Business Change Manager Contract Job Trends in London

Business Change Manager
England > London

The median Business Change Manager daily rate in London is £620, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 January 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 349 342 354
Rank change year-on-year -7 +12 +138
Contract jobs requiring a Business Change Manager 32 24 42
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.22% 0.17% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.18% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 16 24
10th Percentile £315 £441 £437
25th Percentile £519 £498 £520
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £620 £588 £585
Median % change year-on-year +5.53% +0.51% -6.48%
75th Percentile £728 £656 £675
90th Percentile £813 £719 £725
England median daily rate £588 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +6.82% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £55.00
England median hourly rate - - £41.65

All Contract IT Job Roles
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in 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 London with a recognized job title 13,297 13,441 17,051
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.44% 93.41% 93.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,825 8,665 12,297
10th Percentile £350 £338 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £555
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -0.90% -4.31%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £796 £788
England median daily rate £501 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.67% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 150 222
10th Percentile £17.50 £19.76 £17.00
25th Percentile £22.88 £23.80 £21.31
Median hourly rate £31.49 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.03% - +2.94%
75th Percentile £59.06 £53.75 £56.88
90th Percentile £76.58 £80.75 £72.00
England median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -21.43% -22.22% +36.36%

Business Change Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Business Change Manager job vacancy trend in London

Business Change Manager
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Business Change Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Change Manager in London over the 6 months to 3 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Business Change Manager in London

Business Change Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

Business Change Manager
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Change Manager within the London region over the 6 months to 3 January 2026. 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
Central London +1 3 £478 -22.04%
East London +4 2 - -
Business Change Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 3 January 2026, Business 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 London region featuring Business Change Manager in the job title.

1 15 (46.88%) Change Management
2 12 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 11 (34.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 10 (31.25%) Agile
5 7 (21.88%) ServiceNow
6 6 (18.75%) AI
6 6 (18.75%) ITIL
6 6 (18.75%) Microsoft
7 5 (15.63%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (15.63%) Data Quality
7 5 (15.63%) Project Management
8 4 (12.50%) Business Analysis
8 4 (12.50%) Commercialisation
8 4 (12.50%) CRM
8 4 (12.50%) Power Platform
8 4 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (12.50%) Process Improvement
8 4 (12.50%) Service Continuity Management
8 4 (12.50%) SQL
8 4 (12.50%) Target Operating Model
9 3 (9.38%) APMG
9 3 (9.38%) Behavioural Change
9 3 (9.38%) Business Change Management
9 3 (9.38%) Configuration Management
9 3 (9.38%) Migration
9 3 (9.38%) PRINCE2
9 3 (9.38%) Project Delivery
9 3 (9.38%) Service Management
9 3 (9.38%) Waterfall
9 3 (9.38%) Workshop Facilitation

Business Change Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 (3.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (3.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 4 (12.50%) Power Platform
2 1 (3.13%) AWS
2 1 (3.13%) Azure
2 1 (3.13%) Entra ID
2 1 (3.13%) GCP
2 1 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Copilot
2 1 (3.13%) Rubrik
2 1 (3.13%) SaaS
General
1 11 (34.38%) Finance
1 11 (34.38%) Social Skills
2 3 (9.38%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (9.38%) Public Sector
3 2 (6.25%) German Language
4 1 (3.13%) Back Office
4 1 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (3.13%) Law
4 1 (3.13%) Legal
4 1 (3.13%) Marketing
4 1 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (3.13%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.13%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 5 (15.63%) CMDB
2 3 (9.38%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (6.25%) Onboarding
4 1 (3.13%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (3.13%) Data Structures
4 1 (3.13%) e-Learning
4 1 (3.13%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (46.88%) Change Management
2 12 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 11 (34.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 10 (31.25%) Agile
5 6 (18.75%) AI
5 6 (18.75%) ITIL
6 5 (15.63%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (15.63%) Project Management
7 4 (12.50%) Business Analysis
7 4 (12.50%) Commercialisation
7 4 (12.50%) CRM
7 4 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (12.50%) Process Improvement
7 4 (12.50%) Service Continuity Management
7 4 (12.50%) Target Operating Model
8 3 (9.38%) Configuration Management
8 3 (9.38%) Migration
8 3 (9.38%) PRINCE2
8 3 (9.38%) Service Management
8 3 (9.38%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (9.38%) APMG
2 2 (6.25%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.13%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (15.63%) Data Quality
2 2 (6.25%) PMO
3 1 (3.13%) NIST
Vendors
1 7 (21.88%) ServiceNow
2 6 (18.75%) Microsoft
3 2 (6.25%) SAP
4 1 (3.13%) BMC
4 1 (3.13%) Oracle
4 1 (3.13%) Salesforce
4 1 (3.13%) VMware
4 1 (3.13%) Zerto