The first table below looks at the demand for the Data Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the Milton Keynes 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 20 June 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 Milton Keynes 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Data Analyst
Rank 51 59 40
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -19
Contract jobs requiring a Data Analyst 12 3 25
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 1.967% 0.459% 3.962%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.105% 0.483% 4.174%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 1 15
Average daily rate £200 £450 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-55.55% +32.35%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £159 £450 £110
10% offered a daily rate of more than £437 £450 £367
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £313 £329
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -4.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £162.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £15.00 £13.50
% change year-on-year
+16.66% +11.11%
All Job Titles
Milton Keynes
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
570 621 599
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 93.44% 94.95% 94.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 305 265 229
Average daily rate £350 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £173 £142
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £425 £440
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 48 90
Average hourly rate £14.00 £14.50 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.44% +3.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.03 £11.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.50 £25.00 £16.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Data Analyst
Buckinghamshire

Data Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes Data Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Data Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 11 (68.75%) VBA
1 11 (68.75%) MS Excel
2 10 (62.50%) Oracle
3 9 (56.25%) MS Access
3 9 (56.25%) Microsoft
3 9 (56.25%) Data Analysis
4 6 (37.50%) Oracle Reports
4 6 (37.50%) SharePoint
5 5 (31.25%) SQL
5 5 (31.25%) Content Management
5 5 (31.25%) Management Information System
6 4 (25.00%) SQL Server
7 3 (18.75%) SAP
7 3 (18.75%) Finance
7 3 (18.75%) HP Quality Center
7 3 (18.75%) Data Transformation
8 2 (12.50%) Data Validation
8 2 (12.50%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (12.50%) Validation
8 2 (12.50%) Asset Management
8 2 (12.50%) Oracle Discoverer
9 1 (6.250%) HP
9 1 (6.250%) Business Objects
9 1 (6.250%) Data Modelling
9 1 (6.250%) Banking
9 1 (6.250%) CIPD
9 1 (6.250%) QA
9 1 (6.250%) CMS
9 1 (6.250%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (6.250%) E-business

Data Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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.

Application Platforms
1 6 (37.50%) SharePoint
2 1 (6.250%) CMS
2 1 (6.250%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 11 (68.75%) MS Excel
2 2 (12.50%) Spreadsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (56.25%) MS Access
2 6 (37.50%) Oracle Reports
3 4 (25.00%) SQL Server
4 2 (12.50%) Oracle Discoverer
General
1 3 (18.75%) Finance
2 1 (6.250%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (56.25%) Data Analysis
2 5 (31.25%) Content Management
3 3 (18.75%) Data Transformation
4 2 (12.50%) Data Validation
4 2 (12.50%) Validation
4 2 (12.50%) Asset Management
5 1 (6.250%) Data Modelling
5 1 (6.250%) E-business
5 1 (6.250%) Workflow
5 1 (6.250%) Data Entry
5 1 (6.250%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (6.250%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 11 (68.75%) VBA
2 5 (31.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (6.250%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.250%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (18.75%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 10 (62.50%) Oracle
2 9 (56.25%) Microsoft
3 3 (18.75%) SAP
4 1 (6.250%) HP
4 1 (6.250%) Business Objects