Change Control Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Change Control
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Change Control skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 352 278 309
Rank change year-on-year -74 +31 -68
Permanent jobs citing Change Control 168 330 285
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.40% 0.91% 0.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.50% 1.03% 0.96%
Number of salaries quoted 90 171 183
10th Percentile £31,250 - £31,793
25th Percentile £35,854 £36,250 £41,119
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £52,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.73% +4.00% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £60,625 £57,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £67,500 £61,148
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% +4.76% +0.89%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 33,312 32,109 29,712
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 78.70% 88.77% 88.63%
Number of salaries quoted 19,114 14,485 22,061
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £33,250 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Change Control
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Change Control job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Change Control
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Change Control.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Change Control

Change Control
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Change Control in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Change Control in the UK excluding London

Change Control
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Change Control within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 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
South East +6 58 £45,000 -10.00% 72
Midlands -1 39 £48,000 -16.52% 25
North of England -63 32 £41,075 +9.53% 32
West Midlands -6 21 £65,000 +13.04% 13
East Midlands -2 18 £32,500 -31.58% 12
North West +12 17 £48,750 -11.36% 18
South West +8 14 £33,500 -39.09% 23
Yorkshire -19 10 £45,537 -16.89% 11
Wales - 9 £48,500 - 3
East of England +21 7 £53,000 -41.11% 25
Northern Ireland -12 5 £58,250 - 2
North East -42 5 £35,000 -6.67% 3
Scotland -37 4 £52,500 -12.50% 7
Change Control
UK

Change Control
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 10 (5.95%) SharePoint
2 7 (4.17%) IIS
3 4 (2.38%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.19%) Confluence
4 2 (1.19%) HCL Notes
4 2 (1.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.60%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.60%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (0.60%) Tomcat
Applications
1 13 (7.74%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (6.55%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (4.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (4.17%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (4.17%) Windchill
4 5 (2.98%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (2.98%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.19%) NEC Housing
2 2 (1.19%) Oracle BPM
3 1 (0.60%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.60%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.60%) Primavera
3 1 (0.60%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.60%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 31 (18.45%) Azure
2 12 (7.14%) AWS
3 11 (6.55%) Azure DevOps
3 11 (6.55%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (4.76%) Entra ID
5 7 (4.17%) SaaS
6 4 (2.38%) Power Platform
7 3 (1.79%) Azure Logic Apps
7 3 (1.79%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (1.79%) GCP
7 3 (1.79%) OneDrive
7 3 (1.79%) Power Automate
8 2 (1.19%) Azure Key Vault
8 2 (1.19%) Google Workspace
8 2 (1.19%) IaaS
8 2 (1.19%) PaaS
8 2 (1.19%) PowerApps
8 2 (1.19%) Serverless
9 1 (0.60%) Amazon S3
9 1 (0.60%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 19 (11.31%) Firewall
2 14 (8.33%) WAN
3 10 (5.95%) LAN
4 9 (5.36%) Network Security
4 9 (5.36%) SD-WAN
5 8 (4.76%) VPN
6 7 (4.17%) MPLS
7 6 (3.57%) DHCP
7 6 (3.57%) DNS
7 6 (3.57%) Internet
7 6 (3.57%) SAN
8 5 (2.98%) TCP/IP
8 5 (2.98%) VLAN
8 5 (2.98%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (2.38%) VoIP
9 4 (2.38%) Wireless
9 4 (2.38%) WLAN
10 3 (1.79%) BGP
10 3 (1.79%) OSPF
10 3 (1.79%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (8.33%) SQL Server
2 9 (5.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 8 (4.76%) Oracle Reports
4 5 (2.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (2.38%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (1.19%) Data Mining
6 2 (1.19%) Power BI
6 2 (1.19%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.60%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.60%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.60%) Metadata
7 1 (0.60%) MySQL
7 1 (0.60%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.60%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.60%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 33 (19.64%) JIRA
2 31 (18.45%) Git
2 31 (18.45%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.60%) Artifactory
3 1 (0.60%) CircleCI
3 1 (0.60%) GitLab
3 1 (0.60%) Octopus Deploy
3 1 (0.60%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.60%) TeamCity
3 1 (0.60%) Visual Studio
General
1 96 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 35 (20.83%) Organisational Skills
3 23 (13.69%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (13.10%) Finance
5 16 (9.52%) Manufacturing
6 15 (8.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (6.55%) Public Sector
8 9 (5.36%) Legal
8 9 (5.36%) Police
9 6 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (2.98%) Aerospace
10 5 (2.98%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (2.98%) Law
11 2 (1.19%) Back Office
11 2 (1.19%) Local Government
11 2 (1.19%) Retail
11 2 (1.19%) Social Housing
11 2 (1.19%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.60%) Environmental Health
12 1 (0.60%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 43 (25.60%) Lead
2 28 (16.67%) Analyst
3 19 (11.31%) Senior
4 17 (10.12%) Support Analyst
5 12 (7.14%) Project Manager
6 11 (6.55%) Applications Support
7 10 (5.95%) Network Engineer
8 9 (5.36%) 2nd Line Support
8 9 (5.36%) Applications Support Analyst
9 8 (4.76%) Developer
9 8 (4.76%) Development Analyst
9 8 (4.76%) Development Support Analyst
9 8 (4.76%) Systems Analyst
9 8 (4.76%) Systems Development Analyst
9 8 (4.76%) Systems Support
9 8 (4.76%) Systems Support Analyst
10 6 (3.57%) IT Manager
10 6 (3.57%) IT Support
10 6 (3.57%) Mechanical Engineer
10 6 (3.57%) Project Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (5.36%) .NET
1 9 (5.36%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (1.79%) LDAP
3 2 (1.19%) .NET Framework
3 2 (1.19%) ASP.NET
3 2 (1.19%) ASP.NET MVC
3 2 (1.19%) GraphQL
3 2 (1.19%) OAuth
3 2 (1.19%) OpenID
3 2 (1.19%) REST
3 2 (1.19%) SAML
3 2 (1.19%) SOAP
3 2 (1.19%) WCF
4 1 (0.60%) EDI
4 1 (0.60%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.60%) Entity Framework
4 1 (0.60%) SAP Basis
4 1 (0.60%) Web Services
4 1 (0.60%) XML
4 1 (0.60%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 12 (7.14%) Data Centre
1 12 (7.14%) Management Information System
2 10 (5.95%) Driving Licence
3 8 (4.76%) Clustering
4 6 (3.57%) Life Science
5 4 (2.38%) CMDB
5 4 (2.38%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.79%) Cloud Native
6 3 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.19%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (1.19%) Cyberattack
7 2 (1.19%) Mashup
7 2 (1.19%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.19%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.19%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.19%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.19%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.60%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.60%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 19 (11.31%) Windows
2 11 (6.55%) Windows Server
3 7 (4.17%) Linux
4 3 (1.79%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (44.05%) Continuous Improvement
2 40 (23.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 39 (23.21%) Configuration Management
4 38 (22.62%) Change Management
4 38 (22.62%) Problem-Solving
5 33 (19.64%) Technical Leadership
6 30 (17.86%) ITIL
7 28 (16.67%) Project Delivery
8 26 (15.48%) Data-Driven Decision Making
8 26 (15.48%) Mentoring
8 26 (15.48%) Process Improvement
9 25 (14.88%) Strategic Thinking
10 24 (14.29%) Customer Requirements
11 23 (13.69%) Agile
11 23 (13.69%) Programme Management
12 19 (11.31%) Cybersecurity
12 19 (11.31%) Service Delivery
13 18 (10.71%) Project Management
14 15 (8.93%) Customer Service
15 14 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (10.12%) SQL
2 11 (6.55%) C#
3 10 (5.95%) PowerShell
4 8 (4.76%) Python
5 7 (4.17%) T-SQL
6 5 (2.98%) Bash
7 3 (1.79%) C++
8 2 (1.19%) Java
8 2 (1.19%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.60%) ActionScript
9 1 (0.60%) ActionScript 2.0
9 1 (0.60%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.60%) VB
Qualifications
1 57 (33.93%) Security Cleared
2 50 (29.76%) Degree
3 28 (16.67%) SC Cleared
4 22 (13.10%) Cisco Certification
5 18 (10.71%) BPSS Clearance
6 10 (5.95%) CCNA
6 10 (5.95%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (5.36%) CCA
7 9 (5.36%) Citrix Certification
7 9 (5.36%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 9 (5.36%) MCP
7 9 (5.36%) MCSA
7 9 (5.36%) MCSE
8 8 (4.76%) CCNP
9 5 (2.98%) Azure Certification
9 5 (2.98%) CCIE
10 4 (2.38%) DBS Check
10 4 (2.38%) HND
11 3 (1.79%) HNC
11 3 (1.79%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (17.86%) Def Stans
1 30 (17.86%) QA
2 14 (8.33%) SLA
3 10 (5.95%) Data Quality
4 5 (2.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (2.98%) NEBOSH
5 4 (2.38%) GMP
5 4 (2.38%) PMO
6 3 (1.79%) NIST
6 3 (1.79%) PCI DSS
7 2 (1.19%) NCSC
8 1 (0.60%) COBIT
8 1 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.60%) GDPR
System Software
1 17 (10.12%) Active Directory
2 7 (4.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (2.38%) Firmware
4 3 (1.79%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.19%) Docker
6 1 (0.60%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.60%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (2.98%) Terraform
2 4 (2.38%) Ansible
2 4 (2.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (2.38%) Nagios
3 3 (1.79%) Dell DRAC
3 3 (1.79%) FortiGate
4 2 (1.19%) Failover Clustering
4 2 (1.19%) Kubernetes
4 2 (1.19%) SCCM
5 1 (0.60%) Grafana
5 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
5 1 (0.60%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 41 (24.40%) Microsoft
2 21 (12.50%) Cisco
3 16 (9.52%) VMware
4 14 (8.33%) Oracle
5 9 (5.36%) Citrix
5 9 (5.36%) Fortinet
6 4 (2.38%) CheckPoint
6 4 (2.38%) F5
6 4 (2.38%) Palo Alto
6 4 (2.38%) SAP
6 4 (2.38%) Zscaler
7 3 (1.79%) Dell
7 3 (1.79%) Meraki
7 3 (1.79%) ServiceNow
7 3 (1.79%) SolarWinds
8 2 (1.19%) Aruba
8 2 (1.19%) Civica
8 2 (1.19%) Lotus
8 2 (1.19%) Northgate
8 2 (1.19%) Salesforce