The first table below looks at the demand for the Support 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 Support Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Analyst
Rank 25 33 23
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -10
Contract jobs requiring a Support Analyst 2 9 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 0.810% 2.143% 3.704%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.858% 2.267% 3.984%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 5
Average daily rate - £225 £190
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +18.42%
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £220 £222
% change year-on-year
+13.63% -0.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 4
Average hourly rate £10.00 £15.50 £14.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-35.48% +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
Northamptonshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
233 397 251
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 94.33% 94.52% 92.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 135 264 141
Average daily rate £375 £338 £315
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.11% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £283 £150 £165
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £475 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 17 25
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%
Support Analyst
East Midlands

Support Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire Support Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Support Analyst
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Support Analyst within the Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 22 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 +2 1 - -
Support Analyst
East Midlands

Support Analyst
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 3 (42.86%) Windows
2 2 (28.57%) SharePoint
2 2 (28.57%) Windows XP
2 2 (28.57%) MS Visio
2 2 (28.57%) MS Project
2 2 (28.57%) MS Office
2 2 (28.57%) Change Management
2 2 (28.57%) Project Management
2 2 (28.57%) Local Government
2 2 (28.57%) Windows 7
2 2 (28.57%) Change Control
3 1 (14.29%) Google
3 1 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
3 1 (14.29%) Migration
3 1 (14.29%) ITIL
3 1 (14.29%) SQL
3 1 (14.29%) IIS
3 1 (14.29%) MS Exchange
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 1 (14.29%) Active Directory

Support Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 (28.57%) SharePoint
2 1 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (14.29%) IIS
2 1 (14.29%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 2 (28.57%) MS Visio
1 2 (28.57%) MS Project
1 2 (28.57%) MS Office
General
1 2 (28.57%) Local Government
2 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Windows
2 2 (28.57%) Windows XP
2 2 (28.57%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Change Management
1 2 (28.57%) Project Management
1 2 (28.57%) Change Control
2 1 (14.29%) Migration
2 1 (14.29%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Google
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft