The first table below looks at the demand for the Change Analyst role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Change Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 18 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Change Analyst
Rank 410 426 398
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -28
Contract jobs requiring a Change Analyst 144 166 195
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.296% 0.286% 0.314%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.321% 0.309% 0.339%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 124 134
Average daily rate £410 £365 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.32% +4.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £193
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £606 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £270 £250
% change year-on-year
+1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 3
Average hourly rate £19.25 £17.50 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% +9.37%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.65 £17.50 £12.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.85 £17.50 £19.44
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.25 - £16.00
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
44867 53712 57592
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.17% 92.50% 92.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 25887 29609 31515
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £240 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2132 2587 2980
Average hourly rate £18.50 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.25 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.00 £40.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

Change Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Change Analyst within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Change Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Change Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Change Analyst within the UK.

Change Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Change Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Change Analyst within the UK over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Change Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Change Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Change Analyst within the UK.

Change Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Change Analyst
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Change Analyst within the UK over the 3 months to 18 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
England +6 139 £410 +5.80% 19
London +8 83 £438 +9.37% 6
City of London -5 30 £430 -4.44% 4
South East +33 24 £283 -1.73% 1
North West +20 12 £230 +2.22% 3
East of England +16 7 £260 +50.72% 1
West Yorkshire 0 7 £363 -0.68% 2
Yorkshire -2 7 £363 +1.39% 2
Manchester +16 5 £253 +12.22% 2
Cheshire - 5 £165 -
North East +21 3 - - 1
West Midlands -3 3 £500 +100.00% 1
East Midlands -10 3 £285 -28.75% 3
Scotland -28 3 - - 1
Berkshire +26 2 £225 -
Staffordshire +9 2 - -
Northamptonshire +5 2 £350 -12.50%
Northampton +1 2 £350 -12.50%
Hampshire -7 2 £310 +15.34%
Newcastle upon Tyne - 2 - - 1
Chester - 2 £230 -
Tyne and Wear - 2 - - 1
South West +26 1 £350 +33.33% 1
Hertfordshire +20 1 - -
Bristol +19 1 £350 +33.33%
Cambridgeshire +7 1 £185 - 1
Bedfordshire +3 1 £240 +62.71%
Lancashire - 1 - -
Hemel Hempstead - 1 - -
Basingstoke - 1 - -

Change Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1 101 (49.27%) Change Management
2 64 (31.22%) ITIL
3 63 (30.73%) Finance
4 37 (18.05%) Banking
5 33 (16.10%) Stakeholder Management
6 30 (14.63%) Business Analysis
7 29 (14.15%) Service Management
7 29 (14.15%) Configuration Management
8 28 (13.66%) MS Office
9 27 (13.17%) MS Visio
9 27 (13.17%) Security Cleared
10 25 (12.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 23 (11.22%) SC Cleared
12 19 (9.268%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 18 (8.780%) Project Management
13 18 (8.780%) Information Security
14 14 (6.829%) Risk Assessment
14 14 (6.829%) User Acceptance Testing
15 13 (6.341%) PRINCE2
16 12 (5.854%) NHS
16 12 (5.854%) Release Management
17 10 (4.878%) GAP Analysis
18 9 (4.390%) ITIL Certification
18 9 (4.390%) Remedy
18 9 (4.390%) MS Excel
18 9 (4.390%) CMDB
19 8 (3.902%) Information Assurance
19 8 (3.902%) Investment Banking
19 8 (3.902%) Telecoms
19 8 (3.902%) Service Delivery

Change Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

Application Development
1 1 (0.488%) Flash
Application Platforms
1 6 (2.927%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.976%) SAS
3 1 (0.488%) SharePoint Server
3 1 (0.488%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 28 (13.66%) MS Office
2 27 (13.17%) MS Visio
3 9 (4.390%) MS Excel
4 4 (1.951%) MS PowerPoint
5 3 (1.463%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.976%) SAP FI
1 2 (0.976%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (0.976%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.488%) Oracle EBS R12
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.463%) Intranet
2 2 (0.976%) HTTP
3 1 (0.488%) HTTPS
3 1 (0.488%) GPRS
General
1 63 (30.73%) Finance
2 37 (18.05%) Banking
3 8 (3.902%) Investment Banking
3 8 (3.902%) Telecoms
4 7 (3.415%) Retail
5 5 (2.439%) Financial Institution
5 5 (2.439%) Retail Banking
6 3 (1.463%) Marketing
7 2 (0.976%) Front Office
7 2 (0.976%) Legal
7 2 (0.976%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.488%) Advertising
8 1 (0.488%) Billing
8 1 (0.488%) Back Office
8 1 (0.488%) Automotive
8 1 (0.488%) Spanish Language
8 1 (0.488%) Corporate Banking
Miscellaneous
1 12 (5.854%) NHS
2 9 (4.390%) CMDB
3 6 (2.927%) Derivative
4 5 (2.439%) Management Information System
4 5 (2.439%) FMCG
4 5 (2.439%) Smart Meter
5 4 (1.951%) Mobile App
6 2 (0.976%) Credit Risk
6 2 (0.976%) Fixed Income
7 1 (0.488%) Equities
7 1 (0.488%) Equity Derivative
7 1 (0.488%) Statistics
7 1 (0.488%) Informatics
7 1 (0.488%) Reference Data
7 1 (0.488%) Blog
7 1 (0.488%) IIBA
7 1 (0.488%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.976%) Windows
2 1 (0.488%) Windows 7
2 1 (0.488%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (49.27%) Change Management
2 64 (31.22%) ITIL
3 33 (16.10%) Stakeholder Management
4 30 (14.63%) Business Analysis
5 29 (14.15%) Configuration Management
5 29 (14.15%) Service Management
6 25 (12.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 18 (8.780%) Project Management
7 18 (8.780%) Information Security
8 14 (6.829%) User Acceptance Testing
8 14 (6.829%) Risk Assessment
9 13 (6.341%) PRINCE2
10 12 (5.854%) Release Management
11 10 (4.878%) GAP Analysis
12 8 (3.902%) Service Delivery
12 8 (3.902%) Information Assurance
13 7 (3.415%) ITIL V3
13 7 (3.415%) Continuous Improvement
14 6 (2.927%) BPR
14 6 (2.927%) Process Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (0.976%) C
1 2 (0.976%) SQL
2 1 (0.488%) VBA
2 1 (0.488%) Java
Qualifications
1 27 (13.17%) Security Cleared
2 23 (11.22%) SC Cleared
3 9 (4.390%) ITIL Certification
4 3 (1.463%) DV Cleared
4 3 (1.463%) ISEB
5 2 (0.976%) MOS
5 2 (0.976%) Degree
6 1 (0.488%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (0.488%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (9.268%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (2.927%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 3 (1.463%) MiFID
3 3 (1.463%) QA
3 3 (1.463%) SLA
4 2 (0.976%) Basel III
5 1 (0.488%) FATCA
5 1 (0.488%) Basel II
5 1 (0.488%) ISO 14001
5 1 (0.488%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (0.488%) OVSD
1 1 (0.488%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 9 (4.390%) Remedy
2 6 (2.927%) HP
3 4 (1.951%) Oracle
4 3 (1.463%) Avaya
5 2 (0.976%) CA
5 2 (0.976%) SAP
5 2 (0.976%) Microsoft
6 1 (0.488%) F5
6 1 (0.488%) Twitter
6 1 (0.488%) IBM
6 1 (0.488%) PeopleSoft
6 1 (0.488%) Peregrine
6 1 (0.488%) Lotus
Milton Keynes, Thames Valley
You will also be expected to support change management to enable effective delivery of projects , programmes and change initiatives and the realisation of benefits.I am looking to...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £300.00 per day
Posted: 5 June 2013
Manchester, North West
BUSINESS ANALYST *********** 6 MONTH CONTRACT ManchesterMy client in the financial sector is looking for two contract business analysts to join their IT team for at least a 6month...
Harvey Nash plc
Posted: 21 May 2013
London
My client, a large banking organisation are looking for a Change Analyst to work on a new programme of work. The Business Change Analyst position will involve reviewing...
Argyll Scott International
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 12 June 2013
City, London
My NHS trust based in London is on the market for a proven NHS Business Change Analyst that has proven experience of implementing processes and Business Change initiatives...
Vivid Resourcing Ltd
Rate: £300 - £320 per annum
Posted: 13 June 2013
City of London
InterQuest Financial Markets key client a leading financial regulator seeks an IT Change and Configuration Management Analyst.Responsible for the effective operation of the Change Management process and...
Rate: £350 - £400 per day
Posted: 28 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
Progressive Recruitment
Posted: 3 June 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Coal IT Services
Rate: £280 per day
Posted: 12 June 2013
City of London
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £350.00 - £400.00 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013
City, London
Vivid Resourcing Ltd
Rate: £001 - £330 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
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