Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below 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 9 February 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

LinkAnalyst
Location
3 months to
9 Feb 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank222
Rank change year-on-year
No change0No change0
Matching contract IT job ads9487903017007
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK21.67 %19.63 %20.78 %
As % of the Job Titles category23.74 %21.63 %22.36 %
Daily rates quoted440430995745
Average daily rate£400£375£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.660 %-6.250 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£220£215£235
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£550£550£599
UK excluding London average daily rate£320£350£340
% change year-on-year
-8.570 %+2.940 %
Hourly rates quoted6969451600
Average hourly rate£15.50£17.50£17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-11.42 %-
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£9.00£11.00£10.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£27.50£32.50£33.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£14.00£16.50£15.00
% change year-on-year
-15.15 %+10.00 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
399614174576056
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK91.29 %90.76 %92.92 %
Daily rates quoted178101304622755
Average daily rate£400£375£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.660 %-6.250 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£220£230
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£600£550£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£350£350
% change year-on-year
-7.140 %-
Hourly rates quoted245839516731
Average hourly rate£18.00£20.84£22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.62 %-5.270 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.00£11.00£11.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£38.50£37.50£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.50£20.00£21.00
% change year-on-year
-12.50 %-4.760 %

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 9 February 2010.

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 9 February 2010.

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 9 February 2010. 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 change08819£400+6.66 %
LondonDown-15479£450+12.50 %
City of LondonDown-12050£475+11.76 %
South EastDown-11181£325-7.14 %
ScotlandNo change0505£265-18.46 %
South WestNo change0479£340-15.00 %
North WestDown-1405£267-11.00 %
YorkshireUp+2343£325-1.88 %
BerkshireNo change0339£350+6.87 %
EdinburghNo change0283£225-25.92 %
East of EnglandNo change0271£275-14.06 %
West MidlandsDown-1255£300+2.56 %
East MidlandsNo change0238£375-3.22 %
West YorkshireUp+3230£325-5.79 %
SurreyNo change0206£325-11.56 %
HampshireNo change0200£325-7.14 %
ManchesterNo change0189£213-18.26 %
BuckinghamshireNo change0175£300-7.69 %
Docklands, LondonUp+1161£425-
BristolNo change0154£325-
Canary WharfNo change0142£500+17.64 %
WiltshireDown-1123£350-17.64 %
Milton KeynesUp+1117£300-7.69 %
GlasgowUp+2114£270-15.62 %
LeedsUp+1111£340-2.85 %
HertfordshireUp+797£325-7.14 %
CheshireDown-195£308+2.50 %
EssexNo change092£85-66.00 %
ReadingDown-277£306-20.71 %
BirminghamNo change067£303-6.92 %

Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, 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.

15230 (28.40 %)Finance
24562 (24.78 %)Banking
32766 (15.02 %)SQL
42729 (14.82 %)Business Analysis
52645 (14.36 %)Investment Banking
61708 (9.276 %)Windows
71607 (8.728 %)Derivative
81500 (8.146 %)Oracle
91442 (7.831 %)Microsoft
101407 (7.641 %)Front Office
111123 (6.099 %)MS Excel
121119 (6.077 %)Retail
131105 (6.001 %)Project Management
141078 (5.855 %)MS Office
151030 (5.594 %)SQL Server
16993 (5.393 %)UNIX
17989 (5.371 %)User Acceptance Testing
18950 (5.159 %)Migration
19890 (4.834 %)Insurance
19890 (4.834 %)ITIL
20837 (4.546 %)Back Office
21819 (4.448 %)Fixed Income
22811 (4.404 %)UML
23767 (4.166 %)Data Analysis
24748 (4.062 %)NHS
25723 (3.927 %)Active Directory
26712 (3.867 %)Government
27702 (3.813 %)SAP
28689 (3.742 %)Security Cleared
29676 (3.671 %)Stakeholder Management

Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, 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 Development CategoryApplication Development
1602 (3.269 %).NET
2490 (2.661 %)XML
3192 (1.043 %)ASP.NET
4182 (0.988 %)HTML
5169 (0.918 %)Web Services
6134 (0.728 %)J2EE
7132 (0.717 %)WebSphere
873 (0.396 %)Middleware
970 (0.380 %)CSS
1069 (0.375 %)Spring
1160 (0.326 %)ASP
1251 (0.277 %)XML Schema
1349 (0.266 %)WinForms
1349 (0.266 %).NET Framework
1445 (0.244 %)XSLT
1543 (0.234 %)XML Messaging
1640 (0.217 %)Hibernate
1736 (0.196 %)FIX Protocol
1736 (0.196 %)AJAX
1835 (0.190 %)SOAP
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1445 (2.417 %)SAS
2337 (1.830 %)SharePoint
3284 (1.542 %)MS Exchange
4164 (0.891 %)IIS
5139 (0.755 %)Lotus Notes
6125 (0.679 %)Exchange Server 2003
7119 (0.646 %)CMS
872 (0.391 %)Apache
968 (0.369 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1062 (0.337 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
1160 (0.326 %)Tomcat
1257 (0.310 %)Exchange Server 2007
1355 (0.299 %)WebLogic
1446 (0.250 %)Documentum
1542 (0.228 %)BizTalk Server
1639 (0.212 %)Rendezvous
1737 (0.201 %)Lotus Domino
1830 (0.163 %)WebSphere Application Server
1926 (0.141 %)MQSeries
1926 (0.141 %)Oracle Workflow
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
11123 (6.099 %)MS Excel
21078 (5.855 %)MS Office
3614 (3.335 %)MS Visio
4330 (1.792 %)MS PowerPoint
5268 (1.455 %)MS Project
6221 (1.200 %)Spreadsheet
7131 (0.711 %)SPSS
885 (0.462 %)CA Clarity
915 (0.081 %)MATLAB
1011 (0.060 %)Photoshop
1110 (0.054 %)InfoPath
126 (0.033 %)Acrobat
126 (0.033 %)Niku Workbench
126 (0.033 %)FastStats
126 (0.033 %)Casewise Corporate Modeler Suite
135 (0.027 %)Fireworks
143 (0.016 %)Open Workbench
152 (0.011 %)S-PLUS
152 (0.011 %)Adobe Illustrator
152 (0.011 %)DeltaView
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
1153 (0.831 %)Endur
2128 (0.695 %)Summit
378 (0.424 %)Oracle Financials
470 (0.380 %)SAP FI
569 (0.375 %)SAP HR
661 (0.331 %)SAP CO
760 (0.326 %)SAP FI/CO
854 (0.293 %)ION MarketView
947 (0.255 %)Dynamics CRM
1046 (0.250 %)Oracle EBS R12
1144 (0.239 %)SAP SD
1144 (0.239 %)Oracle EBS
1243 (0.234 %)Loan IQ
1340 (0.217 %)Eagle PACE
1439 (0.212 %)RMDS
1538 (0.206 %)SAP Oil and Gas
1633 (0.179 %)Algo Collateral
1732 (0.174 %)SAP R/3
1830 (0.163 %)Oracle Applications
1928 (0.152 %)BusinessWorks
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1335 (1.819 %)Internet
2213 (1.157 %)Firewall
3193 (1.048 %)WAN
4192 (1.043 %)LAN
5164 (0.891 %)VPN
6160 (0.869 %)TCP/IP
7149 (0.809 %)DNS
8117 (0.635 %)SAN
9114 (0.619 %)DHCP
10108 (0.587 %)Intranet
1158 (0.315 %)MPLS
1257 (0.310 %)VoIP
1351 (0.277 %)Wireless
1449 (0.266 %)3G
1449 (0.266 %)SSL
1540 (0.217 %)Network Security
1636 (0.196 %)SMS
1636 (0.196 %)Extranet
1735 (0.190 %)OSPF
1831 (0.168 %)VLAN
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
11030 (5.594 %)SQL Server
2622 (3.378 %)Datawarehouse
3431 (2.341 %)BusinessObjects
4281 (1.526 %)MS Access
5260 (1.412 %)SQL Server 2005
6259 (1.407 %)ETL
7146 (0.793 %)SQL Server 2000
8144 (0.782 %)Data Mining
8144 (0.782 %)Reference Data
9142 (0.771 %)DB2
10139 (0.755 %)SQL Server Integration Services
11134 (0.728 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
12118 (0.641 %)Crystal Reports
1399 (0.538 %)Oracle Reports
1497 (0.527 %)Oracle 8/8i
1596 (0.521 %)Oracle 10g
1684 (0.456 %)RDBMS
1783 (0.451 %)Data Cleansing
1879 (0.429 %)SQL Server 2008
1978 (0.424 %)MySQL
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1235 (1.276 %)TestDirector
2156 (0.847 %)QuickTest Pro
394 (0.511 %)LoadRunner
481 (0.440 %)Visual Studio
572 (0.391 %)RequisitePro
671 (0.386 %)Rational Rose
767 (0.364 %)Selenium
864 (0.348 %)ClearCase
962 (0.337 %)ClearQuest
1053 (0.288 %)WinRunner
1151 (0.277 %)JUnit
1242 (0.228 %)Subversion
1340 (0.217 %)JIRA
1433 (0.179 %)FitNesse
1532 (0.174 %)Oracle Forms
1624 (0.130 %)Ant
1723 (0.125 %)Team Foundation Server
1723 (0.125 %)NUnit
1821 (0.114 %)VSS/SourceSafe
1919 (0.103 %)Eclipse
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
15230 (28.40 %)Finance
24562 (24.78 %)Banking
32645 (14.36 %)Investment Banking
41407 (7.641 %)Front Office
51119 (6.077 %)Retail
6890 (4.834 %)Insurance
7837 (4.546 %)Back Office
8712 (3.867 %)Government
9551 (2.992 %)Retail Banking
10414 (2.248 %)Telecoms
11349 (1.895 %)Marketing
12329 (1.787 %)Health
13287 (1.559 %)Pensions
14271 (1.472 %)Financial Institution
15235 (1.276 %)Legal
16173 (0.940 %)Education
17161 (0.874 %)General Ledger
18139 (0.755 %)Local Government
19120 (0.652 %)Billing
20101 (0.549 %)Law
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
11607 (8.728 %)Derivative
2819 (4.448 %)Fixed Income
3748 (4.062 %)NHS
4673 (3.655 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
5610 (3.313 %)Equities
6498 (2.705 %)Credit Risk
7401 (2.178 %)Equity Derivative
8363 (1.971 %)Market Risk
9303 (1.646 %)Management Information System
10288 (1.564 %)Interest Rate Derivative
11254 (1.379 %)Credit Derivative
12151 (0.820 %)Mainframe
13149 (0.809 %)Blackberry
14134 (0.728 %)Mathematics
15118 (0.641 %)Statistics
1689 (0.483 %)AS400
1784 (0.456 %)Clustering
1883 (0.451 %)FMCG
1961 (0.331 %)Data Extraction
2059 (0.320 %)French Language
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
11708 (9.276 %)Windows
2993 (5.393 %)UNIX
3556 (3.020 %)Windows XP
4438 (2.379 %)Windows Server 2003
5342 (1.857 %)Linux
6225 (1.222 %)Windows 2000
7147 (0.798 %)Solaris
8144 (0.782 %)Windows Vista
978 (0.424 %)Windows Server 2008
1073 (0.396 %)Windows 2000 Server
1156 (0.304 %)AIX
1255 (0.299 %)Windows NT
1348 (0.261 %)Red Hat Linux
1441 (0.223 %)Mac OS X
1524 (0.130 %)VMS
1621 (0.114 %)NetWare
1720 (0.109 %)Windows 7
1819 (0.103 %)HPUX
1913 (0.071 %)Windows Mobile
1913 (0.071 %)MVS
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
12729 (14.82 %)Business Analysis
21105 (6.001 %)Project Management
3989 (5.371 %)User Acceptance Testing
4950 (5.159 %)Migration
5890 (4.834 %)ITIL
6811 (4.404 %)UML
7767 (4.166 %)Data Analysis
8676 (3.671 %)Stakeholder Management
9652 (3.541 %)Data Modelling
10630 (3.421 %)Change Management
11601 (3.264 %)Risk Management
12587 (3.188 %)Test Scripting
13586 (3.183 %)PRINCE2
14542 (2.944 %)Business Intelligence
15511 (2.775 %)Workflow
16474 (2.574 %)Use Case
17439 (2.384 %)GAP Analysis
18430 (2.335 %)CRM
19413 (2.243 %)E-Commerce
20399 (2.167 %)Agile Software Development
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
12766 (15.02 %)SQL
2625 (3.394 %)Java
3568 (3.085 %)C
4454 (2.466 %)VBA
5430 (2.335 %)C#
6291 (1.580 %)VB
7223 (1.211 %)C++
8213 (1.157 %)Perl
9206 (1.119 %)PL/SQL
10155 (0.842 %)T-SQL
11119 (0.646 %)VB.NET
12109 (0.592 %)JavaScript
13102 (0.554 %)COBOL
14101 (0.549 %)Shell Script
1574 (0.402 %)VBScript
1666 (0.358 %)PHP
1746 (0.250 %)RPG
1839 (0.212 %)Python
1934 (0.185 %)Korn
1934 (0.185 %)VB6
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1689 (3.742 %)Security Cleared
2474 (2.574 %)Degree
3417 (2.265 %)ISEB
4376 (2.042 %)SC Cleared
5193 (1.048 %)Microsoft Certification
6140 (0.760 %)DV Cleared
7126 (0.684 %)MCSE
8121 (0.657 %)ITIL Certification
988 (0.478 %)MCP
1078 (0.424 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1177 (0.418 %)Cisco Certification
1266 (0.358 %)CIMA
1354 (0.293 %)ACCA
1444 (0.239 %)CCNA
1541 (0.223 %)CTC Cleared
1637 (0.201 %)CCNP
1731 (0.168 %)ISTQB
1828 (0.152 %)MCDST
1927 (0.147 %)PMI Certification
1927 (0.147 %)CISSP
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1453 (2.460 %)QA
2262 (1.423 %)SLA
3174 (0.945 %)Basel II
4149 (0.809 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
530 (0.163 %)PCI DSS
629 (0.157 %)MiFID
629 (0.157 %)ISO27001
725 (0.136 %)COBIT
814 (0.076 %)GAAP
912 (0.065 %)ISO9001
106 (0.033 %)GAMP
106 (0.033 %)HL7
113 (0.016 %)IAS 39
113 (0.016 %)EFQM
113 (0.016 %)ISO17799
113 (0.016 %)GxP
122 (0.011 %)BS7799
122 (0.011 %)21 CFR Part 11
122 (0.011 %)BS25999
131 (0.005 %)BS7666
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1723 (3.927 %)Active Directory
261 (0.331 %)VMware Infrastructure
333 (0.179 %)VMware ESX
432 (0.174 %)ISA Server
432 (0.174 %)NetBackup
515 (0.081 %)AquaLogic
614 (0.076 %)Backup Exec
614 (0.076 %)Citrix Presentation Server
713 (0.071 %)MSMQ
713 (0.071 %)Terminal Services
810 (0.054 %)Snort
99 (0.049 %)Squid
99 (0.049 %)MetaFrame
99 (0.049 %)Terminal Server
108 (0.043 %)NFS
108 (0.043 %)XenServer
117 (0.038 %)Oracle RAC
117 (0.038 %)Hyper-V
117 (0.038 %)RACF
125 (0.027 %)Xen
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
176 (0.413 %)OpenView
257 (0.310 %)HP Quality Center
345 (0.244 %)WSUS
444 (0.239 %)Tivoli
542 (0.228 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
636 (0.196 %)SCCM
733 (0.179 %)AutoSys
828 (0.152 %)MOM
925 (0.136 %)CONTROL-M
1020 (0.109 %)SCOM
1116 (0.087 %)BMC PATROL
1215 (0.081 %)McAfee ePO
1215 (0.081 %)OpenView Configuration Management
1215 (0.081 %)MAILsweeper
1314 (0.076 %)ServiceCenter
1413 (0.071 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
1512 (0.065 %)MSI
1512 (0.065 %)Unicenter
1611 (0.060 %)OVOW
1611 (0.060 %)Tivoli Monitoring
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
11500 (8.146 %)Oracle
21442 (7.831 %)Microsoft
3702 (3.813 %)SAP
4431 (2.341 %)Business Objects
5367 (1.993 %)HP
6316 (1.716 %)Sybase
7309 (1.678 %)Citrix
8294 (1.597 %)Remedy
9267 (1.450 %)Cisco
10229 (1.244 %)IBM
11205 (1.113 %)Cognos
12170 (0.923 %)OpenLink
13158 (0.858 %)Lotus
14152 (0.826 %)TIBCO
15150 (0.815 %)VMware
16147 (0.798 %)Bloomberg
17141 (0.766 %)Reuters
18135 (0.733 %)Siebel
19126 (0.684 %)Murex
20112 (0.608 %)Calypso