Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the Analyst role in IT contracts within the Scotland region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAnalyst
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank11
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching contract IT job ads457820
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.734 %0.881 %
As % of the category below24.09 %26.17 %
Daily rates quoted121175
Average minimum daily rate£271£317
Average daily rate£292£330
% change on same period last year-11.54 %
Average maximum daily rate£313£344
UK excluding London average daily rate£332£332
% change on same period last year+0.02 %
Hourly rates quoted3890
Average minimum hourly rate£20.02£14.33
Average hourly rate£21.29£15.25
% change on same period last year+39.59 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.57£16.17
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.27£18.54
% change on same period last year+3.95 %
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads18973133
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled3.048 %3.365 %
Daily rates quoted429610
Average minimum daily rate£312£317
Average daily rate£335£332
% change on same period last year+0.84 %
Average maximum daily rate£358£348
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£352
% change on same period last year+0.07 %
Hourly rates quoted166273
Average minimum hourly rate£21.72£18.41
Average hourly rate£22.91£19.62
% change on same period last year+16.76 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.10£20.83
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.10£24.04
% change on same period last year-3.88 %
Analyst UKAnalyst
UK

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.

Analyst
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Analyst across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Scotland Analyst Demand Trend

Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Analyst across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

Scotland Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Analyst across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

Scotland Analyst Hourly Rate Histogram

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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 2 December 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.

LocationRank 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
EdinburghNo change0165£270-19.74 %
GlasgowNo change0150£281-11.82 %
AberdeenUp+143£307+22.90 %
HighlandsUp+48£315+10.52 %
RenfrewshireNew entry-4--
FifeUp+34£265-
West LothianDown-53£375+21.95 %
Scottish BordersUp+12--
AberdeenshireUp+22--
LanarkshireNew entry-1--
MidlothianNew entry-1--
West DunbartonshireNew entry-1--
South AyrshireUp+11--
StirlingUp+21£376+36.54 %
Analyst UKAnalyst
UK

Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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.

1451 (39.46 %)Finance
2171 (14.96 %)Oracle
3125 (10.94 %)Pensions
4116 (10.15 %)Business Analysis
4116 (10.15 %)SQL
5108 (9.449 %)Windows
6102 (8.924 %)Banking
784 (7.349 %)Microsoft
866 (5.774 %)User Acceptance Testing
961 (5.337 %)Change Management
1060 (5.249 %)Active Directory
1159 (5.162 %)MS Office
1258 (5.074 %)ITIL
1357 (4.987 %)Stakeholder Management
1456 (4.899 %)UNIX
1549 (4.287 %)Migration
1648 (4.199 %)PRINCE2
1746 (4.024 %)MS Excel
1746 (4.024 %)CRM
1746 (4.024 %)Project Management
1746 (4.024 %)Mainframe
1844 (3.850 %)BusinessObjects
1844 (3.850 %)TestDirector
1844 (3.850 %)SAP
1844 (3.850 %)Business Objects
1942 (3.675 %)Windows Server 2003
2038 (3.325 %)Datawarehouse
2038 (3.325 %)Windows XP
2137 (3.237 %)SQL Server
2137 (3.237 %)Systems Analysis

Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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.

Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
136 (3.150 %)XML
220 (1.750 %).NET
317 (1.487 %)WebServices
414 (1.225 %)WebSphere
512 (1.050 %)HTML
69 (0.787 %)Middleware
69 (0.787 %)ASP
78 (0.700 %)ASP.NET
78 (0.700 %)J2EE
78 (0.700 %)JSP
78 (0.700 %)XSLT
85 (0.437 %)Spring
93 (0.262 %)Tapestry
93 (0.262 %)Hibernate
93 (0.262 %)XHTML
93 (0.262 %)Servlets
93 (0.262 %)EJB
102 (0.175 %)Struts
102 (0.175 %)ASP.NET 2.0
111 (0.087 %)Application Packaging
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
122 (1.925 %)SharePoint
217 (1.487 %)Lotus Notes
313 (1.137 %)Apache
313 (1.137 %)MS Exchange
412 (1.050 %)MQSeries
511 (0.962 %)Tomcat
68 (0.700 %)IIS
77 (0.612 %)Exchange Server 2003
86 (0.525 %)SharePoint Server 2007
86 (0.525 %)CMS
86 (0.525 %)WebSphere Application Server
86 (0.525 %)CICS
94 (0.350 %)OpenEdge
103 (0.262 %)Lotus Domino
112 (0.175 %)Oracle Workflow
112 (0.175 %)Exchange Server 2000
112 (0.175 %)WebSphere MQ
112 (0.175 %)Umbraco
112 (0.175 %)TPMS
112 (0.175 %)Smallworld
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
159 (5.162 %)MS Office
246 (4.024 %)MS Excel
320 (1.750 %)MS Visio
416 (1.400 %)MS Project
514 (1.225 %)MS PowerPoint
64 (0.350 %)Spreadsheet
72 (0.175 %)DOC1
81 (0.087 %)Casewise Corporate Modeler Suite
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
126 (2.275 %)Oracle Financials
25 (0.437 %)Oracle EBS
25 (0.437 %)PeopleSoft HRMS
33 (0.262 %)Oracle 11i
33 (0.262 %)SAP PM
42 (0.175 %)SAP Oil and Gas
42 (0.175 %)Oracle Applications
42 (0.175 %)BASE24
42 (0.175 %)MAXIMO
42 (0.175 %)assyst
51 (0.087 %)Dynamics NAV
51 (0.087 %)Misys Midas
51 (0.087 %)SunGard GMI
51 (0.087 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
51 (0.087 %)SAP CO
51 (0.087 %)SAP FI/CO
51 (0.087 %)Academy Housing
51 (0.087 %)Hyperion Enterprise
51 (0.087 %)SimCorp Dimension
51 (0.087 %)Movex
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
119 (1.662 %)SAN
214 (1.225 %)Internet
313 (1.137 %)TCP/IP
412 (1.050 %)LAN
511 (0.962 %)Intranet
68 (0.700 %)DNS
77 (0.612 %)DHCP
77 (0.612 %)BGP
86 (0.525 %)OSPF
86 (0.525 %)VPN
94 (0.350 %)Ethernet
94 (0.350 %)Broadband
94 (0.350 %)MPLS
94 (0.350 %)Firewall
94 (0.350 %)Cisco PIX
103 (0.262 %)Cisco IOS
103 (0.262 %)SNMP
103 (0.262 %)VLAN
103 (0.262 %)IP Telephony
103 (0.262 %)SMS
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
144 (3.850 %)BusinessObjects
238 (3.325 %)Datawarehouse
337 (3.237 %)SQL Server
433 (2.887 %)RDBMS
522 (1.925 %)DB2
616 (1.400 %)MS Access
715 (1.312 %)Data Cleansing
814 (1.225 %)Oracle Reports
912 (1.050 %)Oracle 10g
1011 (0.962 %)ETL
1110 (0.875 %)Oracle 9i
1110 (0.875 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1110 (0.875 %)SQL Server 2005
127 (0.612 %)GIS
127 (0.612 %)SQL Server 2000
136 (0.525 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
136 (0.525 %)MySQL
145 (0.437 %)Easytrieve
154 (0.350 %)OLAP
154 (0.350 %)Crystal Reports
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
144 (3.850 %)TestDirector
29 (0.787 %)PVCS
37 (0.612 %)ClearCase
37 (0.612 %)LoadRunner
46 (0.525 %)JUnit
55 (0.437 %)Rational Rose
55 (0.437 %)ERwin
55 (0.437 %)QuickTest Pro
64 (0.350 %)Oracle Forms
64 (0.350 %)WebSpeed
64 (0.350 %)WinRunner
73 (0.262 %)CruiseControl
73 (0.262 %)Oracle APEX
73 (0.262 %)ClearQuest
73 (0.262 %)Telon
82 (0.175 %)ProC
82 (0.175 %)Ant
82 (0.175 %)Eclipse
82 (0.175 %)Visual Studio
82 (0.175 %)VSS/SourceSafe
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1451 (39.46 %)Finance
2125 (10.94 %)Pensions
3102 (8.924 %)Banking
435 (3.062 %)Retail
521 (1.837 %)Health
619 (1.662 %)Retail Banking
718 (1.575 %)Financial Institution
817 (1.487 %)Manufacturing
916 (1.400 %)Auditing
1013 (1.137 %)General Ledger
1013 (1.137 %)Insurance
1112 (1.050 %)Back Office
1210 (0.875 %)Telecoms
139 (0.787 %)Billing
147 (0.612 %)Education
147 (0.612 %)Pharmaceutical
155 (0.437 %)Government
163 (0.262 %)Law
163 (0.262 %)Home Office
163 (0.262 %)Marketing
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
146 (4.024 %)Mainframe
211 (0.962 %)Blackberry
39 (0.787 %)Clustering
39 (0.787 %)NHS
47 (0.612 %)Client/Server
47 (0.612 %)Management Information System
55 (0.437 %)AS400
55 (0.437 %)IBM Mainframe
64 (0.350 %)PKI
64 (0.350 %)Derivative
73 (0.262 %)Video Conferencing
73 (0.262 %)iSeries
82 (0.175 %)Data Extraction
82 (0.175 %)Web 2.0
82 (0.175 %)Swaptions
82 (0.175 %)Replication
82 (0.175 %)N-Tier
82 (0.175 %)Economics
82 (0.175 %)e-Health
82 (0.175 %)Tandem
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1108 (9.449 %)Windows
256 (4.899 %)UNIX
342 (3.675 %)Windows Server 2003
438 (3.325 %)Windows XP
522 (1.925 %)Windows 2000
615 (1.312 %)Linux
712 (1.050 %)Solaris
811 (0.962 %)Red Hat Linux
910 (0.875 %)AIX
910 (0.875 %)Windows 2000 Server
107 (0.612 %)Windows NT
116 (0.525 %)HPUX
125 (0.437 %)NetWare
134 (0.350 %)Windows Vista
143 (0.262 %)MVS
152 (0.175 %)Debian
152 (0.175 %)VME
161 (0.087 %)Windows Server 2008
161 (0.087 %)OpenVMS
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1116 (10.15 %)Business Analysis
266 (5.774 %)User Acceptance Testing
361 (5.337 %)Change Management
458 (5.074 %)ITIL
557 (4.987 %)Stakeholder Management
649 (4.287 %)Migration
748 (4.199 %)PRINCE2
846 (4.024 %)CRM
846 (4.024 %)Project Management
937 (3.237 %)Systems Analysis
1035 (3.062 %)Business Intelligence
1133 (2.887 %)UML
1232 (2.800 %)GAP Analysis
1329 (2.537 %)ERP
1428 (2.450 %)Data Modelling
1524 (2.100 %)Agile Software Development
1623 (2.012 %)Six Sigma
1722 (1.925 %)SOA
1821 (1.837 %)Service Management
1821 (1.837 %)Data Mapping
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1116 (10.15 %)SQL
233 (2.887 %)COBOL
233 (2.887 %)Java
329 (2.537 %)PL/SQL
417 (1.487 %)Shell Script
417 (1.487 %)VB
510 (0.875 %)JavaScript
69 (0.787 %)JCL
69 (0.787 %)Korn
76 (0.525 %)Perl
76 (0.525 %)C
85 (0.437 %)C#
85 (0.437 %)RPG
85 (0.437 %)VB.NET
85 (0.437 %)VBA
94 (0.350 %)VBScript
103 (0.262 %)C++
103 (0.262 %)DHTML
111 (0.087 %)SAPscript
111 (0.087 %)NATURAL
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
126 (2.275 %)ISEB
225 (2.187 %)Microsoft Certification
319 (1.662 %)MCSE
415 (1.312 %)ITIL Certification
512 (1.050 %)Cisco Certification
68 (0.700 %)MCP
68 (0.700 %)CCNP
68 (0.700 %)Degree
76 (0.525 %)MCDST
85 (0.437 %)ACCA
94 (0.350 %)PRINCE2 Certification
94 (0.350 %)CCNA
94 (0.350 %)CCIE
103 (0.262 %)HND
103 (0.262 %)CCDP
103 (0.262 %)CIMA
112 (0.175 %)Avaya Certification
112 (0.175 %)HNC
112 (0.175 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
121 (0.087 %)CSQA
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
129 (2.537 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
214 (1.225 %)SLA
36 (0.525 %)Basel II
44 (0.350 %)ISO27001
44 (0.350 %)BS7799
53 (0.262 %)QA
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
160 (5.249 %)Active Directory
212 (1.050 %)VMware Infrastructure
37 (0.612 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
44 (0.350 %)VMware ESX
53 (0.262 %)NetBackup
53 (0.262 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
62 (0.175 %)Citrix Presentation Server
62 (0.175 %)NDS
62 (0.175 %)Backup Exec
62 (0.175 %)MetaFrame
62 (0.175 %)Terminal Services
71 (0.087 %)ISA Server
71 (0.087 %)RACF
71 (0.087 %)Oracle RMAN
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
121 (1.837 %)Tivoli
210 (0.875 %)OpenView
38 (0.700 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
46 (0.525 %)AutoSys
46 (0.525 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
55 (0.437 %)Netcool
55 (0.437 %)CiscoWorks
55 (0.437 %)Unicenter
64 (0.350 %)Legato
73 (0.262 %)MOM
82 (0.175 %)Tivoli Monitoring
82 (0.175 %)Tivoli NetView
82 (0.175 %)OVSD
82 (0.175 %)Foglight
82 (0.175 %)DameWare
82 (0.175 %)EMC NetWorker
82 (0.175 %)ServiceCenter
91 (0.087 %)RepliStor
91 (0.087 %)WSUS
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1171 (14.96 %)Oracle
284 (7.349 %)Microsoft
344 (3.850 %)Business Objects
344 (3.850 %)SAP
432 (2.800 %)HP
531 (2.712 %)Cisco
626 (2.275 %)JD Edwards
724 (2.100 %)IBM
822 (1.925 %)Informatica
920 (1.750 %)Lotus
1017 (1.487 %)PeopleSoft
1116 (1.400 %)Citrix
1215 (1.312 %)EMC
1215 (1.312 %)VMware
1312 (1.050 %)Casewise
1312 (1.050 %)Vignette
1411 (0.962 %)Cognos
1411 (0.962 %)Red Hat
1510 (0.875 %)VERITAS
1510 (0.875 %)CA