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

6 months to
8 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 367 396 329
Rank change year-on-year +29 -67 -22
Permanent jobs citing Change Control 268 298 544
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.47% 0.65% 0.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.58% 0.71% 0.93%
Number of salaries quoted 138 153 388
10th Percentile £33,670 £38,300 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £50,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,250 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.04% +15.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £73,438 £67,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £81,500 £75,300
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 45,994 42,048 58,304
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 79.88% 92.01% 88.24%
Number of salaries quoted 27,932 20,551 46,192
10th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £46,250 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,967 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.24% +12.67% -12.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £75,750
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 8 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 8 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 +88 133 £67,500 +12.50% 56
South East -19 43 £43,750 -12.50% 49
Midlands -14 40 £48,500 -15.65% 28
South West +18 20 £33,500 - 14
East Midlands -10 20 £32,500 -29.73% 7
West Midlands -15 20 £65,000 +13.04% 21
North of England -35 19 £45,537 -17.21% 33
North West +12 13 £57,500 - 27
East of England +23 7 £47,750 -46.94% 21
Yorkshire -43 5 £41,075 -25.04% 4
North East -9 1 £27,500 - 2
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 (6.34%) SharePoint
2 15 (5.60%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.12%) Confluence
4 2 (0.75%) IIS
Applications
1 30 (11.19%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (6.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (5.60%) MS Visio
4 13 (4.85%) Microsoft Project
5 11 (4.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.75%) Windchill
7 1 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (2.24%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.87%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.37%) Carpe Diem
3 1 (0.37%) NEC Housing
3 1 (0.37%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.37%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 71 (26.49%) Azure
2 35 (13.06%) Entra ID
3 27 (10.07%) Microsoft 365
4 24 (8.96%) Google Workspace
5 17 (6.34%) Azure DevOps
5 17 (6.34%) SaaS
6 12 (4.48%) AWS
7 9 (3.36%) Power Platform
8 7 (2.61%) IaaS
8 7 (2.61%) PaaS
9 4 (1.49%) Datadog
9 4 (1.49%) GCP
9 4 (1.49%) Power Automate
9 4 (1.49%) PowerApps
10 3 (1.12%) Amazon ECR
10 3 (1.12%) Amazon EKS
10 3 (1.12%) AWS KMS
10 3 (1.12%) Azure Logic Apps
10 3 (1.12%) Azure Monitor
10 3 (1.12%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 28 (10.45%) Firewall
2 24 (8.96%) Broadband
3 15 (5.60%) Network Security
4 14 (5.22%) LAN
5 9 (3.36%) VLAN
6 8 (2.99%) DHCP
6 8 (2.99%) DNS
6 8 (2.99%) VPN
6 8 (2.99%) WAN
7 7 (2.61%) BGP
7 7 (2.61%) OSPF
8 6 (2.24%) Structured Cabling
8 6 (2.24%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (1.87%) Ethernet VPN
9 5 (1.87%) Multicast
9 5 (1.87%) SD-WAN
10 3 (1.12%) NAS
10 3 (1.12%) NX-OS
10 3 (1.12%) WinSCP
10 3 (1.12%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.10%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.24%) Azure SQL Database
2 6 (2.24%) NoSQL
3 5 (1.87%) Power BI
3 5 (1.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (1.49%) Relational Database
5 3 (1.12%) Star Schema
6 2 (0.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.37%) Big Data
7 1 (0.37%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.37%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.37%) DB2
7 1 (0.37%) DB2 UDB
7 1 (0.37%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.37%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 25 (9.33%) JIRA
2 21 (7.84%) Git
3 15 (5.60%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.12%) GitLab
5 2 (0.75%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.37%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.37%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 102 (38.06%) Social Skills
2 95 (35.45%) Finance
3 45 (16.79%) Organisational Skills
4 25 (9.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 20 (7.46%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (6.72%) Manufacturing
7 16 (5.97%) Documentation Skills
8 14 (5.22%) Marketing
9 13 (4.85%) Banking
9 13 (4.85%) Legal
10 12 (4.48%) Public Sector
11 10 (3.73%) Telecoms
12 7 (2.61%) Financial Institution
12 7 (2.61%) Law
13 4 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (1.49%) Retail
14 3 (1.12%) Aerospace
15 2 (0.75%) Advertising
15 2 (0.75%) Front Office
15 2 (0.75%) Military
Job Titles
1 46 (17.16%) Senior
2 37 (13.81%) Project Manager
3 34 (12.69%) Lead
4 32 (11.94%) Network Engineer
5 22 (8.21%) IT Manager
6 18 (6.72%) Analyst
7 16 (5.97%) Developer
8 12 (4.48%) 2nd Line Support
9 11 (4.10%) Project Engineer
10 9 (3.36%) IAM Developer
10 9 (3.36%) Systems Engineer
11 8 (2.99%) Architect
11 8 (2.99%) Innovation Manager
11 8 (2.99%) IT Support
11 8 (2.99%) Senior Manager
12 7 (2.61%) Applications Support
12 7 (2.61%) Senior Network Engineer
12 7 (2.61%) Senior Project Manager
12 7 (2.61%) Systems Developer
13 6 (2.24%) Mechanical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (8.96%) GraphQL
1 24 (8.96%) LDAP
1 24 (8.96%) OAuth
1 24 (8.96%) OpenID
1 24 (8.96%) REST
1 24 (8.96%) SAML
1 24 (8.96%) SOAP
2 6 (2.24%) .NET
3 4 (1.49%) RESTful
4 2 (0.75%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.37%) EDI
5 1 (0.37%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (0.37%) JSON
5 1 (0.37%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.37%) SAP Fiori
5 1 (0.37%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (8.96%) Cyber Threat
1 24 (8.96%) Cyberattack
2 20 (7.46%) Data Centre
3 15 (5.60%) Product Ownership
4 13 (4.85%) Driving Licence
5 6 (2.24%) CMDB
5 6 (2.24%) Data Protection Act
5 6 (2.24%) Life Science
5 6 (2.24%) Management Information System
5 6 (2.24%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (1.87%) Cloud Native
6 5 (1.87%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (1.87%) Onboarding
6 5 (1.87%) Wiki
7 4 (1.49%) Algorithms
7 4 (1.49%) Clustering
7 4 (1.49%) Security Posture
7 4 (1.49%) Virtual Team
8 3 (1.12%) PKI
8 3 (1.12%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 26 (9.70%) Windows
2 15 (5.60%) Windows Server
3 10 (3.73%) Linux
4 4 (1.49%) Apple iOS
4 4 (1.49%) VMS
5 3 (1.12%) Android
6 1 (0.37%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (23.51%) Mentoring
2 61 (22.76%) Continuous Improvement
3 55 (20.52%) Agile
4 52 (19.40%) Project Delivery
5 45 (16.79%) Cybersecurity
6 44 (16.42%) Roadmaps
7 42 (15.67%) Stakeholder Management
8 40 (14.93%) Project Management
9 37 (13.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 35 (13.06%) Change Management
11 33 (12.31%) Problem-Solving
11 33 (12.31%) Programme Delivery
12 30 (11.19%) Regulatory Compliance
12 30 (11.19%) Validation
13 29 (10.82%) DevOps
13 29 (10.82%) Risk Management
14 27 (10.07%) ITIL
15 24 (8.96%) Identity Access Management
15 24 (8.96%) PRINCE2
16 22 (8.21%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 53 (19.78%) SQL
2 37 (13.81%) PowerShell
3 30 (11.19%) Bash
4 27 (10.07%) Python
4 27 (10.07%) T-SQL
5 5 (1.87%) C#
6 4 (1.49%) Go
6 4 (1.49%) Java
7 2 (0.75%) ActionScript
7 2 (0.75%) ActionScript 2.0
7 2 (0.75%) Bicep
7 2 (0.75%) C++
7 2 (0.75%) Rust
8 1 (0.37%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 56 (20.90%) Degree
2 53 (19.78%) Security Cleared
3 38 (14.18%) Cisco Certification
4 36 (13.43%) SC Cleared
5 22 (8.21%) CCNP
6 18 (6.72%) CCIE
7 16 (5.97%) CCNA
8 15 (5.60%) Microsoft Certification
9 10 (3.73%) BPSS Clearance
10 9 (3.36%) CCA
10 9 (3.36%) Citrix Certification
10 9 (3.36%) DV Cleared
10 9 (3.36%) MCSA
10 9 (3.36%) MCSE
10 9 (3.36%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 8 (2.99%) HNC
11 8 (2.99%) PMI Certification
11 8 (2.99%) PMP
12 7 (2.61%) DBS Check
13 6 (2.24%) CCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (10.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 28 (10.45%) NIST
3 24 (8.96%) NCSC
4 23 (8.58%) QA
5 16 (5.97%) SLA
6 15 (5.60%) PMO
7 13 (4.85%) Def Stans
8 7 (2.61%) GDPR
9 5 (1.87%) NEBOSH
10 4 (1.49%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 4 (1.49%) Data Quality
10 4 (1.49%) GMP
10 4 (1.49%) GxP
11 3 (1.12%) Accessibility
11 3 (1.12%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.75%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.75%) COBIT
12 2 (0.75%) GRC
12 2 (0.75%) SOC 1
12 2 (0.75%) SOC 2
System Software
1 42 (15.67%) Active Directory
2 14 (5.22%) Firmware
3 10 (3.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (3.36%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.49%) Docker
6 2 (0.75%) vCloud
6 2 (0.75%) vSphere
7 1 (0.37%) iptables
7 1 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 15 (5.60%) Ansible
2 12 (4.48%) Terraform
3 11 (4.10%) Kubernetes
4 9 (3.36%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (1.87%) Nagios
6 4 (1.49%) Grafana
6 4 (1.49%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (1.12%) Dell DRAC
8 2 (0.75%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.75%) Puppet
8 2 (0.75%) SCCM
9 1 (0.37%) Autotask
9 1 (0.37%) Cisco Prime
9 1 (0.37%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.37%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 72 (26.87%) Microsoft
2 38 (14.18%) Cisco
3 20 (7.46%) VMware
4 17 (6.34%) Fortinet
5 15 (5.60%) F5
6 14 (5.22%) CheckPoint
7 12 (4.48%) Citrix
8 10 (3.73%) Juniper
8 10 (3.73%) SAP
9 6 (2.24%) Dell
9 6 (2.24%) ServiceNow
10 5 (1.87%) Atlassian
10 5 (1.87%) Oracle
10 5 (1.87%) Veeam
10 5 (1.87%) Zscaler
11 4 (1.49%) Arista
11 4 (1.49%) Meraki
12 3 (1.12%) Databricks
12 3 (1.12%) NEC
12 3 (1.12%) SolarWinds