The first table below looks at the demand for Systems Analysis skills in IT contracts advertised for the Glasgow region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Systems Analysis 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Glasgow 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
Systems Analysis
Rank 64 45 62
Rank change year-on-year
-19 +17
Contract jobs citing Systems Analysis 12 17 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 1.286% 2.160% 0.288%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.890% 3.189% 0.421%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 11 1
Average daily rate £319 £319 £317
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +0.78%
UK excluding London average daily rate £360 £350 £400
% change year-on-year
+2.85% -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £28.00 £21.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+30.23% -28.33%
All Processes & Methodologies
Glasgow
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
635 533 475
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 68.06% 67.73% 68.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 331 284 275
Average daily rate £338 £338 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -3.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £254 £235 £288
10% offered a daily rate of more than £453 £450 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 22 14
Average hourly rate £9.25 £25.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-63.00% -37.50%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Systems Analysis
Scotland

Systems Analysis
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Systems Analysis across the Glasgow region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Glasgow Systems Analysis Jobs Demand Trend

Systems Analysis
Daily Rate Trend

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

Glasgow Systems Analysis Daily Rate Trend

Systems Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Glasgow Systems Analysis Hourly Rate Trend

Systems Analysis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow region citing Systems Analysis also 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 that cited Systems Analysis.

1 15 (48.39%) Finance
2 10 (32.26%) SQL
3 7 (22.58%) Oracle
3 7 (22.58%) Business Analysis
4 6 (19.35%) UML
5 5 (16.13%) BPMN
5 5 (16.13%) Waterfall
6 4 (12.90%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (9.677%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (9.677%) Data Mart
7 3 (9.677%) Data Cleansing
7 3 (9.677%) Information Architecture
7 3 (9.677%) Management Information System
7 3 (9.677%) RDBMS
7 3 (9.677%) MS Excel
7 3 (9.677%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (9.677%) Microsoft
7 3 (9.677%) RAD
7 3 (9.677%) ERP
7 3 (9.677%) SQL Server
7 3 (9.677%) T-SQL
7 3 (9.677%) Java
8 2 (6.452%) PRINCE2
8 2 (6.452%) OLAP
8 2 (6.452%) Data Modelling
8 2 (6.452%) SOA
8 2 (6.452%) OOA/OOD
8 2 (6.452%) OO
8 2 (6.452%) OLTP
8 2 (6.452%) Project Management

Systems Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow region citing Systems Analysis also 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 that cited Systems Analysis. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (3.226%) COM
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.226%) FileNet
1 1 (3.226%) Documentum
Applications
1 3 (9.677%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (3.226%) Agresso
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.677%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 3 (9.677%) Data Mart
1 3 (9.677%) RDBMS
1 3 (9.677%) SQL Server
2 2 (6.452%) OLAP
2 2 (6.452%) OLTP
3 1 (3.226%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (3.226%) EDMS
General
1 15 (48.39%) Finance
2 2 (6.452%) Retail Banking
2 2 (6.452%) Banking
2 2 (6.452%) Retail
3 1 (3.226%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 28 (90.32%) Business Analyst
1 28 (90.32%) Analyst
2 26 (83.87%) Systems Analyst
3 24 (77.42%) Business Systems Analyst
4 6 (19.35%) Senior Business Systems Analyst
4 6 (19.35%) Senior Analyst
4 6 (19.35%) Senior Systems Analyst
4 6 (19.35%) Senior Business Analyst
5 4 (12.90%) Financial Services Business Analyst
5 4 (12.90%) Financial Business Analyst
6 3 (9.677%) UML Business Analyst
7 2 (6.452%) Business Intelligence Specialist
8 1 (3.226%) Consultant
8 1 (3.226%) Business Intelligence Consultant
8 1 (3.226%) Microsoft Consultant
8 1 (3.226%) Microsoft BI Consultant
8 1 (3.226%) CRM Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.677%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (22.58%) Business Analysis
2 6 (19.35%) UML
3 5 (16.13%) BPMN
3 5 (16.13%) Waterfall
4 4 (12.90%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (9.677%) Data Cleansing
5 3 (9.677%) Information Architecture
5 3 (9.677%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (9.677%) RAD
5 3 (9.677%) ERP
6 2 (6.452%) PRINCE2
6 2 (6.452%) Data Modelling
6 2 (6.452%) SOA
6 2 (6.452%) OOA/OOD
6 2 (6.452%) OO
6 2 (6.452%) Project Management
6 2 (6.452%) ERD
6 2 (6.452%) Use Case
6 2 (6.452%) Requirements Analysis
6 2 (6.452%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 10 (32.26%) SQL
2 3 (9.677%) T-SQL
2 3 (9.677%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (3.226%) Security Cleared
1 1 (3.226%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (3.226%) MCSE
Vendors
1 7 (22.58%) Oracle
2 3 (9.677%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.226%) IBM
3 1 (3.226%) Kofax