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

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 374 388 327
Rank change year-on-year +14 -61 -14
Permanent jobs citing Change Control 262 293 535
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.45% 0.65% 0.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.56% 0.71% 0.92%
Number of salaries quoted 136 155 382
10th Percentile £33,670 £38,725 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £50,000 £40,281
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,250 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.04% +15.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £72,813 £67,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £58,500 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +1.74% +15.00% -3.05%

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 46,835 41,372 58,145
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 79.66% 92.23% 88.13%
Number of salaries quoted 28,643 20,457 46,018
10th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £46,250 £40,702
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 13 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 13 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 +82 133 £67,500 +12.50% 43
Midlands -17 40 £48,500 -15.65% 21
South East -5 37 £43,750 -12.50% 54
South West 0 20 £33,500 -39.09% 13
East Midlands -7 20 £32,500 -27.78% 5
West Midlands -16 20 £65,000 +13.04% 16
North of England -30 17 £57,500 +4.55% 33
North West +4 14 £57,500 - 26
East of England +16 8 £47,750 -46.94% 13
Yorkshire -49 2 £65,537 +19.61% 4
North East -11 1 £27,500 - 3
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 17 (6.49%) SharePoint
2 15 (5.73%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.15%) Confluence
4 2 (0.76%) IIS
Applications
1 27 (10.31%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (5.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (4.96%) Microsoft Project
3 13 (4.96%) MS Visio
4 9 (3.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.38%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 6 (2.29%) Dynamics CRM
1 6 (2.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.38%) Carpe Diem
2 1 (0.38%) NEC Housing
2 1 (0.38%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.38%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 72 (27.48%) Azure
2 36 (13.74%) Entra ID
3 27 (10.31%) Microsoft 365
4 25 (9.54%) Google Workspace
5 17 (6.49%) Azure DevOps
5 17 (6.49%) SaaS
6 13 (4.96%) AWS
7 9 (3.44%) Power Platform
8 7 (2.67%) IaaS
8 7 (2.67%) PaaS
9 4 (1.53%) Datadog
9 4 (1.53%) GCP
9 4 (1.53%) Power Automate
9 4 (1.53%) PowerApps
10 3 (1.15%) Amazon ECR
10 3 (1.15%) Amazon EKS
10 3 (1.15%) AWS KMS
10 3 (1.15%) Azure Logic Apps
10 3 (1.15%) Azure Monitor
10 3 (1.15%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 28 (10.69%) Firewall
2 25 (9.54%) Broadband
3 15 (5.73%) Network Security
4 12 (4.58%) LAN
5 10 (3.82%) VLAN
6 9 (3.44%) DHCP
6 9 (3.44%) DNS
7 8 (3.05%) VPN
7 8 (3.05%) WAN
8 6 (2.29%) BGP
8 6 (2.29%) OSPF
8 6 (2.29%) SD-WAN
8 6 (2.29%) Structured Cabling
9 5 (1.91%) Multicast
9 5 (1.91%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (1.53%) Ethernet VPN
10 4 (1.53%) NAS
11 3 (1.15%) IPsec
11 3 (1.15%) WinSCP
11 3 (1.15%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.20%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.67%) NoSQL
3 6 (2.29%) Azure SQL Database
4 5 (1.91%) Power BI
4 5 (1.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (1.53%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.15%) Star Schema
7 2 (0.76%) 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 17 (6.49%) JIRA
2 13 (4.96%) Git
3 7 (2.67%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.15%) GitLab
5 2 (0.76%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.38%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.38%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 97 (37.02%) Social Skills
2 93 (35.50%) Finance
3 39 (14.89%) Organisational Skills
4 25 (9.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 20 (7.63%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (6.87%) Manufacturing
7 14 (5.34%) Banking
7 14 (5.34%) Documentation Skills
7 14 (5.34%) Marketing
8 13 (4.96%) Legal
9 12 (4.58%) Public Sector
10 10 (3.82%) Telecoms
11 7 (2.67%) Financial Institution
11 7 (2.67%) Law
12 4 (1.53%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.53%) Retail
13 3 (1.15%) Aerospace
13 3 (1.15%) Front Office
14 2 (0.76%) Advertising
14 2 (0.76%) Military
Job Titles
1 47 (17.94%) Senior
2 36 (13.74%) Project Manager
3 31 (11.83%) Network Engineer
4 28 (10.69%) Lead
5 22 (8.40%) IT Manager
6 18 (6.87%) Analyst
6 18 (6.87%) Developer
7 12 (4.58%) 2nd Line Support
8 11 (4.20%) Project Engineer
9 9 (3.44%) Architect
9 9 (3.44%) IAM Developer
9 9 (3.44%) IT Support
9 9 (3.44%) Systems Engineer
10 8 (3.05%) Innovation Manager
10 8 (3.05%) Senior Manager
10 8 (3.05%) Senior Network Engineer
11 7 (2.67%) Applications Support
11 7 (2.67%) Senior Project Manager
11 7 (2.67%) Systems Developer
12 6 (2.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (9.54%) GraphQL
1 25 (9.54%) LDAP
1 25 (9.54%) OAuth
1 25 (9.54%) OpenID
1 25 (9.54%) REST
1 25 (9.54%) SAML
1 25 (9.54%) SOAP
2 6 (2.29%) .NET
3 4 (1.53%) RESTful
4 2 (0.76%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.38%) EDI
5 1 (0.38%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (0.38%) JSON
5 1 (0.38%) Kafka
5 1 (0.38%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.38%) SAP Fiori
5 1 (0.38%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 25 (9.54%) Cyber Threat
1 25 (9.54%) Cyberattack
2 20 (7.63%) Data Centre
3 15 (5.73%) Product Ownership
4 13 (4.96%) Driving Licence
5 7 (2.67%) Onboarding
6 6 (2.29%) CMDB
6 6 (2.29%) Data Protection Act
6 6 (2.29%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (2.29%) Life Science
6 6 (2.29%) Management Information System
6 6 (2.29%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (1.91%) Cloud Native
7 5 (1.91%) Wiki
8 4 (1.53%) Algorithms
8 4 (1.53%) Clustering
8 4 (1.53%) Security Posture
8 4 (1.53%) Virtual Team
9 3 (1.15%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 3 (1.15%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 27 (10.31%) Windows
2 15 (5.73%) Windows Server
3 11 (4.20%) Linux
4 4 (1.53%) Apple iOS
4 4 (1.53%) VMS
5 3 (1.15%) Android
6 1 (0.38%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.38%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (24.81%) Mentoring
2 54 (20.61%) Continuous Improvement
3 53 (20.23%) Agile
4 48 (18.32%) Project Delivery
5 46 (17.56%) Cybersecurity
6 45 (17.18%) Roadmaps
7 44 (16.79%) Stakeholder Management
8 37 (14.12%) Project Management
9 34 (12.98%) Problem-Solving
10 32 (12.21%) Programme Delivery
11 31 (11.83%) Regulatory Compliance
12 30 (11.45%) Change Management
12 30 (11.45%) DevOps
12 30 (11.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 30 (11.45%) Validation
13 29 (11.07%) Risk Management
14 27 (10.31%) ITIL
15 25 (9.54%) Identity Access Management
16 22 (8.40%) AI
16 22 (8.40%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 55 (20.99%) SQL
2 39 (14.89%) PowerShell
3 31 (11.83%) Bash
4 29 (11.07%) Python
5 28 (10.69%) T-SQL
6 6 (2.29%) C#
6 6 (2.29%) Java
7 4 (1.53%) Go
8 3 (1.15%) C++
8 3 (1.15%) Rust
9 2 (0.76%) ActionScript
9 2 (0.76%) ActionScript 2.0
9 2 (0.76%) Bicep
10 1 (0.38%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 44 (16.79%) Degree
1 44 (16.79%) Security Cleared
2 37 (14.12%) Cisco Certification
3 33 (12.60%) SC Cleared
4 21 (8.02%) CCNP
5 17 (6.49%) CCIE
6 16 (6.11%) CCNA
7 15 (5.73%) Microsoft Certification
8 10 (3.82%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (3.44%) CCA
9 9 (3.44%) Citrix Certification
9 9 (3.44%) DV Cleared
9 9 (3.44%) MCSA
9 9 (3.44%) MCSE
9 9 (3.44%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 8 (3.05%) HNC
10 8 (3.05%) PMI Certification
10 8 (3.05%) PMP
11 7 (2.67%) DBS Check
12 5 (1.91%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (11.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 29 (11.07%) NIST
3 25 (9.54%) NCSC
4 18 (6.87%) QA
5 16 (6.11%) PMO
5 16 (6.11%) SLA
6 7 (2.67%) GDPR
7 5 (1.91%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 5 (1.91%) Def Stans
7 5 (1.91%) GxP
7 5 (1.91%) NEBOSH
8 4 (1.53%) Data Quality
8 4 (1.53%) GMP
9 3 (1.15%) Accessibility
9 3 (1.15%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.76%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.76%) COBIT
10 2 (0.76%) GRC
10 2 (0.76%) SOC 1
10 2 (0.76%) SOC 2
System Software
1 44 (16.79%) Active Directory
2 15 (5.73%) Firmware
3 11 (4.20%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (3.82%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.53%) Docker
6 3 (1.15%) vSphere
7 2 (0.76%) vCloud
8 1 (0.38%) iptables
8 1 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 16 (6.11%) Ansible
2 13 (4.96%) Terraform
3 11 (4.20%) Kubernetes
4 9 (3.44%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (1.91%) Nagios
6 4 (1.53%) Grafana
6 4 (1.53%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (1.15%) Dell DRAC
8 2 (0.76%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.76%) Puppet
8 2 (0.76%) SCCM
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%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 74 (28.24%) Microsoft
2 37 (14.12%) Cisco
3 21 (8.02%) VMware
4 18 (6.87%) Fortinet
5 13 (4.96%) Citrix
5 13 (4.96%) F5
6 12 (4.58%) CheckPoint
7 11 (4.20%) SAP
8 10 (3.82%) Juniper
9 6 (2.29%) Dell
9 6 (2.29%) ServiceNow
9 6 (2.29%) Veeam
10 5 (1.91%) Atlassian
10 5 (1.91%) Oracle
10 5 (1.91%) Zscaler
11 4 (1.53%) Databricks
11 4 (1.53%) Meraki
11 4 (1.53%) Palo Alto
11 4 (1.53%) QNAP
11 4 (1.53%) Synology