Hertfordshire Systems Analysis Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Systems Analysis skills within the Hertfordshire region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Systems Analysis over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Andover Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Bradford Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheshire Chester Chippenham City of London Croydon Darlington Derbyshire Docklands, London Dorset Durham East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Fareham Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Gwent Hammersmith Hampshire Hertfordshire Huntingdon Lancashire Leeds Liverpool Livingston London Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Newport Norfolk North East North West Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Rickmansworth Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Shropshire South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Staffordshire Stirling Stoke-on-Trent Surrey Sussex Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Watford West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Westminster Wiltshire Wokingham Yorkshire	3 months to 2 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	60	74
Rank change on same period last year	+14
Matching contract IT job ads	11	21
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.018 %	0.023 %
As % of the category below	1.768 %	2.392 %
Daily rates quoted	4	8
Average minimum daily rate	£350	£374
Average daily rate	£378	£383
% change on same period last year	-1.27 %
Average maximum daily rate	£407	£393
UK excluding London average daily rate	£377	£361
% change on same period last year	+4.51 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.00	-
Average hourly rate	£21.00	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£21.00	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£26.01	£32.19
% change on same period last year	-19.19 %
Processes & Methodologies Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads	622	878
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.999 %	0.943 %
Daily rates quoted	209	370
Average minimum daily rate	£338	£346
Average daily rate	£364	£369
% change on same period last year	-1.45 %
Average maximum daily rate	£389	£393
UK excluding London average daily rate	£381	£372
% change on same period last year	+2.31 %
Hourly rates quoted	72	91
Average minimum hourly rate	£31.59	£32.37
Average hourly rate	£32.56	£33.73
% change on same period last year	-3.47 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£33.53	£35.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£28.24	£29.63
% change on same period last year	-4.68 %
Systems Analysis East of England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Systems Analysis across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Systems Analysis across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Analysis within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Rickmansworth	-	1	-	-
Watford	+18	1	-	-

Systems Analysis East of England

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 7 (38.89 %) UML 2 6 (33.33 %) Finance 2 6 (33.33 %) Use Case 3 4 (22.22 %) Unified Process 3 4 (22.22 %) Telecoms 3 4 (22.22 %) RequisitePro 3 4 (22.22 %) ClearQuest 3 4 (22.22 %) XML 3 4 (22.22 %) RUP 3 4 (22.22 %) ClearCase 4 3 (16.67 %) Citrix 4 3 (16.67 %) SQL Server 4 3 (16.67 %) Business Analysis 5 2 (11.11 %) Retail 5 2 (11.11 %) Test Scripting

5 2 (11.11 %) Time Management 5 2 (11.11 %) Degree 5 2 (11.11 %) Education 5 2 (11.11 %) Validation 5 2 (11.11 %) SAP 5 2 (11.11 %) XML Schema 5 2 (11.11 %) MS Access 6 1 (5.556 %) ATM 6 1 (5.556 %) SLA 6 1 (5.556 %) EFT 6 1 (5.556 %) OO 6 1 (5.556 %) ITIL 6 1 (5.556 %) UNIX 6 1 (5.556 %) Windows 6 1 (5.556 %) Construction

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 4 (22.22 %) XML 2 2 (11.11 %) XML Schema 3 1 (5.556 %) SAP Basis	Business Applications 1 1 (5.556 %) BASE24 1 1 (5.556 %) SAP Retail
Communications & Networking 1 1 (5.556 %) ATM	Database & Business Intelligence 1 3 (16.67 %) SQL Server 2 2 (11.11 %) MS Access
Development Applications 1 4 (22.22 %) ClearCase 1 4 (22.22 %) RequisitePro 1 4 (22.22 %) ClearQuest	General 1 6 (33.33 %) Finance 2 4 (22.22 %) Telecoms 3 2 (11.11 %) Education 3 2 (11.11 %) Retail 4 1 (5.556 %) Banking 4 1 (5.556 %) Financial Institution 4 1 (5.556 %) Construction
Job Titles 1 15 (83.33 %) Analyst 2 12 (66.67 %) Business Analyst 3 8 (44.44 %) Systems Analyst 4 6 (33.33 %) Business Systems Analyst 5 3 (16.67 %) Consultant 6 2 (11.11 %) Business Consultant 7 1 (5.556 %) Information Analyst 7 1 (5.556 %) SAP Business Analyst 7 1 (5.556 %) UML Business Analyst 7 1 (5.556 %) Solutions Analyst 7 1 (5.556 %) SAP Administrator 7 1 (5.556 %) SAP Analyst 7 1 (5.556 %) Solutions Designer 7 1 (5.556 %) Administrator 7 1 (5.556 %) Systems Tester 7 1 (5.556 %) SAP Basis Consultant 7 1 (5.556 %) SAP Consultant 7 1 (5.556 %) Tester	Miscellaneous 1 1 (5.556 %) EFT
Operating Systems 1 1 (5.556 %) UNIX 1 1 (5.556 %) Windows	Processes & Methodologies 1 7 (38.89 %) UML 2 6 (33.33 %) Use Case 3 4 (22.22 %) RUP 3 4 (22.22 %) Unified Process 4 3 (16.67 %) Business Analysis 5 2 (11.11 %) Validation 5 2 (11.11 %) Test Scripting 5 2 (11.11 %) Time Management 6 1 (5.556 %) SAP Implementation 6 1 (5.556 %) ITIL 6 1 (5.556 %) Incident Management 6 1 (5.556 %) Regression Testing 6 1 (5.556 %) Disaster Recovery 6 1 (5.556 %) OO
Programming Languages 1 1 (5.556 %) SQL	Qualifications 1 2 (11.11 %) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (5.556 %) SLA 1 1 (5.556 %) ISO8583	Vendors 1 3 (16.67 %) Citrix 2 2 (11.11 %) SAP