Change Manager Contracts in the UK excluding London

Change Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Change Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £531 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 282 305 303
Rank change year-on-year +23 -2 +16
Contract jobs requiring a Change Manager 113 141 208
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.56% 0.61% 0.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.60% 0.65% 0.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 108 151
10th Percentile £412 £456 £331
25th Percentile £463 £500 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.19% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £617 £616 £569
90th Percentile £728 £650 £640
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £539
% change year-on-year - +2.09% +7.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 7
10th Percentile - £51.75 £26.98
25th Percentile - £52.50 £27.24
Median hourly rate £61.06 £55.00 £30.96
Median % change year-on-year +11.02% +77.65% +37.91%
75th Percentile - £57.50 £57.00
90th Percentile - £58.25 £70.50
UK median hourly rate £61.06 £54.00 £39.98
% change year-on-year +13.07% +35.07% +78.08%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 excluding London with a recognized job title 18,742 21,812 29,390
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.48% 94.30% 95.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,456 15,203 20,621
10th Percentile £213 £225 £205
25th Percentile £363 £394 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.20% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £595 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £543 £525
% change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +8.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,269 1,109 1,458
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.36
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.03 £14.50
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +4.19%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.00 £45.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%

Change Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Change Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Change Manager in the UK excluding London

Change Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Change Manager in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Change Manager in the UK excluding London

Change Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Change Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Change Manager in the UK excluding London

Change Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Change Manager in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Change Manager in the UK excluding London

Change Manager
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 20 May 2024. 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
South East +25 28 £550 -3.51% 4
Midlands +24 28 £550 - 5
West Midlands +21 22 £625 +13.64% 2
Scotland +43 21 £475 -5.00% 2
South West -1 16 £570 +8.57% 8
North of England 0 14 £538 -10.42% 7
North West +7 8 £481 -3.70% 3
East of England +11 7 £514 -2.10% 3
Yorkshire +7 6 £625 -3.85% 3
East Midlands - 5 £391 - 3
Wales +20 1 £800 +88.24% 3
Change Manager
UK

Change Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 20 May 2024, 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 UK excluding London region featuring Change Manager in the job title.

1 65 (57.52%) Change Management
2 39 (34.51%) Social Skills
3 34 (30.09%) Stakeholder Management
4 32 (28.32%) Finance
5 30 (26.55%) Project Management
6 24 (21.24%) Agile
7 22 (19.47%) Impact Assessments
8 21 (18.58%) Public Sector
9 17 (15.04%) Programme Management
10 12 (10.62%) Problem-Solving
11 11 (9.73%) ITIL
11 11 (9.73%) ERP
11 11 (9.73%) Microsoft
11 11 (9.73%) Waterfall
11 11 (9.73%) Continuous Improvement
11 11 (9.73%) Decision-Making
11 11 (9.73%) Project Delivery
12 10 (8.85%) Roadmaps
12 10 (8.85%) Manufacturing
13 9 (7.96%) PRINCE2
13 9 (7.96%) SAP
13 9 (7.96%) Marketing
13 9 (7.96%) Culture Change
13 9 (7.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 9 (7.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 8 (7.08%) Dynamics 365
14 8 (7.08%) Stakeholder Map
14 8 (7.08%) Collaborative Working
14 8 (7.08%) Business Strategy
15 7 (6.19%) Product Ownership

Change Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (0.88%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (3.54%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.65%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (2.65%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.88%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (3.54%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.77%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.88%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 8 (7.08%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (1.77%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (1.77%) OCI
3 1 (0.88%) Azure
3 1 (0.88%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (0.88%) Power Automate
3 1 (0.88%) Power Platform
3 1 (0.88%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.88%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (0.88%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (0.88%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (0.88%) JIRA
General
1 39 (34.51%) Social Skills
2 32 (28.32%) Finance
3 21 (18.58%) Public Sector
4 10 (8.85%) Manufacturing
5 9 (7.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 9 (7.96%) Marketing
6 7 (6.19%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (4.42%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (4.42%) Telecoms
8 4 (3.54%) Electronics
8 4 (3.54%) Law
8 4 (3.54%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (2.65%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (2.65%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.77%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.88%) Aviation
11 1 (0.88%) Banking
11 1 (0.88%) Legal
11 1 (0.88%) Local Government
11 1 (0.88%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.65%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.19%) Product Ownership
2 3 (2.65%) e-Learning
2 3 (2.65%) Management Information System
3 2 (1.77%) Data Centre
4 1 (0.88%) CMDB
4 1 (0.88%) Driving Licence
4 1 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (0.88%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (0.88%) Smart Meter
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (57.52%) Change Management
2 34 (30.09%) Stakeholder Management
3 30 (26.55%) Project Management
4 24 (21.24%) Agile
5 22 (19.47%) Impact Assessments
6 17 (15.04%) Programme Management
7 12 (10.62%) Problem-Solving
8 11 (9.73%) Continuous Improvement
8 11 (9.73%) Decision-Making
8 11 (9.73%) ERP
8 11 (9.73%) ITIL
8 11 (9.73%) Project Delivery
8 11 (9.73%) Waterfall
9 10 (8.85%) Roadmaps
10 9 (7.96%) Culture Change
10 9 (7.96%) PRINCE2
10 9 (7.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 8 (7.08%) Business Strategy
11 8 (7.08%) Collaborative Working
11 8 (7.08%) Stakeholder Map
Qualifications
1 7 (6.19%) Security Cleared
2 6 (5.31%) Degree
3 3 (2.65%) DV Cleared
3 3 (2.65%) SC Cleared
3 3 (2.65%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 2 (1.77%) ACCA
4 2 (1.77%) APMG
4 2 (1.77%) CIMA
4 2 (1.77%) CIPD
4 2 (1.77%) CIPFA
5 1 (0.88%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.88%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.88%) PgMP
5 1 (0.88%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.88%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.54%) PMO
2 2 (1.77%) QA
3 1 (0.88%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (0.88%) GDPR
3 1 (0.88%) PMBOK
Vendors
1 11 (9.73%) Microsoft
2 9 (7.96%) SAP
3 4 (3.54%) Oracle
4 2 (1.77%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.88%) ServiceNow