Change Control Job Trends in the Midlands

Change Control
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Change Control skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 182 177 173
Rank change year-on-year -5 -4 -69
Permanent jobs citing Change Control 37 69 56
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.47% 1.08% 1.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.58% 1.19% 1.15%
Number of salaries quoted 29 45 40
10th Percentile - £40,500 £31,730
25th Percentile £31,250 £50,500 £40,428
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £57,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% +21.05% -13.64%
75th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £57,813
90th Percentile £77,500 £63,750 £61,417
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% +4.76% +0.89%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,337 5,784 4,860
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 81.33% 90.30% 86.55%
Number of salaries quoted 3,515 2,538 4,001
10th Percentile £28,064 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £35,920
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Change Control
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Change Control relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Change Control job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Change Control
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Change Control.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Change Control

Change Control
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Change Control in the Midlands over the 6 months to 10 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Change Control in the Midlands

Change Control
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Change Control within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 10 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
West Midlands -10 19 £65,000 +13.04% 12
East Midlands +6 18 £32,500 -31.58% 11
Change Control
England

Change Control
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 5 (13.51%) SharePoint
2 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (2.70%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (10.81%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (8.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (2.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (13.51%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (5.41%) NEC Housing
3 1 (2.70%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 16 (43.24%) Azure
2 6 (16.22%) SaaS
3 4 (10.81%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (8.11%) Entra ID
4 3 (8.11%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (5.41%) AWS
5 2 (5.41%) Azure Key Vault
5 2 (5.41%) Azure Logic Apps
5 2 (5.41%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (5.41%) Serverless
6 1 (2.70%) Google Workspace
6 1 (2.70%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4 (10.81%) Firewall
1 4 (10.81%) Network Security
2 3 (8.11%) BGP
2 3 (8.11%) DHCP
2 3 (8.11%) DNS
2 3 (8.11%) IPsec
2 3 (8.11%) OSPF
2 3 (8.11%) SD-WAN
2 3 (8.11%) VLAN
2 3 (8.11%) VPN
2 3 (8.11%) WAN
2 3 (8.11%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (8.11%) Wireshark
3 1 (2.70%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (13.51%) SQL Server
2 4 (10.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (8.11%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (5.41%) Data Mining
General
1 26 (70.27%) Social Skills
2 8 (21.62%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (21.62%) Public Sector
3 4 (10.81%) Influencing Skills
3 4 (10.81%) Legal
4 3 (8.11%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (8.11%) Law
5 2 (5.41%) Finance
5 2 (5.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (5.41%) Local Government
5 2 (5.41%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (5.41%) Social Housing
6 1 (2.70%) Back Office
6 1 (2.70%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 9 (24.32%) 2nd Line Support
2 6 (16.22%) Senior
3 4 (10.81%) Architect
3 4 (10.81%) Solutions Architect
4 3 (8.11%) Analyst
4 3 (8.11%) Cisco Engineer
4 3 (8.11%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 3 (8.11%) DBA
4 3 (8.11%) IT Manager
4 3 (8.11%) Network Engineer
4 3 (8.11%) SQL DBA
5 2 (5.41%) Data Analyst
5 2 (5.41%) Developer
5 2 (5.41%) Lead
5 2 (5.41%) Operations Manager
5 2 (5.41%) Risk Manager
5 2 (5.41%) Senior Architect
5 2 (5.41%) Senior Data Analyst
5 2 (5.41%) Senior Solutions Architect
5 2 (5.41%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.70%) .NET
1 1 (2.70%) GraphQL
1 1 (2.70%) LDAP
1 1 (2.70%) OAuth
1 1 (2.70%) OpenID
1 1 (2.70%) REST
1 1 (2.70%) SAML
1 1 (2.70%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.11%) Cloud Native
1 3 (8.11%) Clustering
1 3 (8.11%) Data Centre
1 3 (8.11%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (5.41%) Driving Licence
2 2 (5.41%) Mashup
3 1 (2.70%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (2.70%) Cyberattack
3 1 (2.70%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.70%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.11%) VMS
2 1 (2.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (43.24%) Project Delivery
2 11 (29.73%) Mentoring
3 9 (24.32%) Server Management
4 8 (21.62%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (16.22%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (16.22%) ITIL
5 6 (16.22%) Project Management
5 6 (16.22%) Roadmaps
5 6 (16.22%) Service Delivery
6 5 (13.51%) CRM
6 5 (13.51%) Time Management
7 4 (10.81%) Agile
7 4 (10.81%) AI
7 4 (10.81%) Analytics
7 4 (10.81%) Business Continuity
7 4 (10.81%) Business Development
7 4 (10.81%) Data Analytics
7 4 (10.81%) Enterprise Architecture
7 4 (10.81%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (10.81%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 8 (21.62%) SQL
2 4 (10.81%) T-SQL
3 2 (5.41%) PowerShell
4 1 (2.70%) Bash
4 1 (2.70%) C#
4 1 (2.70%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 12 (32.43%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (24.32%) CCA
2 9 (24.32%) CCNA
2 9 (24.32%) Citrix Certification
2 9 (24.32%) Degree
2 9 (24.32%) MCP
2 9 (24.32%) MCSA
2 9 (24.32%) MCSE
2 9 (24.32%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (13.51%) SC Cleared
3 5 (13.51%) Security Cleared
4 4 (10.81%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (8.11%) Azure Certification
5 3 (8.11%) CCNP
6 2 (5.41%) DBS Check
6 2 (5.41%) HNC
6 2 (5.41%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (24.32%) SLA
2 1 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.70%) NCSC
2 1 (2.70%) NIST
2 1 (2.70%) PMO
2 1 (2.70%) QA
System Software
1 4 (10.81%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (8.11%) Firmware
3 2 (5.41%) Active Directory
4 1 (2.70%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (8.11%) Dell DRAC
1 3 (8.11%) Terraform
2 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (2.70%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 15 (40.54%) Microsoft
2 13 (35.14%) VMware
3 12 (32.43%) Cisco
4 9 (24.32%) Citrix
5 3 (8.11%) Dell
5 3 (8.11%) Meraki
5 3 (8.11%) Palo Alto
5 3 (8.11%) SolarWinds
5 3 (8.11%) Zscaler
6 2 (5.41%) Civica
6 2 (5.41%) Northgate
7 1 (2.70%) Oracle
7 1 (2.70%) SAP
7 1 (2.70%) ServiceNow
7 1 (2.70%) Veeam
7 1 (2.70%) Workday