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The table below looks at the demand for Systems Analysis skills within the England region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Systems Analysis over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSystems Analysis
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank255251
Rank change on same period last yearDown-4
Matching contract IT job ads323545
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.509 %0.584 %
As % of the category below1.013 %1.243 %
Daily rates quoted103210
Average minimum daily rate£356£388
Average daily rate£380£403
% change on same period last year-5.75 %
Average maximum daily rate£404£418
UK excluding London average daily rate£374£352
% change on same period last year+6.36 %
Hourly rates quoted1526
Average minimum hourly rate£32.27£29.57
Average hourly rate£34.91£30.83
% change on same period last year+13.25 %
Average maximum hourly rate£37.56£32.09
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.31£31.46
% change on same period last year-10.00 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
England
Matching contract IT job ads3187943836
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled50.21 %46.97 %
Daily rates quoted1126014678
Average minimum daily rate£381£387
Average daily rate£408£411
% change on same period last year-0.66 %
Average maximum daily rate£435£435
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£370
% change on same period last year+2.76 %
Hourly rates quoted23913052
Average minimum hourly rate£26.71£28.91
Average hourly rate£28.42£30.69
% change on same period last year-7.40 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.13£32.48
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.17£29.91
% change on same period last year-5.80 %
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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.

Systems Analysis
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Systems Analysis across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

England Systems Analysis Demand Trend

Systems Analysis
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Systems Analysis Daily Rate Trend

Systems Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram

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

England Systems Analysis Daily Rate Histogram

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Systems Analysis Hourly Rate Trend

Systems Analysis
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

England Systems Analysis Hourly Rate Histogram

Systems Analysis
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Analysis within the England region over the 3 months to 21 November 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-9112£403-14.12 %
South EastUp+5674£367-2.87 %
YorkshireUp+1735£342+1.55 %
South WestDown-1423£329-8.71 %
East of EnglandUp+622£386+15.89 %
West MidlandsUp+818£361+39.54 %
North WestUp+716£342-13.72 %
East MidlandsUp+38£437+14.53 %
North EastUp+106--
MidlandsUp+135--
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Systems Analysis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Systems Analysis also 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 that cited Systems Analysis.

1200 (27.74 %)Finance
2155 (21.50 %)Business Analysis
3125 (17.34 %)Oracle
4122 (16.92 %)UML
5106 (14.70 %)SQL
698 (13.59 %)Project Management
795 (13.18 %)Banking
877 (10.68 %)Government
972 (9.986 %)Data Modelling
1063 (8.738 %)Use Case
1160 (8.322 %)RUP
1257 (7.906 %)PRINCE2
1257 (7.906 %).NET
1349 (6.796 %)SQL Server
1448 (6.657 %)Microsoft
1547 (6.519 %)UNIX
1645 (6.241 %)XML
1645 (6.241 %)IBM
1645 (6.241 %)Retail
1743 (5.964 %)SAP
1839 (5.409 %)Java
1839 (5.409 %)Security Cleared
1938 (5.270 %)Management Information System
2037 (5.132 %)OO
2136 (4.993 %)User Acceptance Testing
2235 (4.854 %)Back Office
2235 (4.854 %)Investment Banking
2333 (4.577 %)System Testing
2432 (4.438 %)Derivative
2432 (4.438 %)Degree

Systems Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Systems Analysis also 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 that cited Systems Analysis. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
157 (7.906 %).NET
245 (6.241 %)XML
322 (3.051 %)ASP.NET
322 (3.051 %)HTML
417 (2.358 %)J2EE
511 (1.526 %)CSS
610 (1.387 %)XSLT
78 (1.110 %)WebServices
86 (0.832 %)BAPI
86 (0.832 %)SAP XI
86 (0.832 %)WebSphere
95 (0.693 %)XML Schema
95 (0.693 %)Oracle ADF
95 (0.693 %)ASP
104 (0.555 %)COM
104 (0.555 %)Middleware
104 (0.555 %)SAP BSP
104 (0.555 %).NET Framework
113 (0.416 %)ASP.NET 2.0
113 (0.416 %)XSL
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
118 (2.497 %)Lotus Notes
118 (2.497 %)CMS
212 (1.664 %)Lotus Domino
311 (1.526 %)SharePoint
47 (0.971 %)Oracle Workflow
53 (0.416 %)WebSphere MQ
53 (0.416 %)WebSphere Message Broker
53 (0.416 %)WebLogic
62 (0.277 %)MS Exchange
62 (0.277 %)TeamSite
62 (0.277 %)CICS
62 (0.277 %)Exchange Server 5.5
62 (0.277 %)SharePoint Server 2007
71 (0.139 %)MapXtreme
71 (0.139 %)ATG Dynamo
71 (0.139 %)LiveLink
71 (0.139 %)BizTalk Server
71 (0.139 %)ColdFusion
71 (0.139 %)IIS
71 (0.139 %)JBoss
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
131 (4.300 %)MS Visio
221 (2.913 %)MS Office
318 (2.497 %)MS Project
417 (2.358 %)MS Excel
55 (0.693 %)MS PowerPoint
62 (0.277 %)Spreadsheet
71 (0.139 %)InfoPath
71 (0.139 %)Open Workbench
71 (0.139 %)MATLAB
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
120 (2.774 %)Oracle EBS
214 (1.942 %)Oracle ERP
311 (1.526 %)SAP Retail
49 (1.248 %)Oracle HRMS
58 (1.110 %)Endur
66 (0.832 %)SAP CRM
74 (0.555 %)SAP MM
74 (0.555 %)Oracle 11i
74 (0.555 %)SAP SD
74 (0.555 %)Summit
74 (0.555 %)Algo Collateral
83 (0.416 %)Dynamics GP
83 (0.416 %)SAP Oil and Gas
92 (0.277 %)Sophis VALUE
92 (0.277 %)MAXIMO
92 (0.277 %)Great Plains
92 (0.277 %)SAP FI
92 (0.277 %)Oracle Applications
101 (0.139 %)SAP Payroll
101 (0.139 %)BASE24
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (0.832 %)ATM
16 (0.832 %)Internet
25 (0.693 %)TCP/IP
32 (0.277 %)DNS
32 (0.277 %)X.25
32 (0.277 %)LAN
32 (0.277 %)IPX
32 (0.277 %)WAN
32 (0.277 %)DHCP
41 (0.139 %)Ethernet
41 (0.139 %)FTP
41 (0.139 %)HTTP
41 (0.139 %)SNMP
41 (0.139 %)SDH
41 (0.139 %)TETRA
41 (0.139 %)IGMP
41 (0.139 %)Intranet
41 (0.139 %)MPLS
41 (0.139 %)RTP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
149 (6.796 %)SQL Server
219 (2.635 %)DB2
315 (2.080 %)Oracle Reports
315 (2.080 %)Datawarehouse
315 (2.080 %)Oracle 10g
315 (2.080 %)BusinessObjects
49 (1.248 %)Oracle 9i
49 (1.248 %)Crystal Reports
58 (1.110 %)ETL
58 (1.110 %)SQL Server 2005
58 (1.110 %)Oracle Discoverer
67 (0.971 %)SAP BW
76 (0.832 %)MS Access
85 (0.693 %)Oracle 8/8i
85 (0.693 %)DataStage
85 (0.693 %)PowerCenter
94 (0.555 %)MySQL
94 (0.555 %)Data Cleansing
103 (0.416 %)SQL Server Integration Services
103 (0.416 %)SQL Server 2000
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
114 (1.942 %)Oracle Forms
213 (1.803 %)Rational Rose
213 (1.803 %)RequisitePro
38 (1.110 %)Visual Studio
47 (0.971 %)ClearCase
56 (0.832 %)ClearQuest
65 (0.693 %)JDeveloper
73 (0.416 %)PowerBuilder
82 (0.277 %)ERwin
82 (0.277 %)LoadRunner
82 (0.277 %)NUnit
82 (0.277 %)Oracle APEX
91 (0.139 %)Subversion
91 (0.139 %)Ant
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1200 (27.74 %)Finance
295 (13.18 %)Banking
377 (10.68 %)Government
445 (6.241 %)Retail
535 (4.854 %)Investment Banking
535 (4.854 %)Back Office
627 (3.745 %)Health
726 (3.606 %)Front Office
817 (2.358 %)Local Government
817 (2.358 %)Pensions
915 (2.080 %)Insurance
1012 (1.664 %)Financial Institution
1111 (1.526 %)Legal
1210 (1.387 %)Education
139 (1.248 %)Construction
148 (1.110 %)Marketing
157 (0.971 %)Retail Banking
157 (0.971 %)Telecoms
166 (0.832 %)Automotive
166 (0.832 %)Billing
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1516 (71.57 %)Analyst
2334 (46.32 %)Business Analyst
3196 (27.18 %)Systems Analyst
484 (11.65 %)Developer
484 (11.65 %)Business Systems Analyst
530 (4.161 %)Consultant
624 (3.329 %)Project Manager
723 (3.190 %)Senior Analyst
822 (3.051 %)Architect
920 (2.774 %)Technical Analyst
1018 (2.497 %)Test Analyst
1018 (2.497 %)Support Analyst
1115 (2.080 %)Programmer
1115 (2.080 %)Tester
1212 (1.664 %)Web Developer
1212 (1.664 %)Data Analyst
1212 (1.664 %)Developer Analyst
1311 (1.526 %)IT Business Analyst
1311 (1.526 %)Systems Developer
1311 (1.526 %)Applications Support
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
138 (5.270 %)Management Information System
232 (4.438 %)Derivative
327 (3.745 %)NHS
421 (2.913 %)Mainframe
517 (2.358 %)IBM Mainframe
611 (1.526 %)EPoS
79 (1.248 %)Computer Science
79 (1.248 %)Credit Risk
88 (1.110 %)DTCC
88 (1.110 %)Fixed Income
95 (0.693 %)Equities
95 (0.693 %)Credit Derivative
95 (0.693 %)Client/Server
95 (0.693 %)Data Protection Act
95 (0.693 %)AS400
103 (0.416 %)Statistics
103 (0.416 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
112 (0.277 %)PMI
112 (0.277 %)N-Tier
112 (0.277 %)VLE
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
147 (6.519 %)UNIX
229 (4.022 %)Windows
310 (1.387 %)Linux
48 (1.110 %)AIX
54 (0.555 %)Windows NT
54 (0.555 %)Windows Server 2003
63 (0.416 %)Windows 2000
71 (0.139 %)Windows XP
71 (0.139 %)MVS
71 (0.139 %)Solaris
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1155 (21.50 %)Business Analysis
2122 (16.92 %)UML
398 (13.59 %)Project Management
472 (9.986 %)Data Modelling
563 (8.738 %)Use Case
660 (8.322 %)RUP
757 (7.906 %)PRINCE2
839 (5.409 %)Security Cleared
937 (5.132 %)OO
1036 (4.993 %)User Acceptance Testing
1133 (4.577 %)System Testing
1231 (4.300 %)Workflow
1329 (4.022 %)Migration
1329 (4.022 %)Data Analysis
1427 (3.745 %)ITIL
1427 (3.745 %)Test Scripting
1525 (3.467 %)Project Planning
1624 (3.329 %)ERP
1723 (3.190 %)SC Cleared
1822 (3.051 %)Risk Management
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1106 (14.70 %)SQL
239 (5.409 %)Java
329 (4.022 %)PL/SQL
428 (3.883 %)C#
518 (2.497 %)COBOL
518 (2.497 %)ABAP
617 (2.358 %)VB
716 (2.219 %)VB.NET
814 (1.942 %)JavaScript
99 (1.248 %)VB6
107 (0.971 %)LotusScript
107 (0.971 %)Transact-SQL
115 (0.693 %)Korn
124 (0.555 %)Shell Script
124 (0.555 %)RPG
124 (0.555 %)VBA
124 (0.555 %)C
124 (0.555 %)PHP
133 (0.416 %)Perl
133 (0.416 %)C++
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
132 (4.438 %)Degree
211 (1.526 %)IBM Certification
310 (1.387 %)ISEB
47 (0.971 %)SAP Certification
56 (0.832 %)PRINCE2 Certification
63 (0.416 %)ITIL Certification
63 (0.416 %)CITP
72 (0.277 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
72 (0.277 %)ISEB Practitioner
72 (0.277 %)Citrix Certification
81 (0.139 %)Cisco Certification
81 (0.139 %)PhD
81 (0.139 %)CCNA
81 (0.139 %)MBA
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
125 (3.467 %)QA
25 (0.693 %)SLA
34 (0.555 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
41 (0.139 %)ISO8583
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (0.139 %)Active Directory
11 (0.139 %)VMware Infrastructure
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
16 (0.832 %)Netcool
25 (0.693 %)Netcool/OMNIbus
25 (0.693 %)Unicenter
31 (0.139 %)Netcool/Proviso
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1125 (17.34 %)Oracle
248 (6.657 %)Microsoft
345 (6.241 %)IBM
443 (5.964 %)SAP
518 (2.497 %)Lotus
615 (2.080 %)Business Objects
713 (1.803 %)Northgate
89 (1.248 %)Calypso
97 (0.971 %)Sybase
106 (0.832 %)Retalix
115 (0.693 %)Cognos
115 (0.693 %)CA
115 (0.693 %)JD Edwards
115 (0.693 %)Retek
115 (0.693 %)Tridion
124 (0.555 %)Citrix
124 (0.555 %)Sun
124 (0.555 %)Teradata
124 (0.555 %)Sophis
133 (0.416 %)Casewise