Change Control Contracts in the West Midlands

Change Control
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 77 98
Rank change year-on-year +11 +21 +35
Contract jobs citing Change Control 31 34 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 2.30% 1.75% 1.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.61% 2.08% 1.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 23 24
10th Percentile £363 £383 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £524 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year +10.32% -2.56% -1.12%
75th Percentile £588 £554 £552
90th Percentile £619 £597 £638
England median daily rate £525 £525 £513
% change year-on-year - +2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £13.25 £12.50
Median hourly rate - £13.50 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year - +3.85% +13.04%
75th Percentile - £13.88 £13.50
90th Percentile - £13.95 -
England median hourly rate £46.30 £43.84 £51.49
% change year-on-year +5.61% -14.85% +47.10%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 in the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,188 1,636 2,114
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 88.33% 84.03% 88.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 786 1,083 1,452
10th Percentile £195 £275 £263
25th Percentile £381 £375 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £512
Median % change year-on-year - -2.34% +5.03%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £600
90th Percentile £675 £750 £694
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 115 45
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.09 £12.20
25th Percentile £14.14 £14.00 £13.31
Median hourly rate £18.00 £22.50 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +26.98% +4.24%
75th Percentile £23.99 £41.13 £23.75
90th Percentile £38.19 £57.75 £51.25
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Change Control
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Change Control as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Change Control in the West Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Change Control in the West Midlands

Change Control
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Change Control in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Change Control in the West Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Change Control in the West Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 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
Warwickshire +13 22 £523 +2.05% 7
Birmingham +7 8 £600 +26.32% 7
Staffordshire +2 1 £41 -89.75% 6
Change Control
England

Change Control
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 3 (9.68%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (16.13%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (12.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (6.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (6.45%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 3 (9.68%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (12.90%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.68%) Oracle Reports
1 3 (9.68%) Power BI
General
1 17 (54.84%) Social Skills
2 16 (51.61%) Finance
3 8 (25.81%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (22.58%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (9.68%) Law
6 2 (6.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (6.45%) Public Sector
7 1 (3.23%) Legal
7 1 (3.23%) Manufacturing
7 1 (3.23%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (3.23%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (35.48%) Project Manager
2 8 (25.81%) Analyst
3 5 (16.13%) Business Analyst
4 4 (12.90%) IT Manager
5 3 (9.68%) IT Project Manager
5 3 (9.68%) PMO Analyst
5 3 (9.68%) Project Officer
5 3 (9.68%) Project Support Officer
5 3 (9.68%) Support Officer
6 2 (6.45%) Developer
6 2 (6.45%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 2 (6.45%) Lead
6 2 (6.45%) PMO Lead
6 2 (6.45%) Report Manager
7 1 (3.23%) Junior
7 1 (3.23%) Operations Manager
7 1 (3.23%) Senior Manager
7 1 (3.23%) Senior Project Manager
7 1 (3.23%) Service Manager
7 1 (3.23%) Technical Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.45%) Ajax
1 2 (6.45%) CSS
1 2 (6.45%) CSS3
1 2 (6.45%) HTML
1 2 (6.45%) HTML5
1 2 (6.45%) KnockoutJS
1 2 (6.45%) Node.js
1 2 (6.45%) OLE
1 2 (6.45%) RequireJS
1 2 (6.45%) RESTful
2 1 (3.23%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 6 (19.35%) Operational Technology
2 5 (16.13%) Data Structures
3 3 (9.68%) Onboarding
3 3 (9.68%) Product Ownership
4 1 (3.23%) CCTV
4 1 (3.23%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (9.68%) Windows
1 3 (9.68%) Windows 10
1 3 (9.68%) Windows 7
1 3 (9.68%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (67.74%) Stakeholder Management
2 14 (45.16%) Project Management
3 8 (25.81%) Programme Management
4 7 (22.58%) Agile
5 6 (19.35%) Resource Management
6 5 (16.13%) Business Analysis
6 5 (16.13%) Business Process Modelling
6 5 (16.13%) Coaching
6 5 (16.13%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (16.13%) Data Analysis
6 5 (16.13%) Data Modelling
6 5 (16.13%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
6 5 (16.13%) Waterfall
7 4 (12.90%) Business Continuity
7 4 (12.90%) Change Management
7 4 (12.90%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (9.68%) Contract Management
8 3 (9.68%) Cyber Resilience
8 3 (9.68%) Project Delivery
8 3 (9.68%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.68%) PowerShell
2 2 (6.45%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (9.68%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (35.48%) PMO
2 3 (9.68%) NIST
3 1 (3.23%) NCSC
System Software
1 3 (9.68%) Virtual Machines
1 3 (9.68%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 4 (12.90%) Oracle
2 3 (9.68%) Microsoft
2 3 (9.68%) VMware
3 2 (6.45%) Adobe
4 1 (3.23%) SAP