Change Management Contracts in the North of England

Change Management
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England requiring Change Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Change Management over the 6 months leading up to 3 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 24 35
Rank change year-on-year -2 +11 -1
Contract jobs citing Change Management 258 245 268
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 6.52% 5.92% 5.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.33% 7.04% 5.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 159 122 139
10th Percentile £319 £360 £400
25th Percentile £375 £430 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% -2.86% +5.00%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £638
90th Percentile £690 £600 £678
England median daily rate £500 £514 £550
% change year-on-year -2.72% -6.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 3 5
10th Percentile £19.07 £24.82 -
25th Percentile £22.16 £26.58 £37.50
Median hourly rate £22.63 £31.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.00% -27.06% +58.88%
75th Percentile £50.00 £50.69 £48.98
90th Percentile £67.65 £61.60 £50.87
England median hourly rate £31.03 £57.50 £48.40
% change year-on-year -46.04% +18.80% +112.75%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of 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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,518 3,479 4,740
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 88.88% 84.05% 89.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,234 2,116 3,185
10th Percentile £268 £300 £295
25th Percentile £375 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £500 £501
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% -0.20% +0.20%
75th Percentile £555 £585 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 206 249 210
10th Percentile £12.82 £11.07 £15.75
25th Percentile £17.48 £14.00 £18.31
Median hourly rate £22.63 £25.30 £29.30
Median % change year-on-year -10.55% -13.65% +46.50%
75th Percentile £43.91 £48.75 £45.67
90th Percentile £73.13 £70.00 £56.51
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -40.82% - +62.40%

Change Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Change Management in the North of England

Change Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for Change Management in the North of England

Change Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Change Management in the North of England over the 6 months to 3 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Change Management in the North of England

Change Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Change Management in the North of England

Change Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Change Management in the North of England over the 6 months to 3 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Change Management in the North of England

Change Management
Contract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 3 August 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
North West +4 155 £450 -10.71% 111
Yorkshire -9 99 £450 -12.45% 55
North East -6 2 £500 -44.26% 30
Change Management
England

Change Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 30 (11.63%) Confluence
2 7 (2.71%) JBoss
2 7 (2.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (2.71%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.16%) IIS
4 2 (0.78%) Apache
4 2 (0.78%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.78%) Mule
5 1 (0.39%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.39%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.39%) IBM Domino
5 1 (0.39%) SAS
Applications
1 23 (8.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (8.53%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (3.10%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (1.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (1.16%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.78%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (1.94%) SAP PP
1 5 (1.94%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.55%) SAP SD
3 3 (1.16%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.78%) Maximo
5 1 (0.39%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.39%) Q-Pulse
5 1 (0.39%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.39%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.39%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.39%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.39%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.39%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.39%) SAP QM
5 1 (0.39%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 19 (7.36%) AWS
2 13 (5.04%) GCP
3 12 (4.65%) Azure
4 8 (3.10%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (2.71%) Entra ID
5 7 (2.71%) GitHub
5 7 (2.71%) OpenShift
6 6 (2.33%) SaaS
6 6 (2.33%) Serverless
7 5 (1.94%) IaaS
8 3 (1.16%) Amazon EKS
8 3 (1.16%) Power Platform
9 2 (0.78%) Azure AKS
9 2 (0.78%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.78%) CloudBees
9 2 (0.78%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 1 (0.39%) Amazon EMR
10 1 (0.39%) Asana
10 1 (0.39%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.39%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.49%) Network Security
2 8 (3.10%) Firewall
3 6 (2.33%) WAN
4 5 (1.94%) Intrusion Detection
4 5 (1.94%) MPLS
4 5 (1.94%) SSH
5 4 (1.55%) BGP
5 4 (1.55%) DNS
5 4 (1.55%) OSPF
5 4 (1.55%) SAN
5 4 (1.55%) SD-WAN
6 3 (1.16%) DMZ
6 3 (1.16%) EIGRP
6 3 (1.16%) IPv4
6 3 (1.16%) VPN
7 2 (0.78%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 2 (0.78%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 2 (0.78%) LAN
7 2 (0.78%) SSL
8 1 (0.39%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (5.43%) Oracle Database
2 10 (3.88%) Oracle Reports
3 8 (3.10%) Relational Database
3 8 (3.10%) SQL Server
4 7 (2.71%) NoSQL
4 7 (2.71%) RDBMS
5 6 (2.33%) Elasticsearch
5 6 (2.33%) Siebel EIM
6 3 (1.16%) Power BI
7 2 (0.78%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.78%) SAP HANA
8 1 (0.39%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.39%) Data Hub
8 1 (0.39%) Delta Lake
8 1 (0.39%) Flink
8 1 (0.39%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.39%) InterSystems Cache
8 1 (0.39%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.39%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.39%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 43 (16.67%) JIRA
2 20 (7.75%) Jenkins
3 14 (5.43%) Git
4 9 (3.49%) Sonatype Nexus
5 7 (2.71%) SonarQube
5 7 (2.71%) TeamCity
6 6 (2.33%) Bitbucket Server
6 6 (2.33%) CA Release Automation
6 6 (2.33%) GitLab
6 6 (2.33%) Liquibase
7 4 (1.55%) Cucumber
7 4 (1.55%) Visual Studio
8 3 (1.16%) Vagrant
9 1 (0.39%) Bitbucket
General
1 101 (39.15%) Finance
2 82 (31.78%) Social Skills
3 55 (21.32%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (15.50%) Banking
5 24 (9.30%) Influencing Skills
6 19 (7.36%) Public Sector
7 12 (4.65%) Legal
8 11 (4.26%) Telecoms
9 10 (3.88%) Manufacturing
10 9 (3.49%) Financial Institution
11 8 (3.10%) French Language
11 8 (3.10%) Presentation Skills
12 7 (2.71%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (2.33%) Retail
14 5 (1.94%) Automotive
15 4 (1.55%) Aerospace
15 4 (1.55%) Pharmaceutical
15 4 (1.55%) Publishing
16 3 (1.16%) Law
16 3 (1.16%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 49 (18.99%) Analyst
2 30 (11.63%) Business Analyst
3 24 (9.30%) Project Manager
4 21 (8.14%) Consultant
5 17 (6.59%) Administrator
5 17 (6.59%) Lead
6 15 (5.81%) SAP Administrator
6 15 (5.81%) SAP Support
7 11 (4.26%) Developer
8 10 (3.88%) Backup Engineer
9 9 (3.49%) Change Manager
9 9 (3.49%) Commvault Engineer
9 9 (3.49%) DevOps Engineer
9 9 (3.49%) SAP Consultant
10 8 (3.10%) Delivery Manager
10 8 (3.10%) Financial Analyst
10 8 (3.10%) IT Manager
10 8 (3.10%) Programme Manager
10 8 (3.10%) Service Analyst
11 6 (2.33%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (5.04%) Elastic Stack
2 8 (3.10%) SOAP
3 7 (2.71%) REST
3 7 (2.71%) Spring Boot
4 6 (2.33%) JMS
4 6 (2.33%) RESTful
4 6 (2.33%) Web Services
5 4 (1.55%) .NET
5 4 (1.55%) Gherkin
6 3 (1.16%) .NET Framework
6 3 (1.16%) ASP.NET
6 3 (1.16%) MSMQ
7 2 (0.78%) SAP Fiori
8 1 (0.39%) 802.1X
8 1 (0.39%) CSS
8 1 (0.39%) jQuery
8 1 (0.39%) LAPP Stack
8 1 (0.39%) PySpark
8 1 (0.39%) SAPUI5
8 1 (0.39%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (6.59%) Management Information System
2 16 (6.20%) Data Centre
3 12 (4.65%) Product Ownership
4 8 (3.10%) Cloud Native
5 7 (2.71%) Analytical Mindset
6 6 (2.33%) Distributed Systems
6 6 (2.33%) Onboarding
7 5 (1.94%) Public Cloud
8 4 (1.55%) CMDB
8 4 (1.55%) PMI
8 4 (1.55%) Tandem
9 3 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.16%) N-Tier
10 2 (0.78%) Distributed Applications
10 2 (0.78%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.78%) Oracle Licensing
10 2 (0.78%) Self-Motivation
11 1 (0.39%) Distributed Computing
11 1 (0.39%) Legacy Systems
11 1 (0.39%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 22 (8.53%) Linux
2 21 (8.14%) Windows
3 8 (3.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (2.33%) Unix
4 6 (2.33%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.39%) Amazon Linux
5 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.39%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (31.40%) Stakeholder Management
2 66 (25.58%) Problem-Solving
3 61 (23.64%) Agile
4 47 (18.22%) ITIL
5 44 (17.05%) Migration
6 42 (16.28%) Project Management
7 36 (13.95%) Project Delivery
8 32 (12.40%) Service Management
9 31 (12.02%) DevOps
10 27 (10.47%) Continuous Improvement
10 27 (10.47%) Problem Management
11 25 (9.69%) CI/CD
12 24 (9.30%) Roadmaps
13 23 (8.91%) Analytics
13 23 (8.91%) Risk Management
14 22 (8.53%) ITSM
15 21 (8.14%) Disaster Recovery
15 21 (8.14%) Process Improvement
15 21 (8.14%) Service Delivery
15 21 (8.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 23 (8.91%) Python
2 15 (5.81%) Java
3 11 (4.26%) PowerShell
3 11 (4.26%) SQL
4 8 (3.10%) Perl
5 6 (2.33%) Go
5 6 (2.33%) PL/SQL
6 4 (1.55%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.16%) Ruby
7 3 (1.16%) VB.NET
8 2 (0.78%) Kotlin
8 2 (0.78%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.39%) Bash
9 1 (0.39%) C#
9 1 (0.39%) Groovy
9 1 (0.39%) JCL
9 1 (0.39%) MUMPS
9 1 (0.39%) REXX
9 1 (0.39%) VB
Qualifications
1 32 (12.40%) Degree
2 29 (11.24%) Security Cleared
3 18 (6.98%) SC Cleared
4 15 (5.81%) PMP
5 14 (5.43%) PMI Certification
6 10 (3.88%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (3.88%) ITIL Certification
7 8 (3.10%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (2.71%) Master's Degree
8 7 (2.71%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (1.94%) AWS Certification
9 5 (1.94%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 5 (1.94%) Azure Certification
10 4 (1.55%) BC Cleared
10 4 (1.55%) CCNP
10 4 (1.55%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (1.55%) IIBA
10 4 (1.55%) ISEB
11 2 (0.78%) APMG
12 1 (0.39%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.33%) PMO
1 6 (2.33%) SLA
2 4 (1.55%) QA
3 3 (1.16%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.16%) Data Quality
3 3 (1.16%) GDPR
3 3 (1.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (0.78%) GxP
4 2 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.39%) Basel III
5 1 (0.39%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (0.39%) GRC
5 1 (0.39%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.39%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 13 (5.04%) Active Directory
2 12 (4.65%) Docker
3 6 (2.33%) Firmware
3 6 (2.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (2.33%) vSphere
4 3 (1.16%) VirtualBox
4 3 (1.16%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.78%) Oracle RAC
5 2 (0.78%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.39%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 1 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 18 (6.98%) Kubernetes
2 13 (5.04%) Ansible
3 12 (4.65%) Oracle RMAN
4 9 (3.49%) Grafana
4 9 (3.49%) Prometheus
5 8 (3.10%) Progress Chef
6 7 (2.71%) Kibana
6 7 (2.71%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (2.33%) Terraform
8 4 (1.55%) Puppet
9 3 (1.16%) NetBackup
10 2 (0.78%) Data Guard
10 2 (0.78%) EMC NetWorker
10 2 (0.78%) HP Data Protector
10 2 (0.78%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 2 (0.78%) SCCM
11 1 (0.39%) Cisco Prime
11 1 (0.39%) SCOM
11 1 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.39%) Tivoli NetView
Vendors
1 44 (17.05%) Microsoft
2 39 (15.12%) SAP
3 21 (8.14%) Oracle
4 20 (7.75%) ServiceNow
5 17 (6.59%) Splunk
6 11 (4.26%) Commvault
7 10 (3.88%) Google
8 9 (3.49%) Cisco
8 9 (3.49%) IBM
9 8 (3.10%) Red Hat
9 8 (3.10%) VMware
10 7 (2.71%) AppDynamics
10 7 (2.71%) Cloudera
11 6 (2.33%) Siebel
12 4 (1.55%) Ariba
13 3 (1.16%) BMC
13 3 (1.16%) Brocade
13 3 (1.16%) EMC
13 3 (1.16%) HP
13 3 (1.16%) Huawei