Change Management Contracts in the South West

Change Management
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 40 38 55
Rank change year-on-year -2 +17 0
Contract jobs citing Change Management 79 144 140
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 4.71% 4.50% 3.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.21% 5.42% 4.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 116 102
10th Percentile £337 £401 £364
25th Percentile £425 £465 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +2.33% +16.22%
75th Percentile £638 £591 £650
90th Percentile £678 £691 £736
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 13 7
10th Percentile £66.25 - £54.50
25th Percentile £69.06 £31.60 £72.50
Median hourly rate £70.00 £50.00 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -41.18% +125.02%
75th Percentile - £60.00 £93.33
90th Percentile £73.00 £61.25 £101.70
England median hourly rate £57.50 £48.75 £48.40
% change year-on-year +17.95% +0.72% +116.07%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,516 2,656 3,250
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 90.35% 83.03% 89.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 965 1,696 2,395
10th Percentile £235 £220 £313
25th Percentile £400 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £549
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.37% +9.80%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £644
90th Percentile £688 £700 £719
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 145 336 335
10th Percentile £18.33 £13.86 £9.80
25th Percentile £20.48 £27.50 £17.00
Median hourly rate £63.00 £50.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.00% -18.70% +26.16%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.30
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.50 £83.36
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Change Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Change Management in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Change Management in the South West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

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

Daily rate histogram for Change Management in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Change Management in the South West

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Change Management in the South West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Change Management in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West 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
Wiltshire +30 29 £485 -15.65% 13
Bristol -11 20 £463 -7.50% 28
Gloucestershire +13 13 £660 -2.22% 17
Somerset -1 8 £481 -18.43% 16
Dorset +9 7 £650 +116.67% 3
Cornwall +2 1 £625 - 2
Change Management
England

Change Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 2 (2.53%) Confluence
2 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.27%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (3.80%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (2.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.27%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (5.06%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (2.53%) OpenText VIM for SAP
2 2 (2.53%) Teamcenter
3 1 (1.27%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 7 (8.86%) Azure
1 7 (8.86%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (7.59%) Entra ID
2 6 (7.59%) Google Workspace
3 2 (2.53%) Power Platform
3 2 (2.53%) SaaS
4 1 (1.27%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.27%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.27%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 9 (11.39%) Firewall
2 4 (5.06%) Network Security
3 3 (3.80%) DNS
4 2 (2.53%) SSL
4 2 (2.53%) VPN
5 1 (1.27%) DHCP
5 1 (1.27%) Internet
5 1 (1.27%) LAN
5 1 (1.27%) Skype
5 1 (1.27%) SMTP
5 1 (1.27%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.27%) WAN
5 1 (1.27%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (12.66%) SAP HANA
2 6 (7.59%) SQL Server
2 6 (7.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (2.53%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (1.27%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (1.27%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (5.06%) JIRA
General
1 29 (36.71%) Social Skills
2 15 (18.99%) Public Sector
3 14 (17.72%) Finance
4 12 (15.19%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (8.86%) Legal
6 6 (7.59%) Manufacturing
7 5 (6.33%) Telecoms
8 4 (5.06%) Electronics
8 4 (5.06%) Marketing
8 4 (5.06%) Military
9 3 (3.80%) Aerospace
9 3 (3.80%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.27%) Fire and Rescue
10 1 (1.27%) General Ledger
10 1 (1.27%) Local Government
10 1 (1.27%) Police
10 1 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.27%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (13.92%) Administrator
2 8 (10.13%) Network Administrator
3 7 (8.86%) Lead
3 7 (8.86%) Service Manager
4 6 (7.59%) Analyst
4 6 (7.59%) Senior
5 5 (6.33%) Delivery Manager
5 5 (6.33%) Site Reliability Engineer
6 4 (5.06%) Business Analyst
6 4 (5.06%) Change Manager
6 4 (5.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (5.06%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
6 4 (5.06%) Project Manager
6 4 (5.06%) Service Owner
6 4 (5.06%) Site Engineer
7 3 (3.80%) Consultant
7 3 (3.80%) DV Cleared Business Analyst
7 3 (3.80%) IT Manager
7 3 (3.80%) Systems Administrator
7 3 (3.80%) Workstream Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (10.13%) Oracle Fusion
2 6 (7.59%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (1.27%) EDI
3 1 (1.27%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 9 (11.39%) CMDB
2 4 (5.06%) Management Information System
2 4 (5.06%) PKI
2 4 (5.06%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (3.80%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.53%) Data Centre
4 2 (2.53%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.53%) Replication
5 1 (1.27%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.27%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (1.27%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.27%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 6 (7.59%) Windows
2 3 (3.80%) Windows 10
2 3 (3.80%) Windows Server
3 2 (2.53%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (30.38%) ITIL
2 19 (24.05%) Agile
3 18 (22.78%) Service Management
4 17 (21.52%) Problem-Solving
5 15 (18.99%) Incident Management
6 13 (16.46%) Customer Service
6 13 (16.46%) Project Management
6 13 (16.46%) Service Delivery
7 11 (13.92%) Continuous Improvement
7 11 (13.92%) Performance Tuning
8 10 (12.66%) ITSM
8 10 (12.66%) Validation
9 9 (11.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 8 (10.13%) ERP
10 8 (10.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 8 (10.13%) Stakeholder Management
11 7 (8.86%) Decision-Making
11 7 (8.86%) Migration
11 7 (8.86%) Technical Architecture
12 6 (7.59%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 7 (8.86%) PowerShell
1 7 (8.86%) SQL
Qualifications
1 32 (40.51%) Security Cleared
2 18 (22.78%) DV Cleared
3 12 (15.19%) Degree
4 11 (13.92%) SC Cleared
5 5 (6.33%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (2.53%) CISA
6 2 (2.53%) CISM
6 2 (2.53%) CISSP
6 2 (2.53%) CRISC
6 2 (2.53%) ISACA
6 2 (2.53%) Master's Degree
6 2 (2.53%) PMI Certification
6 2 (2.53%) PMP
7 1 (1.27%) APMG
7 1 (1.27%) APMP
7 1 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.53%) PMO
1 2 (2.53%) SLA
2 1 (1.27%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.27%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.27%) PMBOK
2 1 (1.27%) QA
System Software
1 9 (11.39%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.53%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 1 (1.27%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (1.27%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (1.27%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (3.80%) SCCM
2 2 (2.53%) OPNET
3 1 (1.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (1.27%) SCOM
Vendors
1 18 (22.78%) SAP
2 9 (11.39%) Microsoft
3 8 (10.13%) Juniper
3 8 (10.13%) Oracle
4 7 (8.86%) Remedy
5 6 (7.59%) Cisco
5 6 (7.59%) Google
6 3 (3.80%) ServiceNow
7 2 (2.53%) HP
8 1 (1.27%) Ariba
8 1 (1.27%) Atlassian
8 1 (1.27%) BMC
8 1 (1.27%) Foundry
8 1 (1.27%) SolarWinds
8 1 (1.27%) VMware