The first table below looks at the demand for the Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the Suffolk 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 21 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 Suffolk 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Analyst
Rank 1 6 7
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +1
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 59 49 27
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Suffolk 36.88% 19.37% 15.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 38.56% 19.92% 16.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 24 12
Average daily rate £425 £388 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.67% +10.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £319 £325 £230
10% offered a daily rate of more than £470 £443 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 3
Average hourly rate £13.08 £24.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-45.50% +6.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.42 £14.15 £15.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.74 £30.00 £44.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -
All Job Titles
Suffolk
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
153 246 168
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Suffolk 95.63% 97.23% 94.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 132 76
Average daily rate £325 £325 £305
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +6.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £258 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £455 £425 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 26 10
Average hourly rate £12.50 £22.88 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-45.35% +30.71%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.00 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.71 £35.00 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Analyst
East of England

Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region.

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region.

Suffolk Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Analyst
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analyst within the Suffolk region over the 3 months to 21 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
Ipswich +6 30 £425 +13.33%
Bury St Edmunds - 2 £178 -
Lowestoft - 1 - -
Analyst
East of England

Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Suffolk 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 28 (23.73%) System Testing
2 27 (22.88%) Finance
3 24 (20.34%) Test Scripting
4 20 (16.95%) UML
5 18 (15.25%) SQL
5 18 (15.25%) Migration
5 18 (15.25%) User Acceptance Testing
6 16 (13.56%) MS Office
6 16 (13.56%) Data Warehouse
7 15 (12.71%) MS Visio
8 14 (11.86%) Microsoft
9 13 (11.02%) QA
9 13 (11.02%) Use Case
10 10 (8.475%) Data Analysis
10 10 (8.475%) Data Migration
11 9 (7.627%) HP Quality Center
11 9 (7.627%) HP
12 7 (5.932%) ISEB
12 7 (5.932%) Degree
13 6 (5.085%) Requirements Analysis
13 6 (5.085%) Business Analysis
13 6 (5.085%) Agile Software Development
13 6 (5.085%) Integration Testing
13 6 (5.085%) Active Directory
13 6 (5.085%) Stakeholder Management
14 5 (4.237%) Solvency II
15 4 (3.390%) German Language
15 4 (3.390%) General Ledger
15 4 (3.390%) Disaster Recovery
15 4 (3.390%) Sun

Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Suffolk 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 3 (2.542%) XBRL
2 1 (0.847%) HTML
2 1 (0.847%) .NET
2 1 (0.847%) SOAP
2 1 (0.847%) LAMP
2 1 (0.847%) soapUI
Application Platforms
1 2 (1.695%) MS Exchange
2 1 (0.847%) SharePoint
Applications
1 16 (13.56%) MS Office
2 15 (12.71%) MS Visio
3 3 (2.542%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.847%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (13.56%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (3.390%) Data Mining
3 3 (2.542%) SQL Server
3 3 (2.542%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (0.847%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (2.542%) Visual Studio
General
1 27 (22.88%) Finance
2 4 (3.390%) German Language
2 4 (3.390%) General Ledger
3 1 (0.847%) Financial Institution
3 1 (0.847%) Law
3 1 (0.847%) Marketing
3 1 (0.847%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 2 (1.695%) Blackberry
2 1 (0.847%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.695%) GCOS
1 2 (1.695%) Windows
1 2 (1.695%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (23.73%) System Testing
2 24 (20.34%) Test Scripting
3 20 (16.95%) UML
4 18 (15.25%) Migration
4 18 (15.25%) User Acceptance Testing
5 13 (11.02%) Use Case
6 10 (8.475%) Data Analysis
6 10 (8.475%) Data Migration
7 6 (5.085%) Requirements Analysis
7 6 (5.085%) Business Analysis
7 6 (5.085%) Agile Software Development
7 6 (5.085%) Integration Testing
7 6 (5.085%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (3.390%) Disaster Recovery
8 4 (3.390%) Business Intelligence
9 3 (2.542%) GAP Analysis
9 3 (2.542%) Test Management
9 3 (2.542%) Manual Testing
9 3 (2.542%) Waterfall
9 3 (2.542%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 18 (15.25%) SQL
2 2 (1.695%) VB
2 2 (1.695%) C#
3 1 (0.847%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.847%) PHP
3 1 (0.847%) C
Qualifications
1 7 (5.932%) ISEB
1 7 (5.932%) Degree
2 2 (1.695%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (11.02%) QA
2 5 (4.237%) Solvency II
3 1 (0.847%) Data Quality
System Software
1 6 (5.085%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.847%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (7.627%) HP Quality Center
2 3 (2.542%) SCCM
Vendors
1 14 (11.86%) Microsoft
2 9 (7.627%) HP
3 4 (3.390%) Sun
4 2 (1.695%) Kaspersky
5 1 (0.847%) SunGard
5 1 (0.847%) Red Hat
5 1 (0.847%) Salesforce.com
5 1 (0.847%) VMware
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