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

6 months to
4 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 45 42 54
Rank change year-on-year -3 +12 +5
Contract jobs citing Change Management 1,434 2,335 3,277
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 3.90% 4.93% 4.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.55% 5.48% 5.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 899 1,456 2,150
10th Percentile £313 £361 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £550 £513
Median % change year-on-year -6.33% +7.21% +8.00%
75th Percentile £634 £660 £613
90th Percentile £716 £750 £690
UK median daily rate £513 £540 £500
% change year-on-year -5.09% +8.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 68 48 47
10th Percentile £15.53 £18.50 £14.00
25th Percentile £31.30 £36.50 £14.75
Median hourly rate £50.00 £52.32 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.43% +117.98% -
75th Percentile £61.60 £72.50 £39.82
90th Percentile £69.65 £87.50 £53.10
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £51.82 £23.75
% change year-on-year -3.50% +118.17% +1.76%

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 31,499 42,590 64,589
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.62% 89.99% 90.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,515 29,899 46,069
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £444 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £545
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% +9.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,315 1,512 1,730
10th Percentile £12.83 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.61 £15.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £36.77 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.99% +47.08% +11.11%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +10.64%

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 4 June 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 4 June 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 4 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
London -9 715 £550 -5.98% 279
North of England -7 207 £514 +2.29% 134
South East -13 178 £450 -14.29% 124
South West +20 134 £538 -4.02% 48
Yorkshire -5 112 £525 -4.55% 44
Midlands +1 107 £513 -4.65% 93
North West -19 89 £504 +0.80% 79
West Midlands -11 75 £519 -3.49% 52
East of England -9 60 £350 -26.32% 49
East Midlands +13 29 £475 -9.52% 39
North East +2 11 £600 +41.18% 14
Change Management
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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 76 (5.30%) SharePoint
2 39 (2.72%) Microsoft Exchange
3 34 (2.37%) Confluence
4 11 (0.77%) IIS
5 9 (0.63%) Tomcat
6 7 (0.49%) Apache
7 3 (0.21%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 3 (0.21%) Documentum
8 1 (0.070%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.070%) CMS
8 1 (0.070%) Exchange Server 2007
8 1 (0.070%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (0.070%) nginx
8 1 (0.070%) Oracle Spatial
8 1 (0.070%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.070%) WebSphere
Applications
1 73 (5.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 71 (4.95%) Microsoft Office
3 47 (3.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 27 (1.88%) MS Visio
5 20 (1.39%) 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 (0.070%) Adobe After Effects
11 1 (0.070%) Chatbot
11 1 (0.070%) PTC Creo
11 1 (0.070%) Trello
Business Applications
1 36 (2.51%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (0.49%) Remedy ITSM
2 7 (0.49%) Teamcenter
3 5 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.35%) Endur
3 5 (0.35%) OpenLink RightAngle
3 5 (0.35%) Oracle ERP
3 5 (0.35%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 5 (0.35%) SAP ERP
3 5 (0.35%) SAP SD
4 4 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
4 4 (0.28%) SAP Hybris
4 4 (0.28%) SAP Payroll
4 4 (0.28%) SAP PLM
5 3 (0.21%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (0.14%) Oracle Cash Management
6 2 (0.14%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.14%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 2 (0.14%) SAP Business ByDesign
Cloud Services
1 166 (11.58%) Azure
2 107 (7.46%) Microsoft 365
3 68 (4.74%) AWS
4 35 (2.44%) Power Platform
5 34 (2.37%) SaaS
6 27 (1.88%) Entra ID
7 23 (1.60%) Azure Monitor
8 21 (1.46%) Dynamics 365
9 20 (1.39%) SuccessFactors
10 19 (1.32%) Cloud Computing
11 18 (1.26%) Serverless
12 17 (1.19%) Azure Data Factory
12 17 (1.19%) Azure Functions
13 16 (1.12%) OneDrive
14 15 (1.05%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 15 (1.05%) Microsoft Purview
15 14 (0.98%) IaaS
16 13 (0.91%) PaaS
16 13 (0.91%) Slack
17 12 (0.84%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 89 (6.21%) Firewall
2 51 (3.56%) WAN
3 42 (2.93%) LAN
4 41 (2.86%) BGP
5 39 (2.72%) OSPF
6 37 (2.58%) Wi-Fi
7 35 (2.44%) DNS
8 34 (2.37%) VPN
9 33 (2.30%) Network Security
10 26 (1.81%) DHCP
11 24 (1.67%) IPsec
11 24 (1.67%) Structured Cabling
12 23 (1.60%) Cisco ASA
12 23 (1.60%) NetScaler
12 23 (1.60%) VLAN
13 22 (1.53%) TCP/IP
14 20 (1.39%) Cisco ISE
15 18 (1.26%) EIGRP
15 18 (1.26%) Internet
15 18 (1.26%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (1.88%) Power BI
2 20 (1.39%) NoSQL
3 16 (1.12%) Data Warehouse
3 16 (1.12%) SAP HANA
4 15 (1.05%) Oracle Database
5 14 (0.98%) Tableau
6 13 (0.91%) PostgreSQL
7 12 (0.84%) Elasticsearch
7 12 (0.84%) Snowflake Schema
8 10 (0.70%) SQL Server
9 6 (0.42%) Data Lake
9 6 (0.42%) KDB
9 6 (0.42%) Oracle Exadata
10 5 (0.35%) Oracle Reports
10 5 (0.35%) Relational Database
11 4 (0.28%) Electronic Patient Records
12 3 (0.21%) Big Data
12 3 (0.21%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
12 3 (0.21%) Metadata
12 3 (0.21%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 62 (4.32%) JIRA
2 21 (1.46%) Git
3 14 (0.98%) Jenkins
4 9 (0.63%) Selenium
5 4 (0.28%) Bitbucket
5 4 (0.28%) Visual Studio Team System
6 2 (0.14%) InstallShield
6 2 (0.14%) JMeter
6 2 (0.14%) MSI
7 1 (0.070%) GitLab
7 1 (0.070%) LabVIEW
7 1 (0.070%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.070%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 530 (36.96%) Finance
2 425 (29.64%) Social Skills
3 228 (15.90%) Banking
4 195 (13.60%) Analytical Skills
5 163 (11.37%) Public Sector
6 63 (4.39%) Legal
7 55 (3.84%) Presentation Skills
8 50 (3.49%) Influencing Skills
8 50 (3.49%) Manufacturing
9 45 (3.14%) Telecoms
10 43 (3.00%) Marketing
11 33 (2.30%) Retail
12 27 (1.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 23 (1.60%) Local Government
13 23 (1.60%) Pharmaceutical
14 19 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
15 18 (1.26%) Organisational Skills
16 14 (0.98%) Investment Banking
17 13 (0.91%) Electronics
17 13 (0.91%) Military
Job Titles
1 213 (14.85%) Analyst
2 210 (14.64%) Project Manager
3 130 (9.07%) Senior
4 101 (7.04%) Business Analyst
5 96 (6.69%) Change Manager
5 96 (6.69%) Lead
6 80 (5.58%) Architect
7 70 (4.88%) Consultant
8 63 (4.39%) Developer
9 60 (4.18%) IT Manager
9 60 (4.18%) Network Engineer
10 49 (3.42%) Business Manager
11 43 (3.00%) Senior Manager
12 37 (2.58%) Programme Manager
13 33 (2.30%) Data Analyst
14 32 (2.23%) Banking Analyst
15 31 (2.16%) Business Change Manager
15 31 (2.16%) Delivery Manager
16 29 (2.02%) Administrator
17 27 (1.88%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (1.74%) React
2 19 (1.32%) XML
3 18 (1.26%) Kafka
4 15 (1.05%) AngularJS
4 15 (1.05%) HTML
5 14 (0.98%) REST
6 12 (0.84%) Jinja
7 10 (0.70%) JSON
7 10 (0.70%) Spring
8 8 (0.56%) CSS
9 7 (0.49%) .NET
9 7 (0.49%) IDoc
9 7 (0.49%) Middleware
9 7 (0.49%) SAP Basis
9 7 (0.49%) SAP Fiori
10 6 (0.42%) ActiveMQ
10 6 (0.42%) Itk
10 6 (0.42%) Lightning Web Components
10 6 (0.42%) Visualforce
11 5 (0.35%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 77 (5.37%) Management Information System
2 65 (4.53%) Product Ownership
3 39 (2.72%) Data Centre
4 37 (2.58%) Cloud Native
5 31 (2.16%) PKI
6 28 (1.95%) Data Structures
7 25 (1.74%) Replication
8 23 (1.60%) Self-Motivation
9 17 (1.19%) Onboarding
10 15 (1.05%) FMCG
10 15 (1.05%) Virtual Team
11 14 (0.98%) CMDB
12 13 (0.91%) Data Protection Act
12 13 (0.91%) NHS
13 11 (0.77%) Legacy Systems
14 10 (0.70%) Reference Data
15 9 (0.63%) Life Science
15 9 (0.63%) Market Risk
15 9 (0.63%) PMI
16 8 (0.56%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 145 (10.11%) Windows
2 73 (5.09%) Linux
3 61 (4.25%) Windows Server
4 26 (1.81%) Unix
5 24 (1.67%) Windows 10
6 17 (1.19%) Windows Server 2012
7 14 (0.98%) Windows Server 2016
8 13 (0.91%) Solaris
9 12 (0.84%) Windows Server 2019
10 11 (0.77%) Apple iOS
11 7 (0.49%) MVS
12 5 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 2 (0.14%) CentOS
13 2 (0.14%) Mac OS
13 2 (0.14%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.14%) VMS
13 2 (0.14%) Windows 7
14 1 (0.070%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.070%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 330 (23.01%) Project Management
2 297 (20.71%) Stakeholder Management
3 266 (18.55%) Agile
4 209 (14.57%) Problem-Solving
5 201 (14.02%) ITIL
6 136 (9.48%) Project Delivery
7 128 (8.93%) Continuous Improvement
8 125 (8.72%) Risk Management
9 120 (8.37%) Migration
10 115 (8.02%) DevOps
11 113 (7.88%) PRINCE2
12 111 (7.74%) Service Management
13 103 (7.18%) ITSM
14 97 (6.76%) Decision-Making
14 97 (6.76%) Programme Management
15 82 (5.72%) Problem Management
16 80 (5.58%) Roadmaps
17 78 (5.44%) ERP
18 76 (5.30%) Business Case
19 75 (5.23%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 69 (4.81%) Python
2 63 (4.39%) SQL
3 48 (3.35%) PowerShell
4 24 (1.67%) C
5 21 (1.46%) JavaScript
6 20 (1.39%) Java
7 15 (1.05%) Perl
8 13 (0.91%) C#
9 12 (0.84%) Tcl
10 9 (0.63%) ABAP
11 8 (0.56%) Kusto Query Language
11 8 (0.56%) Search Processing Language
11 8 (0.56%) Swift
12 6 (0.42%) Apex Code
12 6 (0.42%) C++
12 6 (0.42%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.14%) AWK
13 2 (0.14%) Bourne shell
13 2 (0.14%) Korn
13 2 (0.14%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 266 (18.55%) Security Cleared
2 180 (12.55%) SC Cleared
3 151 (10.53%) Degree
4 71 (4.95%) DV Cleared
5 54 (3.77%) Cisco Certification
6 36 (2.51%) CCNP
7 33 (2.30%) CCNA
8 25 (1.74%) PMP
9 23 (1.60%) Computer Science Degree
9 23 (1.60%) ITIL Certification
10 22 (1.53%) PMI Certification
11 21 (1.46%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 20 (1.39%) Master's Degree
13 19 (1.32%) Microsoft Certification
14 12 (0.84%) Six Sigma Green Belt
15 11 (0.77%) PRINCE2 Certification
16 10 (0.70%) BPSS Clearance
16 10 (0.70%) CCIE
17 9 (0.63%) Six Sigma Black Belt
18 7 (0.49%) APMG
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (6.14%) PMO
2 55 (3.84%) QA
3 44 (3.07%) Data Quality
4 43 (3.00%) SLA
5 22 (1.53%) GDPR
6 7 (0.49%) NIST
7 5 (0.35%) ISO 9001
8 4 (0.28%) GRC
9 3 (0.21%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.21%) P3O
10 2 (0.14%) COBIT
10 2 (0.14%) Def Stans
10 2 (0.14%) GxP
10 2 (0.14%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.070%) Basel III
11 1 (0.070%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.070%) EMIR
11 1 (0.070%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 82 (5.72%) Active Directory
2 33 (2.30%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (1.39%) XenApp
4 17 (1.19%) Firmware
5 14 (0.98%) VMware ESXi
6 12 (0.84%) Virtual Desktop
6 12 (0.84%) XenDesktop
7 8 (0.56%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 7 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
9 6 (0.42%) Hyper-V
9 6 (0.42%) VMware NSX
10 4 (0.28%) Docker
10 4 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (0.28%) vSphere
11 3 (0.21%) Microsoft App-V
11 3 (0.21%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.070%) BitLocker
12 1 (0.070%) Snort
12 1 (0.070%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 43 (3.00%) Ansible
2 33 (2.30%) Kubernetes
3 19 (1.32%) NetBackup
4 16 (1.12%) Puppet
5 14 (0.98%) Microsoft Intune
6 13 (0.91%) SCCM
7 10 (0.70%) Argo
7 10 (0.70%) Grafana
7 10 (0.70%) Istio
7 10 (0.70%) Kibana
7 10 (0.70%) Prometheus
7 10 (0.70%) SCOM
8 8 (0.56%) Control-M
9 7 (0.49%) Red Hat Satellite
10 6 (0.42%) Terraform
10 6 (0.42%) vCenter Server
11 5 (0.35%) FortiGate
11 5 (0.35%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 5 (0.35%) PingFederate
11 5 (0.35%) Rancher
Vendors
1 262 (18.27%) Microsoft
2 124 (8.65%) SAP
3 104 (7.25%) ServiceNow
4 70 (4.88%) Cisco
5 55 (3.84%) Oracle
6 49 (3.42%) VMware
7 47 (3.28%) Citrix
8 37 (2.58%) Palo Alto
9 28 (1.95%) NetApp
10 25 (1.74%) SolarWinds
11 22 (1.53%) Red Hat
12 20 (1.39%) Juniper
13 18 (1.26%) Salesforce
13 18 (1.26%) Veritas
14 16 (1.12%) Fortinet
15 15 (1.05%) Splunk
16 14 (0.98%) IBM
17 13 (0.91%) CheckPoint
18 11 (0.77%) Aruba
19 10 (0.70%) Google