The first table below looks at the demand for the Forecast Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Forecast 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 London 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
Forecasting Analyst
Rank 384 - 434
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring a Forecast Analyst 1 0 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.005% - 0.010%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.005% - 0.010%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 3
Average daily rate - - £225
UK excluding London average daily rate - - £250
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
19929 24797 28916
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 92.30% 92.59% 92.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 13475 15993 18573
Average daily rate £450 £440 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.27% -7.36%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 450 606 683
Average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £20.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £41.25 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Forecast Analyst
England

Forecast Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Forecast Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Forecast Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Forecast Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Forecast Analyst
Top 5 Related IT Skills

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

1 1 (100.00%) Data Mining
1 1 (100.00%) SAS
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics

Forecast Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) SAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Mining
General
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics