The first table below looks at the demand for the Technical 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 Technical Analyst in their job title 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 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Analyst
Rank 43 62 53
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -9
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Analyst 2 2 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 0.406% 0.228% 0.577%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.429% 0.244% 0.624%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
Average daily rate £320 £414 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-22.70% +50.54%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £370 £350
% change year-on-year
-5.40% +5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.70 £21.50 £18.00
% change year-on-year
-36.27% +19.44%
All Job Titles
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
466 821 641
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 94.52% 93.72% 92.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 269 528 352
Average daily rate £333 £338 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.48% +3.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £195 £218 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £472 £451 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 33 37
Average hourly rate £16.00 £21.75 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-26.43% +45.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.30 £12.75 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £35.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
Technical Analyst
South West

Technical Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol Technical Analyst Daily Rate Trend

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 Bristol region.

Bristol Technical Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Technical Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (42.86%) SQL
1 3 (42.86%) VBA
1 3 (42.86%) MS Excel
1 3 (42.86%) Change Management
2 2 (28.57%) ETL
2 2 (28.57%) Business Objects
2 2 (28.57%) VB
2 2 (28.57%) PHP
2 2 (28.57%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Business Analysis
2 2 (28.57%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
3 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (14.29%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (14.29%) Data Validation
3 1 (14.29%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (14.29%) Waterfall
3 1 (14.29%) SAP Data Services
3 1 (14.29%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (14.29%) Requirements Analysis
3 1 (14.29%) Web Development
3 1 (14.29%) Degree
3 1 (14.29%) Test Scripting
3 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (14.29%) Systems Analysis
3 1 (14.29%) Validation
3 1 (14.29%) Process Management
3 1 (14.29%) Agile Software Development

Technical Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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.

Application Development
1 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET
1 1 (14.29%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (42.86%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) VoIP
1 1 (14.29%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
2 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (14.29%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (14.29%) SAP Data Services
2 1 (14.29%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (28.57%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Video Conferencing
1 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (42.86%) Change Management
2 2 (28.57%) ETL
2 2 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Business Analysis
3 1 (14.29%) Data Validation
3 1 (14.29%) Waterfall
3 1 (14.29%) Requirements Analysis
3 1 (14.29%) Web Development
3 1 (14.29%) Test Scripting
3 1 (14.29%) Systems Analysis
3 1 (14.29%) Validation
3 1 (14.29%) Process Management
3 1 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (14.29%) Data Security
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) SQL
1 3 (42.86%) VBA
2 2 (28.57%) VB
2 2 (28.57%) PHP
3 1 (14.29%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Business Objects
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft