Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the Analyst role in IT contracts within the Croydon 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 1 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAnalyst
Location
3 months to
1 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank82
Rank change on same period last yearDown-6
Matching contract IT job ads2150
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.033 %0.053 %
As % of the category below15.11 %30.49 %
Daily rates quoted817
Average minimum daily rate£287£335
Average daily rate£315£353
% change on same period last year-10.68 %
Average maximum daily rate£344£371
UK excluding London average daily rate£333£331
% change on same period last year+0.45 %
Hourly rates quoted17
Average minimum hourly rate£10.00£11.01
Average hourly rate£12.50£11.51
% change on same period last year+8.56 %
Average maximum hourly rate£15.00£12.01
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.26£18.50
% change on same period last year+4.07 %
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Croydon
Matching contract IT job ads139164
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.220 %0.175 %
Daily rates quoted5048
Average minimum daily rate£360£350
Average daily rate£395£364
% change on same period last year+8.49 %
Average maximum daily rate£430£378
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£351
% change on same period last year+0.46 %
Hourly rates quoted1022
Average minimum hourly rate£18.42£23.49
Average hourly rate£20.29£25.20
% change on same period last year-19.48 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.16£26.91
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.14£24.11
% change on same period last year-4.03 %
Analyst LondonAnalyst
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.

Analyst
Demand Trend

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

Croydon 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 Croydon region.

Croydon 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 Croydon region over the 3 months to 1 December 2008.

Croydon 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 Croydon region.

Croydon Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Croydon 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.

126 (56.52 %)Finance
214 (30.43 %)SQL
313 (28.26 %)Pensions
48 (17.39 %)Windows
57 (15.22 %)SQL Server
66 (13.04 %).NET
66 (13.04 %)MS Excel
66 (13.04 %)Banking
75 (10.87 %)UNIX
75 (10.87 %)MS Office
75 (10.87 %)C
75 (10.87 %)COBOL
75 (10.87 %)VMS
84 (8.696 %)zOS
84 (8.696 %)Publishing
84 (8.696 %)C#
84 (8.696 %)C++
84 (8.696 %)Java
84 (8.696 %)Perl
84 (8.696 %)Data Modelling
93 (6.522 %)UML
93 (6.522 %)Telecoms
93 (6.522 %)Windows Server 2003
93 (6.522 %)Active Directory
93 (6.522 %)ISEB
102 (4.348 %)HP
102 (4.348 %)SQL Server 2000
102 (4.348 %)Education
102 (4.348 %)Government
102 (4.348 %)ETL

Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Croydon 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.

Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (13.04 %).NET
22 (4.348 %)HTML
31 (2.174 %)ASP
31 (2.174 %)Middleware
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (4.348 %)CMS
21 (2.174 %)Exchange Server 2003
21 (2.174 %)MS Exchange
21 (2.174 %)TeamSite
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16 (13.04 %)MS Excel
25 (10.87 %)MS Office
31 (2.174 %)QuarkXPress
31 (2.174 %)Spreadsheet
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (2.174 %)Temenos Globus
11 (2.174 %)FLEXCUBE
11 (2.174 %)ADP Wilco Gloss
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (4.348 %)VoIP
21 (2.174 %)WAN
21 (2.174 %)Intranet
21 (2.174 %)Internet
21 (2.174 %)Wireless
21 (2.174 %)LAN
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (15.22 %)SQL Server
22 (4.348 %)SQL Server Integration Services
22 (4.348 %)ETL
22 (4.348 %)SQL Server 2000
31 (2.174 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
31 (2.174 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (2.174 %)Crystal Reports
31 (2.174 %)Datawarehouse
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (2.174 %)ERwin
11 (2.174 %)FrontPage
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
126 (56.52 %)Finance
213 (28.26 %)Pensions
36 (13.04 %)Banking
44 (8.696 %)Publishing
53 (6.522 %)Telecoms
62 (4.348 %)Education
62 (4.348 %)Government
62 (4.348 %)Insurance
71 (2.174 %)Retail Banking
71 (2.174 %)Auditing
71 (2.174 %)Health
71 (2.174 %)Financial Institution
71 (2.174 %)Retail
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (2.174 %)Mainframe
11 (2.174 %)Computer Science
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
18 (17.39 %)Windows
25 (10.87 %)VMS
25 (10.87 %)UNIX
34 (8.696 %)zOS
43 (6.522 %)Windows Server 2003
51 (2.174 %)Windows Vista
51 (2.174 %)Mac OS X
51 (2.174 %)AIX
51 (2.174 %)Solaris
51 (2.174 %)Windows XP
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (8.696 %)Data Modelling
23 (6.522 %)UML
32 (4.348 %)Content Management
32 (4.348 %)User Acceptance Testing
41 (2.174 %)Test Scripting
41 (2.174 %)Data Migration
41 (2.174 %)SC Cleared
41 (2.174 %)Security Cleared
41 (2.174 %)Business Analysis
41 (2.174 %)Requirements Analysis
41 (2.174 %)CRM
41 (2.174 %)E-Commerce
41 (2.174 %)Business Intelligence
41 (2.174 %)Six Sigma
41 (2.174 %)Disaster Recovery
41 (2.174 %)E-business
41 (2.174 %)Workflow
41 (2.174 %)Migration
41 (2.174 %)Scrum
41 (2.174 %)Business Continuity
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
114 (30.43 %)SQL
25 (10.87 %)C
25 (10.87 %)COBOL
34 (8.696 %)Java
34 (8.696 %)Perl
34 (8.696 %)C#
34 (8.696 %)C++
41 (2.174 %)Transact-SQL
41 (2.174 %)Shell Script
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (6.522 %)ISEB
22 (4.348 %)Degree
31 (2.174 %)Microsoft Certification
31 (2.174 %)ISEB Practitioner
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (6.522 %)Active Directory
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (4.348 %)Cisco
12 (4.348 %)Microsoft
12 (4.348 %)Oracle
12 (4.348 %)HP
21 (2.174 %)Apple
21 (2.174 %)Quark
21 (2.174 %)SAP
21 (2.174 %)Adobe
21 (2.174 %)Temenos