Change Manager Contracts in Manchester

Change Manager
North West > Manchester

The median Change Manager daily rate in Manchester is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 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
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 92 103
Rank change year-on-year +17 +11 +31
Contract jobs requiring a Change Manager 3 4 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.34% 0.28% 0.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.30% 0.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 5
10th Percentile - - £485
25th Percentile £475 £519 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £513
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +4.88% +2.50%
75th Percentile £525 £556 £650
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £500 £481 £500
% change year-on-year +3.85% -3.70% +3.36%

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 835 1,349 1,751
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.30% 95.61% 96.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 587 939 1,300
10th Percentile £279 £313 £313
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £495 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -1.00% +2.56%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £590
90th Percentile £666 £694 £675
North West median daily rate £470 £489 £500
% change year-on-year -3.89% -2.20% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 83 41
10th Percentile - £12.05 £14.65
25th Percentile £13.00 £13.31 £16.85
Median hourly rate £24.50 £27.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.26% -1.82% +51.81%
75th Percentile £63.75 £63.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £78.25 £73.75 £70.00
North West median hourly rate £28.75 £27.50 £30.54
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.95% +31.51%

Change Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Change Manager in Manchester

Change Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Change Manager in Manchester

Change Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for Change Manager in Manchester

Change Manager
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 Manager within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 21 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
Stockport - 1 - -
Change Manager
North West

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

For the 6 months to 21 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 Manchester region featuring Change Manager in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Change Management
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (33.33%) Technology Transformation
2 1 (33.33%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (33.33%) Impact Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Law
2 1 (33.33%) Legal
2 1 (33.33%) SAP
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) SAP Certification
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
2 1 (33.33%) Release Management
2 1 (33.33%) SAP Implementation
2 1 (33.33%) Test Management
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
2 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) APMG
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (33.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery

Change Manager Skill Set
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) SAP S/4HANA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Law
2 1 (33.33%) Legal
2 1 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Change Management
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Impact Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Release Management
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) SAP Implementation
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Technology Transformation
2 1 (33.33%) Test Management
2 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) APMG
1 1 (33.33%) SAP Certification
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) SAP