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This section looks at the demand for the Senior 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 Senior Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSenior Analyst
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank142144
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching contract IT job ads8301057
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.095 %1.053 %
As % of the category below1.311 %1.231 %
Daily rates quoted329435
Average minimum daily rate£416£457
Average daily rate£441£485
% change on same period last year-8.88 %
Average maximum daily rate£467£512
UK excluding London average daily rate£365£361
% change on same period last year+1.15 %
Hourly rates quoted3239
Average minimum hourly rate£24.72£32.10
Average hourly rate£27.09£34.12
% change on same period last year-20.58 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.47£36.13
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.54£35.32
% change on same period last year-19.17 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
England
Matching contract IT job ads6329785877
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled83.53 %85.53 %
Daily rates quoted2168126543
Average minimum daily rate£379£390
Average daily rate£405£415
% change on same period last year-2.42 %
Average maximum daily rate£432£441
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£354
% change on same period last year+0.32 %
Hourly rates quoted54057221
Average minimum hourly rate£22.35£24.34
Average hourly rate£23.97£25.90
% change on same period last year-7.45 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.59£27.46
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.60£25.69
% change on same period last year-8.13 %
Senior Analyst UKSenior Analyst
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.

Senior Analyst
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Senior Analyst across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

England Senior Analyst Demand Trend

Senior Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Senior Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Senior Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Senior Analyst across the England region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

England Senior Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Senior Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Senior Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Senior Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Senior Analyst across the England region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

England Senior Analyst Hourly Rate Histogram

Senior Analyst
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Analyst within the England region over the 3 months to 21 August 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
LondonDown-3508£469-9.46 %
South EastUp+35106£352-2.49 %
YorkshireUp+1850£405+2.39 %
South WestUp+2541£395+13.10 %
East of EnglandUp+1541£376-0.72 %
North WestNo change029£320-0.93 %
East MidlandsUp+621£359+10.42 %
West MidlandsDown-519£258+6.18 %
MidlandsUp+1510£350-
North EastUp+18£388+1.65 %
Senior Analyst UKSenior Analyst
UK

Senior Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Senior 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 Senior Analyst in their job title.

1455 (29.84 %)Finance
2330 (21.64 %)Banking
3299 (19.61 %)SQL
4203 (13.31 %)Investment Banking
5173 (11.34 %)Windows
6163 (10.69 %)Business Analysis
7154 (10.10 %)Derivative
8143 (9.377 %)Oracle
9113 (7.410 %)UNIX
10109 (7.148 %)SQL Server
11108 (7.082 %)NHS
12104 (6.820 %)Front Office
1397 (6.361 %)Project Management
1490 (5.902 %).NET
1588 (5.770 %)Microsoft
1684 (5.508 %)User Acceptance Testing
1782 (5.377 %)Retail
1782 (5.377 %)UML
1879 (5.180 %)ISEB
1976 (4.984 %)Insurance
2075 (4.918 %)Java
2173 (4.787 %)Migration
2272 (4.721 %)Equities
2370 (4.590 %)C#
2469 (4.525 %)Datawarehouse
2567 (4.393 %)Change Management
2663 (4.131 %)Investment Management
2762 (4.066 %)Active Directory
2861 (4.000 %)QA
2959 (3.869 %)Windows Server 2003

Senior Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Senior 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 Senior Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
190 (5.902 %).NET
259 (3.869 %)XML
332 (2.098 %)J2EE
430 (1.967 %)ASP.NET
521 (1.377 %)ASP
617 (1.115 %)HTML
713 (0.852 %)XSLT
811 (0.721 %)XML Messaging
811 (0.721 %).NET Framework
910 (0.656 %)MDX
910 (0.656 %)WebServices
910 (0.656 %)Middleware
108 (0.525 %)AJAX
117 (0.459 %)FpML
117 (0.459 %)WebSphere
126 (0.393 %)SOAP
135 (0.328 %)COM+
135 (0.328 %)Spring
144 (0.262 %).NET Remoting
144 (0.262 %)WCF
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
131 (2.033 %)SAS
225 (1.639 %)MS Exchange
323 (1.508 %)SharePoint
416 (1.049 %)Exchange Server 2003
512 (0.787 %)TIBCO EMS
611 (0.721 %)CICS
710 (0.656 %)IIS
87 (0.459 %)MQSeries
96 (0.393 %)CMS
96 (0.393 %)Lotus Notes
105 (0.328 %)Lotus Domino
105 (0.328 %)Apache
105 (0.328 %)WebLogic
114 (0.262 %)Exchange Server 2000
123 (0.197 %)Oracle Workflow
123 (0.197 %)Exchange Server 2007
123 (0.197 %)SharePoint Server 2007
132 (0.131 %)Exchange Server 5.5
132 (0.131 %)WebSphere MQ
141 (0.066 %)Documentum
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
158 (3.803 %)MS Office
251 (3.344 %)MS Excel
326 (1.705 %)MS Project
424 (1.574 %)MS Visio
515 (0.984 %)SPSS
610 (0.656 %)CA Clarity
79 (0.590 %)MS PowerPoint
81 (0.066 %)Open Workbench
81 (0.066 %)InfoPath
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
126 (1.705 %)Summit
219 (1.246 %)Endur
317 (1.115 %)Loan IQ
415 (0.984 %)Oracle EBS
58 (0.525 %)SAP APO
66 (0.393 %)Findur
75 (0.328 %)WebTrends
75 (0.328 %)SAP HR
75 (0.328 %)Kondor+
84 (0.262 %)FRONT ARENA
93 (0.197 %)Oracle Applications
93 (0.197 %)MAXIMO
93 (0.197 %)SAP SRM
93 (0.197 %)SunGard GMI
93 (0.197 %)assyst
102 (0.131 %)SAP Oil and Gas
102 (0.131 %)Academy Housing
102 (0.131 %)Tesseract
102 (0.131 %)Minerva
102 (0.131 %)SAP ERP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
144 (2.885 %)Firewall
227 (1.770 %)LAN
227 (1.770 %)WAN
325 (1.639 %)TCP/IP
325 (1.639 %)VPN
424 (1.574 %)Internet
522 (1.443 %)DNS
618 (1.180 %)Cisco PIX
618 (1.180 %)DHCP
717 (1.115 %)SAN
717 (1.115 %)BGP
717 (1.115 %)OSPF
717 (1.115 %)NetScreen
816 (1.049 %)Intranet
911 (0.721 %)VLAN
1010 (0.656 %)EIGRP
118 (0.525 %)Network Security
118 (0.525 %)MPLS
118 (0.525 %)SMS
118 (0.525 %)VoIP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1109 (7.148 %)SQL Server
269 (4.525 %)Datawarehouse
339 (2.557 %)BusinessObjects
432 (2.098 %)SQL Server 2005
528 (1.836 %)ETL
626 (1.705 %)OLAP
723 (1.508 %)SQL Server 2000
817 (1.115 %)Crystal Reports
914 (0.918 %)DB2
1011 (0.721 %)MS Access
119 (0.590 %)TOAD
128 (0.525 %)RDBMS
137 (0.459 %)Oracle Reports
137 (0.459 %)GIS
146 (0.393 %)DTS
155 (0.328 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
155 (0.328 %)Data Cleansing
155 (0.328 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
164 (0.262 %)Base SAS
164 (0.262 %)Reference Data
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
147 (3.082 %)TestDirector
222 (1.443 %)QuickTest Pro
318 (1.180 %)Visual Studio
412 (0.787 %)LoadRunner
59 (0.590 %)ClearCase
68 (0.525 %)WinRunner
77 (0.459 %)JUnit
77 (0.459 %)Selenium
86 (0.393 %)ClearQuest
94 (0.262 %)FitNesse
94 (0.262 %)ERwin
103 (0.197 %)Oracle Forms
103 (0.197 %)VSS/SourceSafe
103 (0.197 %)Ant
103 (0.197 %)Subversion
112 (0.131 %)NUnit
112 (0.131 %)Rational Functional Tester
112 (0.131 %)MSI
112 (0.131 %)PVCS
112 (0.131 %)Rational Rose
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1455 (29.84 %)Finance
2330 (21.64 %)Banking
3203 (13.31 %)Investment Banking
4104 (6.820 %)Front Office
582 (5.377 %)Retail
676 (4.984 %)Insurance
753 (3.475 %)Back Office
852 (3.410 %)Government
946 (3.016 %)Pensions
946 (3.016 %)Health
1041 (2.689 %)Marketing
1140 (2.623 %)Telecoms
1238 (2.492 %)Financial Institution
1336 (2.361 %)Retail Banking
1417 (1.115 %)Education
1514 (0.918 %)Publishing
1613 (0.852 %)Legal
1613 (0.852 %)Music
1613 (0.852 %)Music Industry
1712 (0.787 %)Billing
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1154 (10.10 %)Derivative
2108 (7.082 %)NHS
372 (4.721 %)Equities
439 (2.557 %)Fixed Income
537 (2.426 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
633 (2.164 %)Equity Derivative
732 (2.098 %)Credit Derivative
831 (2.033 %)Credit Risk
929 (1.902 %)Management Information System
1018 (1.180 %)Statistics
1117 (1.115 %)Market Risk
1216 (1.049 %)Interest Rate Derivative
1314 (0.918 %)Mainframe
1410 (0.656 %)Mathematics
1410 (0.656 %)IBM Mainframe
1410 (0.656 %)Blackberry
158 (0.525 %)Clustering
158 (0.525 %)Client/Server
167 (0.459 %)Data Integration
176 (0.393 %)Informatics
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1173 (11.34 %)Windows
2113 (7.410 %)UNIX
359 (3.869 %)Windows Server 2003
430 (1.967 %)Windows XP
527 (1.770 %)Solaris
626 (1.705 %)Windows 2000
719 (1.246 %)Linux
719 (1.246 %)Red Hat Linux
816 (1.049 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
911 (0.721 %)Windows Vista
1010 (0.656 %)zOS
119 (0.590 %)Windows 2000 Server
123 (0.197 %)MVS
123 (0.197 %)AIX
123 (0.197 %)Windows Mobile
132 (0.131 %)Windows Server 2008
132 (0.131 %)NetWare
132 (0.131 %)Windows CE
141 (0.066 %)VMS
141 (0.066 %)Windows NT
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1163 (10.69 %)Business Analysis
297 (6.361 %)Project Management
384 (5.508 %)User Acceptance Testing
482 (5.377 %)UML
573 (4.787 %)Migration
667 (4.393 %)Change Management
763 (4.131 %)Investment Management
855 (3.607 %)Data Analysis
952 (3.410 %)ITIL
952 (3.410 %)Use Case
1048 (3.148 %)PRINCE2
1147 (3.082 %)Agile Software Development
1245 (2.951 %)Data Modelling
1344 (2.885 %)Test Scripting
1442 (2.754 %)Risk Management
1540 (2.623 %)Asset Management
1639 (2.557 %)OO
1736 (2.361 %)Business Intelligence
1736 (2.361 %)Software Testing
1832 (2.098 %)Stakeholder Management
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1299 (19.61 %)SQL
275 (4.918 %)Java
370 (4.590 %)C#
437 (2.426 %)C++
531 (2.033 %)Perl
624 (1.574 %)PL/SQL
723 (1.508 %)Transact-SQL
723 (1.508 %)Shell Script
819 (1.246 %)VB
918 (1.180 %)C
1013 (0.852 %)JavaScript
1112 (0.787 %)COBOL
1112 (0.787 %)VB.NET
1112 (0.787 %)VBA
1211 (0.721 %)RPG
136 (0.393 %)JCL
145 (0.328 %)VBScript
145 (0.328 %)Korn
154 (0.262 %)VB6
163 (0.197 %)SAS Macro
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
179 (5.180 %)ISEB
254 (3.541 %)Degree
326 (1.705 %)Cisco Certification
421 (1.377 %)Microsoft Certification
517 (1.115 %)MCSE
612 (0.787 %)CCNP
711 (0.721 %)CCNA
711 (0.721 %)Citrix Certification
89 (0.590 %)MCP
98 (0.525 %)ITIL Certification
107 (0.459 %)PRINCE2 Certification
116 (0.393 %)ISTQB
116 (0.393 %)CCIE
124 (0.262 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
124 (0.262 %)MBA
124 (0.262 %)MCSA
133 (0.197 %)CIMA
133 (0.197 %)ACCA
133 (0.197 %)ISEB Practitioner
142 (0.131 %)CCSP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
161 (4.000 %)QA
217 (1.115 %)SLA
310 (0.656 %)Basel II
44 (0.262 %)HL7
44 (0.262 %)GCP
44 (0.262 %)GxP
53 (0.197 %)ISO9000
53 (0.197 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
62 (0.131 %)BS7799
71 (0.066 %)ISO9001
71 (0.066 %)MiFID
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
162 (4.066 %)Active Directory
223 (1.508 %)NetBackup
318 (1.180 %)NFS
414 (0.918 %)VMware ESX
513 (0.852 %)VMware Infrastructure
69 (0.590 %)Citrix Presentation Server
78 (0.525 %)Backup Exec
86 (0.393 %)ISA Server
92 (0.131 %)AquaLogic
92 (0.131 %)VMware Workstation
101 (0.066 %)Terminal Server
101 (0.066 %)Terminal Services
101 (0.066 %)MetaFrame
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
110 (0.656 %)AutoSys
27 (0.459 %)WSUS
35 (0.328 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
35 (0.328 %)Norton AntiVirus
44 (0.262 %)Legato
53 (0.197 %)ARCserve
53 (0.197 %)MAILsweeper
62 (0.131 %)DameWare
62 (0.131 %)BMC PATROL
71 (0.066 %)Tivoli
71 (0.066 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
71 (0.066 %)MOM
71 (0.066 %)OpenView
71 (0.066 %)MIMEsweeper
71 (0.066 %)ServiceCenter
71 (0.066 %)AssetCenter
71 (0.066 %)BMC Marimba
71 (0.066 %)OMEGAMON
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1143 (9.377 %)Oracle
288 (5.770 %)Microsoft
353 (3.475 %)Cisco
447 (3.082 %)Sybase
544 (2.885 %)SAP
639 (2.557 %)Business Objects
729 (1.902 %)IBM
729 (1.902 %)VERITAS
729 (1.902 %)VMware
828 (1.836 %)Citrix
927 (1.770 %)Calypso
1026 (1.705 %)HP
1125 (1.639 %)Fidessa
1220 (1.311 %)Red Hat
1319 (1.246 %)OpenLink
1418 (1.180 %)CheckPoint
1516 (1.049 %)Cognos
1615 (0.984 %)Nokia
1615 (0.984 %)Blue Coat
1714 (0.918 %)TIBCO