The first table below looks at the demand for the Development Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Development 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 England 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
Development Analyst
Rank 506 537 548
Rank change year-on-year
+31 +11
Contract jobs requiring a Development Analyst 7 22 23
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.017% 0.041% 0.041%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.018% 0.045% 0.044%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 10 15
Average daily rate £475 £472 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.74% +25.73%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £250 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £515 £530 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 £310 £325
% change year-on-year
+53.22% -4.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
38421 49352 52077
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 92.41% 92.53% 92.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 22588 27902 28893
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £246 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1983 2412 2765
Average hourly rate £19.00 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.70% -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.21 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.86 £40.00 £40.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Development Analyst
UK

Development Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Development Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Development Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Development Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Development Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Development Analyst across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England Development Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Development Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Development Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Development Analyst
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Development Analyst within the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
London +24 3 £406 -14.11%
West Midlands - 3 - -
North West +14 1 £475 -
Development Analyst
UK

Development Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 16 (69.57%) SQL
2 8 (34.78%) VBA
3 6 (26.09%) SAS
4 5 (21.74%) Microsoft
4 5 (21.74%) SQL Server
5 4 (17.39%) MS Excel
5 4 (17.39%) Logistics
5 4 (17.39%) Business Analysis
5 4 (17.39%) QA
5 4 (17.39%) SAS Enterprise Guide
5 4 (17.39%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (13.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (13.04%) Degree
6 3 (13.04%) ATG
6 3 (13.04%) E-Commerce
6 3 (13.04%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (13.04%) BizTalk Server
6 3 (13.04%) UNIX
7 2 (8.696%) .NET
7 2 (8.696%) ITIL
7 2 (8.696%) PRINCE2
7 2 (8.696%) Sybase
7 2 (8.696%) C
7 2 (8.696%) C#
7 2 (8.696%) Java
7 2 (8.696%) Shell Script
7 2 (8.696%) webMethods
7 2 (8.696%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (8.696%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (8.696%) Agile Software Development

Development Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 2 (8.696%) .NET
2 1 (4.348%) Django
2 1 (4.348%) ASP.NET
2 1 (4.348%) ODBC
Application Platforms
1 6 (26.09%) SAS
2 3 (13.04%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (4.348%) nginx
3 1 (4.348%) Apache
Applications
1 4 (17.39%) MS Excel
1 4 (17.39%) Spreadsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (21.74%) SQL Server
2 4 (17.39%) SAS Enterprise Guide
3 3 (13.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (8.696%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (4.348%) RDBMS
5 1 (4.348%) Data Mining
5 1 (4.348%) MS Access
General
1 2 (8.696%) Banking
1 2 (8.696%) Finance
2 1 (4.348%) Retail Banking
2 1 (4.348%) Manufacturing
2 1 (4.348%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.348%) Open Source
1 1 (4.348%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 3 (13.04%) UNIX
2 1 (4.348%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (17.39%) Logistics
1 4 (17.39%) Business Analysis
2 3 (13.04%) E-Commerce
2 3 (13.04%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (8.696%) ITIL
3 2 (8.696%) PRINCE2
3 2 (8.696%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (8.696%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (8.696%) Waterfall
3 2 (8.696%) Investment Management
4 1 (4.348%) Time Management
4 1 (4.348%) Change Control
4 1 (4.348%) Fund Management
4 1 (4.348%) Statistical Analysis
4 1 (4.348%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (4.348%) Asset Management
4 1 (4.348%) Business Continuity
4 1 (4.348%) Programme Management
4 1 (4.348%) Project Management
4 1 (4.348%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 16 (69.57%) SQL
2 8 (34.78%) VBA
3 2 (8.696%) C
3 2 (8.696%) C#
3 2 (8.696%) Java
3 2 (8.696%) Shell Script
4 1 (4.348%) VB
4 1 (4.348%) ABAP
4 1 (4.348%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (13.04%) Degree
2 2 (8.696%) SC Cleared
2 2 (8.696%) BC Cleared
2 2 (8.696%) Security Cleared
3 1 (4.348%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (17.39%) QA
2 1 (4.348%) SLA
Vendors
1 5 (21.74%) Microsoft
2 3 (13.04%) ATG
3 2 (8.696%) Sybase
3 2 (8.696%) webMethods
4 1 (4.348%) SAP