The first table below looks at the demand for Systems Analysis skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Systems Analysis over the 3 months to 21 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Systems Analysis
Rank 117 103 105
Rank change year-on-year
-14 +2
Contract jobs citing Systems Analysis 8 32 23
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.324% 1.026% 0.785%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.493% 1.629% 1.253%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 26 17
Average daily rate £430 £450 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.44% +5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £399 £438 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £491 £450 £432
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £400
% change year-on-year
- -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.00 £21.50 £28.50
% change year-on-year
+34.88% -24.56%
All Processes & Methodologies
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1623 1964 1835
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 65.71% 62.95% 62.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 654 743 727
Average daily rate £388 £370 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.72% +5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 63 74
Average hourly rate £17.00 £19.00 £33.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.52% -42.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.75 £11.00 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £50.00 £47.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Systems Analysis
South East

Systems Analysis
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Systems Analysis across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Berkshire Systems Analysis Jobs Demand Trend

Systems Analysis
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Systems Analysis Daily Rate Trend

Systems Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Systems Analysis across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Berkshire Systems Analysis Daily Rate Histogram

Systems Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Systems Analysis Hourly Rate Trend

Systems Analysis
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Analysis within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 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 +11 4 £405 -
Bracknell -15 1 - -
Systems Analysis
South East

Systems Analysis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Systems Analysis also 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 that cited Systems Analysis.

1 8 (33.33%) .NET
1 8 (33.33%) SQL Server
1 8 (33.33%) UML
2 6 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 6 (25.00%) Telecoms
2 6 (25.00%) SQL
2 6 (25.00%) OOD
3 5 (20.83%) MS Excel
3 5 (20.83%) MS Access
3 5 (20.83%) VBA
3 5 (20.83%) 3G
3 5 (20.83%) J2EE
3 5 (20.83%) Cramer
3 5 (20.83%) Wireless
3 5 (20.83%) Business Analysis
4 4 (16.67%) Retail
4 4 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
4 4 (16.67%) ITIL
4 4 (16.67%) SQL Server 2000
4 4 (16.67%) E-Commerce
4 4 (16.67%) Use Case
4 4 (16.67%) Finance
5 3 (12.50%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (12.50%) OO
5 3 (12.50%) MS Office
5 3 (12.50%) ASP.NET
5 3 (12.50%) Oracle
5 3 (12.50%) Web Development
5 3 (12.50%) Business Development
5 3 (12.50%) Change Management

Systems Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Systems Analysis also 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 that cited Systems Analysis. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (33.33%) .NET
2 5 (20.83%) J2EE
3 3 (12.50%) ASP.NET
4 1 (4.167%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (4.167%) ASP.NET MVC 3
4 1 (4.167%) XHTML
4 1 (4.167%) CSS
4 1 (4.167%) XML
4 1 (4.167%) XSLT
4 1 (4.167%) HTML
4 1 (4.167%) .NET Framework
Applications
1 5 (20.83%) MS Excel
2 3 (12.50%) MS Office
3 1 (4.167%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (4.167%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 5 (20.83%) 3G
1 5 (20.83%) Wireless
2 3 (12.50%) 2G
3 2 (8.333%) GSM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 5 (20.83%) MS Access
3 4 (16.67%) SQL Server 2000
4 3 (12.50%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (4.167%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 2 (8.333%) StarTeam
General
1 6 (25.00%) Telecoms
2 4 (16.67%) Retail
2 4 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (4.167%) Banking
Job Titles
1 15 (62.50%) Analyst
2 14 (58.33%) Business Analyst
3 7 (29.17%) Developer
4 6 (25.00%) Business Systems Analyst
4 6 (25.00%) Systems Analyst
5 3 (12.50%) E-Commerce Business Analyst
6 2 (8.333%) .NET Developer
6 2 (8.333%) Systems Developer
7 1 (4.167%) C# .NET Developer
7 1 (4.167%) Software Developer
7 1 (4.167%) Project Manager
7 1 (4.167%) ASP.NET Developer
7 1 (4.167%) IT Project Manager
7 1 (4.167%) SQL Developer
7 1 (4.167%) SQL Server Developer
7 1 (4.167%) C# Developer
7 1 (4.167%) Applications Developer
7 1 (4.167%) Report Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.167%) Data Extraction
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.333%) UNIX
1 2 (8.333%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (33.33%) UML
2 6 (25.00%) OOD
3 5 (20.83%) Business Analysis
4 4 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
4 4 (16.67%) ITIL
4 4 (16.67%) E-Commerce
4 4 (16.67%) Use Case
5 3 (12.50%) OO
5 3 (12.50%) Web Development
5 3 (12.50%) Business Development
5 3 (12.50%) Change Management
6 2 (8.333%) GAP Analysis
6 2 (8.333%) CMMI
6 2 (8.333%) TOGAF
6 2 (8.333%) Data Analysis
6 2 (8.333%) RAD
6 2 (8.333%) SSADM
6 2 (8.333%) Project Management
6 2 (8.333%) Unit Testing
6 2 (8.333%) Portfolio Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (25.00%) SQL
2 5 (20.83%) VBA
3 1 (4.167%) T-SQL
3 1 (4.167%) C#
3 1 (4.167%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (4.167%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.167%) SLA
Vendors
1 5 (20.83%) Cramer
2 3 (12.50%) Oracle
3 1 (4.167%) Remedy
3 1 (4.167%) Business Objects