The first table below looks at the demand for the Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the South Wales 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 South Wales 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 3 2 2
Rank change year-on-year
-1 0
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 79 111 107
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 22.01% 27.89% 25.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 23.87% 30.33% 27.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 74 69
Average daily rate £350 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £250 £100
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £449 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 2
Average hourly rate £10.69 £14.00 £56.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-23.64% -75.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.58 £12.70 £20.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.30 £14.00 £91.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -
All Job Titles
South Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
331 366 393
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 92.20% 91.96% 92.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 201 200 207
Average daily rate £350 £340 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.94% +4.61%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £195 £200 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £500 £438
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 22 16
Average hourly rate £14.50 £14.50 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -23.68%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.69 £11.50 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £25.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
Analyst
Wales

Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales 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 South Wales region.

South Wales 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 South Wales region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

South Wales 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 South Wales region.

South Wales 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 South Wales region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Cardiff +1 58 £350 -7.89% 2
Newport -3 8 £380 +26.66% 1
Bridgend +2 3 £188 +56.25%
Caerphilly +2 1 - - 1
Torfaen - - - - 2
Blaenau Gwent - - - -
Analyst
Wales

Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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 65 (38.01%) Finance
2 38 (22.22%) Banking
3 34 (19.88%) Microsoft
4 29 (16.96%) Windows
4 29 (16.96%) Business Analysis
5 28 (16.37%) SQL
6 27 (15.79%) Project Management
7 26 (15.20%) Stakeholder Management
8 24 (14.04%) MS Office
9 21 (12.28%) ISEB
10 18 (10.53%) SQL Server
10 18 (10.53%) MS Project
10 18 (10.53%) Degree
11 17 (9.942%) Migration
11 17 (9.942%) IBM
12 16 (9.357%) PRINCE2
12 16 (9.357%) UNIX
12 16 (9.357%) Security Cleared
13 15 (8.772%) AS400
14 13 (7.602%) Data Warehouse
14 13 (7.602%) Retail
15 12 (7.018%) iSeries
15 12 (7.018%) Test Scripting
15 12 (7.018%) Management Information System
15 12 (7.018%) Internet
16 11 (6.433%) User Acceptance Testing
16 11 (6.433%) Retail Banking
17 10 (5.848%) SLA
17 10 (5.848%) UML
17 10 (5.848%) IIS

Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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 9 (5.263%) WebSphere
2 6 (3.509%) XML
2 6 (3.509%) .NET
3 4 (2.339%) HTML
4 3 (1.754%) J2EE
5 2 (1.170%) jQuery
5 2 (1.170%) XML Schema
5 2 (1.170%) CSS
6 1 (0.585%) Web Services
6 1 (0.585%) COM
6 1 (0.585%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 10 (5.848%) IIS
2 4 (2.339%) MS Exchange
2 4 (2.339%) SAS
3 3 (1.754%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (1.170%) Zen Cart
4 2 (1.170%) Magento
4 2 (1.170%) WordPress
4 2 (1.170%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 1 (0.585%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.585%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 24 (14.04%) MS Office
2 18 (10.53%) MS Project
3 9 (5.263%) MS Excel
4 2 (1.170%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.585%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.170%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.585%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.585%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Communications & Networking
1 12 (7.018%) Internet
2 5 (2.924%) TCP/IP
2 5 (2.924%) Intranet
3 4 (2.339%) Firewall
3 4 (2.339%) DNS
3 4 (2.339%) DHCP
4 2 (1.170%) Symposium
4 2 (1.170%) SAN
4 2 (1.170%) Broadband
5 1 (0.585%) FTP
5 1 (0.585%) LAN
5 1 (0.585%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (10.53%) SQL Server
2 13 (7.602%) Data Warehouse
3 10 (5.848%) DB2
4 4 (2.339%) Xcelsius
4 4 (2.339%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
4 4 (2.339%) BusinessObjects
4 4 (2.339%) SAP BW
5 2 (1.170%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (1.170%) Data Mart
6 1 (0.585%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (0.585%) TOAD
6 1 (0.585%) Cognos Impromptu
6 1 (0.585%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 9 (5.263%) TestDirector
2 6 (3.509%) Rational Functional Tester
3 5 (2.924%) Visual Studio
3 5 (2.924%) Team Foundation Server
4 2 (1.170%) Talend Open Studio
5 1 (0.585%) PVCS
5 1 (0.585%) Selenium
General
1 65 (38.01%) Finance
2 38 (22.22%) Banking
3 13 (7.602%) Retail
4 11 (6.433%) Retail Banking
5 7 (4.094%) Multimedia
6 1 (0.585%) Telecoms
6 1 (0.585%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 15 (8.772%) AS400
2 12 (7.018%) iSeries
2 12 (7.018%) Management Information System
3 5 (2.924%) NHS
4 3 (1.754%) Mainframe
4 3 (1.754%) Blackberry
4 3 (1.754%) Credit Risk
4 3 (1.754%) Statistics
5 2 (1.170%) Enterprise Storage
5 2 (1.170%) Mathematics
5 2 (1.170%) IVR
6 1 (0.585%) Thin Client
6 1 (0.585%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (0.585%) Physics
6 1 (0.585%) Fat Client
6 1 (0.585%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 29 (16.96%) Windows
2 16 (9.357%) UNIX
3 9 (5.263%) OS/400
4 5 (2.924%) Linux
4 5 (2.924%) AIX
5 4 (2.339%) Windows 7
6 3 (1.754%) Windows Server 2003
6 3 (1.754%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (1.170%) Solaris
8 1 (0.585%) Windows 2000
8 1 (0.585%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (16.96%) Business Analysis
2 27 (15.79%) Project Management
3 26 (15.20%) Stakeholder Management
4 17 (9.942%) Migration
5 16 (9.357%) PRINCE2
6 12 (7.018%) Test Scripting
7 11 (6.433%) User Acceptance Testing
8 10 (5.848%) UML
9 9 (5.263%) Change Management
10 8 (4.678%) Agile Software Development
10 8 (4.678%) Data Migration
10 8 (4.678%) Regression Testing
10 8 (4.678%) OO
11 7 (4.094%) E-Commerce
11 7 (4.094%) Use Case
11 7 (4.094%) Test Strategy
11 7 (4.094%) Data Analysis
12 6 (3.509%) Software Testing
12 6 (3.509%) Requirements Analysis
12 6 (3.509%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 28 (16.37%) SQL
2 9 (5.263%) COBOL
2 9 (5.263%) Shell Script
3 8 (4.678%) RPG
4 6 (3.509%) Java
5 4 (2.339%) C
6 2 (1.170%) T-SQL
6 2 (1.170%) VB
6 2 (1.170%) PHP
7 1 (0.585%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.585%) LINC
Qualifications
1 21 (12.28%) ISEB
2 18 (10.53%) Degree
3 16 (9.357%) Security Cleared
4 7 (4.094%) SC Cleared
4 7 (4.094%) ISEB Practitioner
5 3 (1.754%) MCSE
5 3 (1.754%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (1.170%) MCSA
6 2 (1.170%) MCP
7 1 (0.585%) Postgraduate
7 1 (0.585%) CTC Cleared
7 1 (0.585%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.585%) MCTS
7 1 (0.585%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.848%) SLA
2 5 (2.924%) QA
3 2 (1.170%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.585%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 7 (4.094%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.924%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.170%) ISA Server
3 2 (1.170%) VMware Workstation
4 1 (0.585%) Terminal Server
4 1 (0.585%) Terminal Services
4 1 (0.585%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 2 (1.170%) HP Quality Center
1 2 (1.170%) Cisco UCCE
2 1 (0.585%) ARCserve
Vendors
1 34 (19.88%) Microsoft
2 17 (9.942%) IBM
3 8 (4.678%) SAP
4 7 (4.094%) VMware
5 6 (3.509%) Oracle
6 4 (2.339%) Rackspace
6 4 (2.339%) Citrix
6 4 (2.339%) HP
6 4 (2.339%) Business Objects
7 2 (1.170%) Talend
7 2 (1.170%) Remedy
7 2 (1.170%) NetApp
7 2 (1.170%) Cognos
7 2 (1.170%) Sun
7 2 (1.170%) Cisco
8 1 (0.585%) Intel
8 1 (0.585%) JD Edwards
8 1 (0.585%) Informatica
8 1 (0.585%) webMethods
8 1 (0.585%) TSYS
South Wales
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