Change Management Contracts in Scotland

Change Management
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 52 43 69
Rank change year-on-year -9 +26 -5
Contract jobs citing Change Management 68 96 106
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 4.18% 4.33% 3.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.48% 4.89% 4.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 67 82
10th Percentile £264 £335 £272
25th Percentile £331 £371 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £475 £469
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +1.33% -1.32%
75th Percentile £489 £517 £534
90th Percentile £528 £593 £599
UK median daily rate £500 £523 £550
% change year-on-year -4.31% -5.00% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £48.00 -
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
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,518 1,963 2,651
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 93.42% 88.54% 92.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 920 1,196 1,908
10th Percentile £263 £229 £263
25th Percentile £375 £400 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% - +2.15%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £556
90th Percentile £606 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 94 54
10th Percentile £16.19 £12.36 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.00 £11.51
Median hourly rate £21.59 £19.34 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +11.66% +9.11% -55.69%
75th Percentile £24.66 £40.94 £53.75
90th Percentile £51.48 £60.75 £66.09
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 Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Change Management in Scotland

Change Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Change Management in Scotland

Change Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

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

Daily rate histogram for Change Management in Scotland

Change Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Change Management in Scotland

Change Management
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland 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
Glasgow +5 39 £388 -13.89% 18
Edinburgh +1 21 £489 -2.20% 11
Aberdeen -2 4 £375 -34.78% 2
Dundee - 1 £200 - 2
Dumfries and Galloway - 1 £463 -
Change Management
UK

Change Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 12 (17.65%) SharePoint
2 5 (7.35%) Confluence
Applications
1 22 (32.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (26.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (5.88%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (4.41%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (4.41%) Oracle Smart View
5 2 (2.94%) MS Visio
6 1 (1.47%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 1 (1.47%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 14 (20.59%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (16.18%) Yammer
3 6 (8.82%) Azure
4 3 (4.41%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (4.41%) Power Platform
5 2 (2.94%) OneDrive
5 2 (2.94%) OpenShift
6 1 (1.47%) AWS
6 1 (1.47%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (1.47%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (1.47%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (1.47%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.47%) IaaS
6 1 (1.47%) PaaS
6 1 (1.47%) Power Automate
6 1 (1.47%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.41%) SNA
1 3 (4.41%) TCP/IP
2 2 (2.94%) Firewall
2 2 (2.94%) LAN
2 2 (2.94%) VPN
2 2 (2.94%) WAN
3 1 (1.47%) ADSL
3 1 (1.47%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (1.47%) Internet
3 1 (1.47%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (1.47%) MPLS
3 1 (1.47%) Network Security
3 1 (1.47%) PSTN
3 1 (1.47%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (1.47%) SDH
3 1 (1.47%) SD-WAN
3 1 (1.47%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.41%) Power BI
1 3 (4.41%) Power Query
2 2 (2.94%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.47%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.47%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.47%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.47%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 5 (7.35%) JIRA
2 3 (4.41%) Git
3 2 (2.94%) Bitbucket
3 2 (2.94%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.47%) GitLab
4 1 (1.47%) GoCD
General
1 35 (51.47%) Social Skills
2 23 (33.82%) Finance
3 22 (32.35%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (22.06%) Organisational Skills
5 11 (16.18%) Banking
6 5 (7.35%) Public Sector
7 4 (5.88%) Publishing
8 2 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.94%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (2.94%) Retail Banking
9 1 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.47%) Electronics
9 1 (1.47%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.47%) Law
9 1 (1.47%) Legal
9 1 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.47%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 23 (33.82%) Analyst
2 13 (19.12%) Change Analyst
3 10 (14.71%) Project Manager
4 6 (8.82%) Senior
5 4 (5.88%) Business Change Analyst
5 4 (5.88%) Release Manager
6 3 (4.41%) Applications Support
6 3 (4.41%) Business Analyst
6 3 (4.41%) Change Manager
6 3 (4.41%) IT Analyst
6 3 (4.41%) Senior Manager
6 3 (4.41%) Technical Analyst
6 3 (4.41%) Technical Manager
6 3 (4.41%) Technical Project Manager
7 2 (2.94%) Architect
7 2 (2.94%) Mainframe Specialist
7 2 (2.94%) Network Engineer
7 2 (2.94%) Oracle Specialist
7 2 (2.94%) Support Officer
7 2 (2.94%) Vulnerability Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.41%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (2.94%) Loki
3 1 (1.47%) CSS
3 1 (1.47%) FastAPI
3 1 (1.47%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 8 (11.76%) Management Information System
2 4 (5.88%) CMDB
2 4 (5.88%) Mainframe
3 2 (2.94%) Data Centre
3 2 (2.94%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (2.94%) PMI
4 1 (1.47%) Blackberry
4 1 (1.47%) Client/Server
4 1 (1.47%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (1.47%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (1.47%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.47%) Fibre Optics
4 1 (1.47%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.47%) PDA
4 1 (1.47%) Robotics
4 1 (1.47%) Security Posture
4 1 (1.47%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 1 (1.47%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 8 (11.76%) Windows
2 6 (8.82%) Linux
3 5 (7.35%) Unix
4 3 (4.41%) zOS
5 2 (2.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (2.94%) Windows 10
5 2 (2.94%) Windows Server
5 2 (2.94%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (2.94%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.47%) Mac OS
6 1 (1.47%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (1.47%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (1.47%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (38.24%) Agile
2 22 (32.35%) ITIL
3 20 (29.41%) Project Management
4 16 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
5 13 (19.12%) Project Delivery
5 13 (19.12%) Waterfall
6 11 (16.18%) Infographics
7 10 (14.71%) Collaborative Working
8 8 (11.76%) DevOps
8 8 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
9 7 (10.29%) Budget Management
9 7 (10.29%) Process Improvement
9 7 (10.29%) Project Planning
9 7 (10.29%) Release Management
9 7 (10.29%) Resource Allocation
9 7 (10.29%) Roadmaps
9 7 (10.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 6 (8.82%) Budgeting
10 6 (8.82%) Problem Management
10 6 (8.82%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (8.82%) Python
2 3 (4.41%) JCL
2 3 (4.41%) VBA
3 2 (2.94%) SQL
4 1 (1.47%) REXX
Qualifications
1 6 (8.82%) ITIL Certification
2 5 (7.35%) Degree
3 3 (4.41%) CIMA
3 3 (4.41%) PMI Certification
4 2 (2.94%) CISM
4 2 (2.94%) CISSP
4 2 (2.94%) PMP
5 1 (1.47%) A+ Certification
5 1 (1.47%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.47%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.47%) CRISC
5 1 (1.47%) HNC
5 1 (1.47%) ISEB
5 1 (1.47%) MCP
5 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.47%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.47%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.88%) Disclosure Scotland
1 4 (5.88%) PMO
2 3 (4.41%) QA
3 1 (1.47%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 1 (1.47%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (5.88%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (4.41%) Docker
3 2 (2.94%) Active Directory
3 2 (2.94%) Veritas Cluster Server
3 2 (2.94%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (4.41%) Kubernetes
1 3 (4.41%) Terraform
1 3 (4.41%) Tivoli NetView
2 2 (2.94%) Ansible
2 2 (2.94%) Grafana
2 2 (2.94%) Prometheus
3 1 (1.47%) Cisco Prime
3 1 (1.47%) Podman
3 1 (1.47%) RSA Archer
3 1 (1.47%) ServiceCenter
3 1 (1.47%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 20 (29.41%) Microsoft
2 7 (10.29%) ServiceNow
3 5 (7.35%) Oracle
4 3 (4.41%) Cisco
4 3 (4.41%) IBM
4 3 (4.41%) Pega
4 3 (4.41%) Splunk
5 2 (2.94%) Dynatrace
5 2 (2.94%) Qualys
5 2 (2.94%) Veritas
5 2 (2.94%) VMware
6 1 (1.47%) Databricks
6 1 (1.47%) Genesys
6 1 (1.47%) HP
6 1 (1.47%) Netskope
6 1 (1.47%) Nokia
6 1 (1.47%) Palo Alto
6 1 (1.47%) Peregrine
6 1 (1.47%) Remedy
6 1 (1.47%) Snow