Change Management Contract Job Trends in Reading

Change Management
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Change Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 35 37
Rank change year-on-year -9 +2 -8
Contract jobs citing Change Management 20 64 53
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 3.38% 5.89% 4.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.72% 6.81% 5.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 33 36
10th Percentile £322 £436 £363
25th Percentile £402 £500 £397
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £474 £625 £525
Median % change year-on-year -24.20% +19.05% +2.19%
75th Percentile £558 £650 £584
90th Percentile £648 £651 £744
Berkshire median daily rate £416 £500 £509
% change year-on-year -16.79% -1.67% +0.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 7 0
10th Percentile - £44.66 -
25th Percentile £36.14 £60.83 -
Median hourly rate £37.28 £61.60 -
Median % change year-on-year -39.48% - -
75th Percentile £38.42 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £49.89 £60.60 £49.07
% change year-on-year -17.67% +23.51% +118.07%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 538 940 967
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 91.03% 86.56% 88.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 341 512 652
10th Percentile £350 £350 £263
25th Percentile £450 £475 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £578 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +5.00% +6.80%
75th Percentile £609 £650 £638
90th Percentile £650 £700 £700
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 24 13
10th Percentile - £14.50 £49.50
25th Percentile £14.75 £38.44 £58.75
Median hourly rate £37.28 £60.53 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year -38.41% -8.29% +24.53%
75th Percentile £58.00 £63.74 £74.79
90th Percentile £68.75 £83.68 £75.20
Berkshire median hourly rate £37.28 £60.53 £60.63
% change year-on-year -38.41% -0.16% +20.05%

Change Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Change Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Change Management job vacancy trend in Reading

Change Management
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Change Management

Change Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Change Management in Reading over the 6 months to 8 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Change Management in Reading

Change Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Change Management

Change Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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 3 (15.00%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (5.00%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 5 (25.00%) Azure
2 3 (15.00%) AWS
2 3 (15.00%) GCP
3 2 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (10.00%) Power Platform
4 1 (5.00%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (5.00%) Entra ID
4 1 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.00%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (15.00%) JIRA
General
1 10 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (20.00%) Telecoms
3 2 (10.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (5.00%) Aerospace
4 1 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 8 (40.00%) Project Manager
2 3 (15.00%) Consultant
2 3 (15.00%) Security Manager
2 3 (15.00%) Security Project Manager
3 2 (10.00%) Change Manager
3 2 (10.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 2 (10.00%) Lead
3 2 (10.00%) Operational Security Manager
3 2 (10.00%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
3 2 (10.00%) Salesforce Consultant
3 2 (10.00%) Security Operations Manager
4 1 (5.00%) CRM Project Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
4 1 (5.00%) Implementation Consultant
4 1 (5.00%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (5.00%) IT Security Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Migration Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Network Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Network Project Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Telemetry Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.00%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.00%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (10.00%) Operational Technology
3 1 (5.00%) CMDB
3 1 (5.00%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (5.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (45.00%) Project Management
1 9 (45.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 7 (35.00%) Agile
2 7 (35.00%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (25.00%) Change Control
3 5 (25.00%) Waterfall
4 4 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (20.00%) ITIL
5 3 (15.00%) Business Transformation
5 3 (15.00%) Conflict Resolution
5 3 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (15.00%) Cyber Resilience
5 3 (15.00%) ITSM
5 3 (15.00%) Migration
5 3 (15.00%) Performance Metrics
5 3 (15.00%) Project Delivery
5 3 (15.00%) Service Management
6 2 (10.00%) Penetration Testing
6 2 (10.00%) Service Delivery
6 2 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (5.00%) Degree
1 1 (5.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.00%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (15.00%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (5.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (25.00%) Remedy
2 4 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (15.00%) Google
3 3 (15.00%) Oracle
3 3 (15.00%) Salesforce
4 2 (10.00%) Progress
5 1 (5.00%) HubSpot
5 1 (5.00%) SAP
5 1 (5.00%) ServiceNow
5 1 (5.00%) Siemens