Change Manager Contracts in the UK excluding London

Change Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Change Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £525 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 289 302 301
Rank change year-on-year +13 -1 +21
Contract jobs requiring a Change Manager 109 147 215
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.52% 0.64% 0.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.57% 0.68% 0.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 114 157
10th Percentile £403 £456 £344
25th Percentile £463 £475 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% +9.89%
75th Percentile £617 £600 £563
90th Percentile £738 £650 £640
UK median daily rate £561 £540 £525
% change year-on-year +3.84% +2.86% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 7
10th Percentile - £51.75 £26.98
25th Percentile - £52.50 £27.24
Median hourly rate £61.06 £55.00 £30.96
Median % change year-on-year +11.02% +77.65% +37.91%
75th Percentile - £57.50 £57.00
90th Percentile - £58.25 £70.50
UK median hourly rate £61.06 £54.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year +13.07% +13.68% +111.58%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 19,265 21,604 29,212
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.41% 94.27% 95.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,619 15,031 20,565
10th Percentile £213 £225 £206
25th Percentile £363 £390 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +9.45%
75th Percentile £594 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,432 1,082 1,393
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.01 £14.88
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £45.20
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.50 £61.19
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +14.34%

Change Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Change Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Change Manager in the UK excluding London

Change Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Change Manager in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Change Manager in the UK excluding London

Change Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Change Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Change Manager in the UK excluding London

Change Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Change Manager in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Change Manager in the UK excluding London

Change Manager
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 Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 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
Midlands +32 29 £531 -3.41% 10
South East +11 24 £581 +1.97% 6
West Midlands +15 22 £625 +13.64% 4
Scotland +32 21 £475 -5.00% 1
South West -1 14 £579 +10.24% 5
North of England +1 13 £519 -7.78% 4
North West +9 8 £481 -3.70% 1
East of England +8 7 £514 +14.22% 3
East Midlands - 6 £390 - 6
Yorkshire +9 5 £600 -7.69% 3
Northern Ireland - 2 £550 - 1
Wales +18 1 £800 +88.24% 2
Change Manager
UK

Change Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 2 June 2024, Change Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Change Manager in the job title.

1 61 (55.96%) Change Management
2 37 (33.94%) Social Skills
3 32 (29.36%) Stakeholder Management
4 31 (28.44%) Finance
5 30 (27.52%) Project Management
6 24 (22.02%) Agile
7 21 (19.27%) Impact Assessments
8 20 (18.35%) Public Sector
9 15 (13.76%) Programme Management
10 12 (11.01%) Microsoft
11 11 (10.09%) ERP
11 11 (10.09%) ITIL
11 11 (10.09%) Waterfall
11 11 (10.09%) Continuous Improvement
11 11 (10.09%) Project Delivery
11 11 (10.09%) Problem-Solving
11 11 (10.09%) Decision-Making
12 10 (9.17%) Roadmaps
13 9 (8.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 9 (8.26%) PRINCE2
13 9 (8.26%) Manufacturing
13 9 (8.26%) Culture Change
13 9 (8.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 8 (7.34%) Stakeholder Map
14 8 (7.34%) Collaborative Working
14 8 (7.34%) Dynamics 365
14 8 (7.34%) SAP
14 8 (7.34%) Marketing
14 8 (7.34%) Degree
15 7 (6.42%) Business Transformation

Change Manager Skill Set
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 1 (0.92%) SAS
1 1 (0.92%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (3.67%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.75%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (2.75%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.92%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (3.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.83%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (1.83%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.92%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 8 (7.34%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (1.83%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (1.83%) OCI
3 1 (0.92%) Azure
3 1 (0.92%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (0.92%) Power Automate
3 1 (0.92%) Power Platform
3 1 (0.92%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.92%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (0.92%) Hadoop
1 1 (0.92%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (0.92%) Power BI
1 1 (0.92%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 1 (0.92%) JIRA
General
1 37 (33.94%) Social Skills
2 31 (28.44%) Finance
3 20 (18.35%) Public Sector
4 9 (8.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 9 (8.26%) Manufacturing
5 8 (7.34%) Marketing
6 6 (5.50%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (4.59%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (3.67%) Law
8 4 (3.67%) Pharmaceutical
8 4 (3.67%) Telecoms
9 3 (2.75%) Electronics
9 3 (2.75%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (2.75%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.83%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.92%) Aviation
11 1 (0.92%) Banking
11 1 (0.92%) Legal
11 1 (0.92%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.75%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.42%) Product Ownership
2 3 (2.75%) e-Learning
2 3 (2.75%) Management Information System
3 2 (1.83%) Data Centre
4 1 (0.92%) CMDB
4 1 (0.92%) Driving Licence
4 1 (0.92%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (0.92%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (55.96%) Change Management
2 32 (29.36%) Stakeholder Management
3 30 (27.52%) Project Management
4 24 (22.02%) Agile
5 21 (19.27%) Impact Assessments
6 15 (13.76%) Programme Management
7 11 (10.09%) Continuous Improvement
7 11 (10.09%) Decision-Making
7 11 (10.09%) ERP
7 11 (10.09%) ITIL
7 11 (10.09%) Problem-Solving
7 11 (10.09%) Project Delivery
7 11 (10.09%) Waterfall
8 10 (9.17%) Roadmaps
9 9 (8.26%) Culture Change
9 9 (8.26%) PRINCE2
9 9 (8.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 8 (7.34%) Collaborative Working
10 8 (7.34%) Stakeholder Map
11 7 (6.42%) Business Transformation
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.92%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (7.34%) Degree
2 6 (5.50%) Security Cleared
3 3 (2.75%) DV Cleared
3 3 (2.75%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 2 (1.83%) ACCA
4 2 (1.83%) APMG
4 2 (1.83%) CIMA
4 2 (1.83%) CIPD
4 2 (1.83%) CIPFA
4 2 (1.83%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.92%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.92%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.92%) PgMP
5 1 (0.92%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.92%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.67%) PMO
2 2 (1.83%) SLA
3 1 (0.92%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (0.92%) GDPR
3 1 (0.92%) PMBOK
3 1 (0.92%) QA
Vendors
1 12 (11.01%) Microsoft
2 8 (7.34%) SAP
3 4 (3.67%) Oracle
4 2 (1.83%) BMC
4 2 (1.83%) Remedy
4 2 (1.83%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.92%) ServiceNow