.57%) ITIL
6 311 (19.08%) Continuous Improvement
7 294 (18.04%) Project Management
8 265 (16.26%) Migration
9 229 (14.05%) DevOps
10 188 (11.53%) Project Delivery
11 158 (9.69%) ERP
11 158 (9.69%) ITSM
12 153 (9.39%) Roadmaps
13 147 (9.02%) Service Management
14 146 (8.96%) Risk Management
15 142 (8.71%) Decision-Making
16 140 (8.59%) Validation
17 138 (8.47%) PRINCE2
18 132 (8.10%) Workshop Facilitation
19 130 (7.98%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 161 (9.88%) SQL
2 125 (7.67%) Python
3 100 (6.13%) PowerShell
4 45 (2.76%) C#
5 39 (2.39%) Bash
6 33 (2.02%) PL/SQL
7 25 (1.53%) Java
8 22 (1.35%) JavaScript
9 21 (1.29%) T-SQL
10 14 (0.86%) Go
11 11 (0.67%) Shell Script
12 10 (0.61%) CLIST
12 10 (0.61%) COBOL
12 10 (0.61%) Groovy
12 10 (0.61%) JCL
12 10 (0.61%) REXX
13 7 (0.43%) Korn
14 6 (0.37%) Perl
15 3 (0.18%) ABAP
15 3 (0.18%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 337 (20.67%) Security Cleared
2 249 (15.28%) Degree
3 237 (14.54%) SC Cleared
4 104 (6.38%) PMI Certification
5 100 (6.13%) PMP
6 53 (3.25%) DV Cleared
7 46 (2.82%) CISSP
8 45 (2.76%) BPSS Clearance
9 40 (2.45%) Computer Science Degree
9 40 (2.45%) Master's Degree
10 38 (2.33%) CISM
11 36 (2.21%) Cisco Certification
12 28 (1.72%) ITIL Certification
12 28 (1.72%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 26 (1.60%) APMG
14 25 (1.53%) CCNP
15 17 (1.04%) Azure Certification
15 17 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
16 13 (0.80%) CIMA
16 13 (0.80%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (5.89%) QA
2 81 (4.97%) GDPR
3 78 (4.79%) PMO
4 69 (4.23%) Data Quality
5 62 (3.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 54 (3.31%) SLA
7 38 (2.33%) NIST
8 19 (1.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 16 (0.98%) IFRS
9 16 (0.98%) SOC 2
10 15 (0.92%) IFRS 17
10 15 (0.92%) PCI DSS
11 10 (0.61%) Basel III
12 9 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
13 7 (0.43%) GRC
13 7 (0.43%) NCSC
14 6 (0.37%) Accessibility
14 6 (0.37%) COBIT
14 6 (0.37%) MiFID
15 4 (0.25%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 107 (6.56%) Active Directory
2 61 (3.74%) Docker
3 41 (2.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (1.29%) Hyper-V
5 13 (0.80%) Virtual Machines
5 13 (0.80%) VMware NSX
6 12 (0.74%) VMware ESXi
7 10 (0.61%) ACF2
7 10 (0.61%) RACF
7 10 (0.61%) Time Sharing Option
8 8 (0.49%) Firmware
8 8 (0.49%) vSphere
9 7 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
10 5 (0.31%) KVM
10 5 (0.31%) XenApp
10 5 (0.31%) XenDesktop
11 2 (0.12%) NFS
11 2 (0.12%) ProxySG
12 1 (0.061%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.061%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 82 (5.03%) Kubernetes
2 62 (3.80%) Terraform
3 54 (3.31%) Ansible
4 36 (2.21%) Microsoft Intune
5 26 (1.60%) Grafana
6 25 (1.53%) Prometheus
7 22 (1.35%) SCCM
8 17 (1.04%) vCenter Server
9 14 (0.86%) Single Sign-On
10 12 (0.74%) Puppet
11 11 (0.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 10 (0.61%) CA Endevor
12 10 (0.61%) Kibana
13 9 (0.55%) Tivoli
13 9 (0.55%) Tivoli Storage Manager
14 8 (0.49%) FortiGate
14 8 (0.49%) SCOM
15 7 (0.43%) PowerCLI
16 6 (0.37%) CASB
16 6 (0.37%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 276 (16.93%) Microsoft
2 164 (10.06%) ServiceNow
3 147 (9.02%) SAP
4 133 (8.16%) Oracle
5 68 (4.17%) Salesforce
6 62 (3.80%) VMware
7 59 (3.62%) Google
8 57 (3.50%) Cisco
9 36 (2.21%) Citrix
10 33 (2.02%) Workday
11 32 (1.96%) Splunk
12 23 (1.41%) Atlassian
13 22 (1.35%) F5
14 18 (1.10%) Remedy
15 17 (1.04%) CheckPoint
16 16 (0.98%) IFS
16 16 (0.98%) Juniper
16 16 (0.98%) Palo Alto
17 15 (0.92%) Fortinet
18 14 (0.86%) Sage