Business Change Project Manager Contracts

Project Manager - Business Change
UK

The median Project Manager - Business Change daily rate in the UK is £563 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 566 693 777
Rank change year-on-year +127 +84 -132
Contract jobs requiring a Business Change Project Manager 20 29 54
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.046% 0.048% 0.061%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.049% 0.051% 0.064%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 26 40
10th Percentile £425 £431 £414
25th Percentile £463 £494 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £538 £506
Median % change year-on-year +4.65% +6.17% +9.46%
75th Percentile £688 £644 £598
90th Percentile £725 £706 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £538 £494
% change year-on-year -2.33% +8.86% +28.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £55.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 40,482 56,783 84,604
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 94.58% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,407 39,621 59,331
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,642 1,607 2,111
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.28 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.45 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.68 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.71% +95.65% +1.41%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.60 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.63%

Business Change Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Business Change Project Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Business Change Project Manager in the UK

Business Change Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Change Project Manager.

Daily rate trend for Business Change Project Manager in the UK

Business Change Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Change Project Manager over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Change Project Manager in the UK

Business Change Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Change Project Manager.

Hourly rate trend for Business Change Project Manager in the UK

Business Change Project Manager
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Change Project Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 25 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
England +112 20 £563 +2.27% 4
London +106 12 £675 +22.73%
Work from Home +119 8 £675 +22.73% 1
UK excluding London +64 8 £525 -2.33% 4
North of England +33 3 £563 +12.50% 2
West Midlands +29 2 £475 -13.64%
Midlands +27 2 £475 -13.64%
Yorkshire +26 2 £569 +13.75% 2
South West +22 2 £431 -31.00% 1
South East +8 1 £775 +51.22% 1
North East - 1 £525 -

Business Change Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Business Change Project 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 featuring Business Change Project Manager in the job title.

1 12 (60.00%) Finance
2 7 (35.00%) Project Management
3 5 (25.00%) Change Management
3 5 (25.00%) Agile
3 5 (25.00%) Business Case
4 4 (20.00%) Project Delivery
4 4 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 4 (20.00%) Social Skills
4 4 (20.00%) Banking
4 4 (20.00%) Migration
4 4 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (20.00%) Back Office
5 3 (15.00%) Legal
5 3 (15.00%) Scrum
5 3 (15.00%) Retail
5 3 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (15.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (10.00%) Matrix Organization
6 2 (10.00%) Process Improvement
6 2 (10.00%) Technology Transformation
6 2 (10.00%) Impact Assessments
6 2 (10.00%) Marketing
6 2 (10.00%) Degree
6 2 (10.00%) Equities
6 2 (10.00%) PMI Certification
6 2 (10.00%) PRINCE2
7 1 (5.00%) B2B
7 1 (5.00%) PMI
7 1 (5.00%) PMP
7 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Project

Business Change Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Project
General
1 12 (60.00%) Finance
2 4 (20.00%) Back Office
2 4 (20.00%) Banking
2 4 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (15.00%) Legal
3 3 (15.00%) Retail
4 2 (10.00%) Marketing
5 1 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) Equities
2 1 (5.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (5.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.00%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (35.00%) Project Management
2 5 (25.00%) Agile
2 5 (25.00%) Business Case
2 5 (25.00%) Change Management
3 4 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 4 (20.00%) Migration
3 4 (20.00%) Project Delivery
3 4 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (15.00%) Scrum
4 3 (15.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (10.00%) Impact Assessments
5 2 (10.00%) Matrix Organization
5 2 (10.00%) PRINCE2
5 2 (10.00%) Process Improvement
5 2 (10.00%) Technology Transformation
6 1 (5.00%) B2B
6 1 (5.00%) Business Change Management
6 1 (5.00%) Customer Service
6 1 (5.00%) Regulatory Change
Qualifications
1 2 (10.00%) Degree
1 2 (10.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (5.00%) PMP