East Midlands Data Analysis Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Data Analysis skills within the East Midlands region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Data Analysis over the 3 months to 8 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Data Analysis
Location Basildon Basingstoke Bath Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentwood Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Caerphilly Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cheltenham Cheshire Chester City of London Coventry Docklands, London Dorset East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Farnborough Feltham Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Hampshire Harlow Hertfordshire High Wycombe Isleworth Kent Leeds Leek Leicestershire Liverpool London M4 Corridor Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Poole Portsmouth Reading Rickmansworth Scotland Slough Solihull Somerset South East South Wales South West Southampton Southend-on-Sea St Albans Staffordshire Staines Stirling Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Tadworth Thames Valley Tunbridge Wells Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire West Bromwich West Lothian West Midlands West Wales West Yorkshire Wetherby Wilmslow Wiltshire Winchester Wolverhampton York Yorkshire	3 months to 8 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	58	70
Rank change on same period last year	+12
Matching contract IT job ads	33	20
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.046 %	0.021 %
As % of the category below	3.587 %	2.130 %
Daily rates quoted	20	3
Average minimum daily rate	£405	£350
Average daily rate	£424	£375
% change on same period last year	+13.00 %
Average maximum daily rate	£443	£400
UK excluding London average daily rate	£377	£350
% change on same period last year	+7.78 %
Hourly rates quoted	3	8
Average minimum hourly rate	£17.33	£18.63
Average hourly rate	£19.17	£22.25
% change on same period last year	-13.85 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£21.00	£25.88
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.37	£23.79
% change on same period last year	-1.77 %
Processes & Methodologies East Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	920	939
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.288 %	0.963 %
Daily rates quoted	307	192
Average minimum daily rate	£378	£351
Average daily rate	£401	£374
% change on same period last year	+7.16 %
Average maximum daily rate	£424	£397
UK excluding London average daily rate	£377	£371
% change on same period last year	+1.67 %
Hourly rates quoted	70	120
Average minimum hourly rate	£28.77	£24.39
Average hourly rate	£31.27	£26.52
% change on same period last year	+17.93 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£33.78	£28.64
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.37	£30.00
% change on same period last year	-2.09 %
Data Analysis England

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.

Data Analysis
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Data Analysis across the East Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Data Analysis
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Data Analysis across the East Midlands region.

Data Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Data Analysis across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 8 October 2008.

Data Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Data Analysis across the East Midlands region.

Data Analysis
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Data Analysis across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 8 October 2008.

Data Analysis
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Analysis within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 8 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Northamptonshire	+23	23	£432	+1.63 %
Leicestershire	+10	2	-	-
Nottinghamshire	+3	2	-	-

Data Analysis England

Data Analysis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region citing Data Analysis also 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 that cited Data Analysis.

1 30 (40.00 %) Finance 2 19 (25.33 %) Banking 3 11 (14.67 %) Spreadsheet 4 10 (13.33 %) Business Analysis 4 10 (13.33 %) Microsoft 5 9 (12.00 %) Data Modelling 5 9 (12.00 %) NHS 5 9 (12.00 %) Project Management 6 8 (10.67 %) SQL 6 8 (10.67 %) MS Access 6 8 (10.67 %) Retail 7 7 (9.333 %) Retail Banking 7 7 (9.333 %) SAS 7 7 (9.333 %) MS Excel 8 6 (8.000 %) Datawarehouse

8 6 (8.000 %) SAP 8 6 (8.000 %) Migration 8 6 (8.000 %) Stakeholder Management 9 5 (6.667 %) Data Management 9 5 (6.667 %) UML 9 5 (6.667 %) VBA 9 5 (6.667 %) Six Sigma 10 4 (5.333 %) Risk Management 11 3 (4.000 %) Degree 11 3 (4.000 %) CA Clarity 11 3 (4.000 %) Marketing 11 3 (4.000 %) PCI DSS 11 3 (4.000 %) Requirements Analysis 11 3 (4.000 %) Data Migration 11 3 (4.000 %) Health

Data Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region citing Data Analysis also 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 that cited Data Analysis. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 1 (1.333 %) .NET	Application Platforms 1 7 (9.333 %) SAS
Applications 1 11 (14.67 %) Spreadsheet 2 7 (9.333 %) MS Excel 3 3 (4.000 %) MS Office 3 3 (4.000 %) CA Clarity 4 1 (1.333 %) SPSS	Communications & Networking 1 1 (1.333 %) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence 1 8 (10.67 %) MS Access 2 6 (8.000 %) Datawarehouse 3 3 (4.000 %) SAP BW 4 2 (2.667 %) SAS Enterprise Guide 4 2 (2.667 %) BusinessObjects 5 1 (1.333 %) Cognos Powerplay	Development Applications 1 3 (4.000 %) ERwin 2 2 (2.667 %) Rational Rose 2 2 (2.667 %) RequisitePro
General 1 30 (40.00 %) Finance 2 19 (25.33 %) Banking 3 8 (10.67 %) Retail 4 7 (9.333 %) Retail Banking 5 3 (4.000 %) Health 5 3 (4.000 %) Marketing 6 2 (2.667 %) Multimedia 6 2 (2.667 %) Local Government 6 2 (2.667 %) Electric 6 2 (2.667 %) Government 7 1 (1.333 %) Back Office 7 1 (1.333 %) Telecoms 7 1 (1.333 %) Pensions 7 1 (1.333 %) Publishing 7 1 (1.333 %) International Banking	Job Titles 1 66 (88.00 %) Analyst 2 25 (33.33 %) Business Analyst 3 20 (26.67 %) Data Analyst 4 8 (10.67 %) Information Analyst 5 5 (6.667 %) Procurement Analyst 6 4 (5.333 %) MI Analyst 6 4 (5.333 %) Project Manager 7 2 (2.667 %) Developer 7 2 (2.667 %) Systems Analyst 7 2 (2.667 %) Consultant 7 2 (2.667 %) Systems Designer 7 2 (2.667 %) Administrator 7 2 (2.667 %) Banking Business Analyst 7 2 (2.667 %) Access Developer 7 2 (2.667 %) SAS Analyst 7 2 (2.667 %) VBA Developer 7 2 (2.667 %) Data Administrator 8 1 (1.333 %) Financial Business Analyst 8 1 (1.333 %) SAS Consultant 8 1 (1.333 %) Data Manager
Miscellaneous 1 9 (12.00 %) NHS 2 2 (2.667 %) Statistics 2 2 (2.667 %) Mathematics 3 1 (1.333 %) Credit Risk 3 1 (1.333 %) N-Tier 3 1 (1.333 %) Management Information System 3 1 (1.333 %) APACS 3 1 (1.333 %) NLPG	Processes & Methodologies 1 10 (13.33 %) Business Analysis 2 9 (12.00 %) Data Modelling 2 9 (12.00 %) Project Management 3 6 (8.000 %) Migration 3 6 (8.000 %) Stakeholder Management 4 5 (6.667 %) Data Management 4 5 (6.667 %) Six Sigma 4 5 (6.667 %) UML 5 4 (5.333 %) Risk Management 6 3 (4.000 %) Data Migration 6 3 (4.000 %) Requirements Analysis 6 3 (4.000 %) SSADM 6 3 (4.000 %) DSDM 6 3 (4.000 %) PRINCE2 6 3 (4.000 %) Change Management 6 3 (4.000 %) GAP Analysis 7 2 (2.667 %) Data Security 7 2 (2.667 %) PRINCE 7 2 (2.667 %) BPR 7 2 (2.667 %) CRM
Programming Languages 1 8 (10.67 %) SQL 2 5 (6.667 %) VBA 3 2 (2.667 %) Transact-SQL 4 1 (1.333 %) VB 4 1 (1.333 %) C	Qualifications 1 3 (4.000 %) Degree 2 1 (1.333 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 2 1 (1.333 %) Citrix Certification 2 1 (1.333 %) PRINCE2 Certification 2 1 (1.333 %) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 3 (4.000 %) PCI DSS 2 1 (1.333 %) QA	Vendors 1 10 (13.33 %) Microsoft 2 6 (8.000 %) SAP 3 3 (4.000 %) IBM 4 2 (2.667 %) Chordiant 4 2 (2.667 %) Oracle 4 2 (2.667 %) Business Objects 5 1 (1.333 %) Cognos 5 1 (1.333 %) Sun