The first table below looks at the demand for the Project 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 Project Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Project Analyst
Rank 112 115 110
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -5
Contract jobs requiring a Project Analyst 6 17 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.257% 0.546% 0.525%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.276% 0.596% 0.568%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 4
Average daily rate £140 £243 £238
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-42.26% +2.10%
UK excluding London average daily rate £260 £300 £260
% change year-on-year
-13.33% +15.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £21.75 £34.00
% change year-on-year
- -36.02%
All Job Titles
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2173 2851 2817
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 93.22% 91.64% 92.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1036 1402 1393
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 £468
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 170 171 189
Average hourly rate £17.50 £19.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.25% +8.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £12.50 £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%
Project Analyst
England

Project Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Project Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Project Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Project Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Project Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

This 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 24 May 2013.

North West Project Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Project Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Project Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Project Analyst
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Analyst within the North West region over the 3 months to 24 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 -6 3 £220 -7.36%
Manchester +6 2 - -
Merseyside +4 2 £140 -
Project Analyst
England

Project Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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 7 (38.89%) PRINCE2
2 6 (33.33%) Project Management
3 5 (27.78%) MS Excel
4 4 (22.22%) ECDL
4 4 (22.22%) Degree
5 3 (16.67%) HP
5 3 (16.67%) Management Information System
6 2 (11.11%) HNC
6 2 (11.11%) HND
6 2 (11.11%) SAP
6 2 (11.11%) ITIL
6 2 (11.11%) Project Planning
6 2 (11.11%) APMP
7 1 (5.556%) Network Management
7 1 (5.556%) Information Governance
7 1 (5.556%) MS Project Server
7 1 (5.556%) Resource Management
7 1 (5.556%) User Acceptance Testing
7 1 (5.556%) Data Migration
7 1 (5.556%) Data Cleansing
7 1 (5.556%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (5.556%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (5.556%) SAP Security
7 1 (5.556%) SaaS
7 1 (5.556%) Document Management
7 1 (5.556%) Data Analysis
7 1 (5.556%) Business Analysis
7 1 (5.556%) Statistical Analysis
7 1 (5.556%) Marketing
7 1 (5.556%) VBA

Project Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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 (5.556%) MS Project Server
1 1 (5.556%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (27.78%) MS Excel
2 1 (5.556%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (5.556%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.556%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (5.556%) MPLS
1 1 (5.556%) TCP/IP
1 1 (5.556%) Firewall
General
1 1 (5.556%) Marketing
1 1 (5.556%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.556%) SaaS
2 1 (5.556%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.556%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (38.89%) PRINCE2
2 6 (33.33%) Project Management
3 2 (11.11%) ITIL
3 2 (11.11%) Project Planning
4 1 (5.556%) Network Management
4 1 (5.556%) Information Governance
4 1 (5.556%) Resource Management
4 1 (5.556%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (5.556%) Data Migration
4 1 (5.556%) Data Cleansing
4 1 (5.556%) SAP Security
4 1 (5.556%) Document Management
4 1 (5.556%) Data Analysis
4 1 (5.556%) Business Analysis
4 1 (5.556%) Statistical Analysis
4 1 (5.556%) Service Management
4 1 (5.556%) Service Delivery
4 1 (5.556%) Change Management
4 1 (5.556%) Migration
4 1 (5.556%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.556%) VBA
Qualifications
1 4 (22.22%) ECDL
1 4 (22.22%) Degree
2 2 (11.11%) HNC
2 2 (11.11%) HND
2 2 (11.11%) APMP
3 1 (5.556%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (5.556%) CCNP
3 1 (5.556%) CCNA
Systems Management
1 1 (5.556%) CiscoWorks
Vendors
1 3 (16.67%) HP
2 2 (11.11%) SAP
3 1 (5.556%) Ariba
3 1 (5.556%) Remedy
3 1 (5.556%) Cisco
3 1 (5.556%) Microsoft