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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 45 42 48
Rank change year-on-year -3 +6 +6
Contract jobs citing Change Management 808 1,123 1,394
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.88% 4.93% 4.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.66% 5.53% 5.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 506 736 996
10th Percentile £300 £300 £273
25th Percentile £400 £413 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +6.32% +9.45%
75th Percentile £578 £603 £556
90th Percentile £665 £700 £640
UK median daily rate £513 £547 £500
% change year-on-year -6.31% +9.40% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 38 42
10th Percentile £14.35 £17.51 £14.00
25th Percentile £29.91 £31.36 £14.06
Median hourly rate £50.00 £48.70 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.67% +121.35% -1.87%
75th Percentile £61.60 £63.75 £32.50
90th Percentile £69.10 £83.21 £51.23
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £51.82 £24.00
% change year-on-year -3.50% +115.90% +5.82%

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 17,348 20,314 27,218
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.29% 89.18% 89.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,293 13,939 19,042
10th Percentile £250 £260 £240
25th Percentile £375 £400 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +9.18%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £694 £663
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,136 1,244 1,338
10th Percentile £12.45 £10.63 £12.47
25th Percentile £15.39 £15.21 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.72 £47.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £74.70 £62.80
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +9.74%

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 1 June 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 1 June 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 1 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
North of England -10 204 £514 +2.80% 131
South East -20 180 £450 -14.29% 128
South West +27 139 £550 - 47
Yorkshire -5 112 £525 -4.55% 47
Midlands -3 107 £513 -4.65% 97
Scotland +23 100 £475 +4.11% 37
North West -17 86 £500 - 71
West Midlands -12 75 £519 -3.49% 54
East of England -13 60 £350 -28.13% 66
East Midlands +14 29 £475 -11.63% 42
Wales +8 16 £535 +7.00% 19
North East +1 11 £600 +41.18% 16
Northern Ireland +5 10 £363 -3.33% 3
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 47 (5.82%) SharePoint
2 20 (2.48%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (1.61%) Confluence
4 8 (0.99%) IIS
4 8 (0.99%) Tomcat
5 6 (0.74%) Apache
6 3 (0.37%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.25%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle Spatial
8 1 (0.12%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 46 (5.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 38 (4.70%) Microsoft Office
3 27 (3.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (1.73%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (0.87%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.37%) Windchill
8 2 (0.25%) FileZilla
9 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.12%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 17 (2.10%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (0.87%) Teamcenter
3 5 (0.62%) iTrent
3 5 (0.62%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.50%) SAP Payroll
5 3 (0.37%) Oracle Assets
5 3 (0.37%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.37%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.37%) SAP Hybris
5 3 (0.37%) SAP SD
6 2 (0.25%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.25%) Oracle Cash Management
6 2 (0.25%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.25%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.25%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.12%) Primavera
7 1 (0.12%) SAP EWM
7 1 (0.12%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 75 (9.28%) Azure
2 65 (8.04%) Microsoft 365
3 33 (4.08%) AWS
4 21 (2.60%) Azure Monitor
5 15 (1.86%) SaaS
5 15 (1.86%) SuccessFactors
6 13 (1.61%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 13 (1.61%) Azure Data Factory
6 13 (1.61%) Azure Functions
6 13 (1.61%) Dynamics 365
6 13 (1.61%) Entra ID
6 13 (1.61%) Serverless
6 13 (1.61%) Yammer
7 11 (1.36%) OpenShift
8 10 (1.24%) OneDrive
8 10 (1.24%) Power Platform
9 7 (0.87%) Microsoft Purview
10 6 (0.74%) Azure Stack
10 6 (0.74%) Cloud Computing
11 5 (0.62%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 62 (7.67%) Firewall
2 26 (3.22%) DNS
3 23 (2.85%) Wi-Fi
4 22 (2.72%) NetScaler
4 22 (2.72%) VLAN
5 20 (2.48%) Network Security
6 19 (2.35%) TCP/IP
7 18 (2.23%) BGP
7 18 (2.23%) Cisco ASA
7 18 (2.23%) OSPF
8 17 (2.10%) DHCP
8 17 (2.10%) VPN
8 17 (2.10%) WAN
9 15 (1.86%) Cisco ISE
9 15 (1.86%) IPsec
9 15 (1.86%) SAN
9 15 (1.86%) SNMP
10 14 (1.73%) EIGRP
11 13 (1.61%) HSRP
11 13 (1.61%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (1.61%) NoSQL
2 12 (1.49%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (1.24%) Data Warehouse
3 10 (1.24%) Elasticsearch
4 9 (1.11%) Power BI
5 7 (0.87%) Oracle Database
5 7 (0.87%) SAP HANA
6 6 (0.74%) Snowflake Schema
7 4 (0.50%) Electronic Patient Records
8 3 (0.37%) SQL Server
8 3 (0.37%) Tableau
9 2 (0.25%) Hadoop
9 2 (0.25%) Impala
9 2 (0.25%) NonStop SQL
9 2 (0.25%) Oracle Reports
9 2 (0.25%) QlikView
9 2 (0.25%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.12%) Big Data
10 1 (0.12%) GIS
10 1 (0.12%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 30 (3.71%) JIRA
2 16 (1.98%) Git
3 7 (0.87%) Selenium
4 6 (0.74%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.25%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.25%) InstallShield
5 2 (0.25%) JMeter
5 2 (0.25%) MSI
6 1 (0.12%) Gradle
6 1 (0.12%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.12%) Maven
6 1 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 265 (32.80%) Social Skills
2 207 (25.62%) Finance
3 118 (14.60%) Analytical Skills
4 110 (13.61%) Public Sector
5 75 (9.28%) Banking
6 41 (5.07%) Manufacturing
7 37 (4.58%) Telecoms
8 31 (3.84%) Legal
9 29 (3.59%) Presentation Skills
10 26 (3.22%) Influencing Skills
10 26 (3.22%) Organisational Skills
11 25 (3.09%) Marketing
12 17 (2.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 16 (1.98%) Retail
14 15 (1.86%) Publishing
15 14 (1.73%) Pharmaceutical
16 12 (1.49%) Local Government
17 11 (1.36%) Documentation Skills
18 10 (1.24%) Military
19 9 (1.11%) Law
Job Titles
1 110 (13.61%) Project Manager
2 102 (12.62%) Analyst
3 77 (9.53%) Senior
4 62 (7.67%) Lead
5 61 (7.55%) Change Manager
6 46 (5.69%) Business Analyst
7 42 (5.20%) Developer
8 41 (5.07%) IT Manager
9 38 (4.70%) Architect
10 37 (4.58%) Consultant
11 33 (4.08%) Business Manager
12 32 (3.96%) Network Engineer
13 29 (3.59%) Change Analyst
14 25 (3.09%) Business Change Manager
14 25 (3.09%) Senior Manager
15 24 (2.97%) Full Stack Developer
16 23 (2.85%) Delivery Manager
17 22 (2.72%) Administrator
17 22 (2.72%) Service Manager
18 19 (2.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (2.97%) React
2 18 (2.23%) Kafka
3 16 (1.98%) AngularJS
4 12 (1.49%) Jinja
5 11 (1.36%) Spring
6 9 (1.11%) REST
6 9 (1.11%) XML
7 7 (0.87%) HTML
7 7 (0.87%) SAP Basis
7 7 (0.87%) SAP Fiori
8 6 (0.74%) ActiveMQ
8 6 (0.74%) CSS
8 6 (0.74%) Itk
8 6 (0.74%) JSON
9 5 (0.62%) Oracle Fusion
10 4 (0.50%) Web Services
11 3 (0.37%) .NET
11 3 (0.37%) LDAP
11 3 (0.37%) Lightning Web Components
11 3 (0.37%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 56 (6.93%) Management Information System
2 42 (5.20%) Product Ownership
3 25 (3.09%) PKI
4 23 (2.85%) Replication
5 15 (1.86%) Cloud Native
6 12 (1.49%) LIMS
6 12 (1.49%) NHS
6 12 (1.49%) Onboarding
7 11 (1.36%) Data Centre
8 10 (1.24%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (1.11%) CMDB
10 8 (0.99%) IoT
10 8 (0.99%) Legacy Systems
11 7 (0.87%) Data Structures
11 7 (0.87%) Mainframe
11 7 (0.87%) Reference Data
11 7 (0.87%) Virtual Team
12 6 (0.74%) Cyber Threat
12 6 (0.74%) Life Science
12 6 (0.74%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 109 (13.49%) Windows
2 65 (8.04%) Linux
3 49 (6.06%) Windows Server
4 20 (2.48%) Windows 10
5 13 (1.61%) Unix
6 11 (1.36%) Solaris
6 11 (1.36%) Windows Server 2012
7 10 (1.24%) Windows Server 2016
7 10 (1.24%) Windows Server 2019
8 8 (0.99%) Apple iOS
9 7 (0.87%) MVS
10 5 (0.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.25%) CentOS
11 2 (0.25%) VMS
11 2 (0.25%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 219 (27.10%) Project Management
2 167 (20.67%) Agile
2 167 (20.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 135 (16.71%) Problem-Solving
4 112 (13.86%) ITIL
5 90 (11.14%) Project Delivery
6 89 (11.01%) DevOps
7 86 (10.64%) PRINCE2
8 80 (9.90%) Continuous Improvement
9 72 (8.91%) Risk Management
9 72 (8.91%) Service Management
10 67 (8.29%) ITSM
10 67 (8.29%) Programme Management
11 62 (7.67%) Roadmaps
12 61 (7.55%) Decision-Making
13 57 (7.05%) Service Delivery
14 53 (6.56%) Business Analysis
15 52 (6.44%) Problem Management
16 50 (6.19%) Migration
17 47 (5.82%) Impact Assessments
Programming Languages
1 52 (6.44%) Python
2 32 (3.96%) PowerShell
3 27 (3.34%) SQL
4 19 (2.35%) C
5 17 (2.10%) Java
6 15 (1.86%) JavaScript
7 14 (1.73%) Perl
8 12 (1.49%) Tcl
9 8 (0.99%) Swift
10 6 (0.74%) Kusto Query Language
10 6 (0.74%) Search Processing Language
11 5 (0.62%) C++
12 4 (0.50%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.37%) Apex Code
14 2 (0.25%) AWK
14 2 (0.25%) Bourne shell
14 2 (0.25%) Korn
14 2 (0.25%) R
15 1 (0.12%) C#
15 1 (0.12%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 183 (22.65%) Security Cleared
2 101 (12.50%) Degree
3 100 (12.38%) SC Cleared
4 67 (8.29%) DV Cleared
5 28 (3.47%) Cisco Certification
6 23 (2.85%) CCNA
7 20 (2.48%) CCNP
8 14 (1.73%) Master's Degree
9 13 (1.61%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 10 (1.24%) Microsoft Certification
11 9 (1.11%) Computer Science Degree
11 9 (1.11%) PMP
11 9 (1.11%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 8 (0.99%) APMG
12 8 (0.99%) BPSS Clearance
13 7 (0.87%) ITIL Certification
14 6 (0.74%) CIPD
14 6 (0.74%) MCSE
14 6 (0.74%) PMI Certification
15 5 (0.62%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (6.31%) PMO
2 40 (4.95%) QA
3 23 (2.85%) SLA
4 17 (2.10%) Data Quality
5 11 (1.36%) GDPR
6 7 (0.87%) Disclosure Scotland
7 5 (0.62%) ISO 9001
8 3 (0.37%) GRC
8 3 (0.37%) NIST
8 3 (0.37%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.25%) COBIT
9 2 (0.25%) Def Stans
9 2 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.12%) Basel III
10 1 (0.12%) COREP
10 1 (0.12%) GxP
10 1 (0.12%) IFRS
10 1 (0.12%) IFRS 9
10 1 (0.12%) ISO 9000
10 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 53 (6.56%) Active Directory
2 29 (3.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (2.48%) XenApp
4 17 (2.10%) Firmware
5 13 (1.61%) VMware ESXi
6 12 (1.49%) XenDesktop
7 11 (1.36%) Virtual Desktop
8 8 (0.99%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 6 (0.74%) VMware NSX
10 5 (0.62%) Hyper-V
10 5 (0.62%) Virtual Machines
11 4 (0.50%) vSphere
12 3 (0.37%) Microsoft App-V
13 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 2 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 46 (5.69%) Ansible
2 18 (2.23%) Kubernetes
2 18 (2.23%) NetBackup
3 16 (1.98%) Puppet
4 10 (1.24%) Argo
4 10 (1.24%) Grafana
4 10 (1.24%) Istio
4 10 (1.24%) Kibana
4 10 (1.24%) Prometheus
5 9 (1.11%) SCOM
6 8 (0.99%) SCCM
7 7 (0.87%) Red Hat Satellite
7 7 (0.87%) Terraform
8 6 (0.74%) vCenter Server
9 5 (0.62%) Rancher
9 5 (0.62%) Tivoli Identity Manager
10 4 (0.50%) Nagios
11 3 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
12 2 (0.25%) Oracle ZFS
Vendors
1 148 (18.32%) Microsoft
2 65 (8.04%) SAP
3 52 (6.44%) ServiceNow
4 42 (5.20%) VMware
5 36 (4.46%) Cisco
6 33 (4.08%) Citrix
7 25 (3.09%) Oracle
8 23 (2.85%) SolarWinds
9 21 (2.60%) Palo Alto
10 18 (2.23%) Red Hat
11 17 (2.10%) Veritas
12 12 (1.49%) IBM
13 11 (1.36%) CheckPoint
13 11 (1.36%) InterSystems
13 11 (1.36%) NetApp
14 9 (1.11%) Ivanti
15 8 (0.99%) Okta
15 8 (0.99%) Salesforce
16 7 (0.87%) Dell
16 7 (0.87%) Juniper