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

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 353 354 327
Rank change year-on-year +1 -27 -21
Permanent jobs citing Change Control 263 344 423
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.50% 0.71% 0.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.61% 0.79% 0.96%
Number of salaries quoted 127 189 291
10th Percentile £32,650 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,640 £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 £71,750 £63,750 £62,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £72,500 £74,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £51,150
% change year-on-year +4.55% +7.53% -1.63%

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 43,077 43,814 44,043
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 81.14% 90.86% 89.76%
Number of salaries quoted 25,929 21,493 34,060
10th Percentile £28,750 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £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 £79,563
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 15 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 15 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 +81 106 £67,500 +12.50% 79
South East +11 61 £45,000 -10.00% 62
Midlands -10 37 £47,500 -17.39% 25
North of England -49 31 £41,075 -3.35% 28
West Midlands -15 19 £65,000 +13.04% 12
East Midlands -8 18 £32,500 -27.78% 13
North West +14 17 £48,750 -11.36% 18
South West +5 16 £33,500 -39.09% 21
Yorkshire -25 10 £45,537 -16.89% 7
East of England +28 7 £53,000 -41.11% 17
North East -27 4 £35,000 -6.67% 4
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 18 (6.84%) SharePoint
2 13 (4.94%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.90%) IIS
4 2 (0.76%) Confluence
4 2 (0.76%) HCL Notes
4 2 (0.76%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 31 (11.79%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (6.08%) MS Visio
3 14 (5.32%) Microsoft Excel
4 10 (3.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (3.80%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (2.66%) Windchill
6 1 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (2.28%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.90%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.76%) NEC Housing
3 2 (0.76%) Oracle BPM
4 1 (0.38%) Carpe Diem
4 1 (0.38%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.38%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 50 (19.01%) Azure
2 26 (9.89%) Microsoft 365
3 22 (8.37%) Entra ID
4 15 (5.70%) Azure DevOps
5 14 (5.32%) SaaS
6 12 (4.56%) Google Workspace
7 9 (3.42%) AWS
8 8 (3.04%) IaaS
8 8 (3.04%) PaaS
9 5 (1.90%) Power Platform
10 4 (1.52%) Power Automate
11 3 (1.14%) Azure Logic Apps
11 3 (1.14%) Azure Monitor
11 3 (1.14%) Dynamics 365
11 3 (1.14%) OneDrive
11 3 (1.14%) PowerApps
12 2 (0.76%) Azure Sentinel
12 2 (0.76%) Datadog
12 2 (0.76%) Microsoft Purview
12 2 (0.76%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 29 (11.03%) Firewall
2 16 (6.08%) LAN
3 13 (4.94%) Network Security
4 12 (4.56%) Broadband
5 10 (3.80%) WAN
6 8 (3.04%) DHCP
6 8 (3.04%) DNS
7 7 (2.66%) VLAN
7 7 (2.66%) VPN
8 6 (2.28%) BGP
8 6 (2.28%) OSPF
8 6 (2.28%) SD-WAN
9 5 (1.90%) Multicast
9 5 (1.90%) SAN
10 4 (1.52%) Ethernet VPN
10 4 (1.52%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (1.14%) Internet
11 3 (1.14%) IPsec
11 3 (1.14%) TCP/IP
11 3 (1.14%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.56%) SQL Server
2 9 (3.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 7 (2.66%) Oracle Reports
4 5 (1.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (1.52%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (1.52%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.76%) Data Mining
6 2 (0.76%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.76%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.76%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.38%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.38%) Big Data
7 1 (0.38%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.38%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 41 (15.59%) JIRA
2 36 (13.69%) Git
3 31 (11.79%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.52%) GitLab
5 1 (0.38%) CircleCI
5 1 (0.38%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 124 (47.15%) Social Skills
2 90 (34.22%) Finance
3 48 (18.25%) Organisational Skills
4 24 (9.13%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (9.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 18 (6.84%) Documentation Skills
5 18 (6.84%) Manufacturing
6 16 (6.08%) Legal
7 12 (4.56%) Marketing
7 12 (4.56%) Public Sector
8 11 (4.18%) Banking
9 9 (3.42%) Telecoms
10 8 (3.04%) Police
11 7 (2.66%) Law
12 6 (2.28%) Financial Institution
13 5 (1.90%) Aerospace
13 5 (1.90%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (1.14%) Retail
15 2 (0.76%) Local Government
15 2 (0.76%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 48 (18.25%) Lead
2 38 (14.45%) Senior
3 31 (11.79%) Network Engineer
3 31 (11.79%) Project Manager
4 26 (9.89%) Analyst
5 18 (6.84%) IT Manager
6 14 (5.32%) Developer
7 11 (4.18%) Project Engineer
8 10 (3.80%) 2nd Line Support
8 10 (3.80%) Support Analyst
9 8 (3.04%) Innovation Manager
9 8 (3.04%) Senior Manager
9 8 (3.04%) Senior Network Engineer
10 7 (2.66%) Administrator
10 7 (2.66%) Development Analyst
10 7 (2.66%) Senior Project Manager
10 7 (2.66%) Systems Analyst
10 7 (2.66%) Systems Development Analyst
10 7 (2.66%) Systems Support
10 7 (2.66%) Systems Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.94%) LDAP
2 12 (4.56%) GraphQL
2 12 (4.56%) OAuth
2 12 (4.56%) OpenID
2 12 (4.56%) REST
2 12 (4.56%) SAML
2 12 (4.56%) SOAP
3 11 (4.18%) .NET
4 8 (3.04%) Oracle Fusion
5 4 (1.52%) RESTful
6 2 (0.76%) ARM Templates
6 2 (0.76%) ASP.NET
6 2 (0.76%) ASP.NET MVC
6 2 (0.76%) WCF
7 1 (0.38%) .NET Framework
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%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (6.46%) Data Centre
2 15 (5.70%) Product Ownership
3 12 (4.56%) Cyber Threat
3 12 (4.56%) Cyberattack
3 12 (4.56%) Management Information System
4 11 (4.18%) Driving Licence
5 7 (2.66%) Clustering
6 6 (2.28%) Data Protection Act
6 6 (2.28%) Life Science
6 6 (2.28%) Virtual Team
7 5 (1.90%) CMDB
7 5 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (1.90%) Wiki
8 4 (1.52%) Algorithms
8 4 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (1.52%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.14%) Cloud Native
9 3 (1.14%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (1.14%) PKI
9 3 (1.14%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 24 (9.13%) Windows
2 15 (5.70%) Windows Server
3 13 (4.94%) Linux
4 5 (1.90%) Apple iOS
5 4 (1.52%) Android
5 4 (1.52%) VMS
6 3 (1.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.38%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (32.32%) Continuous Improvement
2 57 (21.67%) Change Management
3 51 (19.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 47 (17.87%) Mentoring
5 45 (17.11%) Agile
6 43 (16.35%) Project Delivery
7 39 (14.83%) Problem-Solving
8 38 (14.45%) Configuration Management
9 37 (14.07%) ITIL
10 34 (12.93%) Project Management
10 34 (12.93%) Roadmaps
10 34 (12.93%) Technical Leadership
11 32 (12.17%) Cybersecurity
12 28 (10.65%) DevOps
13 27 (10.27%) Strategic Thinking
14 26 (9.89%) Data-Driven Decision Making
14 26 (9.89%) Stakeholder Management
15 25 (9.51%) Process Improvement
15 25 (9.51%) Programme Management
16 24 (9.13%) Customer Requirements
Programming Languages
1 38 (14.45%) SQL
2 25 (9.51%) PowerShell
3 24 (9.13%) Python
4 20 (7.60%) Bash
5 17 (6.46%) T-SQL
6 6 (2.28%) C#
7 4 (1.52%) Go
8 2 (0.76%) ActionScript
8 2 (0.76%) ActionScript 2.0
8 2 (0.76%) Bicep
8 2 (0.76%) C++
8 2 (0.76%) Java
8 2 (0.76%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.38%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 70 (26.62%) Degree
2 61 (23.19%) Security Cleared
3 39 (14.83%) Cisco Certification
4 33 (12.55%) SC Cleared
5 24 (9.13%) CCNP
6 19 (7.22%) CCIE
7 17 (6.46%) BPSS Clearance
8 16 (6.08%) CCNA
9 15 (5.70%) Microsoft Certification
10 9 (3.42%) CCA
10 9 (3.42%) Citrix Certification
10 9 (3.42%) MCP
10 9 (3.42%) MCSA
10 9 (3.42%) MCSE
11 8 (3.04%) CCSA
11 8 (3.04%) CCSE
11 8 (3.04%) DBS Check
11 8 (3.04%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 6 (2.28%) HNC
12 6 (2.28%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (14.07%) QA
2 30 (11.41%) Def Stans
3 17 (6.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (5.70%) SLA
5 14 (5.32%) NIST
5 14 (5.32%) PMO
6 12 (4.56%) NCSC
7 9 (3.42%) Data Quality
8 5 (1.90%) GDPR
8 5 (1.90%) NEBOSH
9 4 (1.52%) GMP
10 3 (1.14%) Accessibility
10 3 (1.14%) ISO 9001
10 3 (1.14%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.76%) GRC
11 2 (0.76%) MiFID
12 1 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 31 (11.79%) Active Directory
2 14 (5.32%) Firmware
3 12 (4.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (2.28%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.52%) 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 (5.70%) Ansible
2 11 (4.18%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (3.04%) Kubernetes
3 8 (3.04%) Terraform
4 4 (1.52%) Grafana
4 4 (1.52%) Nagios
5 3 (1.14%) Dell DRAC
6 2 (0.76%) Failover Clustering
6 2 (0.76%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.76%) Puppet
6 2 (0.76%) SCCM
7 1 (0.38%) Autotask
7 1 (0.38%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 1 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 66 (25.10%) Microsoft
2 37 (14.07%) Cisco
3 21 (7.98%) VMware
4 16 (6.08%) Fortinet
5 15 (5.70%) CheckPoint
5 15 (5.70%) F5
6 12 (4.56%) Oracle
7 10 (3.80%) Juniper
8 9 (3.42%) Citrix
8 9 (3.42%) SAP
9 7 (2.66%) ServiceNow
10 6 (2.28%) Arista
10 6 (2.28%) Dell
11 5 (1.90%) Atlassian
12 4 (1.52%) Palo Alto
12 4 (1.52%) Zscaler
13 3 (1.14%) Meraki
13 3 (1.14%) NEC
13 3 (1.14%) SolarWinds
14 2 (0.76%) Northgate