Change Management Contracts with Work from Home Options

Change Management
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 36 42 62
Rank change year-on-year +6 +20 +18
Contract jobs citing Change Management 758 1,226 1,758
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 5.18% 5.09% 3.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.91% 5.67% 4.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 351 664 1,246
10th Percentile £300 £356 £341
25th Percentile £416 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £540 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.59% +8.00% +7.53%
75th Percentile £629 £650 £600
90th Percentile £700 £739 £688
UK median daily rate £513 £547 £500
% change year-on-year -6.31% +9.40% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 31 21
10th Percentile £13.70 £18.50 £13.25
25th Percentile £18.50 £35.00 £17.99
Median hourly rate £55.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year - +57.14% +54.32%
75th Percentile £62.00 £80.00 £45.00
90th Percentile £66.36 £87.50 £51.25
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
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,820 21,608 40,174
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.57% 89.66% 91.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,645 15,332 29,227
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £543 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 572 503 516
10th Percentile £14.89 £18.49 £14.50
25th Percentile £24.19 £25.85 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +31.25% +66.67%
75th Percentile £60.00 £67.50 £57.72
90th Percentile £75.00 £78.60 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +9.74%

Change Management
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Change Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Change Management trend for jobs with a WFH option

Change Management
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Change Management.

Change Management daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Change Management
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Change Management over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Change Management daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Change Management
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Change Management.

Change Management hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Change Management
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Change Management over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Change Management hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Change Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 34 (4.49%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.06%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (0.79%) Confluence
4 3 (0.40%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (0.26%) CMS
5 2 (0.26%) IIS
6 1 (0.13%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 30 (3.96%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (3.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 24 (3.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 20 (2.64%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.66%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.53%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 4 (0.53%) Adobe Illustrator
6 4 (0.53%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.40%) Adobe Premiere
7 3 (0.40%) InDesign
8 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 15 (1.98%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.53%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 4 (0.53%) SAP SD
3 3 (0.40%) Endur
3 3 (0.40%) Oracle ERP
3 3 (0.40%) SAP Hybris
3 3 (0.40%) SAP WM
4 2 (0.26%) OpenLink RightAngle
4 2 (0.26%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.26%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.13%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.13%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.13%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.13%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle HRMS
5 1 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.13%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.13%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 59 (7.78%) Azure
2 36 (4.75%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (1.85%) AWS
3 14 (1.85%) Power Platform
4 9 (1.19%) Cloud Computing
4 9 (1.19%) SaaS
5 8 (1.06%) Dynamics 365
6 7 (0.92%) IaaS
6 7 (0.92%) SuccessFactors
7 6 (0.79%) Azure Stack
7 6 (0.79%) Entra ID
7 6 (0.79%) Google Analytics
7 6 (0.79%) Microsoft Purview
7 6 (0.79%) PaaS
8 5 (0.66%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (0.66%) Slack
9 4 (0.53%) Azure Logic Apps
10 3 (0.40%) Mimecast
10 3 (0.40%) Serverless
10 3 (0.40%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 27 (3.56%) Firewall
2 24 (3.17%) Intranet
3 23 (3.03%) BGP
4 22 (2.90%) Wi-Fi
5 21 (2.77%) OSPF
6 18 (2.37%) WAN
7 15 (1.98%) LAN
7 15 (1.98%) Structured Cabling
8 13 (1.72%) IPsec
9 11 (1.45%) VPN
10 10 (1.32%) Cisco ASA
10 10 (1.32%) EIGRP
11 9 (1.19%) Cisco ISE
12 8 (1.06%) NX-OS
13 7 (0.92%) Cisco Firepower
13 7 (0.92%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
13 7 (0.92%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
13 7 (0.92%) HSRP
13 7 (0.92%) NetScaler
13 7 (0.92%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (1.32%) Data Warehouse
2 9 (1.19%) Power BI
3 6 (0.79%) Snowflake Schema
4 5 (0.66%) Tableau
5 4 (0.53%) Big Data
5 4 (0.53%) NoSQL
6 3 (0.40%) Oracle Database
6 3 (0.40%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (0.40%) QlikView
6 3 (0.40%) SAP HANA
7 2 (0.26%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.26%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.26%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.13%) DBAmp
8 1 (0.13%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.13%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.13%) Impala
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle Database 12c
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle Exadata
8 1 (0.13%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 34 (4.49%) JIRA
2 6 (0.79%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.26%) Visual Studio Team System
4 1 (0.13%) Oracle APEX
General
1 392 (51.72%) Finance
2 256 (33.77%) Banking
3 164 (21.64%) Social Skills
4 67 (8.84%) Public Sector
5 41 (5.41%) Analytical Skills
6 27 (3.56%) Telecoms
7 26 (3.43%) Presentation Skills
8 20 (2.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 19 (2.51%) Influencing Skills
10 17 (2.24%) Manufacturing
11 16 (2.11%) Organisational Skills
12 14 (1.85%) Retail
13 11 (1.45%) Legal
13 11 (1.45%) Marketing
14 7 (0.92%) Documentation Skills
15 6 (0.79%) Local Government
15 6 (0.79%) Pharmaceutical
16 5 (0.66%) Back Office
17 4 (0.53%) Front Office
17 4 (0.53%) Military
Job Titles
1 109 (14.38%) Architect
2 101 (13.32%) Project Manager
3 90 (11.87%) Analyst
4 49 (6.46%) Change Manager
5 47 (6.20%) Senior
6 45 (5.94%) Business Analyst
7 42 (5.54%) Consultant
8 40 (5.28%) Lead
9 35 (4.62%) IT Manager
10 32 (4.22%) Banking Analyst
11 30 (3.96%) Business Manager
12 28 (3.69%) Senior Manager
13 25 (3.30%) Data Analyst
13 25 (3.30%) Resilience Manager
14 23 (3.03%) Infrastructure Architect
15 22 (2.90%) Banking Business Analyst
15 22 (2.90%) Banking Infrastructure Architect
15 22 (2.90%) Developer
15 22 (2.90%) Network Engineer
15 22 (2.90%) Technical Writer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (2.51%) HTML
2 17 (2.24%) CSS
3 13 (1.72%) XML
4 8 (1.06%) REST
5 7 (0.92%) JSON
6 6 (0.79%) Jinja
7 5 (0.66%) IDoc
8 4 (0.53%) .NET
9 3 (0.40%) EDI
9 3 (0.40%) Kafka
9 3 (0.40%) LDAP
9 3 (0.40%) Middleware
9 3 (0.40%) Oracle Fusion
9 3 (0.40%) SAP XI
9 3 (0.40%) Smart Contracts
10 2 (0.26%) ActiveMQ
10 2 (0.26%) PyTorch
10 2 (0.26%) SailPoint
10 2 (0.26%) TensorFlow
11 1 (0.13%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 27 (3.56%) Management Information System
2 25 (3.30%) Data Structures
2 25 (3.30%) Product Ownership
3 20 (2.64%) Cloud Native
4 13 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (1.45%) Mainframe
6 10 (1.32%) Data Centre
7 8 (1.06%) Virtual Team
8 6 (0.79%) FMCG
8 6 (0.79%) Onboarding
8 6 (0.79%) Reference Data
9 5 (0.66%) CMDB
9 5 (0.66%) LIMS
9 5 (0.66%) NHS
9 5 (0.66%) PKI
9 5 (0.66%) Replication
10 4 (0.53%) Cyber Threat
10 4 (0.53%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (0.53%) Renewable Energy
11 3 (0.40%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 30 (3.96%) Windows
2 15 (1.98%) MVS
3 14 (1.85%) Linux
4 12 (1.58%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.66%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.40%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.26%) Unix
7 2 (0.26%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.13%) CentOS
8 1 (0.13%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.13%) Solaris
8 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (17.02%) Stakeholder Management
2 128 (16.89%) Project Management
3 95 (12.53%) ITIL
4 89 (11.74%) Agile
5 79 (10.42%) Service Management
6 62 (8.18%) Migration
7 57 (7.52%) Risk Management
8 56 (7.39%) ITSM
9 52 (6.86%) Problem-Solving
10 50 (6.60%) Project Delivery
11 47 (6.20%) Continuous Improvement
12 43 (5.67%) PRINCE2
13 42 (5.54%) DevOps
14 36 (4.75%) Roadmaps
15 34 (4.49%) Cybersecurity
15 34 (4.49%) GAP Analysis
16 33 (4.35%) Business Case
16 33 (4.35%) Problem Management
16 33 (4.35%) Programme Management
16 33 (4.35%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 22 (2.90%) SQL
2 20 (2.64%) JavaScript
3 19 (2.51%) Python
4 8 (1.06%) C#
5 6 (0.79%) Perl
5 6 (0.79%) Tcl
6 5 (0.66%) ABAP
7 4 (0.53%) PowerShell
8 3 (0.40%) C
8 3 (0.40%) Kusto Query Language
8 3 (0.40%) Search Processing Language
9 2 (0.26%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.13%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.13%) C++
10 1 (0.13%) R
10 1 (0.13%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.13%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.13%) VB
10 1 (0.13%) VB.NET
10 1 (0.13%) VBA
Qualifications
1 96 (12.66%) Security Cleared
2 84 (11.08%) SC Cleared
3 46 (6.07%) Degree
4 21 (2.77%) Cisco Certification
5 16 (2.11%) CCNP
6 13 (1.72%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 11 (1.45%) DV Cleared
8 10 (1.32%) CCNA
9 7 (0.92%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (0.79%) CCIE
10 6 (0.79%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (0.79%) ITIL Certification
11 5 (0.66%) BC Cleared
11 5 (0.66%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 5 (0.66%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (0.53%) Azure Certification
12 4 (0.53%) Master's Degree
12 4 (0.53%) PMI Certification
12 4 (0.53%) PMP
12 4 (0.53%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (3.69%) PMO
2 19 (2.51%) QA
3 16 (2.11%) Data Quality
4 12 (1.58%) SLA
5 5 (0.66%) GDPR
6 4 (0.53%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.26%) COBIT
7 2 (0.26%) Disclosure Scotland
7 2 (0.26%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.13%) Basel III
8 1 (0.13%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.13%) COREP
8 1 (0.13%) FINREP
8 1 (0.13%) IFRS
8 1 (0.13%) IFRS 9
8 1 (0.13%) NCSC
8 1 (0.13%) NIST
8 1 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.13%) Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
System Software
1 20 (2.64%) Active Directory
2 7 (0.92%) Firmware
3 6 (0.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.40%) XenApp
4 3 (0.40%) XenDesktop
5 1 (0.13%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.13%) Snort
5 1 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.13%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (1.85%) Ansible
2 8 (1.06%) Control-M
3 6 (0.79%) Kubernetes
3 6 (0.79%) NetBackup
3 6 (0.79%) Puppet
4 5 (0.66%) SCCM
5 4 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.26%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.26%) SCOM
6 2 (0.26%) Terraform
7 1 (0.13%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.13%) Grafana
7 1 (0.13%) Istio
7 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Clustering
7 1 (0.13%) Nessus
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 1 (0.13%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.13%) SCVMM
7 1 (0.13%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.13%) WSUS
Vendors
1 85 (11.21%) Microsoft
2 84 (11.08%) ServiceNow
3 43 (5.67%) SAP
4 29 (3.83%) Cisco
5 23 (3.03%) Oracle
6 20 (2.64%) Splunk
7 18 (2.37%) NetApp
8 17 (2.24%) Citrix
9 11 (1.45%) Palo Alto
10 9 (1.19%) F5
11 8 (1.06%) Adobe
11 8 (1.06%) IBM
11 8 (1.06%) VMware
12 7 (0.92%) BT
12 7 (0.92%) Juniper
12 7 (0.92%) SolarWinds
13 6 (0.79%) Google
13 6 (0.79%) Veritas
14 5 (0.66%) Pega
14 5 (0.66%) Salesforce