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The table below looks at the demand for the Desktop 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 Desktop Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Desktop Analyst
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank173149
Rank change on same period last yearDown-24
Matching contract IT job ads3344
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.046 %0.044 %
As % of the category below0.458 %0.673 %
Daily rates quoted1210
Average minimum daily rate£207£220
Average daily rate£221£234
% change on same period last year-5.44 %
Average maximum daily rate£235£248
UK excluding London average daily rate£187£161
% change on same period last year+15.73 %
Hourly rates quoted713
Average minimum hourly rate£16.86£20.23
Average hourly rate£18.50£21.46
% change on same period last year-13.79 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.14£22.69
UK excluding London average hourly rate£15.90£15.48
% change on same period last year+2.71 %
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads71986535
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled10.13 %6.604 %
Daily rates quoted38872676
Average minimum daily rate£407£444
Average daily rate£443£472
% change on same period last year-6.13 %
Average maximum daily rate£479£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£353
% change on same period last year-0.20 %
Hourly rates quoted315235
Average minimum hourly rate£22.77£22.97
Average hourly rate£24.61£24.27
% change on same period last year+1.40 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.45£25.57
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.76£25.22
% change on same period last year-5.77 %
Desktop Analyst LondonDesktop 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.

Desktop Analyst
Demand Trend

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

City of London Desktop Analyst Demand Trend

Desktop Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London Desktop Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Desktop Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Desktop Analyst across the City of London region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

City of London Desktop Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Desktop Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

City of London Desktop Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Desktop Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Desktop Analyst across the City of London region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

City of London Desktop Analyst Hourly Rate Histogram

Desktop Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region that cited Desktop 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 Desktop Analyst in their job title.

153 (60.23 %)Windows
234 (38.64 %)Banking
333 (37.50 %)MS Office
430 (34.09 %)Windows XP
430 (34.09 %)Active Directory
526 (29.55 %)Blackberry
526 (29.55 %)Microsoft
624 (27.27 %)Finance
721 (23.86 %)Bloomberg
721 (23.86 %)Microsoft Certification
820 (22.73 %)Reuters
919 (21.59 %)Investment Banking
1017 (19.32 %)Windows Server 2003
1116 (18.18 %)ITIL
1116 (18.18 %)Windows 2000
1215 (17.05 %)MS Exchange
1314 (15.91 %)MS Excel
1412 (13.64 %)MCSE
1412 (13.64 %)VPN
159 (10.23 %)Insurance
159 (10.23 %)Citrix
168 (9.091 %)Degree
168 (9.091 %)Asset Management
177 (7.955 %)Law
177 (7.955 %)Problem Management
186 (6.818 %)Legal
186 (6.818 %)TCP/IP
186 (6.818 %)SLA
186 (6.818 %)MCP
195 (5.682 %)MCSA

Desktop Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region that cited Desktop 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 Desktop Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (3.409 %)Application Packaging
22 (2.273 %)Software Packaging
31 (1.136 %)HTML
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
115 (17.05 %)MS Exchange
24 (4.545 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
24 (4.545 %)Exchange Server 2003
33 (3.409 %)Lotus Notes
41 (1.136 %)SharePoint
41 (1.136 %)Exchange Server 2000
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
133 (37.50 %)MS Office
214 (15.91 %)MS Excel
31 (1.136 %)MS Project
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (1.136 %)Temenos Globus
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
112 (13.64 %)VPN
26 (6.818 %)TCP/IP
35 (5.682 %)DHCP
44 (4.545 %)DNS
53 (3.409 %)LAN
53 (3.409 %)VoIP
62 (2.273 %)WAN
62 (2.273 %)SMS
62 (2.273 %)Internet
62 (2.273 %)IP Telephony
71 (1.136 %)Broadband
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (1.136 %)SQL Server
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (1.136 %)FrontPage
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
134 (38.64 %)Banking
224 (27.27 %)Finance
319 (21.59 %)Investment Banking
49 (10.23 %)Insurance
57 (7.955 %)Law
66 (6.818 %)Legal
75 (5.682 %)Back Office
75 (5.682 %)Financial Institution
82 (2.273 %)Front Office
82 (2.273 %)Education
91 (1.136 %)Government
91 (1.136 %)Marketing
91 (1.136 %)Auditing
91 (1.136 %)Games
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
126 (29.55 %)Blackberry
22 (2.273 %)Thin Client
22 (2.273 %)Fat Client
31 (1.136 %)Video Conferencing
31 (1.136 %)Client/Server
31 (1.136 %)Clustering
31 (1.136 %)PDA
31 (1.136 %)Greek Language
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
153 (60.23 %)Windows
230 (34.09 %)Windows XP
317 (19.32 %)Windows Server 2003
416 (18.18 %)Windows 2000
54 (4.545 %)NetWare
63 (3.409 %)Windows NT
72 (2.273 %)Windows Vista
72 (2.273 %)Windows 2000 Server
81 (1.136 %)Windows Mobile
81 (1.136 %)UNIX
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
116 (18.18 %)ITIL
28 (9.091 %)Asset Management
37 (7.955 %)Problem Management
45 (5.682 %)Service Management
54 (4.545 %)Configuration Management
54 (4.545 %)Document Management
61 (1.136 %)Fund Management
61 (1.136 %)Security Cleared
61 (1.136 %)Service Delivery
61 (1.136 %)Change Management
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (4.545 %)VB
22 (2.273 %)VBScript
22 (2.273 %)C
31 (1.136 %)SQL
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
121 (23.86 %)Microsoft Certification
212 (13.64 %)MCSE
38 (9.091 %)Degree
46 (6.818 %)MCP
55 (5.682 %)MCSA
64 (4.545 %)ITIL Certification
71 (1.136 %)MOS
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
16 (6.818 %)SLA
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
130 (34.09 %)Active Directory
23 (3.409 %)NetBackup
32 (2.273 %)Citrix Presentation Server
32 (2.273 %)Terminal Server
41 (1.136 %)VMware ESX
41 (1.136 %)VMware Infrastructure
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (4.545 %)ZENworks
22 (2.273 %)SCCM
31 (1.136 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
31 (1.136 %)WSUS
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
126 (29.55 %)Microsoft
221 (23.86 %)Bloomberg
320 (22.73 %)Reuters
49 (10.23 %)Citrix
54 (4.545 %)Fidessa
54 (4.545 %)HP
54 (4.545 %)Cisco
63 (3.409 %)IBM
63 (3.409 %)Dell
63 (3.409 %)Remedy
63 (3.409 %)Novell
63 (3.409 %)Lotus
63 (3.409 %)Proquote
72 (2.273 %)Apple
72 (2.273 %)VERITAS
72 (2.273 %)McAfee Security
72 (2.273 %)VMware
72 (2.273 %)Altiris
72 (2.273 %)Interwoven
72 (2.273 %)NetApp