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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Systems 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 Systems Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 16 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the England region.

 System Analyst
Location
3 months to
16 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank183174145
Rank change year-on-year
Down-9Down-29
Matching contract IT job ads387324833
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England0.880 %0.871 %1.093 %
As % of the Job Titles category0.962 %0.954 %1.174 %
Daily rates quoted177111263
Average daily rate£375£350£363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.140 %-3.440 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£265£213£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£500£498£575
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£305£340
% change year-on-year
+14.75 %-10.29 %
Hourly rates quoted202127
Average hourly rate£22.50£21.00£26.19
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.140 %-19.80 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£17.30£14.00£14.80
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£40.95£52.50£43.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.00£17.08£25.00
% change year-on-year
+34.66 %-31.68 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
402313397370931
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England91.52 %91.36 %93.06 %
Daily rates quoted188371111822349
Average daily rate£401£375£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.800 %-6.250 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£215£240
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£600£550£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£340£350
% change year-on-year
-4.410 %-2.850 %
Hourly rates quoted236128816318
Average hourly rate£20.00£20.50£22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.430 %-6.810 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.00£11.00£11.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£38.00£37.50£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.60£20.00£22.00
% change year-on-year
-12.00 %-9.090 %
Systems Analyst UKSystems Analyst
UK

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.

Systems Analyst
Demand Trend

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

England Systems Analyst Demand Trend

Systems Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Systems Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Systems Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Systems Analyst across the England region over the 3 months to 16 March 2010.

England Systems Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Systems Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Systems Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Systems Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Systems Analyst across the England region over the 3 months to 16 March 2010.

England Systems Analyst Hourly Rate Histogram

Systems Analyst
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Analyst within the England region over the 3 months to 16 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
LondonDown-52191£423+16.95 %
South EastUp+2268£368+22.50 %
South WestUp+1133£363+61.11 %
North WestUp+732£300-
East of EnglandUp+2921£350-
YorkshireUp+313£313-10.64 %
North EastUp+158£340-
West MidlandsNo change06£300+36.51 %
East MidlandsDown-56£463+48.00 %
MidlandsUp+54--
Systems Analyst UKSystems Analyst
UK

Systems Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 16 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

1234 (29.07 %)Finance
2136 (16.89 %)UML
3131 (16.27 %)SQL
3131 (16.27 %)Systems Analysis
4114 (14.16 %)Banking
598 (12.17 %)Oracle
683 (10.31 %)SQL Server
782 (10.19 %)Microsoft
873 (9.068 %)Use Case
972 (8.944 %)Business Analysis
1071 (8.820 %)Retail
1165 (8.075 %)Government
1259 (7.329 %)Security Cleared
1353 (6.584 %)Data Modelling
1450 (6.211 %)Investment Banking
1549 (6.087 %)Windows
1648 (5.963 %)RUP
1747 (5.839 %)Migration
1844 (5.466 %)SAP
1943 (5.342 %)PRINCE2
2040 (4.969 %)XML
2040 (4.969 %)Business Intelligence
2139 (4.845 %)Workflow
2238 (4.720 %)Derivative
2238 (4.720 %)Insurance
2238 (4.720 %)User Acceptance Testing
2337 (4.596 %)Management Information System
2337 (4.596 %)MS Office
2436 (4.472 %)MS Excel
2535 (4.348 %).NET

Systems Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 16 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
140 (4.969 %)XML
235 (4.348 %).NET
314 (1.739 %)HTML
314 (1.739 %)WebSphere
413 (1.615 %)Web Services
59 (1.118 %)J2EE
68 (0.994 %)ASP.NET
77 (0.870 %)Middleware
86 (0.745 %)FpML
86 (0.745 %)Hibernate
95 (0.621 %)XML Schema
104 (0.497 %)Spring
104 (0.497 %)AJAX
113 (0.373 %)SOAP
113 (0.373 %)ASP
122 (0.248 %)EDI
122 (0.248 %)JMS
122 (0.248 %)XSL
122 (0.248 %)Adobe Flex
122 (0.248 %)Silverlight
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
114 (1.739 %)CMS
213 (1.615 %)SharePoint
39 (1.118 %)SharePoint Server 2007
46 (0.745 %)Apache
55 (0.621 %)IIS
64 (0.497 %)Tomcat
73 (0.373 %)BizTalk Server
82 (0.248 %)SAS
82 (0.248 %)Documentum
82 (0.248 %)MS Exchange
82 (0.248 %)WebSphere Application Server
82 (0.248 %)Lotus Domino
82 (0.248 %)Oracle Workflow
82 (0.248 %)LiveLink
82 (0.248 %)LiveCycle
91 (0.124 %)Force.com
91 (0.124 %)Exchange Server 5.5
91 (0.124 %)Exchange Server 2000
91 (0.124 %)Exchange Server 2003
91 (0.124 %)WebLogic
England IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
137 (4.596 %)MS Office
236 (4.472 %)MS Excel
324 (2.981 %)MS Visio
412 (1.491 %)MS Project
511 (1.366 %)MS PowerPoint
610 (1.242 %)Spreadsheet
76 (0.745 %)CA Clarity
81 (0.124 %)ArcView
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
112 (1.491 %)Eagle PACE
211 (1.366 %)SAP R/3
38 (0.994 %)PeopleSoft HRMS
47 (0.870 %)SAP MM
55 (0.621 %)SAP SD
64 (0.497 %)SAP WM
64 (0.497 %)SAP ERP
73 (0.373 %)SAP Oil and Gas
73 (0.373 %)SoftGrid
73 (0.373 %)BASE24
73 (0.373 %)Global One
73 (0.373 %)Summit
73 (0.373 %)SAP HR
82 (0.248 %)Navision
82 (0.248 %)SAP APO
82 (0.248 %)BusinessWorks
82 (0.248 %)Front Arena
82 (0.248 %)Academy Housing
82 (0.248 %)Dynamics CRM
82 (0.248 %)TIBCO iProcess
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
122 (2.733 %)Internet
214 (1.739 %)TCP/IP
310 (1.242 %)VPN
49 (1.118 %)BSS
49 (1.118 %)ATM
57 (0.870 %)DNS
57 (0.870 %)SAN
65 (0.621 %)VLAN
65 (0.621 %)Firewall
65 (0.621 %)VoIP
65 (0.621 %)3G
74 (0.497 %)Intranet
74 (0.497 %)Ethernet
74 (0.497 %)LAN
74 (0.497 %)IP Telephony
83 (0.373 %)SDH
83 (0.373 %)DHCP
83 (0.373 %)MPLS
92 (0.248 %)SMS
92 (0.248 %)WAN
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
183 (10.31 %)SQL Server
227 (3.354 %)Datawarehouse
326 (3.230 %)BusinessObjects
420 (2.484 %)SQL Server 2005
518 (2.236 %)DB2
617 (2.112 %)SQL Server 2000
712 (1.491 %)SQL Server Integration Services
810 (1.242 %)SQL Server 2008
810 (1.242 %)BusinessObjects XI
810 (1.242 %)DataStage
810 (1.242 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
99 (1.118 %)Crystal Reports
99 (1.118 %)MS Access
99 (1.118 %)ETL
108 (0.994 %)Oracle Reports
108 (0.994 %)Oracle 11g
117 (0.870 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
126 (0.745 %)EDRMS
135 (0.621 %)Data Cleansing
135 (0.621 %)BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
119 (2.360 %)RequisitePro
212 (1.491 %)ClearQuest
311 (1.366 %)ClearCase
48 (0.994 %)Rational Rose
56 (0.745 %)Visual Studio
63 (0.373 %)Oracle Forms
72 (0.248 %)ERwin
72 (0.248 %)StarTeam
81 (0.124 %)Rational Functional Tester
81 (0.124 %)JUnit
81 (0.124 %)TestDirector
England IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1234 (29.07 %)Finance
2114 (14.16 %)Banking
371 (8.820 %)Retail
465 (8.075 %)Government
550 (6.211 %)Investment Banking
638 (4.720 %)Insurance
729 (3.602 %)Retail Banking
825 (3.106 %)Telecoms
920 (2.484 %)Front Office
1019 (2.360 %)Health
1116 (1.988 %)Back Office
1214 (1.739 %)Local Government
1311 (1.366 %)General Ledger
149 (1.118 %)Marketing
158 (0.994 %)Financial Institution
167 (0.870 %)Pensions
167 (0.870 %)Manufacturing
167 (0.870 %)Education
176 (0.745 %)Publishing
176 (0.745 %)Criminal Justice
England IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
138 (4.720 %)Derivative
237 (4.596 %)Management Information System
323 (2.857 %)Credit Derivative
416 (1.988 %)Fixed Income
515 (1.863 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
613 (1.615 %)NGOSS
613 (1.615 %)Equities
613 (1.615 %)Mainframe
613 (1.615 %)FMCG
712 (1.491 %)N-Tier
811 (1.366 %)NHS
98 (0.994 %)Data Conversion
106 (0.745 %)Client/Server
106 (0.745 %)Credit Risk
106 (0.745 %)Computer Science
106 (0.745 %)IBM Mainframe
114 (0.497 %)Tandem
114 (0.497 %)AS400
123 (0.373 %)Market Risk
123 (0.373 %)Clustering
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
149 (6.087 %)Windows
227 (3.354 %)UNIX
322 (2.733 %)Linux
414 (1.739 %)Windows Server 2003
510 (1.242 %)Solaris
67 (0.870 %)Red Hat Linux
74 (0.497 %)Windows Server 2008
83 (0.373 %)Windows 2000 Server
92 (0.248 %)VMS
92 (0.248 %)Windows NT
92 (0.248 %)Windows XP
92 (0.248 %)AIX
92 (0.248 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
101 (0.124 %)Windows 7
101 (0.124 %)Mac OS
101 (0.124 %)Windows Mobile
101 (0.124 %)Windows Vista
101 (0.124 %)OpenBSD
101 (0.124 %)Windows 2000
101 (0.124 %)HPUX
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1136 (16.89 %)UML
2131 (16.27 %)Systems Analysis
373 (9.068 %)Use Case
472 (8.944 %)Business Analysis
553 (6.584 %)Data Modelling
648 (5.963 %)RUP
747 (5.839 %)Migration
843 (5.342 %)PRINCE2
940 (4.969 %)Business Intelligence
1039 (4.845 %)Workflow
1138 (4.720 %)User Acceptance Testing
1235 (4.348 %)Project Management
1332 (3.975 %)CRM
1428 (3.478 %)Data Migration
1524 (2.981 %)Data Analysis
1524 (2.981 %)Agile Software Development
1622 (2.733 %)GAP Analysis
1622 (2.733 %)OO
1721 (2.609 %)Requirements Analysis
1820 (2.484 %)DSDM
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1131 (16.27 %)SQL
228 (3.478 %)Java
323 (2.857 %)C
416 (1.988 %)C#
515 (1.863 %)VB
613 (1.615 %)C++
613 (1.615 %)COBOL
712 (1.491 %)VBA
712 (1.491 %)T-SQL
810 (1.242 %)PL/SQL
98 (0.994 %)VB.NET
104 (0.497 %)PHP
104 (0.497 %)VBScript
104 (0.497 %)VB6
113 (0.373 %)Perl
122 (0.248 %)Shell Script
122 (0.248 %)JavaScript
122 (0.248 %)Korn
131 (0.124 %)C-shell
131 (0.124 %)DCL
England IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
159 (7.329 %)Security Cleared
230 (3.727 %)SC Cleared
327 (3.354 %)ISEB
425 (3.106 %)Degree
515 (1.863 %)DV Cleared
67 (0.870 %)PRINCE2 Certification
75 (0.621 %)Microsoft Certification
83 (0.373 %)MCP
92 (0.248 %)PMI Certification
92 (0.248 %)MCSE
92 (0.248 %)MCSA
92 (0.248 %)MCTS
92 (0.248 %)BC Cleared
101 (0.124 %)MCDST
101 (0.124 %)ACCA
101 (0.124 %)CCAB
101 (0.124 %)ITIL Certification
101 (0.124 %)CISSP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
134 (4.224 %)QA
24 (0.497 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
33 (0.373 %)HL7
42 (0.248 %)SLA
42 (0.248 %)ISO27001
42 (0.248 %)PCI DSS
51 (0.124 %)Basel II
England IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
129 (3.602 %)Active Directory
26 (0.745 %)XenServer
35 (0.621 %)NFS
44 (0.497 %)VMware ESX
53 (0.373 %)XenApp
53 (0.373 %)VMware Infrastructure
53 (0.373 %)Terminal Services
62 (0.248 %)ISA Server
71 (0.124 %)Postfix
71 (0.124 %)Veritas Volume Manager
71 (0.124 %)Veritas File System
71 (0.124 %)Veritas Cluster Server
71 (0.124 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
13 (0.373 %)HP Quality Center
13 (0.373 %)SCCM
13 (0.373 %)WSUS
13 (0.373 %)NetBackup
13 (0.373 %)Norton AntiVirus
22 (0.248 %)SCOM
31 (0.124 %)McAfee ePO
31 (0.124 %)Veritas Storage Foundation
31 (0.124 %)Tivoli
31 (0.124 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
31 (0.124 %)MOM
31 (0.124 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
England IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
198 (12.17 %)Oracle
282 (10.19 %)Microsoft
344 (5.466 %)SAP
426 (3.230 %)Business Objects
521 (2.609 %)Citrix
620 (2.484 %)IBM
717 (2.112 %)Siebel
814 (1.739 %)PeopleSoft
911 (1.366 %)Trema
911 (1.366 %)Wall Street Systems
1010 (1.242 %)Northgate
118 (0.994 %)Cisco
127 (0.870 %)VMware
127 (0.870 %)Sybase
127 (0.870 %)TIBCO
127 (0.870 %)Red Hat
136 (0.745 %)Agresso
136 (0.745 %)Sun
145 (0.621 %)thinkFolio
145 (0.621 %)Murex