The first table below looks at the demand for the Project 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 Project 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
Project Analyst
Rank 53 58 60
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +2
Contract jobs requiring a Project Analyst 4 5 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.480% 0.460% 0.618%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.510% 0.489% 0.653%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 4
Average daily rate - £238 £255
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -6.86%
UK excluding London average daily rate £260 £300 £260
% change year-on-year
-13.33% +15.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £21.75 £34.00
% change year-on-year
- -36.02%
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%
Project Analyst
Scotland

Project Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh Project Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Project Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

Edinburgh Project Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Project Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Edinburgh Project Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Project Analyst
Top 12 Related IT Skills

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

1 5 (62.50%) Finance
1 5 (62.50%) Banking
2 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (37.50%) SQL
2 3 (37.50%) SAS
2 3 (37.50%) Data Mapping
3 2 (25.00%) GAP Analysis
3 2 (25.00%) Data Migration
3 2 (25.00%) Project Management
3 2 (25.00%) Migration
4 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing

Project Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 3 (37.50%) SAS
General
1 5 (62.50%) Finance
1 5 (62.50%) Banking
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (37.50%) Data Mapping
2 2 (25.00%) GAP Analysis
2 2 (25.00%) Data Migration
2 2 (25.00%) Project Management
2 2 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) SQL
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
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