Business Change Management Contracts

Business Change Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Business Change Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Business Change Management over the 6 months leading up to 8 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 500 556 612
Rank change year-on-year +56 +56 +154
Contract jobs citing Business Change Management 29 31 82
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.100% 0.072% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.083% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 18 53
10th Percentile £509 £350 £408
25th Percentile £513 £452 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £519 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.20% -5.68% -5.78%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £625
90th Percentile £653 £813 £698
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £450 £520
% change year-on-year +16.67% -13.46% -4.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile £47.38 - -
25th Percentile £49.06 £66.50 -
Median hourly rate £50.00 £68.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -26.47% - -
75th Percentile - £69.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Business Change Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,476 37,215 52,661
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.94% 86.29% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,029 23,965 36,513
10th Percentile £306 £300 £325
25th Percentile £411 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +3.77%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £745 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £479 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.20% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,078 2,429 1,738
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.26 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £28.68 £36.50 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.44% +1.39% +44.00%
75th Percentile £60.09 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.13 £37.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -27.67% +7.14% +75.00%

Business Change Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Business Change Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Business Change Management in the UK

Business Change Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Business Change Management in the UK

Business Change Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Change Management over the 6 months to 8 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Change Management in the UK

Business Change Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Change Management in the UK

Business Change Management
Top 12 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 Management within the UK over the 6 months to 8 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
England +74 29 £525 +6.33% 22
UK excluding London +63 20 £525 +16.67% 16
Work from Home +38 11 £525 +5.00% 8
London +46 9 £583 +2.42% 11
North of England +28 9 £536 +53.21% 5
Midlands +23 8 £525 +31.25% 1
North West - 8 £536 - 3
West Midlands +17 6 £525 +50.00% 1
South East +43 2 £638 - 9
East Midlands +10 2 £525 +16.67%
East of England +32 1 - -
Yorkshire +5 1 - - 2

Business Change Management
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:

Applications
1 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (6.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.45%) Power Platform
1 1 (3.45%) PowerApps
1 1 (3.45%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.45%) Electronic Patient Records
General
1 11 (37.93%) Social Skills
2 7 (24.14%) Influencing Skills
3 5 (17.24%) Manufacturing
3 5 (17.24%) Presentation Skills
4 4 (13.79%) Public Sector
5 2 (6.90%) Finance
6 1 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (3.45%) Military
6 1 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (3.45%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (3.45%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (41.38%) Change Manager
2 10 (34.48%) Business Change Manager
2 10 (34.48%) Business Manager
3 8 (27.59%) Analyst
4 7 (24.14%) Project Manager
5 4 (13.79%) Change Analyst
6 3 (10.34%) Business Change Analyst
7 2 (6.90%) Business Analyst
7 2 (6.90%) Digital Transformation
7 2 (6.90%) Digital Transformation Manager
7 2 (6.90%) IT Manager
7 2 (6.90%) IT Project Manager
7 2 (6.90%) SAP Analyst
7 2 (6.90%) Transformation Manager
8 1 (3.45%) EPR Project Manager
8 1 (3.45%) Lead
8 1 (3.45%) Programme Manager
8 1 (3.45%) Senior
8 1 (3.45%) Senior Manager
8 1 (3.45%) Service Transition Leader
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.79%) Operational Technology
2 2 (6.90%) Educational Technology
3 1 (3.45%) Driving Licence
3 1 (3.45%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (3.45%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (100.00%) Change Management
2 8 (27.59%) Impact Assessments
2 8 (27.59%) Project Delivery
3 7 (24.14%) Impact Analysis
3 7 (24.14%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (20.69%) Cybersecurity
4 6 (20.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 5 (17.24%) Agile
6 4 (13.79%) Active Listening
6 4 (13.79%) Business Analysis
6 4 (13.79%) Coaching
6 4 (13.79%) Collaborative Working
6 4 (13.79%) Customer Requirements
6 4 (13.79%) Cyber Resilience
6 4 (13.79%) Manufacturing Engineering
6 4 (13.79%) Product Management
6 4 (13.79%) Programme Governance
6 4 (13.79%) Project Management
6 4 (13.79%) Root Cause Analysis
6 4 (13.79%) Stakeholder Analysis
Qualifications
1 1 (3.45%) SC Cleared
1 1 (3.45%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 6 (20.69%) SAP
2 5 (17.24%) Salesforce
3 1 (3.45%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.45%) Workday