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 20 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 388 390 338
Rank change year-on-year +2 -52 -22
Permanent jobs citing Change Control 260 286 536
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.43% 0.65% 0.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.54% 0.70% 0.92%
Number of salaries quoted 139 153 389
10th Percentile £33,670 £40,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £50,000 £40,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +15.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £72,500 £67,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £58,750 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.17% +15.00% -3.45%

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 47,927 40,773 58,562
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 79.25% 92.62% 88.16%
Number of salaries quoted 29,474 20,253 46,343
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,706 £29,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £46,250 £40,146
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -12.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 20 February 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 20 February 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 +78 130 £68,500 +11.84% 45
Midlands -26 41 £49,250 -14.35% 26
South East -45 34 £45,000 -10.00% 50
East Midlands -6 22 £36,250 -21.62% 11
South West -1 21 £33,500 -39.09% 16
West Midlands -21 19 £65,000 +13.04% 15
North of England -32 18 £57,500 +4.55% 35
North West -1 14 £57,500 +2.22% 25
East of England +17 10 £52,500 -41.67% 13
North East -15 2 £27,500 - 2
Yorkshire -50 2 £65,537 +19.61% 8
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 15 (5.77%) Microsoft Exchange
1 15 (5.77%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.15%) Confluence
3 1 (0.38%) IIS
Applications
1 25 (9.62%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (5.77%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (5.00%) Microsoft Project
4 11 (4.23%) MS Visio
5 9 (3.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.38%) Civil 3D
6 1 (0.38%) MicroStation
6 1 (0.38%) ProjectWise
6 1 (0.38%) Revit
6 1 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (2.69%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.31%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.38%) Carpe Diem
3 1 (0.38%) Maximo
3 1 (0.38%) NEC Housing
3 1 (0.38%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.38%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 73 (28.08%) Azure
2 36 (13.85%) Entra ID
3 29 (11.15%) Microsoft 365
4 25 (9.62%) Google Workspace
5 16 (6.15%) Azure DevOps
5 16 (6.15%) SaaS
6 14 (5.38%) AWS
7 9 (3.46%) Power Platform
8 6 (2.31%) IaaS
8 6 (2.31%) PaaS
9 4 (1.54%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 4 (1.54%) Amazon ECR
9 4 (1.54%) Amazon EKS
9 4 (1.54%) Amazon S3
9 4 (1.54%) AWS KMS
9 4 (1.54%) Datadog
9 4 (1.54%) GCP
9 4 (1.54%) Power Automate
9 4 (1.54%) PowerApps
9 4 (1.54%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 27 (10.38%) Firewall
2 25 (9.62%) Broadband
3 13 (5.00%) Network Security
4 11 (4.23%) LAN
5 9 (3.46%) VLAN
6 8 (3.08%) DHCP
6 8 (3.08%) DNS
6 8 (3.08%) VPN
6 8 (3.08%) WAN
7 6 (2.31%) Structured Cabling
8 5 (1.92%) Multicast
8 5 (1.92%) SD-WAN
9 4 (1.54%) BGP
9 4 (1.54%) NAS
9 4 (1.54%) OSPF
9 4 (1.54%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (1.15%) Ethernet VPN
10 3 (1.15%) IPsec
10 3 (1.15%) WinSCP
11 2 (0.77%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.85%) SQL Server
2 8 (3.08%) NoSQL
3 6 (2.31%) Azure SQL Database
4 5 (1.92%) Power BI
4 5 (1.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (1.54%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.15%) Star Schema
7 2 (0.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.38%) Big Data
8 1 (0.38%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.38%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.38%) DB2
8 1 (0.38%) DB2 UDB
8 1 (0.38%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.38%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 12 (4.62%) JIRA
2 8 (3.08%) Git
3 2 (0.77%) CircleCI
3 2 (0.77%) GitLab
3 2 (0.77%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.38%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.38%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 90 (34.62%) Social Skills
2 89 (34.23%) Finance
3 34 (13.08%) Organisational Skills
4 25 (9.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 20 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (6.92%) Manufacturing
7 14 (5.38%) Marketing
8 13 (5.00%) Banking
8 13 (5.00%) Legal
9 12 (4.62%) Public Sector
10 11 (4.23%) Documentation Skills
11 9 (3.46%) Telecoms
12 7 (2.69%) Financial Institution
12 7 (2.69%) Law
13 4 (1.54%) Front Office
13 4 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (1.54%) Retail
14 3 (1.15%) Aerospace
15 2 (0.77%) Advertising
15 2 (0.77%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 46 (17.69%) Senior
2 37 (14.23%) Project Manager
3 28 (10.77%) Network Engineer
4 26 (10.00%) Lead
5 22 (8.46%) IT Manager
6 19 (7.31%) Developer
7 17 (6.54%) Analyst
8 12 (4.62%) 2nd Line Support
9 11 (4.23%) Project Engineer
10 9 (3.46%) Architect
10 9 (3.46%) IAM Developer
10 9 (3.46%) IT Support
10 9 (3.46%) Systems Engineer
11 8 (3.08%) Innovation Manager
11 8 (3.08%) Senior Manager
11 8 (3.08%) Senior Network Engineer
12 7 (2.69%) Applications Support
12 7 (2.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 7 (2.69%) Senior Project Manager
12 7 (2.69%) Systems Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (9.62%) GraphQL
1 25 (9.62%) LDAP
1 25 (9.62%) OAuth
1 25 (9.62%) OpenID
1 25 (9.62%) REST
1 25 (9.62%) SAML
1 25 (9.62%) SOAP
2 6 (2.31%) .NET
3 3 (1.15%) RESTful
4 2 (0.77%) ARM Templates
4 2 (0.77%) Kafka
5 1 (0.38%) EDI
5 1 (0.38%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (0.38%) JSON
5 1 (0.38%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.38%) SAP Fiori
5 1 (0.38%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 25 (9.62%) Cyber Threat
1 25 (9.62%) Cyberattack
2 19 (7.31%) Data Centre
3 15 (5.77%) Product Ownership
4 14 (5.38%) Driving Licence
5 9 (3.46%) Onboarding
6 7 (2.69%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (2.31%) CMDB
7 6 (2.31%) Life Science
7 6 (2.31%) Management Information System
7 6 (2.31%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (1.92%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (1.92%) Wiki
9 4 (1.54%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.54%) Cloud Native
9 4 (1.54%) Clustering
9 4 (1.54%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 3 (1.15%) PKI
10 3 (1.15%) Security Posture
10 3 (1.15%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 29 (11.15%) Windows
2 17 (6.54%) Windows Server
3 12 (4.62%) Linux
4 4 (1.54%) VMS
5 3 (1.15%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.77%) Android
6 2 (0.77%) Unix
7 1 (0.38%) CentOS
7 1 (0.38%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.38%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (25.00%) Mentoring
2 53 (20.38%) Agile
3 51 (19.62%) Continuous Improvement
4 48 (18.46%) Project Delivery
5 45 (17.31%) Roadmaps
5 45 (17.31%) Stakeholder Management
6 44 (16.92%) Cybersecurity
7 37 (14.23%) Project Management
8 34 (13.08%) Problem-Solving
9 32 (12.31%) Programme Delivery
10 31 (11.92%) Regulatory Compliance
11 29 (11.15%) Risk Management
11 29 (11.15%) Validation
12 28 (10.77%) DevOps
13 27 (10.38%) Change Management
13 27 (10.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 26 (10.00%) Identity Access Management
14 26 (10.00%) ITIL
15 23 (8.85%) AI
15 23 (8.85%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 54 (20.77%) SQL
2 39 (15.00%) PowerShell
3 30 (11.54%) Bash
4 29 (11.15%) Python
5 28 (10.77%) T-SQL
6 7 (2.69%) C#
6 7 (2.69%) Java
7 4 (1.54%) C++
7 4 (1.54%) Go
7 4 (1.54%) Rust
8 2 (0.77%) ActionScript
8 2 (0.77%) ActionScript 2.0
8 2 (0.77%) Bicep
9 1 (0.38%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 40 (15.38%) Security Cleared
2 36 (13.85%) Degree
3 33 (12.69%) Cisco Certification
4 32 (12.31%) SC Cleared
5 18 (6.92%) CCNP
6 16 (6.15%) CCNA
7 15 (5.77%) CCIE
7 15 (5.77%) Microsoft Certification
8 10 (3.85%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (3.46%) CCA
9 9 (3.46%) Citrix Certification
9 9 (3.46%) DV Cleared
9 9 (3.46%) MCSA
9 9 (3.46%) MCSE
9 9 (3.46%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 8 (3.08%) HNC
10 8 (3.08%) PMI Certification
10 8 (3.08%) PMP
11 7 (2.69%) DBS Check
12 5 (1.92%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (11.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 28 (10.77%) NIST
3 25 (9.62%) NCSC
4 16 (6.15%) PMO
4 16 (6.15%) SLA
5 14 (5.38%) QA
6 7 (2.69%) GDPR
7 5 (1.92%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 5 (1.92%) Data Quality
7 5 (1.92%) GxP
7 5 (1.92%) NEBOSH
8 4 (1.54%) GMP
9 3 (1.15%) Accessibility
9 3 (1.15%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.77%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.77%) COBIT
10 2 (0.77%) GRC
10 2 (0.77%) MiFID
10 2 (0.77%) SOC 1
10 2 (0.77%) SOC 2
System Software
1 44 (16.92%) Active Directory
2 15 (5.77%) Firmware
3 11 (4.23%) Hyper-V
3 11 (4.23%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.92%) vSphere
5 4 (1.54%) Docker
6 2 (0.77%) vCloud
7 1 (0.38%) iptables
7 1 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 16 (6.15%) Ansible
2 14 (5.38%) Terraform
3 13 (5.00%) Kubernetes
4 7 (2.69%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (1.92%) Nagios
6 4 (1.54%) Grafana
7 3 (1.15%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.77%) Dell DRAC
8 2 (0.77%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.77%) Puppet
8 2 (0.77%) SCCM
8 2 (0.77%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.38%) Autotask
9 1 (0.38%) Cisco Prime
9 1 (0.38%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.38%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 1 (0.38%) Nessus
Vendors
1 75 (28.85%) Microsoft
2 35 (13.46%) Cisco
3 22 (8.46%) VMware
4 18 (6.92%) Fortinet
5 13 (5.00%) Citrix
6 12 (4.62%) F5
6 12 (4.62%) SAP
7 11 (4.23%) CheckPoint
8 10 (3.85%) Juniper
9 7 (2.69%) Veeam
10 5 (1.92%) Atlassian
10 5 (1.92%) Databricks
10 5 (1.92%) Dell
10 5 (1.92%) Oracle
10 5 (1.92%) ServiceNow
11 4 (1.54%) QNAP
11 4 (1.54%) Synology
11 4 (1.54%) Zscaler
12 3 (1.15%) Meraki
12 3 (1.15%) Palo Alto