Business Change Project Manager Contracts in the North of England

Project Manager - Business Change
England > North of England

The median Project Manager - Business Change daily rate in the North of England is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 August 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
4 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 178 168 196
Rank change year-on-year -10 +28 +46
Contract jobs requiring a Business Change Project Manager 1 2 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.025% 0.048% 0.094%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.028% 0.052% 0.099%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 5
10th Percentile - £518 -
25th Percentile - £525 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +15.79% +1.33%
75th Percentile - £575 £550
90th Percentile - £583 £558
England median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - +13.40%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 3,627 3,842 5,058
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.48% 92.22% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,329 2,369 3,435
10th Percentile £251 £263 £263
25th Percentile £367 £400 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.19% -1.40% +2.04%
75th Percentile £550 £580 £600
90th Percentile £638 £670 £675
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 231 283 204
10th Percentile £12.82 £11.50 £15.39
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.54 £17.65
Median hourly rate £22.32 £30.00 £26.25
Median % change year-on-year -25.62% +14.29% +30.40%
75th Percentile £46.65 £51.89 £44.64
90th Percentile £75.79 £70.00 £56.24
England median hourly rate £26.00 £45.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year -42.22% +4.65% +67.45%

Business Change Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings that featured Business Change Project Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Business Change Project Manager in the North of England

Business Change Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Change Project Manager in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Business Change Project Manager in the North of England

Business Change Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Change Project Manager in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Business Change Project Manager in the North of England

Business Change Project Manager
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Change Project Manager within the North of England region over the 6 months to 4 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North East -2 1 £550 +4.76%
Business Change Project Manager
England

Business Change Project Manager Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 4 August 2025, Business Change Project 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 North of England region featuring Business Change Project Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) PMI
1 1 (100.00%) PMP
1 1 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
1 1 (100.00%) Trello
1 1 (100.00%) APMG
1 1 (100.00%) Resource Allocation
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Transformation

Business Change Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (100.00%) Trello
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Resource Allocation
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Transformation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) APMG
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (100.00%) PMP
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner