Change Control Contracts

Change Control
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 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 299 313 303
Rank change year-on-year +14 -10 +57
Contract jobs citing Change Control 306 450 800
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.71% 0.80% 0.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.83% 0.90% 1.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 191 278 572
10th Percentile £275 £300 £313
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +17.65%
75th Percentile £582 £600 £625
90th Percentile £690 £700 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £505 £475
% change year-on-year -0.99% +6.32% +18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 28 19
10th Percentile £13.48 £21.09 £19.28
25th Percentile £18.00 £42.90 £31.50
Median hourly rate £43.17 £54.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.06% +54.29% +29.63%
75th Percentile £64.49 £64.25 £51.99
90th Percentile £71.17 £76.91 £65.06
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.25 £47.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -13.16% +35.71% +27.27%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,802 50,277 79,372
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.47% 89.69% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,632 34,811 55,790
10th Percentile £300 £325 £345
25th Percentile £413 £438 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £644
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +9.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,530 1,673 1,868
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.72 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +9.74%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.76%

Change Control
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Change Control as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Change Control in the UK

Change Control
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Change Control in the UK

Change Control
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Change Control over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Change Control in the UK

Change Control
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Change Control in the UK

Change Control
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Change Control over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Change Control in the UK

Change Control
Top 15 Contract Locations

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 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
England +10 278 £500 -0.25% 237
UK excluding London +20 176 £500 -0.99% 205
London +8 118 £500 -0.50% 55
Work from Home +37 88 £500 -0.25% 111
South East -4 53 £501 +1.47% 50
Midlands +30 45 £475 -13.44% 39
West Midlands +19 38 £475 -13.24% 25
North of England +30 29 £450 -10.00% 52
North West +32 24 £418 -16.50% 32
South West +8 22 £545 +3.81% 21
Scotland +9 16 £500 - 22
East Midlands +14 7 £275 -50.89% 14
East of England 0 7 £500 +7.53% 18
Wales +22 6 £645 -0.85% 5
Yorkshire +18 5 £565 +13.00% 14

Change Control
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 13 (4.25%) SharePoint
2 12 (3.92%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.31%) Confluence
4 3 (0.98%) MQSeries
5 2 (0.65%) IIS
6 1 (0.33%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (0.33%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (0.33%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.33%) OpenStack
Applications
1 26 (8.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (7.19%) Microsoft Project
3 20 (6.54%) Microsoft Office
4 11 (3.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (1.63%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (1.31%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.31%) Primavera
2 3 (0.98%) Aareon QL
2 3 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.98%) Oracle Assets
2 3 (0.98%) Oracle Cash Management
2 3 (0.98%) Oracle Payables
2 3 (0.98%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.65%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.65%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 2 (0.65%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.33%) Changepoint
4 1 (0.33%) Loan IQ
4 1 (0.33%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.33%) SAP APO
4 1 (0.33%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.33%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.33%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 53 (17.32%) Azure
2 27 (8.82%) AWS
3 14 (4.58%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (3.92%) Power Platform
5 11 (3.59%) Azure DevOps
5 11 (3.59%) GitHub
6 9 (2.94%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 9 (2.94%) AWS CloudFormation
7 7 (2.29%) SaaS
8 6 (1.96%) PaaS
9 5 (1.63%) Amazon EC2
9 5 (1.63%) OCI
9 5 (1.63%) OneDrive
9 5 (1.63%) PowerApps
10 4 (1.31%) Amazon S3
10 4 (1.31%) Cloud Computing
10 4 (1.31%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (1.31%) GCP
10 4 (1.31%) GitHub Actions
11 3 (0.98%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 34 (11.11%) Firewall
2 27 (8.82%) VPN
3 17 (5.56%) WAN
4 16 (5.23%) Cisco Nexus
5 15 (4.90%) LAN
6 13 (4.25%) DMZ
6 13 (4.25%) TCP/IP
7 12 (3.92%) Wireless
8 8 (2.61%) DNS
9 7 (2.29%) DHCP
10 6 (1.96%) BGP
10 6 (1.96%) OSPF
10 6 (1.96%) Remote Desktop
11 5 (1.63%) MPLS
11 5 (1.63%) Network Security
11 5 (1.63%) WAAS
11 5 (1.63%) WLAN
12 4 (1.31%) Cisco ASA
12 4 (1.31%) Fibre Channel
12 4 (1.31%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (4.25%) MySQL
2 12 (3.92%) Relational Database
3 10 (3.27%) SQL Server
4 9 (2.94%) Power BI
5 6 (1.96%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (1.96%) RDBMS
6 4 (1.31%) Amazon Aurora
6 4 (1.31%) Big Data
7 3 (0.98%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (0.98%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.98%) NoSQL
7 3 (0.98%) OLAP
7 3 (0.98%) OLTP
7 3 (0.98%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (0.98%) SAP HANA
8 2 (0.65%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.65%) Data Mining
8 2 (0.65%) Electronic Patient Records
8 2 (0.65%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.33%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 13 (4.25%) JIRA
2 8 (2.61%) GitLab
2 8 (2.61%) Jenkins
3 6 (1.96%) AppScan
3 6 (1.96%) Burp Suite
3 6 (1.96%) Git
3 6 (1.96%) SonarQube
4 4 (1.31%) Subversion
5 2 (0.65%) Rational DOORS
General
1 101 (33.01%) Finance
2 89 (29.08%) Social Skills
3 44 (14.38%) Public Sector
4 39 (12.75%) Analytical Skills
5 38 (12.42%) Banking
6 18 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
7 16 (5.23%) Telecoms
8 15 (4.90%) Investment Banking
9 12 (3.92%) Pharmaceutical
10 11 (3.59%) Legal
10 11 (3.59%) Presentation Skills
11 10 (3.27%) Financial Institution
11 10 (3.27%) Local Government
11 10 (3.27%) Manufacturing
11 10 (3.27%) Marketing
11 10 (3.27%) Retail
12 9 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
13 7 (2.29%) Documentation Skills
14 5 (1.63%) Back Office
14 5 (1.63%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 66 (21.57%) Project Manager
2 39 (12.75%) Analyst
3 28 (9.15%) Senior
4 20 (6.54%) Network Engineer
5 17 (5.56%) Business Analyst
6 15 (4.90%) IT Manager
7 14 (4.58%) Cisco Engineer
8 13 (4.25%) Administrator
8 13 (4.25%) Blue Coat Engineer
8 13 (4.25%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 13 (4.25%) Juniper Engineer
8 13 (4.25%) Lead
8 13 (4.25%) PMO Analyst
9 10 (3.27%) IT Project Manager
9 10 (3.27%) Programme Manager
10 9 (2.94%) DBA
10 9 (2.94%) Developer
10 9 (2.94%) PMO Manager
10 9 (2.94%) Senior Analyst
11 8 (2.61%) Site Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.92%) Elastic Stack
2 6 (1.96%) Oracle Fusion
3 5 (1.63%) Middleware
4 3 (0.98%) .NET
4 3 (0.98%) REST
4 3 (0.98%) SAP PI
4 3 (0.98%) XML
5 2 (0.65%) AngularJS
5 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Graph
5 2 (0.65%) React
5 2 (0.65%) Regular Expression
6 1 (0.33%) EDI
6 1 (0.33%) Kafka
6 1 (0.33%) PySpark
6 1 (0.33%) Unity DI Container
6 1 (0.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 18 (5.88%) PKI
2 13 (4.25%) Public Cloud
3 11 (3.59%) Management Information System
4 8 (2.61%) Life Science
4 8 (2.61%) Product Ownership
5 7 (2.29%) Onboarding
6 6 (1.96%) Data Centre
7 5 (1.63%) Mobile App
7 5 (1.63%) PMI
8 4 (1.31%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (1.31%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.31%) Virtual Team
9 3 (0.98%) AS400
9 3 (0.98%) iSeries
9 3 (0.98%) NHS
9 3 (0.98%) Operational Technology
9 3 (0.98%) Smartphone
9 3 (0.98%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 2 (0.65%) Clustering
10 2 (0.65%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 39 (12.75%) Windows
2 18 (5.88%) Linux
3 13 (4.25%) Windows Server
4 8 (2.61%) Windows 10
5 4 (1.31%) CentOS
5 4 (1.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.31%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.98%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.65%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.65%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.33%) VMS
8 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (34.97%) Project Management
2 70 (22.88%) Agile
3 66 (21.57%) Project Delivery
4 53 (17.32%) Stakeholder Management
5 47 (15.36%) Risk Management
6 35 (11.44%) Change Management
7 34 (11.11%) DevOps
7 34 (11.11%) Programme Management
8 32 (10.46%) Decision-Making
8 32 (10.46%) Problem-Solving
9 31 (10.13%) PRINCE2
10 29 (9.48%) Business Case
10 29 (9.48%) Migration
11 28 (9.15%) Configuration Management
12 24 (7.84%) ITIL
13 20 (6.54%) High Availability
13 20 (6.54%) Project Planning
14 19 (6.21%) Continuous Improvement
14 19 (6.21%) Project Governance
14 19 (6.21%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 32 (10.46%) PowerShell
2 21 (6.86%) SQL
3 12 (3.92%) Bash
4 10 (3.27%) Python
5 5 (1.63%) Java
6 4 (1.31%) C#
7 3 (0.98%) RPG
8 2 (0.65%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.33%) Ada
9 1 (0.33%) C
9 1 (0.33%) C++
9 1 (0.33%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 65 (21.24%) Security Cleared
2 42 (13.73%) SC Cleared
3 31 (10.13%) Degree
4 21 (6.86%) DV Cleared
5 13 (4.25%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 11 (3.59%) PMP
7 10 (3.27%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (3.27%) PMI Certification
8 8 (2.61%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (1.63%) Azure Certification
9 5 (1.63%) BC Cleared
10 4 (1.31%) APMP
10 4 (1.31%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (1.31%) DBS Check
10 4 (1.31%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (0.98%) APMG
12 2 (0.65%) CRISC
12 2 (0.65%) GCED
12 2 (0.65%) ISEB
12 2 (0.65%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (16.34%) PMO
2 39 (12.75%) QA
3 9 (2.94%) JSP 440
4 8 (2.61%) SLA
5 5 (1.63%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.63%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (1.63%) GMP
5 5 (1.63%) PCI DSS
6 4 (1.31%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (0.98%) ISO 20022
8 2 (0.65%) Disclosure Scotland
8 2 (0.65%) GDPR
8 2 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.65%) NIST
9 1 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.33%) Def Stans
9 1 (0.33%) Government Security Classifications
9 1 (0.33%) GxP
9 1 (0.33%) NCSC
System Software
1 24 (7.84%) Active Directory
2 14 (4.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (3.59%) Docker
3 11 (3.59%) vSphere
4 8 (2.61%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (1.63%) VMware NSX
6 4 (1.31%) VMware Server
7 3 (0.98%) Firmware
8 2 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.33%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.33%) XenApp
9 1 (0.33%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 17 (5.56%) Terraform
2 15 (4.90%) Ansible
3 13 (4.25%) Grafana
4 12 (3.92%) Graylog
4 12 (3.92%) Prometheus
5 11 (3.59%) Kubernetes
5 11 (3.59%) OPNET
5 11 (3.59%) SCCM
6 10 (3.27%) Nessus
6 10 (3.27%) Progress Chef
6 10 (3.27%) Puppet
7 9 (2.94%) Nagios
8 6 (1.96%) HP Fortify
8 6 (1.96%) WebInspect
8 6 (1.96%) WSUS
9 5 (1.63%) vCenter Server
10 3 (0.98%) Control-M
10 3 (0.98%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.98%) Microsoft Intune
11 2 (0.65%) CEMLI
Vendors
1 91 (29.74%) Microsoft
2 31 (10.13%) Cisco
3 21 (6.86%) Fortinet
4 18 (5.88%) Juniper
5 17 (5.56%) SAP
6 16 (5.23%) VMware
7 15 (4.90%) CheckPoint
8 13 (4.25%) Blue Coat
9 12 (3.92%) Splunk
10 9 (2.94%) Oracle
11 8 (2.61%) Citrix
11 8 (2.61%) Palo Alto
11 8 (2.61%) Qualys
12 7 (2.29%) Avaya
13 6 (1.96%) Adobe
13 6 (1.96%) Checkmarx
13 6 (1.96%) Databricks
13 6 (1.96%) Veracode
14 5 (1.63%) Genesys
15 4 (1.31%) Cadence