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

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 369 378 335
Rank change year-on-year +9 -43 -32
Permanent jobs citing Change Control 262 318 485
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.48% 0.67% 0.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.59% 0.73% 0.91%
Number of salaries quoted 124 167 347
10th Percentile £33,026 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,280 £46,250 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +10.00% -3.91%
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £61,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £74,800 £76,600
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +10.00% -3.85%

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 44,287 43,288 53,227
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 80.30% 91.33% 88.70%
Number of salaries quoted 26,703 20,981 41,972
10th Percentile £28,750 £35,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £38,481 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £101,250 £96,539
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%

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 26 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 26 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 +69 116 £67,500 +12.50% 80
South East +5 59 £40,890 -18.22% 79
Midlands -14 36 £47,500 -17.39% 29
North of England -29 22 £41,075 -25.18% 29
South West +10 19 £33,500 - 30
West Midlands -6 18 £65,000 +13.04% 18
East Midlands -9 18 £32,500 -29.73% 11
North West +16 14 £57,500 +4.55% 16
Yorkshire -25 7 £41,075 -26.19% 7
East of England +16 6 £54,000 -40.00% 26
North East -15 1 £27,500 -26.67% 6
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 13 (4.96%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.15%) Confluence
4 2 (0.76%) IIS
5 1 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.38%) HCL Notes
5 1 (0.38%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 30 (11.45%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (5.73%) MS Visio
3 14 (5.34%) Microsoft Excel
4 12 (4.58%) Microsoft Project
5 9 (3.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (1.53%) Windchill
7 1 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (2.29%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.91%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.38%) Carpe Diem
3 1 (0.38%) NEC Housing
3 1 (0.38%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.38%) Oracle BPM
3 1 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.38%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 58 (22.14%) Azure
2 28 (10.69%) Entra ID
3 25 (9.54%) Microsoft 365
4 18 (6.87%) Google Workspace
5 15 (5.73%) Azure DevOps
5 15 (5.73%) SaaS
6 11 (4.20%) AWS
7 7 (2.67%) IaaS
7 7 (2.67%) PaaS
8 5 (1.91%) Power Platform
9 4 (1.53%) Power Automate
10 3 (1.15%) Azure Logic Apps
10 3 (1.15%) Azure Monitor
10 3 (1.15%) Datadog
10 3 (1.15%) GCP
10 3 (1.15%) OneDrive
10 3 (1.15%) PowerApps
11 2 (0.76%) Amazon S3
11 2 (0.76%) Dynamics 365
11 2 (0.76%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 29 (11.07%) Firewall
2 18 (6.87%) Broadband
3 15 (5.73%) Network Security
4 14 (5.34%) LAN
5 8 (3.05%) DHCP
5 8 (3.05%) DNS
5 8 (3.05%) VLAN
5 8 (3.05%) WAN
6 7 (2.67%) BGP
6 7 (2.67%) OSPF
7 6 (2.29%) VPN
8 5 (1.91%) Ethernet VPN
8 5 (1.91%) Multicast
8 5 (1.91%) SD-WAN
9 4 (1.53%) Structured Cabling
9 4 (1.53%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (1.15%) IPsec
10 3 (1.15%) MPLS
10 3 (1.15%) NX-OS
10 3 (1.15%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.82%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 5 (1.91%) Azure SQL Database
3 5 (1.91%) NoSQL
4 4 (1.53%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (1.15%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.76%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.76%) Power BI
6 2 (0.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.38%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.38%) Big Data
7 1 (0.38%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.38%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.38%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.38%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 39 (14.89%) JIRA
2 34 (12.98%) Git
3 28 (10.69%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.15%) GitLab
5 1 (0.38%) CircleCI
5 1 (0.38%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 115 (43.89%) Social Skills
2 91 (34.73%) Finance
3 52 (19.85%) Organisational Skills
4 24 (9.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 19 (7.25%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (6.87%) Manufacturing
7 17 (6.49%) Documentation Skills
8 14 (5.34%) Legal
8 14 (5.34%) Marketing
9 12 (4.58%) Public Sector
10 11 (4.20%) Banking
11 10 (3.82%) Telecoms
12 7 (2.67%) Law
13 6 (2.29%) Financial Institution
14 5 (1.91%) Police
15 4 (1.53%) Aerospace
15 4 (1.53%) Influencing Skills
15 4 (1.53%) Retail
16 2 (0.76%) Games
16 2 (0.76%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 47 (17.94%) Lead
2 38 (14.50%) Senior
3 33 (12.60%) Project Manager
4 32 (12.21%) Network Engineer
5 21 (8.02%) IT Manager
6 20 (7.63%) Analyst
7 15 (5.73%) Developer
8 11 (4.20%) 2nd Line Support
8 11 (4.20%) Project Engineer
9 8 (3.05%) Innovation Manager
9 8 (3.05%) Senior Network Engineer
9 8 (3.05%) Support Analyst
10 7 (2.67%) Architect
10 7 (2.67%) Deployment Engineer
10 7 (2.67%) IAM Developer
10 7 (2.67%) Network Deployment Engineer
11 6 (2.29%) Applications Support
11 6 (2.29%) IT Support
11 6 (2.29%) Mechanical Engineer
11 6 (2.29%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (7.25%) LDAP
2 18 (6.87%) GraphQL
2 18 (6.87%) OAuth
2 18 (6.87%) OpenID
2 18 (6.87%) REST
2 18 (6.87%) SAML
2 18 (6.87%) SOAP
3 7 (2.67%) .NET
4 5 (1.91%) Oracle Fusion
5 4 (1.53%) RESTful
6 2 (0.76%) ARM Templates
7 1 (0.38%) ASP.NET
7 1 (0.38%) ASP.NET MVC
7 1 (0.38%) EDI
7 1 (0.38%) Elastic Stack
7 1 (0.38%) JSON
7 1 (0.38%) SAP Fiori
7 1 (0.38%) WCF
7 1 (0.38%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (7.25%) Data Centre
2 18 (6.87%) Cyber Threat
2 18 (6.87%) Cyberattack
3 15 (5.73%) Product Ownership
4 11 (4.20%) Driving Licence
5 8 (3.05%) Management Information System
6 6 (2.29%) CMDB
6 6 (2.29%) Data Protection Act
6 6 (2.29%) Life Science
6 6 (2.29%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (1.91%) Virtual Team
7 5 (1.91%) Wiki
8 4 (1.53%) Algorithms
8 4 (1.53%) Clustering
8 4 (1.53%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.15%) Cloud Native
9 3 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.15%) PKI
9 3 (1.15%) Video Conferencing
10 2 (0.76%) OTC Derivatives
Operating Systems
1 23 (8.78%) Windows
2 13 (4.96%) Windows Server
3 12 (4.58%) Linux
4 5 (1.91%) Apple iOS
5 4 (1.53%) Android
5 4 (1.53%) VMS
6 2 (0.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.38%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (29.01%) Continuous Improvement
2 54 (20.61%) Mentoring
3 50 (19.08%) Change Management
4 49 (18.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 47 (17.94%) Agile
6 44 (16.79%) Project Delivery
7 39 (14.89%) Cybersecurity
7 39 (14.89%) Roadmaps
8 36 (13.74%) Project Management
9 33 (12.60%) Configuration Management
9 33 (12.60%) Problem-Solving
10 32 (12.21%) ITIL
11 31 (11.83%) Stakeholder Management
12 30 (11.45%) Technical Leadership
13 27 (10.31%) DevOps
13 27 (10.31%) Programme Delivery
14 26 (9.92%) Validation
15 25 (9.54%) Process Improvement
15 25 (9.54%) Programme Management
15 25 (9.54%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 44 (16.79%) SQL
2 31 (11.83%) PowerShell
3 26 (9.92%) Bash
3 26 (9.92%) Python
4 22 (8.40%) T-SQL
5 5 (1.91%) C#
6 4 (1.53%) Go
7 3 (1.15%) Java
8 2 (0.76%) ActionScript
8 2 (0.76%) ActionScript 2.0
8 2 (0.76%) Bicep
8 2 (0.76%) C++
9 1 (0.38%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.38%) Rust
9 1 (0.38%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 69 (26.34%) Degree
2 63 (24.05%) Security Cleared
3 38 (14.50%) Cisco Certification
4 35 (13.36%) SC Cleared
5 23 (8.78%) CCNP
6 19 (7.25%) CCIE
7 15 (5.73%) CCNA
7 15 (5.73%) Microsoft Certification
8 14 (5.34%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (3.44%) CCA
9 9 (3.44%) Citrix Certification
9 9 (3.44%) MCP
9 9 (3.44%) MCSA
9 9 (3.44%) MCSE
10 8 (3.05%) DV Cleared
10 8 (3.05%) HNC
10 8 (3.05%) PMI Certification
10 8 (3.05%) PMP
11 7 (2.67%) CCSA
11 7 (2.67%) CCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (12.98%) QA
2 27 (10.31%) Def Stans
3 24 (9.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 22 (8.40%) NIST
5 18 (6.87%) NCSC
6 16 (6.11%) SLA
7 13 (4.96%) PMO
8 7 (2.67%) Data Quality
8 7 (2.67%) GDPR
9 5 (1.91%) NEBOSH
10 4 (1.53%) GMP
11 3 (1.15%) Accessibility
11 3 (1.15%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.76%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.76%) COBIT
12 2 (0.76%) GRC
12 2 (0.76%) MiFID
12 2 (0.76%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.76%) SOC 1
12 2 (0.76%) SOC 2
System Software
1 35 (13.36%) Active Directory
2 14 (5.34%) Firmware
3 11 (4.20%) VMware Infrastructure
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 15 (5.73%) Ansible
2 10 (3.82%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (3.44%) Kubernetes
3 9 (3.44%) Terraform
4 5 (1.91%) Nagios
5 4 (1.53%) Grafana
6 3 (1.15%) Dell DRAC
7 2 (0.76%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.76%) Puppet
7 2 (0.76%) SCCM
8 1 (0.38%) Autotask
8 1 (0.38%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.38%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 1 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 65 (24.81%) Microsoft
2 38 (14.50%) Cisco
3 20 (7.63%) VMware
4 17 (6.49%) Fortinet
5 16 (6.11%) F5
6 15 (5.73%) CheckPoint
7 10 (3.82%) Citrix
7 10 (3.82%) Juniper
7 10 (3.82%) Oracle
7 10 (3.82%) SAP
8 6 (2.29%) Dell
8 6 (2.29%) ServiceNow
9 5 (1.91%) Arista
9 5 (1.91%) Atlassian
10 3 (1.15%) Meraki
10 3 (1.15%) NEC
10 3 (1.15%) Palo Alto
10 3 (1.15%) SolarWinds
10 3 (1.15%) Zscaler
11 2 (0.76%) Sage