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The table below looks at the demand for the Applications Support Analyst role in IT contracts within the City of London 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 Applications Support Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 14 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Application Support Analyst
Location
3 months to
14 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank146116
Rank change on same period last yearDown-30
Matching contract IT job ads6687
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.095 %0.089 %
As % of the category below0.942 %1.346 %
Daily rates quoted4034
Average minimum daily rate£292£404
Average daily rate£335£431
% change on same period last year-22.12 %
Average maximum daily rate£379£457
UK excluding London average daily rate£273£236
% change on same period last year+15.84 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£20.00
Average hourly rate-£25.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.00£23.04
% change on same period last year-26.21 %
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads70076464
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled10.08 %6.583 %
Daily rates quoted37492656
Average minimum daily rate£406£445
Average daily rate£442£472
% change on same period last year-6.39 %
Average maximum daily rate£478£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£354£353
% change on same period last year+0.10 %
Hourly rates quoted311228
Average minimum hourly rate£22.98£23.28
Average hourly rate£24.85£24.66
% change on same period last year+0.78 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.72£26.03
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.66£25.05
% change on same period last year-5.55 %
Applications Support Analyst LondonApplications Support Analyst
London

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.

Applications Support Analyst
Demand Trend

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

City of London Applications Support Analyst Demand Trend

Applications Support Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Applications Support Analyst across the City of London region.

City of London Applications Support Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Applications Support Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Applications Support Analyst across the City of London region over the 3 months to 14 October 2008.

City of London Applications Support Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Applications Support Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Applications Support Analyst across the City of London region.

City of London Applications Support Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Applications Support Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 14 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region that cited Applications Support 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 Applications Support Analyst in their job title.

191 (63.19 %)SQL
278 (54.17 %)UNIX
361 (42.36 %)Banking
441 (28.47 %)Oracle
538 (26.39 %)Investment Banking
538 (26.39 %)Front Office
538 (26.39 %)Finance
635 (24.31 %)Fixed Income
729 (20.14 %)Windows
828 (19.44 %)Sybase
925 (17.36 %)Bloomberg
925 (17.36 %)Equities
1024 (16.67 %)Solaris
1123 (15.97 %)Linux
1222 (15.28 %)Perl
1321 (14.58 %)Reuters
1420 (13.89 %)Java
1519 (13.19 %)XML
1618 (12.50 %)SQL Server
1717 (11.81 %).NET
1717 (11.81 %)Shell Script
1816 (11.11 %)Algorithmic Trading
1915 (10.42 %)Derivative
2014 (9.722 %)TOAD
2112 (8.333 %)ITIL
2112 (8.333 %)VB
2112 (8.333 %)C
2112 (8.333 %)C++
2112 (8.333 %)Scrum
2211 (7.639 %)C#

Applications Support Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 14 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region that cited Applications Support 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 Applications Support Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
119 (13.19 %)XML
217 (11.81 %).NET
34 (2.778 %)Middleware
34 (2.778 %)WebSphere
34 (2.778 %)FIX Protocol
34 (2.778 %)HTML
43 (2.083 %)ASP
52 (1.389 %)Hibernate
61 (0.694 %)XSLT
61 (0.694 %)ASP.NET
61 (0.694 %)J2EE
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (2.778 %)WebLogic
14 (2.778 %)IIS
21 (0.694 %)Apache
21 (0.694 %)Documentum
21 (0.694 %)Commerce Server
21 (0.694 %)Content Management Server
21 (0.694 %)iPlanet
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16 (4.167 %)MS Excel
24 (2.778 %)MS Office
33 (2.083 %)Spreadsheet
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (1.389 %)Endur
12 (1.389 %)FRONT ARENA
21 (0.694 %)MAXIMO
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (2.083 %)Broadband
13 (2.083 %)LAN
13 (2.083 %)WAN
13 (2.083 %)Internet
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
118 (12.50 %)SQL Server
214 (9.722 %)TOAD
38 (5.556 %)RDBMS
44 (2.778 %)PowerCenter
53 (2.083 %)SQL Server 2000
62 (1.389 %)MS Access
62 (1.389 %)SQL Server 2005
71 (0.694 %)Crystal Reports
71 (0.694 %)UniData
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (1.389 %)JUnit
12 (1.389 %)Eclipse
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
161 (42.36 %)Banking
238 (26.39 %)Front Office
238 (26.39 %)Finance
238 (26.39 %)Investment Banking
36 (4.167 %)Back Office
45 (3.472 %)Education
52 (1.389 %)Financial Institution
61 (0.694 %)Retail
61 (0.694 %)Legal
61 (0.694 %)Retail Banking
61 (0.694 %)Online Banking
61 (0.694 %)Marketing
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
135 (24.31 %)Fixed Income
225 (17.36 %)Equities
315 (10.42 %)Derivative
46 (4.167 %)Statistics
54 (2.778 %)Social Network
54 (2.778 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
62 (1.389 %)Interest Rate Derivative
71 (0.694 %)Tandem
71 (0.694 %)Replication
71 (0.694 %)E-Learning
71 (0.694 %)Computer Science
71 (0.694 %)French Language
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
178 (54.17 %)UNIX
229 (20.14 %)Windows
324 (16.67 %)Solaris
423 (15.97 %)Linux
57 (4.861 %)Windows XP
64 (2.778 %)Windows Server 2003
72 (1.389 %)Windows 2000 Server
72 (1.389 %)Red Hat Linux
72 (1.389 %)Windows 2000
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
116 (11.11 %)Algorithmic Trading
212 (8.333 %)ITIL
212 (8.333 %)Scrum
39 (6.250 %)Asset Management
48 (5.556 %)Investment Management
57 (4.861 %)User Acceptance Testing
57 (4.861 %)Extreme Programming
57 (4.861 %)Agile Software Development
66 (4.167 %)CRM
75 (3.472 %)E-Commerce
84 (2.778 %)OO
84 (2.778 %)Release Management
84 (2.778 %)Wealth Management
84 (2.778 %)Systems Analysis
93 (2.083 %)Business Analysis
93 (2.083 %)Performance Management
93 (2.083 %)BCP
93 (2.083 %)Regression Testing
102 (1.389 %)Risk Management
102 (1.389 %)Service Delivery
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
191 (63.19 %)SQL
222 (15.28 %)Perl
320 (13.89 %)Java
417 (11.81 %)Shell Script
512 (8.333 %)C++
512 (8.333 %)VB
512 (8.333 %)C
611 (7.639 %)C#
75 (3.472 %)VBScript
84 (2.778 %)PL/SQL
93 (2.083 %)VBA
102 (1.389 %)Python
102 (1.389 %)Transact-SQL
102 (1.389 %)VB.NET
111 (0.694 %)VB6
111 (0.694 %)Ruby
111 (0.694 %)Korn
111 (0.694 %)JavaScript
111 (0.694 %)Tcl
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
110 (6.944 %)Degree
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (2.778 %)QA
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (2.778 %)CONTROL-M
22 (1.389 %)AutoSys
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
141 (28.47 %)Oracle
228 (19.44 %)Sybase
325 (17.36 %)Bloomberg
421 (14.58 %)Reuters
58 (5.556 %)Siebel
67 (4.861 %)JD Edwards
75 (3.472 %)Microsoft
84 (2.778 %)Actuate
84 (2.778 %)Sophis
93 (2.083 %)OpenLink
102 (1.389 %)ION Trading
102 (1.389 %)Infor
102 (1.389 %)Red Hat
102 (1.389 %)Citrix
102 (1.389 %)Murex
102 (1.389 %)Cognos
111 (0.694 %)IBM
111 (0.694 %)Calypso
111 (0.694 %)Sun
111 (0.694 %)EasyScreen