Change Management Contract Job Trends in West Sussex

Change Management
South East > West Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West Sussex requiring Change Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 21 27
Rank change year-on-year -3 +6 +17
Contract jobs citing Change Management 8 4 5
As % of all contract jobs in West Sussex 3.43% 3.28% 2.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.40% 3.81% 2.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 4 3
10th Percentile £383 £196 £243
25th Percentile £475 £211 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £335 £375
Median % change year-on-year +49.25% -10.67% -21.05%
75th Percentile £529 £450 £394
90th Percentile £583 - £398
South East median daily rate £474 £550 £523
% change year-on-year -13.86% +5.26% -0.48%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Sussex

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 in West Sussex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 182 105 187
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex 78.11% 86.07% 93.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 137 72 136
10th Percentile £198 £200 £200
25th Percentile £275 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £518
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -13.13% +3.60%
75th Percentile £575 £533 £600
90th Percentile £720 £638 £680
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £517
% change year-on-year -1.96% -1.40% +3.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 1 7
10th Percentile - - £12.70
25th Percentile £12.63 - £13.09
Median hourly rate £26.50 £15.00 £15.40
Median % change year-on-year +76.67% -2.60% -30.51%
75th Percentile £65.00 - £46.96
90th Percentile £67.50 - £67.03
South East median hourly rate £23.58 £42.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -44.53% -22.73% +24.29%

Change Management
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Change Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex.

Change Management job vacancy trend in West Sussex

Change Management
Daily Rate Trend in West Sussex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Change Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Change Management

Change Management
Daily Rate Histogram in West Sussex

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Change Management in West Sussex over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Change Management in West Sussex

Change Management
Hourly Rate Trend in West Sussex

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Change Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Change Management

Change Management
Contract Job Locations in West Sussex

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 West Sussex region over the 6 months to 12 January 2026. 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
Worthing - 6 £500 -
Burgess Hill 0 1 £286 +50.53%
Change Management
South East

Change Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Sussex by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 4 (50.00%) AWS
1 4 (50.00%) Azure
1 4 (50.00%) GCP
2 1 (12.50%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) MGCP
1 1 (12.50%) SCCP
1 1 (12.50%) Telepresence
1 1 (12.50%) VoIP
1 1 (12.50%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Metadata
1 1 (12.50%) Power BI
General
1 5 (62.50%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
3 1 (12.50%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Engagement Manager
1 4 (50.00%) SAP Engagement Manager
1 4 (50.00%) SAP Manager
1 4 (50.00%) Senior
1 4 (50.00%) Senior Engagement Manager
1 4 (50.00%) Senior Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Audio Visual Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Change Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Cisco Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Communications Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Lead
2 1 (12.50%) Operational Change Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Operational Security Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Security Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Security Operations Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 1 (12.50%) Operational Technology
2 1 (12.50%) SCADA
2 1 (12.50%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (62.50%) Project Management
1 5 (62.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (50.00%) Agile
2 4 (50.00%) AI
2 4 (50.00%) Budget Management
2 4 (50.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 4 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 4 (50.00%) Data Management
2 4 (50.00%) DevOps
2 4 (50.00%) Machine Learning
2 4 (50.00%) Migration
2 4 (50.00%) Performance Management
2 4 (50.00%) Project Planning
2 4 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 4 (50.00%) Resource Allocation
2 4 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 4 (50.00%) Waterfall
3 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (25.00%) Coaching
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) SC Cleared
1 5 (62.50%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) APMG
2 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) QA
2 1 (12.50%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 4 (50.00%) SAP
2 4 (50.00%) ServiceNow
3 1 (12.50%) Alteryx
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco