Change Management Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Change Management
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Change Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Change Management over the 6 months leading up to 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 51 37 41
Rank change year-on-year -14 +4 +17
Contract jobs citing Change Management 442 723 1,220
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 4.34% 4.96% 5.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.73% 5.68% 5.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 264 350 667
10th Percentile £313 £300 £363
25th Percentile £368 £406 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £501 £540
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% -7.31% +8.00%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £650
90th Percentile £675 £700 £742
UK median daily rate £500 £503 £549
% change year-on-year -0.50% -8.44% +6.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 15 31
10th Percentile £20.85 £14.18 £18.50
25th Percentile £23.38 £19.63 £28.00
Median hourly rate £34.67 £47.50 £52.13
Median % change year-on-year -27.02% -8.88% +38.00%
75th Percentile £70.16 £61.25 £78.38
90th Percentile £79.78 £62.00 £87.50
UK median hourly rate £54.00 £50.00 £48.70
% change year-on-year +8.00% +2.67% +94.79%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,339 12,721 21,711
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.78% 87.31% 89.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,324 8,559 15,315
10th Percentile £325 £325 £357
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -2.78% +0.47%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £751 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £505 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.81% -4.55% +0.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 263 553 523
10th Percentile £12.70 £15.03 £18.49
25th Percentile £19.00 £25.18 £26.00
Median hourly rate £34.65 £43.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.42% -18.10% +31.25%
75th Percentile £65.00 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £38.18
% change year-on-year -32.93% -1.77% +46.83%

Change Management
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

Change Management
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 Management.

Change Management daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Change Management
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Change Management over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

Change Management daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Change Management
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 Management.

Change Management hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Change Management
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Change Management over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

Change Management hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Change Management
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 15 (3.39%) Confluence
2 10 (2.26%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.36%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.13%) CMS
5 2 (0.45%) Apache
6 1 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.23%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.23%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 27 (6.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (3.62%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (2.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (2.49%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (1.36%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.68%) Trello
7 2 (0.45%) Oracle Smart View
7 2 (0.45%) Windchill
8 1 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 23 (5.20%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.81%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 3 (0.68%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.68%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.68%) SAP MDG
3 3 (0.68%) SAP PLM
3 3 (0.68%) SAP VC
4 2 (0.45%) Maximo
4 2 (0.45%) SAP APO
4 2 (0.45%) SAP WM
5 1 (0.23%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 1 (0.23%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.23%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.23%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.23%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.23%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.23%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.23%) SAP SCM
5 1 (0.23%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 29 (6.56%) Azure
2 20 (4.52%) Power Platform
3 16 (3.62%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (3.62%) SaaS
4 12 (2.71%) Dynamics 365
5 10 (2.26%) AWS
6 7 (1.58%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (1.36%) Entra ID
8 5 (1.13%) GCP
8 5 (1.13%) GitHub
8 5 (1.13%) SuccessFactors
9 3 (0.68%) Amazon EKS
9 3 (0.68%) Datadog
9 3 (0.68%) IaaS
9 3 (0.68%) Power Automate
9 3 (0.68%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 2 (0.45%) Contentful
10 2 (0.45%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (0.45%) PowerApps
10 2 (0.45%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 19 (4.30%) Firewall
2 14 (3.17%) WAN
3 10 (2.26%) SD-WAN
4 9 (2.04%) LAN
5 7 (1.58%) Cisco Nexus
5 7 (1.58%) MPLS
5 7 (1.58%) Network Security
5 7 (1.58%) VPN
6 6 (1.36%) BGP
7 5 (1.13%) Cisco ASA
7 5 (1.13%) EIGRP
7 5 (1.13%) HTTP
7 5 (1.13%) Intrusion Detection
7 5 (1.13%) OSPF
8 4 (0.90%) DHCP
8 4 (0.90%) DNS
9 3 (0.68%) 4G
9 3 (0.68%) IP Telephony
9 3 (0.68%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.68%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (3.62%) Power BI
2 9 (2.04%) Oracle Database
3 4 (0.90%) Oracle Reports
3 4 (0.90%) SQL Server
4 3 (0.68%) SAP HANA
5 2 (0.45%) BigQuery
5 2 (0.45%) Data Mining
5 2 (0.45%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.45%) InterSystems Cache
5 2 (0.45%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.45%) Power Query
5 2 (0.45%) Tableau
6 1 (0.23%) Amazon Athena
6 1 (0.23%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.23%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.23%) GIS
6 1 (0.23%) Metadata
6 1 (0.23%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.23%) SAP BW
6 1 (0.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 23 (5.20%) JIRA
2 12 (2.71%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.90%) Git
4 3 (0.68%) MSI
5 2 (0.45%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.45%) GitLab
5 2 (0.45%) Liquibase
5 2 (0.45%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.23%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.23%) Flyway
6 1 (0.23%) GoCD
6 1 (0.23%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.23%) Selenium
6 1 (0.23%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.23%) Toad
6 1 (0.23%) Travis CI
General
1 179 (40.50%) Finance
2 156 (35.29%) Social Skills
3 69 (15.61%) Analytical Skills
4 66 (14.93%) Banking
5 29 (6.56%) Manufacturing
6 25 (5.66%) Legal
7 24 (5.43%) Organisational Skills
8 23 (5.20%) Law
9 22 (4.98%) Public Sector
9 22 (4.98%) Telecoms
10 18 (4.07%) Influencing Skills
11 17 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
12 14 (3.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 14 (3.17%) Marketing
13 12 (2.71%) Retail
14 9 (2.04%) Pharmaceutical
15 7 (1.58%) Documentation Skills
16 5 (1.13%) Investment Banking
16 5 (1.13%) Local Government
17 4 (0.90%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 73 (16.52%) Analyst
2 62 (14.03%) Project Manager
3 40 (9.05%) Business Analyst
4 38 (8.60%) Change Manager
5 33 (7.47%) Consultant
6 25 (5.66%) Lead
7 24 (5.43%) Senior
8 23 (5.20%) Architect
9 18 (4.07%) Network Engineer
10 17 (3.85%) Programme Manager
11 16 (3.62%) IT Manager
12 12 (2.71%) Administrator
12 12 (2.71%) Business Manager
13 11 (2.49%) Delivery Manager
14 10 (2.26%) Change Consultant
15 9 (2.04%) Business Change Manager
15 9 (2.04%) Change Analyst
15 9 (2.04%) Developer
15 9 (2.04%) Senior Manager
15 9 (2.04%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.04%) REST
2 7 (1.58%) CSS
3 6 (1.36%) HTML
3 6 (1.36%) SOAP
3 6 (1.36%) XML
4 5 (1.13%) Ajax
4 5 (1.13%) Web Services
5 4 (0.90%) Oracle Fusion
6 2 (0.45%) .NET
6 2 (0.45%) Elastic Stack
6 2 (0.45%) Gherkin
6 2 (0.45%) Middleware
6 2 (0.45%) SAP Basis
7 1 (0.23%) 802.1X
7 1 (0.23%) FIDO
7 1 (0.23%) Kafka
7 1 (0.23%) Node.js
7 1 (0.23%) React
7 1 (0.23%) SAP Fiori
7 1 (0.23%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 20 (4.52%) Management Information System
2 16 (3.62%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (2.94%) Product Ownership
4 12 (2.71%) CMDB
4 12 (2.71%) Life Science
5 11 (2.49%) Data Centre
5 11 (2.49%) Operational Technology
5 11 (2.49%) Renewable Energy
6 9 (2.04%) Onboarding
7 7 (1.58%) Analytical Mindset
7 7 (1.58%) FMCG
7 7 (1.58%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (1.36%) Data Structures
8 6 (1.36%) Security Posture
9 4 (0.90%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (0.90%) Mainframe
9 4 (0.90%) Mobile App
9 4 (0.90%) PMI
9 4 (0.90%) Public Cloud
9 4 (0.90%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 27 (6.11%) Windows
2 11 (2.49%) Windows Server
3 8 (1.81%) Linux
4 5 (1.13%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.90%) Unix
6 2 (0.45%) zOS
7 1 (0.23%) CentOS
7 1 (0.23%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.23%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.23%) MVS
7 1 (0.23%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.23%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (21.49%) Problem-Solving
2 90 (20.36%) Project Management
3 85 (19.23%) Agile
4 82 (18.55%) Stakeholder Management
5 66 (14.93%) ITIL
5 66 (14.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 62 (14.03%) Migration
7 50 (11.31%) Project Delivery
8 49 (11.09%) Continuous Improvement
9 43 (9.73%) Risk Management
10 36 (8.14%) Decision-Making
11 35 (7.92%) Service Management
12 34 (7.69%) Roadmaps
13 29 (6.56%) ERP
13 29 (6.56%) User Acceptance Testing
14 27 (6.11%) Data Migration
14 27 (6.11%) Problem Management
15 26 (5.88%) Business Intelligence
16 24 (5.43%) Scrum
16 24 (5.43%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 23 (5.20%) SQL
2 18 (4.07%) Python
3 9 (2.04%) C#
3 9 (2.04%) PowerShell
4 7 (1.58%) Java
5 5 (1.13%) JavaScript
6 4 (0.90%) VB
7 3 (0.68%) ABAP
7 3 (0.68%) VBA
8 2 (0.45%) Bash
8 2 (0.45%) Go
8 2 (0.45%) JCL
8 2 (0.45%) Kotlin
8 2 (0.45%) MUMPS
8 2 (0.45%) PL/SQL
8 2 (0.45%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.23%) Groovy
9 1 (0.23%) REXX
9 1 (0.23%) SOQL
9 1 (0.23%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 48 (10.86%) Degree
2 31 (7.01%) Security Cleared
3 24 (5.43%) SC Cleared
4 13 (2.94%) ITIL Certification
5 12 (2.71%) PMI Certification
5 12 (2.71%) PMP
6 10 (2.26%) APMG
6 10 (2.26%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (2.04%) Master's Degree
8 6 (1.36%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (0.90%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (0.90%) CISSP
10 3 (0.68%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.68%) CISM
10 3 (0.68%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (0.68%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 3 (0.68%) Six Sigma Black Belt
10 3 (0.68%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 2 (0.45%) CRISC
11 2 (0.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (3.62%) QA
2 15 (3.39%) Data Quality
3 12 (2.71%) GDPR
3 12 (2.71%) PMO
4 5 (1.13%) NIST
5 4 (0.90%) NCSC
6 3 (0.68%) GxP
6 3 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (0.68%) SLA
7 2 (0.45%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.45%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (0.45%) COBIT
7 2 (0.45%) Disclosure Scotland
7 2 (0.45%) ISO 20022
7 2 (0.45%) ITGC
7 2 (0.45%) MiFID
8 1 (0.23%) Automotive SPICE
8 1 (0.23%) ISO 26262
8 1 (0.23%) SEPA
System Software
1 10 (2.26%) vSphere
2 6 (1.36%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.13%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.68%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.45%) Docker
5 2 (0.45%) Firmware
5 2 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.23%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 8 (1.81%) Ansible
2 7 (1.58%) Kubernetes
3 6 (1.36%) Grafana
3 6 (1.36%) Prometheus
4 5 (1.13%) Cisco Prime
4 5 (1.13%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (1.13%) SCCM
5 4 (0.90%) Oracle RMAN
5 4 (0.90%) Terraform
6 3 (0.68%) Check_MK
7 2 (0.45%) Avamar
7 2 (0.45%) EMC NetWorker
7 2 (0.45%) EMC VPLEX
7 2 (0.45%) NetBackup
7 2 (0.45%) Tivoli NetView
7 2 (0.45%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 1 (0.23%) Argo
8 1 (0.23%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.23%) Nagios
8 1 (0.23%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 54 (12.22%) Microsoft
2 50 (11.31%) SAP
3 24 (5.43%) ServiceNow
4 23 (5.20%) Cisco
4 23 (5.20%) Oracle
5 12 (2.71%) Salesforce
6 10 (2.26%) Workday
7 8 (1.81%) Fortinet
7 8 (1.81%) VMware
8 7 (1.58%) Aruba
8 7 (1.58%) IBM
9 6 (1.36%) CheckPoint
9 6 (1.36%) Commvault
9 6 (1.36%) Google
9 6 (1.36%) Snow
9 6 (1.36%) SolarWinds
9 6 (1.36%) Splunk
10 5 (1.13%) Ariba
10 5 (1.13%) Palo Alto
10 5 (1.13%) Remedy