Buckinghamshire Analyst Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Analyst role in IT contracts within the Buckinghamshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Abingdon Alderley Edge Aldershot Andover Avon Aylesbury Ayr Ballymena Banbury Barking Barrow-in-Furness Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Benfleet Berkshire Bicester Bingley Birkenhead Birmingham Blackburn Blackpool Borehamwood Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brentwood Bridgend Bridgwater Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Bury Bury St Edmunds Caerphilly Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Canterbury Cardiff Carterton Channel Islands Chatham Chelmsford Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chichester Chippenham Cirencester City of London Clevedon Colchester Cornwall County Antrim County Londonderry Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Dalkeith Darlington Derby Derbyshire Devon Dewsbury Docklands, London Doncaster Dorchester Dorking Dorset Dover Dudley Dunstable Durham East Anglia East Grinstead East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastbourne Eastleigh Edinburgh Egham Enfield England Epsom Esher Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Feltham Fife Fleetwood Flintshire Folkestone Gateshead Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Godalming Gosport Grays Great Yarmouth Guildford Gwent Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harlow Harrogate Harrow Havant Haywards Heath Hemel Hempstead Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Highlands Home Counties Horsham Hounslow Huddersfield Hull Huntingdon Ilford Inverness Ipswich Isle of Wight Isleworth Jersey Kegworth Kent Kingston Upon Thames Kingswinford Kirkcaldy Knutsford Lanarkshire Lancashire Lancaster Leatherhead Leeds Leek Leicester Leicestershire Lewes Lewisham Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Loughborough Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Market Drayton Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes New Malden Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Northumberland Northwich Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oldham Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Pershore Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Potters Bar Prescot Preston Pudsey Reading Redditch Redhill Reigate Renfrew Renfrewshire Rickmansworth Rugby Ryde Salford Salisbury Sandwich Scarborough Scotland Scottish Borders Scunthorpe Sheffield Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South Ayrshire South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Southport Southwark Stafford Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Street Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surrey Sussex Sutton Coldfield Swansea Swindon Tadworth Tamworth Taunton Telford Thames Valley Thurrock Trowbridge Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Walsall Walton-on-Thames Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Welwyn Garden City Wembley West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Weston-super-Mare Weybridge Wigan Wilmslow Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Worthing Wycombe Yeovil York Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	2	1
Rank change on same period last year	-1
Matching contract IT job ads	309	343
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.487 %	0.368 %
As % of the category below	29.91 %	25.26 %
Daily rates quoted	68	69
Average minimum daily rate	£286	£301
Average daily rate	£302	£320
% change on same period last year	-5.60 %
Average maximum daily rate	£319	£339
UK excluding London average daily rate	£333	£330
% change on same period last year	+0.76 %
Hourly rates quoted	69	87
Average minimum hourly rate	£15.61	£17.60
Average hourly rate	£16.20	£18.10
% change on same period last year	-10.51 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£16.79	£18.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£19.51	£18.58
% change on same period last year	+4.97 %
Job Titles Buckinghamshire
Matching contract IT job ads	1033	1358
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.627 %	1.455 %
Daily rates quoted	343	321
Average minimum daily rate	£299	£302
Average daily rate	£314	£318
% change on same period last year	-1.28 %
Average maximum daily rate	£329	£334
UK excluding London average daily rate	£353	£351
% change on same period last year	+0.72 %
Hourly rates quoted	140	237
Average minimum hourly rate	£19.41	£20.68
Average hourly rate	£20.27	£21.75
% change on same period last year	-6.79 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£21.13	£22.81
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.37	£24.42
% change on same period last year	-4.31 %
Analyst South East

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Analyst across the Buckinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Analyst across the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Analyst across the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analyst within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Milton Keynes	-2	243	£297	+5.21 %
High Wycombe	0	23	-	-
Wycombe	+1	2	£300	-
Aylesbury	-3	1	-	-

Analyst South East

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region that cited 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 Analyst in their job title.

1 259 (36.48 %) Finance 2 165 (23.24 %) Windows 3 154 (21.69 %) Banking 4 109 (15.35 %) Security Cleared 5 99 (13.94 %) Microsoft 6 89 (12.54 %) SC Cleared 7 84 (11.83 %) MS Excel 8 81 (11.41 %) MS Office 9 68 (9.577 %) SQL 10 64 (9.014 %) ITIL 11 63 (8.873 %) Oracle 12 60 (8.451 %) Windows XP 13 57 (8.028 %) Government 14 50 (7.042 %) IBM 15 49 (6.901 %) Active Directory

15 49 (6.901 %) DB2 15 49 (6.901 %) Retail 16 47 (6.620 %) Systems Analysis 17 46 (6.479 %) Windows 2000 18 45 (6.338 %) UNIX 18 45 (6.338 %) Mainframe 19 42 (5.915 %) Business Analysis 20 37 (5.211 %) COBOL 21 36 (5.070 %) ATM 22 35 (4.930 %) Data Modelling 22 35 (4.930 %) SQL Server 23 34 (4.789 %) OpenView 24 33 (4.648 %) HP 24 33 (4.648 %) OVOW 25 31 (4.366 %) IBM Mainframe

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region that cited 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 Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 11 (1.549 %) .NET 2 6 (0.845 %) WebSphere 3 4 (0.563 %) XML 4 3 (0.423 %) ASP.NET 5 2 (0.282 %) MDX 5 2 (0.282 %) HTML 5 2 (0.282 %) Oracle Fusion 6 1 (0.141 %) Software Packaging 6 1 (0.141 %) COM 6 1 (0.141 %) J2EE 6 1 (0.141 %) ASP 6 1 (0.141 %) EDI 6 1 (0.141 %) EDIFACT 6 1 (0.141 %) .NET Framework 6 1 (0.141 %) Java EE	Application Platforms 1 31 (4.366 %) MS Exchange 2 13 (1.831 %) SAS 2 13 (1.831 %) Lotus Notes 3 12 (1.690 %) Exchange Server 2003 4 7 (0.986 %) Exchange Server 5.5 5 6 (0.845 %) TPMS 6 5 (0.704 %) Exchange Server 2000 6 5 (0.704 %) CICS 7 3 (0.423 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server 8 2 (0.282 %) Exchange Server 2007 9 1 (0.141 %) ColdFusion 9 1 (0.141 %) Oracle Spatial
Applications 1 84 (11.83 %) MS Excel 2 81 (11.41 %) MS Office 3 18 (2.535 %) MS Visio 4 14 (1.972 %) MS PowerPoint 5 11 (1.549 %) Spreadsheet 6 7 (0.986 %) MS Project 7 6 (0.845 %) CA Clarity	Business Applications 1 2 (0.282 %) Microsoft CRM 1 2 (0.282 %) Oracle EBS 1 2 (0.282 %) SAP CRM 2 1 (0.141 %) arcHouse 2 1 (0.141 %) Movex
Communications & Networking 1 36 (5.070 %) ATM 2 20 (2.817 %) TCP/IP 3 19 (2.676 %) Firewall 4 14 (1.972 %) Internet 5 13 (1.831 %) LAN 6 11 (1.549 %) Extranet 6 11 (1.549 %) HTTP 6 11 (1.549 %) X.25 6 11 (1.549 %) Intranet 7 7 (0.986 %) Cisco PIX 7 7 (0.986 %) NetScreen 7 7 (0.986 %) Intrusion Detection 8 4 (0.563 %) SAN 8 4 (0.563 %) WAN 8 4 (0.563 %) Ethernet 8 4 (0.563 %) VPN 9 3 (0.423 %) DNS 9 3 (0.423 %) SMS 10 2 (0.282 %) VoIP 10 2 (0.282 %) Wireless	Database & Business Intelligence 1 49 (6.901 %) DB2 2 35 (4.930 %) SQL Server 3 26 (3.662 %) PowerCenter 4 20 (2.817 %) ETL 5 15 (2.113 %) BusinessObjects 6 14 (1.972 %) Data Mart 7 13 (1.831 %) SQL Server 2000 8 12 (1.690 %) MS Access 9 9 (1.268 %) Datawarehouse 10 6 (0.845 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 10 6 (0.845 %) IDMS 11 5 (0.704 %) Oracle Reports 12 3 (0.423 %) Oracle Discoverer 12 3 (0.423 %) SQL Server 2005 12 3 (0.423 %) DB2 UDB 13 2 (0.282 %) GIS 14 1 (0.141 %) Hyperion Essbase 14 1 (0.141 %) TOAD 14 1 (0.141 %) Oracle 8/8i 14 1 (0.141 %) Ingres
Development Applications 1 21 (2.958 %) Rational Rose 2 7 (0.986 %) QuickTest Pro 3 3 (0.423 %) Visual Studio 4 1 (0.141 %) Oracle Forms 4 1 (0.141 %) TestPartner	General 1 259 (36.48 %) Finance 2 154 (21.69 %) Banking 3 57 (8.028 %) Government 4 49 (6.901 %) Retail 5 27 (3.803 %) Legal 6 26 (3.662 %) Financial Institution 7 24 (3.380 %) Retail Banking 8 20 (2.817 %) Telecoms 9 19 (2.676 %) Pharmaceutical 9 19 (2.676 %) Corporate Banking 10 7 (0.986 %) Pensions 10 7 (0.986 %) Back Office 10 7 (0.986 %) Automotive 11 6 (0.845 %) Health 11 6 (0.845 %) Investment Banking 12 5 (0.704 %) Auditing 13 4 (0.563 %) Military 13 4 (0.563 %) Billing 13 4 (0.563 %) Construction 14 3 (0.423 %) Police
Miscellaneous 1 45 (6.338 %) Mainframe 2 31 (4.366 %) IBM Mainframe 3 15 (2.113 %) Spanish Language 3 15 (2.113 %) French Language 4 11 (1.549 %) German Language 5 9 (1.268 %) Dutch Language 6 8 (1.127 %) Italian Language 6 8 (1.127 %) Management Information System 7 6 (0.845 %) AS400 7 6 (0.845 %) NHS 8 5 (0.704 %) Blackberry 8 5 (0.704 %) Statistics 9 4 (0.563 %) Credit Risk 10 3 (0.423 %) iSeries 10 3 (0.423 %) Computer Science 10 3 (0.423 %) Cantonese Language 10 3 (0.423 %) Swedish Language 10 3 (0.423 %) Replication 10 3 (0.423 %) Japanese Language 10 3 (0.423 %) Korean Language	Operating Systems 1 165 (23.24 %) Windows 2 60 (8.451 %) Windows XP 3 46 (6.479 %) Windows 2000 4 45 (6.338 %) UNIX 5 29 (4.085 %) Windows Server 2003 6 27 (3.803 %) Windows Vista 7 8 (1.127 %) Windows 2000 Server 8 7 (0.986 %) VME 9 6 (0.845 %) Windows NT 10 5 (0.704 %) Windows Server 2008 10 5 (0.704 %) NetWare 11 4 (0.563 %) Solaris 12 2 (0.282 %) OS/2 12 2 (0.282 %) MVS 13 1 (0.141 %) AIX 13 1 (0.141 %) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies 1 109 (15.35 %) Security Cleared 2 89 (12.54 %) SC Cleared 3 64 (9.014 %) ITIL 4 47 (6.620 %) Systems Analysis 5 42 (5.915 %) Business Analysis 6 35 (4.930 %) Data Modelling 7 31 (4.366 %) CRM 7 31 (4.366 %) ITSM 8 29 (4.085 %) Migration 9 22 (3.099 %) Test Scripting 9 22 (3.099 %) Project Management 10 21 (2.958 %) Incident Management 11 18 (2.535 %) GAP Analysis 12 15 (2.113 %) Project Planning 13 13 (1.831 %) Requirements Analysis 13 13 (1.831 %) Data Migration 14 12 (1.690 %) Use Case 15 11 (1.549 %) Data Analysis 16 10 (1.408 %) Problem Management 16 10 (1.408 %) BPR	Programming Languages 1 68 (9.577 %) SQL 2 37 (5.211 %) COBOL 3 15 (2.113 %) PL/SQL 4 9 (1.268 %) C 4 9 (1.268 %) JCL 5 7 (0.986 %) Java 6 6 (0.845 %) C# 7 5 (0.704 %) Perl 7 5 (0.704 %) VB 8 4 (0.563 %) VBA 8 4 (0.563 %) Shell Script 9 3 (0.423 %) VBScript 10 2 (0.282 %) Clipper 11 1 (0.141 %) RPG 11 1 (0.141 %) C++
Qualifications 1 15 (2.113 %) Microsoft Certification 2 12 (1.690 %) MCSE 3 11 (1.549 %) Degree 4 10 (1.408 %) ITIL Certification 5 9 (1.268 %) ISEB 6 6 (0.845 %) Novell Certification 6 6 (0.845 %) MCP 7 4 (0.563 %) ISTQB 7 4 (0.563 %) Citrix Certification 8 3 (0.423 %) Cisco Certification 8 3 (0.423 %) CNA 8 3 (0.423 %) CNE 9 2 (0.282 %) MCSA 9 2 (0.282 %) CCNA 9 2 (0.282 %) SCSP 9 2 (0.282 %) MOS 10 1 (0.141 %) ACCA 10 1 (0.141 %) CCAB 10 1 (0.141 %) HP APS 10 1 (0.141 %) PRINCE2 Certification	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 13 (1.831 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 2 12 (1.690 %) SLA 3 4 (0.563 %) QA 4 2 (0.282 %) CDISC 4 2 (0.282 %) Basel II 5 1 (0.141 %) GAAP 5 1 (0.141 %) COBIT 5 1 (0.141 %) COSO
System Software 1 49 (6.901 %) Active Directory 2 3 (0.423 %) NetBackup 3 1 (0.141 %) RACF 3 1 (0.141 %) VMware ESX	Systems Management 1 34 (4.789 %) OpenView 2 33 (4.648 %) OVOW 3 16 (2.254 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 4 9 (1.268 %) OVIS 5 8 (1.127 %) OVSD 6 5 (0.704 %) OpenView Configuration Management 7 3 (0.423 %) CiscoWorks 7 3 (0.423 %) NNM 8 2 (0.282 %) Norton AntiVirus 8 2 (0.282 %) MOM 9 1 (0.141 %) CONTROL-M 9 1 (0.141 %) MIMEsweeper 9 1 (0.141 %) BMC Performance Manager 9 1 (0.141 %) OVPI
Vendors 1 99 (13.94 %) Microsoft 2 63 (8.873 %) Oracle 3 50 (7.042 %) IBM 4 33 (4.648 %) HP 5 17 (2.394 %) Remedy 6 16 (2.254 %) Citrix 7 15 (2.113 %) Business Objects 7 15 (2.113 %) Cisco 8 14 (1.972 %) Lotus 9 13 (1.831 %) Sun 10 10 (1.408 %) SAP 11 8 (1.127 %) CheckPoint 11 8 (1.127 %) Blue Coat 12 7 (0.986 %) ICL 12 7 (0.986 %) Crossbeam 12 7 (0.986 %) Nokia 13 6 (0.845 %) Novell 13 6 (0.845 %) Dell 14 4 (0.563 %) Informatica 15 3 (0.423 %) EMC