Change Manager Contracts in London

Change Manager
England > London

The median Change Manager daily rate in London is £594, 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 288 302 318
Rank change year-on-year +14 +16 +27
Contract jobs requiring a Change Manager 65 89 180
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.52% 0.50% 0.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.55% 0.54% 0.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 62 125
10th Percentile £474 £428 £413
25th Percentile £491 £525 £464
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £594 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.04% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £650 £694 £650
90th Percentile £738 £786 £741
England median daily rate £536 £570 £550
% change year-on-year -5.92% +3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 4
10th Percentile - £56.15 -
25th Percentile - £57.88 -
Median hourly rate - £61.50 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year - +13.89% -
75th Percentile - £65.88 £61.13
90th Percentile - £68.05 £73.95
England median hourly rate - £61.50 £54.00
% change year-on-year - +13.89% -3.57%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 11,726 16,625 25,758
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.45% 93.24% 95.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,034 12,022 18,663
10th Percentile £341 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 336 290
10th Percentile £20.45 £16.01 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.90 £20.02 £22.53
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.26% -20.54% -
75th Percentile £50.75 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £64.75 £65.00 £76.03
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Change Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Change Manager in London

Change Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Change Manager in London

Change Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Change Manager in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Change Manager in London

Change Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Change Manager in London

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 Change Manager within the London 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
Central London +6 15 £600 -7.69% 1
South London - 1 - -
Change Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 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 London region featuring Change Manager in the job title.

1 46 (70.77%) Change Management
2 32 (49.23%) Social Skills
3 23 (35.38%) Stakeholder Management
4 20 (30.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 15 (23.08%) Project Management
6 14 (21.54%) Public Sector
7 12 (18.46%) Agile
7 12 (18.46%) SC Cleared
7 12 (18.46%) Security Cleared
8 11 (16.92%) Analytical Skills
8 11 (16.92%) Impact Assessments
9 10 (15.38%) Project Delivery
9 10 (15.38%) Organisational Skills
9 10 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
9 10 (15.38%) Finance
10 8 (12.31%) Salesforce
10 8 (12.31%) Microsoft
10 8 (12.31%) Decision-Making
10 8 (12.31%) Influencing Skills
11 7 (10.77%) ITIL
11 7 (10.77%) Waterfall
11 7 (10.77%) Project Planning
12 6 (9.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
12 6 (9.23%) Degree
12 6 (9.23%) Coaching
12 6 (9.23%) Microsoft Excel
12 6 (9.23%) Migration
12 6 (9.23%) Business Change Management
12 6 (9.23%) Impact Analysis
13 5 (7.69%) Technology Transformation

Change Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 (1.54%) CMS
1 1 (1.54%) Confluence
1 1 (1.54%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (9.23%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (9.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (3.08%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.08%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.54%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (3.08%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.54%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 4 (6.15%) Power Platform
2 3 (4.62%) Azure
2 3 (4.62%) Smartsheet
3 1 (1.54%) Asana
3 1 (1.54%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.54%) BigCommerce
3 1 (1.54%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.54%) Miro
3 1 (1.54%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.62%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 32 (49.23%) Social Skills
2 14 (21.54%) Public Sector
3 11 (16.92%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (15.38%) Finance
4 10 (15.38%) Organisational Skills
5 8 (12.31%) Influencing Skills
6 5 (7.69%) Marketing
6 5 (7.69%) Retail
7 4 (6.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (4.62%) Local Government
8 3 (4.62%) Military
9 2 (3.08%) Banking
9 2 (3.08%) Legal
9 2 (3.08%) Publishing
10 1 (1.54%) Investment Banking
10 1 (1.54%) Manufacturing
10 1 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.54%) Flash
1 1 (1.54%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.08%) FMCG
1 2 (3.08%) Freedom of Information
1 2 (3.08%) Self-Motivation
1 2 (3.08%) Social Media
2 1 (1.54%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (1.54%) e-Learning
2 1 (1.54%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (1.54%) Onboarding
2 1 (1.54%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.62%) Mac OS
1 3 (4.62%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (70.77%) Change Management
2 23 (35.38%) Stakeholder Management
3 20 (30.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 15 (23.08%) Project Management
5 12 (18.46%) Agile
6 11 (16.92%) Impact Assessments
7 10 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
7 10 (15.38%) Project Delivery
8 8 (12.31%) Decision-Making
9 7 (10.77%) ITIL
9 7 (10.77%) Project Planning
9 7 (10.77%) Waterfall
10 6 (9.23%) Business Change Management
10 6 (9.23%) Coaching
10 6 (9.23%) Impact Analysis
10 6 (9.23%) Migration
11 5 (7.69%) Business Intelligence
11 5 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
11 5 (7.69%) Stakeholder Identification
11 5 (7.69%) Technology Transformation
Qualifications
1 12 (18.46%) SC Cleared
1 12 (18.46%) Security Cleared
2 6 (9.23%) Degree
3 2 (3.08%) PMI Certification
3 2 (3.08%) PMP
4 1 (1.54%) APMG
4 1 (1.54%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.08%) PMO
Systems Management
1 3 (4.62%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (4.62%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (12.31%) Microsoft
1 8 (12.31%) Salesforce
2 4 (6.15%) SAP
3 2 (3.08%) Workday
4 1 (1.54%) Adobe
4 1 (1.54%) Duck Creek
4 1 (1.54%) Guidewire
4 1 (1.54%) Planview
4 1 (1.54%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.54%) Sitecore