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 25 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 19 20
Rank change year-on-year +3 +1 +14
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Change Management 23 9 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 9.58% 5.52% 5.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.55% 7.56% 6.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 6 5
10th Percentile £325 £155 £224
25th Percentile £425 £159 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £170 £400
Median % change year-on-year +208.82% -57.50% -7.25%
75th Percentile £606 £319 £450
90th Percentile £621 £459 £540
UK median daily rate £496 £513 £540
% change year-on-year -3.32% -5.09% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £21.50 - -
Median hourly rate £23.00 £23.00 -
75th Percentile £24.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £32.05 £55.00 £48.13
% change year-on-year -41.73% +14.27% +95.81%

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 218 119 145
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 90.83% 73.01% 82.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 60 74
10th Percentile £263 £150 £204
25th Percentile £325 £184 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £413 £400
Median % change year-on-year +15.15% +3.13% -18.37%
75th Percentile £575 £556 £500
90th Percentile £625 £650 £584
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 18 9
10th Percentile £12.75 £12.25 £11.08
25th Percentile £14.78 £21.19 £13.23
Median hourly rate £17.30 £24.18 £13.46
Median % change year-on-year -28.45% +79.64% +22.64%
75th Percentile £25.15 - £13.91
90th Percentile - £40.25 £14.73
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.94 £42.50
% change year-on-year -38.57% -3.67% +54.55%

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
Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Change Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Change Management

Change Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Northern Ireland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Change Management in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 25 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Change Management in Northern Ireland

Change Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Change Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Change Management

Change Management
DemandTrendContract 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 25 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
County Antrim +4 23 £525 +208.82% 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 6 (26.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (8.70%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.04%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (4.35%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 5 (21.74%) SAN
Development Applications
1 4 (17.39%) JIRA
General
1 13 (56.52%) Finance
2 11 (47.83%) Social Skills
3 7 (30.43%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (30.43%) Banking
4 3 (13.04%) Financial Institution
4 3 (13.04%) Manufacturing
4 3 (13.04%) Presentation Skills
4 3 (13.04%) Telecoms
5 2 (8.70%) Front Office
6 1 (4.35%) Investment Banking
6 1 (4.35%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 11 (47.83%) Analyst
2 4 (17.39%) Project Manager
2 4 (17.39%) Senior
3 3 (13.04%) Administrator
3 3 (13.04%) Business Analyst
3 3 (13.04%) Consultant
3 3 (13.04%) Data Analyst
3 3 (13.04%) IT Analyst
3 3 (13.04%) Senior Analyst
3 3 (13.04%) Senior Data Analyst
3 3 (13.04%) Systems Administrator
4 2 (8.70%) Banking Project Manager
4 2 (8.70%) Market Risk Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) Risk Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) Risk Data Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) Senior Risk Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) Storage Consultant
4 2 (8.70%) Technology Consultant
5 1 (4.35%) Senior Manager
5 1 (4.35%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.04%) Market Risk
2 2 (8.70%) Data Structures
2 2 (8.70%) Equities
2 2 (8.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (4.35%) Blockchain
3 1 (4.35%) Credit Risk
3 1 (4.35%) Driving Licence
3 1 (4.35%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (21.74%) Linux
1 5 (21.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 3 (13.04%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (39.13%) Project Management
2 6 (26.09%) Business Analysis
2 6 (26.09%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (21.74%) Capacity Planning
3 5 (21.74%) Data Analysis
3 5 (21.74%) Disaster Recovery
3 5 (21.74%) Performance Monitoring
3 5 (21.74%) Problem Management
4 4 (17.39%) ITSM
4 4 (17.39%) User Acceptance Testing
5 3 (13.04%) Agile
5 3 (13.04%) ITIL
5 3 (13.04%) Regulatory Change
6 2 (8.70%) Business Process Modelling
6 2 (8.70%) Infrastructure Management
6 2 (8.70%) Internal Audit
6 2 (8.70%) Scenario Testing
6 2 (8.70%) Server Management
6 2 (8.70%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (4.35%) Digital Transformation Strategy
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.04%) SQL
2 2 (8.70%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (30.43%) Degree
2 5 (21.74%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (13.04%) ISEB
3 3 (13.04%) Master's Degree
3 3 (13.04%) PMI Certification
3 3 (13.04%) PMP
4 2 (8.70%) SC Cleared
4 2 (8.70%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.04%) Data Quality
1 3 (13.04%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 1 (4.35%) MiFID
2 1 (4.35%) PMO
2 1 (4.35%) QA
2 1 (4.35%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (4.35%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 5 (21.74%) EMC NetWorker
1 5 (21.74%) EMC VPLEX
Vendors
1 5 (21.74%) Brocade
1 5 (21.74%) Cisco
1 5 (21.74%) Dell
1 5 (21.74%) EMC
1 5 (21.74%) Isilon
1 5 (21.74%) Red Hat
1 5 (21.74%) VMware
2 4 (17.39%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.35%) Citrix
3 1 (4.35%) Zscaler