Impact Assessments Contracts

Impact Assessments
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Impact Assessments skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Impact Assessments over the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 310 293 372
Rank change year-on-year -17 +79 -66
Contract jobs citing Impact Assessments 222 337 380
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.76% 0.78% 0.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.84% 0.91% 0.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 135 196 250
10th Percentile £334 £400 £356
25th Percentile £419 £450 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £505 £535
Median % change year-on-year +3.91% -5.56% +1.90%
75th Percentile £625 £611 £625
90th Percentile £695 £694 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £510 £475 £515
% change year-on-year +7.32% -7.77% +8.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 14 5
10th Percentile £16.20 - £59.35
25th Percentile £18.33 £12.25 £64.00
Median hourly rate £22.03 £24.67 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.72% -62.05% +73.68%
75th Percentile £25.58 £36.47 -
90th Percentile £27.63 £37.18 £73.51
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.03 £21.50 £79.19
% change year-on-year +2.44% -72.85% +52.91%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Impact Assessments 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 26,532 37,140 52,105
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.94% 86.25% 89.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,079 23,924 36,124
10th Percentile £306 £300 £325
25th Percentile £410 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% -4.55% +3.77%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £744 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £479 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.20% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,080 2,439 1,724
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.34 £16.00 £16.17
Median hourly rate £28.60 £36.50 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.64% +1.39% +42.97%
75th Percentile £60.84 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.06 £38.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -28.78% +8.57% +75.00%

Impact Assessments
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Impact Assessments in the UK

Impact Assessments
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Impact Assessments in the UK

Impact Assessments
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Impact Assessments over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Impact Assessments in the UK

Impact Assessments
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Impact Assessments in the UK

Impact Assessments
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Impact Assessments within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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 -3 182 £550 +3.77% 194
UK excluding London +3 114 £510 +7.32% 119
London +40 90 £550 - 101
Work from Home +5 71 £500 -5.66% 104
North of England +28 33 £509 -15.25% 21
North West +27 28 £484 -5.66% 13
Scotland +9 23 £375 -16.67% 10
South East +10 22 £539 +25.35% 41
South West +37 16 £500 -2.44% 12
Midlands -11 16 £525 +7.69% 18
West Midlands -4 11 £525 +5.00% 10
Yorkshire +7 4 £613 -4.30% 8
East of England +28 3 - - 12
East Midlands +5 3 £525 +16.67% 7
Northern Ireland -12 1 - - 5
North East - 1 - -

Impact Assessments
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 10 (4.50%) Confluence
2 7 (3.15%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.35%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.45%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.45%) CMS
4 1 (0.45%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.45%) Tomcat
Applications
1 16 (7.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (5.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (4.50%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (2.70%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (2.25%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.45%) Trello
Business Applications
1 19 (8.56%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.35%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.90%) MultiFonds
3 2 (0.90%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.45%) Remedy AR System
4 1 (0.45%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.45%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.45%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 21 (9.46%) Azure
2 13 (5.86%) AWS
3 10 (4.50%) PaaS
3 10 (4.50%) Power Platform
3 10 (4.50%) SaaS
4 7 (3.15%) Cloud Computing
4 7 (3.15%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (2.25%) OCI
6 4 (1.80%) Amazon S3
6 4 (1.80%) GCP
6 4 (1.80%) Serverless
6 4 (1.80%) SuccessFactors
7 3 (1.35%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 3 (1.35%) Amazon Cognito
7 3 (1.35%) AWS CloudTrail
7 3 (1.35%) AWS Lambda
7 3 (1.35%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.35%) GitHub
7 3 (1.35%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (0.90%) Azure Pipelines
Communications & Networking
1 15 (6.76%) Firewall
2 14 (6.31%) WAN
3 12 (5.41%) Wi-Fi
4 10 (4.50%) Cisco ISE
4 10 (4.50%) NetScaler
4 10 (4.50%) PBX
4 10 (4.50%) VoIP
5 3 (1.35%) Broadband
5 3 (1.35%) Converged Networks
5 3 (1.35%) LAN
5 3 (1.35%) Network Security
5 3 (1.35%) VPN
5 3 (1.35%) Wireless
6 2 (0.90%) 4G
6 2 (0.90%) 5G
7 1 (0.45%) ATM
7 1 (0.45%) Internet
7 1 (0.45%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (5.86%) SAP HANA
2 10 (4.50%) Power BI
3 5 (2.25%) Amazon Athena
4 4 (1.80%) BusinessObjects
4 4 (1.80%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (1.35%) DynamoDB
5 3 (1.35%) Oracle Database
5 3 (1.35%) Parquet
5 3 (1.35%) Tableau
6 2 (0.90%) BigQuery
6 2 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.90%) Hadoop
6 2 (0.90%) InterSystems Cache
6 2 (0.90%) Metadata
6 2 (0.90%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.90%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.45%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.45%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.45%) Looker
7 1 (0.45%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 17 (7.66%) JIRA
2 3 (1.35%) Git
3 2 (0.90%) Toad
3 2 (0.90%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.45%) GitLab
4 1 (0.45%) Subversion
4 1 (0.45%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 82 (36.94%) Social Skills
2 62 (27.93%) Finance
3 43 (19.37%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (15.32%) Public Sector
5 28 (12.61%) Banking
6 20 (9.01%) Telecoms
7 16 (7.21%) Legal
8 13 (5.86%) Law
9 11 (4.95%) Influencing Skills
10 10 (4.50%) Marketing
11 6 (2.70%) Back Office
11 6 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (2.25%) Military
12 5 (2.25%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (1.35%) Investment Banking
14 2 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.90%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 2 (0.90%) Police
14 2 (0.90%) Retail
Job Titles
1 51 (22.97%) Analyst
2 33 (14.86%) Business Analyst
2 33 (14.86%) Change Manager
3 27 (12.16%) Lead
3 27 (12.16%) Senior
4 21 (9.46%) Architect
5 17 (7.66%) Business Manager
6 15 (6.76%) Business Change Manager
6 15 (6.76%) Network Engineer
7 12 (5.41%) Project Manager
7 12 (5.41%) SAP Architect
8 9 (4.05%) Data Analyst
8 9 (4.05%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
9 8 (3.60%) Consultant
9 8 (3.60%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
9 8 (3.60%) Senior Manager
9 8 (3.60%) Solutions Architect
10 7 (3.15%) Developer
11 6 (2.70%) Information Manager
11 6 (2.70%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (5.41%) Web Services
2 10 (4.50%) 802.1X
3 4 (1.80%) JSON
4 3 (1.35%) .NET
4 3 (1.35%) AWS CDK
4 3 (1.35%) Kafka
4 3 (1.35%) Middleware
5 2 (0.90%) ADO
5 2 (0.90%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (0.90%) SailPoint
6 1 (0.45%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.45%) Gherkin
6 1 (0.45%) MIDP
6 1 (0.45%) RAML
6 1 (0.45%) React
6 1 (0.45%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 14 (6.31%) Data Centre
2 12 (5.41%) Management Information System
3 10 (4.50%) Data Protection Act
3 10 (4.50%) Product Ownership
4 9 (4.05%) Blackberry
4 9 (4.05%) Video Conferencing
5 8 (3.60%) Analytical Mindset
6 7 (3.15%) Data Structures
6 7 (3.15%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.35%) BYOD
7 3 (1.35%) Cloud Native
7 3 (1.35%) CMDB
7 3 (1.35%) Educational Technology
7 3 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.35%) PMI
7 3 (1.35%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.35%) Virtual Team
8 2 (0.90%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.90%) Life Science
8 2 (0.90%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.25%) Windows
2 3 (1.35%) Linux
3 2 (0.90%) Unix
4 1 (0.45%) Android
4 1 (0.45%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (22.97%) Stakeholder Management
2 47 (21.17%) Change Management
3 46 (20.72%) Problem-Solving
4 42 (18.92%) Agile
5 36 (16.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 27 (12.16%) Data Protection
7 25 (11.26%) Project Management
8 24 (10.81%) Decision-Making
9 23 (10.36%) Migration
10 22 (9.91%) Project Delivery
10 22 (9.91%) Roadmaps
11 21 (9.46%) Validation
12 19 (8.56%) Continuous Improvement
12 19 (8.56%) Risk Management
13 16 (7.21%) Business Analysis
13 16 (7.21%) ERP
13 16 (7.21%) User Stories
13 16 (7.21%) Waterfall
14 15 (6.76%) Analytics
14 15 (6.76%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 23 (10.36%) SQL
2 10 (4.50%) Python
3 5 (2.25%) PL/SQL
4 3 (1.35%) Java
4 3 (1.35%) VB
5 2 (0.90%) Shell Script
5 2 (0.90%) VB6
Qualifications
1 37 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 34 (15.32%) SC Cleared
3 20 (9.01%) Degree
4 12 (5.41%) Cisco Certification
5 10 (4.50%) DV Cleared
6 9 (4.05%) CCNP
6 9 (4.05%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 8 (3.60%) ISEB
8 5 (2.25%) CESG Certified Professional
8 5 (2.25%) CISSP
8 5 (2.25%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 4 (1.80%) APMG
9 4 (1.80%) PMI Certification
10 3 (1.35%) AWS Certification
10 3 (1.35%) Azure Certification
10 3 (1.35%) CBAP
10 3 (1.35%) CCNA
10 3 (1.35%) IIBA
11 2 (0.90%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.45%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.41%) GDPR
2 11 (4.95%) QA
3 7 (3.15%) PMO
4 5 (2.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (2.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 4 (1.80%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.90%) Disclosure Scotland
6 2 (0.90%) ITGC
6 2 (0.90%) MiFID
7 1 (0.45%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.45%) Dodd-Frank
7 1 (0.45%) EMIR
7 1 (0.45%) GRC
7 1 (0.45%) IFRS
7 1 (0.45%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.45%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.45%) PERC
7 1 (0.45%) PSD2
System Software
1 11 (4.95%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (1.80%) Docker
3 2 (0.90%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 28 (12.61%) SAP
2 25 (11.26%) Cisco
3 22 (9.91%) Palo Alto
4 18 (8.11%) Microsoft
5 16 (7.21%) Oracle
6 12 (5.41%) VMware
7 10 (4.50%) Ericsson
7 10 (4.50%) F5
7 10 (4.50%) Juniper
7 10 (4.50%) Meraki
7 10 (4.50%) Nokia
8 9 (4.05%) Avaya
8 9 (4.05%) Ribbon
9 6 (2.70%) Salesforce
10 5 (2.25%) Workday
11 4 (1.80%) MuleSoft
12 3 (1.35%) Concur
12 3 (1.35%) CyberArk
12 3 (1.35%) Google
13 2 (0.90%) Sun