The first table below looks at the demand for the Analyst Programmer role in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Analyst Programmer 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 West 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
Analyst Programmer
Rank 103 130 106
Rank change year-on-year
+27 -24
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst Programmer 5 6 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.248% 0.185% 0.565%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.264% 0.199% 0.600%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 11
Average daily rate - £275 £263
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +4.76%
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £275 £320
% change year-on-year
+9.09% -14.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £36.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
- +2.85%
All Job Titles
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1895 3012 2668
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 93.95% 93.11% 94.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1138 1803 1328
Average daily rate £350 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £230 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 137 186 243
Average hourly rate £15.40 £22.50 £22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-31.55% +2.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £12.70 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £37.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Analyst Programmer
England

Analyst Programmer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West Analyst Programmer Jobs Demand Trend

Analyst Programmer
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West Analyst Programmer Daily Rate Trend

Analyst Programmer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West Analyst Programmer Hourly Rate Trend

Analyst Programmer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analyst Programmer within the South West 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
Bristol +15 2 - -
Gloucestershire - 2 - -
Somerset - 1 - -
Analyst Programmer
England

Analyst Programmer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 12 (63.16%) .NET
2 10 (52.63%) C#
3 7 (36.84%) Agile Software Development
4 6 (31.58%) C++
5 5 (26.32%) MFC
5 5 (26.32%) VC++
5 5 (26.32%) Fortran
5 5 (26.32%) OpenGL
5 5 (26.32%) DirectX
5 5 (26.32%) Mathematics
6 3 (15.79%) XML
6 3 (15.79%) Oracle
6 3 (15.79%) SQL Server
6 3 (15.79%) ASP.NET
6 3 (15.79%) JavaScript
6 3 (15.79%) SQL
7 2 (10.53%) RPG
7 2 (10.53%) COBOL
7 2 (10.53%) SOAP
7 2 (10.53%) Web Services
7 2 (10.53%) Visual Studio
7 2 (10.53%) DB2
7 2 (10.53%) Python
7 2 (10.53%) MQSeries
7 2 (10.53%) Middleware
7 2 (10.53%) MVS
7 2 (10.53%) OO
7 2 (10.53%) Mainframe
7 2 (10.53%) GIS
7 2 (10.53%) ESRI

Analyst Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 12 (63.16%) .NET
2 5 (26.32%) MFC
2 5 (26.32%) OpenGL
2 5 (26.32%) DirectX
3 3 (15.79%) XML
3 3 (15.79%) ASP.NET
4 2 (10.53%) SOAP
4 2 (10.53%) Web Services
4 2 (10.53%) Middleware
4 2 (10.53%) jQuery
4 2 (10.53%) Ajax
5 1 (5.263%) .NET Framework
5 1 (5.263%) ASP
5 1 (5.263%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 2 (10.53%) MQSeries
1 2 (10.53%) ArcGIS
1 2 (10.53%) Oracle Service Bus
2 1 (5.263%) OpenROAD
2 1 (5.263%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.263%) IIS
Business Applications
1 2 (10.53%) INSURE/90
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.79%) SQL Server
2 2 (10.53%) DB2
2 2 (10.53%) GIS
2 2 (10.53%) Oracle 11g
2 2 (10.53%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (5.263%) SQLPlus
3 1 (5.263%) MS Access
3 1 (5.263%) Ingres
Development Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (10.53%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 5 (26.32%) Mathematics
2 2 (10.53%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.53%) MVS
2 1 (5.263%) Windows XP
2 1 (5.263%) UNIX
2 1 (5.263%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (36.84%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (10.53%) OO
2 2 (10.53%) Unit Testing
2 2 (10.53%) Time Management
2 2 (10.53%) Requirements Analysis
3 1 (5.263%) ITIL
3 1 (5.263%) UML
Programming Languages
1 10 (52.63%) C#
2 6 (31.58%) C++
3 5 (26.32%) VC++
3 5 (26.32%) Fortran
4 3 (15.79%) JavaScript
4 3 (15.79%) SQL
5 2 (10.53%) RPG
5 2 (10.53%) COBOL
5 2 (10.53%) Python
5 2 (10.53%) RPG IV
6 1 (5.263%) Java
6 1 (5.263%) VB
6 1 (5.263%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1 (5.263%) Security Cleared
1 1 (5.263%) ISEB
Vendors
1 3 (15.79%) Oracle
2 2 (10.53%) ESRI
3 1 (5.263%) Microsoft