The first table below looks at the demand for the Systems Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Systems Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 Hertfordshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
System Analyst
Rank 54 61 51
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -10
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Analyst 9 7 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 1.400% 0.723% 1.728%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.468% 0.768% 1.812%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 7 13
Average daily rate £400 £388 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.22% -3.12%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £328 £365
% change year-on-year
-0.76% -10.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £24.00 £22.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year
+6.66% +4.65%
All Job Titles
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
613 911 828
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 95.33% 94.11% 95.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 309 401 346
Average daily rate £400 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £250 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 87 106
Average hourly rate £17.47 £31.00 £16.20
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-43.64% +91.35%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.05 £11.00 £11.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £40.00 £37.15
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Systems Analyst
East of England

Systems Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire Systems Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Systems Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire Systems Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Systems Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire Systems Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Systems Analyst
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Analyst within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Welwyn Garden City - 2 - -
Hemel Hempstead - 1 £300 -
Watford - 1 - -
Systems Analyst
East of England

Systems Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region that cited Systems 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 Systems Analyst in their job title.

1 8 (47.06%) Retail
2 7 (41.18%) Finance
2 7 (41.18%) Systems Analysis
3 5 (29.41%) Project Management
3 5 (29.41%) Business Analysis
3 5 (29.41%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (23.53%) Lean Six Sigma
4 4 (23.53%) Six Sigma Black Belt
4 4 (23.53%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 4 (23.53%) Six Sigma
4 4 (23.53%) EPoS
5 3 (17.65%) Chip and PIN
5 3 (17.65%) UML
5 3 (17.65%) EFTPOS
5 3 (17.65%) Scrum
5 3 (17.65%) PCI DSS
6 2 (11.76%) FMCG
6 2 (11.76%) NFC
6 2 (11.76%) Marketing
6 2 (11.76%) User Stories
6 2 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (11.76%) SQL
6 2 (11.76%) EMV
6 2 (11.76%) Smartcard
7 1 (5.882%) Mainframe
7 1 (5.882%) EFT
7 1 (5.882%) MS Office
7 1 (5.882%) PeopleSoft
7 1 (5.882%) Web Services
7 1 (5.882%) XML

Systems Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region that cited Systems 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 Systems Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (5.882%) Web Services
1 1 (5.882%) XML
Applications
1 1 (5.882%) MS Office
1 1 (5.882%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.76%) NFC
2 1 (5.882%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.882%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (5.882%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (5.882%) Axure RP
General
1 8 (47.06%) Retail
2 7 (41.18%) Finance
3 2 (11.76%) Marketing
4 1 (5.882%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 4 (23.53%) EPoS
2 3 (17.65%) Chip and PIN
2 3 (17.65%) EFTPOS
3 2 (11.76%) Smartcard
3 2 (11.76%) FMCG
3 2 (11.76%) EMV
4 1 (5.882%) EFT
4 1 (5.882%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (41.18%) Systems Analysis
2 5 (29.41%) Business Analysis
2 5 (29.41%) Project Management
2 5 (29.41%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (23.53%) Six Sigma
3 4 (23.53%) Lean Six Sigma
4 3 (17.65%) UML
4 3 (17.65%) Scrum
5 2 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (11.76%) User Stories
6 1 (5.882%) Analytics
6 1 (5.882%) Requirements Management
6 1 (5.882%) Use Case
6 1 (5.882%) BPMN
6 1 (5.882%) Requirements Engineering
6 1 (5.882%) Waterfall
6 1 (5.882%) Web Design
6 1 (5.882%) Agile Software Development
6 1 (5.882%) Data Analysis
6 1 (5.882%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) Six Sigma Black Belt
1 4 (23.53%) Six Sigma Green Belt
2 1 (5.882%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (17.65%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 1 (5.882%) PeopleSoft