The first table below looks at the demand for the Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the Northamptonshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited 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 Northamptonshire 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
Analyst
Rank 2 2 2
Rank change year-on-year
0 0
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 90 129 94
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 35.71% 31.01% 34.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 37.82% 32.82% 37.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 80 66
Average daily rate £379 £350 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.36% +21.56%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £288 £245 £155
10% offered a daily rate of more than £432 £450 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 16 6
Average hourly rate £11.00 £13.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-18.51% -25.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.20 £9.00 £9.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.60 £17.75 £27.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -
All Job Titles
Northamptonshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
238 393 253
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 94.44% 94.47% 92.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 136 261 141
Average daily rate £407 £338 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.44% +12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £283 £152 £165
10% offered a daily rate of more than £543 £475 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 18 26
Average hourly rate £13.50 £13.50 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -20.58%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £8.50 £9.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £18.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Analyst
East Midlands

Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northamptonshire Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

Northamptonshire Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Analyst across the Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Northamptonshire Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Northamptonshire Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Analyst
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analyst within the Northamptonshire 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
Northampton +1 64 £407 +16.14%
Daventry - 2 £350 -
Wellingborough 0 1 - -
Analyst
East Midlands

Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire region that cited 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 Analyst in their job title.

1 85 (54.49%) Finance
2 40 (25.64%) Banking
3 30 (19.23%) Business Analysis
4 27 (17.31%) Stakeholder Management
5 22 (14.10%) MS Visio
6 21 (13.46%) Microsoft
7 20 (12.82%) BPR
7 20 (12.82%) UML
8 17 (10.90%) SharePoint
8 17 (10.90%) Change Management
9 16 (10.26%) Windows
9 16 (10.26%) SQL
10 15 (9.615%) Retail
11 14 (8.974%) GAP Analysis
11 14 (8.974%) MS Office
11 14 (8.974%) MS Excel
12 13 (8.333%) User Acceptance Testing
13 12 (7.692%) Requirements Analysis
13 12 (7.692%) Retail Banking
13 12 (7.692%) Migration
14 10 (6.410%) Project Management
14 10 (6.410%) Business Transformation
15 9 (5.769%) MS PowerPoint
15 9 (5.769%) Management Information System
15 9 (5.769%) MS Project
15 9 (5.769%) Six Sigma
16 8 (5.128%) Business Objects
16 8 (5.128%) SSADM
16 8 (5.128%) Use Case
16 8 (5.128%) Lean Six Sigma

Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire region that cited 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 Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (3.846%) .NET
2 2 (1.282%) Struts
3 1 (0.641%) JSF
3 1 (0.641%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 17 (10.90%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.205%) IIS
3 3 (1.923%) Exchange Server 2003
3 3 (1.923%) MS Exchange
4 2 (1.282%) Tomcat
4 2 (1.282%) Papyrus
Applications
1 22 (14.10%) MS Visio
2 14 (8.974%) MS Office
2 14 (8.974%) MS Excel
3 9 (5.769%) MS PowerPoint
3 9 (5.769%) MS Project
4 3 (1.923%) Google Apps
Business Applications
1 4 (2.564%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.641%) Taleo
2 1 (0.641%) VisionPLUS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.923%) VLAN
1 3 (1.923%) Firewall
1 3 (1.923%) WAN
1 3 (1.923%) DHCP
1 3 (1.923%) HTTP
1 3 (1.923%) TCP/IP
1 3 (1.923%) MPLS
1 3 (1.923%) EIGRP
2 2 (1.282%) LAN
2 2 (1.282%) VoIP
2 2 (1.282%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (0.641%) NFC
3 1 (0.641%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.205%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (1.923%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.282%) MS Access
4 1 (0.641%) Oracle BI EE
4 1 (0.641%) DTS
Development Applications
1 1 (0.641%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 85 (54.49%) Finance
2 40 (25.64%) Banking
3 15 (9.615%) Retail
4 12 (7.692%) Retail Banking
5 5 (3.205%) Legal
6 4 (2.564%) Telecoms
6 4 (2.564%) Local Government
7 2 (1.282%) Publishing
7 2 (1.282%) Back Office
7 2 (1.282%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 9 (5.769%) Management Information System
2 2 (1.282%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 2 (1.282%) Credit Risk
3 1 (0.641%) Mobile Payment
3 1 (0.641%) IVR
3 1 (0.641%) Mainframe
3 1 (0.641%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 16 (10.26%) Windows
2 4 (2.564%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (1.923%) Windows 7
3 3 (1.923%) Windows XP
4 2 (1.282%) UNIX
4 2 (1.282%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (19.23%) Business Analysis
2 27 (17.31%) Stakeholder Management
3 20 (12.82%) BPR
3 20 (12.82%) UML
4 17 (10.90%) Change Management
5 14 (8.974%) GAP Analysis
6 13 (8.333%) User Acceptance Testing
7 12 (7.692%) Requirements Analysis
7 12 (7.692%) Migration
8 10 (6.410%) Project Management
8 10 (6.410%) Business Transformation
9 9 (5.769%) Six Sigma
10 8 (5.128%) SSADM
10 8 (5.128%) Use Case
10 8 (5.128%) Lean Six Sigma
11 7 (4.487%) Change Control
11 7 (4.487%) DSDM
11 7 (4.487%) ITIL
11 7 (4.487%) PRINCE2
11 7 (4.487%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 16 (10.26%) SQL
2 2 (1.282%) VBA
2 2 (1.282%) C++
2 2 (1.282%) Java
2 2 (1.282%) JavaScript
2 2 (1.282%) PL/SQL
2 2 (1.282%) Shell Script
3 1 (0.641%) Fortran
3 1 (0.641%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 5 (3.205%) ISEB
2 3 (1.923%) Degree
2 3 (1.923%) CCNP
2 3 (1.923%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (1.282%) CCNA
4 1 (0.641%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.641%) CIMA
4 1 (0.641%) MBA
4 1 (0.641%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (0.641%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.487%) SLA
2 2 (1.282%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.282%) QA
3 1 (0.641%) Basel III
3 1 (0.641%) Solvency II
3 1 (0.641%) Basel II
System Software
1 5 (3.205%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.564%) Microsoft App-V
2 4 (2.564%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 6 (3.846%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.641%) Control-M
Vendors
1 21 (13.46%) Microsoft
2 8 (5.128%) Business Objects
3 6 (3.846%) Citrix
3 6 (3.846%) Google
4 5 (3.205%) HP
5 3 (1.923%) Cisco
5 3 (1.923%) CheckPoint
6 2 (1.282%) Oracle
6 2 (1.282%) Informatica
6 2 (1.282%) Trillium
6 2 (1.282%) VMware
6 2 (1.282%) IT2
6 2 (1.282%) DataFlux
7 1 (0.641%) Capita
7 1 (0.641%) BancTec
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