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 6 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 395 380 334
Rank change year-on-year -15 -46 -24
Permanent jobs citing Change Control 272 269 562
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.43% 0.65% 0.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.54% 0.70% 0.92%
Number of salaries quoted 147 151 407
10th Percentile £33,670 £40,000 £32,800
25th Percentile £40,250 £50,000 £40,869
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +15.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £75,625 £67,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £94,750 £77,500 £76,600
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +15.00% -4.31%

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 50,059 38,488 61,242
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 78.51% 93.43% 87.64%
Number of salaries quoted 30,809 20,039 48,115
10th Percentile £29,500 £32,750 £29,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -12.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £103,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,350 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.86% +9.73% -12.00%

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 6 March 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 6 March 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 +75 135 £69,500 +18.80% 55
Midlands -24 41 £49,250 -14.35% 35
South East -56 36 £42,500 -15.00% 45
East Midlands -16 22 £32,500 -29.73% 12
South West -4 21 £33,500 -39.09% 13
West Midlands -25 19 £65,000 +13.04% 23
North of England -54 19 £57,500 +2.22% 26
North West -8 16 £57,500 - 16
East of England +8 12 £55,975 -37.81% 8
North East -16 2 £27,500 - 1
Yorkshire -56 1 £90,000 +64.25% 9
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 15 (5.51%) Microsoft Exchange
1 15 (5.51%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.10%) Confluence
3 1 (0.37%) IIS
3 1 (0.37%) SAS
Applications
1 24 (8.82%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (5.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (5.15%) Microsoft Project
3 10 (3.68%) MS Visio
4 6 (2.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.37%) Civil 3D
5 1 (0.37%) MicroStation
5 1 (0.37%) ProjectWise
5 1 (0.37%) Revit
5 1 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (2.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.21%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.37%) Carpe Diem
3 1 (0.37%) Maximo
3 1 (0.37%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.37%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 78 (28.68%) Azure
2 37 (13.60%) Entra ID
3 27 (9.93%) Microsoft 365
4 25 (9.19%) Google Workspace
5 18 (6.62%) AWS
6 17 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
7 16 (5.88%) SaaS
8 12 (4.41%) Power Platform
9 6 (2.21%) GCP
9 6 (2.21%) IaaS
9 6 (2.21%) PaaS
10 5 (1.84%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 5 (1.84%) Amazon ECR
10 5 (1.84%) Amazon EKS
10 5 (1.84%) Amazon S3
10 5 (1.84%) AWS KMS
10 5 (1.84%) Route 53
11 4 (1.47%) Azure Logic Apps
11 4 (1.47%) Power Automate
11 4 (1.47%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 27 (9.93%) Firewall
2 25 (9.19%) Broadband
3 12 (4.41%) Network Security
4 11 (4.04%) LAN
5 9 (3.31%) VLAN
5 9 (3.31%) VPN
5 9 (3.31%) WAN
6 8 (2.94%) DHCP
6 8 (2.94%) DNS
7 6 (2.21%) SD-WAN
7 6 (2.21%) Structured Cabling
8 5 (1.84%) Multicast
9 4 (1.47%) BGP
9 4 (1.47%) NAS
9 4 (1.47%) OSPF
9 4 (1.47%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (1.10%) Ethernet VPN
10 3 (1.10%) IPsec
10 3 (1.10%) WinSCP
11 2 (0.74%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.41%) SQL Server
2 10 (3.68%) NoSQL
3 7 (2.57%) Power BI
4 6 (2.21%) Azure SQL Database
5 5 (1.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (1.47%) Relational Database
7 3 (1.10%) DB2
7 3 (1.10%) DB2 UDB
7 3 (1.10%) QlikView
7 3 (1.10%) Star Schema
8 2 (0.74%) Big Data
8 2 (0.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.37%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.37%) MySQL
9 1 (0.37%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 14 (5.15%) JIRA
2 10 (3.68%) Git
3 2 (0.74%) Bitbucket
3 2 (0.74%) CircleCI
3 2 (0.74%) GitLab
3 2 (0.74%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.37%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 91 (33.46%) Social Skills
2 88 (32.35%) Finance
3 35 (12.87%) Organisational Skills
4 25 (9.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 22 (8.09%) Analytical Skills
6 17 (6.25%) Manufacturing
7 14 (5.15%) Banking
7 14 (5.15%) Legal
7 14 (5.15%) Marketing
8 11 (4.04%) Public Sector
9 10 (3.68%) Documentation Skills
10 9 (3.31%) Law
11 8 (2.94%) Telecoms
12 7 (2.57%) Financial Institution
13 6 (2.21%) Front Office
13 6 (2.21%) Retail
14 5 (1.84%) Influencing Skills
15 4 (1.47%) Investment Banking
16 3 (1.10%) Aerospace
17 2 (0.74%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 49 (18.01%) Senior
2 39 (14.34%) Project Manager
3 28 (10.29%) Lead
4 27 (9.93%) Network Engineer
5 24 (8.82%) Developer
6 21 (7.72%) IT Manager
7 17 (6.25%) Analyst
8 12 (4.41%) 2nd Line Support
9 11 (4.04%) Project Engineer
10 10 (3.68%) Senior Manager
11 9 (3.31%) IAM Developer
11 9 (3.31%) IT Support
11 9 (3.31%) Systems Engineer
12 8 (2.94%) Applications Support
12 8 (2.94%) Architect
12 8 (2.94%) Senior Network Engineer
12 8 (2.94%) Senior Project Manager
13 7 (2.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 7 (2.57%) Platform Engineer
13 7 (2.57%) Systems Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (9.19%) GraphQL
1 25 (9.19%) LDAP
1 25 (9.19%) OAuth
1 25 (9.19%) OpenID
1 25 (9.19%) REST
1 25 (9.19%) SAML
1 25 (9.19%) SOAP
2 7 (2.57%) .NET
3 4 (1.47%) Kafka
3 4 (1.47%) RESTful
4 2 (0.74%) ARM Templates
4 2 (0.74%) Web Services
5 1 (0.37%) CSS
5 1 (0.37%) CSS3
5 1 (0.37%) EDI
5 1 (0.37%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (0.37%) HTML5
5 1 (0.37%) JSON
5 1 (0.37%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.37%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 25 (9.19%) Cyber Threat
1 25 (9.19%) Cyberattack
2 20 (7.35%) Data Centre
3 18 (6.62%) Product Ownership
4 14 (5.15%) Driving Licence
5 10 (3.68%) Onboarding
6 8 (2.94%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (2.57%) CMDB
8 6 (2.21%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 6 (2.21%) Life Science
8 6 (2.21%) Management Information System
8 6 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (1.84%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (1.84%) Virtual Team
9 5 (1.84%) Wiki
10 4 (1.47%) Algorithms
10 4 (1.47%) Cloud Native
10 4 (1.47%) Clustering
10 4 (1.47%) Derivative
10 4 (1.47%) OTC Derivatives
Operating Systems
1 30 (11.03%) Windows
2 18 (6.62%) Windows Server
3 14 (5.15%) Linux
4 4 (1.47%) Unix
4 4 (1.47%) VMS
5 1 (0.37%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.37%) CentOS
5 1 (0.37%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.37%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (23.90%) Mentoring
2 60 (22.06%) Agile
3 58 (21.32%) Continuous Improvement
4 48 (17.65%) Project Delivery
5 47 (17.28%) Stakeholder Management
6 45 (16.54%) Cybersecurity
6 45 (16.54%) Roadmaps
7 39 (14.34%) Problem-Solving
8 36 (13.24%) Project Management
9 33 (12.13%) DevOps
10 31 (11.40%) Change Management
10 31 (11.40%) Programme Delivery
10 31 (11.40%) Regulatory Compliance
10 31 (11.40%) Risk Management
11 30 (11.03%) Validation
12 29 (10.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 27 (9.93%) ITIL
14 26 (9.56%) Identity Access Management
15 24 (8.82%) AI
16 22 (8.09%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 58 (21.32%) SQL
2 39 (14.34%) PowerShell
3 31 (11.40%) Python
4 29 (10.66%) Bash
5 28 (10.29%) T-SQL
6 13 (4.78%) C#
7 12 (4.41%) Java
8 8 (2.94%) C++
9 6 (2.21%) Rust
10 4 (1.47%) Go
11 2 (0.74%) ActionScript
11 2 (0.74%) ActionScript 2.0
11 2 (0.74%) Bicep
11 2 (0.74%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 39 (14.34%) Security Cleared
2 38 (13.97%) Degree
3 32 (11.76%) Cisco Certification
4 31 (11.40%) SC Cleared
5 17 (6.25%) CCNP
6 16 (5.88%) CCNA
7 15 (5.51%) Microsoft Certification
8 14 (5.15%) CCIE
9 10 (3.68%) BPSS Clearance
9 10 (3.68%) DV Cleared
10 9 (3.31%) CCA
10 9 (3.31%) Citrix Certification
10 9 (3.31%) MCSA
10 9 (3.31%) MCSE
10 9 (3.31%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 9 (3.31%) PMI Certification
10 9 (3.31%) PMP
11 8 (2.94%) HNC
12 7 (2.57%) DBS Check
13 6 (2.21%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (10.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 28 (10.29%) NIST
3 25 (9.19%) NCSC
4 17 (6.25%) PMO
4 17 (6.25%) QA
5 16 (5.88%) SLA
6 8 (2.94%) GDPR
7 6 (2.21%) Data Quality
8 5 (1.84%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 5 (1.84%) GxP
8 5 (1.84%) NEBOSH
9 4 (1.47%) GMP
9 4 (1.47%) MiFID
10 3 (1.10%) Accessibility
10 3 (1.10%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.74%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.74%) COBIT
11 2 (0.74%) GRC
11 2 (0.74%) SOC 1
11 2 (0.74%) SOC 2
System Software
1 43 (15.81%) Active Directory
2 16 (5.88%) Firmware
3 11 (4.04%) Hyper-V
3 11 (4.04%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.84%) vSphere
5 4 (1.47%) Docker
6 2 (0.74%) vCloud
7 1 (0.37%) iptables
7 1 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 16 (5.88%) Ansible
1 16 (5.88%) Terraform
2 15 (5.51%) Kubernetes
3 5 (1.84%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (1.84%) Nagios
4 4 (1.47%) Grafana
4 4 (1.47%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.74%) Dell DRAC
5 2 (0.74%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.74%) Puppet
5 2 (0.74%) SCCM
5 2 (0.74%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.37%) Argo
6 1 (0.37%) Autotask
6 1 (0.37%) Cisco Prime
6 1 (0.37%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (0.37%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
6 1 (0.37%) Nessus
Vendors
1 74 (27.21%) Microsoft
2 34 (12.50%) Cisco
3 22 (8.09%) VMware
4 18 (6.62%) Fortinet
5 13 (4.78%) Citrix
6 12 (4.41%) SAP
7 11 (4.04%) F5
7 11 (4.04%) Juniper
8 10 (3.68%) CheckPoint
9 7 (2.57%) Databricks
9 7 (2.57%) ServiceNow
9 7 (2.57%) Veeam
10 5 (1.84%) Atlassian
10 5 (1.84%) Dell
10 5 (1.84%) Oracle
11 4 (1.47%) QNAP
11 4 (1.47%) Synology
11 4 (1.47%) Zscaler
12 3 (1.10%) Meraki
12 3 (1.10%) Palo Alto