The first table below looks at the demand for the Service Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the Chester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Service Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 Job Titles advertised for the Chester 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Service Analyst
Rank 20 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring a Service Analyst 5 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester 3.597% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 3.788% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £136 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £120 £138 £125
% change year-on-year
-12.72% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £12.50 £13.50 £12.00
% change year-on-year
-7.40% +12.50%
All Job Titles
Chester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
132 112 151
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester 94.96% 95.73% 92.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 39 50
Average daily rate £325 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.33% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £156 £238 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £451 £475 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 1 6
Average hourly rate £40.00 £50.00 £45.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% +11.11%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £50.00 £10.55
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £50.00 £47.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Service Analyst
Cheshire

Service Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chester Service Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Service Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

Chester Service Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Service Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Chester Service Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Service Analyst
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Chester region that cited Service 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 Service Analyst in their job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Service Delivery
2 8 (80.00%) ITIL
3 3 (30.00%) ITIL Certification
3 3 (30.00%) Service Management
4 2 (20.00%) Blackberry
4 2 (20.00%) SharePoint
4 2 (20.00%) SLA
5 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
5 1 (10.00%) Remedy
5 1 (10.00%) MS Excel
5 1 (10.00%) MS Office
5 1 (10.00%) SAP
5 1 (10.00%) Project Management
5 1 (10.00%) ITSM
5 1 (10.00%) Finance
5 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (10.00%) Supplier Management
5 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement

Service Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Chester region that cited Service 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 Service Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (10.00%) MS Office
General
1 1 (10.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Blackberry
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Service Delivery
2 8 (80.00%) ITIL
3 3 (30.00%) Service Management
4 1 (10.00%) Project Management
4 1 (10.00%) ITSM
4 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (10.00%) Supplier Management
4 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (10.00%) Remedy
1 1 (10.00%) SAP