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This section looks at the demand for the Analyst role in IT contracts within the Edinburgh 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAnalyst
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank22
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching contract IT job ads339403
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.452 %0.408 %
As % of the category below40.94 %32.84 %
Daily rates quoted98105
Average minimum daily rate£251£288
Average daily rate£269£306
% change on same period last year-12.10 %
Average maximum daily rate£287£324
UK excluding London average daily rate£334£329
% change on same period last year+1.44 %
Hourly rates quoted819
Average minimum hourly rate£18.06£21.50
Average hourly rate£20.22£22.39
% change on same period last year-9.71 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.38£23.29
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.25£20.80
% change on same period last year-7.44 %
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Edinburgh
Matching contract IT job ads8281227
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.104 %1.241 %
Daily rates quoted197274
Average minimum daily rate£290£307
Average daily rate£314£322
% change on same period last year-2.38 %
Average maximum daily rate£338£337
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£353
% change on same period last year+1.09 %
Hourly rates quoted2348
Average minimum hourly rate£19.76£23.42
Average hourly rate£21.62£24.08
% change on same period last year-10.22 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.49£24.74
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.51£25.99
% change on same period last year-9.54 %
Analyst ScotlandAnalyst
Scotland

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 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 25 July 2008.

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 25 July 2008.

Edinburgh Analyst Hourly Rate Histogram

Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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.

1354 (56.64 %)Finance
294 (15.04 %)Pensions
390 (14.40 %)Banking
466 (10.56 %)Business Analysis
562 (9.920 %)Mainframe
655 (8.800 %)User Acceptance Testing
751 (8.160 %)Oracle
846 (7.360 %)TestDirector
943 (6.880 %)COBOL
1040 (6.400 %)Stakeholder Management
1137 (5.920 %)DB2
1234 (5.440 %)UNIX
1234 (5.440 %)Financial Institution
1333 (5.280 %)Microsoft
1428 (4.480 %)Windows
1527 (4.320 %)IBM
1626 (4.160 %)AIX
1724 (3.840 %)Retail
1823 (3.680 %)XML
1922 (3.520 %)SQL
1922 (3.520 %)Data Management
1922 (3.520 %)Insurance
2021 (3.360 %)MS Office
2120 (3.200 %)Change Management
2120 (3.200 %)Systems Analysis
2219 (3.040 %)ISEB
2317 (2.720 %)Project Management
2317 (2.720 %)BusinessObjects
2317 (2.720 %)Business Objects
2317 (2.720 %)ITIL

Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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 DevelopmentApplication Development
123 (3.680 %)XML
27 (1.120 %)JSP
36 (0.960 %)WebServices
36 (0.960 %)HTML
45 (0.800 %)Middleware
45 (0.800 %)WebSphere
54 (0.640 %).NET
63 (0.480 %)J2EE
63 (0.480 %)XHTML
72 (0.320 %)XML Schema
72 (0.320 %)Struts
81 (0.160 %)Servlets
81 (0.160 %)ASP.NET
81 (0.160 %)Hibernate
81 (0.160 %)Spring
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
19 (1.440 %)SharePoint
19 (1.440 %)CICS
26 (0.960 %)MS Exchange
34 (0.640 %)Lotus Notes
34 (0.640 %)Exchange Server 2003
43 (0.480 %)SAS
52 (0.320 %)SharePoint Server 2007
52 (0.320 %)IIS
61 (0.160 %)Oracle 9iAS
61 (0.160 %)BizTalk Server
61 (0.160 %)GroupWise
61 (0.160 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
61 (0.160 %)LiveLink
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
121 (3.360 %)MS Office
217 (2.720 %)MS Excel
314 (2.240 %)MS Visio
410 (1.600 %)MS PowerPoint
58 (1.280 %)MS Project
64 (0.640 %)Spreadsheet
71 (0.160 %)DOC1
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
18 (1.280 %)Oracle Financials
25 (0.800 %)Oracle 11i
34 (0.640 %)Oracle Payroll
34 (0.640 %)Misys Midas
43 (0.480 %)Oracle HRMS
52 (0.320 %)HiPortfolio
52 (0.320 %)Oracle EBS
61 (0.160 %)PeopleSoft HRMS
61 (0.160 %)BASE24
61 (0.160 %)Salerio
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
113 (2.080 %)TCP/IP
28 (1.280 %)Connectrix
37 (1.120 %)SAN
45 (0.800 %)Internet
45 (0.800 %)Firewall
53 (0.480 %)DNS
62 (0.320 %)SNA
62 (0.320 %)Intranet
62 (0.320 %)PBX
62 (0.320 %)WAN
62 (0.320 %)Network Security
71 (0.160 %)Symposium
71 (0.160 %)Intrusion Detection
71 (0.160 %)IntruShield
71 (0.160 %)Cisco IPT
71 (0.160 %)VPN
71 (0.160 %)ADSL
71 (0.160 %)Broadband
71 (0.160 %)ISDN
71 (0.160 %)LAN
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
137 (5.920 %)DB2
217 (2.720 %)BusinessObjects
314 (2.240 %)Oracle 9i
49 (1.440 %)Datawarehouse
49 (1.440 %)Data Cleansing
58 (1.280 %)MySQL
67 (1.120 %)SQL Server
67 (1.120 %)Easytrieve
76 (0.960 %)Oracle 10g
85 (0.800 %)ETL
94 (0.640 %)MS Access
103 (0.480 %)Informix
103 (0.480 %)DataStage
103 (0.480 %)IMS/DB
111 (0.160 %)SQL Server 2005
111 (0.160 %)BusinessObjects XI
111 (0.160 %)Base SAS
111 (0.160 %)SQL Server 2000
111 (0.160 %)RDBMS
111 (0.160 %)Crystal Reports
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
146 (7.360 %)TestDirector
28 (1.280 %)JDeveloper
37 (1.120 %)ClearCase
46 (0.960 %)WinRunner
46 (0.960 %)JUnit
46 (0.960 %)LoadRunner
55 (0.800 %)QuickTest Pro
64 (0.640 %)Telon
64 (0.640 %)CruiseControl
64 (0.640 %)Oracle APEX
73 (0.480 %)Subversion
73 (0.480 %)XPEDITER
73 (0.480 %)PVCS
81 (0.160 %)ERwin
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1354 (56.64 %)Finance
294 (15.04 %)Pensions
390 (14.40 %)Banking
434 (5.440 %)Financial Institution
524 (3.840 %)Retail
622 (3.520 %)Insurance
714 (2.240 %)Back Office
813 (2.080 %)Investment Banking
911 (1.760 %)Retail Banking
108 (1.280 %)Front Office
108 (1.280 %)Government
115 (0.800 %)Health
115 (0.800 %)Telecoms
124 (0.640 %)General Ledger
132 (0.320 %)Pharmaceutical
132 (0.320 %)Manufacturing
132 (0.320 %)Chemicals
141 (0.160 %)Education
141 (0.160 %)Legal
141 (0.160 %)Publishing
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
162 (9.920 %)Mainframe
28 (1.280 %)Client/Server
28 (1.280 %)IBM Mainframe
37 (1.120 %)Celerra
37 (1.120 %)Blackberry
37 (1.120 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
46 (0.960 %)EMC Centera
46 (0.960 %)Derivative
55 (0.800 %)Symmetrix
55 (0.800 %)Clustering
64 (0.640 %)Management Information System
73 (0.480 %)Statistics
73 (0.480 %)PKI
82 (0.320 %)IVR
91 (0.160 %)Tandem
91 (0.160 %)VSAM
91 (0.160 %)Replication
91 (0.160 %)NHS
91 (0.160 %)Data Extraction
91 (0.160 %)Data Integration
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
134 (5.440 %)UNIX
228 (4.480 %)Windows
326 (4.160 %)AIX
412 (1.920 %)Solaris
510 (1.600 %)Windows Server 2003
510 (1.600 %)Windows NT
68 (1.280 %)Windows 2000
77 (1.120 %)HPUX
85 (0.800 %)Linux
93 (0.480 %)MVS
93 (0.480 %)Windows XP
102 (0.320 %)Debian
111 (0.160 %)OpenVMS
111 (0.160 %)NetWare
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
166 (10.56 %)Business Analysis
255 (8.800 %)User Acceptance Testing
340 (6.400 %)Stakeholder Management
422 (3.520 %)Data Management
520 (3.200 %)Systems Analysis
520 (3.200 %)Change Management
617 (2.720 %)Project Management
617 (2.720 %)ITIL
617 (2.720 %)Asset Management
716 (2.560 %)Project Planning
815 (2.400 %)E-Commerce
914 (2.240 %)Data Mapping
1013 (2.080 %)PRINCE2
1013 (2.080 %)CRM
1013 (2.080 %)RDF
1013 (2.080 %)Service Management
1112 (1.920 %)GAP Analysis
1112 (1.920 %)Cost-Benefit Analysis
1112 (1.920 %)Test Scripting
1112 (1.920 %)Investment Management
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
143 (6.880 %)COBOL
222 (3.520 %)SQL
316 (2.560 %)JCL
415 (2.400 %)Java
513 (2.080 %)Shell Script
68 (1.280 %)VB
76 (0.960 %)JavaScript
85 (0.800 %)VBScript
93 (0.480 %)PHP
93 (0.480 %)PL/SQL
93 (0.480 %)DHTML
102 (0.320 %)VBA
102 (0.320 %)C
111 (0.160 %)SAS Macro
111 (0.160 %)SAPscript
111 (0.160 %)SQR
111 (0.160 %)VB.NET
111 (0.160 %)Perl
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
119 (3.040 %)ISEB
27 (1.120 %)MCSE
27 (1.120 %)Microsoft Certification
35 (0.800 %)ITIL Certification
42 (0.320 %)CCNP
42 (0.320 %)CCNA
42 (0.320 %)Cisco Certification
51 (0.160 %)CNA
51 (0.160 %)CNE
51 (0.160 %)Novell Certification
51 (0.160 %)PRINCE2 Certification
51 (0.160 %)CCSE
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
110 (1.600 %)SLA
110 (1.600 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
27 (1.120 %)QA
35 (0.800 %)Basel II
41 (0.160 %)ISO27001
41 (0.160 %)BS7799
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
115 (2.400 %)Active Directory
25 (0.800 %)VMware Infrastructure
34 (0.640 %)NetBackup
34 (0.640 %)Backup Exec
34 (0.640 %)Oracle RAC
43 (0.480 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
52 (0.320 %)Citrix Presentation Server
52 (0.320 %)Terminal Services
52 (0.320 %)VMware ESX
61 (0.160 %)VMware Workstation
61 (0.160 %)RACF
61 (0.160 %)NDS
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
18 (1.280 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
27 (1.120 %)Tivoli
34 (0.640 %)OpenView
34 (0.640 %)Legato
43 (0.480 %)CiscoWorks
52 (0.320 %)MOM
52 (0.320 %)BMC PATROL
61 (0.160 %)EMC NetWorker
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
151 (8.160 %)Oracle
233 (5.280 %)Microsoft
327 (4.320 %)IBM
417 (2.720 %)Business Objects
516 (2.560 %)EMC
69 (1.440 %)NetApp
78 (1.280 %)Novell
78 (1.280 %)Citrix
87 (1.120 %)HP
87 (1.120 %)Charles River
87 (1.120 %)VERITAS
96 (0.960 %)MicroStrategy
96 (0.960 %)VMware
96 (0.960 %)PeopleSoft
96 (0.960 %)Cisco
105 (0.800 %)Intel
114 (0.640 %)Sun
114 (0.640 %)StorageTek
114 (0.640 %)Symantec
114 (0.640 %)Lotus
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