Change Management Contracts

Change Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 51 43 48
Rank change year-on-year -8 +5 +10
Contract jobs citing Change Management 1,266 1,863 2,810
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 4.33% 4.27% 4.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.77% 4.95% 5.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 810 1,106 1,759
10th Percentile £319 £333 £350
25th Percentile £400 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £523 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.31% -5.00% +10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £650
90th Percentile £700 £712 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £470 £500 £513
% change year-on-year -6.00% -2.44% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 61 55
10th Percentile £28.60 £14.44 £21.25
25th Percentile £50.00 £29.91 £32.22
Median hourly rate £54.00 £48.00 £48.13
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -0.27% +114.39%
75th Percentile £70.00 £61.60 £75.00
90th Percentile £78.62 £67.50 £87.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £60.00 £47.50 £47.12
% change year-on-year +26.32% +0.81% +135.59%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,551 37,621 53,662
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.82% 86.30% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,137 24,254 37,244
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £521 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.86% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £744 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.80% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,437 1,746
10th Percentile £14.70 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.50 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.31% -4.83% +49.20%
75th Percentile £62.00 £59.95 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.94 £36.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -23.45% +1.39% +80.00%

Change Management
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Change Management in the UK

Change Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Change Management in the UK

Change Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Change Management over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Change Management in the UK

Change Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Change Management in the UK

Change Management
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Change Management over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Change Management in the UK

Change Management
Top 17 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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 -6 1,073 £500 -4.76% 987
UK excluding London +8 627 £470 -6.00% 582
London -16 496 £548 -0.45% 462
Work from Home -10 428 £500 -4.53% 455
North of England +10 216 £450 -12.45% 173
North West +18 119 £438 -13.92% 111
South East +2 107 £483 -0.77% 128
Midlands +8 92 £500 -1.23% 106
Yorkshire +4 88 £463 -10.54% 44
South West -4 77 £500 -9.09% 81
West Midlands +14 76 £500 -2.68% 81
Scotland -6 68 £400 -11.11% 43
East of England +19 50 £487 +29.93% 35
Northern Ireland +1 13 £570 +31.03% 18
East Midlands -5 13 £354 -23.46% 24
North East -2 10 £575 -4.17% 19
Wales -5 9 £375 -29.25% 10

Change Management
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 49 (3.87%) SharePoint
2 47 (3.71%) Confluence
3 30 (2.37%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (0.87%) CMS
5 10 (0.79%) IIS
6 9 (0.71%) Apache
7 7 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
7 7 (0.55%) SAS
8 5 (0.39%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2013
9 3 (0.24%) JBoss
9 3 (0.24%) SharePoint 2010
9 3 (0.24%) Skype for Business
10 2 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 2 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.079%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.079%) Exchange Server 2010
11 1 (0.079%) Oracle Application Server
11 1 (0.079%) Tomcat
Applications
1 79 (6.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 58 (4.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 53 (4.19%) Microsoft Office
4 33 (2.61%) Microsoft Project
5 25 (1.97%) MS Visio
6 9 (0.71%) Trello
7 3 (0.24%) InfoPath
7 3 (0.24%) Oracle Smart View
7 3 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.16%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.16%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.16%) Open Workbench
8 2 (0.16%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.079%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.079%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.079%) Final Cut Pro
9 1 (0.079%) ProjectWise
9 1 (0.079%) PTC Creo
9 1 (0.079%) QuarkXPress
9 1 (0.079%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 35 (2.76%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (1.03%) Remedy ITSM
3 8 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.63%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 8 (0.63%) SAP PP
4 7 (0.55%) SAP SD
5 6 (0.47%) Workday HCM
6 5 (0.39%) Loan IQ
7 4 (0.32%) Oracle ERP
7 4 (0.32%) Oracle Payables
7 4 (0.32%) SAP CO
7 4 (0.32%) SAP ERP
7 4 (0.32%) SAP FI
7 4 (0.32%) Teamcenter
8 3 (0.24%) Dynamics AX
8 3 (0.24%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 3 (0.24%) Payment Gateway
8 3 (0.24%) SAP FI/CO
8 3 (0.24%) SAP WM
9 2 (0.16%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 110 (8.69%) Azure
2 92 (7.27%) Microsoft 365
3 53 (4.19%) Power Platform
4 36 (2.84%) AWS
5 33 (2.61%) Entra ID
6 25 (1.97%) SaaS
7 20 (1.58%) Azure DevOps
8 19 (1.50%) Dynamics 365
9 16 (1.26%) OneDrive
10 15 (1.18%) Yammer
11 13 (1.03%) Google Workspace
11 13 (1.03%) IaaS
12 11 (0.87%) OCI
13 10 (0.79%) GitHub
13 10 (0.79%) SuccessFactors
14 9 (0.71%) Azure Data Factory
15 8 (0.63%) Amazon EKS
15 8 (0.63%) GCP
15 8 (0.63%) Power Automate
16 6 (0.47%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 65 (5.13%) Firewall
2 42 (3.32%) Network Security
3 30 (2.37%) WAN
4 25 (1.97%) VPN
5 21 (1.66%) Skype
6 20 (1.58%) LAN
7 19 (1.50%) WebEx
8 18 (1.42%) DNS
8 18 (1.42%) Wireless
9 16 (1.26%) BGP
10 15 (1.18%) Intrusion Detection
10 15 (1.18%) MPLS
10 15 (1.18%) OSPF
11 14 (1.11%) TCP/IP
12 12 (0.95%) DHCP
12 12 (0.95%) SAN
13 11 (0.87%) SD-WAN
13 11 (0.87%) Wi-Fi
14 10 (0.79%) EIGRP
14 10 (0.79%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (3.40%) Power BI
2 37 (2.92%) SQL Server
3 32 (2.53%) Oracle Database
4 20 (1.58%) Oracle Reports
5 11 (0.87%) SAP HANA
6 10 (0.79%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (0.55%) NoSQL
7 7 (0.55%) Relational Database
8 6 (0.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 6 (0.47%) Tableau
9 5 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (0.39%) Big Data
9 5 (0.39%) Data Lake
9 5 (0.39%) DB2
9 5 (0.39%) Elasticsearch
9 5 (0.39%) InterSystems Cache
9 5 (0.39%) MySQL
9 5 (0.39%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (0.32%) BusinessObjects
11 3 (0.24%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 80 (6.32%) JIRA
2 25 (1.97%) Jenkins
3 24 (1.90%) Git
4 10 (0.79%) Visual Studio
5 5 (0.39%) Cucumber
6 4 (0.32%) GitLab
6 4 (0.32%) SonarQube
6 4 (0.32%) TeamCity
7 3 (0.24%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.24%) Bitbucket Server
7 3 (0.24%) CA Release Automation
7 3 (0.24%) GoCD
7 3 (0.24%) MSI
7 3 (0.24%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (0.24%) Vagrant
8 2 (0.16%) Maven
8 2 (0.16%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.16%) Selenium
9 1 (0.079%) Flyway
9 1 (0.079%) Liquibase
General
1 470 (37.12%) Social Skills
2 461 (36.41%) Finance
3 242 (19.12%) Analytical Skills
4 169 (13.35%) Banking
5 98 (7.74%) Public Sector
6 67 (5.29%) Organisational Skills
7 56 (4.42%) Manufacturing
8 53 (4.19%) Presentation Skills
9 52 (4.11%) Telecoms
10 50 (3.95%) Influencing Skills
11 44 (3.48%) Legal
12 41 (3.24%) Marketing
13 37 (2.92%) Law
14 29 (2.29%) Retail
15 25 (1.97%) Documentation Skills
16 21 (1.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 20 (1.58%) Local Government
18 16 (1.26%) Financial Institution
19 15 (1.18%) Pharmaceutical
20 14 (1.11%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 209 (16.51%) Analyst
2 157 (12.40%) Project Manager
3 121 (9.56%) Lead
4 99 (7.82%) Business Analyst
4 99 (7.82%) Change Manager
5 77 (6.08%) Consultant
6 72 (5.69%) Senior
7 46 (3.63%) Architect
8 43 (3.40%) Developer
9 38 (3.00%) Business Manager
9 38 (3.00%) Programme Manager
10 37 (2.92%) IT Manager
10 37 (2.92%) Network Engineer
11 34 (2.69%) Business Change Manager
11 34 (2.69%) Change Analyst
12 32 (2.53%) Service Manager
13 31 (2.45%) Administrator
14 28 (2.21%) Delivery Manager
14 28 (2.21%) Senior Manager
15 22 (1.74%) SAP Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (2.29%) Oracle Fusion
2 17 (1.34%) CSS
3 16 (1.26%) Web Services
4 12 (0.95%) .NET
4 12 (0.95%) HTML
4 12 (0.95%) REST
5 11 (0.87%) SOAP
6 8 (0.63%) Middleware
6 8 (0.63%) React
7 7 (0.55%) Ajax
7 7 (0.55%) LDAP
8 6 (0.47%) Microsoft Graph
8 6 (0.47%) XML
9 5 (0.39%) AngularJS
9 5 (0.39%) Gherkin
9 5 (0.39%) Node.js
9 5 (0.39%) Spring Boot
10 4 (0.32%) 802.1X
10 4 (0.32%) Bootstrap
10 4 (0.32%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 74 (5.85%) Management Information System
2 45 (3.55%) Data Centre
3 39 (3.08%) CMDB
3 39 (3.08%) Product Ownership
4 30 (2.37%) Onboarding
5 29 (2.29%) Self-Motivation
6 18 (1.42%) Legacy Systems
7 17 (1.34%) Life Science
7 17 (1.34%) PMI
8 16 (1.26%) Operational Technology
9 14 (1.11%) Analytical Mindset
10 13 (1.03%) Renewable Energy
11 12 (0.95%) Data Protection Act
12 10 (0.79%) e-Learning
13 9 (0.71%) NHS
13 9 (0.71%) Security Posture
14 8 (0.63%) FMCG
14 8 (0.63%) Mainframe
14 8 (0.63%) PKI
15 7 (0.55%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 103 (8.14%) Windows
2 51 (4.03%) Linux
3 33 (2.61%) Windows Server
4 17 (1.34%) Unix
5 15 (1.18%) Windows 10
6 9 (0.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (0.39%) Mac OS
7 5 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (0.39%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (0.32%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.32%) zOS
9 3 (0.24%) MVS
9 3 (0.24%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.16%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.079%) Android
11 1 (0.079%) CentOS
11 1 (0.079%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.079%) VMS
11 1 (0.079%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.079%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 301 (23.78%) Agile
2 294 (23.22%) Project Management
3 290 (22.91%) Stakeholder Management
4 282 (22.27%) Problem-Solving
5 194 (15.32%) ITIL
6 172 (13.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 169 (13.35%) Migration
8 130 (10.27%) Continuous Improvement
8 130 (10.27%) Risk Management
9 127 (10.03%) Project Delivery
10 113 (8.93%) Decision-Making
10 113 (8.93%) Service Management
11 111 (8.77%) Waterfall
12 109 (8.61%) Roadmaps
13 98 (7.74%) DevOps
14 94 (7.42%) PRINCE2
15 85 (6.71%) ERP
15 85 (6.71%) Process Improvement
16 82 (6.48%) Problem Management
17 76 (6.00%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 84 (6.64%) SQL
2 64 (5.06%) Python
3 51 (4.03%) PowerShell
4 24 (1.90%) Java
5 17 (1.34%) PL/SQL
6 16 (1.26%) C#
7 14 (1.11%) JavaScript
8 6 (0.47%) Bash
8 6 (0.47%) Perl
8 6 (0.47%) Shell Script
8 6 (0.47%) VB
8 6 (0.47%) VBA
9 5 (0.39%) Kotlin
9 5 (0.39%) REXX
10 4 (0.32%) Delphi
10 4 (0.32%) JCL
10 4 (0.32%) MUMPS
10 4 (0.32%) Ruby
11 3 (0.24%) R
11 3 (0.24%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 166 (13.11%) Degree
2 127 (10.03%) Security Cleared
3 77 (6.08%) SC Cleared
4 64 (5.06%) PMI Certification
5 54 (4.27%) PMP
6 38 (3.00%) DV Cleared
6 38 (3.00%) ITIL Certification
7 27 (2.13%) Cisco Certification
8 19 (1.50%) Master's Degree
9 18 (1.42%) Microsoft Certification
10 17 (1.34%) Azure Certification
11 15 (1.18%) CCNP
12 14 (1.11%) APMG
12 14 (1.11%) Computer Science Degree
13 12 (0.95%) CISSP
14 11 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
15 9 (0.71%) CCNA
15 9 (0.71%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
16 8 (0.63%) CISM
17 7 (0.55%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (5.06%) PMO
2 36 (2.84%) QA
3 26 (2.05%) Data Quality
3 26 (2.05%) SLA
4 25 (1.97%) GDPR
5 13 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (0.79%) NIST
7 8 (0.63%) Accessibility
8 5 (0.39%) MiFID
8 5 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (0.32%) Disclosure Scotland
9 4 (0.32%) ITGC
10 3 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.24%) Basel III
10 3 (0.24%) COBIT
10 3 (0.24%) EMIR
10 3 (0.24%) P3O
11 2 (0.16%) GxP
11 2 (0.16%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.16%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 57 (4.50%) Active Directory
2 20 (1.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (1.42%) vSphere
4 15 (1.18%) Docker
5 9 (0.71%) Firmware
6 8 (0.63%) Virtual Desktop
7 7 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
8 6 (0.47%) Hyper-V
9 3 (0.24%) Microsoft App-V
9 3 (0.24%) VirtualBox
9 3 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.16%) BitLocker
10 2 (0.16%) Oracle RAC
10 2 (0.16%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 2 (0.16%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.16%) XenDesktop
11 1 (0.079%) KVM
11 1 (0.079%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.079%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.079%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 28 (2.21%) Kubernetes
2 27 (2.13%) Microsoft Intune
3 20 (1.58%) Ansible
4 15 (1.18%) Terraform
5 14 (1.11%) Oracle RMAN
6 13 (1.03%) SCCM
7 9 (0.71%) Grafana
8 7 (0.55%) Prometheus
9 6 (0.47%) NetBackup
9 6 (0.47%) Puppet
10 5 (0.39%) Progress Chef
11 4 (0.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (0.32%) Cisco Prime
11 4 (0.32%) EMC NetWorker
11 4 (0.32%) HP ALM
11 4 (0.32%) Tivoli NetView
12 3 (0.24%) HP Data Protector
12 3 (0.24%) Kibana
12 3 (0.24%) WSUS
12 3 (0.24%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 191 (15.09%) Microsoft
2 132 (10.43%) SAP
3 120 (9.48%) Oracle
4 88 (6.95%) ServiceNow
5 57 (4.50%) Cisco
6 32 (2.53%) Salesforce
7 24 (1.90%) VMware
7 24 (1.90%) Workday
8 20 (1.58%) Google
9 19 (1.50%) Remedy
10 17 (1.34%) Polycom
10 17 (1.34%) Splunk
11 15 (1.18%) HP
11 15 (1.18%) Juniper
12 14 (1.11%) Commvault
13 13 (1.03%) Fortinet
13 13 (1.03%) Palo Alto
14 12 (0.95%) CheckPoint
15 11 (0.87%) SolarWinds
16 10 (0.79%) Red Hat