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

6 months to
20 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 359 374 327
Rank change year-on-year +15 -47 -15
Permanent jobs citing Change Control 264 328 447
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.49% 0.69% 0.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.61% 0.76% 0.93%
Number of salaries quoted 127 178 312
10th Percentile £32,650 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,280 £43,125 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +7.84% -1.99%
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £62,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £77,875 £77,350
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% +8.91% -2.88%

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 43,473 43,343 47,936
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 80.77% 91.03% 89.18%
Number of salaries quoted 26,126 21,134 37,387
10th Percentile £28,750 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £42,439
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +2.56% -6.40%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £97,500
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 20 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 20 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 +71 110 £67,500 +12.50% 78
South East +12 61 £43,750 -12.50% 68
Midlands -4 38 £46,445 -19.23% 28
North of England -40 27 £41,075 -15.74% 26
East Midlands -3 19 £32,500 -27.78% 13
West Midlands -7 19 £65,000 +13.04% 15
South West +18 16 £33,500 - 26
North West +9 15 £48,750 -11.36% 15
Yorkshire -24 9 £41,075 -26.19% 6
East of England +28 7 £53,000 -41.11% 18
North East -14 3 £35,000 -6.67% 5
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 (6.82%) SharePoint
2 13 (4.92%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.89%) 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 30 (11.36%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (5.68%) MS Visio
3 14 (5.30%) Microsoft Excel
4 11 (4.17%) Microsoft Project
5 10 (3.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 6 (2.27%) Windchill
7 1 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (2.27%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.89%) 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 53 (20.08%) Azure
2 26 (9.85%) Microsoft 365
3 24 (9.09%) Entra ID
4 15 (5.68%) Azure DevOps
4 15 (5.68%) SaaS
5 14 (5.30%) Google Workspace
6 11 (4.17%) AWS
7 8 (3.03%) IaaS
7 8 (3.03%) PaaS
8 5 (1.89%) Power Platform
9 4 (1.52%) Power Automate
10 3 (1.14%) Azure Logic Apps
10 3 (1.14%) Azure Monitor
10 3 (1.14%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (1.14%) OneDrive
10 3 (1.14%) PowerApps
11 2 (0.76%) Amazon S3
11 2 (0.76%) Azure Key Vault
11 2 (0.76%) Datadog
11 2 (0.76%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 29 (10.98%) Firewall
2 15 (5.68%) LAN
3 14 (5.30%) Broadband
4 13 (4.92%) Network Security
5 10 (3.79%) WAN
6 8 (3.03%) DHCP
6 8 (3.03%) DNS
7 7 (2.65%) VLAN
7 7 (2.65%) VPN
8 6 (2.27%) BGP
8 6 (2.27%) OSPF
8 6 (2.27%) SD-WAN
9 5 (1.89%) Multicast
9 5 (1.89%) 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 (4.55%) SQL Server
2 9 (3.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 5 (1.89%) NoSQL
3 5 (1.89%) Oracle Reports
3 5 (1.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 4 (1.52%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.76%) Data Mining
5 2 (0.76%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.76%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.76%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.38%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.38%) Big Data
6 1 (0.38%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.38%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 41 (15.53%) JIRA
2 36 (13.64%) Git
3 31 (11.74%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.52%) GitLab
5 1 (0.38%) CircleCI
5 1 (0.38%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 120 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 89 (33.71%) Finance
3 51 (19.32%) Organisational Skills
4 24 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 18 (6.82%) Manufacturing
6 17 (6.44%) Documentation Skills
7 16 (6.06%) Legal
8 13 (4.92%) Public Sector
9 12 (4.55%) Marketing
10 11 (4.17%) Banking
11 9 (3.41%) Telecoms
12 8 (3.03%) Law
13 6 (2.27%) Financial Institution
13 6 (2.27%) Police
14 4 (1.52%) Aerospace
14 4 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
15 3 (1.14%) Retail
16 2 (0.76%) Local Government
16 2 (0.76%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 49 (18.56%) Lead
2 39 (14.77%) Senior
3 31 (11.74%) Project Manager
4 30 (11.36%) Network Engineer
5 24 (9.09%) Analyst
6 21 (7.95%) IT Manager
7 15 (5.68%) Developer
8 11 (4.17%) Project Engineer
9 10 (3.79%) 2nd Line Support
10 8 (3.03%) Innovation Manager
10 8 (3.03%) Senior Network Engineer
10 8 (3.03%) Support Analyst
11 7 (2.65%) Architect
12 6 (2.27%) Administrator
12 6 (2.27%) Deployment Engineer
12 6 (2.27%) IAM Developer
12 6 (2.27%) Mechanical Engineer
12 6 (2.27%) Network Deployment Engineer
12 6 (2.27%) Senior Developer
12 6 (2.27%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (5.68%) LDAP
2 14 (5.30%) GraphQL
2 14 (5.30%) OAuth
2 14 (5.30%) OpenID
2 14 (5.30%) REST
2 14 (5.30%) SAML
2 14 (5.30%) SOAP
3 11 (4.17%) .NET
4 6 (2.27%) 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 (6.44%) Data Centre
2 15 (5.68%) Product Ownership
3 14 (5.30%) Cyber Threat
3 14 (5.30%) Cyberattack
4 11 (4.17%) Driving Licence
5 9 (3.41%) Management Information System
6 7 (2.65%) Clustering
7 6 (2.27%) Data Protection Act
7 6 (2.27%) Life Science
7 6 (2.27%) Virtual Team
8 5 (1.89%) CMDB
8 5 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (1.89%) Wiki
9 4 (1.52%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.52%) Onboarding
10 3 (1.14%) Cloud Native
10 3 (1.14%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (1.14%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (1.14%) PKI
10 3 (1.14%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 24 (9.09%) Windows
2 15 (5.68%) Windows Server
3 13 (4.92%) Linux
4 5 (1.89%) 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 84 (31.82%) Continuous Improvement
2 54 (20.45%) Change Management
3 52 (19.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 50 (18.94%) Mentoring
5 45 (17.05%) Agile
6 42 (15.91%) Project Delivery
7 38 (14.39%) Problem-Solving
8 37 (14.02%) Configuration Management
9 35 (13.26%) Roadmaps
10 34 (12.88%) Cybersecurity
10 34 (12.88%) ITIL
10 34 (12.88%) Project Management
10 34 (12.88%) Technical Leadership
11 28 (10.61%) DevOps
12 27 (10.23%) Stakeholder Management
12 27 (10.23%) Strategic Thinking
13 26 (9.85%) Data-Driven Decision Making
13 26 (9.85%) Programme Management
14 25 (9.47%) Process Improvement
15 24 (9.09%) Customer Requirements
Programming Languages
1 41 (15.53%) SQL
2 27 (10.23%) PowerShell
3 25 (9.47%) Python
4 22 (8.33%) Bash
5 19 (7.20%) T-SQL
6 7 (2.65%) C#
7 4 (1.52%) Go
8 3 (1.14%) C++
8 3 (1.14%) Java
9 2 (0.76%) ActionScript
9 2 (0.76%) ActionScript 2.0
9 2 (0.76%) Bicep
9 2 (0.76%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.38%) Rust
10 1 (0.38%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 71 (26.89%) Degree
2 62 (23.48%) Security Cleared
3 38 (14.39%) Cisco Certification
4 34 (12.88%) SC Cleared
5 23 (8.71%) CCNP
6 18 (6.82%) CCIE
7 16 (6.06%) CCNA
8 15 (5.68%) BPSS Clearance
8 15 (5.68%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (3.41%) CCA
9 9 (3.41%) Citrix Certification
9 9 (3.41%) MCP
9 9 (3.41%) MCSA
9 9 (3.41%) MCSE
10 8 (3.03%) DBS Check
10 8 (3.03%) PMI Certification
10 8 (3.03%) PMP
11 7 (2.65%) CCSA
11 7 (2.65%) CCSE
11 7 (2.65%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (14.02%) QA
2 30 (11.36%) Def Stans
3 20 (7.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 17 (6.44%) NIST
5 15 (5.68%) SLA
6 14 (5.30%) NCSC
6 14 (5.30%) PMO
7 7 (2.65%) Data Quality
8 6 (2.27%) GDPR
9 5 (1.89%) NEBOSH
10 4 (1.52%) GMP
11 3 (1.14%) Accessibility
11 3 (1.14%) ISO 9001
11 3 (1.14%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.76%) GRC
12 2 (0.76%) MiFID
13 1 (0.38%) COBIT
13 1 (0.38%) P3O
13 1 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.38%) SOC 2
System Software
1 33 (12.50%) Active Directory
2 14 (5.30%) Firmware
3 12 (4.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (2.27%) 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 (5.68%) Ansible
2 11 (4.17%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (3.41%) Kubernetes
3 9 (3.41%) 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 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 36 (13.64%) Cisco
3 21 (7.95%) VMware
4 16 (6.06%) Fortinet
5 14 (5.30%) CheckPoint
5 14 (5.30%) F5
6 11 (4.17%) Oracle
7 10 (3.79%) Juniper
8 9 (3.41%) Citrix
8 9 (3.41%) SAP
9 6 (2.27%) Dell
9 6 (2.27%) ServiceNow
10 5 (1.89%) Arista
10 5 (1.89%) Atlassian
11 4 (1.52%) Palo Alto
11 4 (1.52%) Zscaler
12 3 (1.14%) Meraki
12 3 (1.14%) NEC
12 3 (1.14%) SolarWinds
13 2 (0.76%) Northgate