Change Manager Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Change Manager
England > West Midlands

The median Change Manager daily rate in the West Midlands is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2025.

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

6 months to
1 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 123 89 112
Rank change year-on-year -34 +23 +51
Contract jobs requiring a Change Manager 5 22 11
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.27% 1.17% 0.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.30% 1.25% 0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 17 3
10th Percentile £477 £448 £425
25th Percentile £508 £500 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £578 £588 £556
90th Percentile £584 £650 £575
England median daily rate £513 £565 £575
% change year-on-year -9.29% -1.74% +2.22%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 1,646 1,757 1,947
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.07% 93.21% 95.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,070 1,110 1,333
10th Percentile £235 £219 £225
25th Percentile £380 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -4.04%
75th Percentile £588 £613 £600
90th Percentile £675 £713 £705
England median daily rate £512 £525 £548
% change year-on-year -2.48% -4.11% -0.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 62 64
10th Percentile £12.62 £12.60 £14.71
25th Percentile £14.25 £14.44 £17.22
Median hourly rate £25.15 £22.05 £22.20
Median % change year-on-year +14.08% -0.68% +23.31%
75th Percentile £39.39 £33.23 £34.50
90th Percentile £50.00 £49.88 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £45.21
% change year-on-year -44.11% -0.46% +71.64%

Change Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Change Manager in the West Midlands

Change Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Change Manager job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Change Manager job vacancies in the West Midlands

Change Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Change Manager job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Change Manager job vacancies in the West Midlands

Change Manager
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 Manager within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 October 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 -4 4 £550 +4.76% 1
Change Manager
England

Change Manager Skill Set
Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 1 October 2025, 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 across the West Midlands region featuring Change Manager in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Change Management
2 3 (60.00%) Finance
2 3 (60.00%) Impact Assessments
3 2 (40.00%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (20.00%) APMG
4 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
4 1 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance
4 1 (20.00%) Workday
4 1 (20.00%) IT Strategy
4 1 (20.00%) Business Change Management
4 1 (20.00%) Housing Management
4 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (20.00%) Housing Association
4 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (20.00%) Law
4 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
4 1 (20.00%) Oracle
4 1 (20.00%) SAP
4 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
4 1 (20.00%) CRM
4 1 (20.00%) Project Management
4 1 (20.00%) Agile
4 1 (20.00%) Banking
4 1 (20.00%) Culture Change
4 1 (20.00%) Customer Experience

Change Manager Skill Set
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:

General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Law
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (20.00%) Housing Association
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Change Management
2 3 (60.00%) Impact Assessments
3 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (20.00%) Agile
4 1 (20.00%) Business Change Management
4 1 (20.00%) CRM
4 1 (20.00%) Culture Change
4 1 (20.00%) Customer Experience
4 1 (20.00%) Housing Management
4 1 (20.00%) IT Strategy
4 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
4 1 (20.00%) Project Management
4 1 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) APMG
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle
1 1 (20.00%) SAP
1 1 (20.00%) Workday