Transformation Manager Contracts

Transformation Manager
UK

The median Transformation Manager daily rate in the UK is £587, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 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
8 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 462 492 544
Rank change year-on-year +30 +52 +28
Contract jobs requiring a Transformation Manager 67 95 150
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.23% 0.22% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.24% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 71 113
10th Percentile £413 £456 £485
25th Percentile £506 £505 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £587 £588 £610
Median % change year-on-year -0.04% -3.69% +6.09%
75th Percentile £643 £719 £725
90th Percentile £804 £788 £820
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £46.02 -
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 26,930 40,005 55,472
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.50% 92.75% 94.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,553 26,036 38,744
10th Percentile £300 £280 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -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 1,045 2,664 1,555
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.86 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.25
Median hourly rate £28.75 £36.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.23% -18.89% +90.68%
75th Percentile £62.50 £61.30 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.15
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £40.00 £42.26
% change year-on-year -31.25% -5.35% +116.50%

Transformation Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Transformation Manager in the UK

Transformation Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Transformation Manager in the UK

Transformation Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Transformation Manager over the 6 months to 8 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Transformation Manager in the UK

Transformation Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Transformation Manager in the UK

Transformation 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 Transformation Manager 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 +47 61 £600 +3.36% 91
London +38 38 £600 +2.35% 65
UK excluding London +38 23 £525 -12.50% 54
Work from Home +20 18 £600 - 55
South East +46 8 £600 +0.97% 19
Midlands +16 7 £525 +13.51% 5
North of England +19 6 £488 -2.50% 9
East Midlands +13 4 £525 -15.32% 2
Yorkshire +8 4 £450 +28.57% 2
North West +10 2 £513 +2.50% 7
West Midlands +6 2 £500 +8.11% 3
South West +34 1 - - 6
Northern Ireland - 1 £525 - 9

Transformation Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 8 May 2025, Transformation 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 Transformation Manager in the job title.

1 29 (43.28%) Finance
1 29 (43.28%) Stakeholder Management
2 28 (41.79%) Project Management
3 26 (38.81%) Social Skills
4 23 (34.33%) Agile
5 18 (26.87%) Change Management
6 14 (20.90%) PRINCE2
7 13 (19.40%) Digital Transformation Programme
8 11 (16.42%) Analytical Skills
8 11 (16.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 10 (14.93%) Banking
9 10 (14.93%) Programme Management
9 10 (14.93%) Project Delivery
10 9 (13.43%) Problem-Solving
11 8 (11.94%) Process Improvement
11 8 (11.94%) Scrum
11 8 (11.94%) PMP
12 7 (10.45%) PMI Certification
12 7 (10.45%) Risk Management
12 7 (10.45%) Public Sector
12 7 (10.45%) Budget Management
13 6 (8.96%) Continuous Improvement
13 6 (8.96%) DevOps
13 6 (8.96%) Service Management
13 6 (8.96%) Six Sigma
13 6 (8.96%) ERP
13 6 (8.96%) Degree
13 6 (8.96%) JIRA
13 6 (8.96%) Azure
14 5 (7.46%) Test Management

Transformation 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 3 (4.48%) CMS
1 3 (4.48%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.49%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 3 (4.48%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (4.48%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (4.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (2.99%) Adobe Illustrator
2 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (2.99%) Photoshop
3 1 (1.49%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.49%) Elite 3E
1 1 (1.49%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (8.96%) Azure
2 5 (7.46%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (4.48%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (4.48%) Power Platform
3 3 (4.48%) PowerApps
4 2 (2.99%) Google Workspace
4 2 (2.99%) Power Automate
4 2 (2.99%) Slack
4 2 (2.99%) Yammer
5 1 (1.49%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.49%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 6 (8.96%) JIRA
General
1 29 (43.28%) Finance
2 26 (38.81%) Social Skills
3 11 (16.42%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (14.93%) Banking
5 7 (10.45%) Public Sector
6 5 (7.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (7.46%) Influencing Skills
6 5 (7.46%) Legal
6 5 (7.46%) Local Government
6 5 (7.46%) Retail
7 4 (5.97%) Financial Institution
7 4 (5.97%) Investment Banking
8 3 (4.48%) Marketing
8 3 (4.48%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (4.48%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (2.99%) General Ledger
9 2 (2.99%) Retail Banking
10 1 (1.49%) Billing
10 1 (1.49%) Front Office
10 1 (1.49%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.48%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 2 (2.99%) Educational Technology
1 2 (2.99%) Low-Code
1 2 (2.99%) Onboarding
1 2 (2.99%) Self-Motivation
1 2 (2.99%) Social Media
2 1 (1.49%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (1.49%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (1.49%) Derivative
2 1 (1.49%) IoT
2 1 (1.49%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (1.49%) NHS
2 1 (1.49%) OTC Derivatives
Operating Systems
1 5 (7.46%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (43.28%) Stakeholder Management
2 28 (41.79%) Project Management
3 23 (34.33%) Agile
4 18 (26.87%) Change Management
5 14 (20.90%) PRINCE2
6 13 (19.40%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 11 (16.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 10 (14.93%) Programme Management
8 10 (14.93%) Project Delivery
9 9 (13.43%) Problem-Solving
10 8 (11.94%) Process Improvement
10 8 (11.94%) Scrum
11 7 (10.45%) Budget Management
11 7 (10.45%) Risk Management
12 6 (8.96%) Continuous Improvement
12 6 (8.96%) DevOps
12 6 (8.96%) ERP
12 6 (8.96%) Service Management
12 6 (8.96%) Six Sigma
13 5 (7.46%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 8 (11.94%) PMP
2 7 (10.45%) PMI Certification
3 6 (8.96%) Degree
4 3 (4.48%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 2 (2.99%) Master's Degree
5 2 (2.99%) SC Cleared
5 2 (2.99%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.49%) ACCA
6 1 (1.49%) CCAB
6 1 (1.49%) CIMA
6 1 (1.49%) CIPFA
6 1 (1.49%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.99%) PMO
2 1 (1.49%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 3 (4.48%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 5 (7.46%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.97%) Adobe
3 3 (4.48%) HP
3 3 (4.48%) NEC
3 3 (4.48%) Oracle
3 3 (4.48%) SAP
4 2 (2.99%) Google
4 2 (2.99%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.49%) Ariba
5 1 (1.49%) Cisco
5 1 (1.49%) Palo Alto
5 1 (1.49%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.49%) Workday