Change Manager Contract Job Trends in Staffordshire

Change Manager
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The median Change Manager daily rate in Staffordshire is £413, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 February 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 14 18
Rank change year-on-year 0 +4 +3
Contract jobs requiring a Change Manager 2 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Staffordshire 2.78% 1.35% 0.81%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.45% 1.43% 0.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £406 - £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -17.50% +11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £419 - £463
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £550 £550 £520
% change year-on-year - +5.77% -9.57%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Staffordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Staffordshire. 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 Staffordshire with a recognized job title 58 70 114
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 80.56% 94.59% 92.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 40 79
10th Percentile £181 £150 £320
25th Percentile £203 £219 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £388 £438
Median % change year-on-year -9.68% -11.43% +9.38%
75th Percentile £419 £488 £531
90th Percentile £575 £539 £578
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -1.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 17
10th Percentile - £16.55 -
25th Percentile £19.50 £16.88 £14.71
Median hourly rate £20.00 £18.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -21.74% -1.41%
75th Percentile £68.00 £20.24 £28.38
90th Percentile - £21.83 £46.75
West Midlands median hourly rate £25.00 £20.92 £22.50
% change year-on-year +19.53% -7.04% +26.98%

Change Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire.

Change Manager job vacancy trend in Staffordshire

Change Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Staffordshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Change Manager job vacancies in Staffordshire

Change Manager
Contract Job Locations in Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 15 February 2026. 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
Stoke-on-Trent - 2 £413 -
Change Manager
West Midlands

Change Manager Skill Set
Top 11 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staffordshire

For the 6 months to 15 February 2026, 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 Staffordshire region featuring Change Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 2 (100.00%) Business Transformation
1 2 (100.00%) Change Management
1 2 (100.00%) ERP
1 2 (100.00%) Impact Assessments
1 2 (100.00%) Procure-to-Pay
1 2 (100.00%) SAP
1 2 (100.00%) SAP ERP
1 2 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management

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

Business Applications
1 2 (100.00%) SAP ERP
1 2 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Local Government
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 2 (100.00%) Business Transformation
1 2 (100.00%) Change Management
1 2 (100.00%) ERP
1 2 (100.00%) Impact Assessments
1 2 (100.00%) Procure-to-Pay
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) SAP