The first table below looks at the demand for the Data 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 Data Analyst in their job title 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 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Data Analyst
Rank 23 30 -
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -
Contract jobs requiring a Data Analyst 10 4 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 4.608% 1.550% -
As % of the Job Titles category 4.785% 1.633% -
Number of daily rates quoted 8 1 0
Average daily rate £110 £300 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-63.33% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £333 £320 £333
% change year-on-year
+3.90% -3.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £100.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.63 £14.25 £13.50
% change year-on-year
+16.66% +5.55%
All Job Titles
Merseyside
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
209 245 233
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 96.31% 94.96% 93.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 113 112
Average daily rate £330 £300 £305
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -1.63%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £140 £188 £131
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £418 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 45 34
Average hourly rate £11.50 £18.00 £14.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-36.11% +24.13%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.16 £11.37 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £83.70 £25.00 £22.43
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Data Analyst
North West

Data Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Merseyside Data Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Data Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

Merseyside Data Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Data Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Data Analyst across the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Merseyside Data Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Data Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Merseyside Data Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Data Analyst
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Analyst within the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 21 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 +9 5 £105 -65.00%
Wirral - 3 £363 -
Data Analyst
North West

Data Analyst
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside region that cited Data 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 Data Analyst in their job title.

1 8 (80.00%) SQL
2 5 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 4 (40.00%) SQL Server
3 4 (40.00%) Finance
4 3 (30.00%) Teradata
4 3 (30.00%) T-SQL
4 3 (30.00%) ERwin
4 3 (30.00%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (30.00%) Data Modelling
4 3 (30.00%) ERD
5 2 (20.00%) MS Office
6 1 (10.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (10.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 1 (10.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (10.00%) Data Analysis
6 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence

Data Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside region that cited Data 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 Data Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 2 (20.00%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (40.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (30.00%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (10.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (10.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Analysis Services
3 1 (10.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (30.00%) ERwin
General
1 4 (40.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Data Modelling
1 3 (30.00%) ERD
2 1 (10.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 8 (80.00%) SQL
2 3 (30.00%) T-SQL
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (30.00%) Teradata