Business Change Consultant Contracts

Business Change Consultant
UK

The median Business Change Consultant daily rate in the UK is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 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
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 515 572 691
Rank change year-on-year +57 +119 +125
Contract jobs requiring a Business Change Consultant 11 11 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.038% 0.025% 0.024%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.041% 0.027% 0.025%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 10 7
10th Percentile £569 £443 £485
25th Percentile £613 £550 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £600 £650
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% +30.00%
75th Percentile £638 £750 £725
90th Percentile £645 - £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £625 - £513
% change year-on-year - - -2.38%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 27,094 40,274 56,187
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.46% 92.76% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,701 26,219 39,262
10th Percentile £300 £276 £313
25th Percentile £406 £409 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,044 2,672 1,567
10th Percentile £14.15 £12.86 £14.28
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.38
Median hourly rate £28.88 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.71% -19.07% +94.45%
75th Percentile £62.50 £61.25 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.22% -6.94% +117.95%

Business Change Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Business Change Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Business Change Consultant in the UK

Business Change Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Change Consultant.

Daily rate trend for Business Change Consultant in the UK

Business Change Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Change Consultant over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Change Consultant in the UK

Business Change Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Change Consultant.

Hourly rate trend for Business Change Consultant in the UK

Business Change Consultant
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Change Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 3 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
Work from Home +49 9 £625 +13.64% 3
England +65 8 £625 +4.17% 3
UK excluding London +64 5 £625 -
London +44 3 £625 +25.00% 3
South East +38 3 - -
Yorkshire - 2 £625 -
North of England - 2 £625 -

Business Change Consultant Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 3 May 2025, Business Change Consultant 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 featuring Business Change Consultant in the job title.

1 10 (90.91%) Change Management
2 8 (72.73%) Finance
3 6 (54.55%) APMG
4 4 (36.36%) Programme Delivery
4 4 (36.36%) Project Delivery
4 4 (36.36%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (36.36%) Social Skills
4 4 (36.36%) Impact Assessments
4 4 (36.36%) Behavioural Change
4 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (36.36%) SAP
4 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (36.36%) Waterfall
4 4 (36.36%) Agile
4 4 (36.36%) Project Planning
5 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
5 2 (18.18%) BC Cleared
5 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
5 2 (18.18%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (9.09%) Source to Pay
6 1 (9.09%) SAP S/4HANA

Business Change Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (9.09%) SAP S/4HANA
General
1 8 (72.73%) Finance
2 4 (36.36%) Organisational Skills
2 4 (36.36%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (90.91%) Change Management
2 4 (36.36%) Agile
2 4 (36.36%) Behavioural Change
2 4 (36.36%) Impact Assessments
2 4 (36.36%) Programme Delivery
2 4 (36.36%) Project Delivery
2 4 (36.36%) Project Planning
2 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (36.36%) Waterfall
3 1 (9.09%) Source to Pay
Qualifications
1 6 (54.55%) APMG
2 2 (18.18%) BC Cleared
2 2 (18.18%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
2 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) SAP