Change Analyst Contracts

Change Analyst
UK

The median Change Analyst daily rate in the UK is £375, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025.

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

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 464 540 657
Rank change year-on-year +76 +117 +80
Contract jobs requiring a Change Analyst 55 60 56
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.19% 0.14% 0.094%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.15% 0.099%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 38 39
10th Percentile £313 £250 £305
25th Percentile £350 £313 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £350 £450
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -22.22% +5.88%
75th Percentile £538 £423 £525
90th Percentile £585 £525 £596
UK excluding London median daily rate £372 £350 £450
% change year-on-year +6.14% -22.22% +27.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £39.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £39.00 -

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 27,050 40,453 56,471
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.79% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,687 26,352 39,474
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £409 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.55% -1.50% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,031 2,658 1,569
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -20.00% +91.86%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.75 £38.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -25.32% -9.41% +117.95%

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 30 April 2025.

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
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 30 April 2025. 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 +44 34 £372 +6.14% 8
England +63 32 £525 +27.27% 7
Scotland +5 20 £350 - 2
Work from Home +54 19 £500 +48.15% 3
London +41 18 £544 +31.82% 3
South East +39 6 £550 +120.00% 1
Midlands +27 4 £525 - 1
North of England +24 4 £406 -24.07% 1
West Midlands +19 4 £525 - 1
Yorkshire +16 3 £450 -13.46%
North West +6 1 £363 -32.24% 1

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

For the 6 months to 30 April 2025, 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 35 (63.64%) Social Skills
2 34 (61.82%) Change Management
3 24 (43.64%) Agile
4 22 (40.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 22 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
5 21 (38.18%) Project Management
6 19 (34.55%) SharePoint
7 18 (32.73%) Microsoft
7 18 (32.73%) Waterfall
7 18 (32.73%) Microsoft 365
7 18 (32.73%) Yammer
8 16 (29.09%) Collaborative Working
9 14 (25.45%) Analytical Skills
10 13 (23.64%) Infographics
11 12 (21.82%) Finance
12 11 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
13 9 (16.36%) Cyber Resilience
13 9 (16.36%) Banking
13 9 (16.36%) Stakeholder Management
13 9 (16.36%) Impact Analysis
14 7 (12.73%) Business Analysis
14 7 (12.73%) Oracle
15 6 (10.91%) ITIL
15 6 (10.91%) ServiceNow
15 6 (10.91%) Presentation Skills
16 5 (9.09%) Logistics
16 5 (9.09%) Publishing
17 4 (7.27%) ITIL Certification
17 4 (7.27%) Continuous Improvement
17 4 (7.27%) Cybersecurity

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 19 (34.55%) SharePoint
2 3 (5.45%) Confluence
Applications
1 22 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 22 (40.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (3.64%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (3.64%) Oracle General Ledger
1 2 (3.64%) Oracle Payables
1 2 (3.64%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (1.82%) Maximo
2 1 (1.82%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (1.82%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 18 (32.73%) Microsoft 365
1 18 (32.73%) Yammer
2 4 (7.27%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.82%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 4 (7.27%) JIRA
General
1 35 (63.64%) Social Skills
2 14 (25.45%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (21.82%) Finance
4 11 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
5 9 (16.36%) Banking
6 6 (10.91%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (9.09%) Publishing
8 3 (5.45%) Investment Banking
9 2 (3.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.82%) Automotive
10 1 (1.82%) Local Government
10 1 (1.82%) Manufacturing
10 1 (1.82%) Public Sector
10 1 (1.82%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.82%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.27%) Operational Technology
2 2 (3.64%) Derivative
2 2 (3.64%) Market Risk
3 1 (1.82%) DTCC
3 1 (1.82%) e-Learning
3 1 (1.82%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.82%) OTC Derivatives
3 1 (1.82%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (61.82%) Change Management
2 24 (43.64%) Agile
3 21 (38.18%) Project Management
4 18 (32.73%) Waterfall
5 16 (29.09%) Collaborative Working
6 13 (23.64%) Infographics
7 9 (16.36%) Cyber Resilience
7 9 (16.36%) Impact Analysis
7 9 (16.36%) Stakeholder Management
8 7 (12.73%) Business Analysis
9 6 (10.91%) ITIL
10 5 (9.09%) Logistics
11 4 (7.27%) Business Change Management
11 4 (7.27%) Continuous Improvement
11 4 (7.27%) Cybersecurity
11 4 (7.27%) Impact Assessments
11 4 (7.27%) Process Improvement
11 4 (7.27%) Programme Governance
11 4 (7.27%) Project Delivery
11 4 (7.27%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.64%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (7.27%) ITIL Certification
2 3 (5.45%) Degree
3 1 (1.82%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.45%) GDPR
2 1 (1.82%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (1.82%) COREP
2 1 (1.82%) Dodd-Frank
2 1 (1.82%) EMIR
2 1 (1.82%) MiFID
Vendors
1 18 (32.73%) Microsoft
2 7 (12.73%) Oracle
3 6 (10.91%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.82%) BMC
4 1 (1.82%) BT
4 1 (1.82%) Duck Creek
4 1 (1.82%) Guidewire
4 1 (1.82%) Micro Focus
4 1 (1.82%) Remedy
4 1 (1.82%) Salesforce