Change Control Contracts in the UK excluding London

Change Control
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Change Control skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Change Control over the 6 months to 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 210 247 210
Rank change year-on-year +37 -37 +34
Contract jobs citing Change Control 182 208 373
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.90% 0.91% 1.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.06% 1.01% 1.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 139 275
10th Percentile £299 £345 £252
25th Percentile £413 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £500 £460
Median % change year-on-year +0.20% +8.70% +15.00%
75th Percentile £574 £588 £538
90th Percentile £656 £650 £625
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 13 16
10th Percentile £13.40 £14.16 £13.37
25th Percentile £18.00 £21.22 £19.09
Median hourly rate £53.03 £42.00 £33.89
Median % change year-on-year +26.26% +23.95% +32.88%
75th Percentile £67.81 £50.00 £51.21
90th Percentile £71.28 £78.10 £67.18
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £52.97 £35.00
% change year-on-year -0.89% +51.34% +33.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Change Control is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,140 20,557 27,119
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.34% 89.47% 89.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,220 14,177 18,943
10th Percentile £250 £256 £238
25th Percentile £381 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.43%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £655
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,064 1,258 1,350
10th Percentile £12.35 £10.63 £12.25
25th Percentile £15.25 £15.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.54%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £47.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.72 £61.52
UK median hourly rate £36.05 £35.65 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.11% +38.82% +5.90%

Change Control
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Change Control as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Change Control in the UK excluding London

Change Control
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Change Control in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Change Control in the UK excluding London

Change Control
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Change Control in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Change Control in the UK excluding London

Change Control
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Change Control in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Change Control in the UK excluding London

Change Control
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Change Control in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Change Control in the UK excluding London

Change Control
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Change Control within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 17 May 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
South East -3 54 £513 +2.60% 56
Midlands +32 42 £475 -13.24% 33
West Midlands +25 35 £475 -11.42% 18
South West +14 32 £545 +3.81% 17
North of England +29 29 £500 - 36
North West +24 22 £450 -2.70% 28
Scotland +19 15 £475 -7.32% 17
East Midlands +15 7 £275 -50.89% 15
Yorkshire +13 7 £558 +11.50% 7
Wales +25 6 £645 -0.85% 4
East of England +6 6 £525 +12.90% 12
Change Control
UK

Change Control
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 5 (2.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.65%) Confluence
2 3 (1.65%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.55%) OpenStack
Applications
1 14 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (6.59%) Microsoft Project
3 10 (5.49%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (3.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (1.65%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (1.10%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.65%) Aareon QL
2 2 (1.10%) Oracle Assets
2 2 (1.10%) Oracle Cash Management
2 2 (1.10%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (1.10%) Oracle Receivables
2 2 (1.10%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 2 (1.10%) Primavera
3 1 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.55%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.55%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.55%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 29 (15.93%) Azure
2 12 (6.59%) AWS
2 12 (6.59%) Azure DevOps
3 9 (4.95%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 6 (3.30%) AWS CloudFormation
4 6 (3.30%) GitHub
5 5 (2.75%) Dynamics 365
5 5 (2.75%) Power Platform
6 4 (2.20%) Amazon EC2
6 4 (2.20%) Amazon S3
6 4 (2.20%) GitHub Actions
7 3 (1.65%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (1.65%) OneDrive
7 3 (1.65%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.55%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 1 (0.55%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (0.55%) Azure Service Bus
8 1 (0.55%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.55%) GCP
8 1 (0.55%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (13.19%) Firewall
2 19 (10.44%) VPN
3 15 (8.24%) Cisco Nexus
4 12 (6.59%) DMZ
5 11 (6.04%) WAN
6 9 (4.95%) TCP/IP
7 8 (4.40%) LAN
8 5 (2.75%) DNS
8 5 (2.75%) MPLS
8 5 (2.75%) WAAS
9 4 (2.20%) DHCP
9 4 (2.20%) Fibre Channel
9 4 (2.20%) Remote Desktop
9 4 (2.20%) SAN
9 4 (2.20%) Wireless
10 3 (1.65%) ADSL
10 3 (1.65%) Ethernet
10 3 (1.65%) Internet
10 3 (1.65%) Network Security
10 3 (1.65%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.49%) MySQL
2 8 (4.40%) SQL Server
3 7 (3.85%) Relational Database
4 3 (1.65%) Amazon Aurora
4 3 (1.65%) RDBMS
5 2 (1.10%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (1.10%) Data Mining
5 2 (1.10%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.10%) Electronic Patient Records
5 2 (1.10%) Power BI
6 1 (0.55%) IDMS
6 1 (0.55%) InterSystems Cache
6 1 (0.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (4.40%) JIRA
2 5 (2.75%) AppScan
2 5 (2.75%) Burp Suite
2 5 (2.75%) GitLab
2 5 (2.75%) Jenkins
2 5 (2.75%) SonarQube
3 2 (1.10%) Git
3 2 (1.10%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.55%) Subversion
General
1 48 (26.37%) Social Skills
2 40 (21.98%) Finance
3 34 (18.68%) Public Sector
4 22 (12.09%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (10.99%) Banking
6 14 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
7 12 (6.59%) Investment Banking
8 11 (6.04%) Pharmaceutical
9 7 (3.85%) Telecoms
10 6 (3.30%) Legal
10 6 (3.30%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (3.30%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (2.75%) Law
11 5 (2.75%) Manufacturing
12 4 (2.20%) Billing
13 2 (1.10%) Electronics
13 2 (1.10%) Environmental Health
13 2 (1.10%) Financial Institution
13 2 (1.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (1.10%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 35 (19.23%) Project Manager
2 18 (9.89%) Network Engineer
3 17 (9.34%) Analyst
4 13 (7.14%) Senior
5 12 (6.59%) Blue Coat Engineer
5 12 (6.59%) Cisco Engineer
5 12 (6.59%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 12 (6.59%) Juniper Engineer
6 8 (4.40%) Administrator
7 7 (3.85%) Business Analyst
7 7 (3.85%) Lead
8 6 (3.30%) Commercial Manager
8 6 (3.30%) DBA
8 6 (3.30%) Senior Manager
8 6 (3.30%) Senior Project Manager
8 6 (3.30%) Systems Engineer
9 5 (2.75%) Infrastructure Manager
9 5 (2.75%) IT Manager
9 5 (2.75%) PowerShell Engineer
9 5 (2.75%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (4.95%) Elastic Stack
2 2 (1.10%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (1.10%) Regular Expression
3 1 (0.55%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 23 (12.64%) PKI
2 14 (7.69%) Public Cloud
3 9 (4.95%) Management Information System
4 6 (3.30%) Life Science
5 4 (2.20%) Mobile App
5 4 (2.20%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.65%) Data Centre
6 3 (1.65%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (1.65%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.65%) Smartphone
7 2 (1.10%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.10%) CCTV
7 2 (1.10%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.10%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 2 (1.10%) NHS
7 2 (1.10%) Operational Technology
7 2 (1.10%) PMI
7 2 (1.10%) Replication
7 2 (1.10%) Taxonomies
8 1 (0.55%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 22 (12.09%) Windows
2 15 (8.24%) Linux
3 5 (2.75%) Windows 10
3 5 (2.75%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.20%) CentOS
4 4 (2.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (2.20%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.55%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.55%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.55%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (31.32%) Project Management
2 44 (24.18%) Agile
3 31 (17.03%) Risk Management
4 25 (13.74%) DevOps
4 25 (13.74%) Project Delivery
5 22 (12.09%) Stakeholder Management
6 17 (9.34%) Decision-Making
7 16 (8.79%) Change Management
7 16 (8.79%) Configuration Management
7 16 (8.79%) High Availability
8 14 (7.69%) ITIL
8 14 (7.69%) ITSM
8 14 (7.69%) Service Management
8 14 (7.69%) Waterfall
9 13 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
9 13 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
10 12 (6.59%) Architectural Patterns
10 12 (6.59%) Business Case
10 12 (6.59%) Design Patterns
10 12 (6.59%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 15 (8.24%) PowerShell
2 9 (4.95%) Bash
2 9 (4.95%) SQL
3 5 (2.75%) Python
4 1 (0.55%) C#
Qualifications
1 44 (24.18%) Security Cleared
2 23 (12.64%) DV Cleared
3 21 (11.54%) SC Cleared
4 16 (8.79%) Microsoft Certification
5 13 (7.14%) Degree
6 5 (2.75%) BC Cleared
7 4 (2.20%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (2.20%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (2.20%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (1.65%) PMI Certification
8 3 (1.65%) PMP
9 2 (1.10%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 2 (1.10%) CASP
9 2 (1.10%) CCNA
9 2 (1.10%) CISSP
9 2 (1.10%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (1.10%) GIAC
9 2 (1.10%) GSEC
9 2 (1.10%) Master's Degree
9 2 (1.10%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (14.84%) QA
2 15 (8.24%) JSP 440
2 15 (8.24%) PMO
3 12 (6.59%) SLA
4 5 (2.75%) GMP
5 3 (1.65%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.10%) Disclosure Scotland
6 2 (1.10%) GDPR
6 2 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.55%) Def Stans
7 1 (0.55%) NCSC
7 1 (0.55%) NIST
7 1 (0.55%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 12 (6.59%) Active Directory
2 6 (3.30%) VMware ESXi
2 6 (3.30%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (3.30%) vSphere
3 5 (2.75%) Docker
4 4 (2.20%) VMware NSX
4 4 (2.20%) VMware Server
5 2 (1.10%) Firmware
5 2 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.55%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 19 (10.44%) OPNET
2 13 (7.14%) Terraform
3 11 (6.04%) Ansible
4 10 (5.49%) Grafana
5 9 (4.95%) Graylog
5 9 (4.95%) Prometheus
6 7 (3.85%) Nessus
6 7 (3.85%) SCCM
7 6 (3.30%) Kubernetes
7 6 (3.30%) Nagios
7 6 (3.30%) Progress Chef
7 6 (3.30%) Puppet
8 5 (2.75%) HP Fortify
8 5 (2.75%) WebInspect
9 4 (2.20%) vCenter Server
10 2 (1.10%) CEMLI
10 2 (1.10%) WSUS
11 1 (0.55%) Observium
Vendors
1 67 (36.81%) Microsoft
2 22 (12.09%) Cisco
3 13 (7.14%) CheckPoint
3 13 (7.14%) Fortinet
4 12 (6.59%) Blue Coat
4 12 (6.59%) Juniper
5 9 (4.95%) Splunk
6 7 (3.85%) SAP
7 6 (3.30%) Adobe
7 6 (3.30%) VMware
8 5 (2.75%) Checkmarx
8 5 (2.75%) Citrix
8 5 (2.75%) Oracle
8 5 (2.75%) Veracode
9 3 (1.65%) Aareon
9 3 (1.65%) Avaya
9 3 (1.65%) BT
9 3 (1.65%) Openreach
9 3 (1.65%) Palo Alto
10 2 (1.10%) Dell