Change Manager Contracts

Change Manager
UK

The median Change Manager daily rate in the UK is £555 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 342 372 401
Rank change year-on-year +30 +29 +43
Contract jobs requiring a Change Manager 232 351 555
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.54% 0.62% 0.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.59% 0.65% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 172 249 400
10th Percentile £425 £418 £413
25th Percentile £478 £483 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £555 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year +0.82% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £671 £625 £645
90th Percentile £750 £688 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £538 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +2.38% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 7
10th Percentile £56.15 - £27.29
25th Percentile £57.88 - £29.23
Median hourly rate £61.50 £54.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.89% +10.20% +118.26%
75th Percentile £65.88 £69.75 £72.38
90th Percentile £68.05 £78.75 £83.55
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £39.98
% change year-on-year - - +78.08%

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%

Change Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Change Manager in the UK

Change Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Change Manager in the UK

Change Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Change Manager in the UK

Change Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Change Manager in the UK

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 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 +14 194 £575 +4.55% 47
UK excluding London +32 113 £538 +2.38% 32
London +23 94 £625 +13.64% 21
Work from Home +57 84 £544 -1.14% 18
South East +36 27 £550 -3.51% 4
Midlands +28 27 £531 -3.41% 7
Scotland +43 21 £475 -5.00% 2
West Midlands +22 21 £650 +18.18% 4
South West -1 18 £570 +8.57% 7
North of England +3 14 £538 -10.42% 7
North West +12 8 £481 -3.70% 2
East of England +6 7 £514 -2.10% 3
Yorkshire +3 6 £625 -3.85% 4
East Midlands - 5 £391 - 3
Wales +18 1 £800 +88.24% 3

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

For the 6 months to 18 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 featuring Change Manager in the job title.

1 132 (56.90%) Change Management
2 78 (33.62%) Social Skills
3 62 (26.72%) Finance
4 58 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 58 (25.00%) Project Management
5 37 (15.95%) Agile
6 34 (14.66%) Impact Assessments
7 32 (13.79%) Public Sector
8 27 (11.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 25 (10.78%) SAP
10 23 (9.91%) ITIL
10 23 (9.91%) Programme Management
11 22 (9.48%) ERP
11 22 (9.48%) Problem-Solving
12 21 (9.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 20 (8.62%) Project Delivery
14 18 (7.76%) Marketing
15 17 (7.33%) Microsoft
15 17 (7.33%) Manufacturing
15 17 (7.33%) Decision-Making
16 16 (6.90%) Continuous Improvement
17 15 (6.47%) Process Improvement
17 15 (6.47%) Target Operating Model
18 14 (6.03%) Business Intelligence
18 14 (6.03%) Waterfall
18 14 (6.03%) Culture Change
19 13 (5.60%) Analytical Skills
20 12 (5.17%) Business Transformation
20 12 (5.17%) Business Change Management
20 12 (5.17%) Degree

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 2 (0.86%) Confluence
2 1 (0.43%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (2.59%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.72%) MS Visio
3 4 (1.72%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (1.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.29%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (3.02%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.59%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.43%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.43%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 11 (4.74%) Dynamics 365
2 5 (2.16%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (1.29%) Azure
3 3 (1.29%) OCI
3 3 (1.29%) Power Platform
4 2 (0.86%) AWS
4 2 (0.86%) GCP
5 1 (0.43%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.43%) Google Workspace
5 1 (0.43%) Power Automate
5 1 (0.43%) PowerApps
5 1 (0.43%) Slack
5 1 (0.43%) SuccessFactors
5 1 (0.43%) Yammer
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.29%) Data Lake
1 3 (1.29%) Power BI
2 2 (0.86%) Elasticsearch
2 2 (0.86%) SAP HANA
3 1 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.43%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 3 (1.29%) JIRA
General
1 78 (33.62%) Social Skills
2 62 (26.72%) Finance
3 32 (13.79%) Public Sector
4 21 (9.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 18 (7.76%) Marketing
6 17 (7.33%) Manufacturing
7 13 (5.60%) Analytical Skills
8 11 (4.74%) Banking
8 11 (4.74%) Retail
8 11 (4.74%) Telecoms
9 9 (3.88%) Electronics
10 7 (3.02%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (2.59%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (2.59%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (2.16%) Legal
13 4 (1.72%) Law
13 4 (1.72%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (0.86%) Advertising
14 2 (0.86%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.86%) International Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.29%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 7 (3.02%) Product Ownership
2 6 (2.59%) Operational Technology
3 4 (1.72%) Management Information System
3 4 (1.72%) Reinsurance
4 3 (1.29%) e-Learning
4 3 (1.29%) FMCG
5 2 (0.86%) CMDB
5 2 (0.86%) Data Centre
5 2 (0.86%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (0.86%) Social Media
6 1 (0.43%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.43%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.43%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.43%) Life Science
6 1 (0.43%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.43%) PMI
6 1 (0.43%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.86%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (56.90%) Change Management
2 58 (25.00%) Project Management
2 58 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 37 (15.95%) Agile
4 34 (14.66%) Impact Assessments
5 27 (11.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 23 (9.91%) ITIL
6 23 (9.91%) Programme Management
7 22 (9.48%) ERP
7 22 (9.48%) Problem-Solving
8 20 (8.62%) Project Delivery
9 17 (7.33%) Decision-Making
10 16 (6.90%) Continuous Improvement
11 15 (6.47%) Process Improvement
11 15 (6.47%) Target Operating Model
12 14 (6.03%) Business Intelligence
12 14 (6.03%) Culture Change
12 14 (6.03%) Waterfall
13 12 (5.17%) Business Case
13 12 (5.17%) Stakeholder Map
Qualifications
1 12 (5.17%) Degree
2 11 (4.74%) Security Cleared
3 7 (3.02%) ITIL Certification
3 7 (3.02%) SC Cleared
4 3 (1.29%) DV Cleared
4 3 (1.29%) Six Sigma Green Belt
5 2 (0.86%) ACCA
5 2 (0.86%) APMG
5 2 (0.86%) CIMA
5 2 (0.86%) CIPD
5 2 (0.86%) CIPFA
5 2 (0.86%) PMI Certification
5 2 (0.86%) PMP
6 1 (0.43%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.43%) PgMP
6 1 (0.43%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (0.43%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.02%) PMO
2 2 (0.86%) QA
3 1 (0.43%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (0.43%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (0.43%) GDPR
3 1 (0.43%) PMBOK
3 1 (0.43%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (0.86%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 25 (10.78%) SAP
2 17 (7.33%) Microsoft
3 6 (2.59%) ServiceNow
4 5 (2.16%) Oracle
4 5 (2.16%) Salesforce
5 3 (1.29%) Ariba
5 3 (1.29%) Google
6 1 (0.43%) IBM
6 1 (0.43%) Planview
6 1 (0.43%) Remedy
6 1 (0.43%) Snow