The first table below looks at the demand for the Technical 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 Technical Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 23 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Analyst
Rank 36 34 44
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +10
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Analyst 5 8 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 1.502% 1.995% 0.718%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.603% 2.139% 0.765%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 2
Average daily rate £213 £313 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-32.00% +25.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £346 £350 £275
% change year-on-year
-1.07% +27.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.50 £21.50 £18.50
% change year-on-year
-32.55% +16.21%
All Job Titles
South Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
312 374 392
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 93.69% 93.27% 93.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 194 197 214
Average daily rate £350 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £175 £200
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 22 19 22
Average hourly rate £15.00 £14.75 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.69% -41.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.35 £10.95 £11.25
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%
Technical Analyst
Wales

Technical Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales Technical Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Technical Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

South Wales Technical Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Technical Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Technical Analyst across the South Wales region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

South Wales Technical Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Technical Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South Wales Technical Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Technical Analyst
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Analyst within the South Wales region over the 3 months to 23 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 +2 5 £213 -46.87%
Technical Analyst
Wales

Technical Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (50.00%) Windows
2 3 (37.50%) MS Office
2 3 (37.50%) SQL Server
2 3 (37.50%) Citrix
2 3 (37.50%) VMware
2 3 (37.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (25.00%) Magento
3 2 (25.00%) jQuery
3 2 (25.00%) WordPress
3 2 (25.00%) Zen Cart
3 2 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (25.00%) Content Management
3 2 (25.00%) .NET
3 2 (25.00%) Degree
3 2 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (25.00%) CSS
3 2 (25.00%) XML
3 2 (25.00%) HTML
3 2 (25.00%) PHP
3 2 (25.00%) SQL
3 2 (25.00%) MS Excel
3 2 (25.00%) CRM
3 2 (25.00%) MS Exchange
4 1 (12.50%) SAS
4 1 (12.50%) LAN
4 1 (12.50%) WAN
4 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
4 1 (12.50%) Cisco

Technical Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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 2 (25.00%) jQuery
1 2 (25.00%) .NET
1 2 (25.00%) CSS
1 2 (25.00%) XML
1 2 (25.00%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 2 (25.00%) Magento
1 2 (25.00%) WordPress
1 2 (25.00%) Zen Cart
1 2 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
1 2 (25.00%) MS Exchange
2 1 (12.50%) SAS
2 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 3 (37.50%) MS Office
2 2 (25.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) LAN
1 1 (12.50%) WAN
1 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
1 1 (12.50%) Internet
1 1 (12.50%) SAN
1 1 (12.50%) Symposium
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) SQL Server
2 1 (12.50%) Cognos Impromptu
2 1 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (12.50%) Crystal Reports
General
1 1 (12.50%) Finance
1 1 (12.50%) Retail Banking
1 1 (12.50%) Banking
1 1 (12.50%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Thin Client
1 1 (12.50%) Fat Client
1 1 (12.50%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 4 (50.00%) Windows
2 2 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (12.50%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) Content Management
1 2 (25.00%) CRM
2 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2
2 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery
2 1 (12.50%) Migration
2 1 (12.50%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) PHP
1 2 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (12.50%) VB
2 1 (12.50%) LINC
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
System Software
1 3 (37.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (12.50%) Terminal Services
2 1 (12.50%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) ARCserve
1 1 (12.50%) Cisco UCCE
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (37.50%) Citrix
2 3 (37.50%) VMware
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco
3 1 (12.50%) Cognos
3 1 (12.50%) Intel