Change Management Contract Job Trends in Merseyside

Change Management
North West > Merseyside

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Merseyside requiring Change Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 25 14
Rank change year-on-year +3 -11 +7
Contract jobs citing Change Management 7 4 19
As % of all contract jobs in Merseyside 3.55% 1.72% 8.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.09% 2.44% 9.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 17
10th Percentile £665 - £305
25th Percentile £691 £500 £484
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year +36.36% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £775 £600 £563
90th Percentile - - £588
North West median daily rate £450 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% +2.56%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 171 164 191
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside 86.80% 70.69% 86.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 103 74 118
10th Percentile £129 £153 £224
25th Percentile £163 £206 £361
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £406 £469
Median % change year-on-year +4.62% -13.33% +1.08%
75th Percentile £510 £500 £550
90th Percentile £677 £600 £600
North West median daily rate £450 £478 £500
% change year-on-year -5.86% -4.40% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 9 13
10th Percentile - £16.24 £15.45
25th Percentile - £20.19 £16.25
Median hourly rate £12.21 £22.88 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -46.62% +20.39% +8.39%
75th Percentile £15.18 £40.00 £29.00
90th Percentile £17.33 £54.00 £50.00
North West median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £34.00
% change year-on-year -40.83% +25.00% +45.92%

Change Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Change Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside.

Change Management job vacancy trend in Merseyside

Change Management
Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

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

Change Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

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

Change Management
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 Management within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 7 October 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
Liverpool +6 7 £750 - 5
Change Management
North West

Change Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (57.14%) Siebel EIM
General
1 6 (85.71%) Public Sector
2 4 (57.14%) Banking
2 4 (57.14%) Finance
2 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Law
4 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Legal
4 1 (14.29%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Developer
1 4 (57.14%) Siebel Developer
2 2 (28.57%) Contracts Manager
2 2 (28.57%) ERP Implementation Manager
2 2 (28.57%) ERP Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Implementation Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Head of Performance Improvement
3 1 (14.29%) Procurement Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Risk Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Siebel Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (57.14%) JMS
1 4 (57.14%) SOAP
1 4 (57.14%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 4 (57.14%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Data Modelling
1 4 (57.14%) EAI
1 4 (57.14%) End-to-End Testing
1 4 (57.14%) Migration
1 4 (57.14%) Performance Tuning
1 4 (57.14%) Requirements Gathering
1 4 (57.14%) SDLC
1 4 (57.14%) System Integration Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Change Control
2 2 (28.57%) Contract Management
2 2 (28.57%) ERP
2 2 (28.57%) Risk Management
3 1 (14.29%) Budget Management
3 1 (14.29%) Contract Negotiation
3 1 (14.29%) Data Collection
3 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
3 1 (14.29%) Model Validation
3 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Scorecard
3 1 (14.29%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) PL/SQL
1 4 (57.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) SC Cleared
1 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) SLA
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Oracle
1 4 (57.14%) Siebel