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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Edinburgh region.

 Analyst
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank222
Rank change year-on-year
No change0No change0
Matching contract IT job ads281141282
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh31.47 %27.01 %34.56 %
As % of the Job Titles category33.57 %29.44 %36.11 %
Daily rates quoted953074
Average daily rate£288£275£300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.540 %-8.330 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£190£170£215
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£400£403£432
UK excluding London average daily rate£320£325£349
% change year-on-year
-1.530 %-6.810 %
Hourly rates quoted51013
Average hourly rate£13.75£22.50£19.33
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-38.88 %+16.42 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£8.40£13.30£15.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£120.20£46.00£65.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£15.00£16.50£15.00
% change year-on-year
-9.090 %+10.00 %
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
837479781
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh93.73 %91.76 %95.71 %
Daily rates quoted237100162
Average daily rate£325£380£305
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.47 %+24.59 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£190£200£200
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£455£525£491
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£338£350
% change year-on-year
-3.700 %-3.570 %
Hourly rates quoted262029
Average hourly rate£15.00£18.64£22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-19.52 %-17.15 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£9.00£13.50£12.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£38.10£30.00£63.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.00£20.00£22.00
% change year-on-year
-10.00 %-9.090 %
Analyst ScotlandAnalyst
Scotland

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.

Analyst
Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Analyst across the Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Edinburgh Analyst Hourly Rate Histogram

Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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.

1384 (65.87 %)Finance
2152 (26.07 %)Banking
386 (14.75 %)Business Analysis
386 (14.75 %)Stakeholder Management
470 (12.01 %)C
560 (10.29 %)Pensions
652 (8.919 %)Retail
746 (7.890 %)SQL
843 (7.376 %)Migration
939 (6.690 %)MS Excel
1038 (6.518 %)Change Management
1137 (6.346 %)Retail Banking
1236 (6.175 %)Project Management
1236 (6.175 %)Oracle
1331 (5.317 %)Test Scripting
1331 (5.317 %)Data Analysis
1430 (5.146 %)User Acceptance Testing
1527 (4.631 %)Microsoft
1626 (4.460 %)TestDirector
1626 (4.460 %)MS PowerPoint
1725 (4.288 %)MS Office
1824 (4.117 %)MS Visio
1824 (4.117 %)Insurance
1923 (3.945 %)UML
1923 (3.945 %)GAP Analysis
2021 (3.602 %)MS Project
2120 (3.431 %)Systems Analysis
2120 (3.431 %)Asset Management
2120 (3.431 %)Data Migration
2120 (3.431 %)IBM

Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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.

Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
112 (2.058 %)XML
24 (0.686 %)XML Schema
33 (0.515 %)Middleware
33 (0.515 %)WebSphere
42 (0.343 %).NET Framework
42 (0.343 %)OLE
42 (0.343 %).NET
42 (0.343 %)J2EE
42 (0.343 %)HTML
51 (0.172 %)SOAP
51 (0.172 %)Web Services
51 (0.172 %)Flash
51 (0.172 %)EDI
51 (0.172 %)XML Messaging
51 (0.172 %)Spring
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
118 (3.087 %)SAS
210 (1.715 %)SharePoint
34 (0.686 %)MS Exchange
42 (0.343 %)Progress Actional
42 (0.343 %)Exchange Server 2003
42 (0.343 %)CICS
42 (0.343 %)Apache
42 (0.343 %)Lotus Notes
42 (0.343 %)IIS
51 (0.172 %)Lotus Domino
51 (0.172 %)Tomcat
51 (0.172 %)BizTalk Server
51 (0.172 %)CMS
51 (0.172 %)ESB
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
139 (6.690 %)MS Excel
226 (4.460 %)MS PowerPoint
325 (4.288 %)MS Office
424 (4.117 %)MS Visio
521 (3.602 %)MS Project
63 (0.515 %)CA Clarity
72 (0.343 %)Spreadsheet
72 (0.343 %)SPSS
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
15 (0.858 %)Oracle Financials
15 (0.858 %)Oracle General Ledger
23 (0.515 %)InvestOne
32 (0.343 %)Salerio
32 (0.343 %)Oracle EBS
32 (0.343 %)PeopleSoft HRMS
41 (0.172 %)SAP HR
41 (0.172 %)Oracle HRMS
41 (0.172 %)Oracle Applications
41 (0.172 %)SAP Payroll
41 (0.172 %)Dynamics CRM
41 (0.172 %)Eagle PACE
41 (0.172 %)AWD
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
19 (1.544 %)Internet
23 (0.515 %)WAN
23 (0.515 %)Firewall
32 (0.343 %)FTP
32 (0.343 %)LAN
32 (0.343 %)VoIP
32 (0.343 %)TCP/IP
32 (0.343 %)VPN
41 (0.172 %)SAN
41 (0.172 %)ATM
41 (0.172 %)HTTP
41 (0.172 %)Network Security
41 (0.172 %)Cisco ASA
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
115 (2.573 %)Datawarehouse
213 (2.230 %)BusinessObjects
312 (2.058 %)ETL
48 (1.372 %)Reference Data
48 (1.372 %)DB2
56 (1.029 %)Data Cleansing
56 (1.029 %)MS Access
65 (0.858 %)SQL Server
73 (0.515 %)DataStage
82 (0.343 %)Oracle 10g
82 (0.343 %)Oracle Reports
91 (0.172 %)Crystal Reports
91 (0.172 %)OLAP
91 (0.172 %)MySQL
91 (0.172 %)RDBMS
91 (0.172 %)Data Mining
91 (0.172 %)TOAD
91 (0.172 %)BusinessObjects XI
91 (0.172 %)QlikView
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
126 (4.460 %)TestDirector
28 (1.372 %)QuickTest Pro
35 (0.858 %)Selenium
42 (0.343 %)CruiseControl
42 (0.343 %)Maven
42 (0.343 %)Eclipse
42 (0.343 %)ClearCase
42 (0.343 %)Ant
51 (0.172 %)VSS/SourceSafe
51 (0.172 %)LoadRunner
51 (0.172 %)Dreamweaver
51 (0.172 %)ERwin
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1384 (65.87 %)Finance
2152 (26.07 %)Banking
360 (10.29 %)Pensions
452 (8.919 %)Retail
537 (6.346 %)Retail Banking
624 (4.117 %)Insurance
78 (1.372 %)Back Office
78 (1.372 %)Financial Institution
87 (1.201 %)Investment Banking
87 (1.201 %)Marketing
96 (1.029 %)Billing
105 (0.858 %)Front Office
114 (0.686 %)Corporate Banking
114 (0.686 %)General Ledger
114 (0.686 %)Advertising
122 (0.343 %)Online Banking
122 (0.343 %)Wholesale Banking
122 (0.343 %)Government
122 (0.343 %)Health
131 (0.172 %)Criminal Justice
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
116 (2.744 %)Mainframe
211 (1.887 %)IVR
39 (1.544 %)Equities
46 (1.029 %)iSeries
54 (0.686 %)Derivative
54 (0.686 %)Credit Risk
63 (0.515 %)N-Tier
63 (0.515 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
63 (0.515 %)Fixed Income
72 (0.343 %)Learning Management System
72 (0.343 %)Data Extraction
72 (0.343 %)IBM Mainframe
72 (0.343 %)Management Information System
72 (0.343 %)AS400
72 (0.343 %)Replication
72 (0.343 %)Client/Server
81 (0.172 %)NHS
81 (0.172 %)Clustering
81 (0.172 %)Symmetrix DMX
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
119 (3.259 %)UNIX
216 (2.744 %)Windows
35 (0.858 %)Windows XP
35 (0.858 %)AIX
44 (0.686 %)Windows Server 2003
52 (0.343 %)Windows 2000 Server
52 (0.343 %)Windows Vista
52 (0.343 %)NetWare
52 (0.343 %)MVS
52 (0.343 %)Solaris
52 (0.343 %)Linux
61 (0.172 %)Windows 2000
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
186 (14.75 %)Business Analysis
186 (14.75 %)Stakeholder Management
243 (7.376 %)Migration
338 (6.518 %)Change Management
436 (6.175 %)Project Management
531 (5.317 %)Test Scripting
531 (5.317 %)Data Analysis
630 (5.146 %)User Acceptance Testing
723 (3.945 %)UML
723 (3.945 %)GAP Analysis
820 (3.431 %)Systems Analysis
820 (3.431 %)Asset Management
820 (3.431 %)Data Migration
919 (3.259 %)Investment Management
1017 (2.916 %)PRINCE2
1115 (2.573 %)BPR
1115 (2.573 %)Data Modelling
1213 (2.230 %)Agile Software Development
1312 (2.058 %)E-Commerce
1312 (2.058 %)Business Intelligence
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
170 (12.01 %)C
246 (7.890 %)SQL
37 (1.201 %)JCL
46 (1.029 %)COBOL
54 (0.686 %)VB
54 (0.686 %)Java
63 (0.515 %)Perl
63 (0.515 %)C#
63 (0.515 %)VBA
72 (0.343 %)Shell Script
72 (0.343 %)Python
72 (0.343 %)PL/SQL
81 (0.172 %)RPG
81 (0.172 %)C++
81 (0.172 %)VBScript
81 (0.172 %)AWK
81 (0.172 %)VB6
81 (0.172 %)Bash shell
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
113 (2.230 %)ISEB
23 (0.515 %)MCSE
23 (0.515 %)Microsoft Certification
32 (0.343 %)Degree
32 (0.343 %)PRINCE2 Certification
41 (0.172 %)ITIL Certification
41 (0.172 %)CISSP
41 (0.172 %)Cisco Certification
41 (0.172 %)CCNP
41 (0.172 %)CISA
41 (0.172 %)CISM
41 (0.172 %)ISEB Practitioner
41 (0.172 %)CEH
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
19 (1.544 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
26 (1.029 %)QA
34 (0.686 %)SLA
43 (0.515 %)Basel II
51 (0.172 %)PCI DSS
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
13 (0.515 %)Active Directory
22 (0.343 %)VMware Infrastructure
31 (0.172 %)NDS
31 (0.172 %)RACF
31 (0.172 %)Citrix Presentation Server
31 (0.172 %)XenServer
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
17 (1.201 %)HP Quality Center
24 (0.686 %)Tivoli
32 (0.343 %)MSI
41 (0.172 %)Unicenter
41 (0.172 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
41 (0.172 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
41 (0.172 %)ZENworks
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
136 (6.175 %)Oracle
227 (4.631 %)Microsoft
320 (3.431 %)IBM
413 (2.230 %)Business Objects
511 (1.887 %)Chordiant
610 (1.715 %)Nortel
610 (1.715 %)Avaya
610 (1.715 %)Genesys
77 (1.201 %)Citrix
77 (1.201 %)Planview
86 (1.029 %)GoldenSource
86 (1.029 %)i-GRasp
86 (1.029 %)HP
86 (1.029 %)PeopleSoft
86 (1.029 %)Cognos
94 (0.686 %)Linedata
94 (0.686 %)Bloomberg
94 (0.686 %)BMC
94 (0.686 %)MicroStrategy
103 (0.515 %)CA