Change Control Contracts

Change Control
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Change Control skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Change Control over the 6 months to 25 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 290 315 291
Rank change year-on-year +25 -24 +64
Contract jobs citing Change Control 314 455 816
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.74% 0.81% 0.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.86% 0.90% 1.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 193 275 584
10th Percentile £298 £303 £313
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +17.65%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £625
90th Percentile £690 £700 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £501 £500 £460
% change year-on-year +0.20% +8.70% +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 28 23
10th Percentile £13.48 £21.09 £17.00
25th Percentile £18.00 £41.50 £31.50
Median hourly rate £43.17 £53.49 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.29% +52.81% +33.33%
75th Percentile £64.49 £64.25 £47.74
90th Percentile £71.17 £76.91 £62.74
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.25 £44.75 £33.89
% change year-on-year -7.82% +32.06% +32.88%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Change Control is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,593 50,587 79,345
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.80% 89.68% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,580 35,017 55,732
10th Percentile £300 £325 £345
25th Percentile £413 £438 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +8.08%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £485
% change year-on-year - +3.09% +9.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,483 1,675 1,881
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.78 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.05 £37.30 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year -3.36% +45.25% +9.28%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -4.99%

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 May 2024.

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 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Change Control in the UK

Change Control
Top 15 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 May 2024. 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 +12 286 £500 -0.56% 257
UK excluding London +37 184 £501 +0.20% 214
London -1 118 £500 -2.01% 75
Work from Home +38 90 £501 -0.30% 117
South East -3 54 £525 +5.00% 71
Midlands +37 44 £475 -13.44% 35
West Midlands +14 37 £475 -13.24% 20
North of England +39 32 £500 - 44
South West +20 26 £545 +3.81% 22
North West +35 25 £418 -16.50% 30
Scotland +6 16 £500 -4.76% 16
East of England +7 8 £525 +12.90% 21
East Midlands +16 7 £275 -50.89% 15
Yorkshire +11 7 £558 +11.50% 11
Wales +21 6 £645 -0.85% 6

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 12 (3.82%) SharePoint
2 10 (3.18%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.27%) Confluence
4 3 (0.96%) MQSeries
5 2 (0.64%) IIS
6 1 (0.32%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (0.32%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (0.32%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.32%) IBM Domino
6 1 (0.32%) IBM Notes
6 1 (0.32%) OpenStack
Applications
1 27 (8.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (7.32%) Microsoft Project
3 20 (6.37%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (3.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (1.59%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.96%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.27%) Primavera
2 3 (0.96%) Aareon QL
2 3 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.96%) Oracle Assets
2 3 (0.96%) Oracle Cash Management
2 3 (0.96%) Oracle Payables
2 3 (0.96%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.64%) Loan IQ
3 2 (0.64%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.64%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 2 (0.64%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.32%) Changepoint
4 1 (0.32%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.32%) SAP APO
4 1 (0.32%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.32%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.32%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 53 (16.88%) Azure
2 25 (7.96%) AWS
3 14 (4.46%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (3.82%) Azure DevOps
4 12 (3.82%) Power Platform
5 11 (3.50%) GitHub
6 9 (2.87%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 9 (2.87%) AWS CloudFormation
7 8 (2.55%) SaaS
8 6 (1.91%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (1.91%) PaaS
9 5 (1.59%) Amazon EC2
9 5 (1.59%) OCI
9 5 (1.59%) OneDrive
10 4 (1.27%) Amazon S3
10 4 (1.27%) Cloud Computing
10 4 (1.27%) GCP
10 4 (1.27%) GitHub Actions
10 4 (1.27%) PowerApps
11 3 (0.96%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 32 (10.19%) Firewall
2 27 (8.60%) VPN
3 17 (5.41%) WAN
4 16 (5.10%) Cisco Nexus
5 15 (4.78%) LAN
6 13 (4.14%) DMZ
7 12 (3.82%) TCP/IP
8 10 (3.18%) Wireless
9 9 (2.87%) DNS
10 7 (2.23%) DHCP
11 6 (1.91%) BGP
11 6 (1.91%) OSPF
11 6 (1.91%) Remote Desktop
12 5 (1.59%) MPLS
12 5 (1.59%) Network Security
12 5 (1.59%) WAAS
12 5 (1.59%) WLAN
13 4 (1.27%) Cisco ASA
13 4 (1.27%) Fibre Channel
13 4 (1.27%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (4.14%) MySQL
2 12 (3.82%) Relational Database
3 11 (3.50%) SQL Server
4 9 (2.87%) Power BI
5 7 (2.23%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (1.91%) RDBMS
7 4 (1.27%) Amazon Aurora
7 4 (1.27%) Big Data
8 3 (0.96%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (0.96%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (0.96%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.96%) NoSQL
8 3 (0.96%) OLAP
8 3 (0.96%) OLTP
8 3 (0.96%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.96%) SAP HANA
9 2 (0.64%) Data Mining
9 2 (0.64%) Electronic Patient Records
9 2 (0.64%) Oracle Reports
10 1 (0.32%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 12 (3.82%) JIRA
2 8 (2.55%) GitLab
2 8 (2.55%) Jenkins
3 6 (1.91%) AppScan
3 6 (1.91%) Burp Suite
3 6 (1.91%) Git
3 6 (1.91%) SonarQube
4 4 (1.27%) Subversion
5 2 (0.64%) Rational DOORS
General
1 102 (32.48%) Finance
2 92 (29.30%) Social Skills
3 45 (14.33%) Public Sector
4 43 (13.69%) Banking
5 42 (13.38%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (6.05%) Influencing Skills
7 16 (5.10%) Investment Banking
8 15 (4.78%) Telecoms
9 12 (3.82%) Pharmaceutical
10 11 (3.50%) Retail
11 10 (3.18%) Financial Institution
11 10 (3.18%) Legal
11 10 (3.18%) Manufacturing
11 10 (3.18%) Marketing
11 10 (3.18%) Presentation Skills
12 9 (2.87%) Local Government
12 9 (2.87%) Organisational Skills
13 7 (2.23%) Documentation Skills
14 5 (1.59%) Back Office
14 5 (1.59%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 69 (21.97%) Project Manager
2 37 (11.78%) Analyst
3 28 (8.92%) Senior
4 20 (6.37%) Network Engineer
5 17 (5.41%) Business Analyst
6 16 (5.10%) IT Manager
7 14 (4.46%) Administrator
7 14 (4.46%) Cisco Engineer
8 13 (4.14%) Blue Coat Engineer
8 13 (4.14%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 13 (4.14%) Juniper Engineer
8 13 (4.14%) Lead
9 11 (3.50%) PMO Analyst
10 10 (3.18%) IT Project Manager
10 10 (3.18%) Programme Manager
11 9 (2.87%) DBA
11 9 (2.87%) PMO Manager
12 8 (2.55%) Architect
12 8 (2.55%) Developer
12 8 (2.55%) Infrastructure Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.82%) Elastic Stack
2 6 (1.91%) Oracle Fusion
3 5 (1.59%) Middleware
4 3 (0.96%) .NET
4 3 (0.96%) REST
4 3 (0.96%) SAP PI
4 3 (0.96%) XML
5 2 (0.64%) AngularJS
5 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Graph
5 2 (0.64%) React
5 2 (0.64%) Regular Expression
6 1 (0.32%) EDI
6 1 (0.32%) Kafka
6 1 (0.32%) PySpark
6 1 (0.32%) Unity DI Container
6 1 (0.32%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 20 (6.37%) PKI
2 17 (5.41%) Public Cloud
3 13 (4.14%) Management Information System
4 10 (3.18%) Product Ownership
5 8 (2.55%) Life Science
6 7 (2.23%) Data Centre
6 7 (2.23%) Onboarding
7 5 (1.59%) Mobile App
7 5 (1.59%) PMI
8 4 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (0.96%) AS400
9 3 (0.96%) iSeries
9 3 (0.96%) NHS
9 3 (0.96%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (0.96%) Smartphone
9 3 (0.96%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 3 (0.96%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.64%) CCTV
10 2 (0.64%) Derivative
10 2 (0.64%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 40 (12.74%) Windows
2 18 (5.73%) Linux
3 13 (4.14%) Windows Server
4 8 (2.55%) Windows 10
5 4 (1.27%) CentOS
5 4 (1.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.27%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.32%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.32%) VMS
6 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (34.08%) Project Management
2 75 (23.89%) Agile
3 71 (22.61%) Project Delivery
4 52 (16.56%) Stakeholder Management
5 49 (15.61%) Risk Management
6 37 (11.78%) Decision-Making
7 35 (11.15%) Change Management
7 35 (11.15%) DevOps
7 35 (11.15%) Problem-Solving
8 33 (10.51%) Programme Management
9 32 (10.19%) Business Case
10 30 (9.55%) PRINCE2
11 29 (9.24%) Configuration Management
11 29 (9.24%) Migration
12 24 (7.64%) ITIL
13 22 (7.01%) Waterfall
14 20 (6.37%) High Availability
15 19 (6.05%) Project Governance
15 19 (6.05%) Project Planning
16 18 (5.73%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 31 (9.87%) PowerShell
2 22 (7.01%) SQL
3 12 (3.82%) Bash
4 10 (3.18%) Python
5 5 (1.59%) C#
5 5 (1.59%) Java
6 3 (0.96%) RPG
7 2 (0.64%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.32%) Ada
8 1 (0.32%) C
8 1 (0.32%) C++
8 1 (0.32%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 67 (21.34%) Security Cleared
2 42 (13.38%) SC Cleared
3 30 (9.55%) Degree
4 23 (7.32%) DV Cleared
5 12 (3.82%) Microsoft Certification
5 12 (3.82%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 10 (3.18%) PMI Certification
6 10 (3.18%) PMP
7 8 (2.55%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (1.59%) Azure Certification
8 5 (1.59%) BC Cleared
9 4 (1.27%) APMP
9 4 (1.27%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (1.27%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (0.96%) APMG
10 3 (0.96%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.64%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 2 (0.64%) CRISC
11 2 (0.64%) GCED
11 2 (0.64%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (15.61%) PMO
2 37 (11.78%) QA
3 13 (4.14%) SLA
4 10 (3.18%) JSP 440
5 5 (1.59%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (1.59%) GMP
5 5 (1.59%) PCI DSS
6 4 (1.27%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (0.96%) ISO 20022
8 2 (0.64%) Disclosure Scotland
8 2 (0.64%) GDPR
8 2 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.64%) NIST
9 1 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.32%) Def Stans
9 1 (0.32%) GxP
9 1 (0.32%) NCSC
System Software
1 22 (7.01%) Active Directory
2 12 (3.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (3.50%) Docker
4 9 (2.87%) vSphere
5 6 (1.91%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (1.59%) VMware NSX
7 4 (1.27%) VMware Server
8 3 (0.96%) Firmware
9 2 (0.64%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.32%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.32%) XenApp
10 1 (0.32%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 18 (5.73%) Terraform
2 15 (4.78%) Ansible
3 13 (4.14%) Grafana
3 13 (4.14%) OPNET
4 12 (3.82%) Graylog
4 12 (3.82%) Prometheus
5 11 (3.50%) Kubernetes
6 10 (3.18%) Progress Chef
6 10 (3.18%) Puppet
6 10 (3.18%) SCCM
7 9 (2.87%) Nagios
8 8 (2.55%) Nessus
9 6 (1.91%) HP Fortify
9 6 (1.91%) WebInspect
10 5 (1.59%) vCenter Server
10 5 (1.59%) WSUS
11 3 (0.96%) Control-M
11 3 (0.96%) FortiGate
11 3 (0.96%) Microsoft Intune
12 2 (0.64%) CEMLI
Vendors
1 95 (30.25%) Microsoft
2 32 (10.19%) Cisco
3 21 (6.69%) Fortinet
4 18 (5.73%) Juniper
5 17 (5.41%) SAP
6 15 (4.78%) CheckPoint
7 14 (4.46%) VMware
8 13 (4.14%) Blue Coat
9 12 (3.82%) Splunk
10 9 (2.87%) Oracle
11 8 (2.55%) Citrix
11 8 (2.55%) Palo Alto
12 6 (1.91%) Adobe
12 6 (1.91%) Checkmarx
12 6 (1.91%) Databricks
12 6 (1.91%) Qualys
12 6 (1.91%) Veracode
13 5 (1.59%) Avaya
14 4 (1.27%) IBM
14 4 (1.27%) SolarWinds
293 Change Control jobs Nationwide