The first table below looks at the demand for the Technical 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 Technical Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Analyst
Rank 229 239 210
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -29
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Analyst 336 413 470
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.796% 0.761% 0.849%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.861% 0.822% 0.915%
Number of daily rates quoted 195 258 270
Average daily rate £425 £438 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.85% +9.37%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £254 £246 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £582 £565
UK excluding London average daily rate £339 £350 £275
% change year-on-year
-3.21% +27.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 42 22
Average hourly rate £21.32 £21.50 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-0.82% +13.15%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.75 £11.10 £12.65
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.66 £37.30 £34.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £21.50 £18.50
% change year-on-year
-30.23% +16.21%
All Job Titles
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
39040 50214 51349
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 92.49% 92.56% 92.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 22971 28392 28508
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £245 £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 2022 2460 2732
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 £11.13 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.00 £40.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Technical Analyst
UK

Technical Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Technical Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Technical Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Technical Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Technical Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Technical Analyst across the England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

England Technical Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Technical Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Technical Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Technical Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Technical Analyst across the England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

England Technical Analyst Hourly Rate Histogram

Technical Analyst
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Analyst within the England region over the 3 months to 22 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 -9 206 £475 +5.55%
South East +7 44 £300 -25.00%
North West +22 25 £293 -6.40%
East of England +15 22 £375 -
Yorkshire -2 18 £380 +105.40%
South West +16 8 £343 -10.16%
West Midlands +9 5 - -
East Midlands +2 5 £379 +45.57%
Midlands +5 2 - -
South Coast - 1 - -
Technical Analyst
UK

Technical Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Technical 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 Technical Analyst in their job title.

1 206 (29.56%) Finance
2 158 (22.67%) SQL
3 137 (19.66%) Windows
4 132 (18.94%) Banking
5 101 (14.49%) Business Analysis
6 97 (13.92%) Microsoft
7 82 (11.76%) Active Directory
8 81 (11.62%) Investment Banking
9 73 (10.47%) User Acceptance Testing
10 70 (10.04%) ITIL
11 69 (9.900%) Migration
12 65 (9.326%) Agile Software Development
13 64 (9.182%) MS Excel
14 63 (9.039%) Windows Server 2008
15 60 (8.608%) UML
16 59 (8.465%) Java
17 58 (8.321%) Oracle
18 54 (7.747%) Citrix
18 54 (7.747%) Stakeholder Management
19 51 (7.317%) Windows 7
20 50 (7.174%) VMware
20 50 (7.174%) Windows Server 2003
20 50 (7.174%) MS Office
21 46 (6.600%) SQL Server
21 46 (6.600%) Data Analysis
22 45 (6.456%) Scrum
23 44 (6.313%) XML
24 42 (6.026%) Use Case
25 40 (5.739%) CRM
26 38 (5.452%) MS Exchange

Technical Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Technical 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 Technical Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 44 (6.313%) XML
2 32 (4.591%) .NET
3 13 (1.865%) Middleware
4 11 (1.578%) HTML
5 10 (1.435%) WebSphere
6 7 (1.004%) Web Services
6 7 (1.004%) COM
7 6 (0.861%) Application Packaging
7 6 (0.861%) ASP.NET
7 6 (0.861%) JDBC
7 6 (0.861%) SOAP
8 5 (0.717%) Spring
9 4 (0.574%) FpML
10 3 (0.430%) RESTful
10 3 (0.430%) XSLT
10 3 (0.430%) JSP
10 3 (0.430%) CSS
10 3 (0.430%) XML Messaging
10 3 (0.430%) .NET Framework
11 2 (0.287%) Velocity
Application Platforms
1 38 (5.452%) MS Exchange
2 22 (3.156%) SharePoint
2 22 (3.156%) Exchange Server 2010
3 12 (1.722%) Exchange Server 2007
3 12 (1.722%) IIS
3 12 (1.722%) Lync
4 11 (1.578%) Exchange Server 2003
5 10 (1.435%) StreamWeaver
6 8 (1.148%) Lotus Notes
7 7 (1.004%) Tomcat
8 6 (0.861%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 5 (0.717%) SAS
10 4 (0.574%) CMS
10 4 (0.574%) CICS
10 4 (0.574%) Apache
11 3 (0.430%) SharePoint 2010
11 3 (0.430%) WebLogic
11 3 (0.430%) BizTalk Server
12 1 (0.143%) Jadu
12 1 (0.143%) Moodle
Applications
1 64 (9.182%) MS Excel
2 50 (7.174%) MS Office
3 31 (4.448%) MS Visio
4 15 (2.152%) MS PowerPoint
5 4 (0.574%) Acrobat
5 4 (0.574%) MS Project
6 3 (0.430%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 21 (3.013%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.004%) Oracle EBS
3 6 (0.861%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 5 (0.717%) Aligne
4 5 (0.717%) Endur
4 5 (0.717%) ZaiNet
5 4 (0.574%) Oracle Retail
6 3 (0.430%) Oracle EBS R12
6 3 (0.430%) Oracle Financials
7 2 (0.287%) Academy Housing
7 2 (0.287%) Khalix
7 2 (0.287%) HFM
7 2 (0.287%) Adaptiv
7 2 (0.287%) Summit
7 2 (0.287%) LongView
8 1 (0.143%) Bloomberg TOMS
8 1 (0.143%) 3000 Xtra
8 1 (0.143%) PeopleSoft HRMS
8 1 (0.143%) BPCS
8 1 (0.143%) RMDS
Communications & Networking
1 30 (4.304%) Firewall
2 26 (3.730%) DHCP
3 24 (3.443%) LAN
4 22 (3.156%) DNS
5 20 (2.869%) WAN
5 20 (2.869%) FTP
5 20 (2.869%) HTTP
5 20 (2.869%) SAN
6 18 (2.582%) VoIP
7 17 (2.439%) VPN
8 16 (2.296%) Internet
9 15 (2.152%) Wireless
10 14 (2.009%) TCP/IP
11 12 (1.722%) Network Security
12 11 (1.578%) DMZ
12 11 (1.578%) VLAN
13 7 (1.004%) LDAP
13 7 (1.004%) SSL
14 6 (0.861%) Cisco IPT
14 6 (0.861%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (6.600%) SQL Server
2 22 (3.156%) Data Warehouse
3 16 (2.296%) SQL Server 2008
4 10 (1.435%) SQL Server 2005
4 10 (1.435%) Oracle 8/8i
5 9 (1.291%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 7 (1.004%) Big Data
6 7 (1.004%) MS Access
7 6 (0.861%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 6 (0.861%) DataStage
7 6 (0.861%) TOAD
7 6 (0.861%) Oracle 11g
7 6 (0.861%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 5 (0.717%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
8 5 (0.717%) Data Mining
8 5 (0.717%) Oracle Reports
8 5 (0.717%) Crystal Reports
8 5 (0.717%) OLAP
9 4 (0.574%) QlikView
9 4 (0.574%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 8 (1.148%) Rational Rose
2 6 (0.861%) Selenium
3 5 (0.717%) Team Foundation Server
4 4 (0.574%) Maven
4 4 (0.574%) Subversion
4 4 (0.574%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.430%) ClearCase
5 3 (0.430%) JIRA
6 2 (0.287%) jMock
6 2 (0.287%) TestDirector
6 2 (0.287%) ERwin
6 2 (0.287%) Ant
6 2 (0.287%) VSS/SourceSafe
6 2 (0.287%) IntelliJ
6 2 (0.287%) Eclipse
6 2 (0.287%) EasyMock
6 2 (0.287%) Git (software)
6 2 (0.287%) Mercurial
6 2 (0.287%) WebDriver
6 2 (0.287%) Mockito
General
1 206 (29.56%) Finance
2 132 (18.94%) Banking
3 81 (11.62%) Investment Banking
4 29 (4.161%) Back Office
5 26 (3.730%) Front Office
6 22 (3.156%) Retail
7 21 (3.013%) Telecoms
8 17 (2.439%) Financial Institution
9 11 (1.578%) Retail Banking
10 7 (1.004%) Manufacturing
10 7 (1.004%) Local Government
11 6 (0.861%) French Language
12 4 (0.574%) Corporate Banking
12 4 (0.574%) German Language
13 3 (0.430%) Publishing
13 3 (0.430%) Law
14 2 (0.287%) Music
14 2 (0.287%) General Ledger
14 2 (0.287%) Spanish Language
14 2 (0.287%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 22 (3.156%) Market Risk
2 17 (2.439%) Equities
3 14 (2.009%) Derivative
3 14 (2.009%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 13 (1.865%) Management Information System
5 10 (1.435%) Thin Client
5 10 (1.435%) Fat Client
6 8 (1.148%) NHS
6 8 (1.148%) Digital Media
7 7 (1.004%) Reference Data
7 7 (1.004%) Credit Risk
7 7 (1.004%) Mainframe
8 6 (0.861%) Blackberry
8 6 (0.861%) Client/Server
8 6 (0.861%) Hedge funds
9 5 (0.717%) New Media
9 5 (0.717%) Fixed Income
10 4 (0.574%) DTCC
10 4 (0.574%) Computer Science
10 4 (0.574%) IPTV
Operating Systems
1 137 (19.66%) Windows
2 63 (9.039%) Windows Server 2008
3 51 (7.317%) Windows 7
4 50 (7.174%) Windows Server 2003
5 34 (4.878%) Linux
6 31 (4.448%) UNIX
7 27 (3.874%) Windows XP
8 10 (1.435%) Windows 2000
9 7 (1.004%) AIX
10 5 (0.717%) Solaris
11 4 (0.574%) Mac OS X
12 3 (0.430%) Windows Server 2012
12 3 (0.430%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 3 (0.430%) zOS
12 3 (0.430%) Windows Vista
13 2 (0.287%) GCOS
13 2 (0.287%) HPUX
14 1 (0.143%) Apple iOS
14 1 (0.143%) i5/OS
14 1 (0.143%) MVS
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (14.49%) Business Analysis
2 73 (10.47%) User Acceptance Testing
3 70 (10.04%) ITIL
4 69 (9.900%) Migration
5 65 (9.326%) Agile Software Development
6 60 (8.608%) UML
7 54 (7.747%) Stakeholder Management
8 46 (6.600%) Data Analysis
9 45 (6.456%) Scrum
10 42 (6.026%) Use Case
11 40 (5.739%) CRM
12 37 (5.308%) Data Modelling
13 34 (4.878%) Project Management
14 32 (4.591%) User Stories
15 30 (4.304%) Workflow
16 28 (4.017%) E-Commerce
17 26 (3.730%) ETL
17 26 (3.730%) Change Management
18 25 (3.587%) Data Migration
18 25 (3.587%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 158 (22.67%) SQL
2 59 (8.465%) Java
3 32 (4.591%) VBA
4 26 (3.730%) C#
5 18 (2.582%) Python
6 11 (1.578%) PL/SQL
7 9 (1.291%) VB
8 8 (1.148%) Shell Script
8 8 (1.148%) PHP
9 7 (1.004%) C++
10 6 (0.861%) Jython
10 6 (0.861%) VB.NET
11 5 (0.717%) T-SQL
11 5 (0.717%) JavaScript
12 4 (0.574%) C
13 3 (0.430%) Bash shell
13 3 (0.430%) COBOL
13 3 (0.430%) Perl
14 2 (0.287%) VBScript
14 2 (0.287%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 35 (5.022%) Degree
2 19 (2.726%) Security Cleared
3 18 (2.582%) ISEB
4 13 (1.865%) SC Cleared
4 13 (1.865%) CCNA
4 13 (1.865%) Cisco Certification
5 9 (1.291%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (0.861%) ITIL Certification
6 6 (0.861%) CCIE
7 5 (0.717%) MCSE
7 5 (0.717%) CISSP
8 4 (0.574%) MCDST
8 4 (0.574%) MCP
9 3 (0.430%) MOS
9 3 (0.430%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.287%) MCITP
10 2 (0.287%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 2 (0.287%) GIAC
10 2 (0.287%) MCSA
10 2 (0.287%) VCP4
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (4.448%) QA
2 14 (2.009%) Basel III
3 12 (1.722%) SLA
4 10 (1.435%) MiFID
5 9 (1.291%) FATCA
6 8 (1.148%) Basel II
7 4 (0.574%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (0.574%) ISO 9001
7 4 (0.574%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.430%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.143%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.143%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.143%) COBIT
System Software
1 82 (11.76%) Active Directory
2 25 (3.587%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (2.726%) XenApp
4 17 (2.439%) vSphere
5 12 (1.722%) XenDesktop
6 10 (1.435%) Hyper-V
7 8 (1.148%) Microsoft App-V
8 6 (0.861%) VMware ESX
9 5 (0.717%) Forefront TMG
9 5 (0.717%) NLBS
10 3 (0.430%) VMware ESXi
10 3 (0.430%) Terminal Services
11 2 (0.287%) Nmap
11 2 (0.287%) Terminal Server
11 2 (0.287%) XenServer
12 1 (0.143%) SRDF
12 1 (0.143%) NFS
12 1 (0.143%) Xen
Systems Management
1 19 (2.726%) HP Quality Center
2 14 (2.009%) SCCM
3 7 (1.004%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
3 7 (1.004%) MOM
4 6 (0.861%) NetBackup
4 6 (0.861%) Cisco IPCC
5 5 (0.717%) SCOM
5 5 (0.717%) Norton AntiVirus
5 5 (0.717%) Tivoli
6 4 (0.574%) Opalis
6 4 (0.574%) Backup Exec
6 4 (0.574%) WhatsUp Gold
7 2 (0.287%) WSUS
7 2 (0.287%) Nagios
7 2 (0.287%) ARCserve
7 2 (0.287%) HP SIM
8 1 (0.143%) Oracle Identity Manager
8 1 (0.143%) CA Wily
8 1 (0.143%) Tivoli Identity Manager
8 1 (0.143%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 97 (13.92%) Microsoft
2 58 (8.321%) Oracle
3 54 (7.747%) Citrix
4 50 (7.174%) VMware
5 35 (5.022%) HP
6 27 (3.874%) Cisco
7 15 (2.152%) Symantec
8 13 (1.865%) SAP
9 10 (1.435%) IBM
9 10 (1.435%) Business Objects
10 9 (1.291%) NetApp
10 9 (1.291%) Lotus
11 8 (1.148%) Informatica
11 8 (1.148%) Calypso
12 7 (1.004%) Adobe
12 7 (1.004%) Cognos
12 7 (1.004%) Avaya
13 6 (0.861%) SurfControl
13 6 (0.861%) CheckPoint
13 6 (0.861%) SunGard
London
Responsibilities will include to act as the liaison between the business and IS and to provide a business and systems analysis service to key business areas, work with...
Harvey Nash plc
Posted: 26 April 2013
London
Responsibilities will include to act as the liaison between the business and IS and to provide a business and systems analysis service to key business areas, work with...
Harvey Nash plc
Posted: 16 May 2013
Ipswich, East Anglia
Business Analyst / Technical Analyst - Infrastructure - Process Mapping - 6 Months - IpswichBusiness Analyst / Technical Analyst is required by my Insurance client for a 6 month initial contract based in Ipswich-...
OPUS Recruitment Solutions
Rate: andpound;400-andpound;420pd
Posted: 8 May 2013
Cambridgeshire, East Anglia
Technical Business Analyst / Business Systems Analyst - 6 month Initial Contract - Cambridgeshire - £400 Per DayOur client who are a global Financial Organisation based in Cambridgeshire are currently looking for...
DP Connect Ltd
Rate: £400 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
Central London / West End
Technical Support Analyst VMware; Citrix XenApp; Active Directory (group policies); Server 2008... Our client are currently migration from Novel to Microsoft and require an experience Technical Support Analyst...
Lucid Support Services
Rate: Competitive Market Rates
Posted: 17 May 2013
City of London
Technical author / analyst Technical author required to write clear and concise descriptions of technical concepts for this investment bank and following a major change program to perform a...
Scope AT Ltd
Rate: neg
Posted: 3 May 2013
South Yorkshire
You will be required to build up knowledge of messaging systems other than WebSphere Message broker, such as MQ and in house CICS based message routing and transformation...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £450.00 - £480.00 per day
Posted: 4 May 2013
City of London
In particular, someone who has been in 2nd-line or 3rd line support for at least 3 years, and has undertaken some in-depth (project style) workExperience Required...
Claremont Consulting
Rate: Negotiable
Posted: 9 May 2013
London
DMAIC, lean, six sigma, process design, bank processing, DMAIC, lean, six sigma, process design, bank processing, Technical Business Analyst required urgently for a Tier 1 Investment Bank based...
Harvey Nash plc
Rate: £350 - £390 per annum
Posted: 4 May 2013
City, London
The successful Technical Analyst will need to have good knowledge of C# and VBA development and have excellent communication skills... Knowledge of an ETRM trading system, such as...
Lorien Resourcing
Posted: 15 May 2013
Oxfordshire, South East
By embracing best practice in process automation and system orchestration, we intend to radically enhance security, service availability and business continuity, through the introduction of "software-defined data...
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £350 - £400 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
My client, a leading Investment Bank in London are seeking a Murex Technical Analyst to aid with their on-going project work, The ideal candidate will have extensive...
Hays Finance Technology
Rate: £600.00 - £750.00 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
City, London
My client, a top tier investment bank, is looking for a Technical Test Analyst who MUST have extensive technical knowledge of UNIX and a good understanding of associated...
Aston Carter
Rate: £450 - £500 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
You will work with the Client's Mobile Development (iOS/Android) scrum teams that will be responsible for developing new functionality and maintenance of existing apps... Previous experience...
Experis IT
Rate: £450.00 - £540.00 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
Peterborough, East Anglia
Technical Desktop/Network Analyst - Active Directory - Server 2008, PeterboroughMy client requires a Technical Desktop / Network Analyst to be responsible for the technical design and implementation of IT related...
Posted: 23 April 2013
West Yorkshire
Oracle Technical Consultant / Analyst The client is offering a 6 month contract to a Oracle Technical Consultant / Analyst who will be responsible for providing technical expertise and support...
Rate: £450 - £500 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
City of London
infrastructure, windows server, network, exchange, cisco, active directory, windows server, sql, citrix, lyncA leading investment firm require two Windows Infrastructure Analysts with different technical focuses for a minimum...
Hudson IT London
Rate: £350 - £465 per day
Posted: 19 May 2013