Change Management Contracts in England

Change Management
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 45 44 54
Rank change year-on-year -1 +10 -1
Contract jobs citing Change Management 1,441 2,346 3,195
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 3.96% 4.90% 4.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.59% 5.45% 4.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 915 1,453 2,090
10th Percentile £313 £358 £320
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.36% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £630 £650 £601
90th Percentile £713 £750 £688
UK median daily rate £510 £540 £500
% change year-on-year -5.56% +8.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 50 47
10th Percentile £15.22 £22.69 £13.50
25th Percentile £30.10 £35.50 £14.00
Median hourly rate £50.00 £51.82 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.50% +159.08% -17.13%
75th Percentile £61.60 £70.00 £34.56
90th Percentile £69.75 £87.50 £53.10
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £50.25 £22.00
% change year-on-year -0.49% +128.40% -8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,369 43,074 63,992
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.13% 90.02% 90.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,561 30,212 45,513
10th Percentile £300 £325 £333
25th Percentile £413 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £769 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +8.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,271 1,523 1,744
10th Percentile £12.92 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.97 £16.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £37.30 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.14% +49.20% +10.23%
75th Percentile £60.30 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year - +40.19% +7.00%

Change Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Change Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Change Management in England

Change Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Change Management in England

Change Management
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Change Management in England over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Change Management in England

Change Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Change Management in England

Change Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Change Management in England over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Change Management in England

Change Management
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 23 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
London -8 725 £550 -4.68% 313
North of England -11 198 £514 +1.78% 123
South East -17 182 £459 -12.57% 168
South West +25 142 £525 -2.33% 54
Midlands 0 108 £500 -4.76% 100
Yorkshire -7 105 £525 -4.55% 42
North West -18 87 £500 - 68
West Midlands -8 77 £506 -4.71% 53
East of England -9 59 £375 -24.92% 67
East Midlands +16 28 £475 -9.52% 43
North East +3 11 £600 +26.32% 15
Change Management
UK

Change Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 74 (5.14%) SharePoint
2 39 (2.71%) Microsoft Exchange
3 34 (2.36%) Confluence
4 11 (0.76%) IIS
5 10 (0.69%) Tomcat
6 7 (0.49%) Apache
7 3 (0.21%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 3 (0.21%) Documentum
8 2 (0.14%) CMS
9 1 (0.069%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.069%) Exchange Server 2007
9 1 (0.069%) Exchange Server 2010
9 1 (0.069%) Oracle Spatial
9 1 (0.069%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.069%) WebSphere
Applications
1 77 (5.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 75 (5.20%) Microsoft Office
3 48 (3.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 30 (2.08%) MS Visio
5 25 (1.73%) Microsoft Project
6 7 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.35%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 5 (0.35%) Adobe Illustrator
7 5 (0.35%) Photoshop
8 4 (0.28%) InDesign
9 3 (0.21%) Adobe Premiere
9 3 (0.21%) Windchill
10 2 (0.14%) FileZilla
11 1 (0.069%) Adobe After Effects
11 1 (0.069%) Chatbot
11 1 (0.069%) PTC Creo
11 1 (0.069%) Trello
Business Applications
1 33 (2.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (0.49%) Remedy ITSM
2 7 (0.49%) Teamcenter
3 6 (0.42%) Endur
4 5 (0.35%) OpenLink RightAngle
4 5 (0.35%) Oracle ERP
4 5 (0.35%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 5 (0.35%) SAP SD
5 4 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
5 4 (0.28%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.28%) SAP Hybris
5 4 (0.28%) SAP Payroll
5 4 (0.28%) SAP PLM
6 3 (0.21%) Aladdin
6 3 (0.21%) Loan IQ
6 3 (0.21%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.14%) Bloomberg AIM
7 2 (0.14%) iTrent
7 2 (0.14%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 164 (11.38%) Azure
2 109 (7.56%) Microsoft 365
3 68 (4.72%) AWS
4 34 (2.36%) SaaS
5 31 (2.15%) Power Platform
6 24 (1.67%) Azure Monitor
7 23 (1.60%) Entra ID
8 20 (1.39%) Dynamics 365
8 20 (1.39%) Serverless
8 20 (1.39%) SuccessFactors
9 18 (1.25%) Azure Data Factory
9 18 (1.25%) Azure Functions
9 18 (1.25%) Cloud Computing
10 16 (1.11%) Microsoft Purview
10 16 (1.11%) OneDrive
11 15 (1.04%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 13 (0.90%) Azure DevOps
12 13 (0.90%) IaaS
12 13 (0.90%) PaaS
12 13 (0.90%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 86 (5.97%) Firewall
2 52 (3.61%) WAN
3 43 (2.98%) LAN
4 40 (2.78%) BGP
4 40 (2.78%) OSPF
5 36 (2.50%) DNS
6 35 (2.43%) VPN
6 35 (2.43%) Wi-Fi
7 33 (2.29%) Network Security
8 25 (1.73%) DHCP
8 25 (1.73%) IPsec
9 24 (1.67%) Structured Cabling
10 23 (1.60%) TCP/IP
10 23 (1.60%) VLAN
11 22 (1.53%) Cisco ASA
11 22 (1.53%) NetScaler
12 21 (1.46%) Cisco ISE
13 18 (1.25%) Wireless
14 17 (1.18%) EIGRP
14 17 (1.18%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (1.60%) Power BI
2 18 (1.25%) NoSQL
3 16 (1.11%) Data Warehouse
4 14 (0.97%) PostgreSQL
5 13 (0.90%) Oracle Database
5 13 (0.90%) SAP HANA
6 12 (0.83%) Elasticsearch
7 11 (0.76%) Tableau
8 10 (0.69%) SQL Server
9 9 (0.62%) Snowflake Schema
10 7 (0.49%) Oracle Reports
11 6 (0.42%) Data Lake
11 6 (0.42%) KDB
12 5 (0.35%) Oracle Exadata
13 4 (0.28%) Electronic Patient Records
14 3 (0.21%) Azure SQL Database
14 3 (0.21%) Big Data
14 3 (0.21%) QlikView
15 2 (0.14%) Impala
15 2 (0.14%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 62 (4.30%) JIRA
2 18 (1.25%) Git
3 14 (0.97%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.49%) Selenium
5 4 (0.28%) Visual Studio Team System
6 2 (0.14%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.14%) JMeter
6 2 (0.14%) LabVIEW
7 1 (0.069%) GitLab
7 1 (0.069%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.069%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.069%) Visual Studio
General
1 536 (37.20%) Finance
2 423 (29.35%) Social Skills
3 229 (15.89%) Banking
4 193 (13.39%) Analytical Skills
5 163 (11.31%) Public Sector
6 64 (4.44%) Legal
7 53 (3.68%) Manufacturing
7 53 (3.68%) Presentation Skills
8 49 (3.40%) Influencing Skills
9 48 (3.33%) Telecoms
10 43 (2.98%) Marketing
11 35 (2.43%) Retail
12 25 (1.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 24 (1.67%) Pharmaceutical
14 23 (1.60%) Local Government
15 22 (1.53%) Documentation Skills
16 21 (1.46%) Organisational Skills
17 20 (1.39%) Investment Banking
18 14 (0.97%) Electronics
18 14 (0.97%) Law
Job Titles
1 226 (15.68%) Project Manager
2 219 (15.20%) Analyst
3 127 (8.81%) Senior
4 101 (7.01%) Business Analyst
5 96 (6.66%) Change Manager
6 92 (6.38%) Lead
7 78 (5.41%) Architect
8 64 (4.44%) Consultant
9 60 (4.16%) IT Manager
10 59 (4.09%) Developer
10 59 (4.09%) Network Engineer
11 50 (3.47%) Business Manager
12 41 (2.85%) Data Analyst
12 41 (2.85%) Senior Manager
13 40 (2.78%) Banking Analyst
14 35 (2.43%) Programme Manager
15 34 (2.36%) Business Change Manager
16 32 (2.22%) IT Analyst
17 31 (2.15%) Delivery Manager
18 28 (1.94%) Resilience Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (1.80%) React
2 20 (1.39%) XML
3 18 (1.25%) Kafka
4 16 (1.11%) AngularJS
5 15 (1.04%) HTML
5 15 (1.04%) REST
6 12 (0.83%) Jinja
7 11 (0.76%) JSON
7 11 (0.76%) Spring
8 8 (0.56%) .NET
8 8 (0.56%) CSS
9 7 (0.49%) FIX Protocol
9 7 (0.49%) IDoc
9 7 (0.49%) Middleware
10 6 (0.42%) ActiveMQ
10 6 (0.42%) Itk
10 6 (0.42%) Lightning Web Components
10 6 (0.42%) SAP Basis
10 6 (0.42%) SAP Fiori
10 6 (0.42%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 80 (5.55%) Management Information System
2 67 (4.65%) Product Ownership
3 39 (2.71%) Data Centre
4 38 (2.64%) Cloud Native
5 32 (2.22%) PKI
6 28 (1.94%) Data Structures
7 24 (1.67%) Replication
8 23 (1.60%) Self-Motivation
9 20 (1.39%) Onboarding
10 15 (1.04%) CMDB
10 15 (1.04%) Virtual Team
11 13 (0.90%) Data Protection Act
11 13 (0.90%) Legacy Systems
12 12 (0.83%) Derivative
13 10 (0.69%) Fixed Income
13 10 (0.69%) FMCG
13 10 (0.69%) Life Science
13 10 (0.69%) NHS
13 10 (0.69%) PMI
13 10 (0.69%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 142 (9.85%) Windows
2 76 (5.27%) Linux
3 60 (4.16%) Windows Server
4 24 (1.67%) Unix
5 22 (1.53%) Windows 10
6 16 (1.11%) Windows Server 2012
7 14 (0.97%) Windows Server 2016
8 12 (0.83%) Solaris
9 11 (0.76%) Apple iOS
9 11 (0.76%) Windows Server 2019
10 7 (0.49%) MVS
11 6 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (0.14%) CentOS
12 2 (0.14%) Mac OS
12 2 (0.14%) Mac OS X
12 2 (0.14%) VMS
12 2 (0.14%) Windows 7
13 1 (0.069%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.069%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 347 (24.08%) Project Management
2 305 (21.17%) Stakeholder Management
3 268 (18.60%) Agile
4 214 (14.85%) Problem-Solving
5 204 (14.16%) ITIL
6 140 (9.72%) Project Delivery
7 128 (8.88%) Risk Management
8 127 (8.81%) Continuous Improvement
9 126 (8.74%) Migration
10 122 (8.47%) PRINCE2
11 119 (8.26%) Service Management
12 117 (8.12%) DevOps
13 111 (7.70%) ITSM
14 107 (7.43%) Decision-Making
15 101 (7.01%) Programme Management
16 81 (5.62%) Business Case
17 80 (5.55%) Incident Management
17 80 (5.55%) Roadmaps
18 78 (5.41%) Problem Management
19 77 (5.34%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 64 (4.44%) Python
2 63 (4.37%) SQL
3 46 (3.19%) PowerShell
4 26 (1.80%) C
5 20 (1.39%) JavaScript
6 19 (1.32%) Java
7 14 (0.97%) Perl
8 13 (0.90%) C#
9 12 (0.83%) Tcl
10 9 (0.62%) ABAP
11 8 (0.56%) Kusto Query Language
11 8 (0.56%) Search Processing Language
11 8 (0.56%) Swift
12 7 (0.49%) C++
13 6 (0.42%) Apex Code
14 5 (0.35%) Shell Script
15 2 (0.14%) AWK
15 2 (0.14%) Bourne shell
15 2 (0.14%) Korn
15 2 (0.14%) R
Qualifications
1 264 (18.32%) Security Cleared
2 178 (12.35%) SC Cleared
3 146 (10.13%) Degree
4 71 (4.93%) DV Cleared
5 56 (3.89%) Cisco Certification
6 38 (2.64%) CCNP
7 35 (2.43%) CCNA
8 26 (1.80%) PMP
9 25 (1.73%) PMI Certification
10 24 (1.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 22 (1.53%) Computer Science Degree
11 22 (1.53%) ITIL Certification
12 19 (1.32%) Microsoft Certification
13 18 (1.25%) Master's Degree
14 12 (0.83%) Six Sigma Green Belt
15 11 (0.76%) PRINCE2 Certification
16 10 (0.69%) BPSS Clearance
16 10 (0.69%) CCIE
17 9 (0.62%) Six Sigma Black Belt
18 8 (0.56%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (6.59%) PMO
2 58 (4.02%) QA
3 42 (2.91%) SLA
4 39 (2.71%) Data Quality
5 22 (1.53%) GDPR
6 8 (0.56%) NIST
7 5 (0.35%) GRC
7 5 (0.35%) ISO 9001
8 3 (0.21%) COBIT
8 3 (0.21%) GxP
8 3 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.21%) P3O
8 3 (0.21%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.069%) Basel III
10 1 (0.069%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.069%) Def Stans
10 1 (0.069%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.069%) Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
System Software
1 76 (5.27%) Active Directory
2 33 (2.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (1.39%) XenApp
4 17 (1.18%) Firmware
5 14 (0.97%) VMware ESXi
6 12 (0.83%) Virtual Desktop
6 12 (0.83%) XenDesktop
7 8 (0.56%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 6 (0.42%) Hyper-V
8 6 (0.42%) VMware NSX
9 5 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
10 4 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (0.28%) vSphere
11 3 (0.21%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 2 (0.14%) Docker
13 1 (0.069%) Microsoft App-V
13 1 (0.069%) Snort
13 1 (0.069%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 40 (2.78%) Ansible
2 33 (2.29%) Kubernetes
3 19 (1.32%) NetBackup
4 16 (1.11%) Puppet
5 14 (0.97%) Microsoft Intune
6 13 (0.90%) SCCM
7 10 (0.69%) Argo
7 10 (0.69%) Grafana
7 10 (0.69%) Istio
7 10 (0.69%) Kibana
7 10 (0.69%) Prometheus
7 10 (0.69%) SCOM
8 8 (0.56%) Control-M
9 7 (0.49%) ITRS Geneos
9 7 (0.49%) Red Hat Satellite
10 6 (0.42%) FortiGate
10 6 (0.42%) Terraform
10 6 (0.42%) vCenter Server
11 5 (0.35%) PingFederate
11 5 (0.35%) Rancher
Vendors
1 265 (18.39%) Microsoft
2 115 (7.98%) SAP
3 95 (6.59%) ServiceNow
4 69 (4.79%) Cisco
5 53 (3.68%) Oracle
6 49 (3.40%) VMware
7 47 (3.26%) Citrix
8 36 (2.50%) Palo Alto
9 28 (1.94%) NetApp
10 26 (1.80%) SolarWinds
11 23 (1.60%) Red Hat
12 22 (1.53%) Juniper
13 18 (1.25%) Veritas
14 16 (1.11%) Fortinet
15 15 (1.04%) IBM
15 15 (1.04%) Salesforce
16 13 (0.90%) CheckPoint
16 13 (0.90%) Splunk
17 10 (0.69%) Google
17 10 (0.69%) Workday