The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Senior Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 Bristol 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Analyst
Rank 41 48 29
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -19
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Analyst 9 16 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 1.744% 1.914% 3.251%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.833% 2.046% 3.437%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 15 11
Average daily rate £338 £375 £360
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.00% +4.16%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £292 £288 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £385 £441 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £375 £350
% change year-on-year
+6.66% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.50 £17.25 £21.86
% change year-on-year
-21.73% -21.08%
All Job Titles
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
491 782 611
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 95.16% 93.54% 94.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 289 519 331
Average daily rate £325 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £228 £218 £223
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 35 40
Average hourly rate £13.50 £21.00 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-35.71% +31.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.00 £15.00 £10.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £36.50 £42.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Senior Analyst
South West

Senior Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol Senior Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bristol Senior Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Senior Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Senior Analyst across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Bristol Senior Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Senior Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bristol Senior Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Senior Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region that cited Senior 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 Senior Analyst in their job title.

1 9 (45.00%) Finance
2 7 (35.00%) Wireless
3 6 (30.00%) Firewall
3 6 (30.00%) Cisco
3 6 (30.00%) Nokia
3 6 (30.00%) CheckPoint
3 6 (30.00%) VPN
3 6 (30.00%) Cisco ASA
4 5 (25.00%) IronPort
4 5 (25.00%) Unified Communications
4 5 (25.00%) FWSM
4 5 (25.00%) MPLS
4 5 (25.00%) IP Telephony
4 5 (25.00%) Cisco IPT
4 5 (25.00%) Business Analysis
5 4 (20.00%) Data Analysis
5 4 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (20.00%) OSPF
5 4 (20.00%) BGP
5 4 (20.00%) Project Management
5 4 (20.00%) IBM
5 4 (20.00%) CA
5 4 (20.00%) MS Visio
5 4 (20.00%) HP
5 4 (20.00%) CiscoWorks
5 4 (20.00%) SAP
5 4 (20.00%) Cisco Nexus
5 4 (20.00%) SolarWinds
5 4 (20.00%) Network Management
6 3 (15.00%) Oracle

Senior Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region that cited Senior 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 Senior Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (10.00%) SAS
2 1 (5.000%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (20.00%) MS Visio
2 3 (15.00%) MS Project
3 2 (10.00%) MS Excel
4 1 (5.000%) MS Office
4 1 (5.000%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (15.00%) SAP HR
1 3 (15.00%) SAP Payroll
2 2 (10.00%) SAP HCM
Communications & Networking
1 7 (35.00%) Wireless
2 6 (30.00%) Firewall
2 6 (30.00%) VPN
2 6 (30.00%) Cisco ASA
3 5 (25.00%) Unified Communications
3 5 (25.00%) FWSM
3 5 (25.00%) MPLS
3 5 (25.00%) IP Telephony
3 5 (25.00%) Cisco IPT
4 4 (20.00%) OSPF
4 4 (20.00%) BGP
4 4 (20.00%) Cisco Nexus
5 3 (15.00%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (5.000%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.000%) Oracle Discoverer
General
1 9 (45.00%) Finance
2 3 (15.00%) Banking
3 2 (10.00%) Retail
4 1 (5.000%) Telecoms
4 1 (5.000%) Retail Banking
4 1 (5.000%) Corporate Banking
4 1 (5.000%) Investment Banking
4 1 (5.000%) General Ledger
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) EFT
1 2 (10.00%) SWIFT
2 1 (5.000%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (25.00%) Business Analysis
2 4 (20.00%) Data Analysis
2 4 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (20.00%) Project Management
2 4 (20.00%) Network Management
3 3 (15.00%) Network Load Balancing
4 2 (10.00%) Software Engineering
4 2 (10.00%) Migration
4 2 (10.00%) Change Management
4 2 (10.00%) PRINCE2
5 1 (5.000%) Data Transformation
5 1 (5.000%) Demand Management
5 1 (5.000%) Integration Testing
5 1 (5.000%) Time Management
5 1 (5.000%) Data Migration
5 1 (5.000%) Requirements Analysis
5 1 (5.000%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.00%) SQL
2 1 (5.000%) C
Qualifications
1 1 (5.000%) ISEB
1 1 (5.000%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (5.000%) CCNP
Systems Management
1 4 (20.00%) CiscoWorks
Vendors
1 6 (30.00%) Cisco
1 6 (30.00%) Nokia
1 6 (30.00%) CheckPoint
2 5 (25.00%) IronPort
3 4 (20.00%) IBM
3 4 (20.00%) CA
3 4 (20.00%) HP
3 4 (20.00%) SAP
3 4 (20.00%) SolarWinds
4 3 (15.00%) Oracle
4 3 (15.00%) Blue Coat
5 2 (10.00%) Casewise
5 2 (10.00%) Fundtech