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

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 360 374 327
Rank change year-on-year +14 -47 -24
Permanent jobs citing Change Control 268 328 468
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.49% 0.69% 0.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.61% 0.75% 0.94%
Number of salaries quoted 129 178 332
10th Percentile £32,750 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,280 £43,125 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £50,750
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +8.37% -2.47%
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £62,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £77,875 £75,900
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +10.00% -3.85%

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 43,730 43,449 49,691
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 80.74% 91.10% 89.06%
Number of salaries quoted 26,338 21,213 38,942
10th Percentile £28,750 £35,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £76,725 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £101,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%

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 21 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 21 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 +76 114 £67,500 +12.50% 77
South East +6 61 £43,750 -12.50% 68
Midlands -7 38 £46,445 -19.23% 26
North of England -32 26 £41,075 -15.74% 24
East Midlands -2 19 £32,500 -27.78% 12
West Midlands -11 19 £65,000 +13.04% 14
South West +19 17 £33,500 - 25
North West +10 15 £48,750 -11.36% 14
Yorkshire -26 9 £41,075 -26.19% 5
East of England +17 7 £53,000 -41.11% 18
North East -16 2 £31,250 -16.67% 5
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 18 (6.72%) SharePoint
2 13 (4.85%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.49%) IIS
4 2 (0.75%) Confluence
4 2 (0.75%) HCL Notes
4 2 (0.75%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.37%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 30 (11.19%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (5.60%) MS Visio
3 14 (5.22%) Microsoft Excel
4 11 (4.10%) Microsoft Project
5 10 (3.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 6 (2.24%) Windchill
7 1 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (2.24%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.87%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.75%) NEC Housing
3 2 (0.75%) Oracle BPM
4 1 (0.37%) Carpe Diem
4 1 (0.37%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.37%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 55 (20.52%) Azure
2 26 (9.70%) Microsoft 365
3 25 (9.33%) Entra ID
4 16 (5.97%) Azure DevOps
5 15 (5.60%) SaaS
6 14 (5.22%) Google Workspace
7 11 (4.10%) AWS
8 8 (2.99%) IaaS
8 8 (2.99%) PaaS
9 6 (2.24%) Power Platform
10 4 (1.49%) Power Automate
11 3 (1.12%) Azure Logic Apps
11 3 (1.12%) Azure Monitor
11 3 (1.12%) Datadog
11 3 (1.12%) Dynamics 365
11 3 (1.12%) OneDrive
11 3 (1.12%) PowerApps
12 2 (0.75%) Amazon S3
12 2 (0.75%) Azure Key Vault
12 2 (0.75%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 30 (11.19%) Firewall
2 15 (5.60%) LAN
2 15 (5.60%) Network Security
3 14 (5.22%) Broadband
4 10 (3.73%) WAN
5 8 (2.99%) DHCP
5 8 (2.99%) DNS
5 8 (2.99%) VLAN
6 7 (2.61%) BGP
6 7 (2.61%) OSPF
6 7 (2.61%) VPN
7 6 (2.24%) SD-WAN
8 5 (1.87%) Ethernet VPN
8 5 (1.87%) Multicast
9 4 (1.49%) SAN
9 4 (1.49%) Structured Cabling
9 4 (1.49%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (1.12%) IPsec
10 3 (1.12%) MPLS
10 3 (1.12%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.48%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 5 (1.87%) Azure SQL Database
3 5 (1.87%) NoSQL
3 5 (1.87%) Oracle Reports
4 4 (1.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (1.12%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.75%) Data Mining
6 2 (0.75%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.75%) Power BI
6 2 (0.75%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.37%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.37%) Big Data
7 1 (0.37%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.37%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 41 (15.30%) JIRA
2 37 (13.81%) Git
3 31 (11.57%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.49%) GitLab
5 1 (0.37%) CircleCI
5 1 (0.37%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 124 (46.27%) Social Skills
2 92 (34.33%) Finance
3 51 (19.03%) Organisational Skills
4 24 (8.96%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (8.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 19 (7.09%) Manufacturing
6 17 (6.34%) Documentation Skills
7 16 (5.97%) Legal
8 14 (5.22%) Public Sector
9 13 (4.85%) Banking
9 13 (4.85%) Marketing
10 10 (3.73%) Telecoms
11 8 (2.99%) Law
12 6 (2.24%) Financial Institution
12 6 (2.24%) Police
13 4 (1.49%) Aerospace
13 4 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (1.49%) Retail
14 2 (0.75%) Local Government
14 2 (0.75%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 49 (18.28%) Lead
2 40 (14.93%) Senior
3 32 (11.94%) Network Engineer
3 32 (11.94%) Project Manager
4 25 (9.33%) Analyst
5 21 (7.84%) IT Manager
6 15 (5.60%) Developer
7 11 (4.10%) 2nd Line Support
7 11 (4.10%) Project Engineer
8 9 (3.36%) Support Analyst
9 8 (2.99%) Innovation Manager
9 8 (2.99%) Senior Network Engineer
10 7 (2.61%) Architect
10 7 (2.61%) Deployment Engineer
10 7 (2.61%) Network Deployment Engineer
11 6 (2.24%) Administrator
11 6 (2.24%) Applications Support
11 6 (2.24%) Development Analyst
11 6 (2.24%) Development Support Analyst
11 6 (2.24%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (5.60%) LDAP
2 14 (5.22%) GraphQL
2 14 (5.22%) OAuth
2 14 (5.22%) OpenID
2 14 (5.22%) REST
2 14 (5.22%) SAML
2 14 (5.22%) SOAP
3 10 (3.73%) .NET
4 6 (2.24%) Oracle Fusion
5 4 (1.49%) RESTful
6 2 (0.75%) ARM Templates
6 2 (0.75%) ASP.NET
6 2 (0.75%) ASP.NET MVC
6 2 (0.75%) WCF
7 1 (0.37%) .NET Framework
7 1 (0.37%) EDI
7 1 (0.37%) Elastic Stack
7 1 (0.37%) JSON
7 1 (0.37%) SAP Fiori
7 1 (0.37%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (7.09%) Data Centre
2 15 (5.60%) Product Ownership
3 14 (5.22%) Cyber Threat
3 14 (5.22%) Cyberattack
4 11 (4.10%) Driving Licence
5 9 (3.36%) Management Information System
6 6 (2.24%) Clustering
6 6 (2.24%) CMDB
6 6 (2.24%) Data Protection Act
6 6 (2.24%) Life Science
6 6 (2.24%) Virtual Team
7 5 (1.87%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (1.87%) Wiki
8 4 (1.49%) Algorithms
8 4 (1.49%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.12%) Cloud Native
9 3 (1.12%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (1.12%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.12%) PKI
9 3 (1.12%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 25 (9.33%) Windows
2 15 (5.60%) Windows Server
3 14 (5.22%) Linux
4 5 (1.87%) Apple iOS
5 4 (1.49%) Android
5 4 (1.49%) VMS
6 3 (1.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.37%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (31.34%) Continuous Improvement
2 55 (20.52%) Change Management
3 52 (19.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 50 (18.66%) Mentoring
5 46 (17.16%) Agile
6 43 (16.04%) Project Delivery
7 38 (14.18%) Problem-Solving
8 37 (13.81%) Configuration Management
9 36 (13.43%) Cybersecurity
9 36 (13.43%) ITIL
10 35 (13.06%) Project Management
10 35 (13.06%) Roadmaps
11 34 (12.69%) Technical Leadership
12 29 (10.82%) DevOps
13 27 (10.07%) Stakeholder Management
13 27 (10.07%) Strategic Thinking
14 26 (9.70%) Data-Driven Decision Making
14 26 (9.70%) Process Improvement
14 26 (9.70%) Programme Management
15 24 (8.96%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 43 (16.04%) SQL
2 28 (10.45%) PowerShell
3 27 (10.07%) Python
4 22 (8.21%) Bash
5 19 (7.09%) T-SQL
6 7 (2.61%) C#
7 4 (1.49%) Go
8 3 (1.12%) C++
8 3 (1.12%) Java
9 2 (0.75%) ActionScript
9 2 (0.75%) ActionScript 2.0
9 2 (0.75%) Bicep
9 2 (0.75%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.37%) Rust
10 1 (0.37%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 71 (26.49%) Degree
2 63 (23.51%) Security Cleared
3 39 (14.55%) Cisco Certification
4 35 (13.06%) SC Cleared
5 23 (8.58%) CCNP
6 19 (7.09%) CCIE
7 16 (5.97%) CCNA
8 15 (5.60%) BPSS Clearance
8 15 (5.60%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (3.36%) CCA
9 9 (3.36%) Citrix Certification
9 9 (3.36%) MCP
9 9 (3.36%) MCSA
9 9 (3.36%) MCSE
10 8 (2.99%) DBS Check
10 8 (2.99%) PMI Certification
10 8 (2.99%) PMP
11 7 (2.61%) CCSA
11 7 (2.61%) CCSE
11 7 (2.61%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (13.81%) QA
2 30 (11.19%) Def Stans
3 20 (7.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 17 (6.34%) NIST
5 16 (5.97%) SLA
6 14 (5.22%) NCSC
6 14 (5.22%) PMO
7 8 (2.99%) Data Quality
8 6 (2.24%) GDPR
9 5 (1.87%) NEBOSH
10 4 (1.49%) GMP
11 3 (1.12%) Accessibility
11 3 (1.12%) ISO 9001
11 3 (1.12%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.75%) GRC
12 2 (0.75%) MiFID
13 1 (0.37%) COBIT
13 1 (0.37%) P3O
13 1 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.37%) SOC 2
System Software
1 32 (11.94%) Active Directory
2 14 (5.22%) Firmware
3 12 (4.48%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (2.24%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.49%) Docker
6 2 (0.75%) vCloud
7 1 (0.37%) iptables
7 1 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.37%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (5.60%) Ansible
2 11 (4.10%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (3.36%) Kubernetes
3 9 (3.36%) Terraform
4 5 (1.87%) Nagios
5 4 (1.49%) Grafana
6 3 (1.12%) Dell DRAC
7 2 (0.75%) Failover Clustering
7 2 (0.75%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.75%) Puppet
7 2 (0.75%) SCCM
8 1 (0.37%) Autotask
8 1 (0.37%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 1 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 67 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 38 (14.18%) Cisco
3 21 (7.84%) VMware
4 17 (6.34%) Fortinet
5 16 (5.97%) F5
6 15 (5.60%) CheckPoint
7 11 (4.10%) Oracle
8 10 (3.73%) Juniper
9 9 (3.36%) Citrix
9 9 (3.36%) SAP
10 6 (2.24%) Dell
10 6 (2.24%) ServiceNow
11 5 (1.87%) Arista
11 5 (1.87%) Atlassian
12 4 (1.49%) Palo Alto
12 4 (1.49%) Zscaler
13 3 (1.12%) Meraki
13 3 (1.12%) NEC
13 3 (1.12%) SolarWinds
14 2 (0.75%) Northgate