The first table below looks at the demand for the Desktop Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Desktop Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 17 May 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 advertised for the Berkshire region.

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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Desktop Analyst
Rank 121 - 121
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Analyst 2 0 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.083% - 0.135%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.090% - 0.149%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £425 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £150 £121 £178
% change year-on-year
+23.71% -31.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
Average hourly rate £22.50 - £15.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.50 £14.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year
+3.57% -12.50%
All Job Titles
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2213 2776 2679
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 91.45% 91.05% 90.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 903 979 1024
Average daily rate £363 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.57% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £220 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £495
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 120 121 185
Average hourly rate £30.00 £19.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+57.89% -41.53%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.87 £11.50 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Desktop Analyst
South East

Desktop Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Desktop Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Desktop Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Desktop Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Desktop Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Desktop Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Desktop Analyst
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Analyst within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 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
Reading - 1 £425 -
Slough - 1 - -
Desktop Analyst
South East

Desktop Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Desktop 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 Desktop Analyst in their job title.

1 8 (88.89%) Windows
2 5 (55.56%) MS Office
2 5 (55.56%) Active Directory
3 4 (44.44%) TCP/IP
3 4 (44.44%) VPN
3 4 (44.44%) MS Excel
3 4 (44.44%) Windows XP
3 4 (44.44%) Windows 7
4 3 (33.33%) Lotus Notes
4 3 (33.33%) Lotus
5 2 (22.22%) LAN
5 2 (22.22%) WLAN
5 2 (22.22%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (22.22%) Remedy
5 2 (22.22%) Windows 2000
5 2 (22.22%) DNS
5 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
5 2 (22.22%) MS PowerPoint
5 2 (22.22%) Windows Vista
6 1 (11.11%) Performance Testing
6 1 (11.11%) Test Scripting
6 1 (11.11%) SCCM
6 1 (11.11%) System Testing
6 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
6 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
6 1 (11.11%) Apple iOS
6 1 (11.11%) Software Deployment
6 1 (11.11%) PDA
6 1 (11.11%) ISTQB
6 1 (11.11%) Degree

Desktop Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Desktop 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 Desktop Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (11.11%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 3 (33.33%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 5 (55.56%) MS Office
2 4 (44.44%) MS Excel
3 2 (22.22%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (11.11%) Acrobat
Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) TCP/IP
1 4 (44.44%) VPN
2 2 (22.22%) DNS
2 2 (22.22%) LAN
2 2 (22.22%) WLAN
3 1 (11.11%) Internet
3 1 (11.11%) Wireless
General
1 1 (11.11%) Pharmaceutical
1 1 (11.11%) Automotive
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Blackberry
1 1 (11.11%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 8 (88.89%) Windows
2 4 (44.44%) Windows XP
2 4 (44.44%) Windows 7
3 2 (22.22%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (22.22%) Windows Vista
3 2 (22.22%) Windows 2000
4 1 (11.11%) Windows NT
4 1 (11.11%) Mac OS X
4 1 (11.11%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (11.11%) ITIL
1 1 (11.11%) Performance Testing
1 1 (11.11%) Test Scripting
1 1 (11.11%) System Testing
1 1 (11.11%) Software Deployment
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) MCP
1 1 (11.11%) ISEB
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (11.11%) ISTQB
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
1 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
1 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 5 (55.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Lotus
2 2 (22.22%) Remedy
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
3 1 (11.11%) Adobe
3 1 (11.11%) HP
3 1 (11.11%) Dell