Change Manager Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Change Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Change Manager daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £544, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 June 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
22 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 250 267 307
Rank change year-on-year +17 +40 +55
Contract jobs requiring a Change Manager 58 76 151
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.59% 0.51% 0.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.63% 0.55% 0.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 57 99
10th Percentile £360 £408 £455
25th Percentile £422 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £544 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.14% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £620 £656 £638
90th Percentile £650 £745 £670
UK median daily rate £525 £563 £540
% change year-on-year -6.67% +4.17% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £56.25
Median hourly rate - - £57.50
75th Percentile - - £58.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - £64.53 £54.00
% change year-on-year - +19.50% +13.68%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,183 13,830 22,631
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.90% 93.65% 95.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,178 9,309 16,051
10th Percentile £325 £325 £356
25th Percentile £413 £425 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -2.33% +2.38%
75th Percentile £635 £631 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 246 569 533
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.27 £16.98
25th Percentile £16.13 £22.50 £24.75
Median hourly rate £34.48 £43.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.81% -14.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £65.25 £65.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £75.80
UK median hourly rate £27.35 £37.50 £44.00
% change year-on-year -27.07% -14.77% +76.00%

Change Manager
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Change Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Change Manager trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Change Manager
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Change Manager.

Change Manager daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Change Manager
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Change Manager over the 6 months to 22 June 2025.

Change Manager daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Change Manager
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Change Manager.

Change Manager hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Change Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 22 June 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Change Manager in the job title.

1 40 (68.97%) Change Management
2 23 (39.66%) Social Skills
3 20 (34.48%) Stakeholder Management
4 19 (32.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 13 (22.41%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (20.69%) Business Transformation
7 11 (18.97%) Impact Assessments
8 9 (15.52%) Project Delivery
8 9 (15.52%) Security Cleared
8 9 (15.52%) Strategic Thinking
8 9 (15.52%) Project Management
9 8 (13.79%) Finance
9 8 (13.79%) Decision-Making
9 8 (13.79%) Influencing Skills
9 8 (13.79%) Impact Analysis
10 7 (12.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (12.07%) Public Sector
10 7 (12.07%) SC Cleared
10 7 (12.07%) Microsoft
10 7 (12.07%) ITIL
11 6 (10.34%) Agile
11 6 (10.34%) Degree
11 6 (10.34%) FMCG
11 6 (10.34%) Matrix Organization
11 6 (10.34%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (8.62%) Continuous Improvement
12 5 (8.62%) Coaching
12 5 (8.62%) Project Planning
12 5 (8.62%) Legal
13 4 (6.90%) Salesforce

Change Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (1.72%) CMS
1 1 (1.72%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (6.90%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (6.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (5.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (3.45%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (1.72%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (3.45%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (3.45%) AWS
2 1 (1.72%) Azure
2 1 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (1.72%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (1.72%) Power Platform
2 1 (1.72%) Smartsheet
2 1 (1.72%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.72%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (3.45%) Jenkins
1 2 (3.45%) JIRA
General
1 23 (39.66%) Social Skills
2 8 (13.79%) Finance
2 8 (13.79%) Influencing Skills
3 7 (12.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 7 (12.07%) Public Sector
4 6 (10.34%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (8.62%) Legal
6 4 (6.90%) Banking
6 4 (6.90%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (5.17%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (3.45%) Retail
8 2 (3.45%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.72%) Automotive
9 1 (1.72%) French Language
9 1 (1.72%) Law
9 1 (1.72%) Local Government
9 1 (1.72%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.72%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.34%) FMCG
2 3 (5.17%) Onboarding
3 2 (3.45%) Reinsurance
3 2 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.72%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.72%) Mac OS
1 1 (1.72%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (68.97%) Change Management
2 20 (34.48%) Stakeholder Management
3 19 (32.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 13 (22.41%) Problem-Solving
5 12 (20.69%) Business Transformation
6 11 (18.97%) Impact Assessments
7 9 (15.52%) Project Delivery
7 9 (15.52%) Project Management
7 9 (15.52%) Strategic Thinking
8 8 (13.79%) Decision-Making
8 8 (13.79%) Impact Analysis
9 7 (12.07%) ITIL
10 6 (10.34%) Agile
10 6 (10.34%) Matrix Organization
11 5 (8.62%) Coaching
11 5 (8.62%) Continuous Improvement
11 5 (8.62%) Project Planning
12 4 (6.90%) Artificial Intelligence
12 4 (6.90%) DevOps
12 4 (6.90%) Stakeholder Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.45%) Java
Qualifications
1 9 (15.52%) Security Cleared
2 7 (12.07%) SC Cleared
3 6 (10.34%) Degree
4 2 (3.45%) APMG
5 1 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.72%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.72%) PMP
5 1 (1.72%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.17%) PMO
Systems Management
1 2 (3.45%) Grafana
1 2 (3.45%) Terraform
2 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.72%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (12.07%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.90%) Salesforce
3 3 (5.17%) SAP
4 2 (3.45%) Splunk
4 2 (3.45%) Workday
5 1 (1.72%) Planview
5 1 (1.72%) ServiceNow