The first table below looks at the demand for the Support Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the Northampton region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Support Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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 Northampton 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Analyst
Rank 22 26 16
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -10
Contract jobs requiring a Support Analyst 1 5 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northampton 0.725% 2.119% 4.545%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.758% 2.232% 4.908%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 4
Average daily rate - £225 £194
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +16.12%
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £220 £225
% change year-on-year
+13.63% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 4
Average hourly rate - £15.50 £14.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +5.08%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.50 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-9.67% +3.33%
All Job Titles
Northampton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
132 224 163
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northampton 95.65% 94.92% 92.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 153 92
Average daily rate £375 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £225 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £475 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 15
Average hourly rate £13.50 £15.50 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.90% -18.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £8.00 £8.50 £9.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.75 £18.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Support Analyst
Northamptonshire

Support Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northampton Support Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Support Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

Northampton Support Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Support Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Northampton Support Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Support Analyst
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northampton region that cited 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 Support Analyst in their job title.

1 2 (40.00%) Change Management
1 2 (40.00%) Local Government
1 2 (40.00%) MS Project
1 2 (40.00%) MS Office
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
1 2 (40.00%) SharePoint
1 2 (40.00%) MS Visio
1 2 (40.00%) Project Management
1 2 (40.00%) Change Control
2 1 (20.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) IIS
2 1 (20.00%) Windows XP
2 1 (20.00%) Google
2 1 (20.00%) Migration

Support Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northampton region that cited 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 Support Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (20.00%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (40.00%) MS Project
1 2 (40.00%) MS Office
1 2 (40.00%) MS Visio
General
1 2 (40.00%) Local Government
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (20.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Change Management
1 2 (40.00%) Project Management
1 2 (40.00%) Change Control
2 1 (20.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) Google