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 1 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 387 387 352
Rank change year-on-year 0 -35 -46
Permanent jobs citing Change Control 287 232 587
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.41% 0.63% 0.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.53% 0.68% 0.87%
Number of salaries quoted 158 149 435
10th Percentile £39,280 £37,500 £33,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £49,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £79,688 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £98,250 £78,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +10.00% -4.76%

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 54,028 34,071 67,502
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 76.72% 93.22% 86.35%
Number of salaries quoted 33,923 20,346 52,125
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,844 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £98,750 £103,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -10.57%

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 1 April 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 1 April 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 +46 143 £70,000 +22.81% 51
Midlands -33 37 £52,500 -8.70% 24
South East -60 36 £43,750 -7.89% 35
North of England -53 25 £57,500 +4.94% 29
North West -10 24 £57,500 - 22
East of England -12 21 £59,450 -20.73% 14
West Midlands -27 20 £62,500 +8.70% 19
South West -28 18 £33,500 -39.09% 14
East Midlands -32 17 £32,500 -40.64% 4
North East -30 1 - - 1
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 16 (5.57%) SharePoint
2 14 (4.88%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (2.79%) SAS
4 3 (1.05%) Confluence
5 1 (0.35%) IIS
Applications
1 26 (9.06%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (5.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (4.53%) Microsoft Project
4 10 (3.48%) MS Visio
5 9 (3.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.35%) Civil 3D
6 1 (0.35%) MicroStation
6 1 (0.35%) ProjectWise
6 1 (0.35%) Revit
6 1 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (4.18%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.74%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.35%) Carpe Diem
3 1 (0.35%) Maximo
3 1 (0.35%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.35%) Primavera
3 1 (0.35%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 82 (28.57%) Azure
2 38 (13.24%) Entra ID
3 27 (9.41%) AWS
3 27 (9.41%) Microsoft 365
4 26 (9.06%) Google Workspace
5 17 (5.92%) SaaS
6 15 (5.23%) Azure DevOps
6 15 (5.23%) Power Platform
7 10 (3.48%) Serverless
8 7 (2.44%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 7 (2.44%) Amazon ECR
8 7 (2.44%) Amazon EKS
8 7 (2.44%) Amazon S3
8 7 (2.44%) AWS KMS
8 7 (2.44%) Azure Logic Apps
8 7 (2.44%) GitHub
8 7 (2.44%) Route 53
9 6 (2.09%) GCP
9 6 (2.09%) IaaS
9 6 (2.09%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 25 (8.71%) Broadband
2 18 (6.27%) Firewall
3 10 (3.48%) LAN
4 8 (2.79%) WAN
5 7 (2.44%) VLAN
5 7 (2.44%) VPN
6 6 (2.09%) Network Security
6 6 (2.09%) Structured Cabling
7 5 (1.74%) Multicast
7 5 (1.74%) NAS
8 4 (1.39%) DHCP
8 4 (1.39%) DNS
8 4 (1.39%) SD-WAN
9 3 (1.05%) WinSCP
9 3 (1.05%) Wireless
10 2 (0.70%) Cisco ISE
10 2 (0.70%) Remote Desktop
10 2 (0.70%) TCP/IP
10 2 (0.70%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.70%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (4.53%) SQL Server
2 10 (3.48%) NoSQL
2 10 (3.48%) Power BI
3 8 (2.79%) Big Data
4 6 (2.09%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (1.39%) DB2
5 4 (1.39%) DB2 UDB
5 4 (1.39%) QlikView
5 4 (1.39%) Relational Database
5 4 (1.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (1.05%) Star Schema
7 2 (0.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.35%) MySQL
8 1 (0.35%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 15 (5.23%) JIRA
2 10 (3.48%) Git
3 3 (1.05%) GitLab
3 3 (1.05%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.70%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.70%) CircleCI
5 1 (0.35%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.35%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 93 (32.40%) Finance
2 82 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 39 (13.59%) Organisational Skills
4 28 (9.76%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (8.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 17 (5.92%) Banking
7 16 (5.57%) Manufacturing
8 15 (5.23%) Legal
9 14 (4.88%) Marketing
10 8 (2.79%) Law
10 8 (2.79%) Public Sector
10 8 (2.79%) Telecoms
11 7 (2.44%) Financial Institution
11 7 (2.44%) Retail
12 6 (2.09%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (2.09%) Front Office
13 4 (1.39%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (1.39%) Investment Banking
14 3 (1.05%) Advertising
14 3 (1.05%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 56 (19.51%) Senior
2 45 (15.68%) Project Manager
3 34 (11.85%) Lead
4 24 (8.36%) Developer
5 22 (7.67%) Analyst
6 21 (7.32%) IT Manager
6 21 (7.32%) Network Engineer
7 13 (4.53%) Delivery Manager
8 12 (4.18%) Senior Manager
9 11 (3.83%) Project Engineer
10 10 (3.48%) Technical Leader
11 9 (3.14%) IAM Developer
11 9 (3.14%) Platform Engineer
11 9 (3.14%) SAP Manager
11 9 (3.14%) SAP Project Manager
11 9 (3.14%) Systems Engineer
12 8 (2.79%) IT Support
12 8 (2.79%) Kubernetes Engineer
12 8 (2.79%) Senior Platform Engineer
12 8 (2.79%) Technical Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (8.71%) GraphQL
1 25 (8.71%) LDAP
1 25 (8.71%) OAuth
1 25 (8.71%) OpenID
1 25 (8.71%) REST
1 25 (8.71%) SAML
1 25 (8.71%) SOAP
2 9 (3.14%) .NET
3 4 (1.39%) Blazor
3 4 (1.39%) Kafka
3 4 (1.39%) RESTful
4 2 (0.70%) ARM Templates
4 2 (0.70%) Web Services
5 1 (0.35%) CSS
5 1 (0.35%) CSS3
5 1 (0.35%) EDI
5 1 (0.35%) HTML
5 1 (0.35%) Middleware
5 1 (0.35%) Spring
5 1 (0.35%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 25 (8.71%) Cyber Threat
1 25 (8.71%) Cyberattack
2 21 (7.32%) Product Ownership
3 14 (4.88%) Driving Licence
4 12 (4.18%) Data Centre
4 12 (4.18%) Onboarding
5 8 (2.79%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (2.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 6 (2.09%) Life Science
6 6 (2.09%) Wiki
7 5 (1.74%) Derivative
7 5 (1.74%) Management Information System
7 5 (1.74%) OTC Derivatives
7 5 (1.74%) Virtual Team
8 4 (1.39%) Algorithms
8 4 (1.39%) Clustering
8 4 (1.39%) CMDB
8 4 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.05%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.05%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 29 (10.10%) Windows
2 19 (6.62%) Windows Server
3 10 (3.48%) Linux
4 4 (1.39%) Unix
4 4 (1.39%) VMS
5 2 (0.70%) CentOS
5 2 (0.70%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.70%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.35%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.35%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (27.87%) Agile
2 66 (23.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 62 (21.60%) Mentoring
4 56 (19.51%) Stakeholder Management
5 49 (17.07%) Project Delivery
6 47 (16.38%) Roadmaps
7 45 (15.68%) Problem-Solving
8 42 (14.63%) DevOps
9 41 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
10 39 (13.59%) Project Management
11 35 (12.20%) Change Management
12 33 (11.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 31 (10.80%) Programme Delivery
13 31 (10.80%) Regulatory Compliance
13 31 (10.80%) Validation
14 30 (10.45%) Risk Management
15 26 (9.06%) CI/CD
15 26 (9.06%) Identity Access Management
16 25 (8.71%) AI
16 25 (8.71%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 59 (20.56%) SQL
2 38 (13.24%) PowerShell
3 31 (10.80%) Python
4 29 (10.10%) Bash
5 28 (9.76%) T-SQL
6 15 (5.23%) C#
7 13 (4.53%) Java
8 8 (2.79%) C++
9 6 (2.09%) Rust
10 4 (1.39%) Go
11 2 (0.70%) ActionScript
11 2 (0.70%) ActionScript 2.0
11 2 (0.70%) Bicep
12 1 (0.35%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 45 (15.68%) Degree
2 37 (12.89%) Security Cleared
3 28 (9.76%) SC Cleared
4 20 (6.97%) Cisco Certification
5 14 (4.88%) PMP
6 13 (4.53%) CCNP
6 13 (4.53%) PMI Certification
7 12 (4.18%) DBS Check
8 11 (3.83%) BPSS Clearance
8 11 (3.83%) DV Cleared
9 10 (3.48%) CCIE
9 10 (3.48%) CCNA
10 9 (3.14%) Master's Degree
11 8 (2.79%) Computer Science Degree
11 8 (2.79%) HNC
11 8 (2.79%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (2.09%) Network+ Certification
13 5 (1.74%) JNCIA
13 5 (1.74%) JNCIP
14 4 (1.39%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (10.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 28 (9.76%) NIST
3 25 (8.71%) NCSC
4 21 (7.32%) PMO
5 20 (6.97%) QA
6 14 (4.88%) Data Quality
7 11 (3.83%) SLA
8 9 (3.14%) GDPR
9 6 (2.09%) GMP
10 5 (1.74%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 5 (1.74%) Accessibility
10 5 (1.74%) GxP
10 5 (1.74%) MiFID
10 5 (1.74%) NEBOSH
11 3 (1.05%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.70%) COBIT
12 2 (0.70%) GRC
12 2 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.70%) SOC 1
12 2 (0.70%) SOC 2
System Software
1 42 (14.63%) Active Directory
2 15 (5.23%) Firmware
3 8 (2.79%) Hyper-V
3 8 (2.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (2.09%) vSphere
5 2 (0.70%) Docker
6 1 (0.35%) iptables
6 1 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 18 (6.27%) Ansible
1 18 (6.27%) Terraform
2 16 (5.57%) Kubernetes
3 6 (2.09%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (1.74%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (1.39%) Grafana
6 3 (1.05%) vCenter Server
7 2 (0.70%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.70%) Nagios
7 2 (0.70%) Nessus
7 2 (0.70%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.70%) SCCM
8 1 (0.35%) Argo
8 1 (0.35%) Autotask
8 1 (0.35%) Cisco Prime
8 1 (0.35%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 74 (25.78%) Microsoft
2 23 (8.01%) Cisco
3 18 (6.27%) SAP
4 14 (4.88%) Fortinet
4 14 (4.88%) VMware
5 11 (3.83%) Juniper
6 10 (3.48%) ServiceNow
7 9 (3.14%) Citrix
8 7 (2.44%) Databricks
8 7 (2.44%) Veeam
9 6 (2.09%) Atlassian
9 6 (2.09%) F5
10 5 (1.74%) CheckPoint
11 4 (1.39%) IFS
11 4 (1.39%) JD Edwards
11 4 (1.39%) Oracle
11 4 (1.39%) QNAP
11 4 (1.39%) Synology
12 3 (1.05%) CyberArk
12 3 (1.05%) Dell