Transformation Manager Contracts in the UK excluding London

Transformation Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Transformation Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 May 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
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 314 359 387
Rank change year-on-year +45 +28 +41
Contract jobs requiring a Transformation Manager 25 40 60
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.20% 0.19% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.21% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 32 41
10th Percentile £400 £439 £500
25th Percentile £453 £456 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £610 £600
Median % change year-on-year -13.93% +1.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £725 £650
90th Percentile £665 £784 £719
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £610
% change year-on-year -0.04% -1.64% +6.09%

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 11,790 19,217 22,597
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.17% 92.60% 94.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,554 11,733 15,842
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.55% -1.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £599 £598
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 829 2,245 1,162
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.50 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.79 £15.75 £18.08
Median hourly rate £28.00 £39.50 £42.43
Median % change year-on-year -29.11% -6.91% +117.60%
75th Percentile £64.52 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.02 £45.00
% change year-on-year -19.49% -19.95% +91.49%

Transformation Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Transformation Manager in the UK excluding London

Transformation Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Transformation Manager in the UK excluding London

Transformation Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Transformation Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Transformation Manager in the UK excluding London

Transformation Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Transformation Manager in the UK excluding London

Transformation 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 Transformation Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 May 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 +51 10 £600 -4.04% 16
Midlands +16 7 £525 +13.51% 5
North of England +22 6 £488 -2.50% 18
East Midlands +17 4 £525 -15.32% 3
Yorkshire +10 4 £450 +28.57% 5
North West +11 2 £513 +2.50% 13
West Midlands +8 2 £500 +8.11% 2
South West +38 1 - - 7
Northern Ireland - 1 £525 - 16
Transformation Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Transformation 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 Transformation Manager in the job title.

1 13 (52.00%) Project Management
2 10 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (32.00%) Change Management
3 8 (32.00%) Social Skills
4 7 (28.00%) Finance
4 7 (28.00%) PRINCE2
5 5 (20.00%) Programme Management
6 4 (16.00%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (16.00%) Impact Assessments
6 4 (16.00%) Agile
6 4 (16.00%) PMP
6 4 (16.00%) PMI Certification
7 3 (12.00%) ERP
7 3 (12.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 3 (12.00%) Budget Management
7 3 (12.00%) Business Transformation
7 3 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (8.00%) Order to Cash
8 2 (8.00%) Matrix Organization
8 2 (8.00%) Analytics
8 2 (8.00%) Educational Technology
8 2 (8.00%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (8.00%) Business Change Management
8 2 (8.00%) Public Sector
8 2 (8.00%) Project Delivery
8 2 (8.00%) Requirements Gathering
8 2 (8.00%) Business Case
8 2 (8.00%) Local Government
8 2 (8.00%) Banking
8 2 (8.00%) Process Improvement

Transformation 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 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (4.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (4.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.00%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 1 (4.00%) JIRA
General
1 8 (32.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (28.00%) Finance
3 4 (16.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (8.00%) Banking
4 2 (8.00%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (8.00%) Local Government
4 2 (8.00%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.00%) Billing
5 1 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (4.00%) Investment Banking
5 1 (4.00%) Law
5 1 (4.00%) Legal
5 1 (4.00%) Manufacturing
5 1 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (4.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.00%) Educational Technology
1 2 (8.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (4.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (52.00%) Project Management
2 10 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (32.00%) Change Management
4 7 (28.00%) PRINCE2
5 5 (20.00%) Programme Management
6 4 (16.00%) Agile
6 4 (16.00%) Impact Assessments
7 3 (12.00%) Budget Management
7 3 (12.00%) Business Transformation
7 3 (12.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 3 (12.00%) ERP
7 3 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (8.00%) Analytics
8 2 (8.00%) Business Case
8 2 (8.00%) CRM
8 2 (8.00%) Migration
8 2 (8.00%) Project Delivery
8 2 (8.00%) Project Planning
8 2 (8.00%) Requirements Gathering
8 2 (8.00%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 4 (16.00%) PMI Certification
1 4 (16.00%) PMP
2 1 (4.00%) ACCA
2 1 (4.00%) CCAB
2 1 (4.00%) CIMA
2 1 (4.00%) CIPFA
2 1 (4.00%) DBS Check
Vendors
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.00%) Adobe
2 1 (4.00%) Salesforce
2 1 (4.00%) SAP
2 1 (4.00%) ServiceNow