North West Project Analyst Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the Project Analyst role in IT contracts within the North West region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Project Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Alderley Edge Basingstoke Berkshire Birmingham Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Channel Islands Chertsey Cheshire City of London Coventry Docklands, London Dorset East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Hampshire Harrogate Hertfordshire Ipswich Jersey Kent Leeds Lincolnshire London Macclesfield Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury North West North Yorkshire Nottinghamshire Peterborough Reading Rickmansworth Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough South East South West South Yorkshire Southampton Suffolk Surrey Swindon Telford UK Uxbridge Wales Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Windsor Worcester Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	127	125
Rank change on same period last year	-2
Matching contract IT job ads	17	8
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.022 %	0.008 %
As % of the category below	0.440 %	0.225 %
Daily rates quoted	7	2
Average minimum daily rate	£250	£165
Average daily rate	£256	£185
% change on same period last year	+38.22 %
Average maximum daily rate	£261	£205
UK excluding London average daily rate	£283	£296
% change on same period last year	-4.48 %
Hourly rates quoted	2	1
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.50	£21.60
Average hourly rate	£23.75	£21.60
% change on same period last year	+9.95 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.00	£21.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£21.16	£26.64
% change on same period last year	-20.57 %
Job Titles North West
Matching contract IT job ads	3867	3561
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	5.099 %	3.777 %
Daily rates quoted	938	706
Average minimum daily rate	£336	£321
Average daily rate	£355	£336
% change on same period last year	+5.58 %
Average maximum daily rate	£374	£351
UK excluding London average daily rate	£361	£352
% change on same period last year	+2.55 %
Hourly rates quoted	439	345
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.90	£21.83
Average hourly rate	£22.76	£23.45
% change on same period last year	-2.95 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.62	£25.07
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.28	£26.07
% change on same period last year	-10.69 %
Project Analyst England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Project Analyst across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Analyst across the North West region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Analyst across the North West region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Project Analyst within the North West region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Cheshire	-16	7	£276	-
Manchester	-18	7	£150	+57.89 %

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited Project 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 Project Analyst in their job title.

1 17 (43.59 %) Finance 2 12 (30.77 %) Project Management 3 7 (17.95 %) Retail 4 6 (15.38 %) MS Project 5 5 (12.82 %) PRINCE2 5 5 (12.82 %) Banking 6 4 (10.26 %) MS Office 6 4 (10.26 %) SAP 6 4 (10.26 %) MS Excel 6 4 (10.26 %) Stakeholder Management 7 3 (7.692 %) Pharmaceutical 7 3 (7.692 %) ABAP 7 3 (7.692 %) Marketing 7 3 (7.692 %) Insurance 8 2 (5.128 %) Migration

8 2 (5.128 %) Programme Management 8 2 (5.128 %) MS PowerPoint 8 2 (5.128 %) Business Analysis 8 2 (5.128 %) Retail Banking 8 2 (5.128 %) Oracle 8 2 (5.128 %) ITIL 8 2 (5.128 %) CRM 8 2 (5.128 %) MS Visio 8 2 (5.128 %) Microsoft 8 2 (5.128 %) PRINCE2 Certification 8 2 (5.128 %) Telecoms 8 2 (5.128 %) Education 9 1 (2.564 %) Change Management 9 1 (2.564 %) GAP Analysis 9 1 (2.564 %) Government

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited Project 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 Project Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms 1 1 (2.564 %) eRoom	Applications 1 6 (15.38 %) MS Project 2 4 (10.26 %) MS Office 2 4 (10.26 %) MS Excel 3 2 (5.128 %) MS Visio 3 2 (5.128 %) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications 1 1 (2.564 %) Oracle CRM	Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (2.564 %) MS Access
General 1 17 (43.59 %) Finance 2 7 (17.95 %) Retail 3 5 (12.82 %) Banking 4 3 (7.692 %) Marketing 4 3 (7.692 %) Insurance 4 3 (7.692 %) Pharmaceutical 5 2 (5.128 %) Telecoms 5 2 (5.128 %) Education 5 2 (5.128 %) Retail Banking 6 1 (2.564 %) International Banking 6 1 (2.564 %) Local Government 6 1 (2.564 %) Government	Processes & Methodologies 1 12 (30.77 %) Project Management 2 5 (12.82 %) PRINCE2 3 4 (10.26 %) Stakeholder Management 4 2 (5.128 %) Programme Management 4 2 (5.128 %) Business Analysis 4 2 (5.128 %) CRM 4 2 (5.128 %) ITIL 4 2 (5.128 %) Migration 5 1 (2.564 %) Change Management 5 1 (2.564 %) GAP Analysis 5 1 (2.564 %) PRINCE 5 1 (2.564 %) UML 5 1 (2.564 %) RUP 5 1 (2.564 %) Strategic Management 5 1 (2.564 %) Requirements Analysis 5 1 (2.564 %) Project Planning
Programming Languages 1 3 (7.692 %) ABAP	Qualifications 1 2 (5.128 %) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (2.564 %) QA	Vendors 1 4 (10.26 %) SAP 2 2 (5.128 %) Microsoft 2 2 (5.128 %) Oracle 3 1 (2.564 %) Casewise