South West Information Analyst Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the Information 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 Information Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Basingstoke Bath Berkshire Bicester Birkenhead Birmingham Blackburn Bournemouth Bradford Bristol Buckinghamshire Canary Wharf Cheshire City of London Colchester Coventry Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Ellesmere Port England Essex Gloucestershire Hampshire Home Counties Huddersfield Hull Ipswich Kent Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lewes Liverpool London M4 Corridor Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oldham Oxford Oxfordshire Preston Reading Salford Scarborough Shropshire Somerset South East South West South Yorkshire Staffordshire Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey Swindon Tadworth Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Warrington Warwickshire West Midlands West Yorkshire Weston-super-Mare Wigan Wiltshire Windsor York Yorkshire	3 months to 20 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	107	142
Rank change on same period last year	+35
Matching contract IT job ads	35	27
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.046 %	0.027 %
As % of the category below	0.802 %	0.470 %
Daily rates quoted	5	2
Average minimum daily rate	£430	£225
Average daily rate	£460	£250
% change on same period last year	+84.00 %
Average maximum daily rate	£490	£275
UK excluding London average daily rate	£252	£276
% change on same period last year	-8.80 %
Hourly rates quoted	6	6
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.33	£20.61
Average hourly rate	£21.92	£22.77
% change on same period last year	-3.76 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£23.50	£24.94
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.61	£21.42
% change on same period last year	+5.56 %
Job Titles South West
Matching contract IT job ads	4362	5750
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	5.756 %	5.727 %
Daily rates quoted	1402	1536
Average minimum daily rate	£348	£341
Average daily rate	£370	£360
% change on same period last year	+2.85 %
Average maximum daily rate	£393	£379
UK excluding London average daily rate	£355	£354
% change on same period last year	+0.35 %
Hourly rates quoted	578	696
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.34	£24.90
Average hourly rate	£27.23	£26.57
% change on same period last year	+2.47 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£29.11	£28.24
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.68	£25.69
% change on same period last year	-7.85 %
Information Analyst England

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 Information 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 Information 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 Information Analyst across the South West region over the 3 months to 20 August 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 Information Analyst across the South West region.

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Information Analyst across the South West region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Information Analyst within the South West region over the 3 months to 20 August 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
Somerset	+10	4	-	-
Bristol	+4	3	-	-
Devon	-	2	£425	-
Dorset	-	1	£300	-
Gloucestershire	-7	1	-	-
Wiltshire	-1	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region that cited Information 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 Information Analyst in their job title.

1 60 (72.29 %) NHS 2 41 (49.40 %) SQL 3 13 (15.66 %) MS Excel 4 12 (14.46 %) Finance 5 10 (12.05 %) Health 5 10 (12.05 %) VBA 6 8 (9.639 %) Data Analysis 7 7 (8.434 %) SQL Server 8 6 (7.229 %) MS Office 8 6 (7.229 %) Microsoft 9 5 (6.024 %) Transact-SQL 9 5 (6.024 %) Data Modelling 9 5 (6.024 %) Information Security 10 4 (4.819 %) Information Management 10 4 (4.819 %) Performance Management

10 4 (4.819 %) Datawarehouse 10 4 (4.819 %) Cerner 11 3 (3.614 %) Management Information System 11 3 (3.614 %) BusinessObjects 11 3 (3.614 %) MS Access 11 3 (3.614 %) Business Objects 12 2 (2.410 %) Visual Studio 12 2 (2.410 %) VB 12 2 (2.410 %) Crystal Reports 12 2 (2.410 %) ITIL 12 2 (2.410 %) Degree 12 2 (2.410 %) Business Analysis 12 2 (2.410 %) IT Governance 13 1 (1.205 %) Risk Assessment 13 1 (1.205 %) SQL Server Reporting Services

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms 1 1 (1.205 %) SharePoint	Applications 1 13 (15.66 %) MS Excel 2 6 (7.229 %) MS Office
Business Applications 1 1 (1.205 %) Cerner Millennium	Database & Business Intelligence 1 7 (8.434 %) SQL Server 2 4 (4.819 %) Datawarehouse 3 3 (3.614 %) BusinessObjects 3 3 (3.614 %) MS Access 4 2 (2.410 %) Crystal Reports 5 1 (1.205 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 5 1 (1.205 %) Data Mining
Development Applications 1 2 (2.410 %) Visual Studio	General 1 12 (14.46 %) Finance 2 10 (12.05 %) Health 3 1 (1.205 %) Insurance 3 1 (1.205 %) Pensions 3 1 (1.205 %) Education 3 1 (1.205 %) Government
Miscellaneous 1 60 (72.29 %) NHS 2 3 (3.614 %) Management Information System 3 1 (1.205 %) Freedom of Information	Processes & Methodologies 1 8 (9.639 %) Data Analysis 2 5 (6.024 %) Data Modelling 2 5 (6.024 %) Information Security 3 4 (4.819 %) Information Management 3 4 (4.819 %) Performance Management 4 2 (2.410 %) ITIL 4 2 (2.410 %) Business Analysis 4 2 (2.410 %) IT Governance 5 1 (1.205 %) Risk Assessment 5 1 (1.205 %) Project Planning 5 1 (1.205 %) Statistical Analysis 5 1 (1.205 %) Data Protection 5 1 (1.205 %) Security Cleared 5 1 (1.205 %) Business Intelligence 5 1 (1.205 %) Benchmarking 5 1 (1.205 %) Project Management 5 1 (1.205 %) Service Management 5 1 (1.205 %) CMMI 5 1 (1.205 %) ITSM 5 1 (1.205 %) Data Security
Programming Languages 1 41 (49.40 %) SQL 2 10 (12.05 %) VBA 3 5 (6.024 %) Transact-SQL 4 2 (2.410 %) VB 5 1 (1.205 %) C++	Qualifications 1 2 (2.410 %) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (1.205 %) QA 1 1 (1.205 %) ISO9000	Vendors 1 6 (7.229 %) Microsoft 2 4 (4.819 %) Cerner 3 3 (3.614 %) Business Objects 4 1 (1.205 %) SAP