The first table below looks at the demand for the Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the Somerset 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 24 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 Somerset 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Analyst
Rank 15 5 6
Rank change year-on-year
-10 +1
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 14 42 36
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 8.235% 24.71% 20.81%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.032% 25.61% 21.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 25 20
Average daily rate £335 £320 £344
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.68% -6.90%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £174 £230 £236
10% offered a daily rate of more than £443 £420 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 8
Average hourly rate £40.00 £22.00 £13.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+81.81% +60.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -
All Job Titles
Somerset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
155 164 165
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 91.18% 96.47% 95.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 90 75
Average daily rate £301 £320 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.93% -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £230 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £433 £445
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 12 22
Average hourly rate £10.00 £12.50 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% -16.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Analyst
South West

Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset 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 Somerset region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

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 Somerset region over the 3 months to 24 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
Taunton -5 6 £335 -10.36%
Bath -5 3 £235 -24.80%
Street 0 1 £200 -51.21%
Analyst
South West

Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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 35 (46.05%) .NET
2 28 (36.84%) C#
2 28 (36.84%) ITIL
3 27 (35.53%) UML
4 26 (34.21%) ASP.NET
5 25 (32.89%) SQL
5 25 (32.89%) Security Cleared
6 24 (31.58%) ISEB
7 23 (30.26%) C++
8 22 (28.95%) Oracle
8 22 (28.95%) SharePoint
8 22 (28.95%) Microsoft
9 21 (27.63%) Test Scripting
10 20 (26.32%) SQL Server
10 20 (26.32%) UNIX
11 19 (25.00%) XML
11 19 (25.00%) IIS
11 19 (25.00%) HTML
11 19 (25.00%) JavaScript
12 18 (23.68%) VB
12 18 (23.68%) VB.NET
12 18 (23.68%) ASP
13 17 (22.37%) Java
13 17 (22.37%) Ingres
14 16 (21.05%) .NET Framework
15 14 (18.42%) OpenROAD
15 14 (18.42%) SC Cleared
16 13 (17.11%) Unit Testing
16 13 (17.11%) SQLPlus
17 12 (15.79%) PRINCE2

Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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 35 (46.05%) .NET
2 26 (34.21%) ASP.NET
3 19 (25.00%) XML
3 19 (25.00%) HTML
4 18 (23.68%) ASP
5 16 (21.05%) .NET Framework
6 5 (6.579%) MFC
6 5 (6.579%) OpenGL
6 5 (6.579%) DirectX
7 3 (3.947%) LAMP
8 1 (1.316%) MDX
8 1 (1.316%) EDI
8 1 (1.316%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 22 (28.95%) SharePoint
2 19 (25.00%) IIS
3 14 (18.42%) OpenROAD
4 1 (1.316%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (1.316%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (1.316%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (1.316%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 1 (1.316%) MS Exchange
4 1 (1.316%) WebLogic
4 1 (1.316%) Apache
Applications
1 5 (6.579%) MS Excel
1 5 (6.579%) MS Office
2 4 (5.263%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.316%) assyst
1 1 (1.316%) SAP HR
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.316%) Network Security
1 1 (1.316%) DHCP
1 1 (1.316%) TCP/IP
1 1 (1.316%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (26.32%) SQL Server
2 17 (22.37%) Ingres
3 13 (17.11%) SQLPlus
4 2 (2.632%) GIS
4 2 (2.632%) SAP BW
5 1 (1.316%) SQL Server 2005
5 1 (1.316%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (1.316%) Oracle 11g
5 1 (1.316%) Oracle BI EE
5 1 (1.316%) SQL Server 2008
5 1 (1.316%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
5 1 (1.316%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.316%) MS Access
5 1 (1.316%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (1.316%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (10.53%) NUnit
1 8 (10.53%) MSTest
2 7 (9.211%) Team Foundation Server
3 6 (7.895%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 5 (6.579%) Jenkins
4 5 (6.579%) TeamCity
4 5 (6.579%) Visual Studio
4 5 (6.579%) QuickTest Pro
4 5 (6.579%) Subversion
4 5 (6.579%) CruiseControl
5 2 (2.632%) Selenium
6 1 (1.316%) WebDriver
6 1 (1.316%) LoadRunner
6 1 (1.316%) Oracle Forms
General
1 3 (3.947%) Military
2 2 (2.632%) Retail
2 2 (2.632%) Local Government
3 1 (1.316%) Back Office
3 1 (1.316%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.895%) Mobile App
2 5 (6.579%) Mathematics
3 2 (2.632%) NHS
4 1 (1.316%) Computer Science
4 1 (1.316%) EPoS
4 1 (1.316%) Blackberry
4 1 (1.316%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.316%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 20 (26.32%) UNIX
2 9 (11.84%) Windows
3 5 (6.579%) Windows XP
4 1 (1.316%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (1.316%) Windows 7
4 1 (1.316%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.316%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (1.316%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (36.84%) ITIL
2 27 (35.53%) UML
3 21 (27.63%) Test Scripting
4 13 (17.11%) Unit Testing
5 12 (15.79%) PRINCE2
6 11 (14.47%) Agile Software Development
7 10 (13.16%) Data Modelling
7 10 (13.16%) Business Analysis
7 10 (13.16%) Continuous Integration
8 9 (11.84%) Software Testing
8 9 (11.84%) Test Strategy
8 9 (11.84%) Project Management
9 8 (10.53%) Use Case
10 7 (9.211%) Systems Analysis
11 6 (7.895%) ITIL V3
11 6 (7.895%) Release Management
12 5 (6.579%) User Acceptance Testing
12 5 (6.579%) Service Delivery
12 5 (6.579%) Automated Testing
13 4 (5.263%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 28 (36.84%) C#
2 25 (32.89%) SQL
3 23 (30.26%) C++
4 19 (25.00%) JavaScript
5 18 (23.68%) VB
5 18 (23.68%) VB.NET
6 17 (22.37%) Java
7 5 (6.579%) VC++
7 5 (6.579%) Fortran
8 4 (5.263%) C
9 3 (3.947%) ABAP
10 1 (1.316%) PHP
10 1 (1.316%) PL/SQL
10 1 (1.316%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 25 (32.89%) Security Cleared
2 24 (31.58%) ISEB
3 14 (18.42%) SC Cleared
4 10 (13.16%) ISTQB
5 8 (10.53%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 4 (5.263%) ISEB Practitioner
7 3 (3.947%) MCP
7 3 (3.947%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (2.632%) BC Cleared
8 2 (2.632%) MCPD
8 2 (2.632%) MCTS
9 1 (1.316%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (1.316%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.947%) QA
2 1 (1.316%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (6.579%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.316%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.316%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 4 (5.263%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 22 (28.95%) Oracle
1 22 (28.95%) Microsoft
2 10 (13.16%) SAP
3 5 (6.579%) HP
4 4 (5.263%) Citrix
5 1 (1.316%) Cerner
5 1 (1.316%) ATG
5 1 (1.316%) VMware