Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the Analyst role in IT contracts within the Chester 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 5 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAnalyst
Location
3 months to
5 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank21
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching contract IT job ads6355
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.103 %0.060 %
As % of the category below31.50 %30.39 %
Daily rates quoted66
Average minimum daily rate£262£328
Average daily rate£267£329
% change on same period last year-18.88 %
Average maximum daily rate£272£331
UK excluding London average daily rate£333£332
% change on same period last year+0.31 %
Hourly rates quoted237
Average minimum hourly rate£18.33£22.07
Average hourly rate£18.78£22.64
% change on same period last year-17.04 %
Average maximum hourly rate£19.24£23.21
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.21£18.46
% change on same period last year+4.11 %
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Chester
Matching contract IT job ads200181
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.326 %0.198 %
Daily rates quoted2722
Average minimum daily rate£266£281
Average daily rate£269£288
% change on same period last year-6.56 %
Average maximum daily rate£272£295
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£352
% change on same period last year+0.07 %
Hourly rates quoted5514
Average minimum hourly rate£22.54£26.61
Average hourly rate£24.13£26.82
% change on same period last year-10.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.73£27.03
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.18£23.82
% change on same period last year-2.68 %
Analyst CheshireAnalyst
Cheshire

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 Chester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester 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 Chester region over the 3 months to 5 December 2008.

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester 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 Chester region over the 3 months to 5 December 2008.

Chester Analyst Hourly Rate Histogram

Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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.

133 (31.43 %)ITIL
224 (22.86 %)Finance
320 (19.05 %)Change Management
418 (17.14 %)Remedy
515 (14.29 %)UNIX
515 (14.29 %)SQL
515 (14.29 %)Microsoft
611 (10.48 %)Project Management
710 (9.524 %)Oracle
710 (9.524 %)Windows
89 (8.571 %)MS Office
89 (8.571 %)Service Management
98 (7.619 %)Test Scripting
98 (7.619 %)Service Delivery
107 (6.667 %)MS Visio
107 (6.667 %)Incident Management
116 (5.714 %)Business Analysis
116 (5.714 %)Banking
116 (5.714 %)User Acceptance Testing
116 (5.714 %)MS Project
116 (5.714 %)TOAD
116 (5.714 %)SAP
116 (5.714 %)AIX
116 (5.714 %)PL/SQL
116 (5.714 %)Oracle EBS
116 (5.714 %)Mainframe
125 (4.762 %)TestDirector
125 (4.762 %)Government
125 (4.762 %)SQL Server
125 (4.762 %)C#

Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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.

Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (3.810 %)XML
23 (2.857 %)SOAP
23 (2.857 %)WebServices
23 (2.857 %).NET
23 (2.857 %)ASP.NET
32 (1.905 %)Middleware
41 (0.952 %)WebSphere
41 (0.952 %)HTML
41 (0.952 %)CSS
41 (0.952 %)J2EE
41 (0.952 %)ASP
41 (0.952 %)XSLT
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (2.857 %)IIS
13 (2.857 %)BizTalk Server
22 (1.905 %)Oracle Workflow
22 (1.905 %)Apache
22 (1.905 %)Tomcat
22 (1.905 %)SharePoint
31 (0.952 %)MS Exchange
31 (0.952 %)SAS
31 (0.952 %)CICS
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
19 (8.571 %)MS Office
27 (6.667 %)MS Visio
36 (5.714 %)MS Project
43 (2.857 %)InfoPath
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
16 (5.714 %)Oracle EBS
24 (3.810 %)SAP APO
33 (2.857 %)Oracle Financials
42 (1.905 %)Remedy ITSM
51 (0.952 %)Oracle 11i
51 (0.952 %)VisionPLUS
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (1.905 %)Internet
21 (0.952 %)Firewall
21 (0.952 %)IP Telephony
21 (0.952 %)SSH
21 (0.952 %)Broadband
21 (0.952 %)TCP/IP
21 (0.952 %)DNS
21 (0.952 %)SSL
21 (0.952 %)DMZ
21 (0.952 %)CTI
21 (0.952 %)Intranet
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (5.714 %)TOAD
25 (4.762 %)SQL Server
34 (3.810 %)SAP BW
43 (2.857 %)Oracle Discoverer
43 (2.857 %)MS Access
51 (0.952 %)DB2
51 (0.952 %)SQL Server 7
51 (0.952 %)SQL Server 2000
51 (0.952 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
51 (0.952 %)SQL Server 2005
51 (0.952 %)Base SAS
51 (0.952 %)SAS Enterprise Guide
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (4.762 %)TestDirector
23 (2.857 %)Visual Studio
31 (0.952 %)QuickTest Pro
31 (0.952 %)ProC
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
124 (22.86 %)Finance
26 (5.714 %)Banking
35 (4.762 %)Local Government
35 (4.762 %)Government
42 (1.905 %)Marketing
42 (1.905 %)FMCG
51 (0.952 %)Manufacturing
51 (0.952 %)Pharmaceutical
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
16 (5.714 %)Mainframe
25 (4.762 %)French Language
34 (3.810 %)Italian Language
34 (3.810 %)N-Tier
43 (2.857 %)Dutch Language
43 (2.857 %)Spanish Language
52 (1.905 %)Management Information System
52 (1.905 %)Clustering
61 (0.952 %)PDA
61 (0.952 %)IBM Mainframe
61 (0.952 %)NHS
61 (0.952 %)HACMP
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
115 (14.29 %)UNIX
210 (9.524 %)Windows
36 (5.714 %)AIX
45 (4.762 %)Linux
45 (4.762 %)Windows XP
54 (3.810 %)VMS
61 (0.952 %)zOS
61 (0.952 %)Windows Server 2003
61 (0.952 %)Tru64
61 (0.952 %)Windows 2000 Server
61 (0.952 %)HPUX
61 (0.952 %)Solaris
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
133 (31.43 %)ITIL
220 (19.05 %)Change Management
311 (10.48 %)Project Management
49 (8.571 %)Service Management
58 (7.619 %)Service Delivery
58 (7.619 %)Test Scripting
67 (6.667 %)Incident Management
76 (5.714 %)User Acceptance Testing
76 (5.714 %)Business Analysis
84 (3.810 %)Six Sigma
84 (3.810 %)Regression Testing
84 (3.810 %)CRM
84 (3.810 %)E-Commerce
84 (3.810 %)Use Case
93 (2.857 %)OO
93 (2.857 %)Quality Management
93 (2.857 %)Extreme Programming
102 (1.905 %)Information Management
102 (1.905 %)Risk Assessment
102 (1.905 %)Software Testing
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
115 (14.29 %)SQL
26 (5.714 %)PL/SQL
35 (4.762 %)C#
35 (4.762 %)COBOL
44 (3.810 %)Java
44 (3.810 %)C
53 (2.857 %)C++
53 (2.857 %)Transact-SQL
62 (1.905 %)Perl
71 (0.952 %)VB
71 (0.952 %)VB6
71 (0.952 %)JavaScript
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (4.762 %)ISEB
24 (3.810 %)ITIL Certification
31 (0.952 %)Citrix Certification
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (2.857 %)SLA
22 (1.905 %)BS15000
22 (1.905 %)ISO9000
31 (0.952 %)QA
31 (0.952 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (4.762 %)Active Directory
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (0.952 %)OpenView
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
118 (17.14 %)Remedy
215 (14.29 %)Microsoft
310 (9.524 %)Oracle
46 (5.714 %)SAP
52 (1.905 %)HP
61 (0.952 %)Citrix
61 (0.952 %)Avaya
61 (0.952 %)BMC
61 (0.952 %)VERITAS
61 (0.952 %)TIBCO
61 (0.952 %)IBM
61 (0.952 %)Perforce