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

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 51 45
Rank change year-on-year -4 -6 -2
Contract jobs citing Change Management 1,610 1,066 1,446
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.80% 4.37% 3.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.46% 4.79% 4.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 998 671 905
10th Percentile £350 £331 £318
25th Percentile £415 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% -3.85% -5.45%
75th Percentile £617 £625 £630
90th Percentile £700 £738 £714
UK median daily rate £509 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +1.75% -2.58% -4.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 68 31 70
10th Percentile £19.25 £29.00 £15.84
25th Percentile £22.63 £31.91 £30.71
Median hourly rate £34.87 £50.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.26% - -4.09%
75th Percentile £61.81 £70.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £86.08 £70.16 £69.55
UK median hourly rate £34.87 £54.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -35.43% +8.00% -2.91%

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 36,103 22,244 31,795
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.13% 91.27% 85.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,869 14,374 20,646
10th Percentile £325 £303 £300
25th Percentile £413 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +0.49% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,268 1,001 2,353
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.81
25th Percentile £20.79 £18.10 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.25 £28.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +65.79% -24.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £68.00 £58.75 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.00 £73.75 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £27.50 £36.50
% change year-on-year +59.85% -24.66% +1.67%

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 9 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 9 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 9 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 -2 722 £525 -4.55% 217
North of England -19 283 £472 +4.89% 92
South East -1 208 £563 +15.03% 120
Midlands 0 201 £513 +7.89% 73
North West -8 164 £439 +0.23% 47
West Midlands -22 134 £515 +8.42% 44
Yorkshire -28 107 £500 +11.11% 37
South West -1 98 £513 +5.13% 47
East of England -8 82 £475 -5.00% 29
East Midlands +19 65 £500 +37.74% 29
North East -14 12 £425 -22.73% 10
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 94 (5.84%) Confluence
2 80 (4.97%) SharePoint
3 30 (1.86%) Microsoft Exchange
4 14 (0.87%) IIS
4 14 (0.87%) SAS
5 13 (0.81%) Appian
6 8 (0.50%) Oracle Workflow
7 6 (0.37%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 6 (0.37%) CMS
8 3 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.19%) Camunda
8 3 (0.19%) Kentico
9 2 (0.12%) CICS
9 2 (0.12%) HCL Notes
9 2 (0.12%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.12%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.062%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.062%) MTS
10 1 (0.062%) NetWeaver
10 1 (0.062%) Tomcat
Applications
1 63 (3.91%) Microsoft Office
2 53 (3.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 50 (3.11%) Microsoft Project
4 29 (1.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 24 (1.49%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.25%) Acrobat
8 3 (0.19%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.12%) Trello
10 1 (0.062%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 67 (4.16%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (0.68%) NetSuite
3 11 (0.68%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 10 (0.62%) Oracle Payables
5 9 (0.56%) Remedy ITSM
6 8 (0.50%) Oracle ERP
6 8 (0.50%) Oracle Receivables
7 6 (0.37%) Finacle
7 6 (0.37%) Primavera
7 6 (0.37%) Salesforce CRM
8 5 (0.31%) Maximo
8 5 (0.31%) SAP ERP
9 3 (0.19%) OpenText MBPM
9 3 (0.19%) Oracle BPM
9 3 (0.19%) Oracle Financials
9 3 (0.19%) Teamcenter
9 3 (0.19%) Unit4 Business World
9 3 (0.19%) Workday HCM
10 2 (0.12%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 238 (14.78%) Azure
2 126 (7.83%) AWS
3 102 (6.34%) Microsoft 365
4 86 (5.34%) Power Platform
5 67 (4.16%) Entra ID
5 67 (4.16%) SaaS
6 58 (3.60%) GCP
7 53 (3.29%) Azure DevOps
8 38 (2.36%) Google Workspace
9 34 (2.11%) Dynamics 365
10 25 (1.55%) Power Automate
11 21 (1.30%) Cloud Computing
12 20 (1.24%) Google Sheets
12 20 (1.24%) OCI
12 20 (1.24%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 19 (1.18%) GitHub
13 19 (1.18%) PaaS
14 18 (1.12%) Google Kubernetes Engine
15 17 (1.06%) Microsoft Copilot
15 17 (1.06%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 84 (5.22%) Firewall
2 62 (3.85%) Network Security
3 47 (2.92%) WAN
4 43 (2.67%) DNS
5 37 (2.30%) LAN
5 37 (2.30%) VPN
6 24 (1.49%) Wi-Fi
7 23 (1.43%) SD-WAN
8 19 (1.18%) BGP
9 18 (1.12%) TCP/IP
10 17 (1.06%) DHCP
11 16 (0.99%) OSPF
11 16 (0.99%) SAN
11 16 (0.99%) SSL
12 14 (0.87%) MPLS
12 14 (0.87%) Wireless
13 12 (0.75%) Cisco Nexus
13 12 (0.75%) Structured Cabling
14 10 (0.62%) Intranet
15 9 (0.56%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (4.04%) Power BI
2 51 (3.17%) SQL Server
3 24 (1.49%) Metadata
4 23 (1.43%) Data Warehouse
5 22 (1.37%) Oracle Database
6 18 (1.12%) Oracle Reports
7 11 (0.68%) PostgreSQL
7 11 (0.68%) Relational Database
7 11 (0.68%) Tableau
8 10 (0.62%) Amazon RDS
9 9 (0.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 8 (0.50%) Pinecone
11 6 (0.37%) Elasticsearch
11 6 (0.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 5 (0.31%) Db2
13 4 (0.25%) Neo4j
13 4 (0.25%) Oracle BI EE
13 4 (0.25%) Oracle Database 11g
13 4 (0.25%) Pentaho
13 4 (0.25%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 197 (12.24%) JIRA
2 46 (2.86%) Git
3 41 (2.55%) Jenkins
4 10 (0.62%) Visual Studio
5 9 (0.56%) MLflow
6 8 (0.50%) GitLab
7 7 (0.43%) AdminStudio
7 7 (0.43%) InstallShield
8 4 (0.25%) Hudson
8 4 (0.25%) IntelliJ
8 4 (0.25%) Liquibase
8 4 (0.25%) Maven
9 3 (0.19%) Artifactory
9 3 (0.19%) Rational DOORS
9 3 (0.19%) ScriptRunner
9 3 (0.19%) Snyk
9 3 (0.19%) SonarQube
10 2 (0.12%) Eclipse
10 2 (0.12%) git-flow
10 2 (0.12%) Selenium
General
1 632 (39.25%) Social Skills
2 571 (35.47%) Finance
3 257 (15.96%) Analytical Skills
4 152 (9.44%) Public Sector
5 131 (8.14%) Banking
6 84 (5.22%) Legal
7 78 (4.84%) Retail
8 59 (3.66%) Documentation Skills
9 52 (3.23%) Influencing Skills
10 49 (3.04%) Marketing
11 42 (2.61%) Presentation Skills
12 38 (2.36%) Law
13 37 (2.30%) Organisational Skills
14 35 (2.17%) Manufacturing
15 32 (1.99%) Local Government
15 32 (1.99%) Telecoms
16 22 (1.37%) Aviation
17 21 (1.30%) Financial Institution
18 16 (0.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 16 (0.99%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 188 (11.68%) Project Manager
2 168 (10.43%) Lead
3 149 (9.25%) Analyst
4 133 (8.26%) Change Manager
5 120 (7.45%) Senior
6 108 (6.71%) Consultant
7 94 (5.84%) Business Analyst
8 60 (3.73%) Administrator
8 60 (3.73%) Programme Manager
9 51 (3.17%) Developer
10 49 (3.04%) Senior Manager
11 44 (2.73%) Architect
12 41 (2.55%) Business Manager
13 39 (2.42%) Delivery Manager
14 38 (2.36%) Support Engineer
15 35 (2.17%) IT Manager
16 33 (2.05%) Business Change Manager
17 32 (1.99%) Service Manager
18 30 (1.86%) Security Manager
19 26 (1.61%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (3.42%) REST
2 32 (1.99%) .NET
3 30 (1.86%) Oracle Fusion
4 23 (1.43%) CSS
4 23 (1.43%) OAuth
5 21 (1.30%) HTML
5 21 (1.30%) Middleware
6 20 (1.24%) .NET Framework
7 16 (0.99%) Elastic Stack
7 16 (0.99%) Web Services
8 13 (0.81%) LDAP
9 12 (0.75%) RESTful
10 11 (0.68%) React
11 10 (0.62%) Ajax
11 10 (0.62%) AngularJS
12 9 (0.56%) Django
12 9 (0.56%) Pandas
12 9 (0.56%) pytest
12 9 (0.56%) scikit-learn
13 8 (0.50%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 80 (4.97%) Management Information System
2 76 (4.72%) Product Ownership
3 69 (4.29%) Data Centre
4 62 (3.85%) Onboarding
5 50 (3.11%) Legacy Systems
6 44 (2.73%) Cloud Native
7 34 (2.11%) PMI
8 31 (1.93%) CMDB
9 26 (1.61%) Analytical Mindset
10 25 (1.55%) Enterprise Software
11 24 (1.49%) Data Structures
12 23 (1.43%) Operational Technology
12 23 (1.43%) PKI
13 22 (1.37%) Virtual Team
14 21 (1.30%) Security Posture
15 20 (1.24%) Self-Motivation
16 18 (1.12%) Low-Code
16 18 (1.12%) Public Cloud
17 17 (1.06%) Data Protection Act
18 13 (0.81%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 176 (10.93%) Windows
2 82 (5.09%) Linux
3 60 (3.73%) Windows Server
4 36 (2.24%) Unix
5 35 (2.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 24 (1.49%) Windows 10
7 9 (0.56%) Solaris
7 9 (0.56%) Windows Server 2019
8 7 (0.43%) Apple iOS
8 7 (0.43%) VMS
8 7 (0.43%) Windows Server 2016
9 6 (0.37%) Ubuntu
9 6 (0.37%) Windows Server 2012
10 5 (0.31%) AIX
10 5 (0.31%) Mac OS
10 5 (0.31%) Oracle Linux
10 5 (0.31%) SUSE
11 4 (0.25%) HPUX
12 2 (0.12%) Android
12 2 (0.12%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 534 (33.17%) Stakeholder Management
2 386 (23.98%) Agile
3 374 (23.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 323 (20.06%) Continuous Improvement
5 315 (19.57%) Problem-Solving
6 290 (18.01%) ITIL
7 273 (16.96%) Project Management
8 265 (16.46%) Migration
9 209 (12.98%) DevOps
10 195 (12.11%) Project Delivery
11 188 (11.68%) ERP
12 184 (11.43%) Roadmaps
13 162 (10.06%) Decision-Making
14 156 (9.69%) Risk Management
15 140 (8.70%) Validation
16 139 (8.63%) ITSM
17 138 (8.57%) CI/CD
18 131 (8.14%) Service Management
19 127 (7.89%) AI
19 127 (7.89%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 165 (10.25%) SQL
2 111 (6.89%) Python
3 94 (5.84%) PowerShell
4 46 (2.86%) Bash
5 44 (2.73%) C#
5 44 (2.73%) PL/SQL
6 37 (2.30%) JavaScript
7 35 (2.17%) Java
8 23 (1.43%) T-SQL
9 9 (0.56%) Groovy
9 9 (0.56%) Korn
9 9 (0.56%) Shell Script
10 7 (0.43%) Go
11 6 (0.37%) COBOL
11 6 (0.37%) JCL
12 4 (0.25%) ABAP
12 4 (0.25%) Perl
12 4 (0.25%) REXX
13 3 (0.19%) SOQL
13 3 (0.19%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 330 (20.50%) Security Cleared
2 229 (14.22%) SC Cleared
3 200 (12.42%) Degree
4 118 (7.33%) PMP
5 107 (6.65%) PMI Certification
6 61 (3.79%) DV Cleared
7 54 (3.35%) CISSP
8 39 (2.42%) Cisco Certification
9 37 (2.30%) BPSS Clearance
10 35 (2.17%) CISM
11 29 (1.80%) Master's Degree
12 26 (1.61%) APMG
12 26 (1.61%) ITIL Certification
13 25 (1.55%) CCNP
13 25 (1.55%) Computer Science Degree
14 22 (1.37%) ACCA
14 22 (1.37%) Azure Certification
14 22 (1.37%) CIMA
15 13 (0.81%) AWS Certification
15 13 (0.81%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (5.71%) QA
2 81 (5.03%) GDPR
3 78 (4.84%) Data Quality
4 75 (4.66%) PMO
5 66 (4.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 64 (3.98%) SLA
7 44 (2.73%) NIST
8 23 (1.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 22 (1.37%) SOC 2
10 19 (1.18%) GRC
10 19 (1.18%) PCI DSS
11 15 (0.93%) IFRS
12 13 (0.81%) IFRS 17
13 8 (0.50%) COBIT
13 8 (0.50%) ITGC
14 7 (0.43%) Basel III
15 6 (0.37%) ISO 9001
16 5 (0.31%) Accessibility
16 5 (0.31%) HIPAA
17 4 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 112 (6.96%) Active Directory
2 60 (3.73%) Docker
3 55 (3.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (1.37%) VMware ESXi
5 21 (1.30%) Hyper-V
6 17 (1.06%) Virtual Machines
7 14 (0.87%) VMware NSX
8 10 (0.62%) Virtual Desktop
9 7 (0.43%) vCloud
9 7 (0.43%) vSphere
10 6 (0.37%) KVM
11 5 (0.31%) Firmware
12 4 (0.25%) Oracle RAC
12 4 (0.25%) XenApp
12 4 (0.25%) XenDesktop
13 2 (0.12%) ACF2
13 2 (0.12%) BitLocker
13 2 (0.12%) RACF
13 2 (0.12%) Time Sharing Option
14 1 (0.062%) Squid
Systems Management
1 76 (4.72%) Kubernetes
2 71 (4.41%) Terraform
3 54 (3.35%) Ansible
4 30 (1.86%) Microsoft Intune
5 26 (1.61%) Grafana
6 25 (1.55%) Prometheus
7 24 (1.49%) vCenter Server
8 22 (1.37%) SCCM
9 21 (1.30%) Single Sign-On
10 18 (1.12%) SCOM
11 11 (0.68%) Progress Chef
12 9 (0.56%) Puppet
13 7 (0.43%) Avamar
13 7 (0.43%) Kustomize
13 7 (0.43%) PowerCLI
13 7 (0.43%) vRealize
14 6 (0.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 6 (0.37%) CASB
14 6 (0.37%) Cisco Prime
14 6 (0.37%) Kibana
Vendors
1 268 (16.65%) Microsoft
2 168 (10.43%) ServiceNow
3 153 (9.50%) Oracle
4 149 (9.25%) SAP
5 76 (4.72%) VMware
6 63 (3.91%) Google
7 62 (3.85%) Salesforce
8 47 (2.92%) Cisco
9 33 (2.05%) Splunk
10 31 (1.93%) Citrix
11 25 (1.55%) IFS
12 22 (1.37%) IBM
12 22 (1.37%) Red Hat
13 21 (1.30%) Workday
14 19 (1.18%) Remedy
15 18 (1.12%) CheckPoint
15 18 (1.12%) Dynatrace
16 16 (0.99%) F5
17 15 (0.93%) Juniper
17 15 (0.93%) Palo Alto