Business Change Project Manager Contracts

Project Manager - Business Change
UK

The median Project Manager - Business Change daily rate in the UK is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 530 599 767
Rank change year-on-year +69 +168 +30
Contract jobs requiring a Business Change Project Manager 19 28 69
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.052% 0.059% 0.085%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.056% 0.063% 0.089%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 20 50
10th Percentile £385 £400 £434
25th Percentile £442 £472 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £520
Median % change year-on-year +0.05% +0.96% +4.00%
75th Percentile £588 £694 £612
90th Percentile £636 £970 £694
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £525 £508
% change year-on-year +4.76% +3.45% +1.50%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 33,956 44,250 77,454
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.82% 93.82% 95.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,486 30,168 54,199
10th Percentile £300 £300 £316
25th Percentile £411 £413 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £744 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.00% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,295 1,536 1,766
10th Percentile £15.08 £14.89 £13.00
25th Percentile £20.27 £19.06 £16.50
Median hourly rate £38.00 £45.00 £27.73
Median % change year-on-year -15.56% +62.28% +38.65%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £60.50
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.50 £71.88
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £44.50 £23.50
% change year-on-year -15.73% +89.36% +31.43%

Business Change Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Change Project Manager in the UK

Business Change Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Business Change Project Manager in the UK

Business Change Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Change Project Manager over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Change Project Manager in the UK

Business Change Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Change Project Manager in the UK

Business Change Project Manager
Top 9 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 Project Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 31 October 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 +63 15 £550 +4.76% 4
Work from Home +72 8 £425 -19.00% 3
London +45 8 £606 -6.80% 2
UK excluding London +37 8 £550 +4.76% 2
Midlands +8 4 £575 -
South East +39 3 £450 -34.27% 2
West Midlands +4 2 £575 -
East Midlands - 2 £550 -
Scotland - 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 31 October 2024, Business Change Project 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 Project Manager in the job title.

1 10 (52.63%) Social Skills
2 9 (47.37%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (36.84%) Change Management
3 7 (36.84%) Project Management
3 7 (36.84%) Retail
4 5 (26.32%) Budget Management
5 4 (21.05%) Change Control
5 4 (21.05%) Decision-Making
5 4 (21.05%) Time Management
5 4 (21.05%) Finance
6 3 (15.79%) Agile
6 3 (15.79%) Migration
6 3 (15.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (15.79%) Project Governance
6 3 (15.79%) PMO
6 3 (15.79%) Project Delivery
7 2 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (10.53%) Waterfall
7 2 (10.53%) JIRA
7 2 (10.53%) Marketing
7 2 (10.53%) Banking
7 2 (10.53%) SAP
7 2 (10.53%) Telecoms
8 1 (5.26%) Workflow
8 1 (5.26%) GAP Analysis
8 1 (5.26%) Legal
8 1 (5.26%) E-Commerce
8 1 (5.26%) VML
8 1 (5.26%) B2B
8 1 (5.26%) Microsoft

Business Change Project 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 (5.26%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.26%) Asana
1 1 (5.26%) BigCommerce
Development Applications
1 2 (10.53%) JIRA
General
1 10 (52.63%) Social Skills
2 7 (36.84%) Retail
3 4 (21.05%) Finance
4 2 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (10.53%) Banking
4 2 (10.53%) Marketing
4 2 (10.53%) Telecoms
5 1 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (5.26%) Investment Banking
5 1 (5.26%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.26%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.26%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (47.37%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (36.84%) Change Management
2 7 (36.84%) Project Management
3 5 (26.32%) Budget Management
4 4 (21.05%) Change Control
4 4 (21.05%) Decision-Making
4 4 (21.05%) Time Management
5 3 (15.79%) Agile
5 3 (15.79%) Migration
5 3 (15.79%) Project Delivery
5 3 (15.79%) Project Governance
5 3 (15.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (10.53%) Waterfall
7 1 (5.26%) Agile Project Management
7 1 (5.26%) Business Transformation
7 1 (5.26%) Dependency Management
7 1 (5.26%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (5.26%) Programme Management
7 1 (5.26%) Stakeholder Analysis
7 1 (5.26%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (5.26%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.79%) PMO
2 1 (5.26%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (10.53%) SAP
2 1 (5.26%) Adobe
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.26%) Salesforce
2 1 (5.26%) Sitecore