Change Manager Contracts in England

Change Manager
UK > England

The median Change Manager daily rate in England is £570 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 May 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
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 356 360 384
Rank change year-on-year +4 +24 +23
Contract jobs requiring a Change Manager 194 322 475
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.52% 0.64% 0.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.56% 0.68% 0.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 145 228 344
10th Percentile £409 £423 £413
25th Percentile £478 £496 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.64% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £668 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £700 £763
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 6
10th Percentile £56.15 - £29.23
25th Percentile £57.88 - £34.97
Median hourly rate £61.50 £54.00 £56.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.89% -3.57% +149.44%
75th Percentile £65.88 £69.75 £77.06
90th Percentile £68.05 £78.75 £84.63
UK median hourly rate £61.50 £54.00 £63.00
% change year-on-year +13.89% -14.29% +180.62%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 34,362 47,263 67,966
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.69% 94.63% 95.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,836 33,555 48,392
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £643 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £760 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,442 1,404 1,879
10th Percentile £13.00 £14.36 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £44.32 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.64% +96.98% +2.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.86 £77.00 £63.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%

Change Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Change Manager in England

Change Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Change Manager in England

Change Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Change Manager in England over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Change Manager in England

Change Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Change Manager in England

Change 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 Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 6 May 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
London +27 91 £600 +9.09% 25
South East +21 28 £550 - 6
Midlands +30 22 £500 -9.09% 9
South West +19 21 £570 +8.57% 6
North of England +1 18 £500 -16.67% 3
West Midlands +13 16 £625 +13.64% 4
North West +20 11 £481 -3.70% 1
East of England +12 8 £478 -8.95% 3
Yorkshire +10 7 £600 -7.69% 1
East Midlands - 5 £391 - 5
Change Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 6 May 2024, 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 England region featuring Change Manager in the job title.

1 106 (54.64%) Change Management
2 59 (30.41%) Finance
3 51 (26.29%) Social Skills
4 47 (24.23%) Stakeholder Management
5 39 (20.10%) Project Management
6 31 (15.98%) Public Sector
7 25 (12.89%) Programme Management
8 24 (12.37%) SAP
8 24 (12.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 23 (11.86%) ITIL
10 20 (10.31%) Agile
11 19 (9.79%) Marketing
11 19 (9.79%) Manufacturing
11 19 (9.79%) Impact Assessments
12 18 (9.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 18 (9.28%) Business Intelligence
13 17 (8.76%) Problem-Solving
14 16 (8.25%) Decision-Making
14 16 (8.25%) Project Delivery
14 16 (8.25%) ERP
15 15 (7.73%) Telecoms
16 14 (7.22%) Release Management
16 14 (7.22%) Digital Marketing
16 14 (7.22%) Process Improvement
16 14 (7.22%) Target Operating Model
17 13 (6.70%) Security Cleared
17 13 (6.70%) Electronics
17 13 (6.70%) Microsoft
18 12 (6.19%) Analytical Skills
18 12 (6.19%) Continuous Improvement

Change 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:

Applications
1 6 (3.09%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.06%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (1.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.55%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (2.06%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (2.06%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.52%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 6 (3.09%) Dynamics 365
2 5 (2.58%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (1.55%) Azure
3 3 (1.55%) Power Platform
4 2 (1.03%) AWS
4 2 (1.03%) GCP
5 1 (0.52%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.52%) Google Workspace
5 1 (0.52%) OCI
5 1 (0.52%) Power Automate
5 1 (0.52%) PowerApps
5 1 (0.52%) Slack
5 1 (0.52%) Yammer
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.55%) Data Lake
1 3 (1.55%) Power BI
2 2 (1.03%) Elasticsearch
2 2 (1.03%) SAP HANA
3 1 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
General
1 59 (30.41%) Finance
2 51 (26.29%) Social Skills
3 31 (15.98%) Public Sector
4 19 (9.79%) Manufacturing
4 19 (9.79%) Marketing
5 18 (9.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 15 (7.73%) Telecoms
7 13 (6.70%) Electronics
8 12 (6.19%) Analytical Skills
9 9 (4.64%) Banking
10 8 (4.12%) Retail
11 6 (3.09%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (3.09%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (2.58%) Legal
12 5 (2.58%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (2.06%) Law
13 4 (2.06%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (1.03%) Advertising
14 2 (1.03%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (1.03%) Financial Institution
Miscellaneous
1 6 (3.09%) Operational Technology
2 3 (1.55%) FMCG
2 3 (1.55%) Management Information System
2 3 (1.55%) Reinsurance
3 2 (1.03%) CMDB
3 2 (1.03%) Data Centre
3 2 (1.03%) Onboarding
3 2 (1.03%) Social Media
4 1 (0.52%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (0.52%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (0.52%) Life Science
4 1 (0.52%) PMI
4 1 (0.52%) Product Ownership
4 1 (0.52%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (0.52%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.03%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (54.64%) Change Management
2 47 (24.23%) Stakeholder Management
3 39 (20.10%) Project Management
4 25 (12.89%) Programme Management
5 24 (12.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 23 (11.86%) ITIL
7 20 (10.31%) Agile
8 19 (9.79%) Impact Assessments
9 18 (9.28%) Business Intelligence
10 17 (8.76%) Problem-Solving
11 16 (8.25%) Decision-Making
11 16 (8.25%) ERP
11 16 (8.25%) Project Delivery
12 14 (7.22%) Digital Marketing
12 14 (7.22%) Process Improvement
12 14 (7.22%) Release Management
12 14 (7.22%) Target Operating Model
13 12 (6.19%) Business Case
13 12 (6.19%) Continuous Improvement
14 11 (5.67%) Culture Change
Qualifications
1 13 (6.70%) Security Cleared
2 9 (4.64%) Degree
2 9 (4.64%) SC Cleared
3 6 (3.09%) ITIL Certification
4 3 (1.55%) DV Cleared
4 3 (1.55%) Six Sigma Green Belt
5 1 (0.52%) APMG
5 1 (0.52%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.52%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.52%) PMP
5 1 (0.52%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.61%) PMO
2 2 (1.03%) QA
3 1 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (0.52%) GDPR
3 1 (0.52%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (1.03%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 24 (12.37%) SAP
2 13 (6.70%) Microsoft
3 4 (2.06%) Salesforce
4 3 (1.55%) Google
4 3 (1.55%) ServiceNow
5 1 (0.52%) Ariba
5 1 (0.52%) IBM
5 1 (0.52%) Oracle
5 1 (0.52%) Planview
5 1 (0.52%) Remedy