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 24 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 46 41 49
Rank change year-on-year -5 +8 +6
Contract jobs citing Change Management 802 1,127 1,374
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.93% 4.92% 4.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.68% 5.51% 5.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 513 741 983
10th Percentile £301 £300 £272
25th Percentile £400 £413 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.45%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £550
90th Percentile £667 £688 £638
UK median daily rate £510 £540 £500
% change year-on-year -5.56% +8.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 67 40 41
10th Percentile £14.26 £18.17 -
25th Percentile £28.32 £31.58 £14.00
Median hourly rate £50.00 £48.40 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.31% +142.00% -11.11%
75th Percentile £61.60 £63.75 £32.50
90th Percentile £69.33 £81.98 £51.00
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £49.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year +2.05% +122.70% -8.33%

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 17,124 20,462 27,110
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.83% 89.37% 89.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,216 14,060 18,912
10th Percentile £250 £260 £235
25th Percentile £378 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £485
Median % change year-on-year - +3.09% +9.98%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £658
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +8.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,098 1,246 1,350
10th Percentile £12.38 £10.63 £12.31
25th Percentile £15.31 £15.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -4.99%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.73 £62.28
UK median hourly rate £36.05 £36.13 £25.68
% change year-on-year -0.22% +40.67% +8.70%

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 24 May 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 24 May 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 24 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
North of England -9 200 £514 +1.78% 128
South East -13 182 £453 -13.81% 176
South West +30 143 £525 -2.33% 55
Yorkshire -7 108 £525 -4.55% 43
Midlands +1 107 £500 -4.76% 102
Scotland +22 98 £475 +1.33% 36
North West -16 86 £500 - 70
West Midlands -10 76 £506 -4.71% 52
East of England -11 59 £375 -23.00% 68
East Midlands +22 28 £475 -9.52% 46
Wales +5 16 £535 +7.00% 9
North East +2 11 £600 +33.33% 17
Northern Ireland +2 5 £435 +16.00% 4
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 (5.86%) SharePoint
2 20 (2.49%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (1.75%) Confluence
4 8 (1.00%) IIS
4 8 (1.00%) Tomcat
5 6 (0.75%) Apache
6 3 (0.37%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle Spatial
7 1 (0.12%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.12%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 47 (5.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 40 (4.99%) Microsoft Office
3 28 (3.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (2.00%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (1.00%) 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 16 (2.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (0.87%) Teamcenter
3 5 (0.62%) iTrent
3 5 (0.62%) SAP Payroll
4 4 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.50%) Remedy ITSM
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%) 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%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.12%) SAP EWM
7 1 (0.12%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.12%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 77 (9.60%) Azure
2 64 (7.98%) Microsoft 365
3 33 (4.11%) AWS
4 21 (2.62%) Azure Monitor
5 16 (2.00%) SuccessFactors
6 15 (1.87%) SaaS
7 13 (1.62%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 13 (1.62%) Azure Data Factory
7 13 (1.62%) Azure Functions
7 13 (1.62%) Dynamics 365
7 13 (1.62%) Entra ID
7 13 (1.62%) Serverless
7 13 (1.62%) Yammer
8 11 (1.37%) OpenShift
9 10 (1.25%) OneDrive
10 9 (1.12%) Power Platform
11 7 (0.87%) Microsoft Purview
12 6 (0.75%) Azure Stack
12 6 (0.75%) Cloud Computing
13 5 (0.62%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 61 (7.61%) Firewall
2 26 (3.24%) DNS
3 23 (2.87%) Wi-Fi
4 22 (2.74%) NetScaler
4 22 (2.74%) VLAN
5 21 (2.62%) Network Security
6 19 (2.37%) BGP
6 19 (2.37%) OSPF
6 19 (2.37%) TCP/IP
7 18 (2.24%) Cisco ASA
7 18 (2.24%) VPN
7 18 (2.24%) WAN
8 17 (2.12%) DHCP
9 16 (2.00%) Cisco ISE
10 15 (1.87%) IPsec
10 15 (1.87%) SAN
10 15 (1.87%) SNMP
11 14 (1.75%) EIGRP
11 14 (1.75%) LAN
12 13 (1.62%) HSRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (1.62%) NoSQL
2 12 (1.50%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (1.25%) Data Warehouse
3 10 (1.25%) Elasticsearch
4 8 (1.00%) Power BI
5 6 (0.75%) Oracle Database
5 6 (0.75%) SAP HANA
5 6 (0.75%) Snowflake Schema
6 4 (0.50%) Electronic Patient Records
7 3 (0.37%) SQL Server
7 3 (0.37%) Tableau
8 2 (0.25%) Hadoop
8 2 (0.25%) Impala
8 2 (0.25%) NonStop SQL
8 2 (0.25%) Oracle Reports
8 2 (0.25%) QlikView
8 2 (0.25%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.12%) Big Data
9 1 (0.12%) GIS
9 1 (0.12%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 31 (3.87%) JIRA
2 16 (2.00%) Git
3 5 (0.62%) Jenkins
3 5 (0.62%) Selenium
4 2 (0.25%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.25%) JMeter
4 2 (0.25%) LabVIEW
5 1 (0.12%) Gradle
5 1 (0.12%) InstallShield
5 1 (0.12%) Maven
5 1 (0.12%) MSI
5 1 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 260 (32.42%) Social Skills
2 206 (25.69%) Finance
3 114 (14.21%) Analytical Skills
4 106 (13.22%) Public Sector
5 72 (8.98%) Banking
6 44 (5.49%) Manufacturing
7 37 (4.61%) Telecoms
8 31 (3.87%) Legal
9 30 (3.74%) Presentation Skills
10 29 (3.62%) Organisational Skills
11 25 (3.12%) Influencing Skills
12 24 (2.99%) Marketing
13 17 (2.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 17 (2.12%) Retail
14 16 (2.00%) Pharmaceutical
15 15 (1.87%) Publishing
16 13 (1.62%) Local Government
17 11 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
18 9 (1.12%) Electronics
18 9 (1.12%) Law
Job Titles
1 116 (14.46%) Project Manager
2 108 (13.47%) Analyst
3 72 (8.98%) Senior
4 63 (7.86%) Lead
5 60 (7.48%) Change Manager
6 46 (5.74%) Business Analyst
7 42 (5.24%) IT Manager
8 40 (4.99%) Developer
9 35 (4.36%) Architect
10 34 (4.24%) Consultant
11 33 (4.11%) Business Manager
12 32 (3.99%) Network Engineer
13 30 (3.74%) Change Analyst
14 26 (3.24%) Business Change Manager
15 24 (2.99%) Full Stack Developer
16 23 (2.87%) Senior Manager
17 22 (2.74%) Delivery Manager
17 22 (2.74%) Service Manager
18 21 (2.62%) Administrator
19 19 (2.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (2.99%) React
2 18 (2.24%) Kafka
3 16 (2.00%) AngularJS
4 12 (1.50%) Jinja
5 11 (1.37%) Spring
6 9 (1.12%) REST
6 9 (1.12%) XML
7 7 (0.87%) HTML
8 6 (0.75%) ActiveMQ
8 6 (0.75%) CSS
8 6 (0.75%) Itk
8 6 (0.75%) JSON
8 6 (0.75%) SAP Basis
8 6 (0.75%) SAP Fiori
9 5 (0.62%) Oracle Fusion
10 4 (0.50%) .NET
10 4 (0.50%) Web Services
11 3 (0.37%) LDAP
11 3 (0.37%) Lightning Web Components
11 3 (0.37%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 58 (7.23%) Management Information System
2 41 (5.11%) Product Ownership
3 24 (2.99%) PKI
4 23 (2.87%) Replication
5 16 (2.00%) Cloud Native
6 12 (1.50%) Data Centre
6 12 (1.50%) LIMS
6 12 (1.50%) Onboarding
7 10 (1.25%) Legacy Systems
7 10 (1.25%) NHS
7 10 (1.25%) Self-Motivation
8 9 (1.12%) CMDB
9 8 (1.00%) IoT
9 8 (1.00%) Mainframe
10 7 (0.87%) Data Structures
10 7 (0.87%) Life Science
10 7 (0.87%) Reference Data
10 7 (0.87%) Virtual Team
11 6 (0.75%) Cyber Threat
11 6 (0.75%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 108 (13.47%) Windows
2 65 (8.10%) Linux
3 49 (6.11%) Windows Server
4 19 (2.37%) Windows 10
5 13 (1.62%) Unix
6 11 (1.37%) Solaris
6 11 (1.37%) Windows Server 2012
7 10 (1.25%) Windows Server 2016
7 10 (1.25%) Windows Server 2019
8 8 (1.00%) 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
1 218 (27.18%) Project Management
2 170 (21.20%) Agile
3 169 (21.07%) Stakeholder Management
4 133 (16.58%) Problem-Solving
5 112 (13.97%) ITIL
6 89 (11.10%) DevOps
7 88 (10.97%) PRINCE2
7 88 (10.97%) Project Delivery
8 81 (10.10%) Continuous Improvement
9 70 (8.73%) Service Management
10 69 (8.60%) Programme Management
10 69 (8.60%) Risk Management
11 67 (8.35%) ITSM
12 62 (7.73%) Decision-Making
13 59 (7.36%) Roadmaps
14 54 (6.73%) Business Analysis
14 54 (6.73%) Service Delivery
15 53 (6.61%) Migration
16 51 (6.36%) Problem Management
17 47 (5.86%) Impact Assessments
Programming Languages
1 51 (6.36%) Python
2 31 (3.87%) PowerShell
3 27 (3.37%) SQL
4 20 (2.49%) C
5 15 (1.87%) Java
5 15 (1.87%) JavaScript
6 14 (1.75%) Perl
7 12 (1.50%) Tcl
8 8 (1.00%) Swift
9 6 (0.75%) C++
9 6 (0.75%) Kusto Query Language
9 6 (0.75%) Search Processing Language
10 4 (0.50%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.37%) Apex Code
12 2 (0.25%) AWK
12 2 (0.25%) Bourne shell
12 2 (0.25%) Korn
12 2 (0.25%) R
13 1 (0.12%) C#
13 1 (0.12%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 179 (22.32%) Security Cleared
2 98 (12.22%) SC Cleared
3 96 (11.97%) Degree
4 65 (8.10%) DV Cleared
5 30 (3.74%) Cisco Certification
6 24 (2.99%) CCNA
7 21 (2.62%) CCNP
8 16 (2.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 14 (1.75%) Master's Degree
10 10 (1.25%) Microsoft Certification
11 9 (1.12%) Computer Science Degree
11 9 (1.12%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 8 (1.00%) APMG
12 8 (1.00%) PMP
13 7 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
13 7 (0.87%) ITIL Certification
13 7 (0.87%) PMI Certification
14 6 (0.75%) CIPD
14 6 (0.75%) MCSE
15 5 (0.62%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (6.73%) PMO
2 40 (4.99%) QA
3 21 (2.62%) SLA
4 17 (2.12%) Data Quality
5 10 (1.25%) 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%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.12%) Basel III
10 1 (0.12%) COREP
10 1 (0.12%) Def Stans
10 1 (0.12%) FINREP
10 1 (0.12%) GxP
10 1 (0.12%) ISO 9000
10 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.12%) P3O
System Software
1 52 (6.48%) Active Directory
2 29 (3.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (2.49%) XenApp
4 17 (2.12%) Firmware
5 13 (1.62%) VMware ESXi
6 12 (1.50%) XenDesktop
7 11 (1.37%) Virtual Desktop
8 8 (1.00%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 6 (0.75%) VMware NSX
10 5 (0.62%) Hyper-V
10 5 (0.62%) Virtual Machines
11 4 (0.50%) vSphere
12 2 (0.25%) Microsoft App-V
12 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 2 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 45 (5.61%) Ansible
2 18 (2.24%) Kubernetes
2 18 (2.24%) NetBackup
3 16 (2.00%) Puppet
4 10 (1.25%) Argo
4 10 (1.25%) Grafana
4 10 (1.25%) Istio
4 10 (1.25%) Kibana
4 10 (1.25%) Prometheus
5 9 (1.12%) SCOM
6 8 (1.00%) SCCM
7 7 (0.87%) Red Hat Satellite
8 6 (0.75%) Terraform
8 6 (0.75%) 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%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.25%) CEMLI
Vendors
1 148 (18.45%) Microsoft
2 65 (8.10%) SAP
3 47 (5.86%) ServiceNow
4 42 (5.24%) VMware
5 36 (4.49%) Cisco
6 33 (4.11%) Citrix
7 24 (2.99%) Oracle
8 23 (2.87%) SolarWinds
9 19 (2.37%) Palo Alto
10 18 (2.24%) Red Hat
11 17 (2.12%) Veritas
12 13 (1.62%) IBM
13 11 (1.37%) CheckPoint
13 11 (1.37%) InterSystems
13 11 (1.37%) NetApp
14 9 (1.12%) Ivanti
14 9 (1.12%) Juniper
15 8 (1.00%) Okta
16 7 (0.87%) Dell
16 7 (0.87%) Salesforce