Change Management Contracts in England

Change Management
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Change Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Change Management over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 44 43 53
Rank change year-on-year -1 +10 +6
Contract jobs citing Change Management 1,474 2,299 3,287
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 3.93% 4.89% 4.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.60% 5.44% 5.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 921 1,446 2,168
10th Percentile £325 £363 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £550 £515
Median % change year-on-year -6.36% +6.80% +8.42%
75th Percentile £630 £662 £613
90th Percentile £713 £750 £690
UK median daily rate £513 £540 £505
% change year-on-year -5.09% +6.93% +6.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 47 40
10th Percentile £17.60 £18.50 -
25th Percentile £31.60 £35.00 £14.00
Median hourly rate £50.00 £51.50 £20.89
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +146.53% -12.96%
75th Percentile £61.60 £75.00 £33.75
90th Percentile £69.60 £87.50 £51.38
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £49.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year +2.05% +122.70% -8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Change Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,030 42,283 63,775
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.40% 89.90% 90.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,779 29,697 45,496
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £440 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,363 1,526 1,693
10th Percentile £12.79 £10.69 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.01 £15.75 £15.63
Median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +40.19% +14.13%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.59 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.71 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
% change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%

Change Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Change Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Change Management in England

Change Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Change Management in England.

Daily rate trend for Change Management in England

Change Management
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Change Management in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Change Management in England

Change Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Change Management in England.

Hourly rate trend for Change Management in England

Change Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Change Management in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Change Management in England

Change Management
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Change Management within the England region over the 6 months to 12 June 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -11 724 £550 -6.38% 286
North of England -6 234 £515 +3.00% 130
South East -15 188 £450 -14.29% 124
South West +17 129 £525 -6.25% 64
Yorkshire -5 118 £520 -5.55% 51
North West +4 110 £514 +2.75% 70
Midlands -5 105 £519 -4.60% 94
West Midlands -14 73 £525 -2.33% 50
East of England -11 61 £350 -26.32% 51
East Midlands +8 28 £475 -11.63% 43
North East -2 11 £600 +41.18% 11
Change Management
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Change Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 77 (5.22%) SharePoint
2 46 (3.12%) Confluence
3 37 (2.51%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (0.75%) IIS
5 9 (0.61%) Tomcat
6 7 (0.47%) Apache
7 3 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 3 (0.20%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.20%) Documentum
8 1 (0.068%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.068%) CMS
8 1 (0.068%) Exchange Server 2007
8 1 (0.068%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (0.068%) nginx
8 1 (0.068%) Oracle Self-Service HR
8 1 (0.068%) Oracle Spatial
8 1 (0.068%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.068%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.068%) WebSphere
Applications
1 71 (4.82%) Microsoft Office
2 70 (4.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 46 (3.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 28 (1.90%) MS Visio
5 19 (1.29%) Microsoft Project
6 7 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.34%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 5 (0.34%) Adobe Illustrator
7 5 (0.34%) Photoshop
8 4 (0.27%) InDesign
9 3 (0.20%) Adobe Premiere
9 3 (0.20%) Windchill
10 2 (0.14%) FileZilla
11 1 (0.068%) Adobe After Effects
11 1 (0.068%) Chatbot
11 1 (0.068%) PTC Creo
11 1 (0.068%) Trello
Business Applications
1 36 (2.44%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (0.75%) SAP ERP
3 10 (0.68%) SAP Payroll
4 7 (0.47%) Teamcenter
5 5 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
5 5 (0.34%) Endur
5 5 (0.34%) OpenLink RightAngle
5 5 (0.34%) Oracle ERP
5 5 (0.34%) SAP SD
6 4 (0.27%) Oracle Assets
6 4 (0.27%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 4 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
6 4 (0.27%) SAP Hybris
6 4 (0.27%) SAP PLM
7 3 (0.20%) Remedy ITSM
8 2 (0.14%) NetSuite
8 2 (0.14%) Oracle Cash Management
8 2 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
8 2 (0.14%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 2 (0.14%) SAP Business ByDesign
Cloud Services
1 176 (11.94%) Azure
2 109 (7.39%) Microsoft 365
3 81 (5.50%) AWS
4 42 (2.85%) SaaS
5 38 (2.58%) Power Platform
6 29 (1.97%) Entra ID
7 27 (1.83%) SuccessFactors
8 23 (1.56%) Azure Monitor
9 21 (1.42%) Dynamics 365
10 18 (1.22%) Serverless
11 17 (1.15%) Azure Data Factory
11 17 (1.15%) Azure Functions
11 17 (1.15%) Cloud Computing
12 16 (1.09%) IaaS
12 16 (1.09%) Microsoft Purview
12 16 (1.09%) OneDrive
13 15 (1.02%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 15 (1.02%) PaaS
14 13 (0.88%) Azure DevOps
14 13 (0.88%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 83 (5.63%) Firewall
2 44 (2.99%) WAN
3 36 (2.44%) BGP
3 36 (2.44%) Wi-Fi
4 35 (2.37%) LAN
5 34 (2.31%) OSPF
6 31 (2.10%) DNS
6 31 (2.10%) Network Security
7 29 (1.97%) VPN
8 24 (1.63%) VLAN
9 23 (1.56%) NetScaler
9 23 (1.56%) Structured Cabling
10 22 (1.49%) DHCP
11 20 (1.36%) Cisco ASA
11 20 (1.36%) Cisco ISE
11 20 (1.36%) IPsec
11 20 (1.36%) TCP/IP
12 18 (1.22%) EIGRP
13 17 (1.15%) Internet
14 15 (1.02%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (2.04%) Power BI
2 21 (1.42%) NoSQL
3 19 (1.29%) Tableau
4 17 (1.15%) Data Warehouse
4 17 (1.15%) SAP HANA
5 15 (1.02%) Oracle Database
6 14 (0.95%) Elasticsearch
6 14 (0.95%) PostgreSQL
7 13 (0.88%) Snowflake Schema
8 8 (0.54%) SQL Server
9 7 (0.47%) KDB
10 6 (0.41%) Data Lake
10 6 (0.41%) Oracle Exadata
10 6 (0.41%) Relational Database
11 5 (0.34%) Hadoop
11 5 (0.34%) Oracle Reports
12 4 (0.27%) BusinessObjects
12 4 (0.27%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
12 4 (0.27%) Tableau Server
13 3 (0.20%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 74 (5.02%) JIRA
2 22 (1.49%) Git
3 14 (0.95%) Jenkins
4 13 (0.88%) Bitbucket
5 9 (0.61%) Selenium
6 4 (0.27%) Visual Studio Team System
7 3 (0.20%) Oracle APEX
8 2 (0.14%) InstallShield
8 2 (0.14%) JMeter
8 2 (0.14%) MSI
9 1 (0.068%) GitLab
9 1 (0.068%) LabVIEW
9 1 (0.068%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 550 (37.31%) Finance
2 428 (29.04%) Social Skills
3 229 (15.54%) Banking
4 217 (14.72%) Analytical Skills
5 170 (11.53%) Public Sector
6 64 (4.34%) Legal
7 55 (3.73%) Presentation Skills
8 51 (3.46%) Influencing Skills
8 51 (3.46%) Manufacturing
9 44 (2.99%) Marketing
10 42 (2.85%) Telecoms
11 33 (2.24%) Retail
12 28 (1.90%) Local Government
13 26 (1.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 23 (1.56%) Pharmaceutical
15 21 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
15 21 (1.42%) Organisational Skills
16 14 (0.95%) Electronics
17 13 (0.88%) Military
18 12 (0.81%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 214 (14.52%) Project Manager
2 208 (14.11%) Analyst
3 143 (9.70%) Senior
4 101 (6.85%) Business Analyst
5 98 (6.65%) Lead
6 95 (6.45%) Change Manager
7 82 (5.56%) Architect
8 81 (5.50%) Consultant
9 64 (4.34%) Developer
10 60 (4.07%) Network Engineer
11 58 (3.93%) IT Manager
12 51 (3.46%) Business Manager
13 49 (3.32%) Senior Manager
14 39 (2.65%) Programme Manager
15 32 (2.17%) Administrator
16 31 (2.10%) Business Change Manager
16 31 (2.10%) Delivery Manager
17 28 (1.90%) Data Analyst
18 27 (1.83%) Banking Analyst
19 24 (1.63%) Resilience Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (1.36%) Kafka
1 20 (1.36%) React
2 19 (1.29%) XML
3 15 (1.02%) HTML
3 15 (1.02%) REST
4 12 (0.81%) Jinja
5 10 (0.68%) AngularJS
5 10 (0.68%) JSON
6 8 (0.54%) CSS
6 8 (0.54%) SAP Fiori
7 7 (0.47%) .NET
7 7 (0.47%) IDoc
7 7 (0.47%) Middleware
7 7 (0.47%) SAP Basis
8 6 (0.41%) ActiveMQ
8 6 (0.41%) Itk
8 6 (0.41%) Lightning Web Components
8 6 (0.41%) SailPoint
8 6 (0.41%) Visualforce
9 5 (0.34%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 77 (5.22%) Management Information System
2 68 (4.61%) Product Ownership
3 41 (2.78%) Cloud Native
4 39 (2.65%) Data Centre
5 29 (1.97%) Data Structures
6 25 (1.70%) Replication
7 24 (1.63%) PKI
8 23 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
9 18 (1.22%) Onboarding
10 17 (1.15%) Virtual Team
11 15 (1.02%) FMCG
12 13 (0.88%) Cyber Threat
12 13 (0.88%) NHS
12 13 (0.88%) Security Posture
13 12 (0.81%) Data Protection Act
13 12 (0.81%) Public Cloud
14 10 (0.68%) Legacy Systems
14 10 (0.68%) Reference Data
15 9 (0.61%) CMDB
15 9 (0.61%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 153 (10.38%) Windows
2 79 (5.36%) Linux
3 55 (3.73%) Windows Server
4 38 (2.58%) Unix
5 24 (1.63%) Windows 10
6 17 (1.15%) Solaris
7 16 (1.09%) Windows Server 2012
8 15 (1.02%) Windows Server 2016
9 13 (0.88%) Windows Server 2019
10 11 (0.75%) Apple iOS
11 7 (0.47%) MVS
12 5 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 3 (0.20%) VMS
13 3 (0.20%) Windows 7
14 2 (0.14%) CentOS
14 2 (0.14%) Mac OS
14 2 (0.14%) Mac OS X
15 1 (0.068%) Ubuntu
15 1 (0.068%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 333 (22.59%) Project Management
2 306 (20.76%) Stakeholder Management
3 276 (18.72%) Agile
4 214 (14.52%) Problem-Solving
5 204 (13.84%) ITIL
6 136 (9.23%) Project Delivery
7 131 (8.89%) Continuous Improvement
8 125 (8.48%) DevOps
9 124 (8.41%) Risk Management
10 118 (8.01%) Migration
11 108 (7.33%) PRINCE2
12 100 (6.78%) Service Management
13 96 (6.51%) Decision-Making
14 95 (6.45%) Programme Management
15 92 (6.24%) ITSM
16 87 (5.90%) Roadmaps
17 85 (5.77%) ERP
18 82 (5.56%) Problem Management
19 75 (5.09%) Business Case
20 73 (4.95%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 70 (4.75%) Python
2 68 (4.61%) SQL
3 48 (3.26%) PowerShell
4 22 (1.49%) Java
5 19 (1.29%) C
6 15 (1.02%) JavaScript
6 15 (1.02%) Perl
7 13 (0.88%) C#
8 12 (0.81%) Tcl
9 10 (0.68%) PL/SQL
10 9 (0.61%) ABAP
11 8 (0.54%) Kusto Query Language
11 8 (0.54%) Search Processing Language
11 8 (0.54%) Swift
12 7 (0.47%) C++
13 6 (0.41%) Apex Code
13 6 (0.41%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.14%) AWK
14 2 (0.14%) Bourne shell
14 2 (0.14%) R
Qualifications
1 279 (18.93%) Security Cleared
2 182 (12.35%) SC Cleared
3 168 (11.40%) Degree
4 75 (5.09%) DV Cleared
5 54 (3.66%) Cisco Certification
6 36 (2.44%) CCNP
7 33 (2.24%) CCNA
8 26 (1.76%) PMP
9 23 (1.56%) Computer Science Degree
10 22 (1.49%) PMI Certification
11 21 (1.42%) ITIL Certification
11 21 (1.42%) Master's Degree
12 19 (1.29%) Microsoft Certification
12 19 (1.29%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 12 (0.81%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 12 (0.81%) Six Sigma Green Belt
14 10 (0.68%) CCIE
15 9 (0.61%) BPSS Clearance
15 9 (0.61%) CIPD
15 9 (0.61%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (6.04%) PMO
2 47 (3.19%) QA
3 44 (2.99%) Data Quality
4 40 (2.71%) SLA
5 22 (1.49%) GDPR
6 11 (0.75%) NIST
7 7 (0.47%) ISO 9001
8 4 (0.27%) GRC
9 3 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.20%) P3O
9 3 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.14%) Def Stans
10 2 (0.14%) GxP
11 1 (0.068%) Basel III
11 1 (0.068%) EMIR
11 1 (0.068%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.068%) ITGC
11 1 (0.068%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.068%) Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
System Software
1 81 (5.50%) Active Directory
2 32 (2.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (1.22%) XenApp
4 17 (1.15%) Firmware
5 16 (1.09%) VMware ESXi
6 13 (0.88%) Docker
7 10 (0.68%) Virtual Desktop
7 10 (0.68%) XenDesktop
8 8 (0.54%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 8 (0.54%) Hyper-V
9 7 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
10 6 (0.41%) VMware NSX
11 5 (0.34%) BitLocker
12 4 (0.27%) Microsoft App-V
12 4 (0.27%) vSphere
13 2 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
14 1 (0.068%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 1 (0.068%) Snort
14 1 (0.068%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 46 (3.12%) Ansible
2 39 (2.65%) Kubernetes
3 19 (1.29%) NetBackup
4 16 (1.09%) Puppet
5 14 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
6 12 (0.81%) Argo
6 12 (0.81%) Grafana
6 12 (0.81%) Istio
6 12 (0.81%) Kibana
6 12 (0.81%) Prometheus
7 10 (0.68%) SCOM
8 9 (0.61%) Red Hat Satellite
9 8 (0.54%) Control-M
9 8 (0.54%) SCCM
10 7 (0.47%) Rancher
10 7 (0.47%) Tivoli Identity Manager
11 6 (0.41%) vCenter Server
12 5 (0.34%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 5 (0.34%) PingFederate
12 5 (0.34%) Terraform
Vendors
1 271 (18.39%) Microsoft
2 134 (9.09%) SAP
3 113 (7.67%) ServiceNow
4 63 (4.27%) Cisco
5 59 (4.00%) Oracle
6 48 (3.26%) VMware
7 45 (3.05%) Citrix
8 32 (2.17%) Palo Alto
9 29 (1.97%) NetApp
9 29 (1.97%) Red Hat
10 23 (1.56%) Salesforce
10 23 (1.56%) SolarWinds
11 18 (1.22%) Veritas
12 16 (1.09%) IBM
13 14 (0.95%) Atlassian
13 14 (0.95%) Juniper
13 14 (0.95%) Splunk
14 13 (0.88%) CheckPoint
14 13 (0.88%) Tanium
15 11 (0.75%) Fortinet