Change Control Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Change Control
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 231 249 288
Rank change year-on-year +18 +39 +33
Contract jobs citing Change Control 73 96 193
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.74% 0.63% 0.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.81% 0.71% 0.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 54 117
10th Percentile £363 £264 £400
25th Percentile £451 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.38% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £592 £623
90th Percentile £638 £712 £693
UK median daily rate £523 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -0.48% +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 5 11
10th Percentile £30.54 - £12.50
25th Percentile £39.00 £13.25 £26.02
Median hourly rate £65.00 £14.00 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year +364.29% -66.67% +59.18%
75th Percentile £67.50 £53.75 £50.00
90th Percentile - £62.19 £57.50
UK median hourly rate £43.15 £48.17 £50.00
% change year-on-year -10.42% -3.66% +42.86%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,021 13,483 23,229
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 87.87% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,191 8,996 16,418
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.56 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.52 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.13 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Change Control
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Change Control as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Change Control trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Change Control
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Change Control.

Change Control daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Change Control
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Change Control over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Change Control daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Change Control
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Change Control.

Change Control hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Change Control
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Change Control over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Change Control hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Change Control
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 6 (8.22%) SharePoint
2 4 (5.48%) Confluence
3 2 (2.74%) MQSeries
4 1 (1.37%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 6 (8.22%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (6.85%) Windchill
3 4 (5.48%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (4.11%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (4.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (2.74%) Misys Midas
1 2 (2.74%) Primavera
2 1 (1.37%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 5 (6.85%) Azure
1 5 (6.85%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (4.11%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (2.74%) SaaS
4 1 (1.37%) GitHub
4 1 (1.37%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (1.37%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.85%) Intrusion Detection
2 3 (4.11%) SSL
3 2 (2.74%) Network Security
4 1 (1.37%) 4G
4 1 (1.37%) 5G
4 1 (1.37%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (1.37%) Firewall
4 1 (1.37%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.37%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (1.37%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (9.59%) JIRA
General
1 32 (43.84%) Finance
2 30 (41.10%) Social Skills
3 15 (20.55%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (10.96%) Presentation Skills
5 6 (8.22%) Retail
6 4 (5.48%) Banking
6 4 (5.48%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (5.48%) Legal
6 4 (5.48%) Telecoms
7 2 (2.74%) Automotive
7 2 (2.74%) Private Banking
7 2 (2.74%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.37%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.37%) Law
8 1 (1.37%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.37%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.37%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 23 (31.51%) Project Manager
2 13 (17.81%) Analyst
3 6 (8.22%) Senior
4 5 (6.85%) Business Analyst
4 5 (6.85%) Configuration Manager
5 4 (5.48%) Supply Chain Manager
5 4 (5.48%) Supply Chain Project Manager
6 3 (4.11%) Developer
6 3 (4.11%) Lead
6 3 (4.11%) Programme Manager
6 3 (4.11%) Project Officer
6 3 (4.11%) Project Support Officer
6 3 (4.11%) SAP Manager
6 3 (4.11%) SAP Project Manager
6 3 (4.11%) Security Manager
6 3 (4.11%) Security Project Manager
6 3 (4.11%) Senior Manager
6 3 (4.11%) Senior Project Manager
6 3 (4.11%) Support Officer
7 2 (2.74%) Desktop Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.11%) 802.1X
2 2 (2.74%) XML
3 1 (1.37%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.22%) Operational Technology
2 5 (6.85%) Data Structures
2 5 (6.85%) Management Information System
3 4 (5.48%) Onboarding
3 4 (5.48%) Product Ownership
4 3 (4.11%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (4.11%) PKI
5 2 (2.74%) AS400
5 2 (2.74%) Derivative
5 2 (2.74%) iSeries
6 1 (1.37%) CCTV
6 1 (1.37%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (1.37%) PMI
6 1 (1.37%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 7 (9.59%) Windows
2 4 (5.48%) Windows 10
3 2 (2.74%) Linux
3 2 (2.74%) Windows 7
3 2 (2.74%) Windows XP
4 1 (1.37%) Unix
4 1 (1.37%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (36.99%) Project Management
1 27 (36.99%) Stakeholder Management
2 21 (28.77%) Agile
3 15 (20.55%) Project Delivery
4 12 (16.44%) Change Management
5 11 (15.07%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (15.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 10 (13.70%) Continuous Improvement
6 10 (13.70%) Waterfall
7 9 (12.33%) Cybersecurity
8 8 (10.96%) Project Planning
9 7 (9.59%) PRINCE2
9 7 (9.59%) Programme Management
10 6 (8.22%) Business Analysis
10 6 (8.22%) Configuration Management
10 6 (8.22%) Decision-Making
10 6 (8.22%) DevOps
11 5 (6.85%) Business Case
11 5 (6.85%) Business Process Modelling
11 5 (6.85%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.48%) SQL
2 3 (4.11%) PowerShell
3 2 (2.74%) Java
3 2 (2.74%) RPG
4 1 (1.37%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.37%) Python
4 1 (1.37%) VB
Qualifications
1 10 (13.70%) Degree
2 6 (8.22%) Security Cleared
3 3 (4.11%) DV Cleared
3 3 (4.11%) PMI Certification
3 3 (4.11%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.74%) PMP
5 1 (1.37%) APMP
5 1 (1.37%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (17.81%) PMO
2 5 (6.85%) Def Stans
3 4 (5.48%) QA
4 3 (4.11%) NIST
5 2 (2.74%) Data Quality
5 2 (2.74%) SLA
6 1 (1.37%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (1.37%) GDPR
6 1 (1.37%) NCSC
6 1 (1.37%) P3O
System Software
1 3 (4.11%) Active Directory
1 3 (4.11%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (2.74%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.37%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (4.11%) OPNET
1 3 (4.11%) Terraform
2 2 (2.74%) Control-M
2 2 (2.74%) SCCM
3 1 (1.37%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 13 (17.81%) Microsoft
2 5 (6.85%) PTC
2 5 (6.85%) SAP
3 3 (4.11%) VMware
4 2 (2.74%) IBM
5 1 (1.37%) Adobe
5 1 (1.37%) Ariba
5 1 (1.37%) Cisco
5 1 (1.37%) Fortinet
5 1 (1.37%) IFS
5 1 (1.37%) Liquidlogic
5 1 (1.37%) Oracle
5 1 (1.37%) Pega
5 1 (1.37%) Qualys
5 1 (1.37%) Salesforce