The first table below looks at the demand for the Applications Support Analyst role 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 Applications Support Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 23 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 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Application Support Analyst
Rank 116 108 117
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +9
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Support Analyst 2 21 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.085% 0.673% 0.322%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.092% 0.733% 0.349%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 14 2
Average daily rate - £330 £265
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +24.52%
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £300 £315
% change year-on-year
-8.33% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £17.75 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £17.75 £19.00
% change year-on-year
+26.76% -6.57%
All Job Titles
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2182 2864 2865
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 93.09% 91.74% 92.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 1045 1414 1422
Average daily rate £338 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.84% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £225 £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £470
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 173 175 192
Average hourly rate £17.50 £19.00 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.89% +5.55%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £12.01 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £33.32 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Applications Support Analyst
England

Applications Support Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Applications Support Analyst across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

North West Applications Support Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Applications Support Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Applications Support Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Applications Support Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Applications Support Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Applications Support Analyst
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Support Analyst within the North West region over the 3 months to 23 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
Cheshire +1 1 - -
Manchester -2 1 - -
Applications Support Analyst
England

Applications Support Analyst
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited Applications Support 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 Applications Support Analyst in their job title.

1 1 (25.00%) SQL
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (25.00%) SLA
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) Migration
1 1 (25.00%) LiveLink
1 1 (25.00%) Banking
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (25.00%) Investment Banking
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (25.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (25.00%) Technical Architecture
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared

Applications Support Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited Applications Support 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 Applications Support Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) LiveLink
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 1 (25.00%) Banking
1 1 (25.00%) Investment Banking
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Migration
1 1 (25.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (25.00%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
Crewe, Cheshire
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Posted: 17 May 2013