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The table below looks at the demand for the Service Desk Analyst role in IT contracts within the Somerset 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 Service Desk Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Service Desk Analyst
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank4834
Rank change on same period last yearDown-14
Matching contract IT job ads15
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.005 %
As % of the category below0.280 %1.563 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£90£108
% change on same period last year-16.52 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£17.00-
Average hourly rate£17.75-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£18.50-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£13.21£12.97
% change on same period last year+1.89 %
Somerset IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Somerset
Matching contract IT job ads357320
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.562 %0.343 %
Daily rates quoted6572
Average minimum daily rate£302£328
Average daily rate£332£346
% change on same period last year-3.99 %
Average maximum daily rate£362£363
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£351
% change on same period last year+0.72 %
Hourly rates quoted10176
Average minimum hourly rate£25.03£24.62
Average hourly rate£26.64£26.03
% change on same period last year+2.35 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.26£27.44
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.37£24.42
% change on same period last year-4.31 %
Service Desk Analyst South WestService Desk Analyst
South West

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.

Service Desk Analyst
Demand Trend

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

Somerset Service Desk Analyst Demand Trend

Service Desk Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

Somerset Service Desk Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Service Desk Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Somerset Service Desk Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Service Desk Analyst
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Service Desk Analyst within the Somerset region over the 3 months to 21 November 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
YeovilDown-101--
Service Desk Analyst South WestService Desk Analyst
South West

Service Desk Analyst
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset region that cited Service Desk 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 Service Desk Analyst in their job title.

17 (70.00 %)SLA
17 (70.00 %)Management Information System
23 (30.00 %)MS Office
23 (30.00 %)Windows
32 (20.00 %)Lotus Notes
32 (20.00 %)Cognos Impromptu
32 (20.00 %)LAN
32 (20.00 %)WAN
32 (20.00 %)TCP/IP
32 (20.00 %)InterBase
32 (20.00 %)Citrix
32 (20.00 %)Lotus
32 (20.00 %)Oracle
41 (10.00 %)Service Management
41 (10.00 %)SC Cleared
41 (10.00 %)Security Cleared
41 (10.00 %)Windows NT

Service Desk Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset region that cited Service Desk 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 Service Desk Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Somerset IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (20.00 %)Lotus Notes
Somerset IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (30.00 %)MS Office
Somerset IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (20.00 %)LAN
12 (20.00 %)WAN
12 (20.00 %)TCP/IP
Somerset IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (20.00 %)Cognos Impromptu
12 (20.00 %)InterBase
Somerset IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
17 (70.00 %)Management Information System
Somerset IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (30.00 %)Windows
21 (10.00 %)Windows NT
Somerset IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (10.00 %)Service Management
11 (10.00 %)SC Cleared
11 (10.00 %)Security Cleared
Somerset IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
17 (70.00 %)SLA
Somerset IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (20.00 %)Oracle
12 (20.00 %)Citrix
12 (20.00 %)Lotus