The first table below looks at the demand for the Systems 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 Systems Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
System Analyst
Rank 48 49 52
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +3
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Analyst 9 16 20
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 1.099% 1.459% 1.542%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.169% 1.550% 1.627%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 4 10
Average daily rate £450 £345 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+30.43% -1.42%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £365
% change year-on-year
-1.51% -9.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £16.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £24.00 £22.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year
+6.66% +4.65%
All Job Titles
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
770 1032 1229
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 94.02% 94.07% 94.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 324 508 608
Average daily rate £400 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.28% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £240 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £535
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 26 35
Average hourly rate £15.50 £23.00 £15.29
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-32.60% +50.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.70 £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%
Systems Analyst
Scotland

Systems Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh Systems Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Systems Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

Edinburgh Systems Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Systems Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Edinburgh Systems Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Systems Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region that cited Systems 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 Systems Analyst in their job title.

1 16 (66.67%) Finance
2 13 (54.17%) Asset Management
3 6 (25.00%) SQL
4 5 (20.83%) Oracle
5 4 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (16.67%) Data Analysis
5 4 (16.67%) Systems Analysis
5 4 (16.67%) Investment Management
6 3 (12.50%) Investment Banking
6 3 (12.50%) ETL
6 3 (12.50%) Charles River
6 3 (12.50%) Java
6 3 (12.50%) ISEB
6 3 (12.50%) Banking
6 3 (12.50%) GAP Analysis
6 3 (12.50%) Front Office
7 2 (8.333%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (8.333%) Project Management
7 2 (8.333%) User Acceptance Testing
8 1 (4.167%) System Testing
8 1 (4.167%) Subversion
8 1 (4.167%) Content Management
8 1 (4.167%) Business Analysis
8 1 (4.167%) ISTQB
8 1 (4.167%) Business Development
8 1 (4.167%) Degree
8 1 (4.167%) Fund Management
8 1 (4.167%) thinkFolio
8 1 (4.167%) Data Migration
8 1 (4.167%) Learning Management System

Systems Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region that cited Systems 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 Systems Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (4.167%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.167%) CMS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.167%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (4.167%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (4.167%) Subversion
General
1 16 (66.67%) Finance
2 3 (12.50%) Investment Banking
2 3 (12.50%) Banking
2 3 (12.50%) Front Office
3 1 (4.167%) Retail
3 1 (4.167%) Back Office
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.167%) Learning Management System
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (54.17%) Asset Management
2 4 (16.67%) Data Analysis
2 4 (16.67%) Systems Analysis
2 4 (16.67%) Investment Management
3 3 (12.50%) ETL
3 3 (12.50%) GAP Analysis
4 2 (8.333%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (8.333%) Project Management
4 2 (8.333%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (4.167%) System Testing
5 1 (4.167%) Content Management
5 1 (4.167%) Business Analysis
5 1 (4.167%) Business Development
5 1 (4.167%) Fund Management
5 1 (4.167%) Data Migration
5 1 (4.167%) CRM
5 1 (4.167%) Migration
5 1 (4.167%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 6 (25.00%) SQL
2 3 (12.50%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (12.50%) ISEB
2 1 (4.167%) ISTQB
2 1 (4.167%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.167%) Solvency II
Systems Management
1 1 (4.167%) HP Quality Center
1 1 (4.167%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 5 (20.83%) Oracle
2 3 (12.50%) Charles River
3 1 (4.167%) thinkFolio
3 1 (4.167%) Cadis
3 1 (4.167%) PeopleSoft