The first table below looks at the demand for Data Analysis skills in IT contracts advertised for the Staffordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Data Analysis over the 3 months to 24 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Staffordshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Data Analysis
Rank - - 37
Contract jobs citing Data Analysis 0 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staffordshire - - 0.461%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - 0.741%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 £340
% change year-on-year
-7.14% +2.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £6.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £21.75 £21.79
% change year-on-year
-12.64% -0.18%
All Processes & Methodologies
Staffordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
63 144 135
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staffordshire 75.00% 66.67% 62.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 57 50
Average daily rate £325 £290 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.06% -3.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £231 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £370 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 10 5
Average hourly rate £21.29 £20.26 £24.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.10% -18.16%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Data Analysis
West Midlands

Data Analysis
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Data Analysis across the Staffordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Staffordshire Data Analysis Jobs Demand Trend

Data Analysis
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Data Analysis across the Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire Data Analysis Daily Rate Trend

Data Analysis
Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire region citing Data Analysis also 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 that cited Data Analysis.

1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (100.00%) SAS
1 1 (100.00%) Base SAS
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics

Data Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire region citing Data Analysis also 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 that cited Data Analysis. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Base SAS
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Report Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) MI Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
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Posted: 23 May 2013