Business Change Project Manager Contracts in the UK excluding London

Project Manager - Business Change
UK > UK excluding London

The median Project Manager - Business Change daily rate in the UK excluding London is £513, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 August 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
6 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 365 362 409
Rank change year-on-year -3 +47 +76
Contract jobs requiring a Business Change Project Manager 2 11 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.013% 0.060% 0.076%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.014% 0.065% 0.080%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 9 16
10th Percentile £471 £420 £400
25th Percentile £484 £463 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - +10.53%
75th Percentile £534 £588 £644
90th Percentile £544 - £970
UK median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - +11.11%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 13,808 16,950 21,220
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.37% 92.01% 94.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,471 10,335 14,370
10th Percentile £217 £217 £230
25th Percentile £363 £375 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +2.04%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £685 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -0.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,208 1,778 1,162
10th Percentile £13.33 £14.00 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.48 £18.50 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.90 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -42.71% +17.07% +77.64%
75th Percentile £55.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +65.50%

Business Change Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Business Change Project Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Business Change Project Manager in the UK excluding London

Business Change Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Change Project Manager in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Business Change Project Manager in the UK excluding London

Business Change Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Change Project Manager in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Business Change Project Manager in the UK excluding London

Business Change Project Manager
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Change Project Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 6 August 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
North East -3 1 £550 +4.76%
East Midlands -8 1 £475 -13.64%
Midlands -11 1 £475 -15.56%
North of England -22 1 £550 - 1
Business Change Project Manager
UK

Business Change Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 6 August 2025, Business Change Project 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 UK excluding London region featuring Business Change Project Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Technology Transformation
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Experience
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (50.00%) Time Management
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (50.00%) Project Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Trello
2 1 (50.00%) APMG
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (50.00%) Resource Allocation
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Business Case
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Map
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (50.00%) CRM
2 1 (50.00%) ERP
2 1 (50.00%) PMI
2 1 (50.00%) PMP
2 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management

Business Change Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (50.00%) Trello
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Business Case
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) CRM
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Experience
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (50.00%) Project Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Resource Allocation
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Map
2 1 (50.00%) Technology Transformation
2 1 (50.00%) Time Management
2 1 (50.00%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) APMG
2 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (50.00%) PMP
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Actionable Recommendations