The first table below looks at the demand for the Applications Support 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 Applications Support Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Application Support Analyst
Rank 44 40 -
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Support Analyst 2 4 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 0.491% 0.976% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.538% 1.042% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Average daily rate £350 £363 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.44% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £290 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.17% -10.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £27.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £18.50 £19.00
% change year-on-year
+21.62% -2.63%
All Job Titles
Essex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
372 384 376
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 91.40% 93.66% 95.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 178 188 169
Average daily rate £301 £294 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.29% +2.17%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £160 £105 £78
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 57 77
Average hourly rate £30.00 £27.00 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.11% -1.81%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £13.00 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.00 £41.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Applications Support Analyst
East of England

Applications Support Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex Applications Support Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Applications Support Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

Essex Applications Support Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Applications Support Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Essex Applications Support Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Applications Support Analyst
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Support Analyst within the Essex region over the 3 months to 17 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
Colchester - 1 £350 -
Applications Support Analyst
East of England

Applications Support Analyst
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex region that cited Applications Support 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 Applications Support Analyst in their job title.

1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) IIS
1 2 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 2 (100.00%) HTTP
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 2 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Network Load Balancing
1 2 (100.00%) WCF
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 2 (100.00%) Capacity Management

Applications Support Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex region that cited Applications Support 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 Applications Support Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 2 (100.00%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) IIS
1 2 (100.00%) SharePoint
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) HTTP
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 2 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Network Load Balancing
1 2 (100.00%) Capacity Management