Change Manager Contracts in the City of London

Change Manager
Central London > City of London

The median Change Manager daily rate in the City of London is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 113 156
Rank change year-on-year +4 +43 +10
Contract jobs requiring a Change Manager 14 14 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.80% 0.64% 0.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.86% 0.67% 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 6 11
10th Percentile £463 £494 £413
25th Percentile £525 £616 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £675 £550
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +22.73% +3.77%
75th Percentile £615 £728 £619
90th Percentile £693 £744 £656
Central London median daily rate £600 £675 £563
% change year-on-year -11.11% +20.00% +4.65%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of 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 City of London with a recognized job title 1,634 2,084 3,467
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.05% 95.07% 95.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,026 1,480 2,358
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £463 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £561 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.45% -6.46% +6.19%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £800 £820
Central London median daily rate £575 £550 £588
% change year-on-year +4.55% -6.38% +4.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 15 23
10th Percentile £22.00 £15.62 £15.50
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.22 £18.50
Median hourly rate £31.00 £23.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +34.78% -34.29% -6.67%
75th Percentile £48.75 £27.25 £58.75
90th Percentile £92.75 £40.00 £87.64
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £25.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +16.28% -28.57% -6.67%

Change Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Change Manager in the City of London

Change Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Daily rate trend for Change Manager in the City of London

Change Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Change Manager in the City of London over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Change Manager in the City of London

Change Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Hourly rate trend for Change Manager in the City of London

Change Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 3 May 2025, 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 City of London region featuring Change Manager in the job title.

1 6 (42.86%) SC Cleared
1 6 (42.86%) Security Cleared
1 6 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 5 (35.71%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (35.71%) Project Management
2 5 (35.71%) Change Management
3 4 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 4 (28.57%) Public Sector
4 3 (21.43%) Impact Assessments
4 3 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (21.43%) Finance
4 3 (21.43%) ITIL
5 2 (14.29%) Service Management
5 2 (14.29%) Freedom of Information
5 2 (14.29%) Agile
5 2 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (14.29%) Military
5 2 (14.29%) Release Management
5 2 (14.29%) Data Protection
5 2 (14.29%) Target Operating Model
5 2 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (14.29%) Azure
5 2 (14.29%) Degree
5 2 (14.29%) Emotional Intelligence
5 2 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (14.29%) Technology Transformation
6 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (7.14%) Organisational Skills

Change Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 (7.14%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) Azure
2 1 (7.14%) SaaS
General
1 6 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 5 (35.71%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (28.57%) Public Sector
4 3 (21.43%) Finance
5 2 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (14.29%) Military
6 1 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (7.14%) Legal
6 1 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Freedom of Information
2 1 (7.14%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) Change Management
1 5 (35.71%) Project Management
2 4 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 4 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (21.43%) Impact Assessments
3 3 (21.43%) ITIL
3 3 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (14.29%) Agile
4 2 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (14.29%) Data Protection
4 2 (14.29%) Emotional Intelligence
4 2 (14.29%) Release Management
4 2 (14.29%) Service Management
4 2 (14.29%) Target Operating Model
4 2 (14.29%) Technology Transformation
5 1 (7.14%) Analytics
5 1 (7.14%) Business Transformation
5 1 (7.14%) Data Transformation
5 1 (7.14%) Performance Metrics
5 1 (7.14%) Process Improvement
Qualifications
1 6 (42.86%) SC Cleared
1 6 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 2 (14.29%) Degree
3 1 (7.14%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (7.14%) PMI Certification
3 1 (7.14%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (7.14%) Planview
1 1 (7.14%) Salesforce