Change Management Contracts in the North West

Change Management
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring Change Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Change Management over the 6 months leading up to 2 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 27 40
Rank change year-on-year +1 +13 +10
Contract jobs citing Change Management 155 124 139
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 7.06% 5.18% 4.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.01% 6.14% 5.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 82 91
10th Percentile £319 £329 £391
25th Percentile £362 £441 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £503 £510
Median % change year-on-year -10.58% -1.32% +7.37%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £650
90th Percentile £775 £574 £700
England median daily rate £500 £513 £550
% change year-on-year -2.44% -6.82% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 3 3
10th Percentile £19.07 £24.82 -
25th Percentile £22.16 £26.58 -
Median hourly rate £22.63 £31.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.00% -17.33% +48.28%
75th Percentile £50.00 £50.69 £40.63
90th Percentile £67.65 £61.60 £42.50
England median hourly rate £31.03 £57.50 £48.40
% change year-on-year -46.04% +18.80% +120.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 1,934 2,021 2,690
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 88.07% 84.42% 89.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,241 1,236 1,852
10th Percentile £278 £301 £300
25th Percentile £375 £400 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £593
90th Percentile £671 £675 £675
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 126 184 169
10th Percentile £13.50 £10.95 £15.75
25th Percentile £18.87 £16.06 £19.25
Median hourly rate £27.90 £33.61 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.97% +1.83% +43.48%
75th Percentile £57.57 £51.91 £46.18
90th Percentile £74.38 £70.90 £63.15
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -40.82% - +63.46%

Change Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Change Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Change Management in the North West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Change Management in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Change Management in the North West

Change Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Change Management in the North West over the 6 months to 2 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Change Management in the North West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Change Management in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for Change Management in the North West

Change Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Change Management in the North West over the 6 months to 2 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Change Management in the North West

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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 Change Management within the North West region over the 6 months to 2 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
Manchester +25 75 £454 -1.89% 52
Cheshire -3 58 £401 -23.57% 23
Merseyside - 8 £750 - 14
Cumbria -5 5 £525 +1.94% 3
Lancashire -13 5 £530 +32.50% 48
Change Management
England

Change Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Application Platforms
1 14 (9.03%) Confluence
2 7 (4.52%) JBoss
2 7 (4.52%) SharePoint
3 5 (3.23%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.65%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.65%) SAS
Applications
1 20 (12.90%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (12.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.58%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.94%) MS Visio
5 2 (1.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.65%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (1.94%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (1.29%) Maximo
2 2 (1.29%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.65%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.65%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.65%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.65%) SAP PP
3 1 (0.65%) SAP QM
3 1 (0.65%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 11 (7.10%) AWS
2 9 (5.81%) Azure
3 7 (4.52%) OpenShift
4 6 (3.87%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (3.23%) Entra ID
5 5 (3.23%) IaaS
5 5 (3.23%) SaaS
6 2 (1.29%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.65%) Adobe Analytics
7 1 (0.65%) Amazon EMR
7 1 (0.65%) Amazon S3
7 1 (0.65%) Asana
7 1 (0.65%) GCP
7 1 (0.65%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.65%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.65%) Smartsheet
7 1 (0.65%) Snowflake
7 1 (0.65%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 9 (5.81%) Network Security
2 8 (5.16%) Firewall
3 6 (3.87%) WAN
4 5 (3.23%) Intrusion Detection
4 5 (3.23%) MPLS
5 4 (2.58%) BGP
5 4 (2.58%) OSPF
5 4 (2.58%) SAN
5 4 (2.58%) SD-WAN
5 4 (2.58%) SSH
6 3 (1.94%) DMZ
6 3 (1.94%) DNS
6 3 (1.94%) EIGRP
6 3 (1.94%) IPv4
6 3 (1.94%) VPN
7 2 (1.29%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 2 (1.29%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 2 (1.29%) LAN
8 1 (0.65%) Cisco Nexus
8 1 (0.65%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.52%) RDBMS
1 7 (4.52%) Relational Database
2 6 (3.87%) Elasticsearch
2 6 (3.87%) Siebel EIM
3 5 (3.23%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.29%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.65%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.65%) InterSystems Cache
5 1 (0.65%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.65%) Power BI
5 1 (0.65%) SAP BW
5 1 (0.65%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 32 (20.65%) JIRA
2 7 (4.52%) Git
2 7 (4.52%) Jenkins
2 7 (4.52%) SonarQube
2 7 (4.52%) Sonatype Nexus
2 7 (4.52%) TeamCity
3 6 (3.87%) Bitbucket Server
3 6 (3.87%) CA Release Automation
4 1 (0.65%) Bitbucket
General
1 51 (32.90%) Social Skills
2 39 (25.16%) Finance
3 30 (19.35%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (12.90%) Banking
5 18 (11.61%) Influencing Skills
6 11 (7.10%) Public Sector
6 11 (7.10%) Telecoms
7 10 (6.45%) Legal
8 9 (5.81%) Manufacturing
9 6 (3.87%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (3.23%) Automotive
11 4 (2.58%) Aerospace
11 4 (2.58%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (2.58%) Pharmaceutical
11 4 (2.58%) Publishing
12 3 (1.94%) Aviation
12 3 (1.94%) Law
13 2 (1.29%) Retail
14 1 (0.65%) Marketing
14 1 (0.65%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 36 (23.23%) Analyst
2 21 (13.55%) Business Analyst
3 15 (9.68%) Administrator
3 15 (9.68%) SAP Administrator
3 15 (9.68%) SAP Support
4 12 (7.74%) Consultant
4 12 (7.74%) Lead
5 9 (5.81%) Project Manager
6 8 (5.16%) Change Manager
6 8 (5.16%) Developer
7 6 (3.87%) Delivery Manager
7 6 (3.87%) Programme Manager
8 5 (3.23%) Infrastructure Analyst
8 5 (3.23%) Service Manager
8 5 (3.23%) Siebel Developer
9 4 (2.58%) Implementation Manager
9 4 (2.58%) Network Engineer
9 4 (2.58%) Storage Engineer
9 4 (2.58%) Technical Manager
9 4 (2.58%) Transition Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.52%) Elastic Stack
1 7 (4.52%) Spring Boot
2 6 (3.87%) JMS
2 6 (3.87%) SOAP
2 6 (3.87%) Web Services
3 2 (1.29%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (0.65%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.65%) Kafka
4 1 (0.65%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.65%) SAP Basis
4 1 (0.65%) SAPUI5
4 1 (0.65%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (5.81%) Product Ownership
2 7 (4.52%) Management Information System
3 4 (2.58%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (2.58%) Tandem
4 3 (1.94%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.29%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.29%) CMDB
5 2 (1.29%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.65%) Credit Risk
6 1 (0.65%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.65%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.65%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.65%) Life Science
6 1 (0.65%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.65%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 19 (12.26%) Windows
2 14 (9.03%) Linux
3 7 (4.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (3.23%) Windows Server
5 4 (2.58%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (39.35%) Stakeholder Management
2 38 (24.52%) Problem-Solving
3 36 (23.23%) ITIL
4 31 (20.00%) Agile
5 27 (17.42%) Service Management
6 25 (16.13%) Project Delivery
6 25 (16.13%) Project Management
7 22 (14.19%) Analytics
7 22 (14.19%) Migration
8 18 (11.61%) Service Delivery
9 17 (10.97%) Requirements Gathering
9 17 (10.97%) Roadmaps
10 16 (10.32%) Continuous Improvement
10 16 (10.32%) DevOps
10 16 (10.32%) Risk Management
10 16 (10.32%) Waterfall
11 15 (9.68%) ITSM
12 13 (8.39%) Business Case
12 13 (8.39%) Strategic Thinking
13 12 (7.74%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 9 (5.81%) Java
2 8 (5.16%) Perl
2 8 (5.16%) Python
3 7 (4.52%) SQL
4 6 (3.87%) PL/SQL
4 6 (3.87%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.65%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.65%) MUMPS
Qualifications
1 25 (16.13%) Security Cleared
2 19 (12.26%) Degree
3 18 (11.61%) SC Cleared
4 10 (6.45%) ITIL Certification
5 8 (5.16%) BPSS Clearance
5 8 (5.16%) PMI Certification
5 8 (5.16%) PMP
6 7 (4.52%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (3.23%) Azure Certification
8 4 (2.58%) BC Cleared
8 4 (2.58%) CCNP
8 4 (2.58%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (2.58%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (2.58%) IIBA
8 4 (2.58%) ISEB
9 1 (0.65%) APMG
9 1 (0.65%) CCIE
9 1 (0.65%) CTC Cleared
9 1 (0.65%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.65%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.94%) GDPR
1 3 (1.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 3 (1.94%) SLA
2 2 (1.29%) Accessibility
2 2 (1.29%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.29%) GxP
2 2 (1.29%) PMO
3 1 (0.65%) Basel III
3 1 (0.65%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 1 (0.65%) GRC
3 1 (0.65%) HIPAA
3 1 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.65%) QA
System Software
1 12 (7.74%) Active Directory
2 7 (4.52%) Docker
3 6 (3.87%) Firmware
4 5 (3.23%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (3.23%) vSphere
5 2 (1.29%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (1.29%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 7 (4.52%) Kibana
1 7 (4.52%) Kubernetes
1 7 (4.52%) Microsoft Intune
1 7 (4.52%) Progress Chef
2 3 (1.94%) NetBackup
3 2 (1.29%) EMC NetWorker
3 2 (1.29%) HP Data Protector
3 2 (1.29%) SCCM
4 1 (0.65%) Ansible
4 1 (0.65%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (0.65%) Grafana
4 1 (0.65%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 38 (24.52%) Microsoft
2 26 (16.77%) SAP
3 14 (9.03%) ServiceNow
4 9 (5.81%) Cisco
5 8 (5.16%) Splunk
6 7 (4.52%) AppDynamics
6 7 (4.52%) Cloudera
6 7 (4.52%) IBM
6 7 (4.52%) Oracle
6 7 (4.52%) Red Hat
6 7 (4.52%) VMware
7 6 (3.87%) Siebel
8 3 (1.94%) BMC
8 3 (1.94%) Brocade
8 3 (1.94%) EMC
8 3 (1.94%) F5
8 3 (1.94%) HP
8 3 (1.94%) Huawei
8 3 (1.94%) Remedy
8 3 (1.94%) Twitter