The first table below looks at the demand for the Support Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the Bradford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Support 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 Bradford 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
Support Analyst
Rank 19 18 21
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +3
Contract jobs requiring a Support Analyst 6 10 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bradford 3.797% 6.289% 3.252%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.974% 6.452% 3.333%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
Average daily rate £250 £113 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+122.22% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £248 £220 £225
% change year-on-year
+12.50% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 1
Average hourly rate £15.25 £30.00 £21.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-49.16% +39.53%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.50 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-9.67% +3.33%
All Job Titles
Bradford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
151 155 120
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bradford 95.57% 97.48% 97.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 41 31
Average daily rate £325 £263 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+23.80% +5.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £188 £150 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £465 £465 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 6 8
Average hourly rate £15.25 £12.50 £20.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+22.00% -39.02%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £12.50 £7.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £175.00 £32.50 £21.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Support Analyst
West Yorkshire

Support Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bradford Support Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Support Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bradford Support Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Support Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bradford Support Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Support Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Support Analyst across the Bradford region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Bradford Support Analyst Hourly Rate Histogram

Support Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 6 (66.67%) Windows
2 5 (55.56%) ITIL
2 5 (55.56%) Cisco
2 5 (55.56%) Active Directory
2 5 (55.56%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (44.44%) VMware
3 4 (44.44%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
3 4 (44.44%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (44.44%) VoIP
3 4 (44.44%) SharePoint
3 4 (44.44%) SQL Server
4 3 (33.33%) Lotus Notes
4 3 (33.33%) Lotus Domino
4 3 (33.33%) MCSE
4 3 (33.33%) MCSA
4 3 (33.33%) Windows XP
4 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (33.33%) SAN
4 3 (33.33%) CCNA
4 3 (33.33%) Citrix
4 3 (33.33%) Lotus
4 3 (33.33%) Firewall
4 3 (33.33%) Wireless
4 3 (33.33%) Replication
4 3 (33.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 3 (33.33%) LANDesk
4 3 (33.33%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (22.22%) French Language

Support Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 4 (44.44%) SharePoint
2 3 (33.33%) Lotus Notes
2 3 (33.33%) Lotus Domino
3 2 (22.22%) MS Exchange
4 1 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) VoIP
2 3 (33.33%) SAN
2 3 (33.33%) Firewall
2 3 (33.33%) Wireless
3 1 (11.11%) VLAN
3 1 (11.11%) WAN
3 1 (11.11%) TCP/IP
3 1 (11.11%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (44.44%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (22.22%) French Language
1 2 (22.22%) German Language
1 2 (22.22%) Spanish Language
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 6 (66.67%) Windows
2 5 (55.56%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (44.44%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (33.33%) Windows XP
5 1 (11.11%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (33.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 3 (33.33%) MCSE
2 3 (33.33%) MCSA
2 3 (33.33%) CCNA
3 1 (11.11%) CCIP
3 1 (11.11%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (55.56%) Active Directory
2 3 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (33.33%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Norton AntiVirus
1 1 (11.11%) NetBackup
1 1 (11.11%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) Cisco
2 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 4 (44.44%) VMware
3 3 (33.33%) LANDesk
3 3 (33.33%) Lotus
3 3 (33.33%) Citrix
4 1 (11.11%) Siemens
4 1 (11.11%) HP
4 1 (11.11%) Dell
4 1 (11.11%) IBM
4 1 (11.11%) Oracle
4 1 (11.11%) SAP
4 1 (11.11%) Symantec
4 1 (11.11%) Sophos