ITIL Change Manager Contract Job Trends

ITIL Change Manager
UK

The median ITIL Change Manager daily rate in the UK is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 575 534 593
Rank change year-on-year -41 +59 +199
Contract jobs requiring an ITIL Change Manager 9 10 12
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.024% 0.029% 0.027%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.027% 0.032% 0.029%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 5 12
10th Percentile £311 - £508
25th Percentile £388 £463 £521
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £500 £570
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -12.28% +26.67%
75th Percentile £613 £626 £580
90th Percentile - £671 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £500 £570
% change year-on-year +20.00% -12.28% +29.91%

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 33,513 31,718 41,239
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.01% 92.78% 93.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,192 19,534 27,738
10th Percentile £290 £300 £288
25th Percentile £404 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £644
90th Percentile £720 £738 £740
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £489 £500
% change year-on-year -2.86% -2.20% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,975 999 1,468
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.52 £15.14
25th Percentile £18.22 £21.22 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.50 £34.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% -23.60% +48.33%
75th Percentile £57.50 £62.84 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.00 £72.55 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -22.62% -27.78% +80.76%

ITIL Change Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'ITIL Change Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

ITIL Change Manager job vacancy trend in the UK

ITIL Change Manager
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for ITIL Change Manager job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for ITIL Change Manager job vacancies in the UK

ITIL Change Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ITIL Change Manager over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ITIL Change Manager in the UK

ITIL Change Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for ITIL Change Manager job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for ITIL Change Manager job vacancies in the UK

ITIL Change Manager
Top 7 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ITIL Change Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 19 December 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 -27 9 £600 +9.84%
UK excluding London -32 7 £600 +20.00%
Work from Home +2 6 £600 -14.29%
North West - 6 £600 -
North of England - 6 £600 -
London -16 2 £307 -43.80%
South West - 1 £400 -

ITIL Change Manager Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 19 December 2025, ITIL Change Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring ITIL Change Manager in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) ITIL
2 8 (88.89%) ServiceNow
3 7 (77.78%) Change Management
3 7 (77.78%) CI/CD
3 7 (77.78%) ITSM
3 7 (77.78%) JIRA
3 7 (77.78%) Release Management
4 6 (66.67%) Azure
4 6 (66.67%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (66.67%) Change Control
4 6 (66.67%) DevOps
4 6 (66.67%) Process Improvement
4 6 (66.67%) Roadmaps
4 6 (66.67%) Service Management
4 6 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (11.11%) GitHub
5 1 (11.11%) Jenkins
5 1 (11.11%) Risk Identification and Mitigation
5 1 (11.11%) Service Continuity Management
5 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management

ITIL Change Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 6 (66.67%) Azure
1 6 (66.67%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (11.11%) GitHub
Development Applications
1 7 (77.78%) JIRA
2 1 (11.11%) Jenkins
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) ITIL
2 7 (77.78%) Change Management
2 7 (77.78%) CI/CD
2 7 (77.78%) ITSM
2 7 (77.78%) Release Management
3 6 (66.67%) Change Control
3 6 (66.67%) DevOps
3 6 (66.67%) Process Improvement
3 6 (66.67%) Roadmaps
3 6 (66.67%) Service Management
3 6 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (11.11%) Risk Identification and Mitigation
4 1 (11.11%) Service Continuity Management
4 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
Vendors
1 8 (88.89%) ServiceNow