Business Change Manager Contracts

Business Change Manager
UK

The median Business Change Manager daily rate in the UK is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 478 565 624
Rank change year-on-year +87 +59 -26
Contract jobs requiring a Business Change Manager 93 122 222
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.22% 0.21% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.23% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 100 157
10th Percentile £425 £413 £425
25th Percentile £481 £472 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £659 £650 £638
90th Percentile £725 £700 £710
UK excluding London median daily rate £538 £575 £500
% change year-on-year -6.52% +15.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £56.15 - -
25th Percentile £57.88 - -
Median hourly rate £61.50 - £26.98
75th Percentile £65.88 - -
90th Percentile £68.05 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £26.98

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 39,507 53,867 83,506
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.79% 94.60% 95.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,718 37,620 58,687
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £544 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.40% +3.52% +9.38%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,672 1,498 2,036
10th Percentile £12.82 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.29 £19.13 £15.75
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

Business Change Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Change Manager in the UK

Business Change Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Business Change Manager in the UK

Business Change Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Change Manager over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Change Manager in the UK

Business Change Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Change Manager in the UK

Business Change Manager
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Change Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 18 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
England +76 81 £550 - 16
UK excluding London +52 51 £538 -6.52% 14
Work from Home +93 42 £550 -5.58% 9
London +82 34 £550 - 5
South East +38 15 £538 -7.73% 4
West Midlands +34 15 £513 -8.89%
Midlands +34 15 £513 -8.89%
North of England +15 8 £569 -9.00% 2
Scotland +44 6 £450 -14.29% 1
South West 0 6 £506 -19.00% 4
Yorkshire +5 5 £575 -11.54% 2
North West +17 2 £538 +6.17%
North East +9 1 £525 +16.67%
East of England +3 1 £618 +3.00% 2
Wales - 1 £800 - 2

Business Change Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 18 May 2024, Business 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 featuring Business Change Manager in the job title.

1 47 (50.54%) Change Management
2 33 (35.48%) Social Skills
3 32 (34.41%) Finance
4 28 (30.11%) Stakeholder Management
5 26 (27.96%) Project Management
6 15 (16.13%) Public Sector
6 15 (16.13%) Agile
7 14 (15.05%) Impact Assessments
7 14 (15.05%) Problem-Solving
8 11 (11.83%) Decision-Making
8 11 (11.83%) Business Change Management
8 11 (11.83%) Project Delivery
8 11 (11.83%) Marketing
8 11 (11.83%) ERP
9 10 (10.75%) Business Case
10 9 (9.68%) Continuous Improvement
10 9 (9.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 9 (9.68%) Business Transformation
10 9 (9.68%) Analytical Skills
11 8 (8.60%) PRINCE2
11 8 (8.60%) Banking
11 8 (8.60%) Manufacturing
11 8 (8.60%) Programme Management
12 7 (7.53%) Target Operating Model
12 7 (7.53%) Security Cleared
12 7 (7.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (6.45%) Culture Change
13 6 (6.45%) Dynamics 365
13 6 (6.45%) SC Cleared
14 5 (5.38%) Facilities Management

Business Change 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 1 (1.08%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.08%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.08%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.08%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (1.08%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (3.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.08%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 6 (6.45%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (2.15%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.08%) Google Workspace
3 1 (1.08%) OCI
3 1 (1.08%) Slack
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.08%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (1.08%) JIRA
General
1 33 (35.48%) Social Skills
2 32 (34.41%) Finance
3 15 (16.13%) Public Sector
4 11 (11.83%) Marketing
5 9 (9.68%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (8.60%) Banking
6 8 (8.60%) Manufacturing
7 7 (7.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (4.30%) Back Office
8 4 (4.30%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (4.30%) Legal
8 4 (4.30%) Retail
8 4 (4.30%) Telecoms
9 3 (3.23%) Electronics
9 3 (3.23%) Law
10 2 (2.15%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (1.08%) Investment Banking
11 1 (1.08%) Local Government
11 1 (1.08%) Military
11 1 (1.08%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.23%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 3 (3.23%) Data Centre
1 3 (3.23%) Management Information System
2 2 (2.15%) Equities
2 2 (2.15%) PMI
2 2 (2.15%) Social Media
3 1 (1.08%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.08%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.08%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (50.54%) Change Management
2 28 (30.11%) Stakeholder Management
3 26 (27.96%) Project Management
4 15 (16.13%) Agile
5 14 (15.05%) Impact Assessments
5 14 (15.05%) Problem-Solving
6 11 (11.83%) Business Change Management
6 11 (11.83%) Decision-Making
6 11 (11.83%) ERP
6 11 (11.83%) Project Delivery
7 10 (10.75%) Business Case
8 9 (9.68%) Business Transformation
8 9 (9.68%) Continuous Improvement
8 9 (9.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 8 (8.60%) PRINCE2
9 8 (8.60%) Programme Management
10 7 (7.53%) Target Operating Model
11 6 (6.45%) Culture Change
12 5 (5.38%) Customer Service
12 5 (5.38%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 7 (7.53%) Security Cleared
2 6 (6.45%) SC Cleared
3 5 (5.38%) Degree
4 3 (3.23%) PMI Certification
5 2 (2.15%) ACCA
5 2 (2.15%) CIMA
5 2 (2.15%) CIPD
5 2 (2.15%) CIPFA
5 2 (2.15%) PMP
6 1 (1.08%) APMG
6 1 (1.08%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.08%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.08%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.08%) Actionable Recommendations
1 1 (1.08%) Disclosure Scotland
1 1 (1.08%) GDPR
1 1 (1.08%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (4.30%) Microsoft
2 3 (3.23%) Oracle
2 3 (3.23%) SAP
3 1 (1.08%) Google
3 1 (1.08%) Remedy
3 1 (1.08%) ServiceNow