Change and Release Manager Contracts in the South East

Change and Release Manager
England > South East

The median Change and Release Manager daily rate in the South East is £513, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 July 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
4 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 159 - 209
Rank change year-on-year - - +57
Contract jobs requiring a Change and Release Manager 3 0 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.092% - 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% - 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile £421 - £491
25th Percentile £453 - £542
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 - £570
Median % change year-on-year - - -12.31%
75th Percentile £578 - -
90th Percentile £614 - -
England median daily rate £523 £650 £570
% change year-on-year -19.62% +14.04% -5.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 2,948 5,284 5,526
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.71% 92.41% 94.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,906 3,118 3,817
10th Percentile £213 £250 £225
25th Percentile £375 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -
75th Percentile £600 £625 £610
90th Percentile £660 £689 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 221 528 245
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.88 £16.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £18.69 £21.22
Median hourly rate £28.00 £50.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -44.00% - +138.10%
75th Percentile £60.13 £70.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £43.69
% change year-on-year -30.00% -8.45% +74.76%

Change and Release Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings that featured Change and Release Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Change and Release Manager in the South East

Change and Release Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Change and Release Manager in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Change and Release Manager in the South East

Change and Release Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Change and Release Manager in the South East over the 6 months to 4 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Change and Release Manager in the South East

Change and Release Manager
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Change and Release Manager within the South East region over the 6 months to 4 July 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
Buckinghamshire - 2 £400 - 7
Thames Valley - 2 £400 - 7
Kent - 1 £625 - 4
Change and Release Manager
England

Change and Release Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 4 July 2025, Change and Release 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 South East region featuring Change and Release Manager in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) Release Management
2 2 (66.67%) Validation
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) ServiceNow
2 2 (66.67%) Service Management
2 2 (66.67%) ITSM
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
3 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Change Management
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Retail
3 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (33.33%) QA
3 1 (33.33%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (33.33%) CRM
3 1 (33.33%) Broadband
3 1 (33.33%) ISO 9001
3 1 (33.33%) BMC
3 1 (33.33%) Salesforce
3 1 (33.33%) Remedy
3 1 (33.33%) Configuration Management
3 1 (33.33%) Test Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Software Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Defect Management
3 1 (33.33%) Compliance Audit

Change and Release Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Broadband
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Retail
2 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) Release Management
2 2 (66.67%) ITSM
2 2 (66.67%) Service Management
2 2 (66.67%) Validation
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Change Management
3 1 (33.33%) Configuration Management
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) CRM
3 1 (33.33%) Defect Management
3 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Software Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
3 1 (33.33%) Test Management
3 1 (33.33%) Test Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) ISO 9001
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) ServiceNow
2 1 (33.33%) BMC
2 1 (33.33%) Remedy
2 1 (33.33%) Salesforce