Change Control Job Trends in England

Change Control
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Change Control skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 348 354 317
Rank change year-on-year +6 -37 -21
Permanent jobs citing Change Control 258 362 423
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.50% 0.74% 0.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.61% 0.82% 1.00%
Number of salaries quoted 130 199 296
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,625 £37,063 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +4.76% +0.93%
75th Percentile £72,313 £62,500 £62,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £72,500 £74,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% +4.76% +0.96%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

Change Control falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 42,542 44,136 42,391
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 81.90% 90.32% 90.98%
Number of salaries quoted 25,391 21,842 32,852
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £80,195 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Change Control
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Change Control relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Change Control job vacancy trend in England

Change Control
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Change Control.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Change Control

Change Control
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Change Control in England over the 6 months to 4 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Change Control in England

Change Control
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Change Control within the England region over the 6 months to 4 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +76 103 £67,500 +12.50% 261
South East 0 58 £45,000 -10.00% 184
Midlands -7 39 £48,000 -16.52% 33
North of England -54 32 £41,075 +9.53% 30
West Midlands -1 21 £65,000 +13.04% 10
East Midlands +4 18 £32,500 -31.58% 23
North West +19 17 £37,927 -31.04% 15
South West +13 14 £33,500 -39.09% 39
Yorkshire -17 10 £45,537 -18.17% 15
East of England +25 7 £53,000 -41.11% 34
North East -39 5 £35,000 -6.67%
Change Control
UK

Change Control
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 21 (8.14%) SharePoint
2 13 (5.04%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (2.33%) IIS
4 2 (0.78%) Confluence
4 2 (0.78%) HCL Notes
4 2 (0.78%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 32 (12.40%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (6.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (6.20%) MS Visio
3 12 (4.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (3.88%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (2.71%) Windchill
6 1 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (2.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.94%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.78%) NEC Housing
3 2 (0.78%) Oracle BPM
4 1 (0.39%) Carpe Diem
4 1 (0.39%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.39%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 46 (17.83%) Azure
2 28 (10.85%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (6.98%) Entra ID
4 16 (6.20%) Azure DevOps
5 14 (5.43%) SaaS
6 10 (3.88%) AWS
7 8 (3.10%) IaaS
7 8 (3.10%) PaaS
8 7 (2.71%) Google Workspace
9 6 (2.33%) Power Platform
10 5 (1.94%) Power Automate
11 4 (1.55%) PowerApps
12 3 (1.16%) Azure Logic Apps
12 3 (1.16%) Azure Monitor
12 3 (1.16%) Dynamics 365
12 3 (1.16%) OneDrive
13 2 (0.78%) Azure Sentinel
13 2 (0.78%) Datadog
13 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Purview
13 2 (0.78%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 30 (11.63%) Firewall
2 17 (6.59%) LAN
3 13 (5.04%) Network Security
4 12 (4.65%) WAN
5 9 (3.49%) DHCP
5 9 (3.49%) DNS
6 8 (3.10%) VLAN
6 8 (3.10%) VPN
7 7 (2.71%) Broadband
8 6 (2.33%) BGP
8 6 (2.33%) OSPF
8 6 (2.33%) SAN
8 6 (2.33%) SD-WAN
9 5 (1.94%) Multicast
9 5 (1.94%) TCP/IP
10 4 (1.55%) Ethernet VPN
10 4 (1.55%) Internet
10 4 (1.55%) VoIP
10 4 (1.55%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (1.16%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (5.04%) SQL Server
2 9 (3.49%) Oracle Reports
2 9 (3.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 5 (1.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 4 (1.55%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (1.55%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.78%) Data Mining
5 2 (0.78%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.78%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.39%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.39%) Big Data
6 1 (0.39%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.39%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.39%) MySQL
6 1 (0.39%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.39%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 43 (16.67%) JIRA
2 36 (13.95%) Git
3 31 (12.02%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.94%) GitLab
5 1 (0.39%) CircleCI
5 1 (0.39%) Visual Studio
General
1 126 (48.84%) Social Skills
2 88 (34.11%) Finance
3 42 (16.28%) Organisational Skills
4 25 (9.69%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (8.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 17 (6.59%) Documentation Skills
7 16 (6.20%) Legal
7 16 (6.20%) Manufacturing
8 12 (4.65%) Banking
8 12 (4.65%) Public Sector
9 10 (3.88%) Marketing
9 10 (3.88%) Police
10 9 (3.49%) Telecoms
11 7 (2.71%) Law
12 6 (2.33%) Financial Institution
13 5 (1.94%) Aerospace
13 5 (1.94%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (1.16%) Retail
15 2 (0.78%) Games
15 2 (0.78%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 48 (18.60%) Lead
2 35 (13.57%) Senior
3 31 (12.02%) Network Engineer
3 31 (12.02%) Project Manager
4 29 (11.24%) Analyst
5 18 (6.98%) IT Manager
6 13 (5.04%) Developer
7 12 (4.65%) Support Analyst
8 11 (4.26%) Project Engineer
9 10 (3.88%) 2nd Line Support
10 9 (3.49%) Development Analyst
10 9 (3.49%) Development Support Analyst
10 9 (3.49%) Systems Analyst
10 9 (3.49%) Systems Development Analyst
10 9 (3.49%) Systems Support
10 9 (3.49%) Systems Support Analyst
11 8 (3.10%) Administrator
11 8 (3.10%) Innovation Manager
11 8 (3.10%) Senior Network Engineer
12 7 (2.71%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (5.04%) .NET
2 10 (3.88%) Oracle Fusion
3 8 (3.10%) LDAP
4 7 (2.71%) GraphQL
4 7 (2.71%) OAuth
4 7 (2.71%) OpenID
4 7 (2.71%) REST
4 7 (2.71%) SAML
4 7 (2.71%) SOAP
5 4 (1.55%) RESTful
6 2 (0.78%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.78%) ARM Templates
6 2 (0.78%) ASP.NET
6 2 (0.78%) ASP.NET MVC
6 2 (0.78%) EDI
6 2 (0.78%) WCF
7 1 (0.39%) JSON
7 1 (0.39%) XML
7 1 (0.39%) XSLT
7 1 (0.39%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (6.59%) Data Centre
2 14 (5.43%) Management Information System
3 13 (5.04%) Product Ownership
4 11 (4.26%) Driving Licence
5 8 (3.10%) Clustering
6 7 (2.71%) Cyber Threat
6 7 (2.71%) Cyberattack
6 7 (2.71%) Virtual Team
6 7 (2.71%) Wiki
7 6 (2.33%) Data Protection Act
7 6 (2.33%) Life Science
8 5 (1.94%) CMDB
8 5 (1.94%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.55%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.55%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (1.55%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (1.16%) Cloud Native
10 3 (1.16%) PKI
10 3 (1.16%) Security Posture
10 3 (1.16%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 26 (10.08%) Windows
2 17 (6.59%) Windows Server
3 14 (5.43%) Linux
4 6 (2.33%) Apple iOS
5 5 (1.94%) Android
6 4 (1.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (1.55%) VMS
7 2 (0.78%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (34.11%) Continuous Improvement
2 57 (22.09%) Change Management
3 50 (19.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 45 (17.44%) Agile
5 43 (16.67%) Project Delivery
6 42 (16.28%) Problem-Solving
7 41 (15.89%) ITIL
8 40 (15.50%) Mentoring
9 38 (14.73%) Configuration Management
10 34 (13.18%) Project Management
10 34 (13.18%) Technical Leadership
11 30 (11.63%) DevOps
12 28 (10.85%) Cybersecurity
12 28 (10.85%) Roadmaps
13 27 (10.47%) Strategic Thinking
14 26 (10.08%) Data-Driven Decision Making
14 26 (10.08%) Process Improvement
15 25 (9.69%) Programme Management
16 24 (9.30%) Customer Requirements
17 23 (8.91%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 32 (12.40%) SQL
2 24 (9.30%) Python
3 21 (8.14%) PowerShell
4 15 (5.81%) Bash
5 12 (4.65%) T-SQL
6 7 (2.71%) C#
7 4 (1.55%) Go
8 3 (1.16%) C++
9 2 (0.78%) ActionScript
9 2 (0.78%) ActionScript 2.0
9 2 (0.78%) Bicep
9 2 (0.78%) Java
9 2 (0.78%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.39%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.39%) VB
Qualifications
1 68 (26.36%) Degree
2 57 (22.09%) Security Cleared
3 39 (15.12%) Cisco Certification
4 28 (10.85%) SC Cleared
5 24 (9.30%) CCNP
6 19 (7.36%) BPSS Clearance
6 19 (7.36%) CCIE
7 16 (6.20%) CCNA
8 15 (5.81%) Microsoft Certification
9 10 (3.88%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 9 (3.49%) CCA
10 9 (3.49%) Citrix Certification
10 9 (3.49%) MCP
10 9 (3.49%) MCSA
10 9 (3.49%) MCSE
11 8 (3.10%) CCSA
11 8 (3.10%) CCSE
12 7 (2.71%) DBS Check
13 6 (2.33%) PMI Certification
13 6 (2.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (14.73%) QA
2 30 (11.63%) Def Stans
3 15 (5.81%) PMO
3 15 (5.81%) SLA
4 12 (4.65%) Data Quality
4 12 (4.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (3.49%) NIST
6 7 (2.71%) NCSC
7 5 (1.94%) NEBOSH
8 4 (1.55%) GMP
9 3 (1.16%) ISO 9001
9 3 (1.16%) MiFID
9 3 (1.16%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.78%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.78%) GDPR
10 2 (0.78%) GRC
11 1 (0.39%) COBIT
11 1 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 29 (11.24%) Active Directory
2 14 (5.43%) Firmware
3 13 (5.04%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (2.33%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.55%) Docker
6 2 (0.78%) vCloud
7 1 (0.39%) iptables
7 1 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.39%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (5.81%) Ansible
2 11 (4.26%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (3.10%) Kubernetes
3 8 (3.10%) Terraform
4 4 (1.55%) Grafana
4 4 (1.55%) Nagios
5 3 (1.16%) Dell DRAC
6 2 (0.78%) Failover Clustering
6 2 (0.78%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.78%) Puppet
6 2 (0.78%) SCCM
7 1 (0.39%) Autotask
7 1 (0.39%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 1 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 69 (26.74%) Microsoft
2 37 (14.34%) Cisco
3 22 (8.53%) VMware
4 16 (6.20%) Fortinet
5 15 (5.81%) CheckPoint
5 15 (5.81%) F5
5 15 (5.81%) Oracle
6 10 (3.88%) Juniper
6 10 (3.88%) SAP
7 9 (3.49%) Citrix
8 7 (2.71%) Atlassian
8 7 (2.71%) ServiceNow
9 6 (2.33%) Arista
9 6 (2.33%) Dell
10 4 (1.55%) Palo Alto
10 4 (1.55%) Zscaler
11 3 (1.16%) Meraki
11 3 (1.16%) SolarWinds
12 2 (0.78%) Commvault
12 2 (0.78%) IFS