The first table below looks at the demand for Analytics skills in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Analytics 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Analytics
Rank 65 64 62
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -2
Contract jobs citing Analytics 8 21 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 0.875% 1.614% 0.868%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.244% 2.515% 1.341%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 15 3
Average daily rate - £400 £213
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +88.23%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
-13.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £13.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.25 £16.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year
+89.39% -26.66%
All Processes & Methodologies
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
643 835 671
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 70.35% 64.18% 64.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 324 413 300
Average daily rate £325 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £230 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £456 £454
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 41 38
Average hourly rate £17.50 £17.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -2.77%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £12.01 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £80.50 £37.00 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Analytics
North West

Analytics
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Analytics across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Manchester Analytics Jobs Demand Trend

Analytics
Daily Rate Trend

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

Manchester Analytics Daily Rate Trend

Analytics
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Manchester Analytics Hourly Rate Trend

Analytics
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analytics within the Manchester 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
Ashton-under-Lyne - 2 - -
Analytics
North West

Analytics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing Analytics also 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 that cited Analytics.

1 8 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
2 7 (43.75%) Data Modelling
3 6 (37.50%) Business Intelligence
3 6 (37.50%) Finance
4 5 (31.25%) Service Management
4 5 (31.25%) Retail
4 5 (31.25%) Management Information System
5 4 (25.00%) ASP.NET
5 4 (25.00%) C#
5 4 (25.00%) .NET
5 4 (25.00%) Oracle
5 4 (25.00%) SQL Server
5 4 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (25.00%) .NET Framework
5 4 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
5 4 (25.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
5 4 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
6 3 (18.75%) Oracle 11g
6 3 (18.75%) Oracle BI EE
6 3 (18.75%) Marketing
6 3 (18.75%) Google Analytics
6 3 (18.75%) Google
6 3 (18.75%) Data Management
6 3 (18.75%) SQL
6 3 (18.75%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (18.75%) ETL
7 2 (12.50%) SAS
7 2 (12.50%) Informatica
7 2 (12.50%) Oracle EBS

Analytics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing Analytics also 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 that cited Analytics. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (25.00%) .NET
1 4 (25.00%) ASP.NET
1 4 (25.00%) .NET Framework
1 4 (25.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
2 2 (12.50%) CSS
2 2 (12.50%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 2 (12.50%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (12.50%) MS Excel
2 1 (6.250%) MS Visio
2 1 (6.250%) Acrobat
2 1 (6.250%) Mingle
2 1 (6.250%) MS Project
2 1 (6.250%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 3 (18.75%) Google Analytics
2 2 (12.50%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (6.250%) Unica Affinium
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 4 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 4 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (18.75%) Oracle 11g
3 3 (18.75%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (18.75%) Oracle BI EE
4 2 (12.50%) QlikView
5 1 (6.250%) OLAP
5 1 (6.250%) Oracle Discoverer
5 1 (6.250%) RDBMS
5 1 (6.250%) Star Schema
5 1 (6.250%) Base SAS
General
1 6 (37.50%) Finance
2 5 (31.25%) Retail
3 3 (18.75%) Marketing
4 2 (12.50%) Banking
5 1 (6.250%) Telecoms
5 1 (6.250%) Publishing
5 1 (6.250%) Investment Banking
5 1 (6.250%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 8 (50.00%) Developer
2 6 (37.50%) Analyst
3 4 (25.00%) MI Developer
4 2 (12.50%) OBIEE Developer
4 2 (12.50%) SEO Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Copywriter
4 2 (12.50%) Consultant
5 1 (6.250%) Service Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) Data Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) Resource Manager
5 1 (6.250%) SAS Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) Developer Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) Services Delivery Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) Business Intelligence Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) SAS Consultant
5 1 (6.250%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 1 (6.250%) Web Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) Marketing Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) Campaign Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) SAS Marketing Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) Management Information System
2 2 (12.50%) Social Media
3 1 (6.250%) Mathematics
3 1 (6.250%) Computer Science
3 1 (6.250%) Visualisation
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (43.75%) Data Modelling
2 6 (37.50%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (31.25%) Service Management
4 4 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
5 3 (18.75%) Data Management
5 3 (18.75%) ETL
6 2 (12.50%) SEO
6 2 (12.50%) Data Analysis
6 2 (12.50%) Statistical Analysis
6 2 (12.50%) Digital Marketing
6 2 (12.50%) Customer Insight
7 1 (6.250%) Business Analytics
7 1 (6.250%) Dimensional Modelling
7 1 (6.250%) Change Control
7 1 (6.250%) Information Management
7 1 (6.250%) Direct Marketing
7 1 (6.250%) Risk Analysis
7 1 (6.250%) Programme Management
7 1 (6.250%) Project Management
7 1 (6.250%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 4 (25.00%) C#
2 3 (18.75%) SQL
3 2 (12.50%) JavaScript
3 2 (12.50%) PHP
Qualifications
1 1 (6.250%) Postgraduate
1 1 (6.250%) MBA
1 1 (6.250%) Degree
Vendors
1 4 (25.00%) Oracle
2 3 (18.75%) Google
3 2 (12.50%) Informatica
4 1 (6.250%) Unica
4 1 (6.250%) Twitter
4 1 (6.250%) Microsoft
4 1 (6.250%) Adobe