The first table below looks at the demand for Systems Analysis 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 Systems Analysis over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Systems Analysis
Rank 69 86 -
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -
Contract jobs citing Systems Analysis 4 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 0.424% 0.231% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.597% 0.363% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 0
Average daily rate £325 £238 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+36.84% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £400
% change year-on-year
- -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £16.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.00 £21.50 £28.50
% change year-on-year
+34.88% -24.56%
All Processes & Methodologies
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
670 827 656
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 70.97% 63.62% 65.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 342 418 299
Average daily rate £325 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £230 £191
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 38 37
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 £79.00 £37.00 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Systems Analysis
North West

Systems Analysis
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester Systems Analysis Jobs Demand Trend

Systems Analysis
Daily Rate Trend

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

Manchester Systems Analysis Daily Rate Trend

Systems Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Manchester Systems Analysis Hourly Rate Trend

Systems Analysis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing Systems Analysis 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 Systems Analysis.

1 5 (38.46%) Finance
1 5 (38.46%) Business Analysis
2 4 (30.77%) User Acceptance Testing
2 4 (30.77%) HFM
2 4 (30.77%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (30.77%) Billing
2 4 (30.77%) Oracle BI EE
2 4 (30.77%) Revenue Management
2 4 (30.77%) Oracle EBS R12
2 4 (30.77%) Change Management
2 4 (30.77%) Oracle Financials
2 4 (30.77%) Oracle
2 4 (30.77%) Hyperion
3 3 (23.08%) Management Information System
4 2 (15.38%) ISEB
4 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (15.38%) Process Management
4 2 (15.38%) NHS
4 2 (15.38%) Information Management
4 2 (15.38%) Data Analysis
5 1 (7.692%) System Testing
5 1 (7.692%) Telecoms
5 1 (7.692%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (7.692%) Middleware
5 1 (7.692%) SQL Server
5 1 (7.692%) MS Office
5 1 (7.692%) XML
5 1 (7.692%) UML
5 1 (7.692%) MS Excel
5 1 (7.692%) CRM

Systems Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing Systems Analysis 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 Systems Analysis. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (7.692%) Middleware
1 1 (7.692%) XML
1 1 (7.692%) XML Schema
Applications
1 1 (7.692%) MS Office
1 1 (7.692%) MS Excel
1 1 (7.692%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (30.77%) HFM
1 4 (30.77%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (30.77%) Oracle EBS R12
1 4 (30.77%) Oracle Financials
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (30.77%) Oracle BI EE
2 1 (7.692%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (38.46%) Finance
2 4 (30.77%) Billing
3 1 (7.692%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (61.54%) Business Analyst
1 8 (61.54%) Analyst
2 6 (46.15%) Business Systems Analyst
2 6 (46.15%) Systems Analyst
3 4 (30.77%) Systems Support
4 2 (15.38%) NHS Business Analyst
5 1 (7.692%) Technical Business Analyst
5 1 (7.692%) 3rd Line Server Support
5 1 (7.692%) 3rd Line Technical Support
5 1 (7.692%) Architect
5 1 (7.692%) Technical Support
5 1 (7.692%) 3rd Line Support
5 1 (7.692%) Technical Architect
5 1 (7.692%) Server Support
5 1 (7.692%) Technical Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Management Information System
2 2 (15.38%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Business Analysis
2 4 (30.77%) User Acceptance Testing
2 4 (30.77%) Revenue Management
2 4 (30.77%) Change Management
3 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (15.38%) Process Management
3 2 (15.38%) Information Management
3 2 (15.38%) Data Analysis
4 1 (7.692%) System Testing
4 1 (7.692%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (7.692%) UML
4 1 (7.692%) CRM
4 1 (7.692%) E-Commerce
4 1 (7.692%) B2B
4 1 (7.692%) B2C
4 1 (7.692%) Service Delivery
4 1 (7.692%) Information Security
4 1 (7.692%) Disaster Recovery
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) ISEB
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) Oracle
1 4 (30.77%) Hyperion