IT Change Manager Contract Job Trends in England

IT Change Manager
UK > England

The median IT Change Manager daily rate in England is £420, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025.

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

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 521 487 551
Rank change year-on-year -34 +64 +185
Contract jobs requiring an IT Change Manager 12 17 12
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.038% 0.059% 0.032%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.042% 0.063% 0.034%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 12 8
10th Percentile £338 £429 £443
25th Percentile £358 £463 £457
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £488 £484
Median % change year-on-year -13.85% +0.78% -12.05%
75th Percentile £585 £516 £540
90th Percentile £681 £585 £564
UK median daily rate £420 £488 £471
% change year-on-year -13.85% +3.45% -14.32%

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 28,706 26,921 34,873
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.27% 92.92% 93.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,309 16,785 23,966
10th Percentile £291 £300 £288
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -1.50% -3.09%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,763 853 1,358
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.73 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.25 £21.25 £19.50
Median hourly rate £26.78 £36.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.61% -20.00% +38.46%
75th Percentile £60.68 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.90 £73.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.50 £34.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -25.00% -23.60% +48.33%

IT Change Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

IT Change Manager job vacancy trend in England

IT Change Manager
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Change Manager job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Change Manager job vacancies in England

IT Change Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Change Manager in England over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Change Manager in England

IT Change Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Change Manager job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Change Manager job vacancies in England

IT 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 IT Change Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 19 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
London -14 4 £420 -11.58% 3
South East -23 3 £640 +28.00% 2
West Midlands -34 2 - -
Midlands -42 2 - -
East of England - 2 £375 -
South West - 1 - -
IT Change Manager
UK

IT Change Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 19 December 2025, IT 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 England region featuring IT Change Manager in the job title.

1 6 (50.00%) Change Management
2 4 (33.33%) ITIL
2 4 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 3 (25.00%) Impact Assessments
3 3 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (25.00%) Service Management
4 2 (16.67%) Business Change Management
4 2 (16.67%) Configuration Management
4 2 (16.67%) CRM
4 2 (16.67%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (16.67%) Electronic Patient Records
4 2 (16.67%) ITSM
4 2 (16.67%) Oracle
4 2 (16.67%) Salesforce
4 2 (16.67%) SAP
4 2 (16.67%) ServiceNow
4 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (16.67%) Technology Transformation
5 1 (8.33%) APMG
5 1 (8.33%) DV Cleared
5 1 (8.33%) ISO 9001
5 1 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (8.33%) Programme Delivery
5 1 (8.33%) Project Governance
5 1 (8.33%) Release Management
5 1 (8.33%) Risk Identification and Mitigation
5 1 (8.33%) Risk Management

IT Change Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) Electronic Patient Records
General
1 2 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Military
2 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) NHS
2 1 (8.33%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (8.33%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Change Management
2 4 (33.33%) ITIL
3 3 (25.00%) Impact Assessments
3 3 (25.00%) Service Management
4 2 (16.67%) Business Change Management
4 2 (16.67%) Configuration Management
4 2 (16.67%) CRM
4 2 (16.67%) ITSM
4 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (16.67%) Technology Transformation
5 1 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (8.33%) Programme Delivery
5 1 (8.33%) Project Governance
5 1 (8.33%) Release Management
5 1 (8.33%) Risk Identification and Mitigation
5 1 (8.33%) Risk Management
5 1 (8.33%) Roadmaps
5 1 (8.33%) Security Operations
5 1 (8.33%) Service Continuity Management
5 1 (8.33%) Validation
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 3 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (8.33%) APMG
3 1 (8.33%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) ISO 9001
1 1 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 1 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Oracle
1 2 (16.67%) Salesforce
1 2 (16.67%) SAP
1 2 (16.67%) ServiceNow