Change Management Contracts in the South East

Change Management
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 54 57 37
Rank change year-on-year +3 -20 +11
Contract jobs citing Change Management 109 166 296
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 3.63% 2.99% 5.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.97% 3.53% 5.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 99 219
10th Percentile £313 £312 £245
25th Percentile £375 £375 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.58% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £550 £540 £619
90th Percentile £638 £688 £712
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 25 14
10th Percentile £23.92 £19.10 £21.80
25th Percentile - £36.75 £35.97
Median hourly rate £32.05 £61.60 £52.00
Median % change year-on-year -47.97% +18.47% +246.65%
75th Percentile £58.75 £62.00 £61.49
90th Percentile £75.73 £69.00 £76.08
England median hourly rate £57.50 £50.00 £48.40
% change year-on-year +15.00% +3.31% +116.07%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,747 4,698 5,149
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 91.51% 84.74% 89.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,755 2,739 3,581
10th Percentile £254 £243 £250
25th Percentile £400 £400 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £501 £510
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% -1.86% +2.00%
75th Percentile £600 £623 £619
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 172 437 224
10th Percentile £13.85 £13.00 £18.25
25th Percentile £16.05 £18.20 £22.34
Median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +127.43%
75th Percentile £62.50 £62.50 £64.72
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.86 £74.55
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.34
% change year-on-year -19.25% -3.59% +53.69%

Change Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Change Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Change Management in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Change Management in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Change Management in the South East

Change Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Change Management in the South East over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Change Management in the South East

Change Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Change Management in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Change Management in the South East

Change Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Change Management in the South East over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Change Management in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 3 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
Thames Valley +2 65 £451 -8.62% 53
Berkshire -10 49 £457 -8.70% 26
Hampshire +48 34 £500 - 49
Buckinghamshire +11 8 £400 - 18
Oxfordshire +11 8 £500 +11.11% 10
Surrey +1 5 £425 -5.56% 15
West Sussex +4 3 £220 -48.24% 6
Kent 0 2 £543 +6.90% 12
Home Counties +1 1 - -
East Sussex -3 1 - - 4
Change Management
England

Change Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 5 (4.59%) Confluence
1 5 (4.59%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.83%) CMS
3 1 (0.92%) Apache
3 1 (0.92%) IIS
3 1 (0.92%) Tomcat
Applications
1 9 (8.26%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.83%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.83%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.92%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (6.42%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 6 (5.50%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (2.75%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.92%) Maximo
4 1 (0.92%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 6 (5.50%) Azure
2 5 (4.59%) Power Platform
3 4 (3.67%) SaaS
4 3 (2.75%) AWS
5 2 (1.83%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 2 (1.83%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (1.83%) Azure Functions
5 2 (1.83%) Azure Monitor
5 2 (1.83%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (1.83%) Entra ID
5 2 (1.83%) Serverless
6 1 (0.92%) Akamai
6 1 (0.92%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (0.92%) Amazon ELB
6 1 (0.92%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.92%) GitHub
6 1 (0.92%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (0.92%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.92%) PaaS
6 1 (0.92%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 9 (8.26%) Firewall
2 8 (7.34%) Network Security
3 5 (4.59%) DNS
4 4 (3.67%) HTTP
4 4 (3.67%) VPN
4 4 (3.67%) Wireless
5 3 (2.75%) BGP
5 3 (2.75%) Cisco ASA
5 3 (2.75%) DHCP
5 3 (2.75%) Internet
5 3 (2.75%) Intranet
5 3 (2.75%) MPLS
5 3 (2.75%) WAN
5 3 (2.75%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (1.83%) EIGRP
6 2 (1.83%) IPsec
6 2 (1.83%) LAN
6 2 (1.83%) OSPF
6 2 (1.83%) Structured Cabling
6 2 (1.83%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.59%) Power BI
2 3 (2.75%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.83%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.92%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.92%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.92%) Impala
4 1 (0.92%) Metadata
4 1 (0.92%) MySQL
4 1 (0.92%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.92%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.92%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (7.34%) JIRA
2 4 (3.67%) Visual Studio
3 3 (2.75%) Git
4 2 (1.83%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.92%) Selenium
General
1 45 (41.28%) Social Skills
2 36 (33.03%) Finance
3 23 (21.10%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (16.51%) Telecoms
5 12 (11.01%) Manufacturing
5 12 (11.01%) Organisational Skills
6 9 (8.26%) Marketing
7 4 (3.67%) Agriculture
7 4 (3.67%) Local Government
7 4 (3.67%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (3.67%) Public Sector
8 3 (2.75%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (2.75%) Electronics
8 3 (2.75%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.83%) Automotive
9 2 (1.83%) Law
9 2 (1.83%) Legal
9 2 (1.83%) Retail
10 1 (0.92%) Advertising
10 1 (0.92%) Korean Language
Job Titles
1 20 (18.35%) Analyst
2 15 (13.76%) Project Manager
3 9 (8.26%) Architect
3 9 (8.26%) Network Engineer
4 8 (7.34%) HR Manager
5 7 (6.42%) Developer
6 6 (5.50%) Administrator
6 6 (5.50%) Business Analyst
6 6 (5.50%) Consultant
7 5 (4.59%) Change Analyst
7 5 (4.59%) Data Analyst
7 5 (4.59%) Lead
7 5 (4.59%) Network Security Engineer
7 5 (4.59%) Security Engineer
7 5 (4.59%) Senior
8 4 (3.67%) Business Consultant
8 4 (3.67%) Change Manager
8 4 (3.67%) Delphi Developer
8 4 (3.67%) Payroll Manager
8 4 (3.67%) ServiceNow Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.67%) Ajax
1 4 (3.67%) CSS
1 4 (3.67%) HTML
1 4 (3.67%) REST
1 4 (3.67%) SOAP
1 4 (3.67%) Web Services
1 4 (3.67%) XML
2 2 (1.83%) React
3 1 (0.92%) .NET
3 1 (0.92%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.92%) EDI
3 1 (0.92%) LAMP
3 1 (0.92%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 10 (9.17%) CMDB
1 10 (9.17%) Data Centre
1 10 (9.17%) Life Science
2 9 (8.26%) Management Information System
2 9 (8.26%) Renewable Energy
3 6 (5.50%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (2.75%) e-Learning
4 3 (2.75%) Onboarding
4 3 (2.75%) PKI
5 2 (1.83%) Driving Licence
5 2 (1.83%) Learning Management System
5 2 (1.83%) Operational Technology
5 2 (1.83%) Public Cloud
5 2 (1.83%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (0.92%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.92%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.92%) IoT
6 1 (0.92%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.92%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 1 (0.92%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 13 (11.93%) Windows
2 1 (0.92%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (26.61%) Agile
2 28 (25.69%) Problem-Solving
2 28 (25.69%) Project Management
2 28 (25.69%) Stakeholder Management
3 26 (23.85%) Migration
4 20 (18.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 16 (14.68%) ITIL
6 15 (13.76%) Risk Management
7 13 (11.93%) Incident Management
7 13 (11.93%) PRINCE2
8 12 (11.01%) Continuous Improvement
9 11 (10.09%) Collaborative Working
10 10 (9.17%) Data Migration
10 10 (9.17%) DevOps
10 10 (9.17%) Project Delivery
11 9 (8.26%) Regulatory Compliance
11 9 (8.26%) Waterfall
12 8 (7.34%) Data Governance
12 8 (7.34%) Project Governance
13 7 (6.42%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 12 (11.01%) SQL
2 5 (4.59%) PL/SQL
3 4 (3.67%) C#
3 4 (3.67%) Delphi
3 4 (3.67%) PowerShell
4 3 (2.75%) Python
5 1 (0.92%) Java
5 1 (0.92%) PHP
Qualifications
1 24 (22.02%) Security Cleared
2 12 (11.01%) Degree
2 12 (11.01%) DV Cleared
2 12 (11.01%) SC Cleared
3 7 (6.42%) PMI Certification
3 7 (6.42%) PMP
4 3 (2.75%) APMG
4 3 (2.75%) BC Cleared
4 3 (2.75%) Master's Degree
5 2 (1.83%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (1.83%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.83%) ISEB
6 1 (0.92%) CISA
6 1 (0.92%) CISSP
6 1 (0.92%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.92%) MBA
6 1 (0.92%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (0.92%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (0.92%) Six Sigma Black Belt
6 1 (0.92%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.42%) PMO
2 5 (4.59%) GDPR
2 5 (4.59%) QA
3 3 (2.75%) Data Quality
3 3 (2.75%) P3O
4 2 (1.83%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.83%) SLA
5 1 (0.92%) COBIT
5 1 (0.92%) COSO
5 1 (0.92%) ISO 14001
5 1 (0.92%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.92%) ITGC
5 1 (0.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 6 (5.50%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.92%) Docker
2 1 (0.92%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.92%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (1.83%) Amdocs OSS
1 2 (1.83%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.92%) SCCM
2 1 (0.92%) SCOM
2 1 (0.92%) Terraform
Vendors
1 19 (17.43%) SAP
2 15 (13.76%) Microsoft
3 13 (11.93%) ServiceNow
4 11 (10.09%) Cisco
5 7 (6.42%) Oracle
6 4 (3.67%) CheckPoint
7 3 (2.75%) Aruba
7 3 (2.75%) F5
7 3 (2.75%) Remedy
8 2 (1.83%) Cramer
8 2 (1.83%) Infoblox
8 2 (1.83%) Juniper
8 2 (1.83%) LogRhythm
8 2 (1.83%) Palo Alto
8 2 (1.83%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.83%) Workday
9 1 (0.92%) Alcatel-Lucent
9 1 (0.92%) BMC
9 1 (0.92%) Epicor
9 1 (0.92%) Informatica