Impact Analysis Contracts

Impact Analysis
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Impact Analysis skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Impact Analysis over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 404 451 520
Rank change year-on-year +47 +69 +34
Contract jobs citing Impact Analysis 117 131 199
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.40% 0.30% 0.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.44% 0.35% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 88 119
10th Percentile £357 £336 £435
25th Percentile £418 £445 £473
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -4.19% -2.27%
75th Percentile £573 £625 £595
90th Percentile £676 £733 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £476 £515 £538
% change year-on-year -7.57% -4.19% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 1 14
10th Percentile £31.38 - £29.63
25th Percentile £31.64 £56.16 £47.19
Median hourly rate £75.00 £57.32 £59.25
Median % change year-on-year +30.84% -3.26% +11.79%
75th Percentile - £58.48 £71.56
90th Percentile - - £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £75.00 £57.32 £59.25
% change year-on-year +30.84% -3.26% +11.79%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Impact Analysis falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,594 37,597 53,655
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.84% 86.31% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,149 24,227 37,238
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £743 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,443 1,746
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.21 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%
75th Percentile £60.38 £59.98 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
% change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%

Impact Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Impact Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Impact Analysis in the UK

Impact Analysis
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Impact Analysis.

Daily rate trend for Impact Analysis in the UK

Impact Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Impact Analysis over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Impact Analysis in the UK

Impact Analysis
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Impact Analysis.

Hourly rate trend for Impact Analysis in the UK

Impact Analysis
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Impact Analysis over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Impact Analysis in the UK

Impact Analysis
Top 13 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Impact Analysis within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 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
England +59 106 £525 +1.94% 64
UK excluding London +55 61 £476 -7.57% 35
London +35 47 £560 +5.66% 37
Work from Home +31 46 £500 - 38
North of England +32 22 £449 +21.22% 16
South East +50 18 £550 +10.00% 8
North West +29 14 £459 -8.30% 11
Midlands +33 13 £525 +1.94% 2
West Midlands +25 13 £525 +1.94% 1
Yorkshire +8 5 £450 +25.00% 4
East of England +30 4 - - 1
Scotland -2 4 £453 -12.14% 3
North East +2 3 £325 -50.00% 1

Impact Analysis
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 3 (2.56%) CMS
2 2 (1.71%) CICS
2 2 (1.71%) Confluence
2 2 (1.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.71%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 2 (1.71%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.71%) WebSphere
3 1 (0.85%) SAS
3 1 (0.85%) Tuxedo
Applications
1 10 (8.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (4.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (3.42%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.85%) CANalyzer
4 1 (0.85%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (3.42%) PeopleSoft Financials
1 4 (3.42%) PeopleSoft HCM
2 3 (2.56%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.71%) Oracle Applications
3 2 (1.71%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.85%) Endur
4 1 (0.85%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.85%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.85%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.85%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.85%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 11 (9.40%) Azure
2 4 (3.42%) Power Platform
3 3 (2.56%) AWS
3 3 (2.56%) Vercel
4 2 (1.71%) GCP
4 2 (1.71%) IaaS
4 2 (1.71%) PaaS
4 2 (1.71%) SaaS
5 1 (0.85%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.85%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (0.85%) OCI
5 1 (0.85%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.56%) TCP/IP
2 2 (1.71%) DHCP
2 2 (1.71%) DNS
3 1 (0.85%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.56%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (2.56%) Power BI
1 3 (2.56%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.71%) BusinessObjects
2 2 (1.71%) DB2
2 2 (1.71%) Hadoop
2 2 (1.71%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.85%) DataStage
3 1 (0.85%) Metadata
3 1 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.85%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 4 (3.42%) JIRA
2 3 (2.56%) Oracle Forms
3 2 (1.71%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.71%) Selenium
3 2 (1.71%) SOAtest
4 1 (0.85%) Liquibase
General
1 51 (43.59%) Social Skills
2 37 (31.62%) Finance
3 21 (17.95%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (8.55%) Banking
5 8 (6.84%) Manufacturing
5 8 (6.84%) Public Sector
6 6 (5.13%) Influencing Skills
6 6 (5.13%) Legal
7 5 (4.27%) Marketing
7 5 (4.27%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (3.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (3.42%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (3.42%) Retail
9 3 (2.56%) Automotive
9 3 (2.56%) Local Government
10 2 (1.71%) Aerospace
10 2 (1.71%) Aviation
10 2 (1.71%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.71%) General Ledger
10 2 (1.71%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 42 (35.90%) Analyst
2 27 (23.08%) Business Analyst
3 12 (10.26%) Change Manager
4 11 (9.40%) Lead
5 10 (8.55%) Consultant
5 10 (8.55%) Senior
6 9 (7.69%) Change Analyst
7 8 (6.84%) Senior Analyst
8 7 (5.98%) Architect
8 7 (5.98%) ERP Implementation Manager
8 7 (5.98%) ERP Manager
8 7 (5.98%) Implementation Manager
8 7 (5.98%) Senior Business Analyst
9 6 (5.13%) Data Analyst
9 6 (5.13%) Engagement Manager
10 4 (3.42%) Developer
10 4 (3.42%) Financial Analyst
10 4 (3.42%) IT Manager
10 4 (3.42%) PeopleSoft Consultant
10 4 (3.42%) Service Continuity Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.42%) Web Services
2 3 (2.56%) CSS
2 3 (2.56%) HTML
2 3 (2.56%) JSON
2 3 (2.56%) Node.js
2 3 (2.56%) React
2 3 (2.56%) XML
3 2 (1.71%) J2EE
3 2 (1.71%) Middleware
4 1 (0.85%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 6 (5.13%) Product Ownership
2 4 (3.42%) Operational Technology
2 4 (3.42%) PMI
3 3 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (1.71%) Data Structures
4 2 (1.71%) FMCG
4 2 (1.71%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (1.71%) Mainframe
4 2 (1.71%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.71%) Mobile Payment
4 2 (1.71%) VSAM
5 1 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.85%) Credit Risk
5 1 (0.85%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (0.85%) Data Centre
5 1 (0.85%) e-Learning
5 1 (0.85%) IVR
5 1 (0.85%) Reference Data
5 1 (0.85%) Smart Meter
5 1 (0.85%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.56%) Linux
1 3 (2.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 3 (2.56%) Windows
1 3 (2.56%) Windows Server
2 2 (1.71%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (28.21%) Agile
1 33 (28.21%) Stakeholder Management
2 29 (24.79%) Change Management
2 29 (24.79%) Project Management
3 20 (17.09%) Business Impact Analysis
4 18 (15.38%) Risk Management
5 17 (14.53%) Problem-Solving
6 15 (12.82%) Business Continuity
6 15 (12.82%) ITIL
7 14 (11.97%) Business Analysis
7 14 (11.97%) ERP
7 14 (11.97%) User Stories
8 12 (10.26%) Continuous Improvement
9 11 (9.40%) Coaching
9 11 (9.40%) Migration
9 11 (9.40%) Requirements Gathering
9 11 (9.40%) Time Management
9 11 (9.40%) User Experience
10 10 (8.55%) Project Delivery
10 10 (8.55%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 12 (10.26%) SQL
2 7 (5.98%) PL/SQL
3 5 (4.27%) COBOL
4 4 (3.42%) PeopleCode
5 2 (1.71%) Java
5 2 (1.71%) JCL
5 2 (1.71%) REXX
6 1 (0.85%) Python
Qualifications
1 17 (14.53%) Degree
2 11 (9.40%) Security Cleared
3 10 (8.55%) SC Cleared
4 7 (5.98%) CBAP
4 7 (5.98%) PMP
5 4 (3.42%) PMI Certification
6 2 (1.71%) IIBA
7 1 (0.85%) CISA
7 1 (0.85%) CISM
7 1 (0.85%) CISSP
7 1 (0.85%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.85%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.85%) SAFe Agilist
7 1 (0.85%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.13%) Data Quality
1 6 (5.13%) GDPR
2 5 (4.27%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 4 (3.42%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.71%) ISO 22301
4 2 (1.71%) PMO
4 2 (1.71%) QA
4 2 (1.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (1.71%) SLA
5 1 (0.85%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.85%) GRC
5 1 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.85%) NIST
5 1 (0.85%) PSD2
System Software
1 4 (3.42%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.71%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (1.71%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 14 (11.97%) Oracle
2 10 (8.55%) Microsoft
3 4 (3.42%) PeopleSoft
3 4 (3.42%) Workday
4 3 (2.56%) Perforce
4 3 (2.56%) Red Hat
4 3 (2.56%) SAP
4 3 (2.56%) VMware
5 2 (1.71%) Ab Initio
5 2 (1.71%) Informatica
5 2 (1.71%) Parasoft
5 2 (1.71%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.85%) IBM
6 1 (0.85%) OpenLink
6 1 (0.85%) Sparx
6 1 (0.85%) Talend