Change Manager Contracts in the UK excluding London

Change Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Change Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £538 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 273 305 319
Rank change year-on-year +32 +14 +4
Contract jobs requiring a Change Manager 113 139 201
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.56% 0.60% 0.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.60% 0.64% 0.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 108 147
10th Percentile £413 £456 £329
25th Percentile £463 £500 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.38% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £613 £616 £561
90th Percentile £725 £650 £640
UK median daily rate £555 £550 £538
% change year-on-year +0.82% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
10th Percentile - - £27.24
25th Percentile - - £28.37
Median hourly rate - - £39.98
75th Percentile - - £60.00
90th Percentile - - £72.38
UK median hourly rate £61.50 £54.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year +13.89% +10.20% +118.26%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 18,772 21,693 29,145
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.48% 94.28% 95.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,463 15,127 20,437
10th Percentile £213 £225 £204
25th Percentile £363 £394 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £595 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £544 £525
% change year-on-year -3.40% +3.52% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,267 1,104 1,447
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.25
25th Percentile £15.73 £18.07 £14.29
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.00 £44.85
90th Percentile £73.85 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%

Change Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Change Manager in the UK excluding London

Change Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Change Manager in the UK excluding London

Change Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Change Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Change Manager in the UK excluding London

Change Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Change Manager in the UK excluding London

Change 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 Change Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 18 May 2024. 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
South East +36 27 £550 -3.51% 4
Midlands +28 27 £531 -3.41% 7
Scotland +43 21 £475 -5.00% 2
West Midlands +22 21 £650 +18.18% 4
South West -1 18 £570 +8.57% 8
North of England +3 14 £538 -10.42% 7
North West +12 8 £481 -3.70% 2
East of England +6 7 £514 -2.10% 3
Yorkshire +3 6 £625 -3.85% 4
East Midlands - 5 £391 - 3
Wales +18 1 £800 +88.24% 3
Change Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 18 May 2024, 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 UK excluding London region featuring Change Manager in the job title.

1 65 (57.52%) Change Management
2 38 (33.63%) Social Skills
3 33 (29.20%) Finance
4 32 (28.32%) Stakeholder Management
5 30 (26.55%) Project Management
6 23 (20.35%) Agile
7 22 (19.47%) Public Sector
8 21 (18.58%) Impact Assessments
9 19 (16.81%) Programme Management
10 13 (11.50%) ITIL
11 12 (10.62%) Manufacturing
11 12 (10.62%) Problem-Solving
12 11 (9.73%) Project Delivery
12 11 (9.73%) Decision-Making
12 11 (9.73%) SAP
12 11 (9.73%) ERP
12 11 (9.73%) Marketing
12 11 (9.73%) Waterfall
12 11 (9.73%) Continuous Improvement
13 10 (8.85%) Microsoft
14 9 (7.96%) PRINCE2
14 9 (7.96%) Business Intelligence
14 9 (7.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 9 (7.96%) Culture Change
14 9 (7.96%) Roadmaps
15 8 (7.08%) Business Strategy
15 8 (7.08%) Stakeholder Map
15 8 (7.08%) Dynamics 365
15 8 (7.08%) Collaborative Working
15 8 (7.08%) Stakeholder Engagement

Change 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.88%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (3.54%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.65%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (2.65%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.88%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (3.54%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.77%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.88%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 8 (7.08%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (1.77%) OCI
3 1 (0.88%) Azure
3 1 (0.88%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (0.88%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (0.88%) Power Automate
3 1 (0.88%) Power Platform
3 1 (0.88%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.88%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (0.88%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (0.88%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (0.88%) JIRA
General
1 38 (33.63%) Social Skills
2 33 (29.20%) Finance
3 22 (19.47%) Public Sector
4 12 (10.62%) Manufacturing
5 11 (9.73%) Marketing
6 9 (7.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (6.19%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (6.19%) Telecoms
8 6 (5.31%) Electronics
9 5 (4.42%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (3.54%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (2.65%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (2.65%) Law
11 3 (2.65%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (1.77%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.88%) Aviation
13 1 (0.88%) Banking
13 1 (0.88%) Legal
13 1 (0.88%) Local Government
13 1 (0.88%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.65%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 6 (5.31%) Product Ownership
2 3 (2.65%) e-Learning
2 3 (2.65%) Management Information System
3 2 (1.77%) Data Centre
4 1 (0.88%) CMDB
4 1 (0.88%) Driving Licence
4 1 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (0.88%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (0.88%) Smart Meter
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (57.52%) Change Management
2 32 (28.32%) Stakeholder Management
3 30 (26.55%) Project Management
4 23 (20.35%) Agile
5 21 (18.58%) Impact Assessments
6 19 (16.81%) Programme Management
7 13 (11.50%) ITIL
8 12 (10.62%) Problem-Solving
9 11 (9.73%) Continuous Improvement
9 11 (9.73%) Decision-Making
9 11 (9.73%) ERP
9 11 (9.73%) Project Delivery
9 11 (9.73%) Waterfall
10 9 (7.96%) Business Intelligence
10 9 (7.96%) Culture Change
10 9 (7.96%) PRINCE2
10 9 (7.96%) Roadmaps
11 8 (7.08%) Business Strategy
11 8 (7.08%) Collaborative Working
11 8 (7.08%) Stakeholder Map
Qualifications
1 6 (5.31%) Degree
1 6 (5.31%) Security Cleared
2 3 (2.65%) SC Cleared
2 3 (2.65%) Six Sigma Green Belt
3 2 (1.77%) ACCA
3 2 (1.77%) APMG
3 2 (1.77%) CIMA
3 2 (1.77%) CIPD
3 2 (1.77%) CIPFA
3 2 (1.77%) DV Cleared
4 1 (0.88%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (0.88%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.88%) PgMP
4 1 (0.88%) PMI Certification
4 1 (0.88%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.54%) PMO
2 2 (1.77%) QA
3 1 (0.88%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (0.88%) GDPR
3 1 (0.88%) PMBOK
Vendors
1 11 (9.73%) SAP
2 10 (8.85%) Microsoft
3 4 (3.54%) Oracle
4 2 (1.77%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.88%) ServiceNow