The first table below looks at the demand for the Technical 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 Technical Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 20 June 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Analyst
Rank 114 110 96
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -14
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Analyst 7 22 34
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.294% 0.707% 1.134%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.323% 0.777% 1.264%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 12 18
Average daily rate £310 £450 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-31.11% +5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £293 £383 £100
10% offered a daily rate of more than £435 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £370 £350
% change year-on-year
-5.40% +5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Average hourly rate - £15.34 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -31.84%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.85 £21.25 £18.00
% change year-on-year
-34.82% +18.05%
All Job Titles
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2170 2833 2690
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 91.18% 91.06% 89.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 931 1048 1028
Average daily rate £368 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.00% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £225 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £488 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 99 109 173
Average hourly rate £22.50 £19.00 £22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+18.42% -13.63%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £12.25 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Technical Analyst
South East

Technical Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Technical Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Technical Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Technical Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Technical Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Technical Analyst across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Berkshire Technical Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Technical Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Technical Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Technical Analyst
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Analyst within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Reading +4 4 £425 +39.34%
Slough - - - - 1
Hungerford - - - -
Newbury - - - -
Technical Analyst
South East

Technical Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Technical 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 Technical Analyst in their job title.

1 8 (44.44%) ITIL
1 8 (44.44%) Stakeholder Management
1 8 (44.44%) Agile Software Development
2 7 (38.89%) PRINCE2
2 7 (38.89%) ISEB
2 7 (38.89%) Finance
3 5 (27.78%) Windows
4 4 (22.22%) Oracle
4 4 (22.22%) HTTP
4 4 (22.22%) Information Security
4 4 (22.22%) Intrusion Detection
4 4 (22.22%) Incident Management
4 4 (22.22%) Technical Architecture
4 4 (22.22%) RMADS
4 4 (22.22%) Change Control
5 3 (16.67%) Security Architecture
5 3 (16.67%) Ethical Hacking
5 3 (16.67%) Security Cleared
5 3 (16.67%) PCI DSS
5 3 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
5 3 (16.67%) Security Testing
5 3 (16.67%) Network Security
5 3 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (16.67%) CESG
5 3 (16.67%) TOGAF
5 3 (16.67%) Service Delivery
5 3 (16.67%) Firewall
5 3 (16.67%) Internet
5 3 (16.67%) Tivoli
5 3 (16.67%) CA

Technical Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Applications
1 2 (11.11%) MS Office
1 2 (11.11%) MS Excel
2 1 (5.556%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 4 (22.22%) HTTP
1 4 (22.22%) Intrusion Detection
2 3 (16.67%) Network Security
2 3 (16.67%) Firewall
2 3 (16.67%) Internet
3 1 (5.556%) BSS
3 1 (5.556%) Wireless
General
1 7 (38.89%) Finance
2 2 (11.11%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 4 (22.22%) RMADS
2 3 (16.67%) CESG
Operating Systems
1 5 (27.78%) Windows
2 2 (11.11%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (11.11%) Windows 7
3 1 (5.556%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (5.556%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (44.44%) ITIL
1 8 (44.44%) Stakeholder Management
1 8 (44.44%) Agile Software Development
2 7 (38.89%) PRINCE2
3 4 (22.22%) Information Security
3 4 (22.22%) Incident Management
3 4 (22.22%) Technical Architecture
3 4 (22.22%) Change Control
4 3 (16.67%) Security Architecture
4 3 (16.67%) Ethical Hacking
4 3 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
4 3 (16.67%) Security Testing
4 3 (16.67%) TOGAF
4 3 (16.67%) Service Delivery
5 1 (5.556%) Mobile Commerce
Qualifications
1 7 (38.89%) ISEB
2 3 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 2 (11.11%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (16.67%) PCI DSS
1 3 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (5.556%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (11.11%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.556%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (16.67%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 4 (22.22%) Oracle
2 3 (16.67%) CA
3 1 (5.556%) VMware
3 1 (5.556%) Siebel
3 1 (5.556%) Dell
3 1 (5.556%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.556%) Citrix