Change Management Contracts in Manchester

Change Management
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester requiring Change Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Change Management over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 45 43
Rank change year-on-year +17 -2 +41
Contract jobs citing Change Management 55 51 82
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 5.94% 3.36% 4.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.63% 3.86% 4.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 37 55
10th Percentile £224 £325 £363
25th Percentile £319 £350 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £431 £475 £510
Median % change year-on-year -9.21% -6.86% +7.37%
75th Percentile £493 £585 £650
90th Percentile £775 £650 £688
North West median daily rate £438 £508 £550
% change year-on-year -13.92% -7.59% +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £62.96 -
Median hourly rate - £65.92 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year - +75.79% -
75th Percentile - £68.88 £58.75
90th Percentile - - £71.50
North West median hourly rate £50.00 £37.18 £33.25
% change year-on-year +34.48% +11.82% +10.14%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

Change Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 830 1,321 1,738
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 89.63% 87.08% 91.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 577 898 1,273
10th Percentile £300 £319 £315
25th Percentile £400 £407 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.40% - +1.73%
75th Percentile £575 £595 £594
90th Percentile £675 £694 £663
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 73 61
10th Percentile £15.18 £12.42 £14.65
25th Percentile £19.25 £13.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £24.19 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year +34.35% -35.15% +140.65%
75th Percentile £63.75 £57.50 £47.50
90th Percentile £77.00 £72.50 £70.00
North West median hourly rate £31.88 £21.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +51.81% -40.00% +70.82%

Change Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing Change Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Change Management in Manchester

Change Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Change Management in Manchester.

Daily rate trend for Change Management in Manchester

Change Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

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

Daily rate histogram for Change Management in Manchester

Change Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Change Management in Manchester.

Hourly rate trend for Change Management in Manchester

Change Management
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Change Management within the Manchester 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
Salford - 4 £800 - 2
Change Management
North West

Change Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 11 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.82%) IIS
2 1 (1.82%) SAS
2 1 (1.82%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (5.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (5.45%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.82%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (3.64%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 11 (20.00%) Azure
1 11 (20.00%) Entra ID
1 11 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (18.18%) IaaS
3 2 (3.64%) AWS
4 1 (1.82%) Amazon EC2
4 1 (1.82%) Amazon S3
4 1 (1.82%) Asana
4 1 (1.82%) AWS CloudFormation
4 1 (1.82%) Nutanix
4 1 (1.82%) SaaS
4 1 (1.82%) Salesforce Service Cloud
4 1 (1.82%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 11 (20.00%) Firewall
1 11 (20.00%) Network Security
2 10 (18.18%) Intrusion Detection
3 3 (5.45%) DHCP
3 3 (5.45%) DNS
4 1 (1.82%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (1.82%) Intranet
4 1 (1.82%) LAN
4 1 (1.82%) MPLS
4 1 (1.82%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (1.82%) SD-WAN
4 1 (1.82%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.82%) VPN
4 1 (1.82%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (18.18%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (7.27%) JIRA
General
1 22 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 15 (27.27%) Telecoms
3 10 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (14.55%) Public Sector
5 5 (9.09%) Finance
6 4 (7.27%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (5.45%) Marketing
7 3 (5.45%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (3.64%) Law
8 2 (3.64%) Legal
8 2 (3.64%) Military
9 1 (1.82%) Banking
9 1 (1.82%) Corporate Banking
9 1 (1.82%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.82%) Retail
9 1 (1.82%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 17 (30.91%) Analyst
2 9 (16.36%) Lead
3 5 (9.09%) Business Analyst
3 5 (9.09%) Implementation Manager
3 5 (9.09%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 5 (9.09%) Infrastructure Specialist
4 4 (7.27%) Release Manager
5 3 (5.45%) Change Manager
5 3 (5.45%) Help Desk Analyst
5 3 (5.45%) Help Desk Support
5 3 (5.45%) Help Desk Support Analyst
5 3 (5.45%) Product Manager
5 3 (5.45%) Project Manager
5 3 (5.45%) Technical Analyst
5 3 (5.45%) Technical Support
5 3 (5.45%) Technical Support Analyst
5 3 (5.45%) Telecoms Analyst
5 3 (5.45%) Telecoms Support Analyst
6 2 (3.64%) Network Operations Manager
6 2 (3.64%) Programme Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.82%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.27%) Product Ownership
2 2 (3.64%) NHS
3 1 (1.82%) Blog
3 1 (1.82%) Clustering
3 1 (1.82%) CMDB
3 1 (1.82%) Credit Risk
3 1 (1.82%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (1.82%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.82%) Mobile App
3 1 (1.82%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.82%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 12 (21.82%) Windows
2 11 (20.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.82%) CentOS
3 1 (1.82%) Linux
3 1 (1.82%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (49.09%) Stakeholder Management
2 21 (38.18%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (34.55%) ITIL
4 13 (23.64%) Project Delivery
5 12 (21.82%) Agile
6 11 (20.00%) Project Management
7 10 (18.18%) Business Continuity
7 10 (18.18%) PRINCE2
7 10 (18.18%) Service Delivery
7 10 (18.18%) Service Management
7 10 (18.18%) Vulnerability Scanning
8 9 (16.36%) Disaster Recovery
8 9 (16.36%) Line Management
9 8 (14.55%) BCP
9 8 (14.55%) Business Continuity Planning
9 8 (14.55%) Cybersecurity
9 8 (14.55%) Enterprise Architecture
9 8 (14.55%) Information Security
9 8 (14.55%) Migration
9 8 (14.55%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 11 (20.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (3.64%) SQL
3 1 (1.82%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (18.18%) Azure Certification
1 10 (18.18%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (9.09%) PMI Certification
2 5 (9.09%) PMP
3 4 (7.27%) Degree
4 2 (3.64%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (3.64%) SAP Certification
5 1 (1.82%) APMG
5 1 (1.82%) CCNA
5 1 (1.82%) CIMA
5 1 (1.82%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.82%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (1.82%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (1.82%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.82%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.27%) SLA
2 1 (1.82%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.82%) PCI DSS
2 1 (1.82%) QA
System Software
1 12 (21.82%) Active Directory
2 10 (18.18%) vSphere
3 9 (16.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.82%) Firmware
4 1 (1.82%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.82%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 10 (18.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (3.64%) Nagios
2 2 (3.64%) ZABBIX
3 1 (1.82%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (1.82%) Ansible
3 1 (1.82%) Cisco Prime
3 1 (1.82%) Prometheus
3 1 (1.82%) Terraform
3 1 (1.82%) WSUS
Vendors
1 17 (30.91%) Microsoft
2 11 (20.00%) VMware
3 3 (5.45%) SAP
3 3 (5.45%) ServiceNow
3 3 (5.45%) SolarWinds
4 1 (1.82%) Aruba
4 1 (1.82%) Cisco
4 1 (1.82%) CyberArk
4 1 (1.82%) Dell
4 1 (1.82%) Fortinet
4 1 (1.82%) HP
4 1 (1.82%) IBM
4 1 (1.82%) Kronos
4 1 (1.82%) Palo Alto
4 1 (1.82%) Salesforce