The first table below looks at the demand for the Support Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the Docklands, London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Support 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 Docklands, London 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
Support Analyst
Rank 28 26 42
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +16
Contract jobs requiring a Support Analyst 2 5 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Docklands, London 1.170% 2.370% 2.488%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.220% 2.618% 2.679%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 11
Average daily rate - £450 £335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +34.32%
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £220 £215
% change year-on-year
+13.63% +2.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £26.00 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +13.04%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.50 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-9.67% +3.33%
All Job Titles
Docklands, London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
164 191 560
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Docklands, London 95.91% 90.52% 92.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 123 274
Average daily rate £475 £488 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.56% -11.36%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £350 £375
10% offered a daily rate of more than £625 £625 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 4
Average hourly rate £45.00 £27.50 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+63.63% +44.73%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Support Analyst
London

Support Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Docklands, London Support Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Support Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Support Analyst across the Docklands, London region.

Docklands, London Support Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Support Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Support Analyst across the Docklands, London region.

Docklands, London Support Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Support Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 3 (50.00%) Finance
1 3 (50.00%) VBA
1 3 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (33.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 2 (33.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 2 (33.33%) Reuters
2 2 (33.33%) XML
2 2 (33.33%) .NET
2 2 (33.33%) Oracle
2 2 (33.33%) C#
2 2 (33.33%) SQL
2 2 (33.33%) VBScript
2 2 (33.33%) VB
2 2 (33.33%) VB6
2 2 (33.33%) RMDS
2 2 (33.33%) 3000 Xtra
2 2 (33.33%) Cadis
3 1 (16.67%) Aveksa
3 1 (16.67%) Windows 8
3 1 (16.67%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
3 1 (16.67%) Lync
3 1 (16.67%) XML Messaging
3 1 (16.67%) Service Management
3 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
3 1 (16.67%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
3 1 (16.67%) Derivative
3 1 (16.67%) Problem Management
3 1 (16.67%) Release Management
3 1 (16.67%) Test Scripting
3 1 (16.67%) Electronic Trading

Support Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 2 (33.33%) XML
1 2 (33.33%) .NET
2 1 (16.67%) XML Messaging
Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) Lync
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (33.33%) RMDS
1 2 (33.33%) 3000 Xtra
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (50.00%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (16.67%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows 8
1 1 (16.67%) UNIX
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
1 1 (16.67%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) Service Management
1 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
1 1 (16.67%) Problem Management
1 1 (16.67%) Release Management
1 1 (16.67%) Test Scripting
1 1 (16.67%) Electronic Trading
1 1 (16.67%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) VBA
2 2 (33.33%) C#
2 2 (33.33%) SQL
2 2 (33.33%) VBScript
2 2 (33.33%) VB
2 2 (33.33%) VB6
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Reuters
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle
1 2 (33.33%) Cadis
2 1 (16.67%) Aveksa
2 1 (16.67%) Business Objects
2 1 (16.67%) Symantec