Change Control Job Trends

Change Control
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Change Control skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 370 348 348
Rank change year-on-year -22 0 -29
Permanent jobs citing Change Control 294 409 462
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.50% 0.76% 0.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.61% 0.84% 0.92%
Number of salaries quoted 151 203 316
10th Percentile £32,750 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £51,325
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +7.16% -1.36%
75th Percentile £68,375 £63,750 £62,250
90th Percentile £83,750 £77,500 £74,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -11.82% +10.00% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 48,033 48,451 50,427
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.00% 90.60% 89.96%
Number of salaries quoted 28,230 23,579 38,463
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £78,479
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -5.45%

Change Control
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Change Control job vacancy trend in the UK

Change Control
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Change Control

Change Control
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Change Control over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Change Control in the UK

Change Control
Top 17 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 12 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
England +13 260 £57,500 +4.55% 213
UK excluding London -65 168 £48,500 -11.82% 181
London +76 105 £67,500 +12.50% 72
Work from Home +62 93 £47,500 -17.39% 119
South East +8 58 £45,000 -10.00% 69
Midlands -11 37 £47,500 -17.39% 27
North of England -47 32 £41,075 -3.35% 33
West Midlands -11 19 £65,000 +13.04% 12
East Midlands -4 18 £32,500 -29.73% 15
North West +24 17 £48,750 -11.36% 18
South West +18 16 £33,500 -39.09% 27
Yorkshire -24 10 £45,537 -16.89% 12
Wales - 9 £48,500 - 3
East of England +25 7 £53,000 -41.11% 23
Northern Ireland -16 5 £58,250 - 1
North East -31 5 £35,000 -6.67% 3
Scotland -41 4 £52,500 -8.70% 6

Change Control
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 20 (6.80%) SharePoint
2 19 (6.46%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (2.38%) IIS
4 3 (1.02%) Confluence
5 2 (0.68%) HCL Notes
5 2 (0.68%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 35 (11.90%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (7.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 21 (7.14%) MS Visio
4 13 (4.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 11 (3.74%) Microsoft Project
6 7 (2.38%) Windchill
7 1 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (2.04%) Dynamics CRM
1 6 (2.04%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.68%) NEC Housing
2 2 (0.68%) Oracle BPM
3 1 (0.34%) Carpe Diem
3 1 (0.34%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.34%) Primavera
3 1 (0.34%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 61 (20.75%) Azure
2 32 (10.88%) Microsoft 365
3 24 (8.16%) Entra ID
4 19 (6.46%) SaaS
5 16 (5.44%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (4.76%) AWS
6 14 (4.76%) IaaS
6 14 (4.76%) PaaS
7 12 (4.08%) Google Workspace
8 7 (2.38%) Power Platform
9 5 (1.70%) Power Automate
10 4 (1.36%) OneDrive
10 4 (1.36%) PowerApps
10 4 (1.36%) Smartsheet
11 3 (1.02%) Amazon EC2
11 3 (1.02%) Azure Logic Apps
11 3 (1.02%) Azure Monitor
11 3 (1.02%) Dynamics 365
11 3 (1.02%) GCP
11 3 (1.02%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 41 (13.95%) Firewall
2 22 (7.48%) LAN
3 14 (4.76%) DHCP
3 14 (4.76%) DNS
3 14 (4.76%) Network Security
3 14 (4.76%) WAN
4 12 (4.08%) Broadband
5 9 (3.06%) SD-WAN
6 8 (2.72%) VPN
7 7 (2.38%) MPLS
7 7 (2.38%) VLAN
8 6 (2.04%) BGP
8 6 (2.04%) Internet
8 6 (2.04%) OSPF
8 6 (2.04%) SAN
9 5 (1.70%) Multicast
9 5 (1.70%) TCP/IP
9 5 (1.70%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (1.36%) Ethernet VPN
10 4 (1.36%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (5.10%) SQL Server
2 10 (3.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 7 (2.38%) Oracle Reports
4 6 (2.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (1.36%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (1.36%) NoSQL
6 3 (1.02%) Power BI
7 2 (0.68%) Data Mining
7 2 (0.68%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.68%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.68%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.34%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.34%) Ataccama
8 1 (0.34%) Big Data
8 1 (0.34%) Metadata
8 1 (0.34%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.34%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 42 (14.29%) JIRA
2 36 (12.24%) Git
3 31 (10.54%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.36%) GitLab
5 1 (0.34%) CircleCI
5 1 (0.34%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 140 (47.62%) Social Skills
2 95 (32.31%) Finance
3 47 (15.99%) Organisational Skills
4 27 (9.18%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (8.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 18 (6.12%) Documentation Skills
7 17 (5.78%) Manufacturing
8 16 (5.44%) Legal
9 13 (4.42%) Public Sector
10 12 (4.08%) Marketing
11 11 (3.74%) Banking
12 9 (3.06%) Telecoms
13 8 (2.72%) Police
14 7 (2.38%) Law
15 6 (2.04%) Financial Institution
15 6 (2.04%) Influencing Skills
16 5 (1.70%) Aerospace
17 3 (1.02%) Retail
18 2 (0.68%) Local Government
18 2 (0.68%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 56 (19.05%) Lead
2 44 (14.97%) Senior
3 35 (11.90%) Network Engineer
4 33 (11.22%) Analyst
5 30 (10.20%) Project Manager
6 19 (6.46%) IT Manager
7 17 (5.78%) Support Analyst
8 16 (5.44%) Applications Support
9 14 (4.76%) Developer
10 11 (3.74%) Project Engineer
11 10 (3.40%) 2nd Line Support
11 10 (3.40%) Applications Support Analyst
11 10 (3.40%) Senior Network Engineer
12 9 (3.06%) Support Engineer
13 8 (2.72%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 8 (2.72%) Innovation Manager
13 8 (2.72%) Senior Manager
14 7 (2.38%) Development Analyst
14 7 (2.38%) Systems Analyst
14 7 (2.38%) Systems Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.42%) LDAP
2 12 (4.08%) .NET
2 12 (4.08%) GraphQL
2 12 (4.08%) OAuth
2 12 (4.08%) OpenID
2 12 (4.08%) REST
2 12 (4.08%) SAML
2 12 (4.08%) SOAP
3 8 (2.72%) Oracle Fusion
4 4 (1.36%) RESTful
5 3 (1.02%) ARM Templates
6 2 (0.68%) ASP.NET
6 2 (0.68%) ASP.NET MVC
6 2 (0.68%) WCF
7 1 (0.34%) .NET Framework
7 1 (0.34%) EDI
7 1 (0.34%) JSON
7 1 (0.34%) SAP Basis
7 1 (0.34%) SAP Fiori
7 1 (0.34%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (6.46%) Data Centre
2 16 (5.44%) Management Information System
3 15 (5.10%) Product Ownership
4 12 (4.08%) Cyber Threat
4 12 (4.08%) Cyberattack
5 11 (3.74%) Driving Licence
6 10 (3.40%) Life Science
7 9 (3.06%) Virtual Team
8 8 (2.72%) Clustering
8 8 (2.72%) PKI
9 6 (2.04%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (1.70%) CMDB
10 5 (1.70%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (1.70%) Wiki
11 4 (1.36%) Algorithms
11 4 (1.36%) Legacy Systems
12 3 (1.02%) Cloud Native
12 3 (1.02%) Hybrid Cloud
12 3 (1.02%) Onboarding
12 3 (1.02%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 34 (11.56%) Windows
2 22 (7.48%) Windows Server
3 21 (7.14%) Linux
4 6 (2.04%) Apple iOS
5 5 (1.70%) Android
5 5 (1.70%) VMS
6 3 (1.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.34%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (32.99%) Continuous Improvement
2 61 (20.75%) Change Management
3 60 (20.41%) Mentoring
4 56 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
5 53 (18.03%) Agile
5 53 (18.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 46 (15.65%) Project Delivery
7 44 (14.97%) Configuration Management
8 40 (13.61%) Project Management
9 39 (13.27%) ITIL
10 37 (12.59%) Stakeholder Management
11 36 (12.24%) Cybersecurity
11 36 (12.24%) Roadmaps
11 36 (12.24%) Technical Leadership
12 32 (10.88%) DevOps
13 29 (9.86%) Customer Service
14 27 (9.18%) Strategic Thinking
15 26 (8.84%) Data-Driven Decision Making
15 26 (8.84%) Process Improvement
16 25 (8.50%) Customer Requirements
Programming Languages
1 40 (13.61%) SQL
2 31 (10.54%) PowerShell
3 27 (9.18%) Python
4 20 (6.80%) Bash
5 17 (5.78%) T-SQL
6 12 (4.08%) C#
7 4 (1.36%) Go
8 3 (1.02%) Bicep
9 2 (0.68%) ActionScript
9 2 (0.68%) ActionScript 2.0
9 2 (0.68%) C++
9 2 (0.68%) Java
9 2 (0.68%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.34%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 69 (23.47%) Degree
2 59 (20.07%) Security Cleared
3 44 (14.97%) Cisco Certification
4 30 (10.20%) SC Cleared
5 29 (9.86%) CCNP
6 21 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
7 20 (6.80%) CCIE
8 18 (6.12%) BPSS Clearance
9 16 (5.44%) CCNA
10 9 (3.06%) CCA
10 9 (3.06%) Citrix Certification
10 9 (3.06%) MCP
10 9 (3.06%) MCSA
10 9 (3.06%) MCSE
11 8 (2.72%) CCSA
11 8 (2.72%) CCSE
11 8 (2.72%) DBS Check
11 8 (2.72%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 7 (2.38%) PMI Certification
12 7 (2.38%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (13.95%) QA
2 30 (10.20%) Def Stans
3 18 (6.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 16 (5.44%) SLA
5 15 (5.10%) PMO
6 14 (4.76%) NIST
7 12 (4.08%) NCSC
8 10 (3.40%) Data Quality
9 5 (1.70%) NEBOSH
10 4 (1.36%) GDPR
10 4 (1.36%) GMP
11 3 (1.02%) Accessibility
11 3 (1.02%) ISO 9001
11 3 (1.02%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.68%) GRC
12 2 (0.68%) MiFID
13 1 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
13 1 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 39 (13.27%) Active Directory
2 17 (5.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (4.76%) Firmware
4 11 (3.74%) Hyper-V
5 9 (3.06%) Docker
6 7 (2.38%) vCloud
7 1 (0.34%) iptables
7 1 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.34%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (5.78%) Ansible
2 13 (4.42%) Kubernetes
3 12 (4.08%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (3.06%) Terraform
5 7 (2.38%) Puppet
6 4 (1.36%) Grafana
6 4 (1.36%) Nagios
7 3 (1.02%) Dell DRAC
7 3 (1.02%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.68%) Failover Clustering
8 2 (0.68%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.68%) SCCM
9 1 (0.34%) Autotask
9 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 1 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 81 (27.55%) Microsoft
2 42 (14.29%) Cisco
3 26 (8.84%) VMware
4 20 (6.80%) Fortinet
5 15 (5.10%) CheckPoint
5 15 (5.10%) F5
6 12 (4.08%) Oracle
7 10 (3.40%) Juniper
7 10 (3.40%) SAP
8 9 (3.06%) Citrix
9 8 (2.72%) ServiceNow
10 6 (2.04%) Arista
10 6 (2.04%) Dell
11 5 (1.70%) Atlassian
12 4 (1.36%) Palo Alto
12 4 (1.36%) Zscaler
13 3 (1.02%) Meraki
13 3 (1.02%) NEC
13 3 (1.02%) SolarWinds
14 2 (0.68%) Salesforce