The first table below looks at the demand for the Data 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 Data 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Data Analyst
Rank 35 48 48
Rank change year-on-year
+13 0
Contract jobs requiring a Data Analyst 23 15 20
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 2.761% 1.380% 1.544%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.930% 1.468% 1.631%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 8 9
Average daily rate £350 £298 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+17.64% -8.46%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £320 £325
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Average hourly rate £19.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.25 £14.75 £13.50
% change year-on-year
+16.94% +9.25%
All Job Titles
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
785 1022 1226
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 94.24% 94.02% 94.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 338 508 595
Average daily rate £400 £355 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.67% +1.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £238 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £530
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 24 36
Average hourly rate £13.93 £23.00 £15.29
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-39.43% +50.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £9.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.00 £32.00 £28.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Data Analyst
Scotland

Data Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh Data Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Data Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

Edinburgh Data Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Data Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Data Analyst across the Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Data Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Data Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 21 (56.76%) Finance
2 14 (37.84%) SQL
3 10 (27.03%) Data Warehouse
3 10 (27.03%) Banking
4 9 (24.32%) Migration
4 9 (24.32%) Data Analysis
5 8 (21.62%) Data Modelling
5 8 (21.62%) ETL
6 7 (18.92%) SAS
6 7 (18.92%) Oracle
6 7 (18.92%) Data Mapping
7 5 (13.51%) Data Migration
7 5 (13.51%) Data Mining
7 5 (13.51%) SharePoint
8 4 (10.81%) Business Intelligence
8 4 (10.81%) GAP Analysis
8 4 (10.81%) User Acceptance Testing
9 3 (8.108%) Data Integration
9 3 (8.108%) Retail
9 3 (8.108%) Asset Management
9 3 (8.108%) Data Management
9 3 (8.108%) Business Analysis
9 3 (8.108%) SQL Server 2005
9 3 (8.108%) Project Planning
9 3 (8.108%) Retail Banking
9 3 (8.108%) Mainframe
9 3 (8.108%) SQL Server
9 3 (8.108%) Business Objects
10 2 (5.405%) MS Office
10 2 (5.405%) T-SQL

Data Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 2 (5.405%) MDX
2 1 (2.703%) Google Maps API
2 1 (2.703%) SAP XI
2 1 (2.703%) XML
Application Platforms
1 7 (18.92%) SAS
2 5 (13.51%) SharePoint
3 2 (5.405%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 2 (5.405%) MS Office
1 2 (5.405%) MS Excel
2 1 (2.703%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (2.703%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.703%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (27.03%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (13.51%) Data Mining
3 3 (8.108%) SQL Server 2005
3 3 (8.108%) SQL Server
4 2 (5.405%) OLAP
4 2 (5.405%) DTS
4 2 (5.405%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (5.405%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (5.405%) SQL Server 2012
4 2 (5.405%) Oracle OLAP
4 2 (5.405%) QlikView
4 2 (5.405%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (2.703%) Oracle BI EE
5 1 (2.703%) BusinessObjects XI
5 1 (2.703%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
5 1 (2.703%) IBM InfoSphere
5 1 (2.703%) TOAD
5 1 (2.703%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (2.703%) RDBMS
5 1 (2.703%) GIS
General
1 21 (56.76%) Finance
2 10 (27.03%) Banking
3 3 (8.108%) Retail
3 3 (8.108%) Retail Banking
4 2 (5.405%) Marketing
5 1 (2.703%) Investment Banking
5 1 (2.703%) General Ledger
5 1 (2.703%) Financial Institution
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.108%) Data Integration
1 3 (8.108%) Mainframe
2 2 (5.405%) Mathematics
2 2 (5.405%) Data Conversion
3 1 (2.703%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.703%) Fixed Income
3 1 (2.703%) VSAM
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (24.32%) Migration
1 9 (24.32%) Data Analysis
2 8 (21.62%) Data Modelling
2 8 (21.62%) ETL
3 7 (18.92%) Data Mapping
4 5 (13.51%) Data Migration
5 4 (10.81%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (10.81%) GAP Analysis
5 4 (10.81%) User Acceptance Testing
6 3 (8.108%) Asset Management
6 3 (8.108%) Data Management
6 3 (8.108%) Business Analysis
6 3 (8.108%) Project Planning
7 2 (5.405%) Validation
7 2 (5.405%) Data Cleansing
7 2 (5.405%) Master Data Management
7 2 (5.405%) Metadata Management
7 2 (5.405%) Data Architecture
8 1 (2.703%) Performance Management
8 1 (2.703%) Data Entry
Programming Languages
1 14 (37.84%) SQL
2 2 (5.405%) T-SQL
3 1 (2.703%) PL/SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.703%) Data Quality
1 1 (2.703%) QA
Vendors
1 7 (18.92%) Oracle
2 3 (8.108%) Business Objects
3 2 (5.405%) Informatica
3 2 (5.405%) Microsoft
3 2 (5.405%) Trillium
3 2 (5.405%) DataFlux
3 2 (5.405%) Teradata
4 1 (2.703%) TSYS
4 1 (2.703%) Google
4 1 (2.703%) IBM
4 1 (2.703%) SAP
Edinburgh, Midlothian
You will need to have: Experience of working within preservation of data quality Experience of SQL Working knowledge of SAS would be a benefit Exposure to managing data...
Sanderson
Rate: £23970 - £39480 per annum
Posted: 9 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
This will be a fixed term contract for 6-12 months*** You will need to have: Performing Data migration in financial services Experience of working within preservation of...
Sanderson
Rate: £25000 - £37000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Search Consultancy is looking for an experienced Data Analyst who has the technical abilities to work with data models and database design development. Be able to understand XML...
Search Consultancy
Rate: Market rate
Posted: 20 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
This will be a fixed term contract for 6-12 months*** You will need to have: Performing Data migration in financial services Experience of working within preservation of...
Sanderson
Rate: £24000 - £37000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
PeopleSoft, Data, SQL, ETL, Functional Specifications, MI, BI, Reporting, Data Sources, HR My banking client based in Edinburgh requires a number of PeopleSoft HR Data Business Analysts to...
Aston Carter
Rate: £350 - £450 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013