The first table below looks at the demand for the Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the Salford 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 19 June 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 Salford 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Analyst
Rank 2 1 1
Rank change year-on-year
-1 0
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 6 7 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Salford 25.00% 29.17% 37.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 25.00% 30.43% 37.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 5 2
Average daily rate £331 £375 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.66% -16.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £313 £240 £430
10% offered a daily rate of more than £381 £400 £470
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £17.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -
All Job Titles
Salford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
24 23 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Salford 100.00% 95.83% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 16 4
Average daily rate £325 £313 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.00% -26.47%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £305 £275 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £525 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 2
Average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £10.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.88% +65.85%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
Analyst
Manchester

Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Salford 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 Salford region.

Salford Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Salford Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Salford 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 5 (50.00%) Business Analysis
1 5 (50.00%) User Stories
2 4 (40.00%) Agile Software Development
3 3 (30.00%) TDD
3 3 (30.00%) Use Case
3 3 (30.00%) BDD
4 2 (20.00%) Apple iOS
4 2 (20.00%) New Media
4 2 (20.00%) Android
4 2 (20.00%) Test Scripting
4 2 (20.00%) Publishing
4 2 (20.00%) Social Network
4 2 (20.00%) Content Management
4 2 (20.00%) Interactive TV
4 2 (20.00%) Competitor Analysis
4 2 (20.00%) Web 2.0
4 2 (20.00%) Streaming Video
4 2 (20.00%) Scrum
4 2 (20.00%) Internet
4 2 (20.00%) UML
5 1 (10.00%) IBM Notes
5 1 (10.00%) MS Excel
5 1 (10.00%) Windows XP
5 1 (10.00%) MS Exchange
5 1 (10.00%) LAN
5 1 (10.00%) VoIP
5 1 (10.00%) WAN
5 1 (10.00%) DHCP
5 1 (10.00%) Ethernet
5 1 (10.00%) TCP/IP

Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Salford 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 Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) IBM Notes
1 1 (10.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (10.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
1 1 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (10.00%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) Internet
2 1 (10.00%) LAN
2 1 (10.00%) VoIP
2 1 (10.00%) WAN
2 1 (10.00%) DHCP
2 1 (10.00%) Ethernet
2 1 (10.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (10.00%) VPN
2 1 (10.00%) DNS
2 1 (10.00%) 3G
2 1 (10.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (10.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 2 (20.00%) Publishing
2 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) New Media
1 2 (20.00%) Social Network
1 2 (20.00%) Interactive TV
1 2 (20.00%) Web 2.0
1 2 (20.00%) Streaming Video
2 1 (10.00%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Apple iOS
1 2 (20.00%) Android
2 1 (10.00%) Windows XP
2 1 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Business Analysis
1 5 (50.00%) User Stories
2 4 (40.00%) Agile Software Development
3 3 (30.00%) TDD
3 3 (30.00%) Use Case
3 3 (30.00%) BDD
4 2 (20.00%) Test Scripting
4 2 (20.00%) Content Management
4 2 (20.00%) Competitor Analysis
4 2 (20.00%) Scrum
4 2 (20.00%) UML
5 1 (10.00%) ITIL
5 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (10.00%) Information Assurance
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) Shell Script
1 1 (10.00%) SQL
1 1 (10.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) DameWare
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (10.00%) Citrix
1 1 (10.00%) Lotus