The first table below looks at the demand for the Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the Sheffield 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 Sheffield 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 2 13
Rank change year-on-year
0 +11
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 38 38 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Sheffield 24.36% 22.89% 10.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 26.21% 23.60% 11.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 14 8
Average daily rate £325 £275 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.18% -0.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £150 £207
10% offered a daily rate of more than £440 £325 £329
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 1
Average hourly rate £9.48 £16.50 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-42.54% +32.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -
All Job Titles
Sheffield
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
145 161 138
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Sheffield 92.95% 96.99% 93.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 77 75
Average daily rate £300 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £165 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £500 £356
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 18 16
Average hourly rate £32.50 £20.06 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+62.01% -52.80%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.44 £10.33 £23.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.79 £30.00 £60.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
Analyst
South Yorkshire

Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Sheffield 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 Sheffield region.

Sheffield 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 Sheffield region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Sheffield 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 Sheffield region.

Sheffield Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Analyst across the Sheffield region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Sheffield Analyst Hourly Rate Histogram

Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Sheffield 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 21 (28.77%) Windows
2 17 (23.29%) Microsoft
3 13 (17.81%) Linux
4 12 (16.44%) Finance
5 11 (15.07%) ITIL
5 11 (15.07%) Active Directory
5 11 (15.07%) SLA
6 9 (12.33%) SQL
7 8 (10.96%) Windows 2000
7 8 (10.96%) MS Excel
7 8 (10.96%) Windows XP
7 8 (10.96%) Citrix
8 7 (9.589%) Security Cleared
9 6 (8.219%) UNIX
9 6 (8.219%) IIS
9 6 (8.219%) Banking
9 6 (8.219%) Business Analysis
10 5 (6.849%) MS PowerPoint
10 5 (6.849%) Stakeholder Management
10 5 (6.849%) Oracle
10 5 (6.849%) .NET
10 5 (6.849%) Remedy
11 4 (5.479%) Basel II
11 4 (5.479%) VBA
11 4 (5.479%) Java
11 4 (5.479%) SQL Server
11 4 (5.479%) MS Office
11 4 (5.479%) Data Modelling
11 4 (5.479%) ETL
11 4 (5.479%) CRM

Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Sheffield 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 5 (6.849%) .NET
2 2 (2.740%) Middleware
2 2 (2.740%) EDI
3 1 (1.370%) WebSphere
3 1 (1.370%) Application Packaging
3 1 (1.370%) LAMP
3 1 (1.370%) XML
3 1 (1.370%) WebSphere MQ
Application Platforms
1 6 (8.219%) IIS
2 1 (1.370%) Confluence
2 1 (1.370%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.370%) Apache
2 1 (1.370%) WebSphere Application Server
2 1 (1.370%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 8 (10.96%) MS Excel
2 5 (6.849%) MS PowerPoint
3 4 (5.479%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 3 (4.110%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.370%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.370%) Unified Communications
1 1 (1.370%) FTP
1 1 (1.370%) HTTP
1 1 (1.370%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.479%) SQL Server
2 3 (4.110%) DataStage
3 2 (2.740%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.370%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (1.370%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.370%) JIRA
1 1 (1.370%) Git (software)
1 1 (1.370%) PeopleTools
1 1 (1.370%) LoadRunner
1 1 (1.370%) JMeter
General
1 12 (16.44%) Finance
2 6 (8.219%) Banking
3 3 (4.110%) Advertising
4 2 (2.740%) Publishing
5 1 (1.370%) Retail Banking
5 1 (1.370%) Retail
5 1 (1.370%) Back Office
5 1 (1.370%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.110%) E-Learning
1 3 (4.110%) NHS
2 2 (2.740%) Statistics
2 2 (2.740%) Learning Management System
3 1 (1.370%) Credit Risk
3 1 (1.370%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 21 (28.77%) Windows
2 13 (17.81%) Linux
3 8 (10.96%) Windows 2000
3 8 (10.96%) Windows XP
4 6 (8.219%) UNIX
5 2 (2.740%) Windows 7
6 1 (1.370%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (15.07%) ITIL
2 6 (8.219%) Business Analysis
3 5 (6.849%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (5.479%) Data Modelling
4 4 (5.479%) ETL
4 4 (5.479%) CRM
4 4 (5.479%) Supplier Management
5 3 (4.110%) User Acceptance Testing
5 3 (4.110%) Continuous Integration
5 3 (4.110%) Performance Management
5 3 (4.110%) Data Architecture
5 3 (4.110%) Data Analysis
5 3 (4.110%) Agile Software Development
5 3 (4.110%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (4.110%) Project Management
5 3 (4.110%) Service Management
6 2 (2.740%) Disaster Recovery
6 2 (2.740%) TDD
6 2 (2.740%) Business Continuity
6 2 (2.740%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 9 (12.33%) SQL
2 4 (5.479%) VBA
2 4 (5.479%) Java
3 3 (4.110%) T-SQL
4 2 (2.740%) VB
5 1 (1.370%) PHP
5 1 (1.370%) C
Qualifications
1 7 (9.589%) Security Cleared
2 3 (4.110%) ISEB
3 2 (2.740%) CISA
3 2 (2.740%) ISTQB
4 1 (1.370%) Degree
4 1 (1.370%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (15.07%) SLA
2 4 (5.479%) Basel II
3 3 (4.110%) QA
4 1 (1.370%) Basel III
System Software
1 11 (15.07%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.370%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 17 (23.29%) Microsoft
2 8 (10.96%) Citrix
3 5 (6.849%) Oracle
3 5 (6.849%) Remedy
4 2 (2.740%) Computacenter
5 1 (1.370%) Cognos
5 1 (1.370%) JBoss
5 1 (1.370%) PeopleSoft
5 1 (1.370%) SAP
5 1 (1.370%) HP