Change Manager Contract Job Trends in Central London

Change Manager
London > Central London

The median Change Manager daily rate in Central London is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 124 121 126
Rank change year-on-year -3 +5 +54
Contract jobs requiring a Change Manager 12 10 18
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.59% 0.43% 0.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.63% 0.46% 0.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 8 9
10th Percentile £411 £436 £373
25th Percentile £481 £467 £516
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £563 £600
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -6.25% -7.69%
75th Percentile £575 £603 £625
90th Percentile £625 £729 £760
London median daily rate £550 £571 £583
% change year-on-year -3.72% -1.93% -4.90%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Central 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 Central London with a recognized job title 1,890 2,160 2,531
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.33% 92.66% 94.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,312 1,361 1,825
10th Percentile £329 £363 £340
25th Percentile £425 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £546 £575 £565
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +1.77% -1.74%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £763 £775 £800
London median daily rate £530 £550 £560
% change year-on-year -3.64% -1.79% -3.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 25 20
10th Percentile £19.14 £19.66 £17.00
25th Percentile £24.15 £31.25 £21.61
Median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £25.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.40% +37.25% -24.44%
75th Percentile £35.63 £61.25 £47.25
90th Percentile £45.83 £112.00 £65.88
London median hourly rate £28.89 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -17.47% - -

Change Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Change Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Change Manager job vacancy trend in Central London

Change Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Change Manager job vacancies in Central London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Change Manager job vacancies in Central London

Change Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Change Manager in Central London over the 6 months to 25 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Change Manager in Central London

Change Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Change Manager job vacancies in Central London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Change Manager job vacancies in Central London

Change Manager
Contract Job Locations in Central 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 Central London region over the 6 months to 25 December 2025. 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
City of London +1 10 £500 -13.04% 8
West End of London +10 1 £550 -
Change Manager
London

Change Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 25 December 2025, Change Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Central London region featuring Change Manager in the job title.

1 9 (75.00%) Change Management
2 5 (41.67%) Impact Assessments
2 5 (41.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 4 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
5 2 (16.67%) APMG
5 2 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (16.67%) Critical Thinking
5 2 (16.67%) ERP
5 2 (16.67%) ITIL
5 2 (16.67%) ITSM
5 2 (16.67%) Salesforce
5 2 (16.67%) Service Management
5 2 (16.67%) ServiceNow
5 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Map
5 2 (16.67%) Time Management
5 2 (16.67%) Workshop Facilitation
6 1 (8.33%) Agile
6 1 (8.33%) Analytical Thinking
6 1 (8.33%) AWS
6 1 (8.33%) Azure
6 1 (8.33%) BCP
6 1 (8.33%) BMC
6 1 (8.33%) Business Continuity
6 1 (8.33%) Business Continuity Planning
6 1 (8.33%) Coaching
6 1 (8.33%) Collaborative Culture
6 1 (8.33%) CRM
6 1 (8.33%) CTC Cleared

Change Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (8.33%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) AWS
1 1 (8.33%) Azure
1 1 (8.33%) GCP
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (8.33%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) Intranet
General
1 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 4 (33.33%) Finance
3 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Law
3 2 (16.67%) Public Sector
3 2 (16.67%) Retail
4 1 (8.33%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) CMDB
1 1 (8.33%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (75.00%) Change Management
2 5 (41.67%) Impact Assessments
2 5 (41.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 4 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (16.67%) Critical Thinking
5 2 (16.67%) ERP
5 2 (16.67%) ITIL
5 2 (16.67%) ITSM
5 2 (16.67%) Service Management
5 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Map
5 2 (16.67%) Time Management
5 2 (16.67%) Workshop Facilitation
6 1 (8.33%) BCP
6 1 (8.33%) CRM
6 1 (8.33%) E-Commerce
6 1 (8.33%) Quality Management
6 1 (8.33%) Risk Management
6 1 (8.33%) Six Sigma
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) Korn
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (16.67%) APMG
3 1 (8.33%) CTC Cleared
3 1 (8.33%) Degree
3 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (8.33%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) Data Quality
1 1 (8.33%) NIST
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Salesforce
1 2 (16.67%) ServiceNow
2 1 (8.33%) BMC
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) Oracle
2 1 (8.33%) SAP
2 1 (8.33%) VMware
2 1 (8.33%) Zerto