Change and Release Manager Contracts in Merseyside

Change and Release Manager
North West > Merseyside

The median Change and Release Manager daily rate in Merseyside is £523, 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 21 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Change and Release Manager 8 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Merseyside 4.76% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 5.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £511 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 - -
75th Percentile £534 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £523 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Merseyside

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Merseyside. 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 Merseyside with a recognized job title 160 217 330
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.24% 95.18% 96.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 117 242
10th Percentile £143 £151 £236
25th Percentile £203 £230 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £400 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -15.79% +10.47%
75th Percentile £538 £494 £550
90th Percentile £630 £588 £686
North West median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 32 13
10th Percentile £13.28 - -
25th Percentile - £15.50 £10.09
Median hourly rate £17.44 £19.97 £16.37
Median % change year-on-year -12.65% +21.96% +9.13%
75th Percentile £20.00 £34.80 £18.75
90th Percentile £25.22 £43.09 £23.75
North West median hourly rate £29.23 £26.53 £30.54
% change year-on-year +10.20% -13.15% +50.37%

Change and Release Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Job vacancy trend for Change and Release Manager in Merseyside

Change and Release Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Change and Release Manager in Merseyside.

Daily rate trend for Change and Release Manager in Merseyside

Change and Release Manager
Contract Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Change and Release Manager within the Merseyside 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
Southport - 8 £523 -
Change and Release Manager
North West

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Change and Release 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 Merseyside region featuring Change and Release Manager in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) ITIL
1 8 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (75.00%) Release Management
2 6 (75.00%) Agile
2 6 (75.00%) SC Cleared
3 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
3 5 (62.50%) DevOps
4 4 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
4 4 (50.00%) Public Sector
4 4 (50.00%) Service Management
5 3 (37.50%) Configuration Management
5 3 (37.50%) Test Management
5 3 (37.50%) Splunk
5 3 (37.50%) Jenkins
5 3 (37.50%) Continuous Delivery
5 3 (37.50%) Terraform
5 3 (37.50%) Grafana
5 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (37.50%) Roadmaps
6 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (12.50%) Military
7 1 (12.50%) Change Control
7 1 (12.50%) Test Strategy
7 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 1 (12.50%) Change Management
7 1 (12.50%) Incident Management
7 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
7 1 (12.50%) Business Change Management
7 1 (12.50%) Programme Delivery

Change and Release Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside 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:

Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Jenkins
General
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 4 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
2 4 (50.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (12.50%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) ITIL
2 6 (75.00%) Agile
2 6 (75.00%) Release Management
3 5 (62.50%) DevOps
4 4 (50.00%) Service Management
5 3 (37.50%) Configuration Management
5 3 (37.50%) Continuous Delivery
5 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (37.50%) Roadmaps
5 3 (37.50%) Test Management
6 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (12.50%) Business Change Management
7 1 (12.50%) Change Control
7 1 (12.50%) Change Management
7 1 (12.50%) Incident Management
7 1 (12.50%) Programme Delivery
7 1 (12.50%) Project Delivery
7 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
7 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 1 (12.50%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (75.00%) SC Cleared
Systems Management
1 3 (37.50%) Grafana
1 3 (37.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Splunk