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 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 39 57
Rank change year-on-year -10 +18 +1
Contract jobs citing Change Management 74 146 123
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 4.36% 4.61% 3.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.81% 5.56% 3.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 116 88
10th Percentile £336 £376 £361
25th Percentile £423 £461 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% +2.33% +19.44%
75th Percentile £641 £588 £619
90th Percentile £679 £685 £733
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 13 6
10th Percentile £66.25 - £42.50
25th Percentile £68.13 £31.60 £54.38
Median hourly rate £70.00 £50.00 £80.50
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -37.89% +83.42%
75th Percentile - £60.00 £92.75
90th Percentile - £61.25 £103.50
England median hourly rate £53.75 £50.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year +7.50% +2.05% +144.98%

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 1,540 2,627 3,105
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 90.64% 82.98% 89.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 960 1,677 2,274
10th Percentile £230 £223 £313
25th Percentile £400 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £650
90th Percentile £688 £700 £723
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 157 343 319
10th Percentile £18.39 £13.88 £9.80
25th Percentile £18.87 £29.75 £15.83
Median hourly rate £60.00 £55.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% +23.43%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.50 £83.31
England median hourly rate £28.75 £36.50 £36.25
% change year-on-year -21.23% +0.69% +45.00%

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

Change Management
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

Change Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Change Management in the South West over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Change Management in the South West

Change Management
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

Change Management
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 18 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 +18 27 £485 -13.39% 15
Bristol -19 20 £463 -7.50% 26
Gloucestershire +13 13 £660 -1.49% 24
Somerset -3 8 £481 -18.43% 8
Dorset +7 4 £675 +125.00% 6
Cornwall +2 1 £625 - 1
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 (2.70%) Confluence
2 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (4.05%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (2.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.35%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (5.41%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (2.70%) OpenText VIM for SAP
2 2 (2.70%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 5 (6.76%) Azure
1 5 (6.76%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (5.41%) Entra ID
2 4 (5.41%) Google Workspace
3 2 (2.70%) Power Platform
3 2 (2.70%) SaaS
4 1 (1.35%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.35%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.35%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 11 (14.86%) Firewall
2 5 (6.76%) Network Security
3 3 (4.05%) DNS
4 2 (2.70%) SSL
4 2 (2.70%) VPN
5 1 (1.35%) DHCP
5 1 (1.35%) Internet
5 1 (1.35%) LAN
5 1 (1.35%) Skype
5 1 (1.35%) SMTP
5 1 (1.35%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.35%) WAN
5 1 (1.35%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (13.51%) SAP HANA
2 4 (5.41%) SQL Server
2 4 (5.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (1.35%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (5.41%) JIRA
General
1 23 (31.08%) Social Skills
2 17 (22.97%) Public Sector
3 13 (17.57%) Finance
4 12 (16.22%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (8.11%) Manufacturing
6 5 (6.76%) Military
6 5 (6.76%) Telecoms
7 4 (5.41%) Electronics
7 4 (5.41%) Legal
7 4 (5.41%) Marketing
8 3 (4.05%) Aerospace
9 2 (2.70%) Fire and Rescue
9 2 (2.70%) Police
10 1 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.35%) General Ledger
10 1 (1.35%) Local Government
10 1 (1.35%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.35%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (18.92%) Administrator
2 10 (13.51%) Network Administrator
3 7 (9.46%) Lead
3 7 (9.46%) Service Manager
4 5 (6.76%) Delivery Manager
4 5 (6.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 5 (6.76%) Senior
5 4 (5.41%) Analyst
5 4 (5.41%) Change Manager
5 4 (5.41%) Project Manager
5 4 (5.41%) Systems Administrator
6 3 (4.05%) Business Analyst
6 3 (4.05%) Consultant
6 3 (4.05%) DV Cleared Business Analyst
6 3 (4.05%) Incident Manager
6 3 (4.05%) IT Manager
6 3 (4.05%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
6 3 (4.05%) Service Desk Manager
6 3 (4.05%) Technology Specialist
6 3 (4.05%) Workstream Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.41%) Microsoft Graph
2 3 (4.05%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (1.35%) EDI
3 1 (1.35%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 10 (13.51%) CMDB
2 5 (6.76%) PKI
3 4 (5.41%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (4.05%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.70%) Data Centre
5 2 (2.70%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.70%) Product Ownership
5 2 (2.70%) Replication
6 1 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.35%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (1.35%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.35%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 8 (10.81%) Windows
2 4 (5.41%) Windows 10
2 4 (5.41%) Windows Server
3 2 (2.70%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (32.43%) ITIL
2 17 (22.97%) Service Management
3 16 (21.62%) Agile
4 15 (20.27%) Customer Service
5 14 (18.92%) Service Delivery
6 13 (17.57%) Problem-Solving
7 12 (16.22%) Incident Management
7 12 (16.22%) Project Management
8 11 (14.86%) Performance Tuning
9 9 (12.16%) ITSM
10 7 (9.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 7 (9.46%) Migration
10 7 (9.46%) Technical Architecture
10 7 (9.46%) Validation
11 6 (8.11%) Business Intelligence
11 6 (8.11%) Continuous Improvement
11 6 (8.11%) Decision-Making
11 6 (8.11%) ERP
11 6 (8.11%) Programme Management
11 6 (8.11%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (6.76%) PowerShell
1 5 (6.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 37 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 21 (28.38%) DV Cleared
3 13 (17.57%) SC Cleared
4 10 (13.51%) Degree
5 6 (8.11%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (2.70%) CISA
6 2 (2.70%) CISM
6 2 (2.70%) CISSP
6 2 (2.70%) CRISC
6 2 (2.70%) ISACA
6 2 (2.70%) Master's Degree
6 2 (2.70%) PMI Certification
6 2 (2.70%) PMP
7 1 (1.35%) APMG
7 1 (1.35%) APMP
7 1 (1.35%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.70%) PMO
1 2 (2.70%) SLA
2 1 (1.35%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.35%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.35%) PMBOK
2 1 (1.35%) QA
System Software
1 7 (9.46%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.70%) Hyper-V
2 2 (2.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 1 (1.35%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (1.35%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (1.35%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 3 (4.05%) SCCM
2 2 (2.70%) OPNET
3 1 (1.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (1.35%) SCOM
Vendors
1 18 (24.32%) SAP
2 10 (13.51%) Juniper
3 7 (9.46%) Cisco
3 7 (9.46%) Microsoft
3 7 (9.46%) Remedy
4 4 (5.41%) Google
5 3 (4.05%) Oracle
5 3 (4.05%) ServiceNow
6 2 (2.70%) HP
6 2 (2.70%) SolarWinds
6 2 (2.70%) VMware
7 1 (1.35%) Ariba
7 1 (1.35%) Atlassian
7 1 (1.35%) BMC
7 1 (1.35%) Foundry