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

6 months to
4 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 393 390 348
Rank change year-on-year -3 -42 -44
Permanent jobs citing Change Control 291 228 593
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.41% 0.62% 0.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.53% 0.67% 0.87%
Number of salaries quoted 164 147 435
10th Percentile £39,280 £37,500 £32,700
25th Percentile £47,500 £49,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £80,000 £65,000 £59,375
90th Percentile £97,500 £78,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +10.00% -4.76%

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 54,669 34,077 68,349
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 76.51% 93.17% 86.19%
Number of salaries quoted 34,477 20,466 52,607
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £78,000 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.50% +9.09% -11.00%

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 April 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 April 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 +51 145 £70,000 +21.74% 51
Midlands -46 40 £55,000 -4.35% 24
South East -56 36 £43,750 -2.78% 35
North of England -63 24 £57,500 +4.94% 29
North West -16 23 £57,500 - 22
West Midlands -26 23 £61,250 +6.52% 19
East of England -12 21 £59,450 -20.73% 14
South West -25 18 £33,500 -39.09% 14
East Midlands -34 17 £32,500 -40.64% 4
North East -26 1 - - 1
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 16 (5.50%) SharePoint
2 14 (4.81%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (2.75%) SAS
4 3 (1.03%) Confluence
5 1 (0.34%) IIS
Applications
1 26 (8.93%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (5.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (4.12%) Microsoft Project
4 10 (3.44%) MS Visio
5 9 (3.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.34%) Civil 3D
6 1 (0.34%) MicroStation
6 1 (0.34%) ProjectWise
6 1 (0.34%) Revit
6 1 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (4.47%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.72%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.34%) Carpe Diem
3 1 (0.34%) Maximo
3 1 (0.34%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.34%) Primavera
3 1 (0.34%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 82 (28.18%) Azure
2 38 (13.06%) Entra ID
3 27 (9.28%) AWS
3 27 (9.28%) Microsoft 365
4 26 (8.93%) Google Workspace
5 16 (5.50%) SaaS
6 15 (5.15%) Power Platform
7 14 (4.81%) Azure DevOps
8 10 (3.44%) Serverless
9 8 (2.75%) Route 53
10 7 (2.41%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 7 (2.41%) Amazon ECR
10 7 (2.41%) Amazon EKS
10 7 (2.41%) Amazon S3
10 7 (2.41%) AWS KMS
10 7 (2.41%) Azure Logic Apps
10 7 (2.41%) GitHub
11 5 (1.72%) GCP
11 5 (1.72%) IaaS
11 5 (1.72%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 25 (8.59%) Broadband
2 18 (6.19%) Firewall
3 12 (4.12%) LAN
4 10 (3.44%) WAN
5 8 (2.75%) VLAN
5 8 (2.75%) VPN
6 6 (2.06%) Multicast
6 6 (2.06%) Network Security
6 6 (2.06%) Structured Cabling
7 5 (1.72%) DNS
7 5 (1.72%) NAS
7 5 (1.72%) SD-WAN
8 4 (1.37%) DHCP
8 4 (1.37%) Wireless
9 3 (1.03%) TCP/IP
9 3 (1.03%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (1.03%) WinSCP
9 3 (1.03%) WLAN
10 2 (0.69%) MPLS
10 2 (0.69%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (4.81%) SQL Server
2 10 (3.44%) NoSQL
2 10 (3.44%) Power BI
3 8 (2.75%) Big Data
4 7 (2.41%) Azure SQL Database
5 5 (1.72%) Relational Database
5 5 (1.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (1.37%) DB2
6 4 (1.37%) DB2 UDB
6 4 (1.37%) QlikView
7 3 (1.03%) Star Schema
8 2 (0.69%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.69%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.34%) MySQL
9 1 (0.34%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 14 (4.81%) JIRA
2 10 (3.44%) Git
3 2 (0.69%) Bitbucket
3 2 (0.69%) GitLab
3 2 (0.69%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.34%) CircleCI
4 1 (0.34%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.34%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 93 (31.96%) Finance
2 81 (27.84%) Social Skills
3 40 (13.75%) Organisational Skills
4 30 (10.31%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (8.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 16 (5.50%) Banking
6 16 (5.50%) Manufacturing
7 15 (5.15%) Legal
8 14 (4.81%) Marketing
9 8 (2.75%) Law
10 7 (2.41%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (2.41%) Financial Institution
10 7 (2.41%) Public Sector
10 7 (2.41%) Retail
10 7 (2.41%) Telecoms
11 6 (2.06%) Front Office
12 4 (1.37%) Aerospace
12 4 (1.37%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.37%) Investment Banking
13 3 (1.03%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 58 (19.93%) Senior
2 47 (16.15%) Project Manager
3 33 (11.34%) Lead
4 24 (8.25%) Developer
5 22 (7.56%) Analyst
6 21 (7.22%) IT Manager
6 21 (7.22%) Network Engineer
7 13 (4.47%) Delivery Manager
8 12 (4.12%) Senior Manager
9 11 (3.78%) Project Engineer
10 10 (3.44%) SAP Manager
10 10 (3.44%) SAP Project Manager
11 9 (3.09%) IAM Developer
11 9 (3.09%) Platform Engineer
11 9 (3.09%) Systems Engineer
11 9 (3.09%) Technical Leader
12 8 (2.75%) Azure Engineer
12 8 (2.75%) Kubernetes Engineer
12 8 (2.75%) Senior Platform Engineer
12 8 (2.75%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (8.59%) GraphQL
1 25 (8.59%) LDAP
1 25 (8.59%) OAuth
1 25 (8.59%) OpenID
1 25 (8.59%) REST
1 25 (8.59%) SAML
1 25 (8.59%) SOAP
2 9 (3.09%) .NET
3 4 (1.37%) Blazor
3 4 (1.37%) Kafka
4 3 (1.03%) RESTful
5 2 (0.69%) ARM Templates
5 2 (0.69%) Web Services
6 1 (0.34%) CSS
6 1 (0.34%) CSS3
6 1 (0.34%) HTML
6 1 (0.34%) HTML5
6 1 (0.34%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (0.34%) Playwright
6 1 (0.34%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 25 (8.59%) Cyber Threat
1 25 (8.59%) Cyberattack
2 21 (7.22%) Product Ownership
3 14 (4.81%) Data Centre
4 13 (4.47%) Driving Licence
5 12 (4.12%) Onboarding
6 8 (2.75%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (2.06%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 6 (2.06%) Life Science
7 6 (2.06%) Wiki
8 5 (1.72%) Derivative
8 5 (1.72%) Management Information System
8 5 (1.72%) OTC Derivatives
8 5 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (1.72%) Virtual Team
9 4 (1.37%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.37%) Clustering
9 4 (1.37%) CMDB
10 3 (1.03%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.03%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 30 (10.31%) Windows
2 19 (6.53%) Windows Server
3 10 (3.44%) Linux
4 4 (1.37%) Unix
5 3 (1.03%) VMS
6 2 (0.69%) CentOS
6 2 (0.69%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.69%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.34%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.34%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (26.80%) Agile
2 68 (23.37%) Continuous Improvement
3 64 (21.99%) Mentoring
4 57 (19.59%) Stakeholder Management
5 50 (17.18%) Project Delivery
6 46 (15.81%) Problem-Solving
6 46 (15.81%) Roadmaps
7 41 (14.09%) Cybersecurity
8 40 (13.75%) DevOps
9 39 (13.40%) Project Management
10 34 (11.68%) Change Management
11 32 (11.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 32 (11.00%) Validation
12 31 (10.65%) Programme Delivery
12 31 (10.65%) Regulatory Compliance
13 29 (9.97%) Risk Management
14 26 (8.93%) Identity Access Management
15 25 (8.59%) AI
15 25 (8.59%) PRINCE2
16 24 (8.25%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 60 (20.62%) SQL
2 38 (13.06%) PowerShell
3 30 (10.31%) Python
4 28 (9.62%) Bash
4 28 (9.62%) T-SQL
5 15 (5.15%) C#
6 13 (4.47%) Java
7 8 (2.75%) C++
8 6 (2.06%) Rust
9 4 (1.37%) Go
10 3 (1.03%) Bicep
11 2 (0.69%) ActionScript
11 2 (0.69%) ActionScript 2.0
12 1 (0.34%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 46 (15.81%) Degree
2 38 (13.06%) Security Cleared
3 28 (9.62%) SC Cleared
4 20 (6.87%) Cisco Certification
5 15 (5.15%) PMP
6 14 (4.81%) PMI Certification
7 13 (4.47%) CCNP
8 12 (4.12%) BPSS Clearance
8 12 (4.12%) DV Cleared
9 11 (3.78%) DBS Check
10 10 (3.44%) CCIE
10 10 (3.44%) CCNA
11 9 (3.09%) Master's Degree
12 8 (2.75%) Computer Science Degree
12 8 (2.75%) HNC
12 8 (2.75%) Microsoft Certification
13 6 (2.06%) Network+ Certification
14 5 (1.72%) JNCIA
14 5 (1.72%) JNCIP
15 4 (1.37%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (10.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 28 (9.62%) NIST
3 25 (8.59%) NCSC
4 21 (7.22%) PMO
5 18 (6.19%) QA
6 15 (5.15%) Data Quality
7 11 (3.78%) SLA
8 10 (3.44%) GDPR
9 6 (2.06%) GMP
10 5 (1.72%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 5 (1.72%) Accessibility
10 5 (1.72%) GxP
10 5 (1.72%) MiFID
10 5 (1.72%) NEBOSH
11 3 (1.03%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.69%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.69%) COBIT
12 2 (0.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.69%) SOC 1
12 2 (0.69%) SOC 2
System Software
1 42 (14.43%) Active Directory
2 15 (5.15%) Firmware
3 7 (2.41%) Hyper-V
3 7 (2.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (2.06%) vSphere
5 2 (0.69%) Docker
6 1 (0.34%) iptables
6 1 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 18 (6.19%) Terraform
2 17 (5.84%) Ansible
3 16 (5.50%) Kubernetes
4 6 (2.06%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (1.72%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (1.03%) Grafana
6 3 (1.03%) vCenter Server
7 2 (0.69%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.69%) Nagios
7 2 (0.69%) Nessus
7 2 (0.69%) SCCM
8 1 (0.34%) Argo
8 1 (0.34%) Autotask
8 1 (0.34%) Cisco Prime
8 1 (0.34%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 1 (0.34%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 74 (25.43%) Microsoft
2 24 (8.25%) Cisco
3 19 (6.53%) SAP
4 15 (5.15%) Fortinet
5 13 (4.47%) VMware
6 11 (3.78%) Juniper
7 9 (3.09%) Citrix
7 9 (3.09%) ServiceNow
8 7 (2.41%) Databricks
8 7 (2.41%) Veeam
9 6 (2.06%) Atlassian
9 6 (2.06%) F5
9 6 (2.06%) Oracle
10 5 (1.72%) CheckPoint
10 5 (1.72%) IFS
11 4 (1.37%) JD Edwards
11 4 (1.37%) QNAP
11 4 (1.37%) Synology
12 3 (1.03%) Google
12 3 (1.03%) NEC