The first table below looks at the demand for the Operations 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 Operations Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Operations Analyst
Rank 120 129 110
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -19
Contract jobs requiring an Operations Analyst 3 1 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.127% 0.031% 0.531%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.137% 0.034% 0.575%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 7
Average daily rate - £126 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -54.18%
UK excluding London average daily rate £200 £275 £225
% change year-on-year
-27.27% +22.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.00 £21.25 £59.75
% change year-on-year
+55.29% -64.43%
All Job Titles
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2193 2915 2785
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 93.16% 91.78% 92.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1046 1442 1383
Average daily rate £338 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.84% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £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 174 178 190
Average hourly rate £17.50 £19.00 £17.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.89% +10.14%
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%
Operations Analyst
England

Operations Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Operations Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Operations Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Operations Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Operations Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Operations Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Operations Analyst
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Operations Analyst within the North West region over the 3 months to 22 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 - 2 - -
Cheshire - 1 - -
Operations Analyst
England

Operations Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited Operations 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 Operations Analyst in their job title.

1 5 (62.50%) Windows
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
1 5 (62.50%) Windows Server 2003
1 5 (62.50%) Windows Server 2008
2 4 (50.00%) ITIL
2 4 (50.00%) MS Excel
3 3 (37.50%) SAN
3 3 (37.50%) Finance
3 3 (37.50%) Legal
3 3 (37.50%) VMware
3 3 (37.50%) SQL
3 3 (37.50%) VBA
3 3 (37.50%) SQL Server
3 3 (37.50%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (37.50%) Hyper-V
3 3 (37.50%) Degree
3 3 (37.50%) QA
3 3 (37.50%) SQL Server 2005
3 3 (37.50%) Data Management
4 2 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2003
4 2 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
4 2 (25.00%) SharePoint
4 2 (25.00%) MS Exchange
4 2 (25.00%) DNS
5 1 (12.50%) Change Management
5 1 (12.50%) Windows NT
5 1 (12.50%) Clustering
5 1 (12.50%) Migration
5 1 (12.50%) DHCP

Operations Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited Operations 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 Operations Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 2 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
1 2 (25.00%) SharePoint
1 2 (25.00%) MS Exchange
2 1 (12.50%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (12.50%) Lync
Applications
1 4 (50.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) SAN
2 2 (25.00%) DNS
3 1 (12.50%) DHCP
3 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) SQL Server
1 3 (37.50%) SQL Server 2008
1 3 (37.50%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 3 (37.50%) Finance
1 3 (37.50%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 5 (62.50%) Windows
1 5 (62.50%) Windows Server 2003
1 5 (62.50%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (12.50%) Windows NT
2 1 (12.50%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) ITIL
2 3 (37.50%) Data Management
3 1 (12.50%) Change Management
3 1 (12.50%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) SQL
1 3 (37.50%) VBA
2 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (12.50%) MCP
2 1 (12.50%) MCSE
2 1 (12.50%) MCSA
2 1 (12.50%) MCITP
2 1 (12.50%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) QA
System Software
1 3 (37.50%) Hyper-V
2 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) SCCM
1 1 (12.50%) SCOM
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 3 (37.50%) VMware
3 1 (12.50%) HP
3 1 (12.50%) Citrix