Change Management Contracts in the North West

Change Management
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 47 36 58
Rank change year-on-year -11 +22 +9
Contract jobs citing Change Management 101 165 160
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 3.66% 5.16% 3.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.23% 5.70% 4.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 111 114
10th Percentile £343 £400 £244
25th Percentile £400 £440 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £550 £475
Median % change year-on-year -7.59% +15.79% +3.26%
75th Percentile £598 £675 £575
90th Percentile £652 £700 £637
England median daily rate £525 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +7.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 8 4
10th Percentile £29.91 £22.58 £13.25
25th Percentile £31.73 £23.15 £21.13
Median hourly rate £37.18 £33.25 £30.19
Median % change year-on-year +11.82% +10.14% +23.15%
75th Percentile - £39.06 £36.18
90th Percentile £53.03 £54.63 £37.29
England median hourly rate £48.75 £48.40 £22.34
% change year-on-year +0.72% +116.65% -0.93%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 North West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,385 2,894 3,584
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 86.32% 90.58% 88.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,526 2,058 2,629
10th Percentile £306 £313 £231
25th Percentile £401 £413 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £589 £588 £575
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 243 144 166
10th Percentile £10.95 £16.85 £10.63
25th Percentile £13.28 £21.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £21.00 £35.00 £20.75
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +68.72% +9.18%
75th Percentile £45.44 £48.91 £43.75
90th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £58.75
England median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
% change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%

Change Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Change Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Change Management in the North West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Change Management in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Change Management in the North West

Change Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Change Management in the North West over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Change Management in the North West

Change Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Change Management in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for Change Management in the North West

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Change Management in the North West over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Change Management in the North West

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Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 North West region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
Manchester -10 51 £475 -6.86% 28
Cumbria -15 16 £515 +7.57% 4
Cheshire -7 15 £500 -5.08% 18
Merseyside +2 10 £450 -21.74% 7
Lancashire -6 7 £638 -8.93% 10
Change Management
England

Change Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 7 (6.93%) SharePoint
2 5 (4.95%) Apache
2 5 (4.95%) IIS
2 5 (4.95%) Tomcat
3 3 (2.97%) Confluence
4 1 (0.99%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.99%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 13 (12.87%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (10.89%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (2.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (2.97%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (3.96%) SAP SD
2 3 (2.97%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.99%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.99%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.99%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (0.99%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 13 (12.87%) Azure
2 10 (9.90%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (6.93%) Azure Stack
3 7 (6.93%) Microsoft Purview
4 5 (4.95%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (2.97%) AWS
5 3 (2.97%) GCP
5 3 (2.97%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.99%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.99%) IaaS
6 1 (0.99%) OCI
6 1 (0.99%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 16 (15.84%) BGP
1 16 (15.84%) OSPF
2 14 (13.86%) Firewall
3 13 (12.87%) Cisco ASA
3 13 (12.87%) Cisco Firepower
3 13 (12.87%) Cisco ISE
3 13 (12.87%) EIGRP
3 13 (12.87%) HSRP
3 13 (12.87%) IPsec
3 13 (12.87%) NetScaler
4 12 (11.88%) SNMP
4 12 (11.88%) Spanning Tree
4 12 (11.88%) Wi-Fi
5 10 (9.90%) TCP/IP
6 5 (4.95%) H.323
6 5 (4.95%) HTTP
7 3 (2.97%) DHCP
7 3 (2.97%) DNS
7 3 (2.97%) MPLS
7 3 (2.97%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.94%) Data Warehouse
1 6 (5.94%) Snowflake Schema
2 3 (2.97%) Power BI
2 3 (2.97%) Tableau
3 1 (0.99%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (0.99%) JIRA
General
1 28 (27.72%) Social Skills
2 21 (20.79%) Public Sector
3 19 (18.81%) Finance
4 15 (14.85%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (11.88%) Manufacturing
6 7 (6.93%) Telecoms
7 6 (5.94%) Legal
7 6 (5.94%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (4.95%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (2.97%) Banking
9 3 (2.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (2.97%) Local Government
9 3 (2.97%) Police
10 2 (1.98%) Billing
10 2 (1.98%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.98%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.99%) German Language
11 1 (0.99%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.99%) Marketing
11 1 (0.99%) Retail
Job Titles
1 18 (17.82%) Analyst
2 16 (15.84%) Network Engineer
3 12 (11.88%) Senior
4 9 (8.91%) Architect
4 9 (8.91%) Business Analyst
4 9 (8.91%) Senior Network Engineer
5 6 (5.94%) Change Analyst
5 6 (5.94%) Change Manager
5 6 (5.94%) Data Architect
5 6 (5.94%) Lead
5 6 (5.94%) Project Manager
6 5 (4.95%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 5 (4.95%) Trainer
7 4 (3.96%) Business Manager
7 4 (3.96%) Delivery Manager
8 3 (2.97%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 3 (2.97%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
8 3 (2.97%) Consultant
8 3 (2.97%) IT Manager
9 2 (1.98%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (11.88%) Jinja
2 6 (5.94%) JSON
2 6 (5.94%) REST
2 6 (5.94%) XML
3 1 (0.99%) .NET
3 1 (0.99%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.99%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.99%) SAP TM
Miscellaneous
1 13 (12.87%) Management Information System
2 7 (6.93%) Reference Data
3 6 (5.94%) Data Structures
3 6 (5.94%) Product Ownership
4 5 (4.95%) CMDB
4 5 (4.95%) Industry 4.0
4 5 (4.95%) IoT
4 5 (4.95%) IVR
4 5 (4.95%) Robotics
5 3 (2.97%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (2.97%) NHS
6 2 (1.98%) Cyberattack
6 2 (1.98%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.98%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.98%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.99%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.99%) Life Science
7 1 (0.99%) PMI
7 1 (0.99%) Replication
7 1 (0.99%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 10 (9.90%) Windows
2 6 (5.94%) Linux
3 5 (4.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (2.97%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.99%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.99%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (28.71%) ITIL
2 20 (19.80%) ITSM
3 19 (18.81%) Agile
4 15 (14.85%) Problem-Solving
5 14 (13.86%) Network Management
6 13 (12.87%) DevOps
6 13 (12.87%) Project Management
7 12 (11.88%) Project Delivery
8 11 (10.89%) Business Analysis
8 11 (10.89%) Continuous Improvement
8 11 (10.89%) Roadmaps
9 10 (9.90%) Business Case
9 10 (9.90%) Service Management
10 9 (8.91%) Analytics
10 9 (8.91%) Incident Management
10 9 (8.91%) Requirements Gathering
10 9 (8.91%) Value Proposition
11 8 (7.92%) Data Protection
11 8 (7.92%) Migration
11 8 (7.92%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (14.85%) Python
2 12 (11.88%) Perl
2 12 (11.88%) Tcl
3 4 (3.96%) PowerShell
4 2 (1.98%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (16.83%) Cisco Certification
2 16 (15.84%) SC Cleared
2 16 (15.84%) Security Cleared
3 15 (14.85%) CCNP
4 14 (13.86%) CCNA
4 14 (13.86%) Degree
5 3 (2.97%) CCIE
5 3 (2.97%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (2.97%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (2.97%) VCAP
6 2 (1.98%) APMG
6 2 (1.98%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.98%) Network+ Certification
6 2 (1.98%) PMI Certification
6 2 (1.98%) PMP
6 2 (1.98%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (0.99%) CCSA
7 1 (0.99%) CCSE
7 1 (0.99%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.99%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.92%) Data Quality
2 4 (3.96%) GDPR
2 4 (3.96%) PMO
3 2 (1.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.99%) GxP
4 1 (0.99%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 13 (12.87%) Firmware
2 5 (4.95%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.99%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.99%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (0.99%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (11.88%) Ansible
2 2 (1.98%) Nagios
2 2 (1.98%) ZABBIX
3 1 (0.99%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.99%) SCCM
3 1 (0.99%) Terraform
Vendors
1 22 (21.78%) Microsoft
2 18 (17.82%) SolarWinds
3 14 (13.86%) Cisco
4 13 (12.87%) Citrix
4 13 (12.87%) Palo Alto
4 13 (12.87%) SAP
5 5 (4.95%) Avaya
5 5 (4.95%) Pega
5 5 (4.95%) Red Hat
6 4 (3.96%) Verint
7 3 (2.97%) LogicMonitor
7 3 (2.97%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.98%) Oracle
9 1 (0.99%) CheckPoint
9 1 (0.99%) Proofpoint
9 1 (0.99%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.99%) Symantec
9 1 (0.99%) VMware
9 1 (0.99%) Zscaler