The first table below looks at the demand for Data Analysis skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Data Analysis over the 3 months to 23 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Cheshire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Data Analysis
Rank 41 62 60
Rank change year-on-year
+21 -2
Contract jobs citing Data Analysis 21 4 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 2.873% 0.501% 1.212%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.804% 0.820% 1.765%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 3 7
Average daily rate £238 £188 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+26.93% -35.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £166 £130 £267
10% offered a daily rate of more than £311 £438 £408
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 £348
% change year-on-year
-7.14% +0.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £13.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.00 £21.75 £21.79
% change year-on-year
+5.74% -0.18%
All Processes & Methodologies
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
552 488 680
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 75.51% 61.15% 68.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 228 249 375
Average daily rate £375 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.92% +7.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £270 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £465 £500 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 12 25
Average hourly rate £40.57 £22.41 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+81.03% +12.05%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.95 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.28 £31.10 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
Data Analysis
North West

Data Analysis
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Data Analysis across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Cheshire Data Analysis Jobs Demand Trend

Data Analysis
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheshire Data Analysis Daily Rate Trend

Data Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Data Analysis across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Cheshire Data Analysis Daily Rate Histogram

Data Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cheshire Data Analysis Hourly Rate Trend

Data Analysis
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Analysis within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Knutsford - 6 £226 -
Chester - 1 - -
Data Analysis
North West

Data Analysis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing Data Analysis also 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 that cited Data Analysis.

1 12 (48.00%) Finance
1 12 (48.00%) Windows
2 10 (40.00%) Citrix
2 10 (40.00%) Migration
3 7 (28.00%) XenApp
4 5 (20.00%) Banking
4 5 (20.00%) Application Packaging
4 5 (20.00%) Validation
5 4 (16.00%) MSI
5 4 (16.00%) MVC
5 4 (16.00%) Microsoft App-V
5 4 (16.00%) AppSense
5 4 (16.00%) PhD
5 4 (16.00%) C
5 4 (16.00%) C#
5 4 (16.00%) C++
5 4 (16.00%) SQL
5 4 (16.00%) .NET
5 4 (16.00%) MFC
5 4 (16.00%) ASP.NET
5 4 (16.00%) Servlets
5 4 (16.00%) Web Services
5 4 (16.00%) XSL
5 4 (16.00%) XSLT
5 4 (16.00%) XPath
5 4 (16.00%) WCF
5 4 (16.00%) XenDesktop
5 4 (16.00%) HTML5
5 4 (16.00%) Web Application Development
6 3 (12.00%) Windows 7

Data Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing Data Analysis also 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 that cited Data Analysis. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (20.00%) Application Packaging
2 4 (16.00%) .NET
2 4 (16.00%) MFC
2 4 (16.00%) ASP.NET
2 4 (16.00%) Servlets
2 4 (16.00%) Web Services
2 4 (16.00%) XSL
2 4 (16.00%) XSLT
2 4 (16.00%) WCF
2 4 (16.00%) HTML5
3 3 (12.00%) jQuery
3 3 (12.00%) JSON
3 3 (12.00%) CSS
4 1 (4.000%) REST
4 1 (4.000%) RESTful
4 1 (4.000%) XML
Application Platforms
1 2 (8.000%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (12.00%) MS Excel
2 2 (8.000%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (4.000%) MS Visio
3 1 (4.000%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (4.000%) SAP BPC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (12.00%) SQLite
2 1 (4.000%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 4 (16.00%) MSI
General
1 12 (48.00%) Finance
2 5 (20.00%) Banking
3 1 (4.000%) Corporate Banking
3 1 (4.000%) Telecoms
3 1 (4.000%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 14 (56.00%) Analyst
2 5 (20.00%) Business Analyst
3 4 (16.00%) Developer
3 4 (16.00%) Web Developer
3 4 (16.00%) Data Analyst
4 3 (12.00%) .NET Applications Developer
4 3 (12.00%) .NET Developer
4 3 (12.00%) Web Applications Developer
4 3 (12.00%) .NET Web Developer
4 3 (12.00%) Applications Developer
5 2 (8.000%) Architect
5 2 (8.000%) Data Modeller
5 2 (8.000%) Build Engineer
5 2 (8.000%) Senior Data Modeller
6 1 (4.000%) NHS Data Analyst
6 1 (4.000%) Citrix Architect
6 1 (4.000%) Senior Information Analyst
6 1 (4.000%) Financial Analyst
6 1 (4.000%) C Developer
6 1 (4.000%) MI Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.000%) Reference Data
2 1 (4.000%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 12 (48.00%) Windows
2 3 (12.00%) Windows 7
2 3 (12.00%) Windows CE
2 3 (12.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (4.000%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (40.00%) Migration
2 5 (20.00%) Validation
3 4 (16.00%) MVC
3 4 (16.00%) Web Application Development
4 3 (12.00%) Web Development
4 3 (12.00%) Agile Software Development
5 2 (8.000%) Identity Management
5 2 (8.000%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (8.000%) Data Modelling
5 2 (8.000%) Information Management
5 2 (8.000%) Business Analysis
6 1 (4.000%) Data Architecture
6 1 (4.000%) Data Migration
6 1 (4.000%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (4.000%) OO
6 1 (4.000%) ITIL
6 1 (4.000%) Information Security
6 1 (4.000%) Workflow
6 1 (4.000%) Service Management
6 1 (4.000%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 4 (16.00%) C
1 4 (16.00%) C#
1 4 (16.00%) C++
1 4 (16.00%) SQL
1 4 (16.00%) XPath
2 3 (12.00%) Java
2 3 (12.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (16.00%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.000%) QA
2 1 (4.000%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (4.000%) COBIT
2 1 (4.000%) SLA
2 1 (4.000%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 7 (28.00%) XenApp
2 4 (16.00%) Microsoft App-V
2 4 (16.00%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 3 (12.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 10 (40.00%) Citrix
2 4 (16.00%) AppSense
3 1 (4.000%) IBM
3 1 (4.000%) HP
3 1 (4.000%) Cognos
3 1 (4.000%) SAP