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

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 51 45
Rank change year-on-year -5 -6 -2
Contract jobs citing Change Management 1,598 1,060 1,442
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.79% 4.38% 3.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.45% 4.80% 4.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 993 669 904
10th Percentile £350 £330 £313
25th Percentile £415 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £500 £518
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% -3.40% -5.89%
75th Percentile £617 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £728 £718
UK median daily rate £506 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +1.20% -2.44% -5.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 68 30 69
10th Percentile £19.25 £28.96 £15.69
25th Percentile £22.63 £32.05 £30.41
Median hourly rate £34.87 £50.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.26% - -4.43%
75th Percentile £61.81 £70.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £86.08 £70.39 £69.60
UK median hourly rate £34.87 £54.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year -35.43% +10.20% -5.43%

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 35,884 22,080 31,645
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.08% 91.32% 85.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,739 14,300 20,579
10th Percentile £325 £305 £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 £623 £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 2,242 984 2,330
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.82
25th Percentile £20.80 £18.12 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £28.53 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +66.52% -23.93% +1.99%
75th Percentile £68.00 £59.45 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.00 £74.63 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £27.76 £36.50
% change year-on-year +58.36% -23.95% +1.39%

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 6 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 6 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 6 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 -9 716 £525 -4.55% 302
North of England -18 282 £472 +4.89% 103
South East +1 205 £550 +12.47% 138
Midlands +2 202 £513 +7.89% 81
North West -9 165 £447 +2.17% 55
West Midlands -21 134 £515 +8.42% 54
Yorkshire -33 106 £500 +11.11% 38
South West +2 98 £525 +7.69% 50
East of England -5 81 £488 -2.50% 34
East Midlands +22 66 £488 +34.30% 27
North East -16 11 £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 94 (5.88%) Confluence
2 79 (4.94%) SharePoint
3 30 (1.88%) Microsoft Exchange
4 14 (0.88%) IIS
4 14 (0.88%) SAS
5 13 (0.81%) Appian
6 8 (0.50%) Oracle Workflow
7 6 (0.38%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 6 (0.38%) CMS
8 3 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.19%) Camunda
8 3 (0.19%) Kentico
9 2 (0.13%) CICS
9 2 (0.13%) HCL Notes
9 2 (0.13%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.13%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.063%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.063%) MTS
10 1 (0.063%) NetWeaver
10 1 (0.063%) Tomcat
Applications
1 62 (3.88%) Microsoft Office
2 53 (3.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 51 (3.19%) Microsoft Project
4 28 (1.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 24 (1.50%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.25%) Acrobat
8 3 (0.19%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 66 (4.13%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (1.13%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (0.69%) NetSuite
3 11 (0.69%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 10 (0.63%) Oracle Payables
5 9 (0.56%) Remedy ITSM
6 8 (0.50%) Oracle ERP
6 8 (0.50%) Oracle Receivables
7 6 (0.38%) Finacle
7 6 (0.38%) Primavera
7 6 (0.38%) 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%) Unit4 Business World
9 3 (0.19%) Workday HCM
10 2 (0.13%) SAP MDG
10 2 (0.13%) SAP MDG-F
Cloud Services
1 239 (14.96%) Azure
2 124 (7.76%) AWS
3 101 (6.32%) Microsoft 365
4 87 (5.44%) Power Platform
5 67 (4.19%) Entra ID
5 67 (4.19%) SaaS
6 58 (3.63%) GCP
7 53 (3.32%) Azure DevOps
8 37 (2.32%) Google Workspace
9 34 (2.13%) Dynamics 365
10 25 (1.56%) Power Automate
11 21 (1.31%) Cloud Computing
12 20 (1.25%) Google Sheets
12 20 (1.25%) OCI
12 20 (1.25%) PaaS
12 20 (1.25%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 19 (1.19%) GitHub
14 18 (1.13%) Google Kubernetes Engine
15 17 (1.06%) Microsoft Copilot
15 17 (1.06%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 84 (5.26%) Firewall
2 61 (3.82%) Network Security
3 47 (2.94%) WAN
4 44 (2.75%) DNS
5 38 (2.38%) VPN
6 37 (2.32%) LAN
7 23 (1.44%) SD-WAN
7 23 (1.44%) Wi-Fi
8 19 (1.19%) BGP
9 18 (1.13%) DHCP
9 18 (1.13%) TCP/IP
10 16 (1.00%) OSPF
10 16 (1.00%) SAN
10 16 (1.00%) SSL
11 14 (0.88%) MPLS
11 14 (0.88%) Wireless
12 12 (0.75%) Cisco Nexus
13 11 (0.69%) Structured Cabling
14 10 (0.63%) Intranet
15 9 (0.56%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (4.13%) Power BI
2 52 (3.25%) SQL Server
3 22 (1.38%) Data Warehouse
3 22 (1.38%) Metadata
4 21 (1.31%) Oracle Database
5 18 (1.13%) Oracle Reports
6 11 (0.69%) PostgreSQL
6 11 (0.69%) Tableau
7 10 (0.63%) Amazon RDS
7 10 (0.63%) Relational Database
8 9 (0.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 8 (0.50%) Pinecone
10 6 (0.38%) Elasticsearch
10 6 (0.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 5 (0.31%) Electronic Patient Records
12 4 (0.25%) Db2
12 4 (0.25%) MySQL
12 4 (0.25%) Neo4j
12 4 (0.25%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 4 (0.25%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 198 (12.39%) JIRA
2 46 (2.88%) Git
3 41 (2.57%) Jenkins
4 10 (0.63%) Visual Studio
5 9 (0.56%) MLflow
6 8 (0.50%) GitLab
7 7 (0.44%) AdminStudio
7 7 (0.44%) 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 (0.13%) Eclipse
10 2 (0.13%) git-flow
10 2 (0.13%) Selenium
General
1 627 (39.24%) Social Skills
2 566 (35.42%) Finance
3 255 (15.96%) Analytical Skills
4 152 (9.51%) Public Sector
5 131 (8.20%) Banking
6 82 (5.13%) Legal
7 78 (4.88%) Retail
8 59 (3.69%) Documentation Skills
9 52 (3.25%) Influencing Skills
10 48 (3.00%) Marketing
11 42 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
12 37 (2.32%) Law
12 37 (2.32%) Organisational Skills
13 35 (2.19%) Manufacturing
14 31 (1.94%) Local Government
14 31 (1.94%) Telecoms
15 22 (1.38%) Aviation
16 21 (1.31%) Financial Institution
17 17 (1.06%) Retail Banking
18 16 (1.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 188 (11.76%) Project Manager
2 167 (10.45%) Lead
3 146 (9.14%) Analyst
4 134 (8.39%) Change Manager
5 118 (7.38%) Senior
6 108 (6.76%) Consultant
7 91 (5.69%) Business Analyst
8 60 (3.75%) Programme Manager
9 58 (3.63%) Administrator
10 50 (3.13%) Developer
11 48 (3.00%) Senior Manager
12 44 (2.75%) Architect
13 41 (2.57%) Business Manager
14 39 (2.44%) Delivery Manager
15 38 (2.38%) Support Engineer
16 35 (2.19%) IT Manager
17 34 (2.13%) Business Change Manager
18 32 (2.00%) Service Manager
19 30 (1.88%) Security Manager
20 26 (1.63%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (3.32%) REST
2 32 (2.00%) .NET
3 30 (1.88%) Oracle Fusion
4 23 (1.44%) OAuth
5 22 (1.38%) CSS
6 21 (1.31%) Middleware
7 20 (1.25%) .NET Framework
8 19 (1.19%) HTML
9 16 (1.00%) Elastic Stack
9 16 (1.00%) Web Services
10 13 (0.81%) LDAP
11 12 (0.75%) RESTful
12 11 (0.69%) React
13 10 (0.63%) AngularJS
14 9 (0.56%) Django
14 9 (0.56%) Pandas
14 9 (0.56%) pytest
14 9 (0.56%) scikit-learn
15 8 (0.50%) Flask
15 8 (0.50%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 81 (5.07%) Management Information System
2 76 (4.76%) Product Ownership
3 68 (4.26%) Data Centre
4 59 (3.69%) Onboarding
5 48 (3.00%) Legacy Systems
6 44 (2.75%) Cloud Native
7 35 (2.19%) PMI
8 31 (1.94%) CMDB
9 25 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
9 25 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
10 24 (1.50%) Data Structures
11 23 (1.44%) Operational Technology
11 23 (1.44%) PKI
12 22 (1.38%) Virtual Team
13 21 (1.31%) Security Posture
14 20 (1.25%) Self-Motivation
15 18 (1.13%) Low-Code
16 17 (1.06%) Public Cloud
17 16 (1.00%) Data Protection Act
18 13 (0.81%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 177 (11.08%) Windows
2 81 (5.07%) Linux
3 61 (3.82%) Windows Server
4 35 (2.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 34 (2.13%) Unix
6 24 (1.50%) Windows 10
7 9 (0.56%) Solaris
7 9 (0.56%) Windows Server 2019
8 7 (0.44%) Apple iOS
8 7 (0.44%) VMS
8 7 (0.44%) Windows Server 2016
9 6 (0.38%) Ubuntu
9 6 (0.38%) 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 (0.13%) CentOS
12 2 (0.13%) MVS
Processes & Methodologies
1 533 (33.35%) Stakeholder Management
2 384 (24.03%) Agile
3 376 (23.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 322 (20.15%) Continuous Improvement
5 313 (19.59%) Problem-Solving
6 287 (17.96%) ITIL
7 271 (16.96%) Project Management
8 263 (16.46%) Migration
9 209 (13.08%) DevOps
10 194 (12.14%) Project Delivery
11 186 (11.64%) ERP
12 181 (11.33%) Roadmaps
13 159 (9.95%) Decision-Making
14 155 (9.70%) Risk Management
15 139 (8.70%) Validation
16 138 (8.64%) CI/CD
16 138 (8.64%) ITSM
17 129 (8.07%) Service Management
18 127 (7.95%) AI
19 125 (7.82%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 163 (10.20%) SQL
2 108 (6.76%) Python
3 95 (5.94%) PowerShell
4 46 (2.88%) Bash
5 44 (2.75%) C#
6 42 (2.63%) PL/SQL
7 35 (2.19%) Java
7 35 (2.19%) JavaScript
8 23 (1.44%) T-SQL
9 9 (0.56%) Groovy
9 9 (0.56%) Korn
10 8 (0.50%) Shell Script
11 7 (0.44%) Go
12 6 (0.38%) COBOL
12 6 (0.38%) JCL
13 4 (0.25%) ABAP
13 4 (0.25%) Perl
13 4 (0.25%) REXX
14 3 (0.19%) Apex Code
14 3 (0.19%) C++
Qualifications
1 322 (20.15%) Security Cleared
2 223 (13.95%) SC Cleared
3 200 (12.52%) Degree
4 118 (7.38%) PMP
5 107 (6.70%) PMI Certification
6 57 (3.57%) DV Cleared
7 54 (3.38%) CISSP
8 39 (2.44%) Cisco Certification
9 37 (2.32%) BPSS Clearance
10 35 (2.19%) CISM
11 30 (1.88%) Master's Degree
12 26 (1.63%) APMG
13 25 (1.56%) CCNP
13 25 (1.56%) Computer Science Degree
13 25 (1.56%) ITIL Certification
14 23 (1.44%) Azure Certification
15 22 (1.38%) ACCA
15 22 (1.38%) CIMA
16 13 (0.81%) AWS Certification
16 13 (0.81%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (5.82%) QA
2 80 (5.01%) GDPR
3 75 (4.69%) Data Quality
4 74 (4.63%) PMO
5 66 (4.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 63 (3.94%) SLA
7 44 (2.75%) NIST
8 23 (1.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 22 (1.38%) SOC 2
10 19 (1.19%) PCI DSS
11 18 (1.13%) GRC
12 15 (0.94%) IFRS
13 13 (0.81%) IFRS 17
14 8 (0.50%) Basel III
14 8 (0.50%) COBIT
14 8 (0.50%) ITGC
15 6 (0.38%) ISO 9001
16 5 (0.31%) Accessibility
16 5 (0.31%) HIPAA
17 4 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 113 (7.07%) Active Directory
2 60 (3.75%) Docker
3 56 (3.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (1.38%) Hyper-V
4 22 (1.38%) VMware ESXi
5 17 (1.06%) Virtual Machines
6 14 (0.88%) VMware NSX
7 10 (0.63%) Virtual Desktop
8 7 (0.44%) vCloud
8 7 (0.44%) vSphere
9 6 (0.38%) KVM
10 5 (0.31%) Firmware
11 4 (0.25%) XenApp
11 4 (0.25%) XenDesktop
12 3 (0.19%) Oracle RAC
13 2 (0.13%) ACF2
13 2 (0.13%) BitLocker
13 2 (0.13%) RACF
13 2 (0.13%) Time Sharing Option
14 1 (0.063%) Ceph
Systems Management
1 76 (4.76%) Kubernetes
2 72 (4.51%) Terraform
3 54 (3.38%) Ansible
4 30 (1.88%) Microsoft Intune
5 26 (1.63%) Grafana
6 25 (1.56%) Prometheus
7 24 (1.50%) vCenter Server
8 22 (1.38%) SCCM
9 21 (1.31%) Single Sign-On
10 18 (1.13%) SCOM
11 11 (0.69%) Progress Chef
12 9 (0.56%) Puppet
13 7 (0.44%) Avamar
13 7 (0.44%) Kustomize
13 7 (0.44%) PowerCLI
13 7 (0.44%) vRealize
14 6 (0.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 6 (0.38%) CASB
14 6 (0.38%) Cisco Prime
14 6 (0.38%) Kibana
Vendors
1 268 (16.77%) Microsoft
2 166 (10.39%) ServiceNow
3 152 (9.51%) Oracle
4 148 (9.26%) SAP
5 77 (4.82%) VMware
6 62 (3.88%) Google
6 62 (3.88%) Salesforce
7 47 (2.94%) Cisco
8 33 (2.07%) Splunk
9 31 (1.94%) Citrix
10 25 (1.56%) IFS
11 22 (1.38%) Red Hat
12 21 (1.31%) IBM
12 21 (1.31%) Workday
13 19 (1.19%) Remedy
14 18 (1.13%) CheckPoint
14 18 (1.13%) Dynatrace
15 16 (1.00%) F5
16 15 (0.94%) Palo Alto
17 14 (0.88%) OpenAI