The first table below looks at the demand for the Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Essex 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Analyst
Rank 2 1 1
Rank change year-on-year
-1 0
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 110 134 125
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 25.76% 30.18% 32.81%
As % of the Job Titles category 27.85% 31.68% 34.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 53 68
Average daily rate £300 £175 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+71.42% -22.22%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £90 £99 £99
10% offered a daily rate of more than £458 £475 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 32 23
Average hourly rate £22.66 £22.25 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.84% -7.29%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £13.00 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.40 £40.65 £32.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -
All Job Titles
Essex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
395 423 358
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 92.51% 95.27% 93.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 188 204 162
Average daily rate £300 £280 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% +12.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £167 £99 £99
10% offered a daily rate of more than £440 £475 £420
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 62 63
Average hourly rate £28.00 £21.00 £27.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+33.33% -22.22%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £13.00 £9.68
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.00 £45.00 £34.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
Analyst
East of England

Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

Essex Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Analyst across the Essex region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Essex Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Essex Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Analyst across the Essex region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Essex Analyst Hourly Rate Histogram

Analyst
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analyst within the Essex region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Basildon +1 17 £195 -58.94% 1
Colchester +4 16 £388 +146.03% 1
Chelmsford +1 16 £260 +108.00% 1
Brentwood -4 8 £270 -32.50%
Southend-on-Sea +5 6 £350 - 1
Harlow -1 3 £133 -
Thurrock - 1 - -
Manningtree - - - -
Saffron Walden - - - -
Epping - - - -
Analyst
East of England

Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex region that cited 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 Analyst in their job title.

1 52 (25.49%) Active Directory
2 41 (20.10%) Finance
3 38 (18.63%) Microsoft
3 38 (18.63%) MS Excel
4 35 (17.16%) ITIL
5 32 (15.69%) Windows
6 31 (15.20%) MS Office
6 31 (15.20%) Business Analysis
7 23 (11.27%) SLA
8 21 (10.29%) HP
8 21 (10.29%) SQL
8 21 (10.29%) Use Case
9 20 (9.804%) Citrix
9 20 (9.804%) Microsoft Certification
10 18 (8.824%) McAfee
11 17 (8.333%) MCP
12 16 (7.843%) OpenView
12 16 (7.843%) MCDST
12 16 (7.843%) OVSD
13 15 (7.353%) Project Management
13 15 (7.353%) SQL Server
13 15 (7.353%) User Acceptance Testing
14 14 (6.863%) Windows XP
14 14 (6.863%) MS Exchange
15 13 (6.373%) ERP
15 13 (6.373%) E-Commerce
15 13 (6.373%) .NET
15 13 (6.373%) UML
16 12 (5.882%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
16 12 (5.882%) NHS

Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex region that cited 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 Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 13 (6.373%) .NET
2 11 (5.392%) XML
3 6 (2.941%) Web Services
3 6 (2.941%) ASP.NET
4 5 (2.451%) Cocoa Touch
4 5 (2.451%) UIKit
4 5 (2.451%) JSON
4 5 (2.451%) Cocoa
5 3 (1.471%) WCF
5 3 (1.471%) J2EE
5 3 (1.471%) COM
6 2 (0.980%) Middleware
6 2 (0.980%) XSD
6 2 (0.980%) XSLT
6 2 (0.980%) ASP
6 2 (0.980%) HTML
6 2 (0.980%) jQuery
7 1 (0.490%) CSS
7 1 (0.490%) XML Schema
7 1 (0.490%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 14 (6.863%) MS Exchange
2 7 (3.431%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.941%) IIS
4 5 (2.451%) Facebook Platform
4 5 (2.451%) Exchange Server 2007
4 5 (2.451%) BizTalk Server
5 4 (1.961%) Exchange Server 2003
6 2 (0.980%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.490%) SharePoint 2010
7 1 (0.490%) WorkSite
7 1 (0.490%) Oracle Application Server
7 1 (0.490%) Oracle 10gAS
Applications
1 38 (18.63%) MS Excel
2 31 (15.20%) MS Office
3 2 (0.980%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.980%) MS Project
3 2 (0.980%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (2.941%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.961%) VisionPLUS
3 3 (1.471%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.490%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.490%) Cognos Business Intelligence
4 1 (0.490%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.490%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.941%) VoIP
2 5 (2.451%) HTTP
2 5 (2.451%) TCP/IP
3 4 (1.961%) SAN
3 4 (1.961%) DHCP
3 4 (1.961%) DNS
4 3 (1.471%) LAN
4 3 (1.471%) VPN
4 3 (1.471%) Firewall
5 2 (0.980%) Internet
5 2 (0.980%) LDAP
6 1 (0.490%) WAN
6 1 (0.490%) SMTP
6 1 (0.490%) ISDN
6 1 (0.490%) Intranet
6 1 (0.490%) BGP
6 1 (0.490%) EIGRP
6 1 (0.490%) MGCP
6 1 (0.490%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (7.353%) SQL Server
2 7 (3.431%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 6 (2.941%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 6 (2.941%) SQL Server 2008
4 5 (2.451%) MS Access
5 3 (1.471%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 2 (0.980%) SQL Server 2005
6 2 (0.980%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.980%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (0.980%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (0.490%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
7 1 (0.490%) Oracle Discoverer
7 1 (0.490%) DTS
7 1 (0.490%) Oracle 8/8i
7 1 (0.490%) Oracle 9i
7 1 (0.490%) Oracle 10g
7 1 (0.490%) GIS
Development Applications
1 5 (2.451%) Xcode
2 2 (0.980%) RequisitePro
2 2 (0.980%) PowerDesigner
2 2 (0.980%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.490%) Oracle Forms
General
1 41 (20.10%) Finance
2 11 (5.392%) Legal
3 10 (4.902%) Retail
4 9 (4.412%) Law
5 8 (3.922%) Telecoms
6 6 (2.941%) Manufacturing
6 6 (2.941%) Banking
7 5 (2.451%) Pharmaceutical
8 3 (1.471%) Financial Institution
8 3 (1.471%) Advertising
9 2 (0.980%) General Ledger
9 2 (0.980%) Billing
10 1 (0.490%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.490%) Retail Banking
10 1 (0.490%) Marketing
10 1 (0.490%) Automotive
Miscellaneous
1 12 (5.882%) NHS
2 10 (4.902%) Blackberry
3 5 (2.451%) iPad
3 5 (2.451%) iPhone
3 5 (2.451%) Management Information System
4 4 (1.961%) SaaS
4 4 (1.961%) IIBA
5 2 (0.980%) Mainframe
5 2 (0.980%) Client/Server
5 2 (0.980%) Informatics
5 2 (0.980%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (0.490%) iSeries
6 1 (0.490%) Mathematics
6 1 (0.490%) CMDB
6 1 (0.490%) N-Tier
6 1 (0.490%) Taxonomies
6 1 (0.490%) PKI
6 1 (0.490%) AS400
6 1 (0.490%) E-Learning
Operating Systems
1 32 (15.69%) Windows
2 14 (6.863%) Windows XP
3 12 (5.882%) Windows 7
4 6 (2.941%) Windows Server 2003
4 6 (2.941%) Windows Server 2008
5 5 (2.451%) Apple iOS
5 5 (2.451%) Android
6 2 (0.980%) UNIX
7 1 (0.490%) Windows 2000 Server
7 1 (0.490%) Solaris
7 1 (0.490%) Linux
7 1 (0.490%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.490%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (17.16%) ITIL
2 31 (15.20%) Business Analysis
3 21 (10.29%) Use Case
4 15 (7.353%) Project Management
4 15 (7.353%) User Acceptance Testing
5 13 (6.373%) ERP
5 13 (6.373%) E-Commerce
5 13 (6.373%) UML
6 10 (4.902%) User Stories
7 8 (3.922%) Stakeholder Management
7 8 (3.922%) Configuration Management
7 8 (3.922%) Business Intelligence
7 8 (3.922%) Change Control
7 8 (3.922%) Release Management
8 7 (3.431%) Test Scripting
8 7 (3.431%) Data Modelling
8 7 (3.431%) Document Management
9 6 (2.941%) Change Management
9 6 (2.941%) Workflow
9 6 (2.941%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 21 (10.29%) SQL
2 5 (2.451%) C#
2 5 (2.451%) PHP
2 5 (2.451%) Objective-C
3 4 (1.961%) T-SQL
3 4 (1.961%) VBA
4 3 (1.471%) VBScript
5 2 (0.980%) PL/SQL
5 2 (0.980%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.980%) C
5 2 (0.980%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.490%) VB
6 1 (0.490%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 20 (9.804%) Microsoft Certification
2 17 (8.333%) MCP
3 16 (7.843%) MCDST
4 6 (2.941%) ISEB
4 6 (2.941%) Security Cleared
5 3 (1.471%) MCSA
6 2 (0.980%) Degree
6 2 (0.980%) MCSE
7 1 (0.490%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.490%) BC Cleared
7 1 (0.490%) CCNA
7 1 (0.490%) CISSP
7 1 (0.490%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.490%) CISA
7 1 (0.490%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (11.27%) SLA
2 3 (1.471%) HL7
2 3 (1.471%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.980%) BS25999
4 1 (0.490%) QA
System Software
1 52 (25.49%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.941%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.471%) DFS Replication
3 3 (1.471%) XenServer
4 2 (0.980%) VMware ESX
4 2 (0.980%) Microsoft App-V
4 2 (0.980%) Xen
4 2 (0.980%) XenApp
4 2 (0.980%) vSphere
5 1 (0.490%) Terminal Server
5 1 (0.490%) MetaFrame
5 1 (0.490%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 16 (7.843%) OpenView
1 16 (7.843%) OVSD
2 12 (5.882%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 5 (2.451%) SCCM
4 1 (0.490%) McAfee ePO
4 1 (0.490%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 38 (18.63%) Microsoft
2 21 (10.29%) HP
3 20 (9.804%) Citrix
4 18 (8.824%) McAfee
5 8 (3.922%) VMware
6 7 (3.431%) Apple
7 5 (2.451%) Facebook
7 5 (2.451%) Twitter
8 4 (1.961%) Civica
8 4 (1.961%) Oracle
9 3 (1.471%) Business Objects
9 3 (1.471%) Juniper
9 3 (1.471%) Cisco
9 3 (1.471%) ATG
10 2 (0.980%) AppSense
10 2 (0.980%) Remedy
10 2 (0.980%) Dell
10 2 (0.980%) SolarWinds
11 1 (0.490%) Tandberg
11 1 (0.490%) LANDesk
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