Northamptonshire Analyst Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the Analyst role in IT contracts within the Northamptonshire 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 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 Abingdon Alderley Edge Amersham Andover Avon Aylesbury Bacup Barnet Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Bishop's Stortford Blackburn Blackpool Borehamwood Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brentwood Bridgend Bridgwater Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Burton-upon-Trent Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cannock Cardiff Channel Islands Chatham Chelmsford Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chichester City of London Clapham Cleethorpes Colchester County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Cumbria Darlington Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorking Dorset Dover Dudley Dundee Dunstable Durham Ealing East Anglia East Ayrshire East Grinstead East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh Egham Enfield England Epsom Essex Exeter Farnborough Farnham Feltham Filton Folkestone Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Godalming Gosport Grays Grimsby Guernsey Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harpenden Harrogate Harrow Hartlepool Hastings Havant Hayes Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Highlands Hinckley Home Counties Hounslow Hove Huddersfield Hull Huntingdon Ilford Inverness Ipswich Isle of Man Isle of Wight Jersey Kegworth Kent Kilmarnock King's Lynn Knutsford Lancashire Leamington Spa Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lewes Lewisham Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Loughborough Luton Lytham St Annes M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Mansfield Marlow Melton Mowbray Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Motherwell New Malden Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Newton-le-Willows Norfolk North East North Lanarkshire North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northallerton Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Northumberland Northumbria Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oldham Oswestry Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Paisley Peterborough Petersfield Plymouth Pontypool Poole Portsmouth Potters Bar Prescot Preston Pudsey Reading Redcar Redhill Reigate Renfrewshire Rickmansworth Romford Rotherham Rugby Runcorn Ryde Salford Salisbury Sandwich Scotland Scunthorpe Sevenoaks Sheffield Shropshire Sidcup Skelmersdale Slough Solihull Somerset South Ayrshire South Coast South East South Lanarkshire South Shields South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southport Southwark Spalding St Albans Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stirling Stockport Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Street Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surbiton Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Tadworth Taunton Teesside Telford Thames Valley Thurrock Torfaen Trowbridge Tunbridge Wells Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Walsall Walton-on-Thames Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Welwyn Garden City West Bromwich West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Weybridge Wigan Wilmslow Wiltshire Wimbledon Winchester Windsor Wirral Witney Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Worthing Yeovil York Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	2	1
Rank change on same period last year	-1
Matching contract IT job ads	117	63
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.154 %	0.067 %
As % of the category below	29.25 %	24.51 %
Daily rates quoted	50	23
Average minimum daily rate	£378	£343
Average daily rate	£397	£375
% change on same period last year	+5.81 %
Average maximum daily rate	£417	£407
UK excluding London average daily rate	£336	£331
% change on same period last year	+1.74 %
Hourly rates quoted	31	6
Average minimum hourly rate	£13.06	£23.92
Average hourly rate	£14.45	£25.58
% change on same period last year	-43.49 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£15.85	£27.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£18.56	£20.92
% change on same period last year	-11.27 %
Job Titles Northamptonshire
Matching contract IT job ads	400	257
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.527 %	0.273 %
Daily rates quoted	154	66
Average minimum daily rate	£370	£364
Average daily rate	£389	£395
% change on same period last year	-1.63 %
Average maximum daily rate	£408	£427
UK excluding London average daily rate	£361	£352
% change on same period last year	+2.55 %
Hourly rates quoted	68	33
Average minimum hourly rate	£12.76	£20.26
Average hourly rate	£13.81	£21.18
% change on same period last year	-34.79 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£14.86	£22.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.28	£26.07
% change on same period last year	-10.69 %
Analyst East Midlands

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 Analyst across the Northamptonshire 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 Analyst across the Northamptonshire region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Analyst across the Northamptonshire 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 Analyst across the Northamptonshire region.

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Analyst across the Northamptonshire 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 Analyst within the Northamptonshire 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
Northampton	0	87	£400	+12.72 %
Wellingborough	-	1	£325	-
Corby	-	1	-	-

Analyst East Midlands

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, 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.

1 102 (39.53 %) Finance 2 60 (23.26 %) Data Analysis 3 58 (22.48 %) Banking 4 37 (14.34 %) SQL 5 36 (13.95 %) SAS 6 34 (13.18 %) Windows 7 33 (12.79 %) Business Analysis 8 30 (11.63 %) Windows 2000 8 30 (11.63 %) Retail 9 24 (9.302 %) Microsoft 10 20 (7.752 %) MS Office 11 19 (7.364 %) Migration 11 19 (7.364 %) Retail Banking 12 18 (6.977 %) Marketing 12 18 (6.977 %) CA Clarity

12 18 (6.977 %) GAP Analysis 12 18 (6.977 %) Data Modelling 13 17 (6.589 %) UML 13 17 (6.589 %) Requirements Analysis 14 16 (6.202 %) Change Management 14 16 (6.202 %) Active Directory 15 15 (5.814 %) Datawarehouse 16 14 (5.426 %) SSADM 16 14 (5.426 %) DSDM 16 14 (5.426 %) Government 16 14 (5.426 %) Statistics 17 13 (5.039 %) MS Excel 17 13 (5.039 %) SLA 17 13 (5.039 %) SQL Server 18 12 (4.651 %) Data Migration

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, 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 10 (3.876 %) XML 2 7 (2.713 %) HTML 3 5 (1.938 %) WebServices 4 4 (1.550 %) ASP 5 2 (0.775 %) .NET 6 1 (0.388 %) J2EE 6 1 (0.388 %) JSP	Application Platforms 1 36 (13.95 %) SAS 2 9 (3.488 %) MS Exchange 3 8 (3.101 %) SharePoint 4 5 (1.938 %) Exchange Server 2003 5 2 (0.775 %) Exchange Server 2000 5 2 (0.775 %) BizTalk Server 6 1 (0.388 %) GroupWise 6 1 (0.388 %) Exchange Server 5.5 6 1 (0.388 %) IIS 6 1 (0.388 %) Lotus Notes 6 1 (0.388 %) SharePoint Server 2007 6 1 (0.388 %) Exchange Server 2007
Applications 1 20 (7.752 %) MS Office 2 18 (6.977 %) CA Clarity 3 13 (5.039 %) MS Excel 4 6 (2.326 %) SPSS 5 5 (1.938 %) MS PowerPoint 6 4 (1.550 %) MATLAB 7 3 (1.163 %) MS Project 8 2 (0.775 %) Casewise Corporate Modeler Suite	Business Applications 1 6 (2.326 %) Summit 2 3 (1.163 %) SAP R/3 2 3 (1.163 %) Cognos Business Intelligence 3 2 (0.775 %) Microsoft CRM 4 1 (0.388 %) Oracle Financials 4 1 (0.388 %) SAP CO 4 1 (0.388 %) Dynamics CRM 4 1 (0.388 %) SAP FI 4 1 (0.388 %) BASE24 4 1 (0.388 %) SAP FI/CO
Communications & Networking 1 6 (2.326 %) Internet 2 5 (1.938 %) Intranet 3 4 (1.550 %) TCP/IP 4 3 (1.163 %) SAN 4 3 (1.163 %) LAN 5 1 (0.388 %) ATM 5 1 (0.388 %) Firewall	Database & Business Intelligence 1 15 (5.814 %) Datawarehouse 2 13 (5.039 %) SQL Server 3 8 (3.101 %) BusinessObjects 4 4 (1.550 %) MS Access 4 4 (1.550 %) ETL 5 3 (1.163 %) Data Mart 5 3 (1.163 %) SQL Server 2005 5 3 (1.163 %) BusinessObjects XI 5 3 (1.163 %) Crystal Reports 6 2 (0.775 %) Informix 7 1 (0.388 %) MySQL 7 1 (0.388 %) SAP BW 7 1 (0.388 %) SQL Server 2000 7 1 (0.388 %) Hyperion Essbase
Development Applications 1 7 (2.713 %) ERwin 2 2 (0.775 %) ClearQuest 2 2 (0.775 %) TestDirector 3 1 (0.388 %) QuickTest Pro 3 1 (0.388 %) JIRA 3 1 (0.388 %) WinRunner	General 1 102 (39.53 %) Finance 2 58 (22.48 %) Banking 3 30 (11.63 %) Retail 4 19 (7.364 %) Retail Banking 5 18 (6.977 %) Marketing 6 14 (5.426 %) Government 7 9 (3.488 %) Local Government 8 7 (2.713 %) Back Office 9 5 (1.938 %) Health 10 4 (1.550 %) Automotive 11 3 (1.163 %) Financial Institution 12 2 (0.775 %) Law 12 2 (0.775 %) Multimedia 13 1 (0.388 %) Billing 13 1 (0.388 %) Insurance 13 1 (0.388 %) Pensions 13 1 (0.388 %) Legal 13 1 (0.388 %) Publishing 13 1 (0.388 %) Education
Miscellaneous 1 14 (5.426 %) Statistics 2 7 (2.713 %) APACS 3 5 (1.938 %) Management Information System 3 5 (1.938 %) Data Protection Act 4 2 (0.775 %) Credit Risk 4 2 (0.775 %) Market Risk 4 2 (0.775 %) Data Conversion 4 2 (0.775 %) EPoS 5 1 (0.388 %) EMV 5 1 (0.388 %) Chip and PIN 5 1 (0.388 %) NHS 5 1 (0.388 %) Blackberry 5 1 (0.388 %) Client/Server 5 1 (0.388 %) Clustering 5 1 (0.388 %) Tandem	Operating Systems 1 34 (13.18 %) Windows 2 30 (11.63 %) Windows 2000 3 8 (3.101 %) Unix 4 7 (2.713 %) NetWare 5 4 (1.550 %) Windows Server 2003 6 3 (1.163 %) AIX 6 3 (1.163 %) Windows XP 7 2 (0.775 %) Linux 8 1 (0.388 %) Solaris 8 1 (0.388 %) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies 1 60 (23.26 %) Data Analysis 2 33 (12.79 %) Business Analysis 3 19 (7.364 %) Migration 4 18 (6.977 %) GAP Analysis 4 18 (6.977 %) Data Modelling 5 17 (6.589 %) UML 5 17 (6.589 %) Requirements Analysis 6 16 (6.202 %) Change Management 7 14 (5.426 %) DSDM 7 14 (5.426 %) SSADM 8 12 (4.651 %) Data Migration 9 11 (4.264 %) Business Intelligence 9 11 (4.264 %) Stakeholder Management 10 10 (3.876 %) BPR 11 9 (3.488 %) Test Scripting 12 8 (3.101 %) Use Case 12 8 (3.101 %) Project Management 12 8 (3.101 %) Service Delivery 12 8 (3.101 %) Data Management 13 7 (2.713 %) ITIL	Programming Languages 1 37 (14.34 %) SQL 2 8 (3.101 %) VB 3 4 (1.550 %) C 4 3 (1.163 %) JavaScript 5 2 (0.775 %) C++ 5 2 (0.775 %) Java 5 2 (0.775 %) VB.NET 5 2 (0.775 %) VBA 6 1 (0.388 %) FoxPro (VFP) 6 1 (0.388 %) C#
Qualifications 1 7 (2.713 %) MCP 1 7 (2.713 %) Citrix Certification 1 7 (2.713 %) Microsoft Certification 2 4 (1.550 %) MCSE 2 4 (1.550 %) ISEB 3 2 (0.775 %) ISEB Practitioner 3 2 (0.775 %) Degree 4 1 (0.388 %) MCSA 4 1 (0.388 %) ITIL Certification	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 13 (5.039 %) SLA 2 3 (1.163 %) PCI DSS 3 2 (0.775 %) QA 3 2 (0.775 %) Basel II 4 1 (0.388 %) ISO8583
System Software 1 16 (6.202 %) Active Directory 2 1 (0.388 %) NetBackup 2 1 (0.388 %) Backup Exec	Systems Management 1 1 (0.388 %) Tivoli Storage Manager 1 1 (0.388 %) MOM 1 1 (0.388 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 1 1 (0.388 %) CONTROL-M 1 1 (0.388 %) SCOM
Vendors 1 24 (9.302 %) Microsoft 2 10 (3.876 %) SAP 3 8 (3.101 %) Oracle 3 8 (3.101 %) Business Objects 3 8 (3.101 %) Citrix 4 5 (1.938 %) Cognos 5 4 (1.550 %) Chordiant 6 3 (1.163 %) VERITAS 7 2 (0.775 %) Dell 7 2 (0.775 %) Hyperion 7 2 (0.775 %) Teradata 7 2 (0.775 %) Casewise 8 1 (0.388 %) EMC 8 1 (0.388 %) Sun 8 1 (0.388 %) HP 8 1 (0.388 %) Lotus 8 1 (0.388 %) Agresso 8 1 (0.388 %) Symantec 8 1 (0.388 %) Ab Initio 8 1 (0.388 %) VMware