Midlands Systems Analyst Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the Systems Analyst role in IT contracts within the Midlands region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Systems Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Aylesbury Basingstoke Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Brentford Brentwood Bridgwater Bristol Buckinghamshire Canary Wharf Cheshire Chester City of London Coventry Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dundee Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Epsom Essex Exeter Farnborough Glasgow Gloucestershire Gosport Guildford Hampshire Harrow Hertfordshire Home Counties Kent Kingston Upon Thames Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool London Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes New Malden Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Potters Bar Preston Reading Redhill Rickmansworth Rotherham Scotland Sheffield Solihull Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Staines Suffolk Sunderland Surbiton Surrey Sussex Swindon Thames Valley Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Welwyn Garden City West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wilmslow Wiltshire Windsor Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	45	46
Rank change on same period last year	+1
Matching contract IT job ads	31	39
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.041 %	0.039 %
As % of the category below	2.484 %	2.270 %
Daily rates quoted	8	9
Average minimum daily rate	£250	£356
Average daily rate	£275	£397
% change on same period last year	-30.76 %
Average maximum daily rate	£300	£439
UK excluding London average daily rate	£350	£337
% change on same period last year	+4.08 %
Hourly rates quoted	3	1
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.67	£28.00
Average hourly rate	£23.58	£28.00
% change on same period last year	-15.77 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.50	£28.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.92	£27.53
% change on same period last year	+8.69 %
Job Titles Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	1248	1718
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.663 %	1.738 %
Daily rates quoted	256	287
Average minimum daily rate	£361	£375
Average daily rate	£388	£398
% change on same period last year	-2.56 %
Average maximum daily rate	£414	£420
UK excluding London average daily rate	£357	£353
% change on same period last year	+1.09 %
Hourly rates quoted	50	109
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.01	£30.46
Average hourly rate	£24.03	£31.49
% change on same period last year	-23.68 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.06	£32.53
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.51	£25.99
% change on same period last year	-9.54 %
Systems Analyst England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Systems Analyst across the Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Systems Analyst across the Midlands region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Systems Analyst across the Midlands region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Systems Analyst across the Midlands region.

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Systems Analyst across the Midlands region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands region that cited Systems 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 Systems Analyst in their job title.

1 24 (47.06 %) Oracle 2 17 (33.33 %) .NET 3 16 (31.37 %) Microsoft 4 13 (25.49 %) SQL Server 5 12 (23.53 %) Systems Analysis 6 11 (21.57 %) SQL 6 11 (21.57 %) Business Analysis 6 11 (21.57 %) Pensions 7 9 (17.65 %) MS Excel 8 8 (15.69 %) Client/Server 8 8 (15.69 %) IBM 8 8 (15.69 %) BizTalk Server 8 8 (15.69 %) SAP 8 8 (15.69 %) Billing 8 8 (15.69 %) Mainframe

8 8 (15.69 %) IBM Mainframe 9 7 (13.73 %) Use Case 9 7 (13.73 %) COBOL 10 6 (11.76 %) UML 11 5 (9.804 %) User Acceptance Testing 12 4 (7.843 %) C# 12 4 (7.843 %) WebServices 12 4 (7.843 %) TestDirector 12 4 (7.843 %) RUP 13 3 (5.882 %) NHS 13 3 (5.882 %) VB 13 3 (5.882 %) Insurance 13 3 (5.882 %) Automotive 13 3 (5.882 %) .NET Framework 14 2 (3.922 %) Finance

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands region that cited Systems 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 Systems Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 17 (33.33 %) .NET 2 4 (7.843 %) WebServices 3 3 (5.882 %) .NET Framework 4 1 (1.961 %) XML 4 1 (1.961 %) SOAP	Application Platforms 1 8 (15.69 %) BizTalk Server
Applications 1 9 (17.65 %) MS Excel 2 1 (1.961 %) MS Visio 2 1 (1.961 %) MS PowerPoint	Database & Business Intelligence 1 13 (25.49 %) SQL Server 2 2 (3.922 %) MS Access 2 2 (3.922 %) Datawarehouse 3 1 (1.961 %) Oracle Reports
Development Applications 1 4 (7.843 %) TestDirector 2 1 (1.961 %) RequisitePro 2 1 (1.961 %) ClearCase	General 1 11 (21.57 %) Pensions 2 8 (15.69 %) Billing 3 3 (5.882 %) Insurance 3 3 (5.882 %) Automotive 4 2 (3.922 %) Banking 4 2 (3.922 %) Retail 4 2 (3.922 %) Retail Banking 4 2 (3.922 %) Finance 5 1 (1.961 %) Marketing 5 1 (1.961 %) Construction 5 1 (1.961 %) Publishing
Miscellaneous 1 8 (15.69 %) Client/Server 1 8 (15.69 %) Mainframe 1 8 (15.69 %) IBM Mainframe 2 3 (5.882 %) NHS	Operating Systems 1 1 (1.961 %) Windows
Processes & Methodologies 1 12 (23.53 %) Systems Analysis 2 11 (21.57 %) Business Analysis 3 7 (13.73 %) Use Case 4 6 (11.76 %) UML 5 5 (9.804 %) User Acceptance Testing 6 4 (7.843 %) RUP 7 2 (3.922 %) Migration 7 2 (3.922 %) Data Migration 7 2 (3.922 %) Incident Management 7 2 (3.922 %) Change Management 8 1 (1.961 %) GAP Analysis 8 1 (1.961 %) Workflow 8 1 (1.961 %) ITIL 8 1 (1.961 %) Asset Management 8 1 (1.961 %) Data Analysis 8 1 (1.961 %) Workflow Management 8 1 (1.961 %) Supply Chain Management 8 1 (1.961 %) Six Sigma 8 1 (1.961 %) Project Management 8 1 (1.961 %) Process Management	Programming Languages 1 11 (21.57 %) SQL 2 7 (13.73 %) COBOL 3 4 (7.843 %) C# 4 3 (5.882 %) VB 5 1 (1.961 %) VB6 5 1 (1.961 %) Java 5 1 (1.961 %) PL/SQL 5 1 (1.961 %) Transact-SQL
Qualifications 1 1 (1.961 %) ISEB	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (3.922 %) QA 2 1 (1.961 %) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors 1 24 (47.06 %) Oracle 2 16 (31.37 %) Microsoft 3 8 (15.69 %) SAP 3 8 (15.69 %) IBM