Business Change Project Manager Contracts

Project Manager - Business Change
UK

The median Project Manager - Business Change daily rate in the UK is £513, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 August 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 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 559 546 639
Rank change year-on-year -13 +93 +164
Contract jobs requiring a Business Change Project Manager 8 21 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.024% 0.054% 0.060%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.026% 0.058% 0.063%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 14 27
10th Percentile £383 £408 £408
25th Percentile £434 £472 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% - +12.24%
75th Percentile £556 £588 £675
90th Percentile £568 £688 £970
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - +10.53%

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 30,308 36,483 50,573
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.42% 92.98% 94.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,221 23,641 34,907
10th Percentile £281 £300 £306
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +2.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,493 2,092 1,520
10th Percentile £13.66 £14.16 £14.42
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.00 £19.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +65.50%
75th Percentile £54.01 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.15 £75.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £39.03
% change year-on-year -41.51% +10.19% +85.83%

Business Change Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Change Project Manager in the UK

Business Change Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Business Change Project Manager in the UK

Business Change Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Change Project Manager over the 6 months to 2 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Change Project Manager in the UK

Business Change Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Change Project Manager in the UK

Business Change Project Manager
Top 8 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 Project Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 2 August 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 +20 8 £513 -6.82% 5
London +9 6 £450 -33.36% 4
Work from Home +17 4 £550 +4.76% 1
UK excluding London -11 2 £513 -2.38% 3
East Midlands -2 1 £475 -13.64%
North East -4 1 £550 +4.76%
North of England -9 1 £550 - 1
Midlands -12 1 £475 -15.56%

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

For the 6 months to 2 August 2025, Business Change Project 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 Project Manager in the job title.

1 5 (62.50%) Project Management
1 5 (62.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (50.00%) Agile
2 4 (50.00%) Degree
2 4 (50.00%) Finance
3 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (37.50%) Change Management
3 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
4 2 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
4 2 (25.00%) Project Delivery
4 2 (25.00%) Project Governance
4 2 (25.00%) PMO
4 2 (25.00%) Time Management
4 2 (25.00%) PRINCE2
4 2 (25.00%) JIRA
4 2 (25.00%) Retail
4 2 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
4 2 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (25.00%) Decision-Making
5 1 (12.50%) Planview
5 1 (12.50%) Lean Six Sigma
5 1 (12.50%) Scrum
5 1 (12.50%) e-Learning
5 1 (12.50%) Web Design
5 1 (12.50%) Programme Management
5 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (12.50%) CRM
5 1 (12.50%) SharePoint

Business Change Project 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 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (12.50%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Asana
1 1 (12.50%) BigCommerce
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (50.00%) Finance
2 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Retail
4 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Law
4 1 (12.50%) Legal
4 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) e-Learning
1 1 (12.50%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Project Management
1 5 (62.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (50.00%) Agile
3 3 (37.50%) Change Management
3 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
4 2 (25.00%) Decision-Making
4 2 (25.00%) PRINCE2
4 2 (25.00%) Project Delivery
4 2 (25.00%) Project Governance
4 2 (25.00%) Time Management
4 2 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
5 1 (12.50%) Budget Management
5 1 (12.50%) Business Case
5 1 (12.50%) CRM
5 1 (12.50%) Customer Experience
5 1 (12.50%) Customer Service
5 1 (12.50%) ERP
5 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Map
5 1 (12.50%) Technology Transformation
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) APMG
2 1 (12.50%) PMI Certification
2 1 (12.50%) PMP
2 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) PMO
2 1 (12.50%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Adobe
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
1 1 (12.50%) Planview
1 1 (12.50%) Salesforce
1 1 (12.50%) SAP
1 1 (12.50%) Sitecore