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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 300 316 302
Rank change year-on-year +16 -14 +52
Contract jobs citing Change Control 326 493 829
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.76% 0.83% 0.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.87% 0.93% 1.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 193 301 603
10th Percentile £322 £306 £307
25th Percentile £438 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - +17.65%
75th Percentile £609 £601 £621
90th Percentile £730 £760 £723
UK excluding London median daily rate £520 £500 £450
% change year-on-year +4.00% +11.11% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 27 27
10th Percentile £13.55 £21.05 £16.24
25th Percentile £18.00 £35.63 £23.50
Median hourly rate £52.50 £50.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +42.86% +37.25%
75th Percentile £64.10 £57.75 £45.40
90th Percentile £71.06 £69.00 £58.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £53.03 £40.00 £31.89
% change year-on-year +32.58% +25.45% +25.04%

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 37,268 53,074 80,383
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.35% 89.85% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,016 36,805 56,451
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,439 1,749 1,911
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.95 £35.80 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.42% +43.20% +2.04%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.98%

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 5 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 5 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 5 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 +17 292 £525 +4.39% 236
UK excluding London +32 193 £520 +4.00% 179
London +21 121 £525 - 71
Work from Home +42 97 £513 -2.29% 94
South East +1 52 £525 +5.00% 60
Midlands +22 40 £475 -5.00% 32
West Midlands +17 35 £475 -2.56% 20
North of England +37 34 £525 +10.53% 30
South West +33 33 £545 +3.81% 28
North West +35 25 £475 +6.74% 21
Scotland +22 21 £500 -2.44% 14
Yorkshire +19 9 £558 +11.50% 9
East of England +15 8 £500 +7.53% 14
Wales +19 7 £645 -0.85% 7
East Midlands +18 5 £355 -36.61% 12

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 11 (3.37%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.76%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.84%) Confluence
4 3 (0.92%) IBM Domino
4 3 (0.92%) IBM Notes
5 2 (0.61%) IIS
6 1 (0.31%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.31%) OpenStack
Applications
1 30 (9.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (6.44%) Microsoft Project
3 19 (5.83%) Microsoft Office
4 17 (5.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (1.23%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.92%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (1.84%) Loan IQ
2 3 (0.92%) Aareon QL
2 3 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.92%) Oracle Assets
2 3 (0.92%) Oracle Cash Management
2 3 (0.92%) Oracle Payables
2 3 (0.92%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.61%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.61%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 2 (0.61%) Primavera
3 2 (0.61%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.31%) Changepoint
4 1 (0.31%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.31%) SAP APO
4 1 (0.31%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.31%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.31%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 57 (17.48%) Azure
2 28 (8.59%) AWS
3 14 (4.29%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (3.99%) Power Platform
5 11 (3.37%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 11 (3.37%) AWS CloudFormation
5 11 (3.37%) Azure DevOps
6 10 (3.07%) GitHub
7 7 (2.15%) Amazon EC2
7 7 (2.15%) Amazon S3
7 7 (2.15%) Cloud Computing
8 6 (1.84%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (1.84%) IaaS
8 6 (1.84%) SaaS
9 5 (1.53%) OneDrive
10 4 (1.23%) Azure Data Factory
10 4 (1.23%) Entra ID
10 4 (1.23%) GCP
10 4 (1.23%) GitHub Actions
10 4 (1.23%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 34 (10.43%) Firewall
2 29 (8.90%) VPN
3 22 (6.75%) WAN
4 20 (6.13%) LAN
5 14 (4.29%) Cisco Nexus
6 13 (3.99%) TCP/IP
7 11 (3.37%) DMZ
8 10 (3.07%) Wireless
8 10 (3.07%) WLAN
9 9 (2.76%) DNS
10 8 (2.45%) BGP
10 8 (2.45%) Cisco ASA
10 8 (2.45%) OSPF
11 5 (1.53%) Cisco Wireless
11 5 (1.53%) DHCP
11 5 (1.53%) IPsec
11 5 (1.53%) MPLS
11 5 (1.53%) Network Security
11 5 (1.53%) WAAS
12 4 (1.23%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.60%) MySQL
1 15 (4.60%) Relational Database
1 15 (4.60%) SQL Server
2 10 (3.07%) Power BI
3 8 (2.45%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (2.45%) RDBMS
4 6 (1.84%) Azure SQL Database
5 5 (1.53%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (1.23%) Amazon Aurora
7 3 (0.92%) Big Data
7 3 (0.92%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.92%) OLAP
7 3 (0.92%) OLTP
7 3 (0.92%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.61%) Data Mining
8 2 (0.61%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.61%) SAP HANA
8 2 (0.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.61%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 12 (3.68%) JIRA
2 8 (2.45%) GitLab
2 8 (2.45%) Jenkins
3 6 (1.84%) AppScan
3 6 (1.84%) Burp Suite
3 6 (1.84%) Git
3 6 (1.84%) SonarQube
4 4 (1.23%) Subversion
5 2 (0.61%) Rational DOORS
General
1 99 (30.37%) Finance
2 94 (28.83%) Social Skills
3 47 (14.42%) Banking
3 47 (14.42%) Public Sector
4 41 (12.58%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (5.83%) Investment Banking
6 17 (5.21%) Influencing Skills
7 16 (4.91%) Telecoms
8 13 (3.99%) Financial Institution
9 12 (3.68%) Billing
9 12 (3.68%) Marketing
10 11 (3.37%) Manufacturing
10 11 (3.37%) Pharmaceutical
10 11 (3.37%) Retail
11 10 (3.07%) Legal
11 10 (3.07%) Presentation Skills
12 9 (2.76%) Organisational Skills
13 8 (2.45%) Local Government
14 6 (1.84%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (1.84%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 65 (19.94%) Project Manager
2 39 (11.96%) Analyst
3 25 (7.67%) Senior
4 19 (5.83%) Business Analyst
5 16 (4.91%) Network Engineer
6 15 (4.60%) Administrator
7 14 (4.29%) Commercial Manager
7 14 (4.29%) IT Manager
8 13 (3.99%) Lead
9 12 (3.68%) Cisco Engineer
9 12 (3.68%) Contracts Manager
9 12 (3.68%) Programme Manager
10 11 (3.37%) Blue Coat Engineer
10 11 (3.37%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 11 (3.37%) DBA
10 11 (3.37%) Juniper Engineer
10 11 (3.37%) PMO Analyst
11 8 (2.45%) Consultant
11 8 (2.45%) Site Engineer
11 8 (2.45%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.99%) Elastic Stack
2 5 (1.53%) Middleware
3 4 (1.23%) .NET
4 3 (0.92%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (0.61%) AngularJS
5 2 (0.61%) Kafka
5 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Graph
5 2 (0.61%) PySpark
5 2 (0.61%) React
5 2 (0.61%) Regular Expression
5 2 (0.61%) REST
5 2 (0.61%) SAP PI
5 2 (0.61%) Unity DI Container
6 1 (0.31%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 28 (8.59%) PKI
2 27 (8.28%) Public Cloud
3 17 (5.21%) Management Information System
4 14 (4.29%) Product Ownership
5 8 (2.45%) Life Science
6 6 (1.84%) Derivative
6 6 (1.84%) Fixed Income
7 5 (1.53%) Data Centre
7 5 (1.53%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (1.53%) Market Risk
7 5 (1.53%) Mobile App
7 5 (1.53%) Onboarding
7 5 (1.53%) PMI
8 4 (1.23%) Credit Risk
8 4 (1.23%) Virtual Team
9 3 (0.92%) NHS
9 3 (0.92%) Smartphone
10 2 (0.61%) Client/Server
10 2 (0.61%) Clustering
10 2 (0.61%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 40 (12.27%) Windows
2 22 (6.75%) Linux
3 11 (3.37%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.84%) CentOS
4 6 (1.84%) Ubuntu
4 6 (1.84%) Windows 10
5 4 (1.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.92%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.31%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.31%) VMS
7 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (34.36%) Project Management
2 94 (28.83%) Agile
3 73 (22.39%) Project Delivery
4 60 (18.40%) Stakeholder Management
5 47 (14.42%) Risk Management
6 43 (13.19%) Change Management
6 43 (13.19%) Decision-Making
6 43 (13.19%) Problem-Solving
7 38 (11.66%) Migration
8 36 (11.04%) Business Case
9 35 (10.74%) Programme Management
10 33 (10.12%) DevOps
11 31 (9.51%) Configuration Management
12 29 (8.90%) PRINCE2
13 25 (7.67%) ITIL
14 24 (7.36%) Waterfall
15 22 (6.75%) Project Governance
16 21 (6.44%) Continuous Improvement
16 21 (6.44%) Infrastructure as Code
16 21 (6.44%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 28 (8.59%) PowerShell
2 24 (7.36%) SQL
3 12 (3.68%) Bash
4 11 (3.37%) Python
5 7 (2.15%) C#
6 2 (0.61%) Java
6 2 (0.61%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.31%) Ada
7 1 (0.31%) C
7 1 (0.31%) C++
7 1 (0.31%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 76 (23.31%) Security Cleared
2 47 (14.42%) SC Cleared
3 34 (10.43%) Degree
4 30 (9.20%) DV Cleared
5 17 (5.21%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (3.37%) PMI Certification
6 11 (3.37%) PMP
7 9 (2.76%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 6 (1.84%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (1.53%) Azure Certification
9 5 (1.53%) BC Cleared
10 4 (1.23%) APMP
10 4 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (1.23%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (1.23%) Numerate Degree
11 3 (0.92%) APMG
12 2 (0.61%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 2 (0.61%) CASP
12 2 (0.61%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (0.61%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (15.03%) PMO
2 38 (11.66%) QA
3 22 (6.75%) SLA
4 15 (4.60%) JSP 440
5 5 (1.53%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.53%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (1.53%) GMP
6 4 (1.23%) Data Quality
6 4 (1.23%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.61%) Disclosure Scotland
8 2 (0.61%) GDPR
8 2 (0.61%) ISO 20022
8 2 (0.61%) NCSC
8 2 (0.61%) NIST
9 1 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.31%) COREP
9 1 (0.31%) Def Stans
9 1 (0.31%) FedRAMP
9 1 (0.31%) SOC 2
System Software
1 20 (6.13%) Active Directory
2 12 (3.68%) Docker
3 8 (2.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.84%) vSphere
5 5 (1.53%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (1.53%) VMware NSX
6 4 (1.23%) VMware Server
7 2 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.31%) Firmware
8 1 (0.31%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.31%) XenApp
8 1 (0.31%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 22 (6.75%) Terraform
2 19 (5.83%) Ansible
2 19 (5.83%) OPNET
3 15 (4.60%) Grafana
4 13 (3.99%) Graylog
4 13 (3.99%) Prometheus
5 12 (3.68%) Puppet
6 11 (3.37%) Kubernetes
6 11 (3.37%) Nagios
7 10 (3.07%) Progress Chef
8 7 (2.15%) FortiGate
8 7 (2.15%) Nessus
8 7 (2.15%) SCCM
9 6 (1.84%) HP Fortify
9 6 (1.84%) WebInspect
10 5 (1.53%) vCenter Server
11 3 (0.92%) WSUS
12 2 (0.61%) CEMLI
13 1 (0.31%) Observium
13 1 (0.31%) SCOM
Vendors
1 105 (32.21%) Microsoft
2 31 (9.51%) Cisco
3 18 (5.52%) Fortinet
3 18 (5.52%) Juniper
4 17 (5.21%) SAP
5 13 (3.99%) Splunk
6 12 (3.68%) CheckPoint
6 12 (3.68%) Palo Alto
7 11 (3.37%) Blue Coat
8 10 (3.07%) VMware
9 8 (2.45%) Citrix
10 7 (2.15%) Databricks
10 7 (2.15%) Oracle
11 6 (1.84%) Adobe
11 6 (1.84%) Checkmarx
11 6 (1.84%) Veracode
12 5 (1.53%) Extreme Networks
12 5 (1.53%) Qualys
13 4 (1.23%) ServiceNow
13 4 (1.23%) SolarWinds