Change Manager Contracts in Reading

Change Manager
Berkshire > Reading

The median Change Manager daily rate in Reading 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 56 78 80
Rank change year-on-year +22 +2 -18
Contract jobs requiring a Change Manager 4 13 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 0.67% 1.09% 0.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.71% 1.17% 0.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 9 7
10th Percentile £348 £503 £493
25th Percentile £405 £525 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £524
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +9.84% +4.70%
75th Percentile - £600 £581
90th Percentile - £618 £643
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £550 £537
% change year-on-year -9.09% +2.47% +6.29%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Reading

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 563 1,112 996
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.30% 93.29% 95.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 340 632 664
10th Percentile £325 £213 £363
25th Percentile £450 £413 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £533 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.19% -3.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £623 £651
90th Percentile £700 £688 £721
Berkshire median daily rate £504 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -1.76% -2.38% +7.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 51 24
10th Percentile - £35.00 £26.45
25th Percentile - £52.90 £51.48
Median hourly rate £70.00 £61.60 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -5.23% +150.00%
75th Percentile £71.80 £74.66 £74.20
90th Percentile £75.03 £87.46 £79.19
Berkshire median hourly rate £63.37 £59.50 £56.89
% change year-on-year +6.51% +4.60% +170.88%

Change Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Change Manager in Reading

Change Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Change Manager in Reading.

Daily rate trend for Change Manager in Reading

Change Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

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

Daily rate histogram for Change Manager in Reading

Change Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Change Manager in Reading.

Hourly rate trend for Change Manager in Reading

Change Manager Skill Set
Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading

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 Reading region featuring Change Manager in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Change Management
2 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (50.00%) Impact Assessments
3 2 (50.00%) Waterfall
3 2 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (50.00%) Active Listening
3 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (50.00%) Project Management
3 2 (50.00%) Agile
4 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (25.00%) ITIL
4 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
4 1 (25.00%) Finance
4 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Analysis

Change Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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:

General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Change Management
2 2 (50.00%) Active Listening
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (50.00%) Impact Assessments
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Project Management
2 2 (50.00%) Waterfall
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Analysis
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared