Change Manager Contracts in the North West

Change Manager
England > North West

The median Change Manager daily rate in the North West 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 92 126 135
Rank change year-on-year +34 +9 +16
Contract jobs requiring a Change Manager 28 11 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 1.42% 0.40% 0.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.54% 0.42% 0.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 8 13
10th Percentile £419 £386 -
25th Percentile £463 £407 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £481 £538
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% -10.42% +11.11%
75th Percentile £529 £533 £550
90th Percentile £538 £556 £643
England median daily rate £536 £570 £550
% change year-on-year -5.92% +3.64% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 1,821 2,603 3,030
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.53% 94.48% 94.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,205 1,698 2,172
10th Percentile £250 £281 £300
25th Percentile £378 £393 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% +5.26%
75th Percentile £563 £588 £588
90th Percentile £652 £675 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 266 133
10th Percentile £13.00 £11.07 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.44 £13.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £29.23 £26.53 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year +10.20% -13.15% +50.37%
75th Percentile £59.24 £46.18 £47.50
90th Percentile £83.41 £63.75 £65.00
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Change Manager in the North West

Change Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Change Manager in the North West

Change Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

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

Daily rate histogram for Change Manager in the North West

Change Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Change Manager in the North West

Change Manager
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 Manager within the North West 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
Cheshire +9 13 £505 +13.74% 3
Merseyside +12 11 £438 -2.78%
Manchester +17 4 £448 -16.74% 1
Change Manager
England

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

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 West region featuring Change Manager in the job title.

1 16 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
2 14 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 13 (46.43%) ITIL
4 11 (39.29%) Change Management
5 10 (35.71%) Security Cleared
5 10 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (32.14%) Agile
7 7 (25.00%) SC Cleared
7 7 (25.00%) Release Management
7 7 (25.00%) Business Strategy
8 6 (21.43%) Public Sector
8 6 (21.43%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
8 6 (21.43%) Matrix Organization
8 6 (21.43%) DevOps
8 6 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
9 5 (17.86%) Matrix Management
9 5 (17.86%) Spreadsheet
9 5 (17.86%) Programme Management
9 5 (17.86%) Microsoft Office
9 5 (17.86%) Microsoft
9 5 (17.86%) Project Management
9 5 (17.86%) Service Management
9 5 (17.86%) PMO
9 5 (17.86%) Acceptance Criteria
9 5 (17.86%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (14.29%) Impact Assessments
10 4 (14.29%) Roadmaps
10 4 (14.29%) Decision-Making
10 4 (14.29%) Test Management

Change Manager Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 5 (17.86%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (17.86%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (7.14%) SAP S/4HANA
Development Applications
1 3 (10.71%) Jenkins
General
1 14 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (21.43%) Public Sector
3 5 (17.86%) Presentation Skills
4 4 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (10.71%) Manufacturing
6 2 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (7.14%) Legal
6 2 (7.14%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (3.57%) Finance
7 1 (3.57%) Law
7 1 (3.57%) Military
7 1 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (3.57%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.14%) FMCG
2 1 (3.57%) Driving Licence
2 1 (3.57%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.57%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
2 13 (46.43%) ITIL
3 11 (39.29%) Change Management
4 10 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (32.14%) Agile
6 7 (25.00%) Business Strategy
6 7 (25.00%) Release Management
7 6 (21.43%) DevOps
7 6 (21.43%) Matrix Organization
7 6 (21.43%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
8 5 (17.86%) Acceptance Criteria
8 5 (17.86%) Matrix Management
8 5 (17.86%) Programme Management
8 5 (17.86%) Project Management
8 5 (17.86%) Service Management
9 4 (14.29%) Decision-Making
9 4 (14.29%) Impact Assessments
9 4 (14.29%) Roadmaps
9 4 (14.29%) Test Management
10 3 (10.71%) Impact Analysis
Qualifications
1 10 (35.71%) Security Cleared
2 7 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (10.71%) Degree
4 1 (3.57%) APMG
4 1 (3.57%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (3.57%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (17.86%) PMO
Systems Management
1 3 (10.71%) Grafana
1 3 (10.71%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (17.86%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.71%) Splunk
3 2 (7.14%) Cisco
3 2 (7.14%) SAP