The first table below looks at the demand for the Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the Halifax 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 23 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 Halifax 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Analyst
Rank 3 2 3
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +1
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 47 117 55
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Halifax 41.23% 51.77% 44.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 44.76% 54.17% 49.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 106 38
Average daily rate £330 £380 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.04% +1.20%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £280 £265 £171
10% offered a daily rate of more than £438 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -
All Job Titles
Halifax
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
105 216 111
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Halifax 92.11% 95.58% 89.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 187 72
Average daily rate £365 £380 £393
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.94% -3.18%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £280 £260 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £505 £459 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 3
Average hourly rate - £15.00 £7.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +114.28%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Analyst
West Yorkshire

Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Halifax 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 Halifax region.

Halifax 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 Halifax region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Halifax 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 Halifax region.

Halifax Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Halifax 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 75 (72.82%) Finance
2 46 (44.66%) Banking
3 34 (33.01%) Retail
4 24 (23.30%) Stakeholder Management
5 21 (20.39%) User Acceptance Testing
6 19 (18.45%) Retail Banking
7 18 (17.48%) Test Scripting
8 16 (15.53%) MS Project
8 16 (15.53%) MS Office
9 14 (13.59%) SQL
10 12 (11.65%) Migration
11 11 (10.68%) SAP
11 11 (10.68%) Microsoft
12 10 (9.709%) Windows
12 10 (9.709%) MS Excel
12 10 (9.709%) Business Analysis
13 9 (8.738%) Workflow
13 9 (8.738%) Business Transformation
14 8 (7.767%) Use Case
14 8 (7.767%) SAP Payroll
14 8 (7.767%) UML
14 8 (7.767%) ISEB
15 7 (6.796%) SAP HR
15 7 (6.796%) Project Management
15 7 (6.796%) StreamWeaver
16 6 (5.825%) Data Analysis
16 6 (5.825%) ISTQB
16 6 (5.825%) Change Management
16 6 (5.825%) HP Quality Center
17 5 (4.854%) GAP Analysis

Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Halifax 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 5 (4.854%) .NET
2 2 (1.942%) HTML
3 1 (0.971%) WebSphere
3 1 (0.971%) SAP XI
Application Platforms
1 7 (6.796%) StreamWeaver
2 2 (1.942%) Lotus Notes
2 2 (1.942%) SAS
2 2 (1.942%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.971%) Apache
3 1 (0.971%) Tomcat
3 1 (0.971%) IIS
Applications
1 16 (15.53%) MS Project
1 16 (15.53%) MS Office
2 10 (9.709%) MS Excel
3 5 (4.854%) MS PowerPoint
4 3 (2.913%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.971%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (7.767%) SAP Payroll
2 7 (6.796%) SAP HR
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.913%) Firewall
2 2 (1.942%) Cisco PIX
2 2 (1.942%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (0.971%) NFC
3 1 (0.971%) Intranet
3 1 (0.971%) HTTP
3 1 (0.971%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.971%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.883%) Data Warehouse
1 4 (3.883%) Data Mining
2 1 (0.971%) BusinessObjects XI
2 1 (0.971%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
2 1 (0.971%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (0.971%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.971%) Data Mart
Development Applications
1 1 (0.971%) LoadRunner
General
1 75 (72.82%) Finance
2 46 (44.66%) Banking
3 34 (33.01%) Retail
4 19 (18.45%) Retail Banking
5 1 (0.971%) Financial Institution
5 1 (0.971%) Front Office
5 1 (0.971%) Back Office
5 1 (0.971%) Investment Banking
5 1 (0.971%) Marketing
5 1 (0.971%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 4 (3.883%) Credit Risk
1 4 (3.883%) Data Extraction
2 2 (1.942%) Mainframe
3 1 (0.971%) Management Information System
3 1 (0.971%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 10 (9.709%) Windows
2 2 (1.942%) Windows XP
2 2 (1.942%) Windows 7
3 1 (0.971%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (23.30%) Stakeholder Management
2 21 (20.39%) User Acceptance Testing
3 18 (17.48%) Test Scripting
4 12 (11.65%) Migration
5 10 (9.709%) Business Analysis
6 9 (8.738%) Workflow
6 9 (8.738%) Business Transformation
7 8 (7.767%) Use Case
7 8 (7.767%) UML
8 7 (6.796%) Project Management
9 6 (5.825%) Data Analysis
9 6 (5.825%) Change Management
10 5 (4.854%) GAP Analysis
10 5 (4.854%) Software Testing
10 5 (4.854%) Risk Management
10 5 (4.854%) Data Management
11 4 (3.883%) Document Management
11 4 (3.883%) Validation
11 4 (3.883%) Data Modelling
11 4 (3.883%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 14 (13.59%) SQL
2 5 (4.854%) VBA
3 2 (1.942%) Java
3 2 (1.942%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.971%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (7.767%) ISEB
2 6 (5.825%) ISTQB
3 2 (1.942%) CCNA
3 2 (1.942%) CCDP
3 2 (1.942%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (0.971%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (0.971%) ACCA
4 1 (0.971%) CCIE
4 1 (0.971%) CCNP
4 1 (0.971%) CIMA
4 1 (0.971%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.883%) FATCA
2 1 (0.971%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (0.971%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (0.971%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (5.825%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (1.942%) Opalis
3 1 (0.971%) CA Wily
Vendors
1 11 (10.68%) SAP
1 11 (10.68%) Microsoft
2 4 (3.883%) TIBCO
2 4 (3.883%) Pega
3 3 (2.913%) Business Objects
4 2 (1.942%) Cisco
4 2 (1.942%) Lotus
4 2 (1.942%) CheckPoint
5 1 (0.971%) Juniper
5 1 (0.971%) CA
5 1 (0.971%) Informatica
5 1 (0.971%) Oracle
5 1 (0.971%) DataFlux
5 1 (0.971%) VMware
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