Change Control Job Trends in the West Midlands

Change Control
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Change Control skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 155 145 140
Rank change year-on-year -10 -5 -60
Permanent jobs citing Change Control 19 53 44
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.36% 1.28% 1.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.44% 1.40% 1.33%
Number of salaries quoted 14 37 38
10th Percentile £49,975 £49,750 £31,690
25th Percentile £58,438 £52,500 £41,053
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% +21.05% -8.72%
75th Percentile £75,000 £61,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £84,500 £63,750 £62,769
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% +4.76% +0.89%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West 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 West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,323 3,783 3,302
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 82.09% 91.51% 87.10%
Number of salaries quoted 2,245 1,682 2,769
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,719 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £63,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £77,500
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 West Midlands

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

Change Control job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Change Control
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

Change Control
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Change Control in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Change Control in the West Midlands

Change Control
Job Locations in the West 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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 13 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
Birmingham +5 9 £65,000 +13.04% 1
Solihull +2 4 £80,000 +45.45%
Warwickshire +15 2 £60,000 +18.81% 3
Coventry - 2 £62,500 -
Change Control
England

Change Control
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West 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 (26.32%) SharePoint
2 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (5.26%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (26.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (5.26%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 14 (73.68%) Azure
2 6 (31.58%) SaaS
3 4 (21.05%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (10.53%) AWS
4 2 (10.53%) Azure Key Vault
4 2 (10.53%) Azure Logic Apps
4 2 (10.53%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (10.53%) Entra ID
4 2 (10.53%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (10.53%) Serverless
5 1 (5.26%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.79%) BGP
1 3 (15.79%) DHCP
1 3 (15.79%) DNS
1 3 (15.79%) Firewall
1 3 (15.79%) IPsec
1 3 (15.79%) Network Security
1 3 (15.79%) OSPF
1 3 (15.79%) SD-WAN
1 3 (15.79%) VLAN
1 3 (15.79%) VPN
1 3 (15.79%) WAN
1 3 (15.79%) Wi-Fi
1 3 (15.79%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (26.32%) SQL Server
2 4 (21.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (15.79%) Azure SQL Database
General
1 15 (78.95%) Social Skills
2 5 (26.32%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (21.05%) Legal
3 4 (21.05%) Public Sector
4 3 (15.79%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (10.53%) Finance
6 1 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (5.26%) Law
6 1 (5.26%) Manufacturing
6 1 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (21.05%) Architect
1 4 (21.05%) Solutions Architect
2 3 (15.79%) Cisco Engineer
2 3 (15.79%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 3 (15.79%) DBA
2 3 (15.79%) IT Manager
2 3 (15.79%) Network Engineer
2 3 (15.79%) Senior
2 3 (15.79%) SQL DBA
3 2 (10.53%) Operations Manager
3 2 (10.53%) Senior Architect
3 2 (10.53%) Senior Solutions Architect
3 2 (10.53%) Service Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Developer
4 1 (5.26%) Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (5.26%) IT Services Delivery Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Programme Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Quality Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Service Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.26%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) Cloud Native
1 3 (15.79%) Clustering
1 3 (15.79%) Data Centre
1 3 (15.79%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (5.26%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.26%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (15.79%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (31.58%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (26.32%) CRM
2 5 (26.32%) ITIL
2 5 (26.32%) Project Delivery
2 5 (26.32%) Roadmaps
3 4 (21.05%) Agile
3 4 (21.05%) AI
3 4 (21.05%) Analytics
3 4 (21.05%) Architecture Roadmap
3 4 (21.05%) Business Development
3 4 (21.05%) Case Management
3 4 (21.05%) Data Analytics
3 4 (21.05%) DevOps
3 4 (21.05%) Enterprise Architecture
3 4 (21.05%) IT Strategy
3 4 (21.05%) Performance Tuning
3 4 (21.05%) Service Delivery
3 4 (21.05%) Service Design
3 4 (21.05%) Time Management
3 4 (21.05%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 5 (26.32%) SQL
2 3 (15.79%) T-SQL
3 1 (5.26%) C#
3 1 (5.26%) JavaScript
3 1 (5.26%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (21.05%) BPSS Clearance
1 4 (21.05%) Degree
1 4 (21.05%) SC Cleared
1 4 (21.05%) Security Cleared
2 3 (15.79%) Azure Certification
2 3 (15.79%) CCNP
2 3 (15.79%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.26%) PMO
1 1 (5.26%) QA
System Software
1 3 (15.79%) Firmware
1 3 (15.79%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (15.79%) Dell DRAC
1 3 (15.79%) Terraform
2 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (5.26%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 6 (31.58%) Microsoft
2 3 (15.79%) Cisco
2 3 (15.79%) Dell
2 3 (15.79%) Meraki
2 3 (15.79%) Palo Alto
2 3 (15.79%) SolarWinds
2 3 (15.79%) VMware
2 3 (15.79%) Zscaler
3 1 (5.26%) Oracle
3 1 (5.26%) SAP
3 1 (5.26%) ServiceNow
3 1 (5.26%) Workday