Change Manager Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Change Manager
North West > Manchester

The median Change Manager daily rate in Manchester is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025.

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

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 83 72 94
Rank change year-on-year -11 +22 +25
Contract jobs requiring a Change Manager 8 11 6
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.69% 1.00% 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.76% 1.07% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 5 2
10th Percentile - £397 £410
25th Percentile £588 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £480 £450
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +6.67% -16.28%
75th Percentile £613 £538 £475
90th Percentile - £598 £490
North West median daily rate £538 £531 £450
% change year-on-year +1.18% +18.06% -15.29%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 1,059 1,028 1,461
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.61% 93.88% 93.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 698 617 1,059
10th Percentile £309 £313 £302
25th Percentile £381 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £580 £575 £588
90th Percentile £650 £675 £675
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 84 40 58
10th Percentile £17.30 £15.99 £15.42
25th Percentile £19.42 £21.25 £17.20
Median hourly rate £22.63 £32.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -30.37% +66.67% -18.75%
75th Percentile £37.25 £44.06 £53.75
90th Percentile £63.50 £65.00 £74.28
North West median hourly rate £31.75 £27.31 £35.00
% change year-on-year +16.25% -21.96% +64.51%

Change Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Change Manager job vacancy trend in Manchester

Change Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Change Manager job vacancies in Manchester

Change Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Change Manager job vacancies in Manchester

Change Manager Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 14 December 2025, 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 Manchester region featuring Change Manager in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Change Management
2 7 (87.50%) Change Control
2 7 (87.50%) JIRA
3 6 (75.00%) Azure
3 6 (75.00%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (75.00%) CI/CD
3 6 (75.00%) DevOps
3 6 (75.00%) ITIL
3 6 (75.00%) ITSM
3 6 (75.00%) Process Improvement
3 6 (75.00%) Release Management
3 6 (75.00%) Roadmaps
3 6 (75.00%) Service Management
3 6 (75.00%) ServiceNow
3 6 (75.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (25.00%) CAFM
5 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (12.50%) Workflow

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

Cloud Services
1 6 (75.00%) Azure
1 6 (75.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 7 (87.50%) JIRA
General
1 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Change Management
2 7 (87.50%) Change Control
3 6 (75.00%) CI/CD
3 6 (75.00%) DevOps
3 6 (75.00%) ITIL
3 6 (75.00%) ITSM
3 6 (75.00%) Process Improvement
3 6 (75.00%) Release Management
3 6 (75.00%) Roadmaps
3 6 (75.00%) Service Management
3 6 (75.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (25.00%) CAFM
5 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (12.50%) Workflow
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) ServiceNow