Scotland Change Analyst Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the Change Analyst role in IT contracts within the Scotland region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Change Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Bedfordshire Berkshire Bristol Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chippenham City of London Corsham Derbyshire Docklands, London East Midlands East of England East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Essex Glasgow Hampshire Hertfordshire Hull Kent Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool London Luton Merseyside Middlesex Motherwell Newcastle Upon Tyne North East North Lanarkshire North West North Yorkshire Reading Scotland Sheffield Somerset South East South West South Yorkshire Staines Street Surrey Swindon Tyne and Wear UK West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Windsor Wolverhampton York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	87	110
Rank change on same period last year	+23
Matching contract IT job ads	13	18
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.017 %	0.018 %
As % of the category below	0.558 %	0.526 %
Daily rates quoted	6	11
Average minimum daily rate	£198	£303
Average daily rate	£220	£318
% change on same period last year	-30.92 %
Average maximum daily rate	£242	£334
UK excluding London average daily rate	£267	£317
% change on same period last year	-15.77 %
Hourly rates quoted	4	1
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.00	£10.00
Average hourly rate	£22.13	£10.50
% change on same period last year	+110.71 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.25	£11.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£20.21	£15.38
% change on same period last year	+31.47 %
Job Titles Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads	2331	3425
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	3.107 %	3.465 %
Daily rates quoted	514	666
Average minimum daily rate	£297	£306
Average daily rate	£320	£321
% change on same period last year	-0.23 %
Average maximum daily rate	£344	£337
UK excluding London average daily rate	£357	£353
% change on same period last year	+1.09 %
Hourly rates quoted	140	196
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.18	£18.21
Average hourly rate	£22.27	£19.26
% change on same period last year	+15.61 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.36	£20.31
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.51	£25.99
% change on same period last year	-9.54 %
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We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Change Analyst across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Change Analyst across the Scotland region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Change Analyst across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Change Analyst across the Scotland region.

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Change Analyst across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Change Analyst within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Edinburgh	+7	6	£187	-43.03 %
Glasgow	+8	6	£255	-1.68 %
North Lanarkshire	-	1	£250	-

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Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region that cited Change Analyst in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Change Analyst in their job title.

1 9 (42.86 %) Change Management 2 8 (38.10 %) Finance 3 6 (28.57 %) Business Analysis 4 5 (23.81 %) ITIL 5 4 (19.05 %) MS Visio 5 4 (19.05 %) Financial Institution 6 3 (14.29 %) Project Management 6 3 (14.29 %) Six Sigma 6 3 (14.29 %) User Acceptance Testing 7 2 (9.524 %) Lean Six Sigma 7 2 (9.524 %) Banking 7 2 (9.524 %) BPR 8 1 (4.762 %) MS Office 8 1 (4.762 %) Remedy 8 1 (4.762 %) Microsoft

8 1 (4.762 %) OpenView 8 1 (4.762 %) HP 8 1 (4.762 %) ITIL Certification 8 1 (4.762 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 8 1 (4.762 %) Service Delivery 8 1 (4.762 %) GAP Analysis 8 1 (4.762 %) Workflow 8 1 (4.762 %) Retail 8 1 (4.762 %) Casewise 8 1 (4.762 %) Retail Banking 8 1 (4.762 %) Stakeholder Management 8 1 (4.762 %) Business Continuity 8 1 (4.762 %) Spreadsheet

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region that cited Change Analyst in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Change Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications 1 4 (19.05 %) MS Visio 2 1 (4.762 %) Spreadsheet 2 1 (4.762 %) MS Office	General 1 8 (38.10 %) Finance 2 4 (19.05 %) Financial Institution 3 2 (9.524 %) Banking 4 1 (4.762 %) Retail 4 1 (4.762 %) Retail Banking
Processes & Methodologies 1 9 (42.86 %) Change Management 2 6 (28.57 %) Business Analysis 3 5 (23.81 %) ITIL 4 3 (14.29 %) Six Sigma 4 3 (14.29 %) Project Management 4 3 (14.29 %) User Acceptance Testing 5 2 (9.524 %) Lean Six Sigma 5 2 (9.524 %) BPR 6 1 (4.762 %) Service Delivery 6 1 (4.762 %) GAP Analysis 6 1 (4.762 %) Workflow 6 1 (4.762 %) Stakeholder Management 6 1 (4.762 %) Business Continuity	Qualifications 1 1 (4.762 %) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (4.762 %) Sarbanes-Oxley	Systems Management 1 1 (4.762 %) OpenView
Vendors 1 1 (4.762 %) Microsoft 1 1 (4.762 %) HP 1 1 (4.762 %) Remedy 1 1 (4.762 %) Casewise