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This section looks at the demand for the Analyst role in IT contracts within the Bedford 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 Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAnalyst
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank31
Rank change on same period last yearDown-2
Matching contract IT job ads518
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.018 %
As % of the category below14.71 %40.91 %
Daily rates quoted11
Average minimum daily rate£450£200
Average daily rate£450£250
% change on same period last year+80.00 %
Average maximum daily rate£450£300
UK excluding London average daily rate£334£331
% change on same period last year+0.67 %
Hourly rates quoted35
Average minimum hourly rate£16.00£13.75
Average hourly rate£16.67£14.25
% change on same period last year+16.95 %
Average maximum hourly rate£17.33£14.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.23£21.06
% change on same period last year-3.96 %
Bedford IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Bedford
Matching contract IT job ads3444
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.045 %0.044 %
Daily rates quoted82
Average minimum daily rate£378£160
Average daily rate£399£185
% change on same period last year+115.59 %
Average maximum daily rate£419£210
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£354
% change on same period last year+0.32 %
Hourly rates quoted87
Average minimum hourly rate£19.94£16.04
Average hourly rate£20.22£16.69
% change on same period last year+21.18 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.50£17.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.60£25.69
% change on same period last year-8.13 %
Analyst BedfordshireAnalyst
Bedfordshire

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.

Analyst
Demand Trend

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

Bedford Analyst Demand Trend

Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bedford Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bedford Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Analyst across the Bedford region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

Bedford Analyst Hourly Rate Histogram

Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bedford region that cited 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 Analyst in their job title.

118 (64.29 %)Lotus
118 (64.29 %)Lotus Notes
217 (60.71 %)MS Office
316 (57.14 %)Microsoft
413 (46.43 %)MS Excel
413 (46.43 %)Finance
512 (42.86 %)Windows
611 (39.29 %)Windows XP
75 (17.86 %)VPN
84 (14.29 %)Content Management
84 (14.29 %)AIX
84 (14.29 %)UNIX
84 (14.29 %)HTML
84 (14.29 %)JavaScript
84 (14.29 %)French Language
93 (10.71 %)XML
93 (10.71 %)ITIL
93 (10.71 %)Active Directory
93 (10.71 %)Novell
93 (10.71 %)Intranet
102 (7.143 %)Internet
102 (7.143 %)Remedy
102 (7.143 %)Windows Server 2003
102 (7.143 %)Service Management
102 (7.143 %)Change Management
102 (7.143 %)Management Information System
102 (7.143 %)AS400
102 (7.143 %)CMS
102 (7.143 %)Incident Management
102 (7.143 %)Citrix

Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bedford region that cited 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 Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Bedford IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (14.29 %)HTML
23 (10.71 %)XML
32 (7.143 %)WebServices
32 (7.143 %)ASP
32 (7.143 %)WebSphere
41 (3.571 %)COM
Bedford IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
118 (64.29 %)Lotus Notes
22 (7.143 %)CMS
31 (3.571 %)WebSphere Application Server
31 (3.571 %)IIS
31 (3.571 %)Apache
31 (3.571 %)MS Exchange
31 (3.571 %)Exchange Server 2003
Bedford IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
117 (60.71 %)MS Office
213 (46.43 %)MS Excel
31 (3.571 %)MS PowerPoint
Bedford IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (17.86 %)VPN
23 (10.71 %)Intranet
32 (7.143 %)Internet
41 (3.571 %)DNS
41 (3.571 %)LAN
41 (3.571 %)WAN
41 (3.571 %)DHCP
41 (3.571 %)TCP/IP
41 (3.571 %)Symposium
41 (3.571 %)SSH
Bedford IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (3.571 %)BusinessObjects
Bedford IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (3.571 %)FrontPage
Bedford IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
113 (46.43 %)Finance
Bedford IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (14.29 %)French Language
22 (7.143 %)Management Information System
22 (7.143 %)AS400
31 (3.571 %)PKI
31 (3.571 %)Blackberry
Bedford IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
112 (42.86 %)Windows
211 (39.29 %)Windows XP
34 (14.29 %)AIX
34 (14.29 %)UNIX
42 (7.143 %)Windows Server 2003
51 (3.571 %)Windows 2000 Server
51 (3.571 %)Windows NT
Bedford IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (14.29 %)Content Management
23 (10.71 %)ITIL
32 (7.143 %)Service Management
32 (7.143 %)Change Management
32 (7.143 %)Incident Management
32 (7.143 %)Problem Management
41 (3.571 %)CRM
41 (3.571 %)Business Analysis
Bedford IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (14.29 %)JavaScript
21 (3.571 %)Java
21 (3.571 %)SQL
21 (3.571 %)VBScript
Bedford IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (3.571 %)ITIL Certification
Bedford IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (10.71 %)Active Directory
21 (3.571 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Bedford IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (3.571 %)OpenView
11 (3.571 %)Tivoli
Bedford IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
118 (64.29 %)Lotus
216 (57.14 %)Microsoft
33 (10.71 %)Novell
42 (7.143 %)Remedy
42 (7.143 %)Citrix
51 (3.571 %)Business Objects
51 (3.571 %)Tridion
51 (3.571 %)HP
51 (3.571 %)Dell
51 (3.571 %)IBM