The first table below looks at the demand for the Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the Midlands 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 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 Midlands 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
Analyst
Rank 3 7 2
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -5
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 26 26 69
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 15.20% 9.559% 20.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.22% 10.92% 21.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 16 11
Average daily rate £413 £388 £335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.45% +15.67%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £308 £250 £268
10% offered a daily rate of more than £468 £550 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 37
Average hourly rate £32.00 - £23.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -
All Job Titles
Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
151 238 316
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 88.30% 87.50% 92.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 75 66
Average daily rate £450 £400 £435
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% -8.04%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £277 £268
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £575 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 13 72
Average hourly rate £32.00 £32.50 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.53% +41.30%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £28.80 £21.00 £18.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £40.00 £33.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Analyst
England

Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands 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 Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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 15 (31.25%) Finance
1 15 (31.25%) Business Analysis
2 9 (18.75%) MS Excel
3 6 (12.50%) MS Office
3 6 (12.50%) Wealth Management
3 6 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
4 5 (10.42%) Data Analysis
4 5 (10.42%) System Testing
4 5 (10.42%) SAP
5 4 (8.333%) Migration
5 4 (8.333%) Banking
5 4 (8.333%) Retail
5 4 (8.333%) Data Migration
5 4 (8.333%) Smart Meter
5 4 (8.333%) Test Scripting
6 3 (6.250%) MS PowerPoint
6 3 (6.250%) Investment Banking
6 3 (6.250%) Data Governance
6 3 (6.250%) Programme Management
6 3 (6.250%) Front Office
6 3 (6.250%) SQL
6 3 (6.250%) Oracle
6 3 (6.250%) Microsoft
6 3 (6.250%) NHS
6 3 (6.250%) Data Modelling
7 2 (4.167%) Fidessa
7 2 (4.167%) Project Management
7 2 (4.167%) SQL Server
7 2 (4.167%) Business Objects
7 2 (4.167%) ERP

Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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 Platforms
1 1 (2.083%) SharePoint 2010
1 1 (2.083%) SharePoint
1 1 (2.083%) SAS
Applications
1 9 (18.75%) MS Excel
2 6 (12.50%) MS Office
3 3 (6.250%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (2.083%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (2.083%) MS Visio
4 1 (2.083%) MS Project
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.167%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.083%) BODI
2 1 (2.083%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (2.083%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (2.083%) SAP Data Services
2 1 (2.083%) SAS Enterprise Guide
2 1 (2.083%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (2.083%) DataStage
Development Applications
1 1 (2.083%) LoadRunner
1 1 (2.083%) Rational Rose
General
1 15 (31.25%) Finance
2 4 (8.333%) Banking
2 4 (8.333%) Retail
3 3 (6.250%) Investment Banking
3 3 (6.250%) Front Office
4 2 (4.167%) Billing
4 2 (4.167%) Marketing
5 1 (2.083%) French Language
5 1 (2.083%) German Language
5 1 (2.083%) Italian Language
5 1 (2.083%) Retail Banking
5 1 (2.083%) Local Government
5 1 (2.083%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.333%) Smart Meter
2 3 (6.250%) NHS
3 1 (2.083%) Computer Science
3 1 (2.083%) Statistics
3 1 (2.083%) New Media
3 1 (2.083%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (31.25%) Business Analysis
2 6 (12.50%) Wealth Management
2 6 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
3 5 (10.42%) Data Analysis
3 5 (10.42%) System Testing
4 4 (8.333%) Migration
4 4 (8.333%) Data Migration
4 4 (8.333%) Test Scripting
5 3 (6.250%) Data Governance
5 3 (6.250%) Programme Management
5 3 (6.250%) Data Modelling
6 2 (4.167%) Project Management
6 2 (4.167%) ERP
6 2 (4.167%) PRINCE2
6 2 (4.167%) E-business
6 2 (4.167%) GAP Analysis
6 2 (4.167%) Scrum
6 2 (4.167%) Time Management
6 2 (4.167%) Root Cause Analysis
6 2 (4.167%) Business Transformation
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.250%) SQL
2 2 (4.167%) VBA
3 1 (2.083%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.083%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (4.167%) SC Cleared
1 2 (4.167%) Security Cleared
1 2 (4.167%) Degree
2 1 (2.083%) CCNA
2 1 (2.083%) ISEB
2 1 (2.083%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.167%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.083%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.083%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (10.42%) SAP
2 3 (6.250%) Oracle
2 3 (6.250%) Microsoft
3 2 (4.167%) Fidessa
3 2 (4.167%) Business Objects
4 1 (2.083%) DataFlux
4 1 (2.083%) Trillium
4 1 (2.083%) Cisco
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