The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior 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 Senior Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Analyst
Rank 88 91 75
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -16
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Analyst 27 48 42
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 1.318% 1.448% 1.499%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.399% 1.557% 1.588%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 34 24
Average daily rate £355 £378 £361
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.96% +4.49%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £284 £310 £266
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £450 £502
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 £375 £355
% change year-on-year
+3.33% +5.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 3
Average hourly rate - £41.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +130.55%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.50 £25.00 £21.79
% change year-on-year
-46.00% +14.73%
All Job Titles
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1930 3082 2645
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 94.24% 93.00% 94.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1158 1838 1307
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 £223 £228 £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 138 193 247
Average hourly rate £15.40 £23.88 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-35.49% +13.69%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £12.50 £12.29
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £37.50 £38.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Senior Analyst
England

Senior Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West Senior Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West Senior Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Senior Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Senior Analyst across the South West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South West Senior Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Senior Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West Senior Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Senior Analyst
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Analyst within the South West region over the 3 months to 17 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
Wiltshire +8 10 £390 +4.00%
Bristol -2 9 £338 -12.33%
Dorset - 3 £350 -
Somerset -1 2 £275 -14.06%
Gloucestershire +26 1 £375 -2.08%
Senior Analyst
England

Senior Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region that cited Senior 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 Senior Analyst in their job title.

1 31 (38.75%) Finance
2 25 (31.25%) SQL
3 21 (26.25%) Oracle
3 21 (26.25%) Microsoft
3 21 (26.25%) ISEB
4 20 (25.00%) ITIL
5 18 (22.50%) Security Cleared
6 17 (21.25%) SharePoint
7 16 (20.00%) Banking
7 16 (20.00%) UML
7 16 (20.00%) .NET
7 16 (20.00%) C#
8 15 (18.75%) SAP
9 14 (17.50%) ASP.NET
9 14 (17.50%) XML
9 14 (17.50%) HTML
9 14 (17.50%) JavaScript
9 14 (17.50%) IIS
9 14 (17.50%) Test Scripting
10 13 (16.25%) SC Cleared
10 13 (16.25%) SQL Server
10 13 (16.25%) Java
10 13 (16.25%) C++
10 13 (16.25%) VB
10 13 (16.25%) VB.NET
10 13 (16.25%) ASP
10 13 (16.25%) UNIX
11 12 (15.00%) HP
11 12 (15.00%) Ingres
11 12 (15.00%) Retail

Senior Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region that cited Senior 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 Senior Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 16 (20.00%) .NET
2 14 (17.50%) ASP.NET
2 14 (17.50%) XML
2 14 (17.50%) HTML
3 13 (16.25%) ASP
4 10 (12.50%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 17 (21.25%) SharePoint
2 14 (17.50%) IIS
3 9 (11.25%) OpenROAD
4 5 (6.250%) SAS
Applications
1 7 (8.750%) MS Project
1 7 (8.750%) MS Visio
2 5 (6.250%) MS Excel
3 1 (1.250%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (1.250%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 3 (3.750%) Lawson
1 3 (3.750%) SAP HR
1 3 (3.750%) SAP Payroll
2 2 (2.500%) SAP HCM
3 1 (1.250%) PeopleSoft HRMS
3 1 (1.250%) assyst
Communications & Networking
1 8 (10.00%) Firewall
2 7 (8.750%) Wireless
3 6 (7.500%) Cisco ASA
3 6 (7.500%) VPN
4 5 (6.250%) MPLS
4 5 (6.250%) Unified Communications
4 5 (6.250%) FWSM
4 5 (6.250%) IP Telephony
4 5 (6.250%) Cisco IPT
5 4 (5.000%) Cisco Nexus
5 4 (5.000%) OSPF
5 4 (5.000%) BGP
6 3 (3.750%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (2.500%) LAN
7 2 (2.500%) WAN
7 2 (2.500%) Network Security
8 1 (1.250%) HTTP
8 1 (1.250%) VoIP
8 1 (1.250%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (16.25%) SQL Server
2 12 (15.00%) Ingres
3 8 (10.00%) SQLPlus
4 4 (5.000%) SAP BW
5 2 (2.500%) MS Access
5 2 (2.500%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (1.250%) Oracle Discoverer
6 1 (1.250%) SQL Server 2005
6 1 (1.250%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 8 (10.00%) NUnit
1 8 (10.00%) MSTest
2 6 (7.500%) Team Foundation Server
2 6 (7.500%) QuickTest Pro
3 5 (6.250%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 5 (6.250%) CruiseControl
3 5 (6.250%) Subversion
3 5 (6.250%) Jenkins
3 5 (6.250%) TeamCity
4 3 (3.750%) JIRA
4 3 (3.750%) JMeter
5 2 (2.500%) Selenium
6 1 (1.250%) ProC
6 1 (1.250%) WebDriver
General
1 31 (38.75%) Finance
2 16 (20.00%) Banking
3 12 (15.00%) Retail
4 8 (10.00%) Retail Banking
5 2 (2.500%) Investment Banking
5 2 (2.500%) Marketing
6 1 (1.250%) General Ledger
6 1 (1.250%) Corporate Banking
6 1 (1.250%) Back Office
6 1 (1.250%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (2.500%) EFT
1 2 (2.500%) Credit Risk
1 2 (2.500%) SWIFT
2 1 (1.250%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (1.250%) NHS
2 1 (1.250%) Statistics
2 1 (1.250%) Online Banking
2 1 (1.250%) Mathematics
2 1 (1.250%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 13 (16.25%) UNIX
2 3 (3.750%) Windows
3 1 (1.250%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (25.00%) ITIL
2 16 (20.00%) UML
3 14 (17.50%) Test Scripting
4 12 (15.00%) Software Testing
5 9 (11.25%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (11.25%) Unit Testing
6 8 (10.00%) Business Analysis
6 8 (10.00%) PRINCE2
6 8 (10.00%) Test Strategy
7 7 (8.750%) Change Management
8 6 (7.500%) Service Delivery
8 6 (7.500%) Network Management
8 6 (7.500%) Continuous Integration
9 5 (6.250%) Project Planning
9 5 (6.250%) Data Analysis
10 4 (5.000%) Agile Software Development
10 4 (5.000%) Systems Analysis
10 4 (5.000%) Requirements Analysis
10 4 (5.000%) User Acceptance Testing
10 4 (5.000%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (31.25%) SQL
2 16 (20.00%) C#
3 14 (17.50%) JavaScript
4 13 (16.25%) C++
4 13 (16.25%) Java
4 13 (16.25%) VB
4 13 (16.25%) VB.NET
5 4 (5.000%) ABAP
6 2 (2.500%) VBA
6 2 (2.500%) C
7 1 (1.250%) SAS Macro
7 1 (1.250%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (26.25%) ISEB
2 18 (22.50%) Security Cleared
3 13 (16.25%) SC Cleared
4 10 (12.50%) ISTQB
5 4 (5.000%) ISEB Practitioner
5 4 (5.000%) Degree
6 3 (3.750%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (3.750%) MCTS
6 3 (3.750%) MCPD
6 3 (3.750%) MCP
7 1 (1.250%) CCNP
7 1 (1.250%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.250%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.250%) PCI DSS
1 1 (1.250%) FATCA
Systems Management
1 8 (10.00%) HP Quality Center
2 4 (5.000%) CiscoWorks
3 3 (3.750%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 21 (26.25%) Oracle
1 21 (26.25%) Microsoft
2 15 (18.75%) SAP
3 12 (15.00%) HP
4 6 (7.500%) Cisco
4 6 (7.500%) Nokia
4 6 (7.500%) CheckPoint
5 5 (6.250%) IronPort
6 4 (5.000%) CA
6 4 (5.000%) SolarWinds
6 4 (5.000%) IBM
7 3 (3.750%) Kronos
7 3 (3.750%) Blue Coat
7 3 (3.750%) Fiserv
8 2 (2.500%) Fundtech
8 2 (2.500%) Casewise
9 1 (1.250%) PeopleSoft
9 1 (1.250%) Qualys
9 1 (1.250%) BMC
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