The first table below looks at the demand for the Service 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 Service Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Service Analyst
Rank 34 21 25
Rank change year-on-year
-13 +4
Contract jobs requiring a Service Analyst 13 25 26
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 3.234% 6.024% 6.633%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.562% 6.394% 7.008%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 8 13
Average daily rate £85 £99 £78
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.14% +27.74%
UK excluding London average daily rate £120 £138 £125
% change year-on-year
-12.72% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 12 3
Average hourly rate £74.50 £17.00 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+338.23% -54.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £12.50 £13.50 £12.00
% change year-on-year
-7.40% +12.50%
All Job Titles
Essex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
365 391 371
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 90.80% 94.22% 94.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 185 184 168
Average daily rate £300 £300 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +4.34%
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 65 58 68
Average hourly rate £28.00 £26.28 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.54% -4.43%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £13.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.00 £41.50 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Service Analyst
East of England

Service Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex Service Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Service Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

Essex Service Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Service Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Essex Service Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Service Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Service Analyst across the Essex region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Essex Service Analyst Hourly Rate Histogram

Service Analyst
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Service Analyst within the Essex region over the 3 months to 24 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
Basildon +5 6 £85 -
Witham -1 3 £90 -9.09%
Colchester -7 1 - -
Chelmsford - 1 - -
Service Analyst
East of England

Service Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex region that cited Service 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 Service Analyst in their job title.

1 23 (88.46%) Active Directory
2 18 (69.23%) ITIL
3 14 (53.85%) SLA
3 14 (53.85%) HP
4 13 (50.00%) OpenView
4 13 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 13 (50.00%) McAfee
4 13 (50.00%) MCP
4 13 (50.00%) OVSD
4 13 (50.00%) MCDST
5 10 (38.46%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 8 (30.77%) MS Excel
7 7 (26.92%) MS Office
8 5 (19.23%) Windows XP
8 5 (19.23%) Windows
9 4 (15.38%) Windows 7
10 3 (11.54%) SCCM
10 3 (11.54%) Security Cleared
10 3 (11.54%) MS Exchange
10 3 (11.54%) Blackberry
10 3 (11.54%) Finance
11 2 (7.692%) Service Delivery
11 2 (7.692%) Legal
11 2 (7.692%) Billing
11 2 (7.692%) Document Management
11 2 (7.692%) Citrix
11 2 (7.692%) Microsoft
11 2 (7.692%) Continuous Improvement
12 1 (3.846%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (3.846%) VB

Service Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex region that cited Service 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 Service Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 3 (11.54%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 8 (30.77%) MS Excel
2 7 (26.92%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.846%) Remedy ITSM
General
1 3 (11.54%) Finance
2 2 (7.692%) Legal
2 2 (7.692%) Billing
3 1 (3.846%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.54%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 5 (19.23%) Windows XP
1 5 (19.23%) Windows
2 4 (15.38%) Windows 7
3 1 (3.846%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (69.23%) ITIL
2 2 (7.692%) Service Delivery
2 2 (7.692%) Document Management
2 2 (7.692%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (3.846%) Incident Management
3 1 (3.846%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.846%) VB
Qualifications
1 13 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 13 (50.00%) MCP
1 13 (50.00%) MCDST
2 3 (11.54%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (53.85%) SLA
System Software
1 23 (88.46%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 13 (50.00%) OpenView
1 13 (50.00%) OVSD
2 10 (38.46%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 3 (11.54%) SCCM
Vendors
1 14 (53.85%) HP
2 13 (50.00%) McAfee
3 2 (7.692%) Citrix
3 2 (7.692%) Microsoft
4 1 (3.846%) Business Objects
4 1 (3.846%) Remedy
Colchester, South East
To be successful in this role you will need to be familiar with Active Directory, Windows XP - 7, Microsoft office 2003 - 2010, Windows Server 2008 and recent experience...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £8.00 - £10 per hour
Posted: 9 May 2013