The first table below looks at the demand for the Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the Merseyside 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 24 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 Merseyside 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Analyst
Rank 2 3 1
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -2
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 48 58 57
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 23.76% 22.22% 22.98%
As % of the Job Titles category 24.62% 23.48% 24.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 25 33
Average daily rate £325 £295 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.16% -9.23%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £110 £133 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £390 £350 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 12 5
Average hourly rate £11.50 £14.18 £14.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-18.87% -2.24%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -
All Job Titles
Merseyside
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
195 247 230
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 96.53% 94.64% 92.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 115 113 111
Average daily rate £330 £300 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £140 £188 £134
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £430 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 44 35
Average hourly rate £11.50 £17.76 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-35.22% +18.36%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.16 £11.71 £11.07
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £83.70 £25.00 £22.49
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Analyst
North West

Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region over the 3 months to 24 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
Liverpool -3 21 £150 -50.00%
Wirral - 8 £363 -
Southport - 2 £375 -
Analyst
North West

Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside 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 22 (31.88%) SQL
2 21 (30.43%) Finance
3 16 (23.19%) SQL Server
4 15 (21.74%) Microsoft
5 13 (18.84%) Data Warehouse
6 12 (17.39%) Business Intelligence
6 12 (17.39%) T-SQL
6 12 (17.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 12 (17.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 12 (17.39%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 11 (15.94%) ETL
8 10 (14.49%) MS Excel
9 9 (13.04%) SQL Server 2005
9 9 (13.04%) SQL Server 2008
10 8 (11.59%) MDX
11 7 (10.14%) Oracle
12 6 (8.696%) Data Mart
12 6 (8.696%) Business Analysis
12 6 (8.696%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
13 5 (7.246%) MS PowerPoint
13 5 (7.246%) Manufacturing
13 5 (7.246%) Java
13 5 (7.246%) MS Office
13 5 (7.246%) Project Management
14 4 (5.797%) Active Directory
14 4 (5.797%) Baan
14 4 (5.797%) Windows
14 4 (5.797%) .NET
14 4 (5.797%) ERP
14 4 (5.797%) Stakeholder Management

Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside 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 (11.59%) MDX
2 4 (5.797%) .NET
3 2 (2.899%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (2.899%) Middleware
4 1 (1.449%) WebSphere
4 1 (1.449%) Spring
4 1 (1.449%) Hibernate
4 1 (1.449%) J2EE
4 1 (1.449%) Web Services
4 1 (1.449%) soapUI
Application Platforms
1 3 (4.348%) Lotus Notes
2 2 (2.899%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.449%) ESB
3 1 (1.449%) Apache
3 1 (1.449%) Tomcat
3 1 (1.449%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 10 (14.49%) MS Excel
2 5 (7.246%) MS PowerPoint
2 5 (7.246%) MS Office
3 1 (1.449%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (2.899%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (1.449%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.449%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (23.19%) SQL Server
2 13 (18.84%) Data Warehouse
3 12 (17.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 12 (17.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 12 (17.39%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 9 (13.04%) SQL Server 2005
4 9 (13.04%) SQL Server 2008
5 6 (8.696%) Data Mart
5 6 (8.696%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
6 2 (2.899%) DB2
6 2 (2.899%) Informix
6 2 (2.899%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 1 (1.449%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 3 (4.348%) ERwin
2 1 (1.449%) Maven
General
1 21 (30.43%) Finance
2 5 (7.246%) Manufacturing
3 4 (5.797%) French Language
4 3 (4.348%) Dutch Language
4 3 (4.348%) Retail
5 1 (1.449%) Marketing
5 1 (1.449%) Italian Language
5 1 (1.449%) Spanish Language
5 1 (1.449%) Electronics
5 1 (1.449%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.449%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.797%) Computer Science
2 3 (4.348%) Mathematics
2 3 (4.348%) FMCG
3 1 (1.449%) DTV
3 1 (1.449%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.797%) Windows
2 2 (2.899%) AIX
2 2 (2.899%) HPUX
2 2 (2.899%) Solaris
2 2 (2.899%) Linux
2 2 (2.899%) Windows XP
3 1 (1.449%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (17.39%) Business Intelligence
2 11 (15.94%) ETL
3 6 (8.696%) Business Analysis
4 5 (7.246%) Project Management
5 4 (5.797%) ERP
5 4 (5.797%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (5.797%) Data Analysis
5 4 (5.797%) Resource Management
5 4 (5.797%) User Acceptance Testing
5 4 (5.797%) Systems Analysis
6 3 (4.348%) Migration
6 3 (4.348%) Quality Management
6 3 (4.348%) B2C
6 3 (4.348%) Data Modelling
6 3 (4.348%) Test Scripting
6 3 (4.348%) ERD
7 2 (2.899%) Financial Analysis
7 2 (2.899%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 2 (2.899%) BPR
7 2 (2.899%) Process Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (31.88%) SQL
2 12 (17.39%) T-SQL
3 5 (7.246%) Java
4 1 (1.449%) PHP
4 1 (1.449%) PL/SQL
4 1 (1.449%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 4 (5.797%) Degree
2 3 (4.348%) SC Cleared
2 3 (4.348%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.449%) ISEB
3 1 (1.449%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.348%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (5.797%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.449%) HP Quality Center
1 1 (1.449%) CA Wily
Vendors
1 15 (21.74%) Microsoft
2 7 (10.14%) Oracle
3 4 (5.797%) Baan
4 3 (4.348%) Teradata
4 3 (4.348%) IBM
4 3 (4.348%) SAP
4 3 (4.348%) Lotus
5 2 (2.899%) Infor
5 2 (2.899%) JD Edwards
5 2 (2.899%) Sun
6 1 (1.449%) Siebel
6 1 (1.449%) Ariba
6 1 (1.449%) CA
Merseyside, North West
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Rate: £300 - £400 per day
Posted: 9 May 2013
Liverpool, North West
My Blue Chip Financial Services Client is looking for a contractor to manage the performance of the contact centres, co-ordinating resource movement and of the phone activities...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £300.00 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013
Liverpool, Merseyside
My Blue Chip Financial Services Client is looking for a contractor to manage the performance of the contact centres, co-ordinating resource movement and of the phone activities...
HAYS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Rate: £300.00 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013