The first table below looks at the demand for the Analyst 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 in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Analyst
Rank 5 4 2
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -2
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 350 667 630
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 16.98% 20.19% 22.81%
As % of the Job Titles category 18.05% 21.70% 24.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 245 466 373
Average daily rate £348 £341 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.90% -2.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £222 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £425 £458
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 50 30
Average hourly rate £13.50 £17.00 £13.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.58% +23.63%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.30 £13.00 £9.44
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.00 £25.25 £27.65
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -
All Job Titles
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1939 3074 2605
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 94.08% 93.07% 94.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 1165 1846 1291
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 143 191 237
Average hourly rate £15.30 £22.50 £21.96
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-32.00% +2.45%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £12.50 £11.93
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.35 £38.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Analyst
England

Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 West region.

South West 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 West region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

South West 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 West region.

South West Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Analyst across the South West region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

South West Analyst Hourly Rate Histogram

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 West region over the 3 months to 22 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 0 101 £348 +6.92%
Wiltshire -1 84 £350 +12.00%
Dorset -2 45 £375 -
Devon +6 40 £260 -20.00%
Gloucestershire -5 29 £343 -4.86%
Somerset -11 19 £305 -4.68%
Analyst
England

Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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.

1 353 (43.21%) Finance
2 162 (19.83%) Banking
3 159 (19.46%) SQL
4 127 (15.54%) Retail
5 110 (13.46%) Microsoft
6 107 (13.10%) Business Analysis
7 92 (11.26%) Stakeholder Management
8 88 (10.77%) Retail Banking
8 88 (10.77%) ISEB
9 81 (9.914%) MS Excel
10 78 (9.547%) Oracle
11 73 (8.935%) Security Cleared
12 64 (7.834%) .NET
13 63 (7.711%) SQL Server
13 63 (7.711%) ITIL
14 61 (7.466%) Change Management
15 58 (7.099%) Test Scripting
16 57 (6.977%) UML
17 56 (6.854%) SAS
18 55 (6.732%) Migration
19 53 (6.487%) Data Warehouse
19 53 (6.487%) MS Project
20 50 (6.120%) Windows
21 49 (5.998%) SharePoint
21 49 (5.998%) Data Modelling
21 49 (5.998%) User Acceptance Testing
22 47 (5.753%) SAP
22 47 (5.753%) Project Management
23 46 (5.630%) MS Office
24 45 (5.508%) C#

Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 64 (7.834%) .NET
2 44 (5.386%) ASP.NET
3 35 (4.284%) XML
4 31 (3.794%) HTML
5 20 (2.448%) ASP
6 18 (2.203%) .NET Framework
7 14 (1.714%) Web Services
8 10 (1.224%) Middleware
9 8 (0.979%) SOAP
10 7 (0.857%) CSS
11 6 (0.734%) jQuery
12 5 (0.612%) MFC
12 5 (0.612%) OpenGL
12 5 (0.612%) DirectX
13 3 (0.367%) COM
13 3 (0.367%) LAMP
14 2 (0.245%) Ajax
14 2 (0.245%) MDX
14 2 (0.245%) EDI
14 2 (0.245%) ODBC
Application Platforms
1 56 (6.854%) SAS
2 49 (5.998%) SharePoint
3 22 (2.693%) IIS
4 16 (1.958%) OpenROAD
5 11 (1.346%) SharePoint 2010
6 10 (1.224%) MS Exchange
7 8 (0.979%) Exchange Server 2010
8 7 (0.857%) Oracle Service Bus
9 5 (0.612%) MQSeries
10 4 (0.490%) MS Project Server
11 3 (0.367%) Exchange Server 2003
12 2 (0.245%) eRoom
12 2 (0.245%) ArcGIS
12 2 (0.245%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
12 2 (0.245%) BizTalk Server
12 2 (0.245%) Lotus Notes
12 2 (0.245%) Lotus Domino
12 2 (0.245%) WebLogic
13 1 (0.122%) Apache
13 1 (0.122%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 81 (9.914%) MS Excel
2 53 (6.487%) MS Project
3 46 (5.630%) MS Office
4 33 (4.039%) MS Visio
5 28 (3.427%) MS PowerPoint
6 7 (0.857%) Office 365
7 5 (0.612%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.367%) SPSS
9 1 (0.122%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 7 (0.857%) Lawson
1 7 (0.857%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (0.612%) SAP HR
3 4 (0.490%) SiteCatalyst
3 4 (0.490%) Oracle EBS R12
3 4 (0.490%) Oracle HRMS
3 4 (0.490%) Oracle Applications
3 4 (0.490%) WebTrends
3 4 (0.490%) SAP MM
4 3 (0.367%) PeopleSoft HRMS
4 3 (0.367%) SAP SD
4 3 (0.367%) FRx
4 3 (0.367%) Cognos Business Intelligence
4 3 (0.367%) SAP Payroll
4 3 (0.367%) SAP FI-GL
5 2 (0.245%) INSURE/90
5 2 (0.245%) SAP HCM
5 2 (0.245%) Summit
5 2 (0.245%) Sentinel
5 2 (0.245%) Oracle Payroll
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.346%) Firewall
2 8 (0.979%) Wireless
2 8 (0.979%) VPN
3 7 (0.857%) HTTP
3 7 (0.857%) DHCP
3 7 (0.857%) DNS
3 7 (0.857%) Internet
4 6 (0.734%) Cisco ASA
5 5 (0.612%) TCP/IP
5 5 (0.612%) LAN
5 5 (0.612%) WAN
5 5 (0.612%) SAN
5 5 (0.612%) MPLS
5 5 (0.612%) Cisco IPT
5 5 (0.612%) IP Telephony
5 5 (0.612%) FWSM
5 5 (0.612%) Unified Communications
6 4 (0.490%) Cisco Nexus
6 4 (0.490%) Network Security
6 4 (0.490%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (7.711%) SQL Server
2 53 (6.487%) Data Warehouse
3 23 (2.815%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 19 (2.326%) Ingres
5 18 (2.203%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 18 (2.203%) MS Access
6 15 (1.836%) SQLPlus
7 12 (1.469%) SQL Server 2008
8 10 (1.224%) Oracle 11g
9 9 (1.102%) TOAD
10 8 (0.979%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 6 (0.734%) SAP BW
12 5 (0.612%) Oracle Reports
12 5 (0.612%) Base SAS
13 4 (0.490%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
13 4 (0.490%) Oracle BI EE
13 4 (0.490%) GIS
13 4 (0.490%) Data Mining
13 4 (0.490%) Star Schema
13 4 (0.490%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 14 (1.714%) Visual Studio
2 9 (1.102%) Team Foundation Server
3 8 (0.979%) MSTest
3 8 (0.979%) NUnit
3 8 (0.979%) QuickTest Pro
4 6 (0.734%) JIRA
4 6 (0.734%) ProC
4 6 (0.734%) VSS/SourceSafe
5 5 (0.612%) Subversion
5 5 (0.612%) CruiseControl
5 5 (0.612%) TeamCity
5 5 (0.612%) Git (software)
5 5 (0.612%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.490%) JMeter
6 4 (0.490%) LoadRunner
6 4 (0.490%) Dreamweaver
7 3 (0.367%) Selenium
8 2 (0.245%) WebDriver
8 2 (0.245%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.122%) Rational Rose
General
1 353 (43.21%) Finance
2 162 (19.83%) Banking
3 127 (15.54%) Retail
4 88 (10.77%) Retail Banking
5 29 (3.550%) Marketing
6 24 (2.938%) Financial Institution
7 13 (1.591%) Back Office
8 12 (1.469%) General Ledger
9 9 (1.102%) Telecoms
10 6 (0.734%) Local Government
10 6 (0.734%) Investment Banking
11 5 (0.612%) Legal
12 4 (0.490%) Aerospace
12 4 (0.490%) Corporate Banking
13 3 (0.367%) Wholesale Banking
13 3 (0.367%) Military
13 3 (0.367%) Billing
14 2 (0.245%) Avionics
14 2 (0.245%) Manufacturing
15 1 (0.122%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 30 (3.672%) NHS
2 23 (2.815%) Mainframe
3 13 (1.591%) Management Information System
3 13 (1.591%) EPoS
4 11 (1.346%) Mathematics
5 9 (1.102%) Mobile App
6 7 (0.857%) SWIFT
7 6 (0.734%) Credit Risk
7 6 (0.734%) Statistics
8 5 (0.612%) CMDB
8 5 (0.612%) Reference Data
9 4 (0.490%) Data Conversion
10 3 (0.367%) Online Banking
10 3 (0.367%) Fixed Income
10 3 (0.367%) Data Extraction
11 2 (0.245%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (0.245%) IBM Mainframe
11 2 (0.245%) Blackberry
11 2 (0.245%) EMV
11 2 (0.245%) Chip and PIN
Operating Systems
1 50 (6.120%) Windows
2 31 (3.794%) UNIX
3 19 (2.326%) Windows XP
4 17 (2.081%) Windows 7
5 5 (0.612%) Linux
5 5 (0.612%) Windows Server 2008
6 4 (0.490%) Windows Server 2003
7 2 (0.245%) MVS
8 1 (0.122%) Solaris
8 1 (0.122%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.122%) zOS
8 1 (0.122%) Windows Vista
8 1 (0.122%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.122%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (13.10%) Business Analysis
2 92 (11.26%) Stakeholder Management
3 63 (7.711%) ITIL
4 61 (7.466%) Change Management
5 58 (7.099%) Test Scripting
6 57 (6.977%) UML
7 55 (6.732%) Migration
8 49 (5.998%) Data Modelling
8 49 (5.998%) User Acceptance Testing
9 47 (5.753%) Project Management
10 44 (5.386%) Business Intelligence
11 38 (4.651%) Data Analysis
12 36 (4.406%) Agile Software Development
13 30 (3.672%) PRINCE2
13 30 (3.672%) Change Control
14 28 (3.427%) Data Migration
15 27 (3.305%) Time Management
16 26 (3.182%) E-Commerce
17 25 (3.060%) Software Testing
17 25 (3.060%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 159 (19.46%) SQL
2 45 (5.508%) C#
3 30 (3.672%) JavaScript
4 27 (3.305%) VB.NET
4 27 (3.305%) VBA
5 26 (3.182%) Java
6 25 (3.060%) C++
7 24 (2.938%) VB
8 19 (2.326%) C
9 15 (1.836%) PL/SQL
10 7 (0.857%) SAS Macro
11 6 (0.734%) T-SQL
11 6 (0.734%) PHP
12 5 (0.612%) COBOL
12 5 (0.612%) ABAP
12 5 (0.612%) VC++
12 5 (0.612%) Fortran
13 3 (0.367%) VBScript
13 3 (0.367%) Python
13 3 (0.367%) XQuery
Qualifications
1 88 (10.77%) ISEB
2 73 (8.935%) Security Cleared
3 37 (4.529%) SC Cleared
4 35 (4.284%) Degree
5 28 (3.427%) ISTQB
6 14 (1.714%) DV Cleared
7 10 (1.224%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (1.224%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 6 (0.734%) ITIL Certification
8 6 (0.734%) MCP
9 5 (0.612%) MCSE
9 5 (0.612%) MCTS
10 4 (0.490%) ISEB Practitioner
10 4 (0.490%) MCPD
11 3 (0.367%) MCITP
12 2 (0.245%) BC Cleared
12 2 (0.245%) CIMA
12 2 (0.245%) ACCA
12 2 (0.245%) MCSA
13 1 (0.122%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (2.570%) QA
2 20 (2.448%) SLA
3 10 (1.224%) Solvency II
3 10 (1.224%) Basel II
4 9 (1.102%) Basel III
5 8 (0.979%) Data Quality
6 5 (0.612%) ISO 9001
7 3 (0.367%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.245%) MiFID
8 2 (0.245%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.245%) ISO 14001
8 2 (0.245%) TickIT
8 2 (0.245%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 31 (3.794%) Active Directory
2 14 (1.714%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (1.346%) vSphere
4 6 (0.734%) UAG
5 2 (0.245%) Xen
5 2 (0.245%) ISA Server
6 1 (0.122%) XenApp
6 1 (0.122%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 30 (3.672%) HP Quality Center
2 7 (0.857%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 5 (0.612%) Backup Exec
4 4 (0.490%) ServiceCenter
4 4 (0.490%) CiscoWorks
5 3 (0.367%) Norton AntiVirus
6 2 (0.245%) WhatsUp Gold
6 2 (0.245%) Tivoli Storage Manager
7 1 (0.122%) Tivoli
7 1 (0.122%) ARCserve
7 1 (0.122%) WSUS
7 1 (0.122%) DameWare
7 1 (0.122%) EMC NetWorker
7 1 (0.122%) HP Data Protector
7 1 (0.122%) HP SIM
7 1 (0.122%) HP SiteScope
Vendors
1 110 (13.46%) Microsoft
2 78 (9.547%) Oracle
3 47 (5.753%) SAP
4 37 (4.529%) Business Objects
5 32 (3.917%) HP
6 19 (2.326%) VMware
7 11 (1.346%) CheckPoint
8 9 (1.102%) Citrix
8 9 (1.102%) IBM
8 9 (1.102%) Omniture
8 9 (1.102%) ATG
8 9 (1.102%) FalconStor
9 8 (0.979%) Cisco
10 7 (0.857%) Epicor
10 7 (0.857%) Kronos
10 7 (0.857%) Fiserv
11 6 (0.734%) Teradata
11 6 (0.734%) Nokia
11 6 (0.734%) Adobe
12 5 (0.612%) Peregrine
Devon
My client is urgently looking to recruit a Business Analyst to work on a large scale systems implementation programme.
Sanderson
Rate: £200 - £250 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Gloucestershire, South West
This role will require the candidate to go through a level of security clearance... We are looking for a self starter who is able to demonstrate excellent stakeholder...
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Rate: £400 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
The successful candidate will possess the following: - Excellent business focussed analysis skills with experience working within a finance environment within Financial Services (Life & Pensions experience preferred) - Excellent team...
Sanderson
Rate: £375 - £425 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Bristol, South West
SAS Business Analyst - Bristol - Up to £350/day! Our Client, a Major Financial Services Organisation, are currently looking for a SAS Business Analyst to work in their Bristol...
Orgtel
Rate: £350 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Gloucestershire
A market leading Bank is urgently looking to recruit a Business Analyst to work on a large scale mortgage migration programme... - Excellent Excel skills and using Pivot Tables -...
Sanderson
Rate: £400 - £440 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Wiltshire, South West
The Information Analyst will work closely with Managers, Clinicians and staff in providing high quality business intelligence information and analysis to support the objectives and business needs. The...
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £160 - £185 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
South West
A proven Business Analyst with demonstrable experience in the Payments sector is required to work on a number of change initiatives for a leading Banking organisation. The ideal...
Lawrence Harvey IT & Change
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
Gloucestershire
The suitable Business Analyst will have the following experience: Strong Excel skills including making pivot tables Documentation experience. Diagrams Analysis and Design excellent stakeholder management Communication Presentations Requirements...
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £440.00 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Gloucester, South West
My client has an urgent and immediate opportunity for a Junior Service Desk Analyst to work on a contract basis for 1 month covering absence to be based...
Rate: £10 - £12 per hour
Posted: 25 April 2013
Swindon, South West
BPMN*Experience delivering and managing requirements specifications *Business Analyst studies and where possible qualifications e.g... Sand Resources is an equal opportunity employer committed to a policy of...
Sand Resources
Rate: £350 - £450 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Bristol, South West
The role is initially a rolling monthly contract with extensions, based in the centre of Bristol with great access to Bristol Temple Meads train station. The Role Providing...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £250.00 - £300.00 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
Gloucestershire, South West
MI Analyst, South West, Banking, SQL/SAS, MI Systems, £200 per day A key banking client in the south west of England urgently requires an MI Analyst for...
Orgtel
Rate: £200 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bristol, South West
My client is a leading Retail Bank that requires an experienced SAS MI Analyst to pick up some project work, details of the role are listed below: Recent...
Real Staffing
Rate: £350 - £450 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
Bournemouth
Ageas 50 is looking for people who innovate and makes sure we succeed in delivering our transformation programme.About the roleWithin the Senior Test Analyst role, you'll...
Ageas 50
Rate: Up to £40,000 plus relocation assistance & benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Bournemouth, Dorset
Put your passion, creativity and your extensive business intelligence/data warehouse analytical skills to work testing a new data warehouse for a company that knows how to inspire...
Ageas 50
Rate: Up to £40,000 plus relocation assistance & benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Swindon, Wiltshire
You will have experience of business change, business transformation, BPR backgrounds with process mapping experience, requirements gathering, gap analysis, requirements capture, workshop facilitation, etc... Very experienced in requirements...
Clarity Resourcing Ltd
Rate: £375 - £400 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
Stonehouse, South West
Data Migration Developer - (Access/Excel)Our client is a major global organisation and is looking for an experienced Access/Excel Analyst/Developer to assist with a data migration...
Claremont Consulting
Rate: £200 - £270 per day
Posted: 10 May 2013
Swindon, Wiltshire
Key skills required are project governance, programme governance, project communication, liaising with senior managers, maintaining plans in Microsoft Project, maintaining & monitoring RAID Logs - Risks, Assumptions, Issues and Dependencies.....
Clarity Resourcing Ltd
Rate: £300 - £335 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
Gloucestershire, South West
Key skills:-Strong SAS-Credit Risk-Financial services-Data Analysis skills-Mortgage experience nice to have Interviews available ASAP via phone or face to face for the right...
Huxley Associates
Rate: £300 - £450 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Bristol £350 - £450 per day 6 Month Initial Contract Skills: SAS BI toolset, v9.1, Web Report Studio, Information Map Studio, Financial Services, Design Documentation production. Our large...
Reed Technology
Rate: £350 - £450 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
South West
Solvency II or regulatory project experience. - Extensive planning experience - defining plans for complex projects, maintaining and tracking changes to complex plans. - Proven track record of successfully delivering PMO...
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £300.00 - £320.00 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013