Senior Change Manager Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Senior Change Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior Change Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £538, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 474 366 376
Rank change year-on-year -108 +10 +49
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Change Manager 4 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.014% 0.013% 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.016% 0.014% 0.012%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile £514 £419 -
25th Percentile £516 £428 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £463 £550
Median % change year-on-year +16.22% -15.91% +4.76%
75th Percentile £566 £503 -
90th Percentile £571 £516 -
UK median daily rate £550 £500 £640
% change year-on-year +10.00% -21.88% -1.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £61.06
UK median hourly rate - - £61.06

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 25,648 13,903 16,554
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.33% 89.86% 92.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,162 8,544 9,590
10th Percentile £303 £213 £220
25th Percentile £413 £361 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £575 £600
90th Percentile £688 £662 £676
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,313 1,272 1,433
10th Percentile £14.25 £13.50 £14.41
25th Percentile £20.00 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -44.11% +2.86%
75th Percentile £68.00 £52.50 £66.61
90th Percentile £78.75 £70.16 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -3.37%

Senior Change Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Senior Change Manager job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Senior Change Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Senior 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 Senior Change Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 18 September 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
North of England -63 2 - - 5
Midlands - 2 £538 -
West Midlands - 2 £538 -
North West -49 1 - - 2
North East - 1 - -
Senior Change Manager
UK

Senior Change Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 18 September 2026, Senior 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 Senior Change Manager in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Change Management
2 3 (75.00%) Agile
2 3 (75.00%) AI
2 3 (75.00%) Degree
2 3 (75.00%) Impact Assessments
2 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (75.00%) Strategic Thinking
3 2 (50.00%) AI Transformation
3 2 (50.00%) Analytics
3 2 (50.00%) APMG
3 2 (50.00%) Behavioural Change
3 2 (50.00%) Culture Change
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (50.00%) Presales
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Analysis
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (50.00%) Technology Transformation
3 2 (50.00%) Waterfall
4 1 (25.00%) Analytical Thinking
4 1 (25.00%) Business Case
4 1 (25.00%) Business Transformation
4 1 (25.00%) Change Control
4 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (25.00%) Configuration Management
4 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (25.00%) Impact Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) ITIL
4 1 (25.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (25.00%) ITSM
4 1 (25.00%) Lean Six Sigma

Senior 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:

Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (25.00%) Legal
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Change Management
2 3 (75.00%) Agile
2 3 (75.00%) AI
2 3 (75.00%) Impact Assessments
2 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (75.00%) Strategic Thinking
3 2 (50.00%) AI Transformation
3 2 (50.00%) Analytics
3 2 (50.00%) Behavioural Change
3 2 (50.00%) Culture Change
3 2 (50.00%) Presales
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Analysis
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (50.00%) Technology Transformation
3 2 (50.00%) Waterfall
4 1 (25.00%) ITIL
4 1 (25.00%) ITSM
4 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
4 1 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (25.00%) Six Sigma
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
2 2 (50.00%) APMG
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared