The first table below looks at the demand for the Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester 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 19 June 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 Manchester 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Analyst
Rank 3 2 3
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +1
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 162 208 191
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 16.89% 16.86% 18.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 18.08% 18.47% 19.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 98 79
Average daily rate £325 £320 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.48% +16.45%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £152 £134 £125
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £425 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 22 19
Average hourly rate £13.75 £17.50 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.42% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £10.33 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.00 £42.65 £20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -
All Job Titles
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
896 1126 981
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 93.43% 91.25% 94.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 433 542 455
Average daily rate £333 £300 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.83% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £215 £125
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £440 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 81 75 88
Average hourly rate £16.00 £19.50 £15.05
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-17.94% +29.56%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £11.20 £9.71
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £36.20 £32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
Analyst
North West

Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester 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 Manchester region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Analyst across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Manchester Analyst Hourly Rate Histogram

Analyst
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analyst within the Manchester region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Salford -1 6 £331 -11.66% 2
Bolton +4 3 - - 3
Ashton-under-Lyne - 2 - -
Wigan -2 1 - - 1
Altrincham - - - - 5
Stockport - - - - 7
Bury - - - - 1
Cheadle - - - -
Oldham - - - -
Sale - - - - 3
Analyst
North West

Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 67 (21.54%) Finance
2 48 (15.43%) Business Analysis
3 40 (12.86%) Stakeholder Management
4 39 (12.54%) Microsoft
5 35 (11.25%) Windows
6 34 (10.93%) ITIL
7 28 (9.003%) Retail
7 28 (9.003%) SQL
8 26 (8.360%) Banking
9 23 (7.395%) Active Directory
10 22 (7.074%) SQL Server
10 22 (7.074%) MS Office
10 22 (7.074%) MS Excel
11 21 (6.752%) Project Management
12 20 (6.431%) NHS
13 19 (6.109%) SAP
14 17 (5.466%) Business Intelligence
15 16 (5.145%) Agile Software Development
16 15 (4.823%) CRM
17 14 (4.502%) PRINCE2
17 14 (4.502%) Windows 7
18 12 (3.859%) Windows Server 2008
18 12 (3.859%) Windows XP
18 12 (3.859%) ISEB
19 11 (3.537%) Change Management
19 11 (3.537%) SharePoint
19 11 (3.537%) UML
19 11 (3.537%) Marketing
20 10 (3.215%) Degree
20 10 (3.215%) Data Analysis

Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 8 (2.572%) XML
2 6 (1.929%) Web Services
2 6 (1.929%) .NET
3 5 (1.608%) HTML
3 5 (1.608%) WebSphere
4 4 (1.286%) SOAP
5 2 (0.643%) XML Schema
5 2 (0.643%) CSS
6 1 (0.322%) EDI
6 1 (0.322%) Series 60
6 1 (0.322%) Regular Expression
6 1 (0.322%) soapUI
6 1 (0.322%) iOS SDK
6 1 (0.322%) iPhone SDK
6 1 (0.322%) JSON
6 1 (0.322%) Application Packaging
6 1 (0.322%) MDX
6 1 (0.322%) ISPF
Application Platforms
1 11 (3.537%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.572%) MS Exchange
3 3 (0.965%) SAS
3 3 (0.965%) IBM Notes
3 3 (0.965%) BizTalk Server
3 3 (0.965%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 3 (0.965%) CMS
3 3 (0.965%) Jadu
3 3 (0.965%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (0.643%) Exchange Server 2003
4 2 (0.643%) Confluence
5 1 (0.322%) WebSphere Application Server
5 1 (0.322%) LiveLink
5 1 (0.322%) SharePoint 2013
5 1 (0.322%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (0.322%) Magento
5 1 (0.322%) MS Project Server
5 1 (0.322%) WorkSite
Applications
1 22 (7.074%) MS Office
1 22 (7.074%) MS Excel
2 6 (1.929%) Spreadsheet
2 6 (1.929%) MS Visio
3 4 (1.286%) MS Project
4 2 (0.643%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (0.322%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.322%) Mingle
Business Applications
1 8 (2.572%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.965%) SAP APO
2 3 (0.965%) Google Analytics
2 3 (0.965%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.643%) Unica Affinium
3 2 (0.643%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.643%) Oracle 11i
4 1 (0.322%) SAP HR
4 1 (0.322%) SAP R/3
4 1 (0.322%) Maximo
4 1 (0.322%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.322%) SAP ERP
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.215%) WAN
2 8 (2.572%) VPN
3 6 (1.929%) LAN
4 5 (1.608%) SSL
4 5 (1.608%) Internet
4 5 (1.608%) Firewall
5 4 (1.286%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.965%) Broadband
6 3 (0.965%) FTP
7 2 (0.643%) Wireless
7 2 (0.643%) CTI
7 2 (0.643%) HTTP
7 2 (0.643%) SAN
8 1 (0.322%) PBX
8 1 (0.322%) VoIP
8 1 (0.322%) DHCP
8 1 (0.322%) Ethernet
8 1 (0.322%) DNS
8 1 (0.322%) 3G
8 1 (0.322%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (7.074%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.572%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 7 (2.251%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (2.251%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 6 (1.929%) SQL Server 2008
5 5 (1.608%) SQL Server 2005
6 4 (1.286%) SAP BW
7 2 (0.643%) BusinessObjects XI
7 2 (0.643%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
7 2 (0.643%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 2 (0.643%) SAP Data Services
7 2 (0.643%) Oracle 8/8i
7 2 (0.643%) DTS
7 2 (0.643%) DB2
7 2 (0.643%) Crystal Reports
8 1 (0.322%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.322%) TOAD
8 1 (0.322%) EDRMS
8 1 (0.322%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 3 (0.965%) Selenium
2 2 (0.643%) JIRA
3 1 (0.322%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.322%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 1 (0.322%) LoadRunner
3 1 (0.322%) RequisitePro
3 1 (0.322%) ClearQuest
3 1 (0.322%) InstallShield
3 1 (0.322%) Xcode
3 1 (0.322%) LSMW
3 1 (0.322%) Robotium
3 1 (0.322%) Axure RP
3 1 (0.322%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.322%) Hudson
3 1 (0.322%) FinalBuilder
3 1 (0.322%) WebDriver
3 1 (0.322%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.322%) Firebug
General
1 67 (21.54%) Finance
2 28 (9.003%) Retail
3 26 (8.360%) Banking
4 11 (3.537%) Marketing
5 9 (2.894%) Telecoms
6 7 (2.251%) Retail Banking
7 6 (1.929%) Legal
8 5 (1.608%) Local Government
9 4 (1.286%) Investment Banking
9 4 (1.286%) Billing
9 4 (1.286%) Back Office
10 3 (0.965%) Publishing
11 2 (0.643%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.322%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.322%) Front Office
12 1 (0.322%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.322%) Dutch Language
12 1 (0.322%) Polish Language
Miscellaneous
1 20 (6.431%) NHS
2 6 (1.929%) Fat Client
2 6 (1.929%) Management Information System
2 6 (1.929%) Blackberry
2 6 (1.929%) Thin Client
3 4 (1.286%) iPad
3 4 (1.286%) Mainframe
4 3 (0.965%) iSeries
4 3 (0.965%) Data Extraction
4 3 (0.965%) iPhone
5 2 (0.643%) Informatics
5 2 (0.643%) Social Network
5 2 (0.643%) Web 2.0
5 2 (0.643%) Interactive TV
5 2 (0.643%) Social Media
5 2 (0.643%) New Media
5 2 (0.643%) Streaming Video
6 1 (0.322%) Smartcard
6 1 (0.322%) NPfIT
6 1 (0.322%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 35 (11.25%) Windows
2 14 (4.502%) Windows 7
3 12 (3.859%) Windows Server 2008
3 12 (3.859%) Windows XP
4 8 (2.572%) Linux
4 8 (2.572%) UNIX
5 7 (2.251%) Windows Server 2003
6 4 (1.286%) zOS
7 3 (0.965%) Windows 2000
7 3 (0.965%) MVS
7 3 (0.965%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.965%) Android
8 2 (0.643%) Windows 2000 Server
8 2 (0.643%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.643%) Windows Vista
8 2 (0.643%) HPUX
9 1 (0.322%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.322%) NetWare
9 1 (0.322%) bada
9 1 (0.322%) Maemo
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (15.43%) Business Analysis
2 40 (12.86%) Stakeholder Management
3 34 (10.93%) ITIL
4 21 (6.752%) Project Management
5 17 (5.466%) Business Intelligence
6 16 (5.145%) Agile Software Development
7 15 (4.823%) CRM
8 14 (4.502%) PRINCE2
9 11 (3.537%) Change Management
9 11 (3.537%) UML
10 10 (3.215%) Data Analysis
10 10 (3.215%) B2B
10 10 (3.215%) Data Management
10 10 (3.215%) Risk Management
11 9 (2.894%) Scrum
11 9 (2.894%) Test Scripting
12 8 (2.572%) Use Case
12 8 (2.572%) Incident Management
12 8 (2.572%) User Stories
12 8 (2.572%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 28 (9.003%) SQL
2 5 (1.608%) PHP
2 5 (1.608%) T-SQL
2 5 (1.608%) VBA
3 4 (1.286%) REXX
4 3 (0.965%) C#
4 3 (0.965%) VB
5 2 (0.643%) Shell Script
5 2 (0.643%) C
5 2 (0.643%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.643%) RPG
6 1 (0.322%) ABAP
6 1 (0.322%) FoxPro (VFP)
6 1 (0.322%) VB6
Qualifications
1 12 (3.859%) ISEB
2 10 (3.215%) Degree
3 7 (2.251%) ISTQB
4 6 (1.929%) Security Cleared
4 6 (1.929%) ITIL Certification
5 5 (1.608%) ECDL
6 4 (1.286%) SC Cleared
7 2 (0.643%) MCITP
8 1 (0.322%) Postgraduate
8 1 (0.322%) CBAP
8 1 (0.322%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.894%) QA
2 5 (1.608%) SLA
3 4 (1.286%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 3 (0.965%) Solvency II
5 1 (0.322%) Data Quality
System Software
1 23 (7.395%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.965%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.643%) XenDesktop
3 2 (0.643%) Terminal Services
4 1 (0.322%) RACF
4 1 (0.322%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (0.643%) HP Quality Center
1 2 (0.643%) Tivoli
1 2 (0.643%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 1 (0.322%) DameWare
2 1 (0.322%) SCCM
Vendors
1 39 (12.54%) Microsoft
2 19 (6.109%) SAP
3 8 (2.572%) IBM
4 7 (2.251%) Citrix
5 6 (1.929%) HP
5 6 (1.929%) Business Objects
5 6 (1.929%) Oracle
6 5 (1.608%) Cognos
6 5 (1.608%) CheckPoint
6 5 (1.608%) Clearswift
6 5 (1.608%) VMware
6 5 (1.608%) SurfControl
6 5 (1.608%) Kaspersky
7 4 (1.286%) Remedy
8 3 (0.965%) Lotus
8 3 (0.965%) BMC
8 3 (0.965%) CA
8 3 (0.965%) BT
8 3 (0.965%) Google
9 2 (0.643%) Unica
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