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 16 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 37 55
Rank change year-on-year -8 +18 +28
Contract jobs citing Change Management 77 95 121
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 4.72% 4.51% 4.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.07% 5.22% 4.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 67 88
10th Percentile £265 £335 £289
25th Percentile £353 £358 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £441 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -7.26% +5.56% -
75th Percentile £525 £538 £500
90th Percentile £575 £600 £567
UK median daily rate £500 £508 £540
% change year-on-year -1.48% -6.02% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 0
10th Percentile - £15.15 -
25th Percentile £20.40 £19.31 -
Median hourly rate £20.80 £26.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -21.53% - -
75th Percentile £21.19 £37.38 -
90th Percentile - £43.75 -
UK median hourly rate £54.00 £50.00 £48.70
% change year-on-year +8.00% +2.67% +114.05%

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 1,519 1,821 2,471
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 93.13% 86.43% 92.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 854 1,130 1,718
10th Percentile £255 £219 £260
25th Percentile £368 £363 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £465 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.54% -2.11% -
75th Percentile £538 £575 £550
90th Percentile £600 £638 £638
UK median daily rate £506 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.57% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 91 57
10th Percentile £16.21 £12.30 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.05 £12.13
Median hourly rate £20.00 £19.50 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% +18.18% -55.92%
75th Percentile £25.95 £44.47 £43.75
90th Percentile £61.50 £60.75 £63.50
UK median hourly rate £25.77 £37.18 £35.00
% change year-on-year -30.69% +6.23% +34.62%

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 16 June 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 16 June 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 0 39 £450 - 150
Edinburgh +8 25 £482 -7.75% 124
Fife 0 3 £70 -80.82% 11
Clackmannanshire - 2 - - 3
Aberdeen -6 1 £350 -36.36% 79
Dundee - 1 £200 - 8
Dumfries and Galloway - 1 £463 - 3
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 7 (9.09%) SharePoint
2 6 (7.79%) Confluence
Applications
1 17 (22.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (12.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (9.09%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (5.19%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (3.90%) MS Visio
5 3 (3.90%) Oracle Smart View
6 2 (2.60%) Trello
7 1 (1.30%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 1 (1.30%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 8 (10.39%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (9.09%) Azure
3 5 (6.49%) Yammer
4 4 (5.19%) AWS
4 4 (5.19%) Power Platform
5 3 (3.90%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (3.90%) OpenShift
6 2 (2.60%) Amazon EMR
6 2 (2.60%) Amazon S3
6 2 (2.60%) OneDrive
6 2 (2.60%) Snowflake
7 1 (1.30%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (1.30%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (1.30%) GCP
7 1 (1.30%) IaaS
7 1 (1.30%) npm
7 1 (1.30%) PaaS
7 1 (1.30%) Power Automate
7 1 (1.30%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.90%) SNA
1 3 (3.90%) TCP/IP
2 2 (2.60%) Cisco Nexus
2 2 (2.60%) Firewall
2 2 (2.60%) LAN
2 2 (2.60%) SMS
2 2 (2.60%) VPN
2 2 (2.60%) WAN
3 1 (1.30%) ADSL
3 1 (1.30%) Internet
3 1 (1.30%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (1.30%) MPLS
3 1 (1.30%) Network Security
3 1 (1.30%) PSTN
3 1 (1.30%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (1.30%) SDH
3 1 (1.30%) SD-WAN
3 1 (1.30%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.19%) Power BI
2 3 (3.90%) Power Query
3 2 (2.60%) Data Lake
3 2 (2.60%) MongoDB
4 1 (1.30%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (1.30%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.30%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.30%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 10 (12.99%) JIRA
2 4 (5.19%) Git
3 3 (3.90%) Bitbucket
3 3 (3.90%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.30%) Cypress.io
4 1 (1.30%) GitLab
4 1 (1.30%) GoCD
4 1 (1.30%) SonarQube
4 1 (1.30%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (1.30%) webpack
General
1 40 (51.95%) Social Skills
2 28 (36.36%) Finance
3 23 (29.87%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (16.88%) Banking
5 10 (12.99%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (5.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (5.19%) Manufacturing
6 4 (5.19%) Publishing
7 3 (3.90%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (3.90%) Public Sector
8 2 (2.60%) Aerospace
8 2 (2.60%) Automotive
8 2 (2.60%) Legal
8 2 (2.60%) Military
8 2 (2.60%) Retail Banking
9 1 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.30%) Electronics
9 1 (1.30%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.30%) Law
9 1 (1.30%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 22 (28.57%) Analyst
2 9 (11.69%) Project Manager
3 7 (9.09%) Change Analyst
3 7 (9.09%) Senior
4 6 (7.79%) Business Analyst
5 5 (6.49%) Applications Support
5 5 (6.49%) Release Manager
6 4 (5.19%) Change Manager
6 4 (5.19%) Support Engineer
7 3 (3.90%) Applications Engineer
7 3 (3.90%) Applications Support Engineer
7 3 (3.90%) Architect
7 3 (3.90%) PMO Analyst
7 3 (3.90%) Programme Manager
7 3 (3.90%) Senior Manager
7 3 (3.90%) Technical Manager
7 3 (3.90%) Technical Project Manager
8 2 (2.60%) DevOps Engineer
8 2 (2.60%) IT Technician
8 2 (2.60%) Support Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.90%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (2.60%) CSS
2 2 (2.60%) Kafka
2 2 (2.60%) Loki
3 1 (1.30%) FastAPI
3 1 (1.30%) HTML
3 1 (1.30%) Jest
3 1 (1.30%) OpenTelemetry
3 1 (1.30%) pytest
3 1 (1.30%) React
3 1 (1.30%) RESTful
3 1 (1.30%) Spring Boot
3 1 (1.30%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 10 (12.99%) Management Information System
2 4 (5.19%) CMDB
3 3 (3.90%) Mainframe
3 3 (3.90%) Operational Technology
4 2 (2.60%) Data Centre
4 2 (2.60%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (2.60%) Life Science
4 2 (2.60%) PMI
5 1 (1.30%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.30%) Blackberry
5 1 (1.30%) Client/Server
5 1 (1.30%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (1.30%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.30%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.30%) Fibre Optics
5 1 (1.30%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.30%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.30%) Robotics
5 1 (1.30%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.30%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 8 (10.39%) Windows
2 7 (9.09%) Linux
3 5 (6.49%) Unix
4 3 (3.90%) zOS
5 2 (2.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (2.60%) Windows 10
5 2 (2.60%) Windows Server
5 2 (2.60%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (2.60%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.30%) Mac OS
6 1 (1.30%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (1.30%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (1.30%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (38.96%) Agile
2 21 (27.27%) ITIL
2 21 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (24.68%) Project Management
4 13 (16.88%) Stakeholder Management
5 12 (15.58%) Project Delivery
6 11 (14.29%) DevOps
7 10 (12.99%) Process Improvement
7 10 (12.99%) Waterfall
8 9 (11.69%) Problem Management
9 8 (10.39%) Budget Management
9 8 (10.39%) Collaborative Working
9 8 (10.39%) Cybersecurity
9 8 (10.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 8 (10.39%) Workshop Facilitation
10 7 (9.09%) Project Planning
10 7 (9.09%) Release Management
10 7 (9.09%) Roadmaps
11 6 (7.79%) Mentoring
11 6 (7.79%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (7.79%) Python
2 3 (3.90%) JCL
2 3 (3.90%) SQL
2 3 (3.90%) VBA
3 1 (1.30%) Java
3 1 (1.30%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.30%) REXX
3 1 (1.30%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 6 (7.79%) Degree
1 6 (7.79%) ITIL Certification
2 3 (3.90%) CIMA
2 3 (3.90%) SC Cleared
2 3 (3.90%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.60%) CCA
3 2 (2.60%) CISM
3 2 (2.60%) CISSP
3 2 (2.60%) ISEB
3 2 (2.60%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.30%) A+ Certification
4 1 (1.30%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.30%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.30%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.30%) CRISC
4 1 (1.30%) HNC
4 1 (1.30%) MCP
4 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.30%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.79%) PMO
1 6 (7.79%) QA
2 4 (5.19%) Disclosure Scotland
3 2 (2.60%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.30%) GDPR
4 1 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 1 (1.30%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (5.19%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (3.90%) Docker
3 2 (2.60%) Active Directory
3 2 (2.60%) Veritas Cluster Server
3 2 (2.60%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (3.90%) Grafana
1 3 (3.90%) Kubernetes
1 3 (3.90%) Prometheus
1 3 (3.90%) Terraform
1 3 (3.90%) Tivoli NetView
2 2 (2.60%) Ansible
3 1 (1.30%) Cisco Prime
3 1 (1.30%) Podman
3 1 (1.30%) RSA Archer
3 1 (1.30%) ServiceCenter
3 1 (1.30%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 18 (23.38%) Microsoft
2 7 (9.09%) ServiceNow
3 6 (7.79%) Oracle
4 5 (6.49%) IBM
5 4 (5.19%) Cisco
5 4 (5.19%) Splunk
6 3 (3.90%) Pega
6 3 (3.90%) Salesforce
7 2 (2.60%) Dynatrace
7 2 (2.60%) Hitachi
7 2 (2.60%) Qualys
7 2 (2.60%) SAP
7 2 (2.60%) StreamSets
7 2 (2.60%) Veritas
7 2 (2.60%) VMware
8 1 (1.30%) Adobe
8 1 (1.30%) Blue Prism
8 1 (1.30%) Nokia
8 1 (1.30%) PagerDuty
8 1 (1.30%) Peregrine