Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table looks at the demand for the Analyst role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. 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 3 July 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

 Analyst
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank22
Rank change on the same period last yearNo change0
Matching contract IT job ads695416170
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK20.24 %21.00 %
As % of the Job Titles category22.79 %23.19 %
Daily rates quoted29745832
Average daily rate£375£400
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-6.250 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£200£230
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£550£575
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£350
% change on same period last year-14.28 %
Hourly rates quoted6391652
Average hourly rate£16.00£17.50
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year-8.570 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.00£11.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£30.00£32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£15.00£15.34
% change on same period last year-2.180 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesAll Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
3051169739
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK88.82 %90.58 %
Daily rates quoted1179222223
Average daily rate£375£400
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-6.250 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£205£230
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£550£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£350
% change on same period last year-7.140 %
Hourly rates quoted23755970
Average hourly rate£19.50£20.00
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year-2.500 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.25£11.25
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£35.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.50£20.00
% change on same period last year-2.500 %

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.

Analyst
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Analyst within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Analyst Demand Trend

Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Analyst within the UK.

Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Analyst within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009.

Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Analyst within the UK.

Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Analyst within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009.

Analyst Hourly Rate Histogram

Analyst
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandNo change06438£375-6.25 %
LondonDown-13683£425-5.55 %
City of LondonDown-11362£450-5.26 %
South EastDown-31034£300-14.25 %
South WestNo change0428£325-13.33 %
ScotlandUp+1361£288-4.16 %
North WestUp+1344£260-13.33 %
BerkshireDown-4291£330-5.71 %
East of EnglandNo change0252£225-35.71 %
YorkshireDown-1219£340-2.85 %
West MidlandsUp+1196£250-26.47 %
HampshireDown-4170£338-10.00 %
BuckinghamshireDown-2164£230-29.23 %
EdinburghNo change0158£275+14.58 %
BristolNo change0145£325+8.33 %
ManchesterNo change0145£173-34.90 %
West YorkshireDown-1139£370+5.71 %
East MidlandsNo change0132£388+3.33 %
Milton KeynesDown-1122£231-28.92 %
Docklands, LondonDown-1122£450-18.18 %
SurreyNo change0114£300-7.69 %
LeedsDown-1107£370+9.62 %
GlasgowUp+194£288+4.54 %
EssexNo change089£180-40.00 %
WiltshireDown-279£425+6.25 %
North EastUp+373£313+4.16 %
MiddlesexNo change071£300-
WalesDown-369£225-25.00 %
ReadingDown-567£300-14.28 %
BirminghamDown-164£263-16.00 %

Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

13549 (23.63 %)Finance
22831 (18.85 %)Banking
32222 (14.80 %)SQL
41762 (11.73 %)Investment Banking
51683 (11.21 %)Business Analysis
61584 (10.55 %)Windows
71221 (8.131 %)Oracle
81157 (7.705 %)NHS
91123 (7.479 %)Microsoft
101027 (6.839 %)MS Excel
111025 (6.826 %)Derivative
12916 (6.100 %)SQL Server
13909 (6.054 %)MS Office
14871 (5.800 %)UNIX
15847 (5.641 %)Front Office
16767 (5.108 %)Migration
17759 (5.055 %)Project Management
18724 (4.822 %)Back Office
19709 (4.722 %)ITIL
20686 (4.568 %)Active Directory
21678 (4.515 %)Insurance
22674 (4.489 %)Government
23672 (4.475 %)Retail
24669 (4.455 %)Security Cleared
25664 (4.422 %)UML
26582 (3.876 %)User Acceptance Testing
27580 (3.863 %)Windows XP
28572 (3.809 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
29529 (3.523 %).NET
30525 (3.496 %)Java

Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1529 (3.523 %).NET
2384 (2.557 %)XML
3195 (1.299 %)HTML
4149 (0.992 %)ASP.NET
5126 (0.839 %)J2EE
698 (0.653 %)WebServices
794 (0.626 %)WebSphere
862 (0.413 %)Middleware
958 (0.386 %)CSS
1054 (0.360 %)ASP
1146 (0.306 %)Spring
1244 (0.293 %)XSLT
1339 (0.260 %)JSP
1435 (0.233 %)EDI
1533 (0.220 %)Hibernate
1630 (0.200 %).NET Framework
1729 (0.193 %)FIX Protocol
1729 (0.193 %)STL
1828 (0.186 %)SOAP
1828 (0.186 %)AJAX
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1282 (1.878 %)MS Exchange
2258 (1.718 %)SAS
3190 (1.265 %)SharePoint
4145 (0.966 %)Exchange Server 2003
5142 (0.946 %)Lotus Notes
6119 (0.792 %)CMS
7104 (0.693 %)IIS
857 (0.380 %)SharePoint Server 2007
953 (0.353 %)Exchange Server 2007
1050 (0.333 %)WebLogic
1141 (0.273 %)Documentum
1238 (0.253 %)BizTalk Server
1337 (0.246 %)Apache
1431 (0.206 %)MQSeries
1529 (0.193 %)Exchange Server 2000
1626 (0.173 %)SAP Portal
1724 (0.160 %)Oracle Workflow
1724 (0.160 %)WebSphere Application Server
1823 (0.153 %)Lotus Domino
1823 (0.153 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11027 (6.839 %)MS Excel
2909 (6.054 %)MS Office
3407 (2.710 %)MS Visio
4224 (1.492 %)MS PowerPoint
5184 (1.225 %)MS Project
6126 (0.839 %)Spreadsheet
777 (0.513 %)CA Clarity
861 (0.406 %)SPSS
915 (0.100 %)MATLAB
1013 (0.087 %)Photoshop
1110 (0.067 %)Casewise Corporate Modeler Suite
128 (0.053 %)Stata
137 (0.047 %)Acrobat
146 (0.040 %)MicroStation
153 (0.020 %)Open Workbench
153 (0.020 %)AutoCAD
162 (0.013 %)DeltaView
162 (0.013 %)InfoPath
162 (0.013 %)ArcView
162 (0.013 %)FastStats
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1241 (1.605 %)Endur
261 (0.406 %)Oracle EBS
349 (0.326 %)Oracle Financials
447 (0.313 %)SAP HR
447 (0.313 %)SAP FI
447 (0.313 %)Summit
545 (0.300 %)PeopleSoft HRMS
640 (0.266 %)Loan IQ
738 (0.253 %)SAP CO
738 (0.253 %)SAP FI/CO
831 (0.206 %)SAP MM
928 (0.186 %)Oracle Applications
1025 (0.166 %)Oracle 11i
1025 (0.166 %)Oracle EBS R12
1122 (0.147 %)ADP Wilco Gloss
1122 (0.147 %)SAP SD
1122 (0.147 %)SAP Payroll
1122 (0.147 %)Oracle ERP
1221 (0.140 %)Murex MxG2000
1319 (0.127 %)SAP Oil and Gas
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1298 (1.985 %)Internet
2246 (1.638 %)TCP/IP
3200 (1.332 %)LAN
4184 (1.225 %)Firewall
5176 (1.172 %)WAN
6139 (0.926 %)DNS
7125 (0.832 %)SAN
8104 (0.693 %)VPN
996 (0.639 %)Intranet
1076 (0.506 %)DHCP
1163 (0.420 %)VoIP
1249 (0.326 %)SMTP
1342 (0.280 %)Network Security
1441 (0.273 %)Wireless
1537 (0.246 %)OSPF
1632 (0.213 %)Cisco PIX
1731 (0.206 %)VLAN
1731 (0.206 %)Broadband
1731 (0.206 %)FTP
1829 (0.193 %)IMAP
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1916 (6.100 %)SQL Server
2446 (2.970 %)BusinessObjects
3415 (2.764 %)Datawarehouse
4345 (2.298 %)MS Access
5247 (1.645 %)SQL Server 2005
6160 (1.066 %)Crystal Reports
7140 (0.932 %)SQL Server 2000
8129 (0.859 %)ETL
9113 (0.753 %)Oracle Reports
10110 (0.733 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
11105 (0.699 %)Oracle 10g
1289 (0.593 %)Reference Data
1379 (0.526 %)DB2
1474 (0.493 %)Data Cleansing
1572 (0.479 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1668 (0.453 %)GIS
1767 (0.446 %)RDBMS
1862 (0.413 %)EDRMS
1957 (0.380 %)TOAD
2056 (0.373 %)Data Mining
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1194 (1.292 %)TestDirector
2101 (0.673 %)ClearCase
397 (0.646 %)QuickTest Pro
473 (0.486 %)Rational Rose
571 (0.473 %)LoadRunner
662 (0.413 %)Selenium
754 (0.360 %)Eclipse
853 (0.353 %)RequisitePro
952 (0.346 %)Visual Studio
1046 (0.306 %)WinRunner
1145 (0.300 %)ClearQuest
1242 (0.280 %)Oracle Forms
1327 (0.180 %)FitNesse
1422 (0.147 %)JIRA
1422 (0.147 %)ERwin
1519 (0.127 %)Ant
1618 (0.120 %)PeopleTools
1714 (0.093 %)PowerBuilder
1813 (0.087 %)ProC
1813 (0.087 %)WebSpeed
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13549 (23.63 %)Finance
22831 (18.85 %)Banking
31762 (11.73 %)Investment Banking
4847 (5.641 %)Front Office
5724 (4.822 %)Back Office
6678 (4.515 %)Insurance
7674 (4.489 %)Government
8672 (4.475 %)Retail
9425 (2.830 %)Health
10422 (2.810 %)Telecoms
11292 (1.945 %)Retail Banking
12216 (1.438 %)Legal
13213 (1.418 %)Financial Institution
14184 (1.225 %)Marketing
15171 (1.139 %)Education
16156 (1.039 %)Pensions
17152 (1.012 %)Pharmaceutical
18145 (0.966 %)Local Government
19134 (0.892 %)Billing
2080 (0.533 %)Law
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11157 (7.705 %)NHS
21025 (6.826 %)Derivative
3572 (3.809 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
4463 (3.083 %)Credit Risk
5433 (2.884 %)Fixed Income
6421 (2.804 %)Equities
7283 (1.885 %)Management Information System
8222 (1.478 %)Market Risk
9181 (1.205 %)Equity Derivative
10171 (1.139 %)Credit Derivative
11139 (0.926 %)Blackberry
12135 (0.899 %)Interest Rate Derivative
13108 (0.719 %)AS400
1490 (0.599 %)Mainframe
1570 (0.466 %)iSeries
1668 (0.453 %)French Language
1668 (0.453 %)Client/Server
1767 (0.446 %)Informatics
1866 (0.440 %)Statistics
1957 (0.380 %)Mathematics
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11584 (10.55 %)Windows
2871 (5.800 %)UNIX
3580 (3.863 %)Windows XP
4456 (3.037 %)Windows Server 2003
5293 (1.951 %)Windows 2000
6292 (1.945 %)Linux
7195 (1.299 %)Solaris
8107 (0.713 %)Windows Vista
983 (0.553 %)Windows 2000 Server
1067 (0.446 %)Windows NT
1163 (0.420 %)AIX
1242 (0.280 %)Windows Server 2008
1339 (0.260 %)VMS
1434 (0.226 %)NetWare
1525 (0.166 %)HPUX
1620 (0.133 %)OpenVMS
1718 (0.120 %)OS/400
1816 (0.107 %)Red Hat Linux
1912 (0.080 %)Mac OS X
1912 (0.080 %)MVS
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11683 (11.21 %)Business Analysis
2767 (5.108 %)Migration
3759 (5.055 %)Project Management
4709 (4.722 %)ITIL
5664 (4.422 %)UML
6582 (3.876 %)User Acceptance Testing
7523 (3.483 %)Change Management
8521 (3.470 %)PRINCE2
9482 (3.210 %)Risk Management
10474 (3.157 %)Data Analysis
11473 (3.150 %)Test Scripting
12444 (2.957 %)Data Modelling
13361 (2.404 %)Stakeholder Management
14350 (2.331 %)Business Intelligence
15337 (2.244 %)Workflow
16323 (2.151 %)Use Case
17303 (2.018 %)Data Migration
18284 (1.891 %)CRM
19283 (1.885 %)Asset Management
20276 (1.838 %)Systems Analysis
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12222 (14.80 %)SQL
2525 (3.496 %)Java
3365 (2.431 %)C#
4354 (2.357 %)VBA
5289 (1.925 %)VB
6228 (1.518 %)Perl
7185 (1.232 %)PL/SQL
8174 (1.159 %)C++
9159 (1.059 %)C
10126 (0.839 %)JavaScript
11113 (0.753 %)Shell Script
1292 (0.613 %)T-SQL
1389 (0.593 %)VB.NET
1476 (0.506 %)COBOL
1574 (0.493 %)VB6
1671 (0.473 %)VBScript
1756 (0.373 %)RPG
1845 (0.300 %)Korn
1943 (0.286 %)JCL
2040 (0.266 %)PHP
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1669 (4.455 %)Security Cleared
2428 (2.850 %)Degree
3380 (2.531 %)SC Cleared
4319 (2.124 %)ISEB
5233 (1.552 %)Microsoft Certification
6109 (0.726 %)MCSE
795 (0.633 %)MCP
893 (0.619 %)ITIL Certification
990 (0.599 %)Cisco Certification
1070 (0.466 %)DV Cleared
1167 (0.446 %)CISSP
1260 (0.400 %)CCNA
1353 (0.353 %)CTC Cleared
1451 (0.340 %)BC Cleared
1547 (0.313 %)CIMA
1643 (0.286 %)CCNP
1643 (0.286 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1741 (0.273 %)ACCA
1835 (0.233 %)ISTQB
1929 (0.193 %)MCSA
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1285 (1.898 %)SLA
2250 (1.665 %)QA
3117 (0.779 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
487 (0.579 %)Basel II
539 (0.260 %)ISO27001
637 (0.246 %)COBIT
721 (0.140 %)PCI DSS
818 (0.120 %)HL7
913 (0.087 %)ISO17799
109 (0.060 %)MiFID
109 (0.060 %)BS7799
117 (0.047 %)ISO8583
117 (0.047 %)GxP
126 (0.040 %)ISO9001
135 (0.033 %)GAAP
144 (0.027 %)EFQM
144 (0.027 %)HMG Infosec
152 (0.013 %)DICOM
152 (0.013 %)SNOMED CT
161 (0.007 %)JSP 440
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1686 (4.568 %)Active Directory
269 (0.460 %)VMware Infrastructure
362 (0.413 %)VMware ESX
437 (0.246 %)NetBackup
535 (0.233 %)Sendmail
632 (0.213 %)Citrix Presentation Server
721 (0.140 %)Backup Exec
818 (0.120 %)XenApp
917 (0.113 %)RACF
1013 (0.087 %)Terminal Services
1110 (0.067 %)Terminal Server
1110 (0.067 %)ISA Server
127 (0.047 %)MetaFrame
136 (0.040 %)Xen
144 (0.027 %)VMware Workstation
144 (0.027 %)Oracle RAC
153 (0.020 %)Hyper-V
162 (0.013 %)VMware Server
162 (0.013 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
162 (0.013 %)Nmap
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
167 (0.446 %)OpenView
244 (0.293 %)CONTROL-M
343 (0.286 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
435 (0.233 %)Tivoli
530 (0.200 %)SCCM
628 (0.186 %)AutoSys
725 (0.166 %)MOM
818 (0.120 %)OpenView Configuration Management
818 (0.120 %)CiscoWorks
917 (0.113 %)ARCserve
1015 (0.100 %)Legato
1015 (0.100 %)Netcool
1015 (0.100 %)SCOM
1114 (0.093 %)OVSD
1212 (0.080 %)HP NNM
1310 (0.067 %)ZENworks
1310 (0.067 %)Unicenter
149 (0.060 %)DameWare
158 (0.053 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
167 (0.047 %)Tivoli NetView
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11221 (8.131 %)Oracle
21123 (7.479 %)Microsoft
3505 (3.363 %)SAP
4446 (2.970 %)Business Objects
5282 (1.878 %)HP
6279 (1.858 %)Citrix
7259 (1.725 %)OpenLink
8248 (1.652 %)Sybase
9204 (1.359 %)Cisco
10198 (1.319 %)IBM
11187 (1.245 %)VMware
12183 (1.219 %)Remedy
13154 (1.026 %)Lotus
14152 (1.012 %)Calypso
15148 (0.986 %)Cognos
16129 (0.859 %)PeopleSoft
17106 (0.706 %)Siebel
18101 (0.673 %)Bloomberg
1994 (0.626 %)Reuters
2090 (0.599 %)Murex