The first table below looks at the demand for the Systems 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 Systems Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 20 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 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 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
System Analyst
Rank 52 28 41
Rank change year-on-year
-24 +13
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Analyst 2 37 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 0.385% 5.153% 2.189%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.410% 5.441% 2.305%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 14 3
Average daily rate £268 £325 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.69% -13.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £266 £179 £315
10% offered a daily rate of more than £270 £350 £395
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £328 £365
% change year-on-year
-0.76% -10.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £24.00 £22.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year
+6.66% +4.65%
All Job Titles
Milton Keynes
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
488 680 564
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 94.03% 94.71% 94.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 274 288 220
Average daily rate £325 £315 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.17% -3.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £173 £142
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £400 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 53 71
Average hourly rate £13.50 £14.50 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.89% +3.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £11.67 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.50 £35.00 £23.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Systems Analyst
Buckinghamshire

Systems Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Milton Keynes Systems Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Systems Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

Milton Keynes Systems Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Systems Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Milton Keynes Systems Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Systems Analyst
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 6 (54.55%) Business Analysis
2 5 (45.45%) Systems Analysis
3 4 (36.36%) SC Cleared
3 4 (36.36%) DV Cleared
3 4 (36.36%) Security Cleared
3 4 (36.36%) Requirements Engineering
3 4 (36.36%) Finance
3 4 (36.36%) ISEB
4 3 (27.27%) EPoS
4 3 (27.27%) C#
4 3 (27.27%) SQL
4 3 (27.27%) MS Office
4 3 (27.27%) ITIL
4 3 (27.27%) PRINCE2
4 3 (27.27%) UML
4 3 (27.27%) CRM
4 3 (27.27%) ERP
4 3 (27.27%) GSAE
5 2 (18.18%) Banking
5 2 (18.18%) Retail
5 2 (18.18%) Retail Banking
5 2 (18.18%) Oracle
5 2 (18.18%) Oracle Retail
6 1 (9.091%) PRINCE
6 1 (9.091%) Data Modelling
6 1 (9.091%) Technical Architecture
6 1 (9.091%) Spanish Language
6 1 (9.091%) Integration Testing

Systems Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Applications
1 3 (27.27%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Oracle Retail
General
1 4 (36.36%) Finance
2 2 (18.18%) Banking
2 2 (18.18%) Retail
2 2 (18.18%) Retail Banking
3 1 (9.091%) Spanish Language
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) EPoS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Business Analysis
2 5 (45.45%) Systems Analysis
3 4 (36.36%) Requirements Engineering
4 3 (27.27%) ITIL
4 3 (27.27%) PRINCE2
4 3 (27.27%) UML
4 3 (27.27%) CRM
4 3 (27.27%) ERP
5 1 (9.091%) Data Modelling
5 1 (9.091%) PRINCE
5 1 (9.091%) Technical Architecture
5 1 (9.091%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (27.27%) C#
1 3 (27.27%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) ISEB
1 4 (36.36%) SC Cleared
1 4 (36.36%) DV Cleared
1 4 (36.36%) Security Cleared
2 3 (27.27%) GSAE
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Oracle