Change Control Contracts

Change Control
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Change Control skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Change Control over the 6 months leading up to 25 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 322 314 309
Rank change year-on-year -8 -5 -7
Contract jobs citing Change Control 214 303 460
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.71% 0.70% 0.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.78% 0.82% 0.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 187 283
10th Percentile £354 £259 £306
25th Percentile £409 £411 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £500 £518
Median % change year-on-year +0.85% -3.38% +3.50%
75th Percentile £602 £575 £605
90th Percentile £688 £677 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 15 27
10th Percentile £25.60 £15.60 £21.05
25th Percentile £41.15 £22.13 £37.56
Median hourly rate £50.00 £42.50 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -21.30% +17.35%
75th Percentile £67.50 £61.18 £67.50
90th Percentile - £71.06 £77.55
UK excluding London median hourly rate £57.50 £40.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +43.75% -20.00% +16.92%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Change Control 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 27,473 37,081 49,734
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 91.06% 85.12% 89.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,374 23,644 34,319
10th Percentile £300 £300 £325
25th Percentile £406 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,294 2,582 1,699
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.65 £11.45
25th Percentile £17.44 £16.06 £15.83
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.93% +7.14% +34.62%
75th Percentile £54.56 £61.30 £64.50
90th Percentile £70.92 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.83 £38.12 £32.50
% change year-on-year -34.86% +17.29% +54.76%

Change Control
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Change Control as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Change Control in the UK

Change Control
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Change Control in the UK

Change Control
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Change Control over the 6 months to 25 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Change Control in the UK

Change Control
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Change Control in the UK

Change Control
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Change Control over the 6 months to 25 June 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Change Control in the UK

Change Control
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Change Control within the UK over the 6 months to 25 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
England +1 185 £523 +4.55% 350
UK excluding London 0 124 £500 - 223
Work from Home +35 80 £524 +4.80% 155
London +4 74 £535 +7.00% 145
Midlands +7 40 £501 +5.37% 42
West Midlands +5 38 £501 +0.20% 27
South East +16 24 £538 +7.29% 75
Scotland +8 18 £447 -10.60% 7
North of England +11 17 £508 +6.84% 56
South West +45 14 £585 +7.34% 16
East of England +24 11 £400 +45.45% 15
North West -6 10 £505 +17.44% 29
Yorkshire +5 4 £500 -10.31% 21
East Midlands +2 2 £358 +13.65% 15
Northern Ireland - 2 £431 - 4
North East - 1 £508 - 7

Change Control
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 16 (7.48%) SharePoint
2 13 (6.07%) Confluence
3 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.93%) MQSeries
3 2 (0.93%) nginx
4 1 (0.47%) CICS
4 1 (0.47%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 25 (11.68%) Microsoft Project
2 21 (9.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (4.67%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (4.21%) Windchill
5 8 (3.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (1.40%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.93%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.47%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 10 (4.67%) Primavera
2 4 (1.87%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.93%) Magento
3 2 (0.93%) Misys Midas
3 2 (0.93%) Oracle 11i
4 1 (0.47%) Endur
4 1 (0.47%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.47%) SAP PM
4 1 (0.47%) SAP PP
4 1 (0.47%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 22 (10.28%) Azure
2 10 (4.67%) SaaS
3 9 (4.21%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (3.74%) Power Platform
5 7 (3.27%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (1.87%) AWS
7 3 (1.40%) GitHub
7 3 (1.40%) Google Workspace
7 3 (1.40%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (0.93%) Amazon EKS
8 2 (0.93%) Azure API Management
8 2 (0.93%) Entra ID
8 2 (0.93%) GCP
8 2 (0.93%) Power Automate
8 2 (0.93%) PowerApps
8 2 (0.93%) Smartsheet
9 1 (0.47%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.47%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.47%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.47%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.67%) BGP
2 8 (3.74%) Firewall
2 8 (3.74%) OSPF
3 6 (2.80%) MPLS
3 6 (2.80%) WAN
4 5 (2.34%) Intrusion Detection
4 5 (2.34%) Multicast
5 4 (1.87%) LAN
5 4 (1.87%) SD-WAN
5 4 (1.87%) TCP/IP
6 3 (1.40%) IPsec
6 3 (1.40%) Network Security
6 3 (1.40%) SSL
6 3 (1.40%) Unicast
6 3 (1.40%) VLAN
7 2 (0.93%) FlexRay
7 2 (0.93%) HTTP
7 2 (0.93%) Reverse Proxy
7 2 (0.93%) VPN
7 2 (0.93%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.80%) Big Data
1 6 (2.80%) Power BI
1 6 (2.80%) Tableau
2 5 (2.34%) Geospatial Data
2 5 (2.34%) GIS
3 4 (1.87%) Oracle Database
4 3 (1.40%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (0.93%) Oracle Database 10g
5 2 (0.93%) Oracle Database 12c
5 2 (0.93%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.93%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.47%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.47%) DB2
6 1 (0.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 13 (6.07%) JIRA
2 12 (5.61%) Git
3 4 (1.87%) GitLab
4 3 (1.40%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.40%) Rational DOORS
5 2 (0.93%) Ant
5 2 (0.93%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.93%) JUnit
5 2 (0.93%) SoapUI
5 2 (0.93%) Toad
5 2 (0.93%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.47%) AdminStudio
6 1 (0.47%) MSI
General
1 89 (41.59%) Social Skills
2 78 (36.45%) Finance
3 42 (19.63%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (9.81%) Telecoms
5 19 (8.88%) Presentation Skills
6 16 (7.48%) Banking
7 14 (6.54%) Public Sector
8 11 (5.14%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (3.74%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (3.27%) Financial Institution
10 7 (3.27%) Legal
11 6 (2.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (2.80%) Investment Banking
12 5 (2.34%) Automotive
12 5 (2.34%) Law
12 5 (2.34%) Manufacturing
13 4 (1.87%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (1.87%) Retail
14 3 (1.40%) Aerospace
14 3 (1.40%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 46 (21.50%) Analyst
2 43 (20.09%) Project Manager
3 20 (9.35%) Senior
4 16 (7.48%) Developer
5 15 (7.01%) Business Analyst
6 11 (5.14%) Lead
7 7 (3.27%) Data Analyst
7 7 (3.27%) Network Engineer
7 7 (3.27%) PMO Analyst
7 7 (3.27%) Project Planner
7 7 (3.27%) SAP Manager
7 7 (3.27%) Senior Manager
8 6 (2.80%) Architect
8 6 (2.80%) Programme Manager
8 6 (2.80%) Senior Analyst
8 6 (2.80%) Systems Analyst
9 5 (2.34%) Business Systems Analyst
9 5 (2.34%) Consultant
9 5 (2.34%) IT Manager
9 5 (2.34%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.87%) XML
2 3 (1.40%) .NET
2 3 (1.40%) 802.1X
2 3 (1.40%) CSS
2 3 (1.40%) CSS3
2 3 (1.40%) HTML
2 3 (1.40%) HTML5
2 3 (1.40%) RESTful
3 2 (0.93%) .NET Framework
3 2 (0.93%) Ajax
3 2 (0.93%) EDI
3 2 (0.93%) Entity Framework
3 2 (0.93%) IBM Integration Bus
3 2 (0.93%) Kafka
3 2 (0.93%) KnockoutJS
3 2 (0.93%) Middleware
3 2 (0.93%) Node.js
3 2 (0.93%) SOAP
3 2 (0.93%) WCF
3 2 (0.93%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 14 (6.54%) Management Information System
2 13 (6.07%) Product Ownership
3 11 (5.14%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (3.74%) Operational Technology
5 7 (3.27%) Data Structures
5 7 (3.27%) Onboarding
6 6 (2.80%) Data Centre
7 5 (2.34%) CMDB
8 4 (1.87%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (1.87%) PMI
9 3 (1.40%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (1.40%) PKI
9 3 (1.40%) Public Cloud
9 3 (1.40%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 3 (1.40%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.93%) AS400
10 2 (0.93%) CCTV
10 2 (0.93%) Derivative
10 2 (0.93%) iSeries
10 2 (0.93%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 17 (7.94%) Windows
2 6 (2.80%) Linux
2 6 (2.80%) Unix
2 6 (2.80%) Windows 10
3 5 (2.34%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.40%) Windows 7
4 3 (1.40%) Windows XP
5 2 (0.93%) AIX
5 2 (0.93%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (0.93%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.47%) Debian
6 1 (0.47%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.47%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (31.78%) Project Management
2 64 (29.91%) Agile
3 62 (28.97%) Stakeholder Management
4 47 (21.96%) Problem-Solving
5 41 (19.16%) Change Management
6 37 (17.29%) Project Delivery
7 34 (15.89%) Continuous Improvement
8 27 (12.62%) PRINCE2
9 25 (11.68%) Risk Management
10 24 (11.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 21 (9.81%) User Acceptance Testing
12 20 (9.35%) Programme Management
12 20 (9.35%) Waterfall
13 19 (8.88%) Data Modelling
14 18 (8.41%) CI/CD
14 18 (8.41%) Time Management
15 17 (7.94%) Configuration Management
15 17 (7.94%) Scrum
16 16 (7.48%) ITIL
16 16 (7.48%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 18 (8.41%) SQL
2 9 (4.21%) Python
3 7 (3.27%) PowerShell
4 6 (2.80%) Java
5 5 (2.34%) JavaScript
6 4 (1.87%) PL/SQL
7 3 (1.40%) C#
8 2 (0.93%) Korn
8 2 (0.93%) Perl
8 2 (0.93%) RPG
9 1 (0.47%) COBOL
9 1 (0.47%) JCL
9 1 (0.47%) VBA
9 1 (0.47%) VBScript
9 1 (0.47%) XAML
Qualifications
1 42 (19.63%) Security Cleared
2 34 (15.89%) SC Cleared
3 27 (12.62%) Degree
4 11 (5.14%) DV Cleared
4 11 (5.14%) PMI Certification
5 9 (4.21%) PMP
6 8 (3.74%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (2.80%) APMP
8 5 (2.34%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (2.34%) CCIE
9 4 (1.87%) CCNP
9 4 (1.87%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (1.40%) Azure Certification
10 3 (1.40%) DBS Check
10 3 (1.40%) JNCIS
11 2 (0.93%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.93%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.93%) JNCIA
11 2 (0.93%) OCP
11 2 (0.93%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (14.95%) PMO
2 13 (6.07%) QA
3 10 (4.67%) Data Quality
4 6 (2.80%) Def Stans
5 5 (2.34%) NIST
5 5 (2.34%) P3O
6 3 (1.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.93%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.93%) Disclosure Scotland
7 2 (0.93%) GDPR
7 2 (0.93%) ITGC
7 2 (0.93%) NCSC
7 2 (0.93%) SEPA
7 2 (0.93%) SLA
8 1 (0.47%) DICOM
8 1 (0.47%) HL7
8 1 (0.47%) PMBOK
System Software
1 8 (3.74%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.87%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.93%) Docker
4 2 (0.93%) Firmware
4 2 (0.93%) Oracle RAC
4 2 (0.93%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.93%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.93%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.47%) Job Entry Subsystem
5 1 (0.47%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.47%) RACF
5 1 (0.47%) Time Sharing Option
5 1 (0.47%) vSphere
5 1 (0.47%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 8 (3.74%) Ansible
2 6 (2.80%) Terraform
3 4 (1.87%) SCCM
4 3 (1.40%) Kubernetes
4 3 (1.40%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (1.40%) OPNET
5 2 (0.93%) Control-M
5 2 (0.93%) Data Guard
5 2 (0.93%) HAProxy
5 2 (0.93%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 2 (0.93%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.47%) WSUS
Vendors
1 40 (18.69%) Microsoft
2 23 (10.75%) SAP
3 8 (3.74%) Oracle
3 8 (3.74%) ServiceNow
4 7 (3.27%) Cisco
4 7 (3.27%) IFS
4 7 (3.27%) VMware
5 5 (2.34%) Liquidlogic
5 5 (2.34%) PTC
6 4 (1.87%) Ariba
6 4 (1.87%) IBM
6 4 (1.87%) Juniper
7 3 (1.40%) Adobe
7 3 (1.40%) Arista
7 3 (1.40%) Fortinet
7 3 (1.40%) Google
7 3 (1.40%) SolarWinds
8 2 (0.93%) F5
8 2 (0.93%) Palo Alto
8 2 (0.93%) Planview