The first table below looks at the demand for the Support 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 Support 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Analyst
Rank 30 23 29
Rank change year-on-year
-7 +6
Contract jobs requiring a Support Analyst 11 20 18
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 3.354% 4.950% 4.327%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.560% 5.305% 4.615%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 9 13
Average daily rate £375 £225 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+66.66% -33.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £220 £215
% change year-on-year
+13.63% +2.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 1
Average hourly rate £13.10 £14.00 £12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.46% +16.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.50 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-9.67% +3.33%
All Job Titles
South Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
309 377 390
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 94.21% 93.32% 93.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 194 199 213
Average daily rate £350 £328 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.87% +0.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £177 £198
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £500 £420
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 19 21
Average hourly rate £14.75 £14.75 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -41.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.32 £10.95 £11.21
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £20.65 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Support Analyst
Wales

Support Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales Support Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Support Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

South Wales Support Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Support Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Support Analyst across the South Wales region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South Wales Support Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Support Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South Wales Support Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Support Analyst
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Support Analyst within the South Wales 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
Cardiff -6 8 £375 +66.66%
Bridgend - 1 - -
Support Analyst
Wales

Support Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales region that cited Support 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 Support Analyst in their job title.

1 14 (58.33%) Finance
1 14 (58.33%) Windows
1 14 (58.33%) Microsoft
2 11 (45.83%) iSeries
3 10 (41.67%) AS400
3 10 (41.67%) MS Office
3 10 (41.67%) IBM
4 9 (37.50%) UNIX
5 8 (33.33%) SLA
5 8 (33.33%) IIS
6 7 (29.17%) SQL Server
6 7 (29.17%) COBOL
6 7 (29.17%) OS/400
6 7 (29.17%) Project Management
6 7 (29.17%) Shell Script
6 7 (29.17%) Banking
6 7 (29.17%) WebSphere
7 6 (25.00%) RPG
7 6 (25.00%) DB2
8 5 (20.83%) AIX
8 5 (20.83%) Active Directory
9 4 (16.67%) TCP/IP
9 4 (16.67%) UML
9 4 (16.67%) OO
9 4 (16.67%) MS Project
9 4 (16.67%) TestDirector
9 4 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
9 4 (16.67%) Rackspace
10 3 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
10 3 (12.50%) Degree

Support Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales region that cited Support 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 Support Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (29.17%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 8 (33.33%) IIS
2 2 (8.333%) MS Exchange
2 2 (8.333%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 1 (4.167%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (4.167%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 10 (41.67%) MS Office
2 4 (16.67%) MS Project
3 1 (4.167%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (4.167%) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
1 4 (16.67%) TCP/IP
2 3 (12.50%) Firewall
2 3 (12.50%) DNS
2 3 (12.50%) DHCP
3 2 (8.333%) Internet
4 1 (4.167%) SAN
4 1 (4.167%) Broadband
4 1 (4.167%) LAN
4 1 (4.167%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (29.17%) SQL Server
2 6 (25.00%) DB2
3 1 (4.167%) Cognos Impromptu
3 1 (4.167%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 4 (16.67%) TestDirector
General
1 14 (58.33%) Finance
2 7 (29.17%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 11 (45.83%) iSeries
2 10 (41.67%) AS400
3 2 (8.333%) Blackberry
3 2 (8.333%) Enterprise Storage
4 1 (4.167%) Fat Client
4 1 (4.167%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 14 (58.33%) Windows
2 9 (37.50%) UNIX
3 7 (29.17%) OS/400
4 5 (20.83%) AIX
5 2 (8.333%) Solaris
5 2 (8.333%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (4.167%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (4.167%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (29.17%) Project Management
2 4 (16.67%) UML
2 4 (16.67%) OO
2 4 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (8.333%) Service Delivery
3 2 (8.333%) Data Management
4 1 (4.167%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (4.167%) Information Security
4 1 (4.167%) Fault Management
4 1 (4.167%) Migration
4 1 (4.167%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 7 (29.17%) COBOL
1 7 (29.17%) Shell Script
2 6 (25.00%) RPG
3 1 (4.167%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (12.50%) Degree
2 2 (8.333%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (8.333%) MCSE
2 2 (8.333%) MCSA
3 1 (4.167%) Security Cleared
3 1 (4.167%) MCTS
3 1 (4.167%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (33.33%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (20.83%) Active Directory
2 3 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (8.333%) ISA Server
3 2 (8.333%) VMware Workstation
4 1 (4.167%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 1 (4.167%) ARCserve
Vendors
1 14 (58.33%) Microsoft
2 10 (41.67%) IBM
3 4 (16.67%) Rackspace
4 3 (12.50%) VMware
5 2 (8.333%) HP
5 2 (8.333%) Sun
5 2 (8.333%) NetApp
6 1 (4.167%) Remedy
6 1 (4.167%) Cognos
6 1 (4.167%) Oracle
6 1 (4.167%) Intel
Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan
PMO Support Analyst / Project Co-ordinator / Project Support Officer is required on a 1-Month contract, with an exciting client in Bridgend, paying £200 per day. As PMO...
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Rate: £200
Posted: 23 May 2013