Change Management Contracts in Northern Ireland

Change Management
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 20 27
Rank change year-on-year +1 +7 -1
Contract jobs citing Change Management 13 4 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 8.18% 2.68% 2.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.84% 3.54% 3.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 3 6
10th Percentile £368 £372 £176
25th Percentile £459 £396 £270
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £435 £375
Median % change year-on-year +31.03% +16.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £628 - £419
90th Percentile £645 - £588
UK median daily rate £500 £523 £550
% change year-on-year -4.31% -5.00% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £69.66 - -
25th Percentile £72.17 - -
Median hourly rate £81.36 £23.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +253.75% - -
75th Percentile £90.30 - -
90th Percentile £92.67 - -
UK median hourly rate £54.00 £48.00 £48.13
% change year-on-year +12.50% -0.27% +114.39%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 147 113 155
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 92.45% 75.84% 76.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 57 80
10th Percentile £154 £212 £165
25th Percentile £295 £350 £302
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £500 £406
Median % change year-on-year -18.00% +23.08% -7.14%
75th Percentile £532 £575 £504
90th Percentile £625 £660 £624
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 21 14
10th Percentile £15.60 - £13.40
25th Percentile £22.50 £12.25 £13.91
Median hourly rate £26.59 £13.94 £15.25
Median % change year-on-year +90.75% -8.59% -3.11%
75th Percentile £48.48 £23.54 £16.78
90th Percentile £78.47 £31.88 £18.12
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Change Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Job vacancy trend for Change Management in Northern Ireland

Change Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Daily rate trend for Change Management in Northern Ireland

Change Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Northern Ireland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Change Management in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Change Management in Northern Ireland

Change Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Hourly rate trend for Change Management in Northern Ireland

Change Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in Northern Ireland

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Change Management in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Change Management in Northern Ireland

Change Management
Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
County Antrim -1 13 £570 +31.03% 14
Change Management
UK

Change Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Applications
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) SAN
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 11 (84.62%) Finance
2 8 (61.54%) Banking
3 7 (53.85%) Social Skills
4 3 (23.08%) Financial Institution
5 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (15.38%) Front Office
5 2 (15.38%) Investment Banking
6 1 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 3 (23.08%) Developer
2 2 (15.38%) Analyst
2 2 (15.38%) Banking Project Manager
2 2 (15.38%) Full-Stack Developer
2 2 (15.38%) PMO Analyst
2 2 (15.38%) Project Manager
3 1 (7.69%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Banking Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Cisco Consultant
3 1 (7.69%) Financial Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Implementation Specialist
3 1 (7.69%) Java Developer
3 1 (7.69%) React Developer
3 1 (7.69%) Storage Consultant
3 1 (7.69%) Transformation Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Transformation Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Transformation Project Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Windows Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Windows Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (15.38%) React
2 1 (7.69%) CSS
2 1 (7.69%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Onboarding
2 1 (7.69%) Blockchain
2 1 (7.69%) Equities
2 1 (7.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Linux
1 1 (7.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (7.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Project Management
2 3 (23.08%) Agile
2 3 (23.08%) Regulatory Change
3 2 (15.38%) Business Analysis
3 2 (15.38%) CI/CD
3 2 (15.38%) Full-Stack Development
3 2 (15.38%) Internal Audit
3 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (15.38%) Scenario Testing
3 2 (15.38%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (7.69%) Analytics
4 1 (7.69%) Business Process Mapping
4 1 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (7.69%) Data Analytics
4 1 (7.69%) DevOps
4 1 (7.69%) Operations Management
4 1 (7.69%) Performance Monitoring
4 1 (7.69%) Problem Management
4 1 (7.69%) Programme Management
4 1 (7.69%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 3 (23.08%) Java
1 3 (23.08%) Kotlin
2 2 (15.38%) SQL
3 1 (7.69%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (46.15%) PMO
2 1 (7.69%) MiFID
2 1 (7.69%) QA
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) EMC NetWorker
1 1 (7.69%) EMC VPLEX
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) Brocade
1 1 (7.69%) Cisco
1 1 (7.69%) Citrix
1 1 (7.69%) Dell
1 1 (7.69%) EMC
1 1 (7.69%) Isilon
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft
1 1 (7.69%) Red Hat
1 1 (7.69%) VMware
1 1 (7.69%) Zscaler