The first table below looks at the demand for Analytics skills in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Analytics over the 3 months to 17 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the North West 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Analytics
Rank 104 88 115
Rank change year-on-year
-16 +27
Contract jobs citing Analytics 13 44 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.566% 1.389% 0.552%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.801% 2.260% 0.845%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 31 7
Average daily rate £368 £400 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.12% +77.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £354 £310 £199
10% offered a daily rate of more than £382 £525 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
-13.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £13.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.25 £16.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year
+89.39% -26.66%
All Processes & Methodologies
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1623 1947 2011
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 70.66% 61.48% 65.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 794 1006 1047
Average daily rate £350 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £238 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £465 £490 £460
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 81 98
Average hourly rate £22.06 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.27% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.13 £13.26 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £55.00 £37.00 £36.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Analytics
England

Analytics
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Analytics across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

North West Analytics Jobs Demand Trend

Analytics
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Analytics across the North West region.

North West Analytics Daily Rate Trend

Analytics
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Analytics across the North West region.

North West Analytics Hourly Rate Trend

Analytics
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analytics within the North West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Manchester -1 8 - -
Cheshire +5 2 £368 -23.03%
Lancashire +4 1 - -
Analytics
England

Analytics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Analytics also 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 that cited Analytics.

1 13 (43.33%) Finance
2 12 (40.00%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (30.00%) Business Intelligence
4 8 (26.67%) Oracle
4 8 (26.67%) SAS
5 7 (23.33%) Data Modelling
5 7 (23.33%) Management Information System
6 6 (20.00%) Oracle Reports
6 6 (20.00%) Banking
7 5 (16.67%) Retail
7 5 (16.67%) Service Management
8 4 (13.33%) ETL
8 4 (13.33%) SQL
8 4 (13.33%) .NET
8 4 (13.33%) SQL Server
8 4 (13.33%) C#
8 4 (13.33%) JavaScript
8 4 (13.33%) ASP.NET
8 4 (13.33%) CSS
8 4 (13.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 4 (13.33%) Google
8 4 (13.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (13.33%) .NET Framework
8 4 (13.33%) Google Analytics
8 4 (13.33%) Oracle BI EE
8 4 (13.33%) SQL Server 2008
8 4 (13.33%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
8 4 (13.33%) Root Cause Analysis
9 3 (10.00%) Oracle 11g
9 3 (10.00%) Corporate Banking

Analytics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Analytics also 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 that cited Analytics. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (13.33%) .NET
1 4 (13.33%) ASP.NET
1 4 (13.33%) CSS
1 4 (13.33%) .NET Framework
1 4 (13.33%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
2 2 (6.667%) CSS3
2 2 (6.667%) Sass
2 2 (6.667%) LESS
2 2 (6.667%) jQuery
2 2 (6.667%) HTML5
2 2 (6.667%) HTML
2 2 (6.667%) Ajax
3 1 (3.333%) ODBC
3 1 (3.333%) Semantic HTML
Application Platforms
1 8 (26.67%) SAS
2 1 (3.333%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 2 (6.667%) MS Excel
2 1 (3.333%) MS Visio
2 1 (3.333%) Acrobat
2 1 (3.333%) Mingle
2 1 (3.333%) MS Project
2 1 (3.333%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 4 (13.33%) Google Analytics
2 2 (6.667%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (6.667%) Cognos Business Intelligence
3 1 (3.333%) Unica Affinium
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (40.00%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (20.00%) Oracle Reports
3 4 (13.33%) Oracle BI EE
3 4 (13.33%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (13.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (13.33%) SQL Server
3 4 (13.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (10.00%) Oracle 11g
5 2 (6.667%) Base SAS
5 2 (6.667%) QlikView
6 1 (3.333%) Data Mart
6 1 (3.333%) OLAP
6 1 (3.333%) Oracle Discoverer
6 1 (3.333%) RDBMS
6 1 (3.333%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 1 (3.333%) Oracle Forms
General
1 13 (43.33%) Finance
2 6 (20.00%) Banking
3 5 (16.67%) Retail
4 3 (10.00%) Corporate Banking
4 3 (10.00%) Marketing
5 2 (6.667%) Games
6 1 (3.333%) Telecoms
6 1 (3.333%) Publishing
6 1 (3.333%) Billing
6 1 (3.333%) Investment Banking
6 1 (3.333%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 13 (43.33%) Developer
2 8 (26.67%) Analyst
3 4 (13.33%) Consultant
3 4 (13.33%) MI Developer
4 3 (10.00%) Architect
4 3 (10.00%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (6.667%) SAS Analyst
5 2 (6.667%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 2 (6.667%) Cognos Developer
5 2 (6.667%) JavaScript Developer
5 2 (6.667%) SEO Analyst
5 2 (6.667%) Copywriter
5 2 (6.667%) OBIEE Developer
6 1 (3.333%) OBIEE Consultant
6 1 (3.333%) Campaign Analyst
6 1 (3.333%) SAS Marketing Analyst
6 1 (3.333%) Marketing Analyst
6 1 (3.333%) Customer Insight Manager
6 1 (3.333%) Web Analyst
6 1 (3.333%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 7 (23.33%) Management Information System
2 2 (6.667%) Credit Risk
2 2 (6.667%) Social Media
3 1 (3.333%) Digital Media
3 1 (3.333%) Visualisation
3 1 (3.333%) Mathematics
3 1 (3.333%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.333%) UNIX
1 1 (3.333%) Windows
1 1 (3.333%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (30.00%) Business Intelligence
2 7 (23.33%) Data Modelling
3 5 (16.67%) Service Management
4 4 (13.33%) ETL
4 4 (13.33%) Root Cause Analysis
5 3 (10.00%) Data Management
5 3 (10.00%) Web Analytics
5 3 (10.00%) SEO
6 2 (6.667%) Agile Software Development
6 2 (6.667%) MVC
6 2 (6.667%) Risk Management
6 2 (6.667%) Project Management
6 2 (6.667%) E-Commerce
6 2 (6.667%) Statistical Analysis
6 2 (6.667%) Data Analysis
6 2 (6.667%) Customer Insight
6 2 (6.667%) Progressive Enhancement
6 2 (6.667%) Digital Marketing
6 2 (6.667%) Unit Testing
6 2 (6.667%) Graceful Degradation
Programming Languages
1 4 (13.33%) C#
1 4 (13.33%) JavaScript
1 4 (13.33%) SQL
2 2 (6.667%) PHP
3 1 (3.333%) PL/SQL
3 1 (3.333%) SAS Macro
Qualifications
1 1 (3.333%) Postgraduate
1 1 (3.333%) ISEB
1 1 (3.333%) MBA
1 1 (3.333%) Degree
1 1 (3.333%) SC Cleared
1 1 (3.333%) BC Cleared
1 1 (3.333%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 8 (26.67%) Oracle
2 4 (13.33%) Google
3 3 (10.00%) Teradata
4 2 (6.667%) Informatica
4 2 (6.667%) Cognos
5 1 (3.333%) Microsoft
5 1 (3.333%) Adobe
5 1 (3.333%) Hyperion
5 1 (3.333%) Primavera
5 1 (3.333%) Unica
5 1 (3.333%) Twitter
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