South West Change Analyst Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Change Analyst role in IT contracts within the South West region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Change Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Basildon Benfleet Berkshire Buckinghamshire Canary Wharf Canterbury Channel Islands Cheshire Chester City of London Coventry Croydon Docklands, London East Anglia East of England Edinburgh England Essex Feltham Glasgow Great Yarmouth Hampshire Hertfordshire Jersey Kent Leeds Liverpool Livingston London Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Milton Keynes Norfolk North Wales North West Norwich Reading Sandwich Scotland South East South West Staines Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey Swindon Thames Valley UK Wales West Lothian West Midlands West Yorkshire Wigan Wiltshire Windsor Wolverhampton Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	131	141
Rank change on same period last year	+10
Matching contract IT job ads	4	22
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.006 %	0.024 %
As % of the category below	0.101 %	0.410 %
Daily rates quoted	2	18
Average minimum daily rate	£375	£253
Average daily rate	£413	£272
% change on same period last year	+51.84 %
Average maximum daily rate	£450	£291
UK excluding London average daily rate	£306	£276
% change on same period last year	+10.94 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£18.09	£14.60
% change on same period last year	+23.90 %
Job Titles South West
Matching contract IT job ads	3950	5371
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	6.222 %	5.755 %
Daily rates quoted	1138	1373
Average minimum daily rate	£346	£342
Average daily rate	£367	£362
% change on same period last year	+1.61 %
Average maximum daily rate	£389	£381
UK excluding London average daily rate	£353	£351
% change on same period last year	+0.72 %
Hourly rates quoted	557	675
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.34	£25.38
Average hourly rate	£24.90	£27.00
% change on same period last year	-7.79 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.46	£28.63
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.37	£24.42
% change on same period last year	-4.31 %
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We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Change Analyst across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Change Analyst across the South West region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Change Analyst within the South West region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Wiltshire	-6	3	£413	+73.31 %

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region that cited Change 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 Change Analyst in their job title.

1 17 (77.27 %) Change Management 2 7 (31.82 %) ITIL 3 6 (27.27 %) Telecoms 3 6 (27.27 %) Finance 4 5 (22.73 %) MS Excel 5 4 (18.18 %) SC Cleared 5 4 (18.18 %) Security Cleared 6 3 (13.64 %) Banking 6 3 (13.64 %) Retail 6 3 (13.64 %) Microsoft 6 3 (13.64 %) ITIL Certification 6 3 (13.64 %) MS Office 7 2 (9.091 %) Visual Studio 7 2 (9.091 %) PRINCE2 7 2 (9.091 %) SQL

7 2 (9.091 %) VB.NET 7 2 (9.091 %) .NET 7 2 (9.091 %) SQL Server 7 2 (9.091 %) Multimedia 7 2 (9.091 %) Government 7 2 (9.091 %) BC Cleared 7 2 (9.091 %) SQL Server 2005 7 2 (9.091 %) Incident Management 8 1 (4.545 %) IT Governance 8 1 (4.545 %) Retail Banking 8 1 (4.545 %) Project Planning 8 1 (4.545 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 8 1 (4.545 %) Systems Analysis 8 1 (4.545 %) Business Analysis 8 1 (4.545 %) Service Management

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region that cited Change 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 Change Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 2 (9.091 %) .NET	Applications 1 5 (22.73 %) MS Excel 2 3 (13.64 %) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence 1 2 (9.091 %) SQL Server 1 2 (9.091 %) SQL Server 2005 2 1 (4.545 %) MS Access 2 1 (4.545 %) SQL Server Reporting Services	Development Applications 1 2 (9.091 %) Visual Studio
General 1 6 (27.27 %) Telecoms 1 6 (27.27 %) Finance 2 3 (13.64 %) Banking 2 3 (13.64 %) Retail 3 2 (9.091 %) Multimedia 3 2 (9.091 %) Government 4 1 (4.545 %) Education 4 1 (4.545 %) Retail Banking	Processes & Methodologies 1 17 (77.27 %) Change Management 2 7 (31.82 %) ITIL 3 4 (18.18 %) SC Cleared 3 4 (18.18 %) Security Cleared 4 2 (9.091 %) BC Cleared 4 2 (9.091 %) PRINCE2 4 2 (9.091 %) Incident Management 5 1 (4.545 %) IT Governance 5 1 (4.545 %) Project Planning 5 1 (4.545 %) Systems Analysis 5 1 (4.545 %) Business Analysis 5 1 (4.545 %) PRINCE 5 1 (4.545 %) Configuration Management 5 1 (4.545 %) Service Management 5 1 (4.545 %) Quality Management
Programming Languages 1 2 (9.091 %) SQL 1 2 (9.091 %) VB.NET 2 1 (4.545 %) C	Qualifications 1 3 (13.64 %) ITIL Certification
Vendors 1 3 (13.64 %) Microsoft 2 1 (4.545 %) SAP 2 1 (4.545 %) Unisys