The first table below looks at the demand for the Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the Solihull 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 23 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 Solihull 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Analyst
Rank 4 9 2
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -7
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 11 7 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Solihull 19.30% 8.750% 18.06%
As % of the Job Titles category 22.92% 10.61% 21.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 4 1
Average daily rate £269 £289 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.92% -11.15%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
Average hourly rate £14.50 £9.75 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+48.71% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -
All Job Titles
Solihull
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
48 66 61
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Solihull 84.21% 82.50% 84.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 13 19
Average daily rate £275 £225 £200
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+22.22% +12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £160 £165 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £448 £345
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 2
Average hourly rate £14.50 £8.50 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+70.58% -50.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Analyst
West Midlands

Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Solihull 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 Solihull region.

Solihull 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 Solihull region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Solihull 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 Solihull region.

Solihull Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Solihull 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 8 (21.62%) Finance
1 8 (21.62%) SAP
1 8 (21.62%) MS Excel
1 8 (21.62%) Microsoft
2 7 (18.92%) MS Office
3 6 (16.22%) Smart Meter
4 5 (13.51%) Service Delivery
5 4 (10.81%) Telecoms
5 4 (10.81%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (10.81%) ITIL
5 4 (10.81%) SQL
5 4 (10.81%) JD Edwards
5 4 (10.81%) ERP
5 4 (10.81%) LAN
5 4 (10.81%) WAN
5 4 (10.81%) User Acceptance Testing
6 3 (8.108%) HP Quality Center
6 3 (8.108%) HP
6 3 (8.108%) B2B
6 3 (8.108%) PRINCE2
6 3 (8.108%) SQL Server
6 3 (8.108%) Migration
6 3 (8.108%) GAP Analysis
6 3 (8.108%) Broadband
7 2 (5.405%) PRINCE
7 2 (5.405%) Internet
7 2 (5.405%) Configuration Management
7 2 (5.405%) MVC
7 2 (5.405%) MS Project
7 2 (5.405%) XHTML

Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Solihull 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 2 (5.405%) XHTML
1 2 (5.405%) CSS
1 2 (5.405%) .NET
1 2 (5.405%) HTML
1 2 (5.405%) CSS3
1 2 (5.405%) Razor View Engine
1 2 (5.405%) jQuery
1 2 (5.405%) .NET Framework
2 1 (2.703%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 2 (5.405%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.703%) ESB
2 1 (2.703%) WebSphere Message Broker
2 1 (2.703%) Zimbra
2 1 (2.703%) SAS
Applications
1 8 (21.62%) MS Excel
2 7 (18.92%) MS Office
3 2 (5.405%) MS Project
3 2 (5.405%) MS Visio
4 1 (2.703%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.703%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 4 (10.81%) LAN
1 4 (10.81%) WAN
2 3 (8.108%) Broadband
3 2 (5.405%) Internet
4 1 (2.703%) LLU
4 1 (2.703%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.108%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.703%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (2.703%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (2.703%) SAP Data Services
2 1 (2.703%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.703%) SAP BW
2 1 (2.703%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (2.703%) SAP BI
General
1 8 (21.62%) Finance
2 4 (10.81%) Telecoms
3 1 (2.703%) Retail
3 1 (2.703%) Billing
3 1 (2.703%) Back Office
Miscellaneous
1 6 (16.22%) Smart Meter
2 1 (2.703%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (13.51%) Service Delivery
2 4 (10.81%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (10.81%) ITIL
2 4 (10.81%) ERP
2 4 (10.81%) User Acceptance Testing
3 3 (8.108%) B2B
3 3 (8.108%) PRINCE2
3 3 (8.108%) Migration
3 3 (8.108%) GAP Analysis
4 2 (5.405%) PRINCE
4 2 (5.405%) Configuration Management
4 2 (5.405%) MVC
4 2 (5.405%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (5.405%) CRM
4 2 (5.405%) Web Application Development
4 2 (5.405%) Logistics
4 2 (5.405%) Web Development
4 2 (5.405%) Performance Management
4 2 (5.405%) Data Migration
5 1 (2.703%) Data Cleansing
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.81%) SQL
2 2 (5.405%) T-SQL
2 2 (5.405%) C
2 2 (5.405%) C#
2 2 (5.405%) JavaScript
2 2 (5.405%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (5.405%) ISEB
1 2 (5.405%) Degree
2 1 (2.703%) SC Cleared
2 1 (2.703%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.703%) ISTQB
Systems Management
1 3 (8.108%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 8 (21.62%) SAP
1 8 (21.62%) Microsoft
2 4 (10.81%) JD Edwards
3 3 (8.108%) HP
4 1 (2.703%) Casewise
4 1 (2.703%) CODA
4 1 (2.703%) IBM
4 1 (2.703%) Oracle
4 1 (2.703%) Business Objects