The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior 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 Senior Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Analyst
Rank 33 34 43
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +9
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Analyst 6 6 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 1.961% 1.550% 0.744%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.083% 1.676% 0.796%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 2
Average daily rate £213 £416 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-48.94% +23.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £204 £363 £328
10% offered a daily rate of more than £379 £505 £348
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 £375 £355
% change year-on-year
+3.33% +5.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.50 £25.00 £21.79
% change year-on-year
-46.00% +14.73%
All Job Titles
South Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
288 358 377
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 94.12% 92.51% 93.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 176 188 205
Average daily rate £350 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £143 £222
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £491 £420
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 17 25
Average hourly rate £15.00 £14.25 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.26% -28.75%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.21 £10.65 £9.36
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £20.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Senior Analyst
Wales

Senior Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales Senior Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Senior Analyst across the South Wales region.

South Wales Senior Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Senior Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Senior Analyst across the South Wales region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South Wales Senior Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Senior Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Senior Analyst across the South Wales region.

South Wales Senior Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Senior Analyst
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Analyst within the South Wales region over the 3 months to 17 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
Cardiff +4 3 £213 -48.94%
Senior Analyst
Wales

Senior Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales region that cited Senior 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 Senior Analyst in their job title.

1 9 (52.94%) Internet
2 7 (41.18%) Intranet
2 7 (41.18%) Security Cleared
3 4 (23.53%) Windows
3 4 (23.53%) Microsoft
3 4 (23.53%) Finance
4 3 (17.65%) VMware
4 3 (17.65%) Business Analysis
4 3 (17.65%) Requirements Analysis
4 3 (17.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (17.65%) Citrix
5 2 (11.76%) MS Excel
5 2 (11.76%) Project Management
5 2 (11.76%) MS Exchange
5 2 (11.76%) MS Office
5 2 (11.76%) Banking
5 2 (11.76%) Retail
5 2 (11.76%) Data Analysis
6 1 (5.882%) Data Management
6 1 (5.882%) Agile Software Development
6 1 (5.882%) VMware Workstation
6 1 (5.882%) Migration
6 1 (5.882%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (5.882%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (5.882%) XenApp
6 1 (5.882%) Windows 7
6 1 (5.882%) Capacity Planning
6 1 (5.882%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (5.882%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (5.882%) Exchange Server 2010

Senior Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales region that cited Senior 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 Senior Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (11.76%) MS Exchange
2 1 (5.882%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (5.882%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 2 (11.76%) MS Office
1 2 (11.76%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 9 (52.94%) Internet
2 7 (41.18%) Intranet
3 1 (5.882%) Firewall
3 1 (5.882%) DHCP
3 1 (5.882%) TCP/IP
3 1 (5.882%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.882%) Data Warehouse
General
1 4 (23.53%) Finance
2 2 (11.76%) Banking
2 2 (11.76%) Retail
3 1 (5.882%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.882%) Blackberry
1 1 (5.882%) Management Information System
1 1 (5.882%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 4 (23.53%) Windows
2 1 (5.882%) Solaris
2 1 (5.882%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (5.882%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (5.882%) Windows 7
2 1 (5.882%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (17.65%) Business Analysis
1 3 (17.65%) Requirements Analysis
2 2 (11.76%) Project Management
2 2 (11.76%) Data Analysis
3 1 (5.882%) PRINCE2
3 1 (5.882%) UML
3 1 (5.882%) SOA
3 1 (5.882%) Service Delivery
3 1 (5.882%) Change Management
3 1 (5.882%) Migration
3 1 (5.882%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (5.882%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (5.882%) Data Management
3 1 (5.882%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (5.882%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (5.882%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.882%) Java
1 1 (5.882%) SQL
1 1 (5.882%) LINC
Qualifications
1 7 (41.18%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (17.65%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (5.882%) XenApp
2 1 (5.882%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.882%) ISA Server
2 1 (5.882%) VMware Workstation
Vendors
1 4 (23.53%) Microsoft
2 3 (17.65%) Citrix
2 3 (17.65%) VMware
3 1 (5.882%) NetApp
3 1 (5.882%) Sun
3 1 (5.882%) HP
3 1 (5.882%) Oracle
3 1 (5.882%) SAP