Business Change Manager Contracts

Business Change Manager
UK

The median Business Change Manager daily rate in the UK is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 478 500 584
Rank change year-on-year +22 +84 +51
Contract jobs requiring a Business Change Manager 42 82 134
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.19% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.20% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 63 115
10th Percentile £473 £425 £413
25th Percentile £513 £469 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £668 £650
90th Percentile £681 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £544 £560
% change year-on-year -3.45% -2.90% +12.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £61.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

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 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £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 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £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 -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

Business Change Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Change Manager in the UK

Business Change Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Business Change Manager in the UK

Business Change Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Change Manager over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Change Manager in the UK

Business Change Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Change Manager in the UK

Business Change Manager
Top 13 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 Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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 +25 40 £550 - 14
London +32 27 £600 +6.67% 6
Work from Home +22 20 £611 +6.30% 6
UK excluding London +35 13 £525 -3.45% 10
Midlands +18 6 £525 - 1
North of England +14 3 £538 -5.49% 2
West Midlands +7 3 £525 - 1
East Midlands - 3 £525 -
South East +35 2 £500 -11.11% 5
North West +17 2 £525 -2.33%
South West +42 1 £550 +15.79% 1
Scotland +10 1 £300 -33.33%
North East 0 1 £550 +4.76%

Business Change Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Business Change 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 featuring Business Change Manager in the job title.

1 32 (76.19%) Change Management
2 19 (45.24%) Social Skills
3 18 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
4 14 (33.33%) Agile
4 14 (33.33%) Impact Assessments
5 11 (26.19%) Business Change Management
6 10 (23.81%) Influencing Skills
6 10 (23.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 9 (21.43%) Waterfall
7 9 (21.43%) Project Delivery
8 8 (19.05%) Finance
8 8 (19.05%) Project Management
9 7 (16.67%) Salesforce
9 7 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
9 7 (16.67%) Project Planning
10 6 (14.29%) Public Sector
10 6 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (11.90%) Stakeholder Analysis
11 5 (11.90%) PRINCE2
12 4 (9.52%) Retail
12 4 (9.52%) Degree
12 4 (9.52%) SAP
12 4 (9.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
12 4 (9.52%) Coaching
12 4 (9.52%) Decision-Making
13 3 (7.14%) Technology Transformation
13 3 (7.14%) Impact Analysis
13 3 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
13 3 (7.14%) PMO
13 3 (7.14%) Collaborative Working

Business Change Manager 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (4.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (9.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (7.14%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (2.38%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (2.38%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.38%) Asana
1 1 (2.38%) Azure
1 1 (2.38%) BigCommerce
1 1 (2.38%) Power Platform
1 1 (2.38%) SuccessFactors
Development Applications
1 2 (4.76%) JIRA
General
1 19 (45.24%) Social Skills
2 10 (23.81%) Influencing Skills
3 8 (19.05%) Finance
4 6 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
4 6 (14.29%) Public Sector
5 4 (9.52%) Retail
6 3 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (7.14%) Legal
7 2 (4.76%) Manufacturing
8 1 (2.38%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.38%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.76%) Educational Technology
1 2 (4.76%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (2.38%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (2.38%) e-Learning
2 1 (2.38%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (2.38%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.38%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.38%) PMI
2 1 (2.38%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (76.19%) Change Management
2 18 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
3 14 (33.33%) Agile
3 14 (33.33%) Impact Assessments
4 11 (26.19%) Business Change Management
5 10 (23.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 9 (21.43%) Project Delivery
6 9 (21.43%) Waterfall
7 8 (19.05%) Project Management
8 7 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
8 7 (16.67%) Project Planning
9 5 (11.90%) PRINCE2
9 5 (11.90%) Stakeholder Analysis
10 4 (9.52%) Coaching
10 4 (9.52%) Decision-Making
11 3 (7.14%) Collaborative Working
11 3 (7.14%) DevOps
11 3 (7.14%) Impact Analysis
11 3 (7.14%) Process Improvement
11 3 (7.14%) Technology Transformation
Qualifications
1 4 (9.52%) Degree
2 2 (4.76%) APMG
2 2 (4.76%) PMI Certification
2 2 (4.76%) PMP
3 1 (2.38%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (2.38%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (2.38%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (2.38%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.38%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.14%) PMO
Vendors
1 7 (16.67%) Salesforce
2 4 (9.52%) SAP
3 3 (7.14%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.38%) Adobe
4 1 (2.38%) Planview
4 1 (2.38%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.38%) Sitecore