The first table below looks at the demand for the Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the Gloucester 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 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 Gloucester 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
Analyst
Rank 4 8 2
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -6
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 14 44 20
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucester 19.72% 17.46% 21.98%
As % of the Job Titles category 20.90% 18.41% 22.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 36 9
Average daily rate £380 £363 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.82% +3.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £316 £270 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £440 £414 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
Average hourly rate £11.00 - £18.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -
All Job Titles
Gloucester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
67 239 87
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucester 94.37% 94.84% 95.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 149 43
Average daily rate £400 £400 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +33.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £261 £265 £170
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 9
Average hourly rate £11.00 £25.00 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-56.00% +31.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.50 £15.83 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.30 £25.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Analyst
Gloucestershire

Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucester 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 Gloucester region.

Gloucester Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Gloucester Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucester 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 7 (33.33%) SQL
1 7 (33.33%) Finance
2 5 (23.81%) SAS
3 4 (19.05%) Migration
3 4 (19.05%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (14.29%) Banking
4 3 (14.29%) Retail
4 3 (14.29%) MS Office
4 3 (14.29%) Windows
4 3 (14.29%) Windows XP
5 2 (9.524%) C#
5 2 (9.524%) UNIX
5 2 (9.524%) OO
5 2 (9.524%) ASP.NET
5 2 (9.524%) XML
5 2 (9.524%) .NET
5 2 (9.524%) Sybase
5 2 (9.524%) Active Directory
5 2 (9.524%) Citrix
5 2 (9.524%) PRINCE
5 2 (9.524%) ProC
5 2 (9.524%) Data Management
5 2 (9.524%) Data Analysis
5 2 (9.524%) Requirements Analysis
5 2 (9.524%) Retail Banking
5 2 (9.524%) Marketing
5 2 (9.524%) Credit Risk
5 2 (9.524%) INSURE/90
5 2 (9.524%) Unit Testing
5 2 (9.524%) SAS Macro

Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucester 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 2 (9.524%) ASP.NET
1 2 (9.524%) XML
1 2 (9.524%) .NET
2 1 (4.762%) ODBC
Application Platforms
1 5 (23.81%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (14.29%) MS Office
2 1 (4.762%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (4.762%) MS Project
2 1 (4.762%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (9.524%) INSURE/90
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.762%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.762%) RDBMS
1 1 (4.762%) MS Access
1 1 (4.762%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 2 (9.524%) ProC
General
1 7 (33.33%) Finance
2 3 (14.29%) Banking
2 3 (14.29%) Retail
3 2 (9.524%) Retail Banking
3 2 (9.524%) Marketing
4 1 (4.762%) General Ledger
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.524%) Credit Risk
2 1 (4.762%) Mathematics
2 1 (4.762%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 3 (14.29%) Windows
1 3 (14.29%) Windows XP
2 2 (9.524%) UNIX
3 1 (4.762%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (19.05%) Migration
1 4 (19.05%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (9.524%) OO
2 2 (9.524%) PRINCE
2 2 (9.524%) Data Management
2 2 (9.524%) Data Analysis
2 2 (9.524%) Requirements Analysis
2 2 (9.524%) Unit Testing
3 1 (4.762%) Data Migration
3 1 (4.762%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (4.762%) Change Control
3 1 (4.762%) Operations Research
3 1 (4.762%) Programme Management
3 1 (4.762%) Business Analysis
3 1 (4.762%) Project Management
3 1 (4.762%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 7 (33.33%) SQL
2 2 (9.524%) C#
2 2 (9.524%) SAS Macro
Qualifications
1 1 (4.762%) Security Cleared
1 1 (4.762%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (9.524%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (9.524%) Sybase
1 2 (9.524%) Citrix
2 1 (4.762%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.762%) HP