The first table below looks at the demand for the Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the Stirling region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited 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 Stirling 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
Analyst
Rank 3 5 2
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -3
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 33 10 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Stirling 30.00% 26.32% 27.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 32.67% 27.03% 27.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 2 11
Average daily rate £350 £308 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.82% -18.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £302 £258
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £314 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £15.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -
All Job Titles
Stirling
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
101 37 68
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Stirling 91.82% 97.37% 97.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 20 42
Average daily rate £400 £333 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.30% -21.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £138 £340
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £448 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 1
Average hourly rate £14.00 - £7.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Analyst
Scotland

Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Stirling Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

Stirling Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Stirling Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Stirling Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 17 (43.59%) Finance
1 17 (43.59%) Banking
2 14 (35.90%) SQL
3 11 (28.21%) Investment Banking
3 11 (28.21%) Test Scripting
4 7 (17.95%) Cadis
4 7 (17.95%) WebSphere
4 7 (17.95%) Business Analysis
4 7 (17.95%) SQL Server
4 7 (17.95%) XML
4 7 (17.95%) MS Visio
4 7 (17.95%) HP
4 7 (17.95%) WebSphere MQ
4 7 (17.95%) Control-M
4 7 (17.95%) QuickTest Pro
5 6 (15.38%) Agile Software Development
5 6 (15.38%) Back Office
5 6 (15.38%) User Acceptance Testing
5 6 (15.38%) Pega
6 5 (12.82%) Selenium
6 5 (12.82%) Use Case
6 5 (12.82%) MiFID
6 5 (12.82%) Automated Testing
6 5 (12.82%) ISEB
6 5 (12.82%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (12.82%) UML
7 4 (10.26%) TOAD
7 4 (10.26%) IBM
7 4 (10.26%) Project Management
7 4 (10.26%) XML Messaging

Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 7 (17.95%) XML
1 7 (17.95%) WebSphere
2 4 (10.26%) XML Messaging
3 2 (5.128%) Web Services
4 1 (2.564%) .NET
4 1 (2.564%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 7 (17.95%) WebSphere MQ
2 3 (7.692%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.564%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 7 (17.95%) MS Visio
2 3 (7.692%) MS PowerPoint
3 2 (5.128%) MS Excel
4 1 (2.564%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.564%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (17.95%) SQL Server
2 5 (12.82%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (10.26%) TOAD
4 1 (2.564%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 7 (17.95%) QuickTest Pro
2 5 (12.82%) Selenium
General
1 17 (43.59%) Finance
1 17 (43.59%) Banking
2 11 (28.21%) Investment Banking
3 6 (15.38%) Back Office
4 1 (2.564%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.26%) Reference Data
2 3 (7.692%) Derivative
3 2 (5.128%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.564%) Fixed Income
4 1 (2.564%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.564%) Windows
1 1 (2.564%) Windows XP
1 1 (2.564%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (28.21%) Test Scripting
2 7 (17.95%) Business Analysis
3 6 (15.38%) Agile Software Development
3 6 (15.38%) User Acceptance Testing
4 5 (12.82%) Automated Testing
4 5 (12.82%) Use Case
4 5 (12.82%) UML
5 4 (10.26%) Project Management
6 3 (7.692%) Process Management
6 3 (7.692%) Data Modelling
6 3 (7.692%) Data Management
6 3 (7.692%) Workflow
6 3 (7.692%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (7.692%) Scrum
6 3 (7.692%) Programme Management
6 3 (7.692%) Test Management
6 3 (7.692%) Time Management
7 1 (2.564%) Test Automation
7 1 (2.564%) Manual Testing
7 1 (2.564%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 14 (35.90%) SQL
2 2 (5.128%) Java
2 2 (5.128%) VBA
3 1 (2.564%) C#
3 1 (2.564%) VB
Qualifications
1 5 (12.82%) ISEB
2 1 (2.564%) ISTQB
2 1 (2.564%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (12.82%) MiFID
2 1 (2.564%) QA
Systems Management
1 7 (17.95%) Control-M
2 3 (7.692%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 7 (17.95%) HP
1 7 (17.95%) Cadis
2 6 (15.38%) Pega
3 4 (10.26%) IBM
4 3 (7.692%) Capita
5 2 (5.128%) Sybase
5 2 (5.128%) Reuters
5 2 (5.128%) Bloomberg
6 1 (2.564%) Microsoft
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