London Information Analyst Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Information Analyst role in IT contracts within the London region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Information Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 1 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Information Analyst
Location Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Blackpool Bournemouth Bridgwater Bristol Buckinghamshire Canary Wharf Chelmsford Cheshire Chester City of London Clevedon Coventry Darlington Derbyshire Dewsbury Docklands, London Doncaster Dorchester Dorking Dorset Dover Dudley Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastbourne Edinburgh England Essex Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Gosport Hampshire Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Hounslow Ipswich Kent Lancashire Leeds Leicestershire Liverpool London Luton Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Preston Reading Romford Salford Scarborough Scotland Somerset South Coast South East South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Albans Staffordshire Suffolk Surrey Tamworth Taunton Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wakefield Wales Warrington Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Yorkshire Wigan Worcester Worcestershire Yeovil Yorkshire	3 months to 1 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	157	359
Rank change on same period last year	+202
Matching contract IT job ads	270	104
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.428 %	0.111 %
As % of the category below	1.122 %	0.263 %
Daily rates quoted	122	26
Average minimum daily rate	£249	£311
Average daily rate	£275	£331
% change on same period last year	-16.82 %
Average maximum daily rate	£302	£351
UK excluding London average daily rate	£251	£196
% change on same period last year	+28.18 %
Hourly rates quoted	32	32
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.23	£18.84
Average hourly rate	£25.57	£20.97
% change on same period last year	+21.92 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.91	£23.11
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£20.00	£19.87
% change on same period last year	+0.63 %
Job Titles London
Matching contract IT job ads	24057	39555
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	38.15 %	42.10 %
Daily rates quoted	9752	14901
Average minimum daily rate	£388	£424
Average daily rate	£416	£452
% change on same period last year	-7.87 %
Average maximum daily rate	£444	£480
UK excluding London average daily rate	£353	£351
% change on same period last year	+0.46 %
Hourly rates quoted	1457	2056
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.18	£25.29
Average hourly rate	£24.60	£26.82
% change on same period last year	-8.30 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.02	£28.36
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.14	£24.11
% change on same period last year	-4.03 %
Information Analyst 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 Information Analyst across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles 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 Information Analyst across the London region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Information Analyst across the London region over the 3 months to 1 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 Information Analyst across the London region.

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Information Analyst across the London region over the 3 months to 1 December 2008.

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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 Information Analyst within the London region over the 3 months to 1 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
City of London	+33	33	£296	-25.93 %
Docklands, London	+41	6	£437	+34.61 %
Hounslow	-	2	£240	-
Romford	-	1	£290	-
Canary Wharf	-	1	£250	-
Luton	-	1	-	-

Information Analyst England

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited Information 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 Information Analyst in their job title.

1 322 (70.61 %) NHS 2 141 (30.92 %) SQL 3 77 (16.89 %) SQL Server 4 75 (16.45 %) Health 5 60 (13.16 %) MS Excel 6 58 (12.72 %) Information Security 7 47 (10.31 %) Business Objects 7 47 (10.31 %) BusinessObjects 8 42 (9.211 %) MS Access 9 34 (7.456 %) Finance 10 29 (6.360 %) Information Management 11 25 (5.482 %) VBA 12 24 (5.263 %) Firewall 13 22 (4.825 %) Risk Management 13 22 (4.825 %) Banking

14 21 (4.605 %) Datawarehouse 15 19 (4.167 %) Microsoft 15 19 (4.167 %) Data Analysis 16 18 (3.947 %) Validation 16 18 (3.947 %) Spreadsheet 17 17 (3.728 %) COBIT 17 17 (3.728 %) Management Information System 17 17 (3.728 %) CISSP 18 16 (3.509 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 19 15 (3.289 %) Transact-SQL 19 15 (3.289 %) Legal 20 14 (3.070 %) Cerner 20 14 (3.070 %) Intranet 20 14 (3.070 %) BusinessObjects XI 20 14 (3.070 %) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited Information 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 Information Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 4 (0.877 %) XML	Application Platforms 1 3 (0.658 %) SAS
Applications 1 60 (13.16 %) MS Excel 2 18 (3.947 %) Spreadsheet 3 9 (1.974 %) MS Office 4 6 (1.316 %) MS Visio 5 4 (0.877 %) MS PowerPoint 6 2 (0.439 %) SPSS	Business Applications 1 2 (0.439 %) Cerner Millennium 2 1 (0.219 %) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking 1 24 (5.263 %) Firewall 2 14 (3.070 %) Intranet 3 5 (1.096 %) Internet 3 5 (1.096 %) Kerberos 4 3 (0.658 %) TCP/IP 5 1 (0.219 %) Intrusion Detection	Database & Business Intelligence 1 77 (16.89 %) SQL Server 2 47 (10.31 %) BusinessObjects 3 42 (9.211 %) MS Access 4 21 (4.605 %) Datawarehouse 5 14 (3.070 %) BusinessObjects XI 5 14 (3.070 %) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 6 12 (2.632 %) SQL Server 2005 7 10 (2.193 %) OLAP 8 7 (1.535 %) Crystal Reports 8 7 (1.535 %) Data Cleansing 9 6 (1.316 %) SQL Server Integration Services 9 6 (1.316 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 9 6 (1.316 %) DTS 10 5 (1.096 %) SQL Server 2000 11 4 (0.877 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 12 3 (0.658 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 12 3 (0.658 %) Data Mining 12 3 (0.658 %) ETL 13 2 (0.439 %) Oracle Discoverer 13 2 (0.439 %) GIS
General 1 75 (16.45 %) Health 2 34 (7.456 %) Finance 3 22 (4.825 %) Banking 4 15 (3.289 %) Legal 5 13 (2.851 %) Government 6 10 (2.193 %) Investment Banking 7 5 (1.096 %) Auditing 8 3 (0.658 %) Insurance 8 3 (0.658 %) Financial Institution 9 2 (0.439 %) Education 9 2 (0.439 %) Police 10 1 (0.219 %) Front Office	Miscellaneous 1 322 (70.61 %) NHS 2 17 (3.728 %) Management Information System 3 6 (1.316 %) Informatics 4 4 (0.877 %) Mathematics 4 4 (0.877 %) Statistics 4 4 (0.877 %) Data Extraction 4 4 (0.877 %) PKI 5 3 (0.658 %) Computer Science 6 2 (0.439 %) Data Integration 6 2 (0.439 %) Freedom of Information 7 1 (0.219 %) Data Protection Act 7 1 (0.219 %) CCTV 7 1 (0.219 %) Fixed Income 7 1 (0.219 %) E-Learning 7 1 (0.219 %) Smartcard 7 1 (0.219 %) Client/Server 7 1 (0.219 %) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems 1 10 (2.193 %) UNIX 1 10 (2.193 %) Windows 2 4 (0.877 %) VMS 3 2 (0.439 %) Windows Vista 3 2 (0.439 %) Solaris 3 2 (0.439 %) Windows 2000	Processes & Methodologies 1 58 (12.72 %) Information Security 2 29 (6.360 %) Information Management 3 22 (4.825 %) Risk Management 4 19 (4.167 %) Data Analysis 5 18 (3.947 %) Validation 6 13 (2.851 %) Data Protection 7 11 (2.412 %) GAP Analysis 8 10 (2.193 %) Performance Management 9 9 (1.974 %) Risk Assessment 9 9 (1.974 %) Benchmarking 10 8 (1.754 %) BCP 10 8 (1.754 %) Security Cleared 11 7 (1.535 %) SC Cleared 11 7 (1.535 %) Service Delivery 12 6 (1.316 %) Business Intelligence 12 6 (1.316 %) Data Validation 12 6 (1.316 %) Information Assurance 13 5 (1.096 %) Statistical Analysis 13 5 (1.096 %) Asset Management 14 4 (0.877 %) Data Management
Programming Languages 1 141 (30.92 %) SQL 2 25 (5.482 %) VBA 3 15 (3.289 %) Transact-SQL 4 6 (1.316 %) VB 5 3 (0.658 %) PL/SQL 6 1 (0.219 %) C	Qualifications 1 17 (3.728 %) CISSP 2 10 (2.193 %) CISA 3 7 (1.535 %) SSCP 4 6 (1.316 %) Degree 5 5 (1.096 %) GIAC 6 4 (0.877 %) CISM 7 1 (0.219 %) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 17 (3.728 %) COBIT 2 16 (3.509 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 3 12 (2.632 %) ISO17799 4 11 (2.412 %) SLA 5 9 (1.974 %) BS7799 5 9 (1.974 %) ISO27001 6 2 (0.439 %) QA	System Software 1 6 (1.316 %) Active Directory
Vendors 1 47 (10.31 %) Business Objects 2 19 (4.167 %) Microsoft 3 14 (3.070 %) Cerner 4 11 (2.412 %) Oracle 5 5 (1.096 %) iSOFT 5 5 (1.096 %) Cognos 6 4 (0.877 %) Mapinfo 7 3 (0.658 %) Sybase 8 2 (0.439 %) SAP 9 1 (0.219 %) Hyperion 9 1 (0.219 %) McKesson 9 1 (0.219 %) Ab Initio