Change and Release Manager Contracts in England

Change and Release Manager
UK > England

The median Change and Release Manager daily rate in England is £536, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 471 531 637
Rank change year-on-year +60 +106 +129
Contract jobs requiring a Change and Release Manager 14 11 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.057% 0.030% 0.032%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.062% 0.032% 0.034%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 10 7
10th Percentile £514 £557 £447
25th Percentile £518 £560 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £570 £478
Median % change year-on-year -5.92% +19.37% +0.53%
75th Percentile £555 £580 £570
90th Percentile £560 £587 -
UK median daily rate £536 £570 £514
% change year-on-year -5.92% +10.95% +9.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - - £54.00
75th Percentile - - £61.13
90th Percentile - - £73.95
UK median hourly rate - - £54.00

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 22,549 34,488 47,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,007 22,894 33,903
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 900 2,432 1,409
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Change and Release Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Change and Release Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Change and Release Manager in England

Change and Release Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Change and Release Manager in England.

Daily rate trend for Change and Release Manager in England

Change and Release Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Change and Release Manager in England.

Hourly rate trend for Change and Release Manager in England

Change and Release Manager
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Change and Release Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
North of England +27 9 £523 - 2
North West - 9 £523 - 1
London - 4 £550 - 5
Change and Release Manager
UK

Change and Release Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Change and Release 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 England region featuring Change and Release Manager in the job title.

1 14 (100.00%) ITIL
2 13 (92.86%) Security Cleared
3 12 (85.71%) Release Management
4 11 (78.57%) SC Cleared
5 10 (71.43%) Social Skills
6 9 (64.29%) Service Management
7 8 (57.14%) Agile
7 8 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
7 8 (57.14%) Public Sector
8 7 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (42.86%) DevOps
10 5 (35.71%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (35.71%) Military
11 4 (28.57%) Test Management
11 4 (28.57%) Roadmaps
12 3 (21.43%) Jenkins
12 3 (21.43%) Configuration Management
12 3 (21.43%) Continuous Delivery
12 3 (21.43%) Terraform
12 3 (21.43%) Grafana
12 3 (21.43%) Splunk
13 2 (14.29%) Change Control
13 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 2 (14.29%) Change Management
13 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
13 2 (14.29%) Incident Management
13 2 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 1 (7.14%) Test Assurance
14 1 (7.14%) Business Strategy
14 1 (7.14%) Project Delivery

Change and Release Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Development Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Jenkins
General
1 10 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 8 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (57.14%) Public Sector
3 5 (35.71%) Military
3 5 (35.71%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (100.00%) ITIL
2 12 (85.71%) Release Management
3 9 (64.29%) Service Management
4 8 (57.14%) Agile
5 7 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (42.86%) DevOps
7 4 (28.57%) Roadmaps
7 4 (28.57%) Test Management
8 3 (21.43%) Configuration Management
8 3 (21.43%) Continuous Delivery
9 2 (14.29%) Change Control
9 2 (14.29%) Change Management
9 2 (14.29%) Incident Management
9 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
10 1 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
10 1 (7.14%) Project Management
10 1 (7.14%) Risk Assessment
10 1 (7.14%) Supplier Management
10 1 (7.14%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 13 (92.86%) Security Cleared
2 11 (78.57%) SC Cleared
Systems Management
1 3 (21.43%) Grafana
1 3 (21.43%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) Splunk