IT Change Manager Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

IT Change Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median IT Change Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £508, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 November 2025.

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

6 months to
25 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 392 357 398
Rank change year-on-year -35 +41 +108
Contract jobs requiring an IT Change Manager 5 11 17
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.028% 0.067% 0.083%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.032% 0.073% 0.088%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 8 14
10th Percentile £368 £390 £300
25th Percentile £413 £453 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.50% +5.26% -11.63%
75th Percentile £583 - £498
90th Percentile £617 £502 £526
UK median daily rate £420 £488 £475
% change year-on-year -13.85% +2.63% -13.64%

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 15,820 15,102 19,226
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.94% 92.29% 93.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,762 8,646 12,660
10th Percentile £210 £215 £213
25th Percentile £363 £375 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £495 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.94% -1.10% -
75th Percentile £575 £594 £600
90th Percentile £675 £680 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,573 1,038 1,256
10th Percentile £13.80 £15.10 £14.46
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.00 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -22.22% +81.52%
75th Percentile £56.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.83 £73.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% -22.22% +50.00%

IT Change Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

IT Change Manager job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

IT Change Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Change Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Change Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London

IT Change Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Change Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 25 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Change Manager in the UK excluding London

IT Change Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Change Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Change Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London

IT 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 IT Change Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 25 November 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
South East -3 3 £640 +28.00%
South West - 1 - -
East of England - 1 £375 - 1
IT Change Manager
UK

IT Change Manager Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 25 November 2025, IT 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 UK excluding London region featuring IT Change Manager in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Change Management
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) Configuration Management
2 2 (40.00%) ITIL
2 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) APMG
3 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (20.00%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (20.00%) ISO 9001
3 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (20.00%) ITSM
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Programme Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Project Governance
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (20.00%) Security Operations
3 1 (20.00%) Service Management
3 1 (20.00%) ServiceNow
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (20.00%) Validation
3 1 (20.00%) Windows

IT Change Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Electronic Patient Records
General
1 1 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
1 1 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Military
1 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) NHS
1 1 (20.00%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Change Management
2 2 (40.00%) Configuration Management
2 2 (40.00%) ITIL
3 1 (20.00%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (20.00%) ITSM
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Programme Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Project Governance
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (20.00%) Security Operations
3 1 (20.00%) Service Management
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (20.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) APMG
3 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) ISO 9001
1 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) ServiceNow