Change Management Contracts in the West Midlands

Change Management
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for Change Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Change Management over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 45 41 47
Rank change year-on-year -4 +6 -8
Contract jobs citing Change Management 73 127 155
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 3.80% 5.21% 4.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.54% 5.91% 4.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 82 100
10th Percentile £343 £263 £270
25th Percentile £444 £414 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £454
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% +15.70% +10.00%
75th Percentile £684 £623 £544
90th Percentile £875 £675 £700
England median daily rate £525 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £13.25 £12.50 £15.25
Median hourly rate £14.00 £13.00 £17.28
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -24.77% -5.32%
75th Percentile £72.90 £24.29 £20.00
90th Percentile - £30.76 £23.74
England median hourly rate £42.50 £48.40 £22.45
% change year-on-year -12.19% +115.59% -6.46%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Change Management 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 advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,609 2,150 3,274
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 83.80% 88.22% 89.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,068 1,483 2,430
10th Percentile £275 £263 £263
25th Percentile £375 £406 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £480
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +6.25% +16.36%
75th Percentile £615 £600 £575
90th Percentile £733 £688 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £533
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.29% +9.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 114 45 70
10th Percentile £11.08 £12.00 £11.93
25th Percentile £14.00 £13.31 £13.59
Median hourly rate £22.50 £17.72 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.98% +7.39% -7.04%
75th Percentile £41.44 £23.22 £19.86
90th Percentile £58.00 £47.00 £24.25
England median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year -6.67% +56.25% -

Change Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Change Management in the West Midlands

Change Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Change Management in the West Midlands

Change Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Change Management in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Change Management in the West Midlands

Change Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Change Management in the West Midlands

Change Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Change Management in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Change Management in the West Midlands

Change Management
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 Management within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 19 April 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
Birmingham -2 27 £488 -7.14% 22
Coventry +10 16 £613 +16.67% 2
Warwickshire 0 16 £700 +27.27% 8
Solihull - 4 £265 -
Staffordshire 0 3 £394 -17.11% 5
Wolverhampton +5 1 £475 +131.71% 3
Change Management
England

Change Management
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 10 (13.70%) SharePoint
2 7 (9.59%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (5.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (4.11%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.37%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (2.74%) Oracle Assets
1 2 (2.74%) Oracle Cash Management
1 2 (2.74%) Oracle Payables
1 2 (2.74%) Oracle Receivables
1 2 (2.74%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 1 (1.37%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 13 (17.81%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (13.70%) Azure
3 8 (10.96%) Azure Monitor
4 7 (9.59%) OneDrive
5 6 (8.22%) Power Platform
6 2 (2.74%) Azure Logic Apps
6 2 (2.74%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (2.74%) Entra ID
6 2 (2.74%) PowerApps
7 1 (1.37%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 8 (10.96%) DNS
1 8 (10.96%) NetScaler
1 8 (10.96%) WAN
2 5 (6.85%) MPLS
2 5 (6.85%) VPN
3 4 (5.48%) Firewall
4 3 (4.11%) ADSL
4 3 (4.11%) Cisco IOS
4 3 (4.11%) Ethernet
4 3 (4.11%) Internet
4 3 (4.11%) LAN
4 3 (4.11%) PSTN
4 3 (4.11%) SD-WAN
5 2 (2.74%) BGP
5 2 (2.74%) IPsec
6 1 (1.37%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (1.37%) Network Security
6 1 (1.37%) Radio Access Network
6 1 (1.37%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.74%) Power BI
General
1 28 (38.36%) Finance
2 19 (26.03%) Social Skills
3 10 (13.70%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (12.33%) Public Sector
4 9 (12.33%) Telecoms
5 8 (10.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 8 (10.96%) Manufacturing
6 7 (9.59%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (5.48%) Law
7 4 (5.48%) Marketing
8 3 (4.11%) Legal
9 2 (2.74%) Aerospace
9 2 (2.74%) Aviation
9 2 (2.74%) Electronics
9 2 (2.74%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (2.74%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.37%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 13 (17.81%) Analyst
1 13 (17.81%) Senior
2 10 (13.70%) Change Manager
3 8 (10.96%) Project Manager
4 7 (9.59%) Architect
4 7 (9.59%) Business Analyst
4 7 (9.59%) Consultant
4 7 (9.59%) Senior Manager
5 6 (8.22%) Business Change Manager
5 6 (8.22%) Deployment Engineer
6 5 (6.85%) Business Manager
6 5 (6.85%) Citrix Engineer
6 5 (6.85%) Desktop Engineer
6 5 (6.85%) Senior Project Manager
7 4 (5.48%) Financial Analyst
7 4 (5.48%) Lead
8 3 (4.11%) Finance Business Analyst
8 3 (4.11%) Firewall Engineer
8 3 (4.11%) Senior Citrix Engineer
8 3 (4.11%) Senior Desktop Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.74%) Microsoft Graph
1 2 (2.74%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.85%) Product Ownership
2 3 (4.11%) Fat Client
2 3 (4.11%) NHS
2 3 (4.11%) Taxonomies
2 3 (4.11%) Thin Client
3 2 (2.74%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (2.74%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.74%) PKI
3 2 (2.74%) Replication
4 1 (1.37%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.37%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.37%) IoT
4 1 (1.37%) IVR
4 1 (1.37%) Mainframe
4 1 (1.37%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.37%) SCADA
4 1 (1.37%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 13 (17.81%) Windows
2 12 (16.44%) Windows 10
3 8 (10.96%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (32.88%) Stakeholder Management
2 15 (20.55%) Project Management
3 14 (19.18%) Roadmaps
4 13 (17.81%) ITIL
5 12 (16.44%) Agile
5 12 (16.44%) Project Delivery
6 11 (15.07%) Continuous Improvement
7 10 (13.70%) PRINCE2
8 9 (12.33%) Workflow
9 8 (10.96%) Application Packaging
9 8 (10.96%) Change Control
9 8 (10.96%) ERP
9 8 (10.96%) Patch Management
9 8 (10.96%) Programme Management
9 8 (10.96%) Service Design
10 7 (9.59%) Collaborative Working
10 7 (9.59%) Decision-Making
11 6 (8.22%) Coaching
11 6 (8.22%) Incident Management
11 6 (8.22%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 8 (10.96%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.37%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (12.33%) Security Cleared
2 6 (8.22%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (6.85%) CCNP
3 5 (6.85%) Degree
3 5 (6.85%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 5 (6.85%) SC Cleared
4 3 (4.11%) BC Cleared
4 3 (4.11%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (4.11%) CCNA
5 2 (2.74%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (2.74%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 2 (2.74%) JNCIA
6 1 (1.37%) APMG
6 1 (1.37%) CIPD
6 1 (1.37%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.37%) HND
6 1 (1.37%) ISEB
6 1 (1.37%) ISEB Practitioner
6 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.37%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.48%) SLA
2 3 (4.11%) QA
3 2 (2.74%) GDPR
4 1 (1.37%) COBIT
4 1 (1.37%) ISO 9000
4 1 (1.37%) NIST
4 1 (1.37%) PMO
System Software
1 10 (13.70%) Active Directory
2 8 (10.96%) Citrix Hypervisor
2 8 (10.96%) Virtual Desktop
2 8 (10.96%) XenApp
2 8 (10.96%) XenDesktop
3 1 (1.37%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (2.74%) CEMLI
2 1 (1.37%) CA Endevor
2 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 17 (23.29%) Microsoft
2 8 (10.96%) Citrix
2 8 (10.96%) NetApp
3 7 (9.59%) Cisco
4 6 (8.22%) Juniper
5 5 (6.85%) SAP
6 3 (4.11%) BT
6 3 (4.11%) McAfee
6 3 (4.11%) Openreach
7 2 (2.74%) Oracle
7 2 (2.74%) ServiceNow
8 1 (1.37%) Ariba
8 1 (1.37%) Cadence
8 1 (1.37%) IBM
8 1 (1.37%) VMware