The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the Taunton 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 19 June 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 Taunton 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Analyst
Rank 17 13 15
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +2
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Analyst 1 7 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Taunton 1.563% 11.67% 6.383%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.754% 12.07% 7.143%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 3
Average daily rate - £315 £263
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +20.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £363 £350
% change year-on-year
+10.34% +3.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £17.00 £21.86
% change year-on-year
- -22.23%
All Job Titles
Taunton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
57 58 42
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Taunton 89.06% 96.67% 89.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 33 18
Average daily rate £325 £375 £280
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.33% +33.92%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £306 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £430 £421 £388
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 3
Average hourly rate £10.58 £13.00 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-18.61% -3.70%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £13.00 £11.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.88 £13.00 £14.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
Senior Analyst
Somerset

Senior Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Taunton 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 Taunton region.

Taunton Senior Analyst Daily Rate Trend

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 Taunton region.

Taunton Senior Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Senior Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Taunton 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 6 (60.00%) C#
1 6 (60.00%) .NET
1 6 (60.00%) SharePoint
1 6 (60.00%) Team Foundation Server
2 5 (50.00%) MSTest
2 5 (50.00%) TeamCity
2 5 (50.00%) Jenkins
2 5 (50.00%) ISEB
2 5 (50.00%) ITIL
2 5 (50.00%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 5 (50.00%) NUnit
2 5 (50.00%) CruiseControl
2 5 (50.00%) Subversion
3 4 (40.00%) ISTQB
3 4 (40.00%) Test Scripting
3 4 (40.00%) SAP
3 4 (40.00%) ASP
3 4 (40.00%) ASP.NET
3 4 (40.00%) XML
3 4 (40.00%) Oracle
3 4 (40.00%) C++
3 4 (40.00%) HTML
3 4 (40.00%) Java
3 4 (40.00%) JavaScript
3 4 (40.00%) SQL
3 4 (40.00%) VB
3 4 (40.00%) VB.NET
3 4 (40.00%) UML
3 4 (40.00%) QuickTest Pro
3 4 (40.00%) Ingres

Senior Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Taunton 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 6 (60.00%) .NET
2 4 (40.00%) ASP
2 4 (40.00%) ASP.NET
2 4 (40.00%) XML
2 4 (40.00%) HTML
3 1 (10.00%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 6 (60.00%) SharePoint
2 4 (40.00%) IIS
3 1 (10.00%) OpenROAD
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) assyst
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (40.00%) Ingres
2 2 (20.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (10.00%) SQLPlus
3 1 (10.00%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 6 (60.00%) Team Foundation Server
2 5 (50.00%) MSTest
2 5 (50.00%) TeamCity
2 5 (50.00%) Jenkins
2 5 (50.00%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 5 (50.00%) NUnit
2 5 (50.00%) CruiseControl
2 5 (50.00%) Subversion
3 4 (40.00%) QuickTest Pro
4 2 (20.00%) Selenium
5 1 (10.00%) WebDriver
Operating Systems
1 4 (40.00%) UNIX
2 2 (20.00%) Windows
3 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) ITIL
2 4 (40.00%) Test Scripting
2 4 (40.00%) UML
3 3 (30.00%) Test Strategy
3 3 (30.00%) PRINCE2
3 3 (30.00%) Continuous Integration
3 3 (30.00%) Unit Testing
3 3 (30.00%) Software Testing
4 2 (20.00%) Project Planning
5 1 (10.00%) Test Automation
5 1 (10.00%) Process Improvement
5 1 (10.00%) Configuration Management
5 1 (10.00%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (10.00%) Service Management
5 1 (10.00%) Service Delivery
5 1 (10.00%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 6 (60.00%) C#
2 4 (40.00%) C++
2 4 (40.00%) Java
2 4 (40.00%) JavaScript
2 4 (40.00%) SQL
2 4 (40.00%) VB
2 4 (40.00%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) ISEB
2 4 (40.00%) ISTQB
2 4 (40.00%) SC Cleared
2 4 (40.00%) Security Cleared
3 3 (30.00%) ISEB Practitioner
4 1 (10.00%) BC Cleared
4 1 (10.00%) MCP
4 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (10.00%) MCPD
4 1 (10.00%) MCTS
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) SAP
1 4 (40.00%) Oracle
2 3 (30.00%) HP
3 2 (20.00%) Microsoft