South West Project Analyst Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the Project 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 job ads that have cited Project Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Alderley Edge Basingstoke Berkshire Birmingham Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Channel Islands Chertsey Cheshire City of London Coventry Docklands, London Dorset East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Hampshire Harrogate Hertfordshire Ipswich Jersey Kent Leeds Lincolnshire London Macclesfield Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury North West North Yorkshire Nottinghamshire Peterborough Reading Rickmansworth Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough South East South West South Yorkshire Southampton Suffolk Surrey Swindon Telford UK Uxbridge Wales Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Windsor Worcester Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	111	126
Rank change on same period last year	+15
Matching contract IT job ads	22	32
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.029 %	0.034 %
As % of the category below	0.524 %	0.605 %
Daily rates quoted	10	9
Average minimum daily rate	£279	£330
Average daily rate	£289	£349
% change on same period last year	-17.29 %
Average maximum daily rate	£299	£369
UK excluding London average daily rate	£283	£296
% change on same period last year	-4.48 %
Hourly rates quoted	3	4
Average minimum hourly rate	£16.00	£24.13
Average hourly rate	£16.17	£25.38
% change on same period last year	-36.28 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£16.33	£26.63
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£21.16	£26.64
% change on same period last year	-20.57 %
Job Titles South West
Matching contract IT job ads	4196	5285
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	5.533 %	5.606 %
Daily rates quoted	1420	1381
Average minimum daily rate	£348	£337
Average daily rate	£371	£356
% change on same period last year	+4.35 %
Average maximum daily rate	£394	£374
UK excluding London average daily rate	£361	£352
% change on same period last year	+2.55 %
Hourly rates quoted	498	706
Average minimum hourly rate	£24.28	£25.23
Average hourly rate	£25.99	£27.00
% change on same period last year	-3.76 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£27.69	£28.77
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.28	£26.07
% change on same period last year	-10.69 %
Project 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 Project 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 Project 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 Project Analyst across the South West region over the 3 months to 4 July 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 Project 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 Project Analyst across the South West region over the 3 months to 4 July 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 job ads citing Project Analyst within the South West region over the 3 months to 4 July 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	-3	11	£340	-5.55 %
Bristol	+7	6	£253	-32.21 %
Gloucestershire	+4	2	£180	-40.00 %
Dorset	+7	1	-	-

Project Analyst England

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region that cited Project 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 Project Analyst in their job title.

1 34 (51.52 %) Finance 2 17 (25.76 %) MS Project 3 15 (22.73 %) Project Management 3 15 (22.73 %) PRINCE2 4 12 (18.18 %) Business Analysis 5 10 (15.15 %) MS Office 5 10 (15.15 %) MS Excel 6 9 (13.64 %) Insurance 7 8 (12.12 %) Security Cleared 8 7 (10.61 %) Pensions 9 6 (9.091 %) SC Cleared 10 5 (7.576 %) MS PowerPoint 10 5 (7.576 %) Retail 10 5 (7.576 %) Project Planning 11 4 (6.061 %) Thunderhead

11 4 (6.061 %) DSDM 11 4 (6.061 %) PRINCE 11 4 (6.061 %) Microsoft 11 4 (6.061 %) Wealth Management 11 4 (6.061 %) User Acceptance Testing 11 4 (6.061 %) Test Scripting 12 3 (4.545 %) ISEB 12 3 (4.545 %) ITIL 12 3 (4.545 %) Service Delivery 12 3 (4.545 %) Government 12 3 (4.545 %) Programme Management 13 2 (3.030 %) Banking 13 2 (3.030 %) IBM 13 2 (3.030 %) ACCA 13 2 (3.030 %) PRINCE2 Certification

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region that cited Project 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 Project Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms 1 1 (1.515 %) SharePoint 1 1 (1.515 %) Office Project Server	Applications 1 17 (25.76 %) MS Project 2 10 (15.15 %) MS Office 2 10 (15.15 %) MS Excel 3 5 (7.576 %) MS PowerPoint 4 2 (3.030 %) Open Workbench 4 2 (3.030 %) CA Clarity 5 1 (1.515 %) MS Visio 5 1 (1.515 %) Niku Workbench
General 1 34 (51.52 %) Finance 2 9 (13.64 %) Insurance 3 7 (10.61 %) Pensions 4 5 (7.576 %) Retail 5 3 (4.545 %) Government 6 2 (3.030 %) Banking 7 1 (1.515 %) Military 7 1 (1.515 %) Marketing	Miscellaneous 1 1 (1.515 %) NHS
Processes & Methodologies 1 15 (22.73 %) PRINCE2 1 15 (22.73 %) Project Management 2 12 (18.18 %) Business Analysis 3 8 (12.12 %) Security Cleared 4 6 (9.091 %) SC Cleared 5 5 (7.576 %) Project Planning 6 4 (6.061 %) Wealth Management 6 4 (6.061 %) User Acceptance Testing 6 4 (6.061 %) Test Scripting 6 4 (6.061 %) DSDM 6 4 (6.061 %) PRINCE 7 3 (4.545 %) Service Delivery 7 3 (4.545 %) ITIL 7 3 (4.545 %) Programme Management 8 2 (3.030 %) Balanced Scorecard 9 1 (1.515 %) Migration 9 1 (1.515 %) Stakeholder Management 9 1 (1.515 %) Change Management 9 1 (1.515 %) GAP Analysis 9 1 (1.515 %) Service Management	Programming Languages 1 1 (1.515 %) C
Qualifications 1 3 (4.545 %) ISEB 2 2 (3.030 %) PRINCE2 Certification 2 2 (3.030 %) PMP 2 2 (3.030 %) PMI Certification 2 2 (3.030 %) ACCA 3 1 (1.515 %) Degree	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (3.030 %) QA 2 1 (1.515 %) SLA
Vendors 1 4 (6.061 %) Microsoft 1 4 (6.061 %) Thunderhead 2 2 (3.030 %) Niku 2 2 (3.030 %) IBM 3 1 (1.515 %) Oracle