Change Manager Contracts in the North of England

Change Manager
England > North of England

The median Change Manager daily rate in the North of England is £500, 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 136 167 169
Rank change year-on-year +31 +2 +24
Contract jobs requiring a Change Manager 30 18 51
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.91% 0.38% 0.87%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.97% 0.41% 0.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 14 35
10th Percentile £419 £397 £463
25th Percentile £463 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -13.04% +15.00%
75th Percentile £527 £580 £650
90th Percentile £538 £659 -
England median daily rate £536 £570 £550
% change year-on-year -5.92% +3.64% -

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 3,078 4,441 5,553
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.41% 93.14% 95.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,038 2,789 3,920
10th Percentile £230 £263 £285
25th Percentile £364 £385 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £480 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.29% -4.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £580 £600
90th Percentile £646 £673 £680
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 163 394 162
10th Percentile £12.86 £11.02 £13.96
25th Percentile £16.16 £12.53 £18.82
Median hourly rate £24.50 £19.34 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year +26.68% -36.67% +65.08%
75th Percentile £49.38 £45.97 £49.40
90th Percentile £80.22 £60.00 £65.68
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Change Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Change Manager in the North of England

Change Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for Change Manager in the North of England

Change Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Change Manager in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Change Manager in the North of England

Change Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Change Manager in the North of England

Change 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 Change Manager within the North of England 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
North West +34 28 £500 +3.85% 4
Yorkshire +2 1 - - 3
North East - 1 £500 - 2
Change Manager
England

Change Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 1 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 North of England region featuring Change Manager in the job title.

1 16 (53.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 14 (46.67%) Social Skills
3 13 (43.33%) Change Management
3 13 (43.33%) ITIL
4 10 (33.33%) Security Cleared
4 10 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (30.00%) Agile
6 7 (23.33%) Release Management
6 7 (23.33%) Business Strategy
6 7 (23.33%) SC Cleared
7 6 (20.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
7 6 (20.00%) Matrix Organization
7 6 (20.00%) DevOps
7 6 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (20.00%) Public Sector
8 5 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (16.67%) PMO
8 5 (16.67%) Acceptance Criteria
8 5 (16.67%) Matrix Management
8 5 (16.67%) Spreadsheet
8 5 (16.67%) Programme Management
8 5 (16.67%) Service Management
8 5 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
8 5 (16.67%) Microsoft
8 5 (16.67%) Project Management
9 4 (13.33%) Test Management
9 4 (13.33%) Decision-Making
9 4 (13.33%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (13.33%) Impact Assessments
9 4 (13.33%) Roadmaps

Change 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 5 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (16.67%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (6.67%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.33%) Data Hub
1 1 (3.33%) NoSQL
1 1 (3.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (10.00%) Jenkins
General
1 14 (46.67%) Social Skills
2 6 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 5 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
4 4 (13.33%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (10.00%) Manufacturing
6 2 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (6.67%) Legal
6 2 (6.67%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (3.33%) Finance
7 1 (3.33%) Law
7 1 (3.33%) Military
7 1 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (3.33%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.67%) FMCG
2 1 (3.33%) Driving Licence
2 1 (3.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.33%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (53.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 13 (43.33%) Change Management
2 13 (43.33%) ITIL
3 10 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (30.00%) Agile
5 7 (23.33%) Business Strategy
5 7 (23.33%) Release Management
6 6 (20.00%) DevOps
6 6 (20.00%) Matrix Organization
6 6 (20.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
7 5 (16.67%) Acceptance Criteria
7 5 (16.67%) Matrix Management
7 5 (16.67%) Programme Management
7 5 (16.67%) Project Management
7 5 (16.67%) Service Management
8 4 (13.33%) Decision-Making
8 4 (13.33%) Impact Assessments
8 4 (13.33%) Roadmaps
8 4 (13.33%) Test Management
9 3 (10.00%) Impact Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 7 (23.33%) SC Cleared
3 3 (10.00%) Degree
4 1 (3.33%) APMG
4 1 (3.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (3.33%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (16.67%) PMO
Systems Management
1 3 (10.00%) Grafana
1 3 (10.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.00%) SAP
2 3 (10.00%) Splunk
3 2 (6.67%) Cisco