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This section looks at the demand for the Analyst role in IT contracts within the Cheshire 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 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAnalyst
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank23
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching contract IT job ads195152
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.260 %0.152 %
As % of the category below24.59 %17.99 %
Daily rates quoted5655
Average minimum daily rate£258£246
Average daily rate£269£258
% change on same period last year+4.43 %
Average maximum daily rate£280£270
UK excluding London average daily rate£335£332
% change on same period last year+1.09 %
Hourly rates quoted3712
Average minimum hourly rate£18.84£15.79
Average hourly rate£20.29£16.17
% change on same period last year+25.48 %
Average maximum hourly rate£21.74£16.54
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.50£21.03
% change on same period last year-2.53 %
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Cheshire
Matching contract IT job ads793845
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.057 %0.843 %
Daily rates quoted237207
Average minimum daily rate£310£289
Average daily rate£323£304
% change on same period last year+6.49 %
Average maximum daily rate£336£319
UK excluding London average daily rate£356£355
% change on same period last year+0.30 %
Hourly rates quoted9759
Average minimum hourly rate£21.33£21.82
Average hourly rate£23.22£23.07
% change on same period last year+0.64 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.11£24.32
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.79£25.66
% change on same period last year-7.31 %
Analyst North WestAnalyst
North West

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.

Analyst
Demand Trend

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

Cheshire Analyst Demand Trend

Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheshire Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Analyst across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

Cheshire Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cheshire Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Analyst across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

Cheshire Analyst Hourly Rate Histogram

Analyst
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analyst within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 29 August 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.

LocationRank 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
WarringtonUp+249£258+66.68 %
ChesterUp+142£321+48.98 %
KnutsfordUp+312--
MacclesfieldDown-26£220-35.60 %
Alderley EdgeNew entry-5£282-
WilmslowDown-13£180-32.07 %
RuncornDown-12--
MiddlewichNew entry-1--
SandbachNew entry-1£100-
Ellesmere PortNew entry-1--
CongletonNew entry-1--
Analyst North WestAnalyst
North West

Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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.

1103 (27.99 %)Finance
256 (15.22 %)Oracle
353 (14.40 %)Windows
442 (11.41 %)Business Analysis
540 (10.87 %)ITIL
540 (10.87 %)MS Office
636 (9.783 %)SQL
735 (9.511 %)Project Management
832 (8.696 %)Microsoft
930 (8.152 %)Banking
1027 (7.337 %)MS Excel
1124 (6.522 %)Windows XP
1222 (5.978 %)CRM
1321 (5.707 %)Service Delivery
1321 (5.707 %)System Testing
1420 (5.435 %)PRINCE2
1420 (5.435 %)SAP
1420 (5.435 %)Active Directory
1519 (5.163 %)ISEB
1519 (5.163 %).NET
1519 (5.163 %)Change Management
1617 (4.620 %)UNIX
1617 (4.620 %)NHS
1716 (4.348 %)XML
1716 (4.348 %)Remedy
1815 (4.076 %)SQL Server
1815 (4.076 %)Systems Analysis
1914 (3.804 %)PL/SQL
1914 (3.804 %)PRINCE
1914 (3.804 %)Replication

Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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.

Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
119 (5.163 %).NET
216 (4.348 %)XML
312 (3.261 %)ASP.NET
47 (1.902 %)WebServices
55 (1.359 %)ASP
55 (1.359 %)WinForms
55 (1.359 %)AJAX
55 (1.359 %)Middleware
64 (1.087 %)J2EE
73 (0.815 %)HTML
82 (0.543 %)SOAP
82 (0.543 %)WebSphere
82 (0.543 %)EDIFACT
82 (0.543 %)EDI
91 (0.272 %)MDX
91 (0.272 %)ArcObjects
91 (0.272 %)WCF
91 (0.272 %)WF
91 (0.272 %)ASP.NET 2.0
91 (0.272 %)CSS
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
18 (2.174 %)MS Exchange
26 (1.630 %)Oracle Application Server
35 (1.359 %)BizTalk Server
35 (1.359 %)SharePoint
43 (0.815 %)IIS
52 (0.543 %)Exchange Server 2003
52 (0.543 %)CICS
61 (0.272 %)Oracle 10gAS
61 (0.272 %)SharePoint Server 2007
61 (0.272 %)Lotus Notes
61 (0.272 %)Apache
61 (0.272 %)WebLogic
61 (0.272 %)ArcIMS
61 (0.272 %)eRoom
61 (0.272 %)Documentum
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
140 (10.87 %)MS Office
227 (7.337 %)MS Excel
39 (2.446 %)MS Visio
45 (1.359 %)MS PowerPoint
45 (1.359 %)InfoPath
53 (0.815 %)Spreadsheet
62 (0.543 %)MS Project
62 (0.543 %)CA Clarity
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
113 (3.533 %)Oracle HRMS
29 (2.446 %)Oracle EBS
37 (1.902 %)Oracle 11i
46 (1.630 %)Oracle Financials
46 (1.630 %)Hyperion Planning
54 (1.087 %)Hyperion Enterprise
63 (0.815 %)e-Work
72 (0.543 %)SAP APO
72 (0.543 %)Great Plains
72 (0.543 %)Oracle Applications
72 (0.543 %)VisionPLUS
72 (0.543 %)Dynamics GP
81 (0.272 %)Dynamics CRM
81 (0.272 %)SAP HR
81 (0.272 %)Microsoft CRM
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (1.359 %)TCP/IP
24 (1.087 %)Intranet
32 (0.543 %)Internet
32 (0.543 %)Nortel Meridian
32 (0.543 %)Cisco ICM
32 (0.543 %)Firewall
32 (0.543 %)Symposium
32 (0.543 %)ISDN
32 (0.543 %)FTP
41 (0.272 %)LAN
41 (0.272 %)WAN
41 (0.272 %)LDAP
41 (0.272 %)Broadband
41 (0.272 %)VPN
41 (0.272 %)DNS
41 (0.272 %)SAN
41 (0.272 %)CTI
41 (0.272 %)SSH
41 (0.272 %)Intrusion Detection
41 (0.272 %)Network Security
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
115 (4.076 %)SQL Server
213 (3.533 %)Oracle Reports
311 (2.989 %)Oracle Discoverer
47 (1.902 %)BusinessObjects
56 (1.630 %)SQL Server 2000
64 (1.087 %)Datawarehouse
73 (0.815 %)TOAD
82 (0.543 %)Oracle 9i
82 (0.543 %)SAP BW
82 (0.543 %)DataStage
82 (0.543 %)SQL Server 2005
82 (0.543 %)Data Cleansing
91 (0.272 %)SQL Server Integration Services
91 (0.272 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
91 (0.272 %)Oracle 10g
91 (0.272 %)Easytrieve
91 (0.272 %)GIS
91 (0.272 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
91 (0.272 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
91 (0.272 %)MS Access
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
19 (2.446 %)TestDirector
27 (1.902 %)Oracle Forms
36 (1.630 %)QuickTest Pro
43 (0.815 %)LoadRunner
43 (0.815 %)WinRunner
52 (0.543 %)Visual Studio
61 (0.272 %)ClearCase
61 (0.272 %)ProC
61 (0.272 %)Rational Robot
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1103 (27.99 %)Finance
230 (8.152 %)Banking
313 (3.533 %)Telecoms
412 (3.261 %)Pharmaceutical
59 (2.446 %)Government
59 (2.446 %)Health
59 (2.446 %)Retail
68 (2.174 %)Marketing
75 (1.359 %)Retail Banking
75 (1.359 %)Billing
84 (1.087 %)International Banking
84 (1.087 %)Manufacturing
84 (1.087 %)Local Government
92 (0.543 %)FMCG
92 (0.543 %)Electric
92 (0.543 %)Financial Institution
92 (0.543 %)Construction
92 (0.543 %)Online Banking
101 (0.272 %)Auditing
101 (0.272 %)General Ledger
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
117 (4.620 %)NHS
214 (3.804 %)Replication
310 (2.717 %)AS400
48 (2.174 %)N-Tier
57 (1.902 %)Mainframe
57 (1.902 %)Management Information System
57 (1.902 %)French Language
64 (1.087 %)Italian Language
64 (1.087 %)Spanish Language
64 (1.087 %)Dutch Language
73 (0.815 %)IBM Mainframe
82 (0.543 %)Tandem
82 (0.543 %)PDA
82 (0.543 %)Clustering
82 (0.543 %)HACMP
91 (0.272 %)Blackberry
91 (0.272 %)EPoS
91 (0.272 %)IVR
91 (0.272 %)Informatics
91 (0.272 %)CMDB
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
153 (14.40 %)Windows
224 (6.522 %)Windows XP
317 (4.620 %)UNIX
411 (2.989 %)Windows Server 2003
510 (2.717 %)Windows 2000
67 (1.902 %)AIX
74 (1.087 %)Windows Vista
82 (0.543 %)Windows 2000 Server
82 (0.543 %)VMS
82 (0.543 %)Solaris
91 (0.272 %)Windows NT
91 (0.272 %)OS/400
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
142 (11.41 %)Business Analysis
240 (10.87 %)ITIL
335 (9.511 %)Project Management
422 (5.978 %)CRM
521 (5.707 %)Service Delivery
521 (5.707 %)System Testing
620 (5.435 %)PRINCE2
719 (5.163 %)Change Management
815 (4.076 %)Systems Analysis
914 (3.804 %)PRINCE
1013 (3.533 %)E-Commerce
1112 (3.261 %)Risk Management
1211 (2.989 %)Requirements Analysis
1211 (2.989 %)Test Scripting
1310 (2.717 %)Software Testing
149 (2.446 %)Service Management
149 (2.446 %)Data Management
149 (2.446 %)Data Analysis
158 (2.174 %)Stakeholder Management
158 (2.174 %)User Acceptance Testing
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
136 (9.783 %)SQL
214 (3.804 %)PL/SQL
313 (3.533 %)Java
412 (3.261 %)C#
59 (2.446 %)VB
67 (1.902 %)C
76 (1.630 %)VBA
83 (0.815 %)COBOL
83 (0.815 %)JavaScript
92 (0.543 %)Transact-SQL
92 (0.543 %)VBScript
92 (0.543 %)Progress 4GL
92 (0.543 %)Uniface
101 (0.272 %)Shell Script
101 (0.272 %)VB.NET
101 (0.272 %)DHTML
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
119 (5.163 %)ISEB
26 (1.630 %)ISTQB
34 (1.087 %)Degree
34 (1.087 %)ITIL Certification
42 (0.543 %)ISEB Practitioner
42 (0.543 %)MCP
42 (0.543 %)MCSE
42 (0.543 %)Microsoft Certification
51 (0.272 %)MCSA
51 (0.272 %)CCIP
51 (0.272 %)Citrix Certification
51 (0.272 %)Cisco Certification
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (1.087 %)SLA
14 (1.087 %)QA
23 (0.815 %)ISO9000
32 (0.543 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
41 (0.272 %)BS7799
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
120 (5.435 %)Active Directory
22 (0.543 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (1.087 %)OpenView
23 (0.815 %)Tivoli
32 (0.543 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
41 (0.272 %)BMC PATROL
41 (0.272 %)ServiceCenter
41 (0.272 %)AssetCenter
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
156 (15.22 %)Oracle
232 (8.696 %)Microsoft
320 (5.435 %)SAP
416 (4.348 %)Remedy
57 (1.902 %)IBM
57 (1.902 %)Business Objects
57 (1.902 %)Hyperion
66 (1.630 %)Citrix
74 (1.087 %)HP
74 (1.087 %)Cognos
74 (1.087 %)Progress
82 (0.543 %)Cisco
82 (0.543 %)Nortel
82 (0.543 %)BMC
82 (0.543 %)BT
82 (0.543 %)Northgate
82 (0.543 %)Civica
82 (0.543 %)LANDesk
82 (0.543 %)SEEBURGER
91 (0.272 %)Endeca