South East Technical Analyst Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the Technical Analyst role in IT contracts within the South East 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 Technical Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Technical Analyst
Location Aberdeen Basingstoke Belfast Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Borehamwood Bradford Brentford Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheshire City of London County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset Dudley East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Feltham Glasgow Gloucestershire Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Havant Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Home Counties Hounslow Kegworth Kent Lancashire Leeds Leicestershire Lincolnshire Liverpool London Lytham St Annes M4 Corridor Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Motherwell Newcastle Norfolk North East North Lanarkshire North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Portsmouth Preston Reading Reigate Rickmansworth Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Solihull South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southend-on-Sea Staffordshire Staines Stoke-on-Trent Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surrey Swindon Teesside Telford Thames Valley Tunbridge Wells Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warrington Warwickshire Welwyn Garden City West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Woking York Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	162	231
Rank change on same period last year	+69
Matching contract IT job ads	94	70
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.124 %	0.070 %
As % of the category below	0.795 %	0.429 %
Daily rates quoted	18	15
Average minimum daily rate	£318	£318
Average daily rate	£339	£330
% change on same period last year	+2.71 %
Average maximum daily rate	£361	£343
UK excluding London average daily rate	£323	£274
% change on same period last year	+17.69 %
Hourly rates quoted	12	8
Average minimum hourly rate	£16.38	£20.05
Average hourly rate	£17.67	£21.71
% change on same period last year	-18.61 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£18.96	£23.36
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£19.07	£24.04
% change on same period last year	-20.70 %
Job Titles South East
Matching contract IT job ads	11819	16303
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	15.60 %	16.24 %
Daily rates quoted	3042	4108
Average minimum daily rate	£336	£338
Average daily rate	£356	£356
% change on same period last year	+0.06 %
Average maximum daily rate	£377	£374
UK excluding London average daily rate	£355	£354
% change on same period last year	+0.32 %
Hourly rates quoted	1424	2031
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.18	£25.81
Average hourly rate	£23.67	£27.20
% change on same period last year	-12.99 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.16	£28.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.60	£25.69
% change on same period last year	-8.13 %
Technical Analyst England

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.

Technical Analyst
Demand Trend

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

Technical Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

Technical Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Technical Analyst across the South East region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

Technical Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Technical Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Technical Analyst across the South East region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Analyst within the South East region over the 3 months to 21 August 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.

Location	Rank 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
Berkshire	+34	29	£425	+34.46 %
Hampshire	+34	17	£326	+15.05 %
Surrey	+5	14	£500	+42.85 %
Buckinghamshire	+12	8	£200	-
Middlesex	+15	8	-	-
Oxfordshire	+3	6	£292	-
Kent	+9	4	£318	-
East Sussex	+12	3	£388	-26.19 %
M4 Corridor	+5	2	-	-
West Sussex	+6	1	-	-
Thames Valley	+15	1	-	-
Home Counties	+15	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited Technical 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 Technical Analyst in their job title.

1 53 (31.18 %) Windows 2 35 (20.59 %) SQL 3 24 (14.12 %) IBM 4 22 (12.94 %) UNIX 5 21 (12.35 %) Windows XP 5 21 (12.35 %) Microsoft 5 21 (12.35 %) Windows Server 2003 6 19 (11.18 %) Cisco 6 19 (11.18 %) Windows 2000 6 19 (11.18 %) MS Office 6 19 (11.18 %) SAP 7 17 (10.00 %) Oracle 8 16 (9.412 %) Active Directory 9 15 (8.824 %) TCP/IP 9 15 (8.824 %) Finance

9 15 (8.824 %) User Acceptance Testing 10 14 (8.235 %) HP 10 14 (8.235 %) Novell 10 14 (8.235 %) Tivoli 10 14 (8.235 %) ITIL 11 13 (7.647 %) MS Excel 11 13 (7.647 %) Tivoli Workload Scheduler 12 12 (7.059 %) TestDirector 12 12 (7.059 %) Project Management 13 11 (6.471 %) Citrix 13 11 (6.471 %) Java 14 10 (5.882 %) Lotus Notes 14 10 (5.882 %) Microsoft Certification 14 10 (5.882 %) SAN 14 10 (5.882 %) Lotus

Technical Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited Technical 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 Technical Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 5 (2.941 %) XML 1 5 (2.941 %) WebSphere 2 4 (2.353 %) WebServices 3 3 (1.765 %) XSD 3 3 (1.765 %) .NET 3 3 (1.765 %) SAP XI 4 2 (1.176 %) J2EE 5 1 (0.588 %) Middleware 5 1 (0.588 %) JMS 5 1 (0.588 %) ASP.NET	Application Platforms 1 10 (5.882 %) Lotus Notes 2 6 (3.529 %) MS Exchange 2 6 (3.529 %) GroupWise 3 5 (2.941 %) WebSphere Message Broker 3 5 (2.941 %) BizTalk Server 3 5 (2.941 %) Exchange Server 2003 4 4 (2.353 %) CICS 4 4 (2.353 %) WebSphere MQ 5 2 (1.176 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server 5 2 (1.176 %) Papyrus 5 2 (1.176 %) SharePoint 5 2 (1.176 %) SharePoint Server 2007 6 1 (0.588 %) ESB 6 1 (0.588 %) Oracle BPEL 6 1 (0.588 %) WebLogic 6 1 (0.588 %) IIS 6 1 (0.588 %) WebSphere Application Server 6 1 (0.588 %) Exchange Server 5.5 6 1 (0.588 %) Exchange Server 2000
Applications 1 19 (11.18 %) MS Office 2 13 (7.647 %) MS Excel 3 2 (1.176 %) MS PowerPoint 4 1 (0.588 %) Spreadsheet 4 1 (0.588 %) MS Visio	Business Applications 1 3 (1.765 %) Sophis VALUE 1 3 (1.765 %) SAP R/3 2 2 (1.176 %) MAXIMO 2 2 (1.176 %) Endur 2 2 (1.176 %) SAP QM 2 2 (1.176 %) SAP PP 2 2 (1.176 %) SAP PP-PI 3 1 (0.588 %) SAP SD 3 1 (0.588 %) Oracle 11i 3 1 (0.588 %) SAP PM 3 1 (0.588 %) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking 1 15 (8.824 %) TCP/IP 2 10 (5.882 %) SAN 2 10 (5.882 %) IP Telephony 3 8 (4.706 %) VoIP 4 7 (4.118 %) Cisco IPT 5 5 (2.941 %) VPN 5 5 (2.941 %) WAN 6 4 (2.353 %) LAN 6 4 (2.353 %) DNS 7 3 (1.765 %) Internet 7 3 (1.765 %) DHCP 7 3 (1.765 %) Firewall 8 1 (0.588 %) MPLS 8 1 (0.588 %) HTTPS 8 1 (0.588 %) SSL 8 1 (0.588 %) FTP 8 1 (0.588 %) IPX 8 1 (0.588 %) IPX/SPX 8 1 (0.588 %) SMS 8 1 (0.588 %) Intrusion Detection	Database & Business Intelligence 1 8 (4.706 %) DB2 1 8 (4.706 %) BusinessObjects 2 6 (3.529 %) SQL Server 3 5 (2.941 %) Informix 4 3 (1.765 %) SAP BW 4 3 (1.765 %) Oracle Discoverer 4 3 (1.765 %) TOAD 5 2 (1.176 %) UniData 5 2 (1.176 %) SQL Server 2005 5 2 (1.176 %) Oracle 8/8i 5 2 (1.176 %) Datawarehouse 5 2 (1.176 %) Oracle 10g 5 2 (1.176 %) PowerCenter 5 2 (1.176 %) SQL Server 2000 5 2 (1.176 %) BusinessObjects XI 6 1 (0.588 %) Oracle 11g 6 1 (0.588 %) SQLPlus 6 1 (0.588 %) DataStage 6 1 (0.588 %) Oracle 9i 6 1 (0.588 %) MySQL
Development Applications 1 12 (7.059 %) TestDirector 2 4 (2.353 %) Visual Studio 2 4 (2.353 %) QuickTest Pro 3 3 (1.765 %) WinRunner 4 1 (0.588 %) RequisitePro 4 1 (0.588 %) Rational Rose	General 1 15 (8.824 %) Finance 2 10 (5.882 %) Insurance 3 6 (3.529 %) Retail 4 5 (2.941 %) FMCG 5 4 (2.353 %) Telecoms 5 4 (2.353 %) Financial Institution 6 3 (1.765 %) Pensions 6 3 (1.765 %) Banking 6 3 (1.765 %) Billing 6 3 (1.765 %) Pharmaceutical 6 3 (1.765 %) Electric 6 3 (1.765 %) Electronics 7 2 (1.176 %) Manufacturing 7 2 (1.176 %) Music 8 1 (0.588 %) Government 8 1 (0.588 %) Legal 8 1 (0.588 %) Back Office
Miscellaneous 1 4 (2.353 %) Mainframe 1 4 (2.353 %) IBM Mainframe 2 3 (1.765 %) French Language 2 3 (1.765 %) Client/Server 2 3 (1.765 %) Blackberry 3 2 (1.176 %) Handset 3 2 (1.176 %) Clustering 3 2 (1.176 %) Smartphone 3 2 (1.176 %) PDA 3 2 (1.176 %) Derivative 4 1 (0.588 %) Mathematics 4 1 (0.588 %) German Language 4 1 (0.588 %) Portuguese Language 4 1 (0.588 %) Spanish Language 4 1 (0.588 %) Credit Risk 4 1 (0.588 %) NHS 4 1 (0.588 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 4 1 (0.588 %) Freedom of Information 4 1 (0.588 %) Replication 4 1 (0.588 %) Management Information System	Operating Systems 1 53 (31.18 %) Windows 2 22 (12.94 %) UNIX 3 21 (12.35 %) Windows XP 3 21 (12.35 %) Windows Server 2003 4 19 (11.18 %) Windows 2000 5 6 (3.529 %) Linux 5 6 (3.529 %) Windows NT 5 6 (3.529 %) NetWare 5 6 (3.529 %) Windows Vista 6 5 (2.941 %) Windows 2000 Server 7 3 (1.765 %) AIX 8 2 (1.176 %) OS/2 9 1 (0.588 %) OS/400 9 1 (0.588 %) Solaris 9 1 (0.588 %) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies 1 15 (8.824 %) User Acceptance Testing 2 14 (8.235 %) ITIL 3 12 (7.059 %) Project Management 4 7 (4.118 %) Test Scripting 4 7 (4.118 %) Migration 5 6 (3.529 %) Security Cleared 6 5 (2.941 %) E-Commerce 6 5 (2.941 %) Software Testing 7 4 (2.353 %) Workflow 7 4 (2.353 %) Business Analysis 7 4 (2.353 %) UML 8 3 (1.765 %) Operations Management 8 3 (1.765 %) System Testing 8 3 (1.765 %) Time Management 8 3 (1.765 %) Systems Analysis 8 3 (1.765 %) Asset Management 8 3 (1.765 %) EAM 8 3 (1.765 %) Disaster Recovery 9 2 (1.176 %) Risk Management 9 2 (1.176 %) GAP Analysis	Programming Languages 1 35 (20.59 %) SQL 2 11 (6.471 %) Java 3 7 (4.118 %) Perl 4 6 (3.529 %) COBOL 5 5 (2.941 %) RPG 5 5 (2.941 %) AWK 6 4 (2.353 %) ABAP 6 4 (2.353 %) VBA 6 4 (2.353 %) Shell Script 6 4 (2.353 %) JCL 7 3 (1.765 %) Transact-SQL 8 2 (1.176 %) Clipper 8 2 (1.176 %) UniBasic 8 2 (1.176 %) C 8 2 (1.176 %) C# 8 2 (1.176 %) VB 9 1 (0.588 %) PL/SQL 9 1 (0.588 %) VBScript
Qualifications 1 10 (5.882 %) Microsoft Certification 2 9 (5.294 %) ISEB 2 9 (5.294 %) MCSE 3 6 (3.529 %) MCP 4 4 (2.353 %) Degree 5 3 (1.765 %) HND 6 2 (1.176 %) HNC 7 1 (0.588 %) ITIL Certification	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (0.588 %) QA 1 1 (0.588 %) GLP 1 1 (0.588 %) GxP
System Software 1 16 (9.412 %) Active Directory 2 13 (7.647 %) Tivoli Workload Scheduler 3 8 (4.706 %) Citrix Presentation Server 4 4 (2.353 %) NDS 5 1 (0.588 %) Microsoft Virtual Server 5 1 (0.588 %) ISA Server 5 1 (0.588 %) Terminal Server 5 1 (0.588 %) Terminal Services 5 1 (0.588 %) MetaFrame 5 1 (0.588 %) VMware ESX	Systems Management 1 14 (8.235 %) Tivoli 2 9 (5.294 %) ZENworks 3 6 (3.529 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 3 6 (3.529 %) HP Data Protector 4 3 (1.765 %) OpenView 4 3 (1.765 %) OVOW 5 2 (1.176 %) MOM 6 1 (0.588 %) Tivoli Storage Manager 6 1 (0.588 %) Unicenter 6 1 (0.588 %) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors 1 24 (14.12 %) IBM 2 21 (12.35 %) Microsoft 3 19 (11.18 %) Cisco 3 19 (11.18 %) SAP 4 17 (10.00 %) Oracle 5 14 (8.235 %) HP 5 14 (8.235 %) Novell 6 11 (6.471 %) Citrix 7 10 (5.882 %) Lotus 8 8 (4.706 %) Business Objects 9 4 (2.353 %) VMware 9 4 (2.353 %) Sophis 10 3 (1.765 %) Actuate 10 3 (1.765 %) Compaq 10 3 (1.765 %) Civica 11 2 (1.176 %) OpenLink 11 2 (1.176 %) Redback 11 2 (1.176 %) Sun 12 1 (0.588 %) LANDesk 12 1 (0.588 %) Pega