Milton Keynes Analyst Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the Analyst role in IT contracts within the Milton Keynes region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 8 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Rank	2	1
Rank change on same period last year	-1
Matching contract IT job ads	278	272
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.367 %	0.284 %
As % of the category below	30.05 %	32.27 %
Daily rates quoted	68	48
Average minimum daily rate	£302	£257
Average daily rate	£315	£273
% change on same period last year	+15.46 %
Average maximum daily rate	£329	£289
UK excluding London average daily rate	£336	£330
% change on same period last year	+1.83 %
Hourly rates quoted	57	45
Average minimum hourly rate	£15.26	£15.06
Average hourly rate	£15.82	£15.88
% change on same period last year	-0.40 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£16.38	£16.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£18.71	£20.42
% change on same period last year	-8.36 %
Job Titles Milton Keynes
Matching contract IT job ads	925	843
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.219 %	0.882 %
Daily rates quoted	296	171
Average minimum daily rate	£324	£294
Average daily rate	£338	£312
% change on same period last year	+8.32 %
Average maximum daily rate	£352	£329
UK excluding London average daily rate	£361	£352
% change on same period last year	+2.58 %
Hourly rates quoted	121	100
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.10	£18.50
Average hourly rate	£20.99	£19.36
% change on same period last year	+8.39 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£21.87	£20.22
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.39	£25.89
% change on same period last year	-9.63 %
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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 Analyst across the Milton Keynes 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 Analyst across the Milton Keynes region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Analyst across the Milton Keynes region over the 3 months to 8 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 Analyst across the Milton Keynes region.

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Analyst across the Milton Keynes region over the 3 months to 8 July 2008.

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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.

1 210 (37.10 %) Finance 2 192 (33.92 %) Banking 3 88 (15.55 %) Windows 4 80 (14.13 %) DB2 5 74 (13.07 %) Retail 6 66 (11.66 %) Security Cleared 7 60 (10.60 %) MS Office 8 59 (10.42 %) Microsoft 9 57 (10.07 %) IBM 10 56 (9.894 %) COBOL 11 50 (8.834 %) ITIL 11 50 (8.834 %) Systems Analysis 12 47 (8.304 %) SC Cleared 12 47 (8.304 %) Internet 13 45 (7.951 %) Windows XP

14 44 (7.774 %) Retail Banking 15 40 (7.067 %) MS Excel 16 39 (6.890 %) Project Management 17 38 (6.714 %) SQL 18 37 (6.537 %) HP 19 32 (5.654 %) Unix 20 31 (5.477 %) Financial Institution 21 30 (5.300 %) Government 21 30 (5.300 %) Mainframe 21 30 (5.300 %) Windows NT 21 30 (5.300 %) Business Analysis 21 30 (5.300 %) IBM Mainframe 22 29 (5.124 %) OpenView 23 28 (4.947 %) Data Analysis 23 28 (4.947 %) ITSM

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 26 (4.594 %) WebSphere 2 25 (4.417 %) HTML 3 15 (2.650 %) XML 4 13 (2.297 %) .NET 5 12 (2.120 %) ASP 6 5 (0.883 %) WebServices 7 3 (0.530 %) J2EE 7 3 (0.530 %) XSL 7 3 (0.530 %) CSS 7 3 (0.530 %) JSP 8 1 (0.177 %) Servlets 8 1 (0.177 %) XSLT 8 1 (0.177 %) Java EE	Application Platforms 1 17 (3.004 %) CICS 2 13 (2.297 %) MS Exchange 3 8 (1.413 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 8 (1.413 %) CMS 4 6 (1.060 %) Lotus Notes 4 6 (1.060 %) SAS 5 5 (0.883 %) Exchange Server 2000 6 2 (0.353 %) IIS 6 2 (0.353 %) BizTalk Server 7 1 (0.177 %) WebSphere Application Server 7 1 (0.177 %) Apache 7 1 (0.177 %) Lotus Domino 7 1 (0.177 %) Exchange Server 5.5
Applications 1 60 (10.60 %) MS Office 2 40 (7.067 %) MS Excel 3 10 (1.767 %) MS PowerPoint 3 10 (1.767 %) MS Visio 4 9 (1.590 %) CA Clarity 5 6 (1.060 %) MS Project 6 3 (0.530 %) ImageReady 6 3 (0.530 %) Photoshop 7 1 (0.177 %) Casewise Corporate Modeler Suite	Business Applications 1 6 (1.060 %) ResourceLink 1 6 (1.060 %) VisionPLUS 2 1 (0.177 %) Microsoft CRM 2 1 (0.177 %) Staffware 2 1 (0.177 %) Oracle EBS 2 1 (0.177 %) Dynamics CRM 2 1 (0.177 %) GoldMine
Communications & Networking 1 47 (8.304 %) Internet 2 19 (3.357 %) LAN 3 13 (2.297 %) Intranet 3 13 (2.297 %) WAN 4 11 (1.943 %) Firewall 5 9 (1.590 %) Ethernet 5 9 (1.590 %) TCP/IP 6 6 (1.060 %) Intrusion Detection 7 5 (0.883 %) Cisco PIX 8 4 (0.707 %) Extranet 8 4 (0.707 %) NetScreen 9 3 (0.530 %) SAN 9 3 (0.530 %) DNS 9 3 (0.530 %) GPRS 9 3 (0.530 %) Wireless 10 2 (0.353 %) ATM 11 1 (0.177 %) FTP 11 1 (0.177 %) HTTP 11 1 (0.177 %) WINS 11 1 (0.177 %) DHCP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 80 (14.13 %) DB2 2 21 (3.710 %) PowerCenter 3 15 (2.650 %) SQL Server 4 10 (1.767 %) ETL 5 8 (1.413 %) BusinessObjects 6 5 (0.883 %) DB2 UDB 7 2 (0.353 %) Data Cleansing 7 2 (0.353 %) MS Access 7 2 (0.353 %) Datawarehouse 8 1 (0.177 %) MySQL 8 1 (0.177 %) Ingres
Development Applications 1 18 (3.180 %) TestDirector 2 14 (2.473 %) Rational Rose 3 6 (1.060 %) FrontPage 4 1 (0.177 %) PVCS	General 1 210 (37.10 %) Finance 2 192 (33.92 %) Banking 3 74 (13.07 %) Retail 4 44 (7.774 %) Retail Banking 5 31 (5.477 %) Financial Institution 6 30 (5.300 %) Government 7 24 (4.240 %) Corporate Banking 8 21 (3.710 %) Back Office 9 19 (3.357 %) Online Banking 10 14 (2.473 %) Telecoms 11 13 (2.297 %) Automotive 11 13 (2.297 %) Insurance 12 8 (1.413 %) Pensions 12 8 (1.413 %) Legal 13 7 (1.237 %) Investment Banking 14 3 (0.530 %) Construction 15 1 (0.177 %) Electric 15 1 (0.177 %) Manufacturing 15 1 (0.177 %) Health 15 1 (0.177 %) Front Office
Miscellaneous 1 30 (5.300 %) Mainframe 1 30 (5.300 %) IBM Mainframe 2 16 (2.827 %) Management Information System 3 15 (2.650 %) Credit Risk 4 12 (2.120 %) French Language 4 12 (2.120 %) Spanish Language 5 6 (1.060 %) German Language 6 5 (0.883 %) AS400 6 5 (0.883 %) APACS 7 4 (0.707 %) Asset Management 8 2 (0.353 %) Data Conversion 8 2 (0.353 %) Swedish Language 8 2 (0.353 %) Dutch Language 8 2 (0.353 %) Norwegian Language 8 2 (0.353 %) VSAM 9 1 (0.177 %) Blackberry 9 1 (0.177 %) EPoS 9 1 (0.177 %) Clustering 9 1 (0.177 %) Handset 9 1 (0.177 %) PDA	Operating Systems 1 88 (15.55 %) Windows 2 45 (7.951 %) Windows XP 3 32 (5.654 %) Unix 4 30 (5.300 %) Windows NT 5 16 (2.827 %) Windows 2000 6 12 (2.120 %) AIX 7 4 (0.707 %) MVS 8 3 (0.530 %) NetWare 8 3 (0.530 %) Solaris 9 2 (0.353 %) Windows Server 2003 10 1 (0.177 %) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies 1 66 (11.66 %) Security Cleared 2 50 (8.834 %) ITIL 2 50 (8.834 %) Systems Analysis 3 47 (8.304 %) SC Cleared 4 39 (6.890 %) Project Management 5 30 (5.300 %) Business Analysis 6 28 (4.947 %) Data Analysis 6 28 (4.947 %) ITSM 7 27 (4.770 %) Migration 8 24 (4.240 %) GAP Analysis 8 24 (4.240 %) Data Migration 9 23 (4.064 %) UML 9 23 (4.064 %) CRM 10 19 (3.357 %) Data Modelling 11 17 (3.004 %) BPR 12 15 (2.650 %) Incident Management 13 14 (2.473 %) Content Management 14 13 (2.297 %) SSADM 14 13 (2.297 %) Requirements Analysis 15 11 (1.943 %) Project Planning	Programming Languages 1 56 (9.894 %) COBOL 2 38 (6.714 %) SQL 3 21 (3.710 %) JCL 4 17 (3.004 %) JavaScript 5 10 (1.767 %) Java 6 7 (1.237 %) VBScript 6 7 (1.237 %) VB 7 4 (0.707 %) PHP 8 3 (0.530 %) PL/SQL 8 3 (0.530 %) VBA 9 2 (0.353 %) VB6 10 1 (0.177 %) Shell Script 10 1 (0.177 %) C 10 1 (0.177 %) C++
Qualifications 1 7 (1.237 %) ISEB 2 6 (1.060 %) Degree 2 6 (1.060 %) Citrix Certification 2 6 (1.060 %) Microsoft Certification 3 5 (0.883 %) Cisco Certification 3 5 (0.883 %) CCNA 3 5 (0.883 %) MCSE 4 4 (0.707 %) MCDST 4 4 (0.707 %) A+ Certification 5 3 (0.530 %) CNA 5 3 (0.530 %) Novell Certification 6 2 (0.353 %) CCNP 6 2 (0.353 %) ITIL Certification 7 1 (0.177 %) PRINCE2 Certification 7 1 (0.177 %) MCP	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 10 (1.767 %) SLA 2 2 (0.353 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 3 1 (0.177 %) Basel II
System Software 1 23 (4.064 %) Active Directory 2 2 (0.353 %) NetBackup 3 1 (0.177 %) VMware ESX	Systems Management 1 29 (5.124 %) OpenView 2 27 (4.770 %) OVOW 3 11 (1.943 %) OVSD 4 4 (0.707 %) BMC Performance Manager 5 3 (0.530 %) CiscoWorks 5 3 (0.530 %) NNM 5 3 (0.530 %) HP Data Protector 6 1 (0.177 %) CONTROL-M 6 1 (0.177 %) SCOM
Vendors 1 59 (10.42 %) Microsoft 2 57 (10.07 %) IBM 3 37 (6.537 %) HP 4 25 (4.417 %) Oracle 5 13 (2.297 %) Cisco 6 10 (1.767 %) Compaq 6 10 (1.767 %) Citrix 6 10 (1.767 %) Remedy 7 8 (1.413 %) Business Objects 7 8 (1.413 %) Informatica 8 6 (1.060 %) Northgate 8 6 (1.060 %) Cognos 8 6 (1.060 %) Sybase 8 6 (1.060 %) PeopleSoft 8 6 (1.060 %) Tridion 8 6 (1.060 %) Lotus 8 6 (1.060 %) JD Edwards 9 5 (0.883 %) Unisys 10 4 (0.707 %) Crossbeam 10 4 (0.707 %) Blue Coat