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 22 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 45 51
Rank change year-on-year +25 +6 +28
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Change Management 79 43 65
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 7.77% 3.56% 3.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.76% 4.10% 4.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 23 43
10th Percentile £345 £363 £391
25th Percentile £413 £425 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £462 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.84% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £613 £538 £557
90th Percentile £825 £650 £650
North West median daily rate £450 £507 £500
% change year-on-year -11.29% +1.45% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 1 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £19.07 £29.50 -
Median hourly rate £22.32 £31.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.02% -17.33% -
75th Percentile £22.63 £32.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £22.63 £28.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.61% -24.93% +48.28%

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 902 1,048 1,542
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 88.69% 86.68% 89.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 575 660 1,127
10th Percentile £307 £331 £285
25th Percentile £400 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £581 £600 £600
90th Percentile £666 £713 £675
North West median daily rate £455 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -9.05% - +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 46 53
10th Percentile £16.79 £15.96 £15.72
25th Percentile £19.07 £23.96 £16.29
Median hourly rate £22.63 £35.00 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -35.34% +79.49% +11.43%
75th Percentile £56.62 £62.50 £38.75
90th Percentile £75.25 £88.00 £69.20
North West median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £31.88
% change year-on-year -28.14% +9.80% +46.36%

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
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Change Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Change Management

Change Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Change Management in Manchester over the 6 months to 22 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Change Management in Manchester

Change Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Change Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Change Management

Change Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in Manchester

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Change Management in Manchester over the 6 months to 22 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Change Management in Manchester

Change Management
DemandTrendContract 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 22 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bolton - 10 - - 9
Salford - 5 £800 - 4
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 4 (5.06%) Confluence
1 4 (5.06%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (5.06%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (1.27%) SAS
Applications
1 16 (20.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (17.72%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (3.80%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (1.27%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (2.53%) Maximo
1 2 (2.53%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.27%) Kondor
2 1 (1.27%) SAP ERP
2 1 (1.27%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 11 (13.92%) Azure
2 5 (6.33%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (5.06%) Entra ID
3 4 (5.06%) IaaS
3 4 (5.06%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (3.80%) AWS
5 2 (2.53%) SaaS
5 2 (2.53%) Smartsheet
6 1 (1.27%) Adobe Analytics
6 1 (1.27%) Amazon EMR
6 1 (1.27%) Amazon S3
6 1 (1.27%) Asana
6 1 (1.27%) GCP
6 1 (1.27%) Lucidchart
6 1 (1.27%) Snowflake
6 1 (1.27%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.33%) Firewall
2 4 (5.06%) Intrusion Detection
2 4 (5.06%) Network Security
3 2 (2.53%) SSH
4 1 (1.27%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (1.27%) LAN
4 1 (1.27%) MPLS
4 1 (1.27%) SD-WAN
4 1 (1.27%) SMS
4 1 (1.27%) VPN
4 1 (1.27%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.06%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.27%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (1.27%) MongoDB
2 1 (1.27%) SAP BW
2 1 (1.27%) SAP Data Services
2 1 (1.27%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 16 (20.25%) JIRA
General
1 26 (32.91%) Social Skills
2 14 (17.72%) Analytical Skills
2 14 (17.72%) Finance
3 6 (7.59%) Influencing Skills
3 6 (7.59%) Public Sector
3 6 (7.59%) Telecoms
4 4 (5.06%) Legal
4 4 (5.06%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (3.80%) Aerospace
5 3 (3.80%) Aviation
5 3 (3.80%) Law
6 2 (2.53%) Banking
6 2 (2.53%) Manufacturing
6 2 (2.53%) Retail
7 1 (1.27%) Brand Awareness
7 1 (1.27%) Corporate Banking
7 1 (1.27%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.27%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.27%) Publishing
7 1 (1.27%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 15 (18.99%) Administrator
1 15 (18.99%) SAP Administrator
1 15 (18.99%) SAP Support
2 12 (15.19%) Analyst
3 11 (13.92%) Lead
4 8 (10.13%) Consultant
5 7 (8.86%) Change Manager
6 5 (6.33%) ITIL Change Manager
6 5 (6.33%) ITIL Manager
6 5 (6.33%) Project Manager
7 4 (5.06%) Infrastructure Analyst
8 3 (3.80%) Developer
8 3 (3.80%) Implementation Manager
8 3 (3.80%) Product Manager
8 3 (3.80%) Service Manager
9 2 (2.53%) Data Manager
9 2 (2.53%) ERP Project Manager
9 2 (2.53%) Maximo Consultant
9 2 (2.53%) Technical Manager
9 2 (2.53%) Transition Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.27%) Kafka
1 1 (1.27%) SAP Basis
1 1 (1.27%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.33%) Product Ownership
2 3 (3.80%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (2.53%) Cloud Native
3 2 (2.53%) Life Science
3 2 (2.53%) Onboarding
3 2 (2.53%) Security Posture
3 2 (2.53%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (2.53%) Tandem
4 1 (1.27%) Credit Risk
4 1 (1.27%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.27%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.27%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (1.27%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 10 (12.66%) Windows
2 4 (5.06%) Windows Server
3 3 (3.80%) Unix
4 2 (2.53%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (40.51%) Stakeholder Management
2 24 (30.38%) ITIL
2 24 (30.38%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (20.25%) Service Management
4 14 (17.72%) Agile
5 13 (16.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 12 (15.19%) Project Management
6 12 (15.19%) Roadmaps
6 12 (15.19%) Service Delivery
7 10 (12.66%) Analytics
7 10 (12.66%) ITSM
7 10 (12.66%) PRINCE2
8 9 (11.39%) Continuous Improvement
8 9 (11.39%) DevOps
8 9 (11.39%) Process Improvement
8 9 (11.39%) Project Delivery
8 9 (11.39%) Release Management
8 9 (11.39%) Waterfall
9 8 (10.13%) Requirements Gathering
9 8 (10.13%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.06%) PowerShell
2 3 (3.80%) Java
3 1 (1.27%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (11.39%) Security Cleared
2 8 (10.13%) PMI Certification
2 8 (10.13%) PMP
3 6 (7.59%) Degree
3 6 (7.59%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (7.59%) SC Cleared
4 4 (5.06%) Azure Certification
4 4 (5.06%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (3.80%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (2.53%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.27%) APMG
7 1 (1.27%) CIMA
7 1 (1.27%) CTC Cleared
7 1 (1.27%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.53%) Data Quality
1 2 (2.53%) PMO
1 2 (2.53%) SLA
2 1 (1.27%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.27%) GxP
2 1 (1.27%) HIPAA
2 1 (1.27%) PMBOK
2 1 (1.27%) QA
System Software
1 4 (5.06%) Active Directory
1 4 (5.06%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (5.06%) vSphere
2 2 (2.53%) Firmware
2 2 (2.53%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 6 (7.59%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (3.80%) SCCM
3 1 (1.27%) Cisco Prime
3 1 (1.27%) Grafana
3 1 (1.27%) Prometheus
3 1 (1.27%) WSUS
Vendors
1 31 (39.24%) Microsoft
2 20 (25.32%) SAP
3 9 (11.39%) ServiceNow
4 5 (6.33%) IBM
5 4 (5.06%) VMware
6 3 (3.80%) Twitter
7 2 (2.53%) Kronos
8 1 (1.27%) Adobe
8 1 (1.27%) Ariba
8 1 (1.27%) Aruba
8 1 (1.27%) Atlassian
8 1 (1.27%) Bloomberg
8 1 (1.27%) Cisco
8 1 (1.27%) CyberArk
8 1 (1.27%) Fortinet
8 1 (1.27%) Oracle
8 1 (1.27%) Palo Alto
8 1 (1.27%) Rapid7
8 1 (1.27%) Salesforce
8 1 (1.27%) SolarWinds