The first table below looks at the demand for the Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the Macclesfield 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 20 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 Macclesfield 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Analyst
Rank 3 1 18
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +17
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 8 21 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Macclesfield 21.05% 42.86% 4.615%
As % of the Job Titles category 22.22% 45.65% 4.688%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 0
Average daily rate £358 £281 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+27.11% -
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
Macclesfield
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
36 46 64
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Macclesfield 94.74% 93.88% 98.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 21 37
Average daily rate £350 £301 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.47% -14.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £80 £209 £279
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £525 £368
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 1
Average hourly rate £40.00 £34.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+17.64% +13.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Analyst
Cheshire

Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Macclesfield 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 Macclesfield region.

Macclesfield 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 Macclesfield region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Macclesfield 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 Macclesfield region.

Macclesfield Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Macclesfield 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 7 (63.64%) Change Management
2 6 (54.55%) Configuration Management
2 6 (54.55%) CMDB
3 4 (36.36%) SQL Server
3 4 (36.36%) Test Scripting
4 3 (27.27%) Test Management
4 3 (27.27%) HP Quality Center
4 3 (27.27%) HTML
4 3 (27.27%) SQL
4 3 (27.27%) .NET
4 3 (27.27%) Visual Studio
4 3 (27.27%) ASP.NET
4 3 (27.27%) XML
4 3 (27.27%) Windows
4 3 (27.27%) Windows XP
4 3 (27.27%) HP
4 3 (27.27%) ISEB
4 3 (27.27%) ISTQB
5 2 (18.18%) MS Excel
5 2 (18.18%) UNIX
5 2 (18.18%) MS Office
5 2 (18.18%) Test Strategy
5 2 (18.18%) QA
5 2 (18.18%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (18.18%) Manual Testing
6 1 (9.091%) SAP
6 1 (9.091%) XML Schema
6 1 (9.091%) Microsoft
6 1 (9.091%) LoadRunner
6 1 (9.091%) SAP APO

Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Macclesfield 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 3 (27.27%) HTML
1 3 (27.27%) .NET
1 3 (27.27%) ASP.NET
1 3 (27.27%) XML
2 1 (9.091%) XML Schema
Applications
1 2 (18.18%) MS Office
1 2 (18.18%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (9.091%) SAP APO
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (36.36%) SQL Server
2 1 (9.091%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Visual Studio
2 1 (9.091%) LoadRunner
Miscellaneous
1 6 (54.55%) CMDB
2 1 (9.091%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (27.27%) Windows
1 3 (27.27%) Windows XP
2 2 (18.18%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Change Management
2 6 (54.55%) Configuration Management
3 4 (36.36%) Test Scripting
4 3 (27.27%) Test Management
5 2 (18.18%) Manual Testing
5 2 (18.18%) Test Strategy
5 2 (18.18%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (9.091%) Workflow
6 1 (9.091%) Information Management
6 1 (9.091%) Business Analysis
6 1 (9.091%) Software Testing
6 1 (9.091%) Requirements Management
6 1 (9.091%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (27.27%) SQL
2 1 (9.091%) C#
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) ISEB
1 3 (27.27%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (27.27%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) HP
2 1 (9.091%) SAP
2 1 (9.091%) Microsoft