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The table below looks at the demand for the Analyst role in IT contracts within the England 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 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAnalyst
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank12
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching contract IT job ads1399819113
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled19.89 %19.30 %
As % of the category below24.06 %22.57 %
Daily rates quoted51156647
Average minimum daily rate£373£385
Average daily rate£399£408
% change on same period last year-2.18 %
Average maximum daily rate£426£431
UK excluding London average daily rate£334£331
% change on same period last year+0.95 %
Hourly rates quoted13521695
Average minimum hourly rate£19.76£19.77
Average hourly rate£21.24£21.10
% change on same period last year+0.68 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.72£22.42
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.58£19.62
% change on same period last year+4.85 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
England
Matching contract IT job ads5817584697
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled82.67 %85.54 %
Daily rates quoted1935726249
Average minimum daily rate£374£390
Average daily rate£400£415
% change on same period last year-3.47 %
Average maximum daily rate£426£439
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£353
% change on same period last year-0.10 %
Hourly rates quoted52787537
Average minimum hourly rate£22.52£23.88
Average hourly rate£24.06£25.46
% change on same period last year-5.48 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.60£27.03
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.69£25.18
% change on same period last year-5.93 %
Analyst UKAnalyst
UK

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 England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

England 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 England region.

England 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 England region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

England 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 England region.

England 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 England region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

England Analyst Hourly Rate Histogram

Analyst
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analyst within the England region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LondonUp+17546£433-3.77 %
South EastUp+12302£338-1.87 %
South WestNo change0949£357+2.54 %
West MidlandsUp+1650£338+22.19 %
YorkshireNo change0631£314-8.17 %
East of EnglandUp+1625£318-0.07 %
North WestNo change0620£286-3.57 %
East MidlandsNo change0352£386+28.62 %
MidlandsUp+3198£389+19.51 %
North EastDown-467£305+0.45 %
South CoastUp+222£393-8.11 %
Analyst UKAnalyst
UK

Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

17565 (26.07 %)Finance
24732 (16.31 %)Banking
34201 (14.48 %)SQL
43600 (12.41 %)Windows
53033 (10.45 %)Business Analysis
62573 (8.868 %)Investment Banking
72287 (7.882 %)Microsoft
82280 (7.858 %)Oracle
92079 (7.166 %)MS Office
102042 (7.038 %)MS Excel
111966 (6.776 %)Derivative
121844 (6.356 %)UNIX
131535 (5.291 %)Active Directory
141523 (5.249 %)SQL Server
141523 (5.249 %)Migration
151516 (5.225 %)Front Office
161431 (4.932 %)ITIL
171424 (4.908 %)NHS
181400 (4.825 %)Project Management
191360 (4.687 %)Windows XP
201321 (4.553 %)UML
211284 (4.425 %)User Acceptance Testing
221271 (4.381 %)SAP
231244 (4.288 %)Back Office
241213 (4.181 %)Retail
251212 (4.177 %)Pensions
261164 (4.012 %)Insurance
271146 (3.950 %)Government
281069 (3.684 %)Data Analysis
291040 (3.584 %)Java

Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1979 (3.374 %).NET
2781 (2.692 %)XML
3290 (1.000 %)HTML
4261 (0.900 %)J2EE
5244 (0.841 %)ASP.NET
6198 (0.682 %)WebSphere
7178 (0.613 %)ASP
8170 (0.586 %)Middleware
9163 (0.562 %)WebServices
10100 (0.345 %)FpML
1182 (0.283 %)XSLT
1182 (0.283 %).NET Framework
1182 (0.283 %)FIX Protocol
1276 (0.262 %)CSS
1362 (0.214 %)Hibernate
1362 (0.214 %)Spring
1458 (0.200 %)AJAX
1556 (0.193 %)EDI
1655 (0.190 %)SOAP
1751 (0.176 %)JMS
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1738 (2.544 %)MS Exchange
2379 (1.306 %)SharePoint
3351 (1.210 %)Lotus Notes
4339 (1.168 %)Exchange Server 2003
5302 (1.041 %)SAS
6209 (0.720 %)IIS
7195 (0.672 %)CMS
8106 (0.365 %)WebLogic
9103 (0.355 %)MQSeries
1094 (0.324 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1193 (0.321 %)Apache
1287 (0.300 %)BizTalk Server
1376 (0.262 %)Exchange Server 2007
1467 (0.231 %)CICS
1566 (0.227 %)Exchange Server 2000
1655 (0.190 %)WebSphere MQ
1655 (0.190 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
1752 (0.179 %)Exchange Server 5.5
1840 (0.138 %)TIBCO EMS
1840 (0.138 %)GroupWise
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12079 (7.166 %)MS Office
22042 (7.038 %)MS Excel
3708 (2.440 %)MS Visio
4469 (1.616 %)MS PowerPoint
5458 (1.579 %)MS Project
6267 (0.920 %)Spreadsheet
7167 (0.576 %)CA Clarity
8115 (0.396 %)SPSS
919 (0.065 %)Photoshop
1011 (0.038 %)InfoPath
119 (0.031 %)DeltaView
128 (0.028 %)QuarkXPress
128 (0.028 %)DOC1
137 (0.024 %)MATLAB
146 (0.021 %)Open Workbench
155 (0.017 %)InDesign
155 (0.017 %)CATIA
164 (0.014 %)Adobe Illustrator
164 (0.014 %)Casewise Corporate Modeler Suite
173 (0.010 %)AutoCAD
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1272 (0.937 %)SAP HR
2203 (0.700 %)Summit
3111 (0.383 %)Endur
489 (0.307 %)Oracle EBS
587 (0.300 %)Oracle Financials
673 (0.252 %)Global One
771 (0.245 %)Loan IQ
866 (0.227 %)SAP FI
959 (0.203 %)Minerva
1053 (0.183 %)Capstone
1149 (0.169 %)SAP CRM
1248 (0.165 %)SAP CO
1347 (0.162 %)Tesseract
1446 (0.159 %)SAP FI/CO
1446 (0.159 %)WebTrends
1446 (0.159 %)assyst
1543 (0.148 %)SAP R/3
1640 (0.138 %)Sentinel
1640 (0.138 %)SAP ERP
1737 (0.128 %)Oracle Applications
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1560 (1.930 %)TCP/IP
2545 (1.878 %)Internet
3469 (1.616 %)Firewall
4392 (1.351 %)LAN
5356 (1.227 %)WAN
6283 (0.975 %)DNS
7270 (0.931 %)VPN
8240 (0.827 %)SAN
9194 (0.669 %)Intranet
10185 (0.638 %)DHCP
11103 (0.355 %)VoIP
1296 (0.331 %)Network Security
1390 (0.310 %)Cisco PIX
1482 (0.283 %)BGP
1577 (0.265 %)FTP
1675 (0.258 %)SMS
1773 (0.252 %)Wireless
1872 (0.248 %)OSPF
1967 (0.231 %)ATM
1967 (0.231 %)IP Telephony
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11523 (5.249 %)SQL Server
2696 (2.399 %)Datawarehouse
3618 (2.130 %)BusinessObjects
4513 (1.768 %)MS Access
5308 (1.062 %)SQL Server 2005
6269 (0.927 %)ETL
7264 (0.910 %)Crystal Reports
8224 (0.772 %)SQL Server 2000
9208 (0.717 %)Reference Data
10198 (0.682 %)DB2
11183 (0.631 %)RDBMS
12160 (0.551 %)Oracle Reports
13158 (0.545 %)Data Cleansing
14151 (0.520 %)Oracle 10g
15149 (0.514 %)GIS
16146 (0.503 %)SAP BW
17123 (0.424 %)TOAD
18120 (0.414 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
19103 (0.355 %)Data Mining
20101 (0.348 %)Oracle 8/8i
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1397 (1.368 %)TestDirector
2237 (0.817 %)QuickTest Pro
3182 (0.627 %)LoadRunner
4130 (0.448 %)ClearQuest
5129 (0.445 %)RequisitePro
6117 (0.403 %)Rational Rose
7112 (0.386 %)ClearCase
894 (0.324 %)Oracle Forms
985 (0.293 %)Selenium
1084 (0.290 %)Visual Studio
1183 (0.286 %)WinRunner
1263 (0.217 %)Ant
1353 (0.183 %)JUnit
1449 (0.169 %)Subversion
1539 (0.134 %)FitNesse
1635 (0.121 %)Flash
1635 (0.121 %)Eclipse
1635 (0.121 %)ERwin
1733 (0.114 %)MSI
1826 (0.090 %)VSS/SourceSafe
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17565 (26.07 %)Finance
24732 (16.31 %)Banking
32573 (8.868 %)Investment Banking
41516 (5.225 %)Front Office
51244 (4.288 %)Back Office
61213 (4.181 %)Retail
71212 (4.177 %)Pensions
81164 (4.012 %)Insurance
91146 (3.950 %)Government
10692 (2.385 %)Telecoms
11667 (2.299 %)Health
12501 (1.727 %)Financial Institution
13488 (1.682 %)Legal
14440 (1.517 %)Marketing
15354 (1.220 %)Retail Banking
16352 (1.213 %)Law
17239 (0.824 %)Education
18231 (0.796 %)Billing
19220 (0.758 %)Local Government
20184 (0.634 %)Pharmaceutical
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11966 (6.776 %)Derivative
21424 (4.908 %)NHS
3916 (3.157 %)Fixed Income
4775 (2.671 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
5736 (2.537 %)Equities
6566 (1.951 %)Credit Risk
7435 (1.499 %)Interest Rate Derivative
8424 (1.461 %)Credit Derivative
9395 (1.361 %)Management Information System
10384 (1.323 %)Equity Derivative
11298 (1.027 %)Blackberry
12282 (0.972 %)Market Risk
13219 (0.755 %)AS400
13219 (0.755 %)Mainframe
14155 (0.534 %)Statistics
15152 (0.524 %)French Language
16122 (0.420 %)Mathematics
17111 (0.383 %)Client/Server
17111 (0.383 %)German Language
18110 (0.379 %)Clustering
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13600 (12.41 %)Windows
21844 (6.356 %)UNIX
31360 (4.687 %)Windows XP
4977 (3.367 %)Windows Server 2003
5911 (3.140 %)Windows 2000
6578 (1.992 %)Linux
7351 (1.210 %)Solaris
8238 (0.820 %)Windows 2000 Server
9191 (0.658 %)Windows NT
10171 (0.589 %)Windows Vista
11156 (0.538 %)AIX
1280 (0.276 %)Red Hat Linux
1368 (0.234 %)HPUX
1460 (0.207 %)NetWare
1552 (0.179 %)VMS
1634 (0.117 %)Mac OS X
1634 (0.117 %)MVS
1730 (0.103 %)Windows Mobile
1823 (0.079 %)zOS
1919 (0.065 %)VME
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13033 (10.45 %)Business Analysis
21523 (5.249 %)Migration
31431 (4.932 %)ITIL
41400 (4.825 %)Project Management
51321 (4.553 %)UML
61284 (4.425 %)User Acceptance Testing
71069 (3.684 %)Data Analysis
81016 (3.502 %)Change Management
9954 (3.288 %)Security Cleared
10918 (3.164 %)PRINCE2
11884 (3.047 %)Test Scripting
12829 (2.857 %)Asset Management
13805 (2.775 %)Data Modelling
14691 (2.382 %)Use Case
15648 (2.233 %)Data Migration
16621 (2.140 %)CRM
17586 (2.020 %)Risk Management
18576 (1.985 %)Stakeholder Management
19550 (1.896 %)Systems Analysis
20538 (1.854 %)SC Cleared
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14201 (14.48 %)SQL
21040 (3.584 %)Java
3634 (2.185 %)C#
4622 (2.144 %)VBA
5546 (1.882 %)VB
6359 (1.237 %)Perl
7353 (1.217 %)PL/SQL
7353 (1.217 %)C++
8335 (1.155 %)C
9318 (1.096 %)Shell Script
10234 (0.807 %)JavaScript
11209 (0.720 %)Transact-SQL
12169 (0.582 %)COBOL
13156 (0.538 %)VBScript
14144 (0.496 %)VB.NET
15119 (0.410 %)VB6
16118 (0.407 %)RPG
1769 (0.238 %)JCL
1852 (0.179 %)Korn
1948 (0.165 %)ABAP
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1718 (2.475 %)ISEB
2675 (2.326 %)Degree
3437 (1.506 %)Microsoft Certification
4284 (0.979 %)MCSE
5200 (0.689 %)Cisco Certification
6195 (0.672 %)ITIL Certification
7167 (0.576 %)MCP
8141 (0.486 %)CCNA
9122 (0.420 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1093 (0.321 %)ACCA
1184 (0.290 %)CCNP
1281 (0.279 %)CIMA
1374 (0.255 %)CISSP
1459 (0.203 %)MCSA
1550 (0.172 %)Citrix Certification
1642 (0.145 %)ISTQB
1735 (0.121 %)CISA
1833 (0.114 %)CCIE
1928 (0.097 %)CISM
2025 (0.086 %)ISEB Practitioner
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1536 (1.847 %)QA
2393 (1.355 %)SLA
3200 (0.689 %)Basel II
4146 (0.503 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
594 (0.324 %)ISO27001
642 (0.145 %)COBIT
740 (0.138 %)ISO17799
835 (0.121 %)BS7799
931 (0.107 %)PCI DSS
1025 (0.086 %)HL7
1119 (0.065 %)ISO9000
1217 (0.059 %)ISO9001
1217 (0.059 %)MiFID
1313 (0.045 %)ISO8583
149 (0.031 %)BS15000
158 (0.028 %)TickIT
158 (0.028 %)IAS 39
158 (0.028 %)IAS 32
164 (0.014 %)EFQM
164 (0.014 %)HMG Infosec
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11535 (5.291 %)Active Directory
293 (0.321 %)NetBackup
390 (0.310 %)VMware Infrastructure
482 (0.283 %)VMware ESX
569 (0.238 %)Citrix Presentation Server
662 (0.214 %)Backup Exec
752 (0.179 %)ISA Server
838 (0.131 %)Terminal Server
935 (0.121 %)MetaFrame
1033 (0.114 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
1129 (0.100 %)NFS
1228 (0.097 %)Terminal Services
1319 (0.065 %)MailMarshal
1412 (0.041 %)VMware Server
1412 (0.041 %)Samba
159 (0.031 %)AquaLogic
167 (0.024 %)Novell eDirectory
167 (0.024 %)VMware Workstation
167 (0.024 %)RACF
176 (0.021 %)Orbix
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
1166 (0.572 %)OpenView
2117 (0.403 %)Tivoli
3101 (0.348 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
466 (0.227 %)AutoSys
559 (0.203 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
656 (0.193 %)CONTROL-M
750 (0.172 %)BMC PATROL
849 (0.169 %)MAILsweeper
942 (0.145 %)Legato
1034 (0.117 %)MOM
1131 (0.107 %)OVOW
1131 (0.107 %)HP Data Protector
1228 (0.097 %)CiscoWorks
1326 (0.090 %)ZENworks
1424 (0.083 %)AllFusion Endevor
1523 (0.079 %)WSUS
1622 (0.076 %)DameWare
1719 (0.065 %)Unicenter
1818 (0.062 %)Norton AntiVirus
1818 (0.062 %)ServiceCenter
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12287 (7.882 %)Microsoft
22280 (7.858 %)Oracle
31271 (4.381 %)SAP
4618 (2.130 %)Business Objects
5604 (2.082 %)Citrix
6535 (1.844 %)Cisco
7487 (1.679 %)Calypso
8479 (1.651 %)HP
9471 (1.623 %)Sybase
10434 (1.496 %)IBM
11364 (1.255 %)Lotus
12318 (1.096 %)Remedy
13303 (1.044 %)VMware
14302 (1.041 %)Bloomberg
15249 (0.858 %)Reuters
16248 (0.855 %)Murex
17209 (0.720 %)Cognos
18183 (0.631 %)CheckPoint
19170 (0.586 %)Novell
20156 (0.538 %)Fidessa