Change Analyst Contracts

Change Analyst
UK

The median Change Analyst daily rate in the UK is £350 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 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
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 515 629 733
Rank change year-on-year +114 +104 -126
Contract jobs requiring a Change Analyst 61 55 116
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.097% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.10% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 37 89
10th Percentile £250 £304 £202
25th Percentile £280 £375 £335
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £450 £420
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +7.14% +1.51%
75th Percentile £416 £525 £488
90th Percentile £451 £586 £555
UK excluding London median daily rate £350 £450 £340
% change year-on-year -22.22% +32.35% +1.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile £30.08 - £13.60
25th Percentile £30.21 - £15.25
Median hourly rate £30.83 - £18.50
75th Percentile £39.62 - £21.75
90th Percentile £44.65 - £23.40
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.83 - £18.50
% change year-on-year - - +48.00%

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 39,484 53,902 83,447
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 94.62% 95.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,682 37,660 58,636
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £543 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +10.53%
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 2,662 1,503 2,044
10th Percentile £12.82 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.38 £15.76
Median hourly rate £36.58 £45.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.72% +87.50% +6.67%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £73.44 £76.20 £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 Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Change Analyst in the UK

Change Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Change Analyst in the UK

Change Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Change Analyst over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Change Analyst in the UK

Change Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Change Analyst in the UK

Change Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Change Analyst over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Change Analyst in the UK

Change Analyst
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Change Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 16 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
UK excluding London +77 45 £350 -22.22% 5
England +101 34 £388 -8.82% 11
Scotland +56 24 £350 -30.00%
Work from Home +120 17 £325 -27.78% 8
South East +25 17 £250 -50.00% 1
London +88 13 £419 +4.69% 6
East of England +7 2 £443 +45.08%
Midlands +26 1 £400 -11.11% 1
West Midlands +26 1 £400 - 1
North of England +20 1 £520 +19.54% 1
Yorkshire - 1 £520 -

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

For the 6 months to 16 May 2024, Change Analyst 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 Analyst in the job title.

1 43 (70.49%) Change Management
2 21 (34.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (31.15%) Microsoft
3 19 (31.15%) Social Skills
4 17 (27.87%) SharePoint
4 17 (27.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 16 (26.23%) Stakeholder Management
5 16 (26.23%) Finance
6 15 (24.59%) Project Management
6 15 (24.59%) Microsoft 365
6 15 (24.59%) Yammer
7 14 (22.95%) Infographics
8 12 (19.67%) Analytical Skills
8 12 (19.67%) Publishing
9 11 (18.03%) Security Cleared
10 10 (16.39%) SC Cleared
10 10 (16.39%) Impact Assessments
11 9 (14.75%) Collaborative Working
11 9 (14.75%) Agile
11 9 (14.75%) Service Management
11 9 (14.75%) ITIL
12 8 (13.11%) Organisational Skills
12 8 (13.11%) Waterfall
13 7 (11.48%) Public Sector
13 7 (11.48%) Problem-Solving
13 7 (11.48%) Configuration Management
13 7 (11.48%) Release Management
14 5 (8.20%) Business Analysis
14 5 (8.20%) Logistics
14 5 (8.20%) Management Information System

Change Analyst 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 17 (27.87%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 21 (34.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (27.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (6.56%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (3.28%) MS Visio
5 1 (1.64%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 15 (24.59%) Microsoft 365
1 15 (24.59%) Yammer
2 1 (1.64%) OneDrive
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.64%) SAP HANA
General
1 19 (31.15%) Social Skills
2 16 (26.23%) Finance
3 12 (19.67%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (19.67%) Publishing
4 8 (13.11%) Organisational Skills
5 7 (11.48%) Public Sector
6 3 (4.92%) Banking
7 2 (3.28%) Corporate Banking
7 2 (3.28%) Investment Banking
7 2 (3.28%) Legal
7 2 (3.28%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (3.28%) Retail
7 2 (3.28%) Retail Banking
8 1 (1.64%) Billing
8 1 (1.64%) Local Government
8 1 (1.64%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.64%) Military
8 1 (1.64%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.20%) Management Information System
2 3 (4.92%) Wiki
3 2 (3.28%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.64%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.64%) NHS
4 1 (1.64%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.64%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 1 (1.64%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (70.49%) Change Management
2 16 (26.23%) Stakeholder Management
3 15 (24.59%) Project Management
4 14 (22.95%) Infographics
5 10 (16.39%) Impact Assessments
6 9 (14.75%) Agile
6 9 (14.75%) Collaborative Working
6 9 (14.75%) ITIL
6 9 (14.75%) Service Management
7 8 (13.11%) Waterfall
8 7 (11.48%) Configuration Management
8 7 (11.48%) Problem-Solving
8 7 (11.48%) Release Management
9 5 (8.20%) Business Analysis
9 5 (8.20%) Logistics
10 4 (6.56%) ERP
10 4 (6.56%) Impact Analysis
10 4 (6.56%) ITSM
10 4 (6.56%) Process Improvement
10 4 (6.56%) Target Operating Model
Qualifications
1 11 (18.03%) Security Cleared
2 10 (16.39%) SC Cleared
3 3 (4.92%) ACCA
3 3 (4.92%) CIMA
4 2 (3.28%) Degree
4 2 (3.28%) NVQ Level 3
5 1 (1.64%) APMG
5 1 (1.64%) APMP
5 1 (1.64%) BC Cleared
5 1 (1.64%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.64%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.64%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.92%) PMO
2 1 (1.64%) GDPR
2 1 (1.64%) QA
Vendors
1 19 (31.15%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.56%) SAP
3 3 (4.92%) Oracle
3 3 (4.92%) Sun
4 2 (3.28%) ServiceNow