Change Management Contracts in the West Midlands

Change Management
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands requiring Change Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Change Management over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 43 40
Rank change year-on-year +11 -3 +8
Contract jobs citing Change Management 72 74 129
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 5.35% 3.79% 5.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.06% 4.52% 6.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 49 85
10th Percentile £363 £347 £263
25th Percentile £413 £438 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% +13.51%
75th Percentile £581 £638 £625
90th Percentile £638 £785 £690
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 3
10th Percentile £19.36 - -
25th Percentile £24.01 £13.25 £12.50
Median hourly rate £31.76 £14.00 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year +126.86% +7.69% -30.26%
75th Percentile £45.26 £72.90 £24.29
90th Percentile £53.35 - £30.76
England median hourly rate £57.50 £48.75 £48.40
% change year-on-year +17.95% +0.72% +116.07%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 in the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,188 1,637 2,110
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 88.26% 83.91% 88.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 781 1,085 1,445
10th Percentile £195 £275 £263
25th Percentile £381 £375 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% +5.13%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £600
90th Percentile £675 £750 £694
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 115 45
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.09 £12.20
25th Percentile £13.96 £14.00 £13.31
Median hourly rate £18.07 £22.50 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -19.71% +26.98% +4.24%
75th Percentile £24.10 £41.13 £23.75
90th Percentile £38.67 £57.75 £51.25
England median hourly rate £29.15 £35.96 £37.50
% change year-on-year -18.93% -4.12% +53.06%

Change Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Change Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Change Management in the West Midlands

Change Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Change Management in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Change Management in the West Midlands

Change Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Change Management in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Change Management in the West Midlands

Change Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Change Management in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Change Management in the West Midlands

Change Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Change Management in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Change Management in the West Midlands

Change Management
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Change Management within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 2 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
Warwickshire +10 30 £525 -25.00% 17
Birmingham +7 23 £463 -2.63% 35
Staffordshire +5 6 £400 +1.59% 19
Coventry -2 4 £308 -49.80% 10
Shropshire - 3 £502 - 7
Solihull +13 1 - - 6
Change Management
England

Change Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 4 (5.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (4.17%) Confluence
2 3 (4.17%) Exchange Server 2013
3 2 (2.78%) IIS
4 1 (1.39%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (4.17%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (2.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (2.78%) Open Workbench
4 1 (1.39%) Final Cut Pro
4 1 (1.39%) QuarkXPress
Business Applications
1 3 (4.17%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.39%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (1.39%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 8 (11.11%) Power Platform
2 4 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (5.56%) Mimecast
3 3 (4.17%) Azure
3 3 (4.17%) OCI
4 2 (2.78%) AWS
4 2 (2.78%) GCP
4 2 (2.78%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.39%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.39%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (1.39%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.39%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.39%) Snowflake
5 1 (1.39%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.56%) Unified Communications
2 2 (2.78%) Firewall
2 2 (2.78%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (2.78%) NGFW
2 2 (2.78%) WAN
2 2 (2.78%) Wireless
3 1 (1.39%) BGP
3 1 (1.39%) EIGRP
3 1 (1.39%) IPv4
3 1 (1.39%) LAN
3 1 (1.39%) MPLS
3 1 (1.39%) Network Security
3 1 (1.39%) OSPF
3 1 (1.39%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (1.39%) SD-WAN
3 1 (1.39%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (9.72%) Power BI
2 4 (5.56%) SQL Server
3 2 (2.78%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (2.78%) NoSQL
3 2 (2.78%) Relational Database
3 2 (2.78%) Tableau
4 1 (1.39%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 9 (12.50%) JIRA
2 2 (2.78%) Git
General
1 30 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 15 (20.83%) Finance
3 10 (13.89%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
5 8 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
6 7 (9.72%) Law
6 7 (9.72%) Public Sector
7 5 (6.94%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (2.78%) Back Office
8 2 (2.78%) Banking
8 2 (2.78%) Legal
9 1 (1.39%) Advertising
9 1 (1.39%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.39%) Automotive
9 1 (1.39%) Games
9 1 (1.39%) General Ledger
9 1 (1.39%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.39%) Marketing
9 1 (1.39%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.39%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (15.28%) Analyst
2 10 (13.89%) Lead
3 8 (11.11%) Change Manager
4 7 (9.72%) Project Manager
5 6 (8.33%) IT Manager
6 5 (6.94%) Business Analyst
6 5 (6.94%) Service Manager
7 4 (5.56%) Business Manager
7 4 (5.56%) Change Analyst
7 4 (5.56%) Support Manager
7 4 (5.56%) Tester
8 3 (4.17%) Business Change Analyst
8 3 (4.17%) Business Change Manager
8 3 (4.17%) Customer Support Manager
8 3 (4.17%) Delivery Manager
8 3 (4.17%) IT Services Manager
8 3 (4.17%) Programme Manager
8 3 (4.17%) Unified Communications Engineer
9 2 (2.78%) Engagement Manager
9 2 (2.78%) Implementation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (8.33%) Middleware
2 4 (5.56%) .NET
3 2 (2.78%) HTML
3 2 (2.78%) Web Services
4 1 (1.39%) ADO
4 1 (1.39%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 9 (12.50%) Operational Technology
2 7 (9.72%) Management Information System
3 5 (6.94%) Product Ownership
3 5 (6.94%) SCADA
4 4 (5.56%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (4.17%) Data Structures
5 3 (4.17%) Onboarding
6 2 (2.78%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (2.78%) e-Learning
6 2 (2.78%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.39%) Educational Technology
7 1 (1.39%) Social Media
7 1 (1.39%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.17%) Windows
2 2 (2.78%) Linux
3 1 (1.39%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 20 (27.78%) Agile
3 16 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
4 13 (18.06%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (15.28%) Cybersecurity
6 10 (13.89%) Business Analysis
6 10 (13.89%) Decision-Making
6 10 (13.89%) ITIL
6 10 (13.89%) Project Delivery
6 10 (13.89%) Project Management
7 9 (12.50%) Service Management
8 7 (9.72%) Business Intelligence
8 7 (9.72%) Collaborative Working
8 7 (9.72%) Cyber Resilience
8 7 (9.72%) Project Governance
8 7 (9.72%) Risk Management
8 7 (9.72%) Scrum
8 7 (9.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 7 (9.72%) Strategic Planning
9 6 (8.33%) Business Change Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.56%) SQL
2 3 (4.17%) VB
3 2 (2.78%) C#
3 2 (2.78%) JavaScript
3 2 (2.78%) PowerShell
3 2 (2.78%) Python
3 2 (2.78%) VBA
Qualifications
1 8 (11.11%) Degree
2 4 (5.56%) ITIL Certification
3 3 (4.17%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (4.17%) Security Cleared
4 2 (2.78%) AWS Certification
4 2 (2.78%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 2 (2.78%) CCNA
4 2 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (2.78%) Tableau Certification
5 1 (1.39%) APMG
5 1 (1.39%) APMP
5 1 (1.39%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.39%) CCNP
5 1 (1.39%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.39%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.78%) QA
2 1 (1.39%) Automotive SPICE
2 1 (1.39%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.39%) GDPR
2 1 (1.39%) ISO 26262
2 1 (1.39%) NCSC
2 1 (1.39%) NIST
2 1 (1.39%) PMO
2 1 (1.39%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (5.56%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.78%) Docker
3 1 (1.39%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (5.56%) HP ALM
1 4 (5.56%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.78%) Grafana
3 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 15 (20.83%) Microsoft
2 8 (11.11%) Oracle
3 5 (6.94%) Cisco
4 4 (5.56%) HP
4 4 (5.56%) MuleSoft
4 4 (5.56%) Proofpoint
4 4 (5.56%) SAP
4 4 (5.56%) ServiceNow
5 3 (4.17%) BMC
5 3 (4.17%) Remedy
6 2 (2.78%) Atlassian
6 2 (2.78%) NEC
6 2 (2.78%) UiPath
7 1 (1.39%) Adobe
7 1 (1.39%) Apple
7 1 (1.39%) Civica
7 1 (1.39%) Google
7 1 (1.39%) Huawei
7 1 (1.39%) Infor
7 1 (1.39%) Workday