Change Manager Contract Job Trends in Reading

Change Manager
Berkshire > Reading

The median Change Manager daily rate in Reading is £340, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 84 78
Rank change year-on-year +14 -6 +7
Contract jobs requiring a Change Manager 5 6 8
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.74% 0.56% 0.76%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.79% 0.62% 0.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 6
10th Percentile £120 £482 £390
25th Percentile £218 £493 £489
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £340 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year -32.00% -6.98% +4.88%
75th Percentile £466 £505 £653
90th Percentile £577 £515 £694
Berkshire median daily rate £431 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -15.44% -2.86% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £55.25 - -
Median hourly rate £59.50 - -
75th Percentile £63.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £59.50 - -

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 635 966 975
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.38% 90.03% 92.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 438 543 647
10th Percentile £313 £337 £213
25th Percentile £425 £450 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £520
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +10.58% +0.97%
75th Percentile £606 £650 £619
90th Percentile £650 £700 £688
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 13 15
10th Percentile £14.75 £43.64 £59.21
25th Percentile £16.66 £48.18 £60.93
Median hourly rate £69.75 £60.46 £63.29
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -4.48% +15.07%
75th Percentile £95.00 £74.87 £65.63
90th Percentile £96.75 £97.50 £67.23
Berkshire median hourly rate £40.44 £58.38 £61.65
% change year-on-year -30.73% -5.30% +84.01%

Change Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Change Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Change Manager job vacancy trend in Reading

Change Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Change Manager job vacancies in Reading.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Change Manager job vacancies 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 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Change Manager in Reading

Change Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Change Manager job vacancies in Reading.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Change Manager job vacancies in Reading

Change Manager Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 1 December 2025, Change Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Reading region featuring Change Manager in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Change Management
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) DV Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) Asset Management
3 1 (20.00%) Backlog Management
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Systems Thinking

Change Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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:

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
General
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Change Management
2 2 (40.00%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) Asset Management
3 1 (20.00%) Backlog Management
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Systems Thinking
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft