Business Change Management Contract Job Trends in the North West

Business Change Management
England > North West

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

6 months to
6 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 130 119 142
Rank change year-on-year -11 +23 +48
Contract jobs citing Business Change Management 3 3 3
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.14% 0.12% 0.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% 0.15% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 3
10th Percentile £373 - £531
25th Percentile £397 £519 £541
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £442 £538 £563
Median % change year-on-year -17.86% -4.44% +12.50%
75th Percentile £493 £556 £588
90th Percentile £520 - £595
England median daily rate £550 £563 £590
% change year-on-year -2.22% -4.66% -5.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £50.76 - -
Median hourly rate £54.51 - -
75th Percentile £58.27 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £37.26 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Business 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 the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,932 2,008 2,526
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 88.54% 83.56% 87.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,282 1,093 1,717
10th Percentile £268 £295 £270
25th Percentile £363 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £480 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -4.00% +0.25%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £600
90th Percentile £680 £663 £675
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 139 111 169
10th Percentile £13.78 £16.50 £15.95
25th Percentile £17.30 £29.00 £17.75
Median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.84% +28.79% +41.63%
75th Percentile £47.12 £62.50 £46.18
90th Percentile £67.25 £73.56 £67.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +45.90%

Business Change Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Business Change Management job vacancy trend in the North West

Business Change Management
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Business Change Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Business Change Management

Business Change Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Change Management in the North West over the 6 months to 6 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Change Management in the North West

Business Change Management
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Business Change Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Business Change Management

Business Change Management
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Change Management within the North West region over the 6 months to 6 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
Manchester -2 1 £358 - 2
Cheshire - 1 £525 - 2
Cumbria - 1 - -
Business Change Management
England

Business Change Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
General
1 2 (66.67%) Influencing Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Automotive
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Legal
2 1 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Lead
2 1 (33.33%) IT Manager
2 1 (33.33%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Service Transition Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Business Case
2 1 (33.33%) Business Transformation
2 1 (33.33%) Commercial Awareness
2 1 (33.33%) Contract Negotiation
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (33.33%) Impact Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
2 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Requirements Management
2 1 (33.33%) Service Design
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) SLA