Change Management Contracts in the UK excluding London

Change Management
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 Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Change Management over the 6 months to 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 44 44 48
Rank change year-on-year 0 +4 +5
Contract jobs citing Change Management 793 1,116 1,349
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.87% 4.75% 4.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.58% 5.31% 4.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 514 740 963
10th Percentile £305 £300 £283
25th Percentile £407 £413 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +7.37% +11.76%
75th Percentile £579 £606 £550
90th Percentile £675 £688 £640
UK median daily rate £515 £544 £500
% change year-on-year -5.42% +8.80% +7.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 36 45
10th Percentile £14.00 £20.83 £13.50
25th Percentile £26.73 £31.58 £14.00
Median hourly rate £48.00 £48.27 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.55% +141.33% -16.67%
75th Percentile £61.60 £63.75 £32.50
90th Percentile £68.88 £84.44 £41.54
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £48.40 £22.14
% change year-on-year +3.31% +118.61% -8.27%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Change Management 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 17,300 21,032 27,102
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.45% 89.50% 89.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,314 14,532 18,929
10th Percentile £250 £256 £235
25th Percentile £380 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £653
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,056 1,281 1,348
10th Percentile £12.32 £11.00 £12.25
25th Percentile £15.25 £15.44 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.06 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.74% +75.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £61.26 £65.00 £47.05
90th Percentile £72.90 £73.75 £60.92
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +4.82%

Change Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Change Management in the UK excluding London

Change Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Change Management in the UK excluding London

Change Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Change Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Change Management in the UK excluding London

Change Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Change Management in the UK excluding London

Change Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Change Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Change Management in the UK excluding London

Change Management
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 Management within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 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
North of England -8 201 £514 -2.10% 125
South East -18 173 £475 -9.52% 106
South West +23 141 £550 +2.33% 73
Yorkshire -6 105 £525 -4.55% 33
Scotland +40 104 £475 - 37
Midlands -6 103 £500 -6.98% 107
North West -14 90 £500 -1.48% 75
West Midlands -8 74 £506 -5.81% 65
East of England -5 59 £425 -14.91% 56
East Midlands +21 27 £475 -9.52% 41
Wales +4 16 £535 +7.00% 15
North East +3 11 £600 +9.09% 19
Northern Ireland +4 4 £435 +16.00% 4
Change Management
UK

Change Management
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 43 (5.42%) SharePoint
2 19 (2.40%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (1.77%) Confluence
4 7 (0.88%) Apache
4 7 (0.88%) IIS
4 7 (0.88%) Tomcat
5 3 (0.38%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 3 (0.38%) CMS
6 1 (0.13%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle Spatial
6 1 (0.13%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.13%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 45 (5.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 38 (4.79%) Microsoft Office
3 27 (3.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (2.02%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (0.76%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.25%) FileZilla
6 2 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.25%) Windchill
7 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 20 (2.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (0.88%) Teamcenter
3 5 (0.63%) iTrent
4 4 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.38%) Oracle Assets
5 3 (0.38%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (0.38%) SAP Hybris
5 3 (0.38%) SAP SD
6 2 (0.25%) Oracle Cash Management
6 2 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.25%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.25%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.25%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 2 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.25%) SAP Payroll
7 1 (0.13%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.13%) Primavera
7 1 (0.13%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.13%) SAP PM
7 1 (0.13%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 79 (9.96%) Azure
2 58 (7.31%) Microsoft 365
3 34 (4.29%) AWS
4 21 (2.65%) Azure Monitor
5 16 (2.02%) SaaS
6 13 (1.64%) Azure Data Factory
6 13 (1.64%) Azure Functions
6 13 (1.64%) Entra ID
6 13 (1.64%) Serverless
6 13 (1.64%) Yammer
7 12 (1.51%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 12 (1.51%) Dynamics 365
7 12 (1.51%) SuccessFactors
8 9 (1.13%) OpenShift
8 9 (1.13%) Power Platform
9 8 (1.01%) OneDrive
10 7 (0.88%) Azure Stack
10 7 (0.88%) Microsoft Purview
11 6 (0.76%) Cloud Computing
12 5 (0.63%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 61 (7.69%) Firewall
2 26 (3.28%) DNS
3 23 (2.90%) VLAN
3 23 (2.90%) Wi-Fi
4 22 (2.77%) NetScaler
5 21 (2.65%) Network Security
6 19 (2.40%) BGP
6 19 (2.40%) OSPF
6 19 (2.40%) TCP/IP
6 19 (2.40%) VPN
6 19 (2.40%) WAN
7 18 (2.27%) Cisco ASA
8 17 (2.14%) DHCP
9 16 (2.02%) Cisco ISE
10 15 (1.89%) IPsec
10 15 (1.89%) LAN
10 15 (1.89%) SAN
10 15 (1.89%) SNMP
11 14 (1.77%) EIGRP
12 13 (1.64%) HSRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (1.64%) NoSQL
2 10 (1.26%) Data Warehouse
2 10 (1.26%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (1.01%) Elasticsearch
3 8 (1.01%) Power BI
4 6 (0.76%) Snowflake Schema
5 5 (0.63%) Oracle Database
5 5 (0.63%) SAP HANA
5 5 (0.63%) SQL Server
6 4 (0.50%) Electronic Patient Records
7 3 (0.38%) Hadoop
7 3 (0.38%) Tableau
8 2 (0.25%) Big Data
8 2 (0.25%) Impala
8 2 (0.25%) NonStop SQL
8 2 (0.25%) QlikView
9 1 (0.13%) DB2
9 1 (0.13%) GIS
9 1 (0.13%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 31 (3.91%) JIRA
2 16 (2.02%) Git
3 6 (0.76%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.63%) Selenium
5 4 (0.50%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.25%) JMeter
6 2 (0.25%) LabVIEW
7 1 (0.13%) Gradle
7 1 (0.13%) Maven
7 1 (0.13%) Visual Studio
General
1 262 (33.04%) Social Skills
2 205 (25.85%) Finance
3 115 (14.50%) Analytical Skills
4 105 (13.24%) Public Sector
5 64 (8.07%) Banking
6 51 (6.43%) Manufacturing
7 46 (5.80%) Telecoms
8 33 (4.16%) Legal
9 31 (3.91%) Marketing
9 31 (3.91%) Organisational Skills
9 31 (3.91%) Presentation Skills
10 24 (3.03%) Influencing Skills
11 17 (2.14%) Retail
12 16 (2.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 15 (1.89%) Electronics
13 15 (1.89%) Pharmaceutical
13 15 (1.89%) Publishing
14 11 (1.39%) Documentation Skills
14 11 (1.39%) Local Government
15 8 (1.01%) Law
Job Titles
1 114 (14.38%) Project Manager
2 112 (14.12%) Analyst
3 73 (9.21%) Change Manager
4 62 (7.82%) Senior
5 61 (7.69%) Lead
6 47 (5.93%) Business Analyst
7 40 (5.04%) IT Manager
8 37 (4.67%) Developer
9 33 (4.16%) Business Manager
10 32 (4.04%) Architect
10 32 (4.04%) Consultant
10 32 (4.04%) Network Engineer
11 28 (3.53%) Business Change Manager
11 28 (3.53%) Change Analyst
12 24 (3.03%) Full Stack Developer
13 23 (2.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 21 (2.65%) Administrator
14 21 (2.65%) Service Manager
15 19 (2.40%) Senior Manager
16 17 (2.14%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (3.03%) React
2 17 (2.14%) AngularJS
2 17 (2.14%) Kafka
3 12 (1.51%) Jinja
3 12 (1.51%) Spring
4 10 (1.26%) REST
5 8 (1.01%) XML
6 7 (0.88%) HTML
6 7 (0.88%) JSON
7 6 (0.76%) ActiveMQ
7 6 (0.76%) CSS
7 6 (0.76%) Itk
7 6 (0.76%) SAP Fiori
8 5 (0.63%) .NET
8 5 (0.63%) SAP Basis
9 3 (0.38%) LDAP
9 3 (0.38%) Lightning Web Components
9 3 (0.38%) Visualforce
10 2 (0.25%) Oracle Fusion
10 2 (0.25%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 59 (7.44%) Management Information System
2 34 (4.29%) Product Ownership
3 24 (3.03%) PKI
4 23 (2.90%) Replication
5 14 (1.77%) Cloud Native
6 13 (1.64%) Data Centre
7 12 (1.51%) LIMS
8 11 (1.39%) NHS
8 11 (1.39%) Onboarding
9 10 (1.26%) Legacy Systems
10 8 (1.01%) CMDB
10 8 (1.01%) Mainframe
10 8 (1.01%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (1.01%) Virtual Team
11 7 (0.88%) Data Structures
11 7 (0.88%) IoT
11 7 (0.88%) Life Science
11 7 (0.88%) Reference Data
12 6 (0.76%) IVR
12 6 (0.76%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 110 (13.87%) Windows
2 69 (8.70%) Linux
3 50 (6.31%) Windows Server
4 17 (2.14%) Windows 10
5 13 (1.64%) Unix
6 11 (1.39%) Solaris
6 11 (1.39%) Windows Server 2012
7 10 (1.26%) Windows Server 2016
7 10 (1.26%) Windows Server 2019
8 8 (1.01%) Apple iOS
9 7 (0.88%) MVS
10 6 (0.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.25%) CentOS
11 2 (0.25%) VMS
11 2 (0.25%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 218 (27.49%) Project Management
2 172 (21.69%) Agile
3 159 (20.05%) Stakeholder Management
4 137 (17.28%) Problem-Solving
5 120 (15.13%) ITIL
6 88 (11.10%) DevOps
7 87 (10.97%) Project Delivery
8 84 (10.59%) PRINCE2
9 76 (9.58%) Service Management
10 75 (9.46%) Continuous Improvement
11 74 (9.33%) Programme Management
12 71 (8.95%) Risk Management
13 67 (8.45%) ITSM
14 62 (7.82%) Decision-Making
15 55 (6.94%) Business Analysis
16 54 (6.81%) Roadmaps
16 54 (6.81%) Service Delivery
17 50 (6.31%) Migration
18 49 (6.18%) Impact Assessments
19 48 (6.05%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 51 (6.43%) Python
2 31 (3.91%) PowerShell
3 23 (2.90%) SQL
4 21 (2.65%) C
5 17 (2.14%) Java
6 14 (1.77%) JavaScript
6 14 (1.77%) Perl
7 12 (1.51%) Tcl
8 8 (1.01%) Swift
9 6 (0.76%) C++
10 5 (0.63%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.50%) Kusto Query Language
11 4 (0.50%) Search Processing Language
12 3 (0.38%) Apex Code
12 3 (0.38%) C#
13 2 (0.25%) AWK
13 2 (0.25%) Bourne shell
13 2 (0.25%) Groovy
13 2 (0.25%) Korn
13 2 (0.25%) R
Qualifications
1 168 (21.19%) Security Cleared
2 93 (11.73%) Degree
2 93 (11.73%) SC Cleared
3 56 (7.06%) DV Cleared
4 30 (3.78%) Cisco Certification
5 23 (2.90%) CCNA
6 22 (2.77%) CCNP
7 16 (2.02%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 14 (1.77%) Master's Degree
9 11 (1.39%) PMP
10 10 (1.26%) Microsoft Certification
10 10 (1.26%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 9 (1.13%) PMI Certification
12 8 (1.01%) BPSS Clearance
12 8 (1.01%) Computer Science Degree
13 7 (0.88%) ITIL Certification
14 6 (0.76%) APMG
14 6 (0.76%) MCSE
15 5 (0.63%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 4 (0.50%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (7.57%) PMO
2 43 (5.42%) QA
3 17 (2.14%) Data Quality
4 15 (1.89%) SLA
5 11 (1.39%) GDPR
6 6 (0.76%) Disclosure Scotland
7 5 (0.63%) ISO 9001
8 3 (0.38%) GRC
8 3 (0.38%) NIST
8 3 (0.38%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.25%) COBIT
9 2 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.13%) Basel III
10 1 (0.13%) COREP
10 1 (0.13%) Def Stans
10 1 (0.13%) FINREP
10 1 (0.13%) GxP
10 1 (0.13%) ISO 9000
10 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.13%) P3O
System Software
1 51 (6.43%) Active Directory
2 29 (3.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (2.52%) XenApp
4 17 (2.14%) Firmware
5 12 (1.51%) VMware ESXi
5 12 (1.51%) XenDesktop
6 11 (1.39%) Virtual Desktop
7 8 (1.01%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 6 (0.76%) Hyper-V
8 6 (0.76%) VMware NSX
9 4 (0.50%) vSphere
10 3 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
10 3 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.13%) Apache ZooKeeper
12 1 (0.13%) Docker
12 1 (0.13%) HDFS
12 1 (0.13%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 45 (5.67%) Ansible
2 18 (2.27%) NetBackup
3 17 (2.14%) Kubernetes
4 16 (2.02%) Puppet
5 10 (1.26%) SCOM
6 9 (1.13%) SCCM
7 8 (1.01%) Argo
7 8 (1.01%) Grafana
7 8 (1.01%) Istio
7 8 (1.01%) Kibana
7 8 (1.01%) Prometheus
8 7 (0.88%) Red Hat Satellite
9 6 (0.76%) Terraform
9 6 (0.76%) vCenter Server
10 5 (0.63%) Rancher
10 5 (0.63%) Tivoli Identity Manager
11 3 (0.38%) Nagios
11 3 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.25%) CEMLI
Vendors
1 139 (17.53%) Microsoft
2 70 (8.83%) SAP
3 42 (5.30%) VMware
4 38 (4.79%) Cisco
5 36 (4.54%) ServiceNow
6 34 (4.29%) Citrix
7 22 (2.77%) Oracle
7 22 (2.77%) SolarWinds
8 19 (2.40%) Palo Alto
8 19 (2.40%) Red Hat
9 17 (2.14%) Veritas
10 13 (1.64%) IBM
11 11 (1.39%) CheckPoint
11 11 (1.39%) InterSystems
11 11 (1.39%) NetApp
12 10 (1.26%) Juniper
13 9 (1.13%) Ivanti
14 8 (1.01%) Avaya
14 8 (1.01%) Okta
15 7 (0.88%) Dell