Change Management Contracts in England

Change Management
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Change Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Change Management over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 43 45 54
Rank change year-on-year +2 +9 +2
Contract jobs citing Change Management 1,492 2,409 3,172
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 4.02% 4.82% 4.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.65% 5.35% 4.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 947 1,506 2,068
10th Percentile £325 £363 £325
25th Percentile £430 £456 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +5.82%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £600
90th Percentile £725 £750 £689
UK median daily rate £515 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -6.36% +10.00% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 52 53
10th Percentile £14.35 £21.25 £13.50
25th Percentile £29.91 £34.71 £14.00
Median hourly rate £50.00 £48.70 £22.28
Median % change year-on-year +2.67% +118.57% -7.17%
75th Percentile £61.60 £80.00 £36.61
90th Percentile £69.00 £87.50 £52.20
UK median hourly rate £48.00 £48.40 £22.34
% change year-on-year -0.83% +116.65% -4.28%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Change Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,103 45,050 64,614
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.60% 90.20% 90.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,075 31,613 45,917
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.61%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,251 1,592 1,754
10th Percentile £12.92 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £37.15 £24.35
Median % change year-on-year -1.75% +52.57% +3.62%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £64.42
UK median hourly rate £35.96 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.11% +44.00% +2.04%

Change Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Change Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Change Management in England

Change Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Change Management in England.

Daily rate trend for Change Management in England

Change Management
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Change Management in England over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Change Management in England

Change Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Change Management in England.

Hourly rate trend for Change Management in England

Change Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Change Management in England over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

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 May 2024. 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 -2 791 £550 -4.35% 273
North of England -5 204 £515 -3.29% 143
South East -19 167 £475 -9.52% 110
South West +23 140 £550 +2.33% 69
Yorkshire -5 105 £520 -5.55% 38
Midlands +3 104 £500 -5.88% 98
North West -12 94 £515 -1.90% 88
West Midlands -11 74 £500 -5.88% 59
East of England -5 61 £425 -15.00% 56
East Midlands +22 28 £475 -9.52% 38
North East +4 12 £600 -7.69% 19
Change Management
UK

Change Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 68 (4.56%) SharePoint
2 37 (2.48%) Microsoft Exchange
3 36 (2.41%) Confluence
4 9 (0.60%) IIS
5 8 (0.54%) Tomcat
6 7 (0.47%) Apache
7 3 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 3 (0.20%) Documentum
8 2 (0.13%) CMS
9 1 (0.067%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.067%) Exchange Server 2007
9 1 (0.067%) Exchange Server 2010
9 1 (0.067%) Oracle Spatial
9 1 (0.067%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.067%) WebSphere
Applications
1 76 (5.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 70 (4.69%) Microsoft Office
3 50 (3.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 29 (1.94%) MS Visio
5 26 (1.74%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.34%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 5 (0.34%) Adobe Illustrator
6 5 (0.34%) Photoshop
7 4 (0.27%) InDesign
7 4 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.20%) Adobe Premiere
9 2 (0.13%) FileZilla
9 2 (0.13%) Windchill
10 1 (0.067%) Adobe After Effects
10 1 (0.067%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.067%) Trello
Business Applications
1 36 (2.41%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (0.60%) Remedy ITSM
3 8 (0.54%) Endur
4 7 (0.47%) SAP SD
4 7 (0.47%) Teamcenter
5 6 (0.40%) Loan IQ
5 6 (0.40%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 5 (0.34%) OpenLink RightAngle
6 5 (0.34%) Oracle ERP
7 4 (0.27%) SAP Hybris
7 4 (0.27%) SAP PLM
8 3 (0.20%) Aladdin
8 3 (0.20%) Oracle Assets
8 3 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
9 2 (0.13%) Dynamics CRM
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle Cash Management
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 2 (0.13%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 173 (11.60%) Azure
2 106 (7.10%) Microsoft 365
3 79 (5.29%) AWS
4 39 (2.61%) SaaS
5 33 (2.21%) Power Platform
6 26 (1.74%) Entra ID
7 23 (1.54%) Cloud Computing
8 21 (1.41%) Azure Monitor
9 20 (1.34%) Dynamics 365
10 19 (1.27%) Serverless
11 17 (1.14%) Azure DevOps
11 17 (1.14%) Microsoft Purview
11 17 (1.14%) PaaS
11 17 (1.14%) SuccessFactors
12 16 (1.07%) Azure Data Factory
13 15 (1.01%) Azure Functions
13 15 (1.01%) IaaS
14 13 (0.87%) OneDrive
14 13 (0.87%) Slack
15 12 (0.80%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 93 (6.23%) Firewall
2 58 (3.89%) WAN
3 49 (3.28%) LAN
4 46 (3.08%) BGP
5 45 (3.02%) OSPF
5 45 (3.02%) VPN
6 34 (2.28%) DNS
6 34 (2.28%) Wi-Fi
7 33 (2.21%) IPsec
8 32 (2.14%) Network Security
9 29 (1.94%) Cisco ASA
10 27 (1.81%) Wireless
11 24 (1.61%) Structured Cabling
12 23 (1.54%) DHCP
12 23 (1.54%) NetScaler
12 23 (1.54%) VLAN
13 22 (1.47%) TCP/IP
14 20 (1.34%) Cisco ISE
15 19 (1.27%) WLAN
16 16 (1.07%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (1.54%) Power BI
2 16 (1.07%) Data Warehouse
3 15 (1.01%) NoSQL
4 13 (0.87%) PostgreSQL
5 12 (0.80%) SAP HANA
6 11 (0.74%) Oracle Database
6 11 (0.74%) Tableau
7 9 (0.60%) Elasticsearch
7 9 (0.60%) Snowflake Schema
7 9 (0.60%) SQL Server
8 8 (0.54%) Oracle Reports
9 6 (0.40%) Data Lake
9 6 (0.40%) Electronic Patient Records
9 6 (0.40%) KDB
10 5 (0.34%) Oracle Exadata
11 3 (0.20%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (0.20%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (0.20%) Big Data
11 3 (0.20%) QlikView
12 2 (0.13%) Impala
Development Applications
1 61 (4.09%) JIRA
2 17 (1.14%) Git
3 15 (1.01%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.34%) Bitbucket
4 5 (0.34%) Selenium
5 4 (0.27%) Visual Studio Team System
6 3 (0.20%) Oracle APEX
6 3 (0.20%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.13%) JMeter
7 2 (0.13%) LabVIEW
8 1 (0.067%) GitLab
General
1 568 (38.07%) Finance
2 435 (29.16%) Social Skills
3 246 (16.49%) Banking
4 198 (13.27%) Analytical Skills
5 173 (11.60%) Public Sector
6 68 (4.56%) Legal
7 60 (4.02%) Manufacturing
8 58 (3.89%) Telecoms
9 54 (3.62%) Presentation Skills
10 51 (3.42%) Influencing Skills
11 49 (3.28%) Marketing
12 34 (2.28%) Retail
13 26 (1.74%) Investment Banking
14 25 (1.68%) Documentation Skills
15 24 (1.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 24 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
15 24 (1.61%) Pharmaceutical
16 22 (1.47%) Electronics
17 21 (1.41%) Local Government
18 15 (1.01%) Law
Job Titles
1 239 (16.02%) Project Manager
2 238 (15.95%) Analyst
3 114 (7.64%) Senior
4 112 (7.51%) Business Analyst
5 106 (7.10%) Change Manager
6 95 (6.37%) Lead
7 85 (5.70%) Architect
8 63 (4.22%) Consultant
9 61 (4.09%) IT Manager
10 58 (3.89%) Banking Analyst
11 56 (3.75%) Network Engineer
12 54 (3.62%) Developer
13 51 (3.42%) Business Manager
14 48 (3.22%) Data Analyst
15 39 (2.61%) IT Analyst
16 35 (2.35%) Business Change Manager
16 35 (2.35%) Programme Manager
17 33 (2.21%) Senior Manager
18 31 (2.08%) Resilience Manager
19 30 (2.01%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (1.68%) React
2 19 (1.27%) XML
3 18 (1.21%) AngularJS
4 16 (1.07%) HTML
4 16 (1.07%) REST
5 15 (1.01%) Kafka
6 13 (0.87%) FIX Protocol
6 13 (0.87%) Spring
7 12 (0.80%) Jinja
8 11 (0.74%) JSON
9 9 (0.60%) CSS
9 9 (0.60%) Middleware
10 8 (0.54%) .NET
11 7 (0.47%) IDoc
11 7 (0.47%) Lightning Web Components
12 6 (0.40%) ActiveMQ
12 6 (0.40%) Itk
12 6 (0.40%) Visualforce
13 5 (0.34%) Oracle Fusion
13 5 (0.34%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 84 (5.63%) Management Information System
2 64 (4.29%) Product Ownership
3 43 (2.88%) Data Centre
4 38 (2.55%) PKI
5 33 (2.21%) Cloud Native
6 26 (1.74%) Data Structures
7 24 (1.61%) Replication
8 22 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
9 21 (1.41%) Derivative
9 21 (1.41%) Onboarding
10 16 (1.07%) CMDB
11 14 (0.94%) Virtual Team
12 13 (0.87%) Fixed Income
12 13 (0.87%) Legacy Systems
12 13 (0.87%) NHS
13 12 (0.80%) Data Protection Act
14 11 (0.74%) Market Risk
15 10 (0.67%) FMCG
15 10 (0.67%) Life Science
15 10 (0.67%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 148 (9.92%) Windows
2 91 (6.10%) Linux
3 60 (4.02%) Windows Server
4 30 (2.01%) Unix
5 19 (1.27%) Windows 10
6 13 (0.87%) Solaris
7 12 (0.80%) Windows Server 2012
8 11 (0.74%) Windows Server 2016
8 11 (0.74%) Windows Server 2019
9 10 (0.67%) Apple iOS
10 7 (0.47%) MVS
11 6 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 4 (0.27%) VMS
13 3 (0.20%) Ubuntu
14 2 (0.13%) CentOS
14 2 (0.13%) Mac OS
14 2 (0.13%) Mac OS X
14 2 (0.13%) Windows 7
15 1 (0.067%) Windows Server 2003
15 1 (0.067%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 358 (23.99%) Project Management
2 301 (20.17%) Stakeholder Management
3 269 (18.03%) Agile
4 232 (15.55%) ITIL
5 231 (15.48%) Problem-Solving
6 146 (9.79%) Project Delivery
7 138 (9.25%) Service Management
8 135 (9.05%) Migration
9 128 (8.58%) Risk Management
10 124 (8.31%) ITSM
11 123 (8.24%) PRINCE2
12 119 (7.98%) Continuous Improvement
13 118 (7.91%) DevOps
14 115 (7.71%) Programme Management
15 112 (7.51%) Decision-Making
16 88 (5.90%) Business Case
16 88 (5.90%) Incident Management
17 84 (5.63%) ERP
18 79 (5.29%) Roadmaps
19 77 (5.16%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 64 (4.29%) Python
2 55 (3.69%) SQL
3 46 (3.08%) PowerShell
4 26 (1.74%) C
5 21 (1.41%) JavaScript
6 20 (1.34%) Java
7 15 (1.01%) C#
8 14 (0.94%) Perl
9 12 (0.80%) Tcl
10 9 (0.60%) ABAP
11 8 (0.54%) Swift
12 7 (0.47%) C++
13 6 (0.40%) Apex Code
13 6 (0.40%) Kusto Query Language
13 6 (0.40%) Search Processing Language
13 6 (0.40%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.13%) Bash
14 2 (0.13%) Bourne shell
14 2 (0.13%) Korn
14 2 (0.13%) R
Qualifications
1 261 (17.49%) Security Cleared
2 181 (12.13%) SC Cleared
3 147 (9.85%) Degree
4 62 (4.16%) DV Cleared
5 57 (3.82%) Cisco Certification
6 41 (2.75%) CCNP
7 36 (2.41%) CCNA
8 28 (1.88%) PMP
9 27 (1.81%) Computer Science Degree
10 26 (1.74%) PMI Certification
10 26 (1.74%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 24 (1.61%) ITIL Certification
12 16 (1.07%) Master's Degree
13 14 (0.94%) Microsoft Certification
14 11 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
14 11 (0.74%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 11 (0.74%) Six Sigma Black Belt
15 10 (0.67%) CCIE
15 10 (0.67%) Six Sigma Green Belt
16 8 (0.54%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 104 (6.97%) PMO
2 64 (4.29%) QA
3 39 (2.61%) Data Quality
4 36 (2.41%) SLA
5 24 (1.61%) GDPR
6 8 (0.54%) NIST
7 6 (0.40%) GRC
8 5 (0.34%) ISO 9001
9 3 (0.20%) COBIT
9 3 (0.20%) GxP
9 3 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.20%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.13%) NCSC
10 2 (0.13%) P3O
10 2 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.067%) IFRS
11 1 (0.067%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.067%) ITGC
11 1 (0.067%) Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
System Software
1 75 (5.03%) Active Directory
2 31 (2.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (1.27%) XenApp
4 17 (1.14%) Firmware
5 13 (0.87%) Virtual Desktop
6 12 (0.80%) VMware ESXi
6 12 (0.80%) XenDesktop
7 8 (0.54%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 6 (0.40%) Hyper-V
8 6 (0.40%) VMware NSX
9 5 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (0.27%) Docker
10 4 (0.27%) vSphere
11 3 (0.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 3 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
12 2 (0.13%) Microsoft App-V
13 1 (0.067%) Snort
13 1 (0.067%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 41 (2.75%) Ansible
2 30 (2.01%) Kubernetes
3 19 (1.27%) NetBackup
4 18 (1.21%) Puppet
5 15 (1.01%) Microsoft Intune
6 14 (0.94%) SCCM
7 13 (0.87%) FortiGate
8 12 (0.80%) SCOM
9 11 (0.74%) ITRS Geneos
10 9 (0.60%) Grafana
10 9 (0.60%) Terraform
11 8 (0.54%) Control-M
12 7 (0.47%) Argo
12 7 (0.47%) Istio
12 7 (0.47%) Kibana
12 7 (0.47%) Prometheus
13 6 (0.40%) Red Hat Satellite
13 6 (0.40%) vCenter Server
14 5 (0.34%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
14 5 (0.34%) PingFederate
Vendors
1 257 (17.23%) Microsoft
2 129 (8.65%) SAP
3 77 (5.16%) ServiceNow
4 76 (5.09%) Cisco
5 58 (3.89%) Oracle
6 49 (3.28%) Citrix
7 48 (3.22%) VMware
8 43 (2.88%) Palo Alto
9 28 (1.88%) Juniper
10 26 (1.74%) NetApp
11 24 (1.61%) SolarWinds
12 20 (1.34%) Red Hat
13 18 (1.21%) Fortinet
13 18 (1.21%) Veritas
14 16 (1.07%) Salesforce
15 14 (0.94%) IBM
16 13 (0.87%) CheckPoint
16 13 (0.87%) Splunk
17 10 (0.67%) Remedy
17 10 (0.67%) Workday