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

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 358 365 324
Rank change year-on-year +7 -41 -16
Permanent jobs citing Change Control 259 345 431
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.50% 0.71% 0.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.61% 0.79% 0.97%
Number of salaries quoted 126 190 298
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +4.76% +0.89%
75th Percentile £72,313 £63,750 £62,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £77,625 £73,900
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +5.77% -0.07%

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 42,481 43,790 44,458
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 81.29% 90.69% 89.78%
Number of salaries quoted 25,455 21,528 34,408
10th Percentile £28,560 £35,000 £31,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,628 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 11 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 11 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 +63 105 £67,500 +12.50% 73
South East +12 58 £45,000 -10.00% 62
Midlands -10 37 £47,500 -17.39% 24
North of England -40 31 £41,075 -3.35% 28
West Midlands -1 19 £65,000 +13.04% 13
East Midlands -4 18 £32,500 -29.73% 11
North West +14 16 £48,750 -11.36% 18
South West +10 16 £33,500 -39.09% 20
Yorkshire -29 10 £45,537 -16.89% 8
East of England +19 7 £53,000 -41.11% 16
North East -29 5 £35,000 -6.67% 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 19 (7.34%) SharePoint
2 13 (5.02%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (2.32%) IIS
4 2 (0.77%) Confluence
4 2 (0.77%) HCL Notes
4 2 (0.77%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 31 (11.97%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (6.18%) MS Visio
3 15 (5.79%) Microsoft Excel
4 11 (4.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 10 (3.86%) Microsoft Project
6 7 (2.70%) Windchill
7 1 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (2.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.93%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.77%) NEC Housing
3 2 (0.77%) Oracle BPM
4 1 (0.39%) Carpe Diem
4 1 (0.39%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.39%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 50 (19.31%) Azure
2 26 (10.04%) Microsoft 365
3 22 (8.49%) Entra ID
4 15 (5.79%) Azure DevOps
5 14 (5.41%) SaaS
6 12 (4.63%) Google Workspace
7 9 (3.47%) AWS
8 8 (3.09%) IaaS
8 8 (3.09%) PaaS
9 5 (1.93%) Power Platform
10 4 (1.54%) Power Automate
11 3 (1.16%) Azure Logic Apps
11 3 (1.16%) Azure Monitor
11 3 (1.16%) Dynamics 365
11 3 (1.16%) OneDrive
11 3 (1.16%) PowerApps
12 2 (0.77%) Azure Key Vault
12 2 (0.77%) Azure Sentinel
12 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Purview
12 2 (0.77%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 29 (11.20%) Firewall
2 17 (6.56%) LAN
3 13 (5.02%) Network Security
4 12 (4.63%) Broadband
5 11 (4.25%) WAN
6 8 (3.09%) DHCP
6 8 (3.09%) DNS
7 7 (2.70%) VLAN
7 7 (2.70%) VPN
8 6 (2.32%) BGP
8 6 (2.32%) OSPF
8 6 (2.32%) SAN
8 6 (2.32%) SD-WAN
9 5 (1.93%) Multicast
10 4 (1.54%) Ethernet VPN
10 4 (1.54%) Internet
10 4 (1.54%) TCP/IP
10 4 (1.54%) VoIP
10 4 (1.54%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (1.16%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.63%) SQL Server
2 9 (3.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 7 (2.70%) Oracle Reports
4 5 (1.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (1.54%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (1.54%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.77%) Data Mining
6 2 (0.77%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.39%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.39%) Big Data
7 1 (0.39%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.39%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.39%) Power BI
7 1 (0.39%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 42 (16.22%) JIRA
2 36 (13.90%) Git
3 31 (11.97%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.54%) GitLab
5 1 (0.39%) CircleCI
General
1 122 (47.10%) Social Skills
2 88 (33.98%) Finance
3 47 (18.15%) Organisational Skills
4 24 (9.27%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (9.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 17 (6.56%) Documentation Skills
6 16 (6.18%) Legal
6 16 (6.18%) Manufacturing
7 12 (4.63%) Public Sector
8 11 (4.25%) Banking
8 11 (4.25%) Marketing
9 9 (3.47%) Telecoms
10 8 (3.09%) Police
11 7 (2.70%) Law
12 6 (2.32%) Financial Institution
13 5 (1.93%) Aerospace
13 5 (1.93%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (1.16%) Retail
15 2 (0.77%) Local Government
15 2 (0.77%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 48 (18.53%) Lead
2 38 (14.67%) Senior
3 31 (11.97%) Network Engineer
3 31 (11.97%) Project Manager
4 26 (10.04%) Analyst
5 18 (6.95%) IT Manager
6 14 (5.41%) Developer
7 11 (4.25%) Project Engineer
8 10 (3.86%) 2nd Line Support
8 10 (3.86%) Support Analyst
9 8 (3.09%) Innovation Manager
9 8 (3.09%) Senior Manager
9 8 (3.09%) Senior Network Engineer
10 7 (2.70%) Development Analyst
10 7 (2.70%) Development Support Analyst
10 7 (2.70%) Senior Project Manager
10 7 (2.70%) Systems Analyst
10 7 (2.70%) Systems Development Analyst
10 7 (2.70%) Systems Support
10 7 (2.70%) Systems Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (5.02%) LDAP
2 12 (4.63%) .NET
2 12 (4.63%) GraphQL
2 12 (4.63%) OAuth
2 12 (4.63%) OpenID
2 12 (4.63%) REST
2 12 (4.63%) SAML
2 12 (4.63%) SOAP
3 8 (3.09%) Oracle Fusion
4 4 (1.54%) RESTful
5 2 (0.77%) ARM Templates
5 2 (0.77%) ASP.NET
5 2 (0.77%) ASP.NET MVC
5 2 (0.77%) WCF
6 1 (0.39%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.39%) EDI
6 1 (0.39%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.39%) JSON
6 1 (0.39%) SAP Fiori
6 1 (0.39%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (6.56%) Data Centre
2 14 (5.41%) Product Ownership
3 12 (4.63%) Cyber Threat
3 12 (4.63%) Cyberattack
3 12 (4.63%) Management Information System
4 11 (4.25%) Driving Licence
5 8 (3.09%) Clustering
6 6 (2.32%) Data Protection Act
6 6 (2.32%) Life Science
6 6 (2.32%) Virtual Team
6 6 (2.32%) Wiki
7 5 (1.93%) CMDB
7 5 (1.93%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.54%) Algorithms
8 4 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.16%) Cloud Native
9 3 (1.16%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (1.16%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.16%) OTC Derivatives
9 3 (1.16%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 25 (9.65%) Windows
2 16 (6.18%) Windows Server
3 13 (5.02%) Linux
4 5 (1.93%) Apple iOS
5 4 (1.54%) Android
5 4 (1.54%) VMS
6 3 (1.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.39%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (32.82%) Continuous Improvement
2 56 (21.62%) Change Management
3 50 (19.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 46 (17.76%) Mentoring
5 45 (17.37%) Agile
6 43 (16.60%) Project Delivery
7 39 (15.06%) Problem-Solving
8 38 (14.67%) Configuration Management
9 37 (14.29%) ITIL
10 34 (13.13%) Project Management
10 34 (13.13%) Technical Leadership
11 33 (12.74%) Roadmaps
12 32 (12.36%) Cybersecurity
13 28 (10.81%) DevOps
14 27 (10.42%) Stakeholder Management
14 27 (10.42%) Strategic Thinking
15 26 (10.04%) Data-Driven Decision Making
16 25 (9.65%) Process Improvement
16 25 (9.65%) Programme Management
17 24 (9.27%) Customer Requirements
Programming Languages
1 37 (14.29%) SQL
2 25 (9.65%) PowerShell
3 24 (9.27%) Python
4 20 (7.72%) Bash
5 17 (6.56%) T-SQL
6 6 (2.32%) C#
7 4 (1.54%) Go
8 2 (0.77%) ActionScript
8 2 (0.77%) ActionScript 2.0
8 2 (0.77%) Bicep
8 2 (0.77%) C++
8 2 (0.77%) Java
8 2 (0.77%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.39%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 68 (26.25%) Degree
2 58 (22.39%) Security Cleared
3 39 (15.06%) Cisco Certification
4 30 (11.58%) SC Cleared
5 24 (9.27%) CCNP
6 19 (7.34%) CCIE
7 16 (6.18%) BPSS Clearance
7 16 (6.18%) CCNA
8 15 (5.79%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (3.47%) CCA
9 9 (3.47%) Citrix Certification
9 9 (3.47%) MCP
9 9 (3.47%) MCSA
9 9 (3.47%) MCSE
10 8 (3.09%) CCSA
10 8 (3.09%) CCSE
10 8 (3.09%) DBS Check
10 8 (3.09%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 6 (2.32%) Azure Certification
11 6 (2.32%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (14.29%) QA
2 30 (11.58%) Def Stans
3 17 (6.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (5.79%) SLA
5 14 (5.41%) NIST
5 14 (5.41%) PMO
6 12 (4.63%) NCSC
7 10 (3.86%) Data Quality
8 5 (1.93%) NEBOSH
9 4 (1.54%) GMP
10 3 (1.16%) Accessibility
10 3 (1.16%) GDPR
10 3 (1.16%) ISO 9001
10 3 (1.16%) MiFID
10 3 (1.16%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.77%) GRC
12 1 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 32 (12.36%) Active Directory
2 14 (5.41%) Firmware
3 12 (4.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (2.32%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.54%) Docker
6 2 (0.77%) vCloud
7 1 (0.39%) iptables
7 1 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.39%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (5.79%) Ansible
2 11 (4.25%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (3.09%) Kubernetes
3 8 (3.09%) Terraform
4 4 (1.54%) Grafana
4 4 (1.54%) Nagios
5 3 (1.16%) Dell DRAC
6 2 (0.77%) Failover Clustering
6 2 (0.77%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.77%) Puppet
6 2 (0.77%) SCCM
7 1 (0.39%) Autotask
7 1 (0.39%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 1 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 65 (25.10%) Microsoft
2 37 (14.29%) Cisco
3 21 (8.11%) VMware
4 16 (6.18%) Fortinet
5 15 (5.79%) CheckPoint
5 15 (5.79%) F5
6 12 (4.63%) Oracle
7 10 (3.86%) Juniper
8 9 (3.47%) Citrix
8 9 (3.47%) SAP
9 7 (2.70%) ServiceNow
10 6 (2.32%) Arista
10 6 (2.32%) Atlassian
10 6 (2.32%) Dell
11 4 (1.54%) Palo Alto
11 4 (1.54%) Zscaler
12 3 (1.16%) Meraki
12 3 (1.16%) NEC
12 3 (1.16%) SolarWinds
13 2 (0.77%) Workday