The first table below looks at the demand for the Desktop 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 Desktop 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 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Desktop Analyst
Rank 113 130 129
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -1
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Analyst 6 6 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.259% 0.189% 0.100%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.278% 0.206% 0.107%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 2
Average daily rate £133 £220 £200
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-39.77% +10.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £156 £113 £180
% change year-on-year
+38.88% -37.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 1
Average hourly rate £14.75 £32.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-54.61% +62.50%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.50 £14.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year
+3.57% -12.50%
All Job Titles
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2161 2909 2791
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 93.27% 91.62% 92.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1017 1450 1397
Average daily rate £333 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.46% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 174 171 188
Average hourly rate £18.00 £19.50 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% +11.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £33.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Desktop Analyst
England

Desktop Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Desktop Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Desktop Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Desktop Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Desktop Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Desktop Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Desktop Analyst
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Analyst within the North West region over the 3 months to 20 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 +12 5 - -
Lancashire - 1 £133 -
Desktop Analyst
England

Desktop Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited Desktop 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 Desktop Analyst in their job title.

1 8 (66.67%) Windows
2 7 (58.33%) ITIL
3 5 (41.67%) Windows XP
3 5 (41.67%) Windows 7
4 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
5 3 (25.00%) Citrix
5 3 (25.00%) MS Exchange
5 3 (25.00%) LAN
5 3 (25.00%) WAN
5 3 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (16.67%) Citrix Presentation Server
6 2 (16.67%) Fat Client
6 2 (16.67%) SCCM
6 2 (16.67%) Banking
6 2 (16.67%) Windows Vista
6 2 (16.67%) Service Delivery
6 2 (16.67%) Investment Banking
6 2 (16.67%) Local Government
6 2 (16.67%) XenApp
6 2 (16.67%) PRINCE2
6 2 (16.67%) Finance
6 2 (16.67%) Migration
6 2 (16.67%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (16.67%) AppSense
6 2 (16.67%) Internet
6 2 (16.67%) Symantec
6 2 (16.67%) McAfee
6 2 (16.67%) MS Office
6 2 (16.67%) Thin Client
6 2 (16.67%) Active Directory

Desktop Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (8.333%) COM
1 1 (8.333%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 3 (25.00%) MS Exchange
2 1 (8.333%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 2 (16.67%) MS Office
2 1 (8.333%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) LAN
1 3 (25.00%) WAN
2 2 (16.67%) Internet
3 1 (8.333%) IP Telephony
3 1 (8.333%) HTTP
3 1 (8.333%) VPN
General
1 2 (16.67%) Finance
1 2 (16.67%) Banking
1 2 (16.67%) Investment Banking
1 2 (16.67%) Local Government
2 1 (8.333%) Marketing
2 1 (8.333%) Back Office
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Thin Client
1 2 (16.67%) Fat Client
2 1 (8.333%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 8 (66.67%) Windows
2 5 (41.67%) Windows XP
2 5 (41.67%) Windows 7
3 3 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (16.67%) Windows Vista
5 1 (8.333%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) ITIL
2 2 (16.67%) PRINCE2
2 2 (16.67%) Service Delivery
2 2 (16.67%) Migration
3 1 (8.333%) Asset Management
3 1 (8.333%) Incident Management
3 1 (8.333%) Problem Management
3 1 (8.333%) Capacity Management
3 1 (8.333%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 1 (8.333%) MCP
1 1 (8.333%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (8.333%) MCDST
1 1 (8.333%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.333%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (16.67%) Active Directory
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft App-V
1 2 (16.67%) Citrix Presentation Server
1 2 (16.67%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (25.00%) Citrix
3 2 (16.67%) Symantec
3 2 (16.67%) McAfee
3 2 (16.67%) AppSense