The first table below looks at the demand for Analytics skills in IT contracts advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Analytics over the 3 months to 19 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Birmingham 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Analytics
Rank 40 52 40
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -12
Contract jobs citing Analytics 7 2 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 1.452% 0.311% 0.969%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.251% 0.463% 1.773%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
Average daily rate £250 - £335
90% offered a daily rate of more than £150 - £323
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 - £347
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £375 £345
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +8.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £19.25 £22.50
% change year-on-year
+68.83% -14.44%
All Processes & Methodologies
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
311 432 282
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 64.52% 67.08% 54.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 230 159
Average daily rate £375 £350 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% +1.59%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £200 £178
10% offered a daily rate of more than £484 £500 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 18 12
Average hourly rate £32.50 £16.48 £32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+97.26% -48.51%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.98 £12.00 £12.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £175.00 £40.00 £127.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Analytics
West Midlands

Analytics
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham Analytics Jobs Demand Trend

Analytics
Daily Rate Trend

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

Birmingham Analytics Daily Rate Trend

Analytics
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Analytics across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Birmingham Analytics Daily Rate Histogram

Analytics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing Analytics 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 Analytics.

1 7 (70.00%) IBM
2 6 (60.00%) Data Management
3 5 (50.00%) SQL
4 4 (40.00%) Cognos
4 4 (40.00%) JD Edwards
4 4 (40.00%) Agresso
4 4 (40.00%) SQL Server
4 4 (40.00%) Management Information System
4 4 (40.00%) Finance
4 4 (40.00%) Cognos Controller
5 3 (30.00%) Pay per click
5 3 (30.00%) Web Analytics
5 3 (30.00%) Google
5 3 (30.00%) SEO
5 3 (30.00%) Google Analytics
5 3 (30.00%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (20.00%) Infrastructure Management
6 2 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (20.00%) Degree
6 2 (20.00%) Data Quality
6 2 (20.00%) Statistical Modelling
6 2 (20.00%) Master Data Management
6 2 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
6 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
6 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (20.00%) Data Modelling
6 2 (20.00%) Project Management
6 2 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (10.00%) E-Commerce

Analytics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing Analytics 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 Analytics. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (10.00%) JMS
1 1 (10.00%) J2EE
1 1 (10.00%) HTML
1 1 (10.00%) CSS
1 1 (10.00%) XML
1 1 (10.00%) Ajax
1 1 (10.00%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) WebSphere Portal
Business Applications
1 4 (40.00%) Agresso
1 4 (40.00%) Cognos Controller
2 3 (30.00%) Google Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (40.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
General
1 4 (40.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Analyst
2 4 (40.00%) Systems Analyst
2 4 (40.00%) Financial Analyst
3 3 (30.00%) Consultant
3 3 (30.00%) SEO Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Business Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Developer
4 1 (10.00%) WebSphere Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Portal Developer
4 1 (10.00%) WebSphere Portal Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Lead Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (30.00%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Data Management
2 3 (30.00%) Pay per click
2 3 (30.00%) Web Analytics
2 3 (30.00%) SEO
3 2 (20.00%) Infrastructure Management
3 2 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (20.00%) Statistical Modelling
3 2 (20.00%) Master Data Management
3 2 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (20.00%) Data Modelling
3 2 (20.00%) Project Management
4 1 (10.00%) E-Commerce
4 1 (10.00%) ETL
4 1 (10.00%) Programme Management
4 1 (10.00%) GAP Analysis
4 1 (10.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 5 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (10.00%) Java
2 1 (10.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Degree
1 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 7 (70.00%) IBM
2 4 (40.00%) Cognos
2 4 (40.00%) JD Edwards
3 3 (30.00%) Google