The first table below looks at the demand for the Technical 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 Technical 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
Technical Analyst
Rank 103 119 102
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -17
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Analyst 8 20 18
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.388% 0.606% 0.652%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.413% 0.651% 0.691%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 8 10
Average daily rate £343 £381 £431
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.16% -11.59%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £248 £273 £307
10% offered a daily rate of more than £377 £427 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £339 £350 £275
% change year-on-year
-3.21% +27.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 0
Average hourly rate - £41.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £21.50 £18.50
% change year-on-year
-30.23% +16.21%
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%
Technical Analyst
England

Technical Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West Technical Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Technical Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West Technical Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Technical Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

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

South West Technical Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Technical Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West Technical Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Technical Analyst
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Technical 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
Wiltshire +5 4 £370 -7.50%
Bristol +10 2 £320 -8.57%
Gloucestershire +30 1 £343 -19.88%
Dorset +1 1 - -
Technical Analyst
England

Technical Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region that cited Technical 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 Technical Analyst in their job title.

1 8 (42.11%) Finance
1 8 (42.11%) MS Excel
2 6 (31.58%) SQL
3 5 (26.32%) Microsoft
4 4 (21.05%) Agile Software Development
4 4 (21.05%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (21.05%) SQL Server
4 4 (21.05%) VBA
5 3 (15.79%) .NET
5 3 (15.79%) Windows
5 3 (15.79%) Active Directory
5 3 (15.79%) Change Management
5 3 (15.79%) Business Analysis
5 3 (15.79%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (10.53%) Requirements Analysis
6 2 (10.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (10.53%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
6 2 (10.53%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 2 (10.53%) SQL Server 2008
6 2 (10.53%) Banking
6 2 (10.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (10.53%) Systems Analysis
6 2 (10.53%) VB
6 2 (10.53%) C#
6 2 (10.53%) Java
6 2 (10.53%) PHP
6 2 (10.53%) Business Objects
6 2 (10.53%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (10.53%) SLA
6 2 (10.53%) ETL

Technical 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 Technical 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 Technical Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (15.79%) .NET
2 1 (5.263%) ASP.NET
2 1 (5.263%) COM
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.263%) MS Exchange
1 1 (5.263%) SharePoint
1 1 (5.263%) SAS
1 1 (5.263%) BizTalk Server
1 1 (5.263%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
1 1 (5.263%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (5.263%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 8 (42.11%) MS Excel
2 1 (5.263%) MS Visio
2 1 (5.263%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (5.263%) PeopleSoft HRMS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.263%) VoIP
1 1 (5.263%) WLAN
1 1 (5.263%) DHCP
1 1 (5.263%) TCP/IP
1 1 (5.263%) DNS
1 1 (5.263%) Wireless
1 1 (5.263%) Network Security
1 1 (5.263%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (21.05%) SQL Server
2 2 (10.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (10.53%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
2 2 (10.53%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 2 (10.53%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (10.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (5.263%) MS Access
3 1 (5.263%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (5.263%) SAP Data Services
3 1 (5.263%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 8 (42.11%) Finance
2 2 (10.53%) Banking
3 1 (5.263%) Retail
3 1 (5.263%) Back Office
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.263%) Management Information System
1 1 (5.263%) Blackberry
1 1 (5.263%) Mainframe
1 1 (5.263%) Video Conferencing
1 1 (5.263%) Data Extraction
Operating Systems
1 3 (15.79%) Windows
2 2 (10.53%) Windows XP
3 1 (5.263%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (5.263%) Windows 7
3 1 (5.263%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (21.05%) Agile Software Development
1 4 (21.05%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (15.79%) Change Management
2 3 (15.79%) Business Analysis
2 3 (15.79%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (10.53%) Requirements Analysis
3 2 (10.53%) Systems Analysis
3 2 (10.53%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (10.53%) ETL
4 1 (5.263%) Data Modelling
4 1 (5.263%) ITIL
4 1 (5.263%) UML
4 1 (5.263%) SSADM
4 1 (5.263%) DSDM
4 1 (5.263%) Validation
4 1 (5.263%) Migration
4 1 (5.263%) GAP Analysis
4 1 (5.263%) Data Security
4 1 (5.263%) Risk Management
4 1 (5.263%) Process Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (31.58%) SQL
2 4 (21.05%) VBA
3 2 (10.53%) VB
3 2 (10.53%) C#
3 2 (10.53%) Java
3 2 (10.53%) PHP
Qualifications
1 1 (5.263%) MCP
1 1 (5.263%) MCSE
1 1 (5.263%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (5.263%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (5.263%) Security Cleared
1 1 (5.263%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.53%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (15.79%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.263%) XenApp
2 1 (5.263%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (5.263%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 5 (26.32%) Microsoft
2 2 (10.53%) Business Objects
3 1 (5.263%) Cisco
3 1 (5.263%) Oracle
3 1 (5.263%) PeopleSoft
3 1 (5.263%) VMware
3 1 (5.263%) Citrix
3 1 (5.263%) Symantec