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 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 368 366 319
Rank change year-on-year -2 -47 -15
Permanent jobs citing Change Control 262 369 396
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.51% 0.71% 0.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.61% 0.79% 0.96%
Number of salaries quoted 143 217 274
10th Percentile £32,500 - £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% - +0.96%
75th Percentile £72,500 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £71,250 £73,750
UK median annual salary £51,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.27% +4.76% +1.80%

All Process and 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 42,661 46,460 41,092
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 83.78% 88.79% 93.61%
Number of salaries quoted 25,336 23,962 31,724
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,750 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,900 £80,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.64%

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 14 December 2025.

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 14 December 2025. 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 +73 97 £70,000 +16.67% 47
South East +19 59 £50,000 +11.11% 51
Midlands +6 43 £48,000 -16.52% 24
North of England -48 36 £40,537 +8.10% 27
West Midlands +5 25 £62,500 +8.70% 17
East Midlands +2 18 £32,500 -33.33% 7
North West +21 16 £35,854 -34.81% 15
South West +17 13 £33,500 -39.09% 9
Yorkshire -10 11 £49,000 -13.27% 9
East of England +30 9 £53,000 -41.11% 8
North East -41 9 £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 28 (10.69%) SharePoint
2 13 (4.96%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (3.05%) IIS
4 4 (1.53%) CMS
5 3 (1.15%) Confluence
6 2 (0.76%) HCL Notes
6 2 (0.76%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 38 (14.50%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (7.63%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (6.49%) MS Visio
4 16 (6.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 10 (3.82%) Microsoft Project
6 7 (2.67%) Windchill
7 1 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.91%) Dynamics CRM
1 5 (1.91%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.76%) NEC Housing
2 2 (0.76%) Oracle BPM
3 1 (0.38%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.38%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 42 (16.03%) Azure
2 30 (11.45%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (6.11%) Azure DevOps
4 15 (5.73%) SaaS
5 14 (5.34%) Entra ID
6 10 (3.82%) IaaS
7 9 (3.44%) PaaS
8 8 (3.05%) AWS
9 7 (2.67%) Power Platform
10 5 (1.91%) Power Automate
11 4 (1.53%) Azure Monitor
11 4 (1.53%) PowerApps
12 3 (1.15%) Azure Logic Apps
12 3 (1.15%) Dynamics 365
12 3 (1.15%) OneDrive
13 2 (0.76%) Azure Key Vault
13 2 (0.76%) Azure Sentinel
13 2 (0.76%) Datadog
13 2 (0.76%) Microsoft Purview
13 2 (0.76%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 33 (12.60%) Firewall
2 19 (7.25%) LAN
3 16 (6.11%) WAN
4 13 (4.96%) Network Security
5 11 (4.20%) DHCP
5 11 (4.20%) DNS
6 10 (3.82%) VPN
7 9 (3.44%) SAN
7 9 (3.44%) TCP/IP
8 8 (3.05%) VLAN
9 7 (2.67%) BGP
9 7 (2.67%) OSPF
9 7 (2.67%) SD-WAN
10 6 (2.29%) Internet
10 6 (2.29%) VoIP
11 5 (1.91%) Ethernet VPN
11 5 (1.91%) SSL
12 4 (1.53%) NX-OS
12 4 (1.53%) Wi-Fi
13 3 (1.15%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (5.73%) SQL Server
2 11 (4.20%) Oracle Reports
3 10 (3.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 7 (2.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (1.15%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (1.15%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.76%) Data Mining
6 2 (0.76%) Power BI
6 2 (0.76%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.38%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.38%) Big Data
7 1 (0.38%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.38%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.38%) MySQL
7 1 (0.38%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.38%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 48 (18.32%) JIRA
2 33 (12.60%) Git
3 31 (11.83%) Jenkins
4 6 (2.29%) GitLab
5 1 (0.38%) CircleCI
5 1 (0.38%) Visual Studio
General
1 130 (49.62%) Social Skills
2 91 (34.73%) Finance
3 36 (13.74%) Organisational Skills
4 24 (9.16%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (8.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 19 (7.25%) Documentation Skills
7 15 (5.73%) Legal
8 14 (5.34%) Banking
8 14 (5.34%) Manufacturing
9 13 (4.96%) Telecoms
10 12 (4.58%) Police
10 12 (4.58%) Public Sector
11 7 (2.67%) Influencing Skills
11 7 (2.67%) Law
11 7 (2.67%) Marketing
12 5 (1.91%) Aerospace
13 4 (1.53%) Back Office
14 3 (1.15%) Financial Institution
14 3 (1.15%) Publishing
14 3 (1.15%) Retail
Job Titles
1 49 (18.70%) Lead
2 38 (14.50%) Project Manager
3 34 (12.98%) Analyst
4 30 (11.45%) Senior
5 29 (11.07%) Network Engineer
6 15 (5.73%) IT Manager
7 14 (5.34%) Support Analyst
8 11 (4.20%) Development Analyst
8 11 (4.20%) Development Support Analyst
8 11 (4.20%) Project Engineer
8 11 (4.20%) Systems Analyst
8 11 (4.20%) Systems Development Analyst
8 11 (4.20%) Systems Support
8 11 (4.20%) Systems Support Analyst
9 10 (3.82%) 2nd Line Support
9 10 (3.82%) Developer
10 9 (3.44%) Administrator
10 9 (3.44%) Support Engineer
11 8 (3.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 8 (3.05%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (6.11%) .NET
2 12 (4.58%) Oracle Fusion
3 5 (1.91%) RESTful
4 4 (1.53%) EDI
5 3 (1.15%) ASP.NET
6 2 (0.76%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.76%) ARM Templates
6 2 (0.76%) ASP.NET MVC
6 2 (0.76%) LDAP
6 2 (0.76%) REST
6 2 (0.76%) SOAP
6 2 (0.76%) WCF
7 1 (0.38%) AngularJS
7 1 (0.38%) Elastic Stack
7 1 (0.38%) Entity Framework
7 1 (0.38%) GraphQL
7 1 (0.38%) JSON
7 1 (0.38%) OAuth
7 1 (0.38%) OpenID
7 1 (0.38%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 18 (6.87%) Data Centre
2 17 (6.49%) Management Information System
3 11 (4.20%) Driving Licence
3 11 (4.20%) Wiki
4 10 (3.82%) Clustering
5 9 (3.44%) Virtual Team
6 7 (2.67%) Product Ownership
7 6 (2.29%) Data Protection Act
7 6 (2.29%) Life Science
8 5 (1.91%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (1.91%) OTC Derivatives
8 5 (1.91%) Security Posture
8 5 (1.91%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.53%) CMDB
9 4 (1.53%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (1.15%) Cloud Native
10 3 (1.15%) PKI
11 2 (0.76%) Analytical Mindset
11 2 (0.76%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (0.76%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 29 (11.07%) Windows
2 21 (8.02%) Windows Server
3 16 (6.11%) Linux
4 6 (2.29%) Android
4 6 (2.29%) Apple iOS
5 5 (1.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (1.15%) VMS
7 2 (0.76%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.76%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (36.26%) Continuous Improvement
2 62 (23.66%) Change Management
3 53 (20.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 52 (19.85%) Project Delivery
5 50 (19.08%) Agile
6 45 (17.18%) Problem-Solving
7 44 (16.79%) ITIL
8 38 (14.50%) Configuration Management
8 38 (14.50%) Project Management
9 34 (12.98%) Technical Leadership
10 29 (11.07%) DevOps
11 28 (10.69%) Process Improvement
12 27 (10.31%) Mentoring
12 27 (10.31%) Strategic Thinking
13 26 (9.92%) Cybersecurity
13 26 (9.92%) Data-Driven Decision Making
14 25 (9.54%) Programme Management
15 24 (9.16%) Customer Requirements
15 24 (9.16%) Validation
16 23 (8.78%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (8.78%) SQL
2 18 (6.87%) Python
3 17 (6.49%) PowerShell
4 10 (3.82%) Bash
5 8 (3.05%) C#
6 5 (1.91%) T-SQL
7 3 (1.15%) C++
8 2 (0.76%) ActionScript
8 2 (0.76%) ActionScript 2.0
8 2 (0.76%) Bicep
8 2 (0.76%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.38%) Go
9 1 (0.38%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.38%) VB
Qualifications
1 67 (25.57%) Degree
2 57 (21.76%) Security Cleared
3 36 (13.74%) Cisco Certification
4 28 (10.69%) SC Cleared
5 22 (8.40%) BPSS Clearance
5 22 (8.40%) CCNP
6 17 (6.49%) CCIE
7 16 (6.11%) Microsoft Certification
8 14 (5.34%) CCNA
9 12 (4.58%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 9 (3.44%) CCA
10 9 (3.44%) Citrix Certification
10 9 (3.44%) MCP
10 9 (3.44%) MCSA
10 9 (3.44%) MCSE
11 8 (3.05%) CCSA
11 8 (3.05%) CCSE
12 7 (2.67%) Azure Certification
13 6 (2.29%) PMI Certification
13 6 (2.29%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (16.03%) QA
2 30 (11.45%) Def Stans
3 21 (8.02%) PMO
4 16 (6.11%) Data Quality
5 15 (5.73%) SLA
6 6 (2.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (1.91%) MiFID
7 5 (1.91%) NEBOSH
8 4 (1.53%) NCSC
9 3 (1.15%) GMP
9 3 (1.15%) ISO 9001
9 3 (1.15%) NIST
9 3 (1.15%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.76%) GRC
11 1 (0.38%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.38%) COBIT
11 1 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 29 (11.07%) Active Directory
2 14 (5.34%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (4.20%) Firmware
4 7 (2.67%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.53%) Docker
6 2 (0.76%) vCloud
7 1 (0.38%) iptables
7 1 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.38%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 11 (4.20%) Ansible
1 11 (4.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (3.05%) Terraform
3 5 (1.91%) Kubernetes
4 4 (1.53%) Grafana
5 3 (1.15%) Dell DRAC
5 3 (1.15%) Failover Clustering
5 3 (1.15%) Nagios
6 2 (0.76%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.76%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.76%) Puppet
6 2 (0.76%) SCCM
7 1 (0.38%) Autotask
7 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 1 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 80 (30.53%) Microsoft
2 34 (12.98%) Cisco
3 23 (8.78%) VMware
4 18 (6.87%) Oracle
5 16 (6.11%) F5
6 15 (5.73%) CheckPoint
7 12 (4.58%) Fortinet
8 11 (4.20%) Atlassian
9 10 (3.82%) SAP
10 9 (3.44%) Citrix
11 7 (2.67%) Juniper
11 7 (2.67%) ServiceNow
12 6 (2.29%) Arista
13 5 (1.91%) Dell
13 5 (1.91%) Salesforce
13 5 (1.91%) Zscaler
14 4 (1.53%) Palo Alto
15 3 (1.15%) GoldenSource
15 3 (1.15%) Meraki
15 3 (1.15%) SolarWinds