The first table below looks at the demand for the Applications Support 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 Applications Support Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Edinburgh 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Application Support Analyst
Rank 59 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Support Analyst 3 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.330% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.350% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £275 £300
% change year-on-year
- -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.25 £17.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year
+25.00% -22.72%
All Job Titles
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
856 1011 1245
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 94.27% 94.84% 93.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 378 475 609
Average daily rate £391 £365 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.19% -2.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £235 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 14 30
Average hourly rate £13.93 £20.00 £15.29
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-30.35% +30.80%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £10.00 £9.85
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.40 £32.00 £31.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
Applications Support Analyst
Scotland

Applications Support Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh Applications Support Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Applications Support Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

Edinburgh Applications Support Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Applications Support Analyst
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region that cited Applications 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 Applications Support Analyst in their job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle
1 2 (66.67%) Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
2 1 (33.33%) Investment Banking
2 1 (33.33%) WebSphere
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) QA
2 1 (33.33%) thinkFolio
2 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
2 1 (33.33%) Avaloq
2 1 (33.33%) Cadis
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (33.33%) WebLogic
2 1 (33.33%) MS Project
2 1 (33.33%) XML
2 1 (33.33%) XSLT
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) UNIX
2 1 (33.33%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) JBoss
2 1 (33.33%) Apache
2 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) T-SQL
2 1 (33.33%) Java

Applications Support Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region that cited Applications 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 Applications Support Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (33.33%) WebSphere
1 1 (33.33%) XML
1 1 (33.33%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) WebLogic
1 1 (33.33%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) MS Project
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Investment Banking
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) UNIX
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
1 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL
1 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) T-SQL
2 1 (33.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle
2 1 (33.33%) thinkFolio
2 1 (33.33%) Avaloq
2 1 (33.33%) Cadis
2 1 (33.33%) JBoss
Edinburgh, Scotland
A leading Edinburgh based organisation is currently recruiting for a service desk analyst with strong application support skills. The technologies supported are predominantly windows based, but bespoke applications...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £100.00 - £110 per day
Posted: 3 June 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
A leading Edinburgh based organisation is currently recruiting for a service desk analyst with strong application support skills. The technologies supported are predominantly windows based, but bespoke applications...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £100.00 - £110.00 per day
Posted: 12 June 2013