Change Control Contract Job Trends in the North East

Change Control
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North East requiring Change Control skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 42 34
Rank change year-on-year -2 -8 +28
Contract jobs citing Change Control 5 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in the North East 1.26% 0.33% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.44% 0.35% 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £618 £750
Median % change year-on-year -10.93% -17.67% +33.33%
England median daily rate £550 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +4.76% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
North East

Change Control 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 the North East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 348 282 219
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 87.88% 93.38% 86.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 236 135 151
10th Percentile £178 £305 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £488 £450
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -18.18%
75th Percentile £538 £590 £575
90th Percentile £597 £712 £710
England median daily rate £505 £525 £544
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.49% -1.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 25 10
10th Percentile £14.35 £14.13 £15.46
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.50 £15.69
Median hourly rate £28.91 £18.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +56.27% +5.71% -22.22%
75th Percentile £53.75 £46.18 £46.18
90th Percentile £55.00 - -
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.70%

Change Control
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Change Control relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East.

Change Control job vacancy trend in the North East

Change Control
Daily Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Change Control.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Change Control

Change Control
Hourly Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Change Control.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Change Control

Change Control
Contract Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Change Control within the North East region over the 6 months to 19 December 2025. 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
Northumberland - 4 £550 -
Durham - 1 £550 -
Change Control
England

Change Control
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (40.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) Firewall
2 2 (40.00%) BGP
2 2 (40.00%) Software-Defined Networking
2 2 (40.00%) VLAN
2 2 (40.00%) WebEx
3 1 (20.00%) IPsec
3 1 (20.00%) LAN
3 1 (20.00%) MPLS
3 1 (20.00%) Network Security
3 1 (20.00%) SSL
3 1 (20.00%) Unified Communications
3 1 (20.00%) VPN
3 1 (20.00%) WAN
3 1 (20.00%) Wireless
General
1 4 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Legal
3 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Platform Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Network Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Linux
1 4 (80.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
1 4 (80.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) ITSM
1 4 (80.00%) Platform Engineering
1 4 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (60.00%) Knowledge Management
2 3 (60.00%) Service Management
3 2 (40.00%) Acceptance Criteria
3 2 (40.00%) Containerisation
3 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (40.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 2 (40.00%) Identity Access Management
3 2 (40.00%) Mobile Device Management
3 2 (40.00%) Performance Monitoring
3 2 (40.00%) Product Requirements
3 2 (40.00%) User Stories
4 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
4 1 (20.00%) Digital Engineering
4 1 (20.00%) High Availability
4 1 (20.00%) Load Balancing
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) Bash
1 4 (80.00%) PowerShell
2 3 (60.00%) Perl
2 3 (60.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) CCDP
2 3 (60.00%) CCNA
2 3 (60.00%) CCNP
2 3 (60.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (20.00%) Degree
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (20.00%) Docker
2 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (20.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Red Hat
2 3 (60.00%) Cisco
2 3 (60.00%) Citrix
2 3 (60.00%) VMware
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (20.00%) F5