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This section looks at the demand for the Applications Support Analyst role in IT contracts across the UK compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Applications Support Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Application Support Analyst
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank362381
Rank change on same period last yearUp+19
Matching contract IT job ads246311
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.328 %0.315 %
As % of the category below0.364 %0.343 %
Daily rates quoted102113
Average minimum daily rate£337£355
Average daily rate£374£384
% change on same period last year-2.55 %
Average maximum daily rate£411£413
UK excluding London average daily rate£313£296
% change on same period last year+5.68 %
Hourly rates quoted1927
Average minimum hourly rate£24.35£22.04
Average hourly rate£26.16£22.99
% change on same period last year+13.79 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.98£23.94
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.40£22.75
% change on same period last year+29.24 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
UK
Matching contract IT job ads6752690610
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled90.01 %91.67 %
Daily rates quoted2212126824
Average minimum daily rate£378£390
Average daily rate£404£415
% change on same period last year-2.75 %
Average maximum daily rate£430£440
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£353
% change on same period last year+1.09 %
Hourly rates quoted56807267
Average minimum hourly rate£22.08£24.52
Average hourly rate£23.72£26.04
% change on same period last year-8.88 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.36£27.55
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.51£25.99
% change on same period last year-9.54 %

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Applications Support Analyst
Demand Trend

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

Applications Support Analyst Demand Trend

Applications Support Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

Applications Support Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Applications Support Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Applications Support Analyst within the UK over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Applications Support Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Applications Support Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Applications Support Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Applications Support Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Applications Support Analyst within the UK over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Applications Support Analyst Hourly Rate Histogram

Applications Support Analyst
Top 30 Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Support Analyst within the UK over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+30241£374-2.36 %
LondonUp+20170£387-2.03 %
City of LondonDown-1173£402-3.01 %
South EastUp+2824£302+28.45 %
East MidlandsUp+1611£280-
North WestNo change09£400-
ManchesterNew entry-9£400-
NorthamptonNew entry-9£280-
NorthamptonshireUp+29£280-
West MidlandsUp+138£245-
South WestUp+318£200-
BerkshireUp+307£246+11.93 %
North EastNew entry-5£500-
Docklands, LondonUp+195£250-46.42 %
ScotlandUp+264--
DurhamNew entry-4£500-
HampshireUp+223--
BuckinghamshireUp+123--
StaffordshireNew entry-3£215-
SurreyDown-153--
West SussexUp+33--
Milton KeynesDown-63--
ReadingUp+33£246-
BirminghamNew entry-3£275-
GatwickUp+73--
WiltshireNew entry-3£200-
MiddlesexUp+43£300-
MidlandsUp+113--
Canary WharfUp+82--
East of EnglandDown-42£255-8.52 %

Applications Support Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Applications Support 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 Applications Support Analyst in their job title.

1291 (53.99 %)SQL
2189 (35.06 %)UNIX
3143 (26.53 %)Banking
4140 (25.97 %)Oracle
5112 (20.78 %)Front Office
6109 (20.22 %)Finance
792 (17.07 %)Investment Banking
887 (16.14 %)Windows
979 (14.66 %)SQL Server
1076 (14.10 %)Sybase
1171 (13.17 %).NET
1264 (11.87 %)Perl
1362 (11.50 %)Fixed Income
1459 (10.95 %)Java
1558 (10.76 %)Microsoft
1651 (9.462 %)Linux
1750 (9.276 %)Equities
1844 (8.163 %)VB
1942 (7.792 %)Solaris
2041 (7.607 %)Derivative
2139 (7.236 %)C#
2139 (7.236 %)PL/SQL
2234 (6.308 %)Shell Script
2333 (6.122 %)ITIL
2432 (5.937 %)Problem Management
2530 (5.566 %)Bloomberg
2627 (5.009 %)HTML
2724 (4.453 %)Degree
2724 (4.453 %)Back Office
2823 (4.267 %)XML

Applications Support Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Applications Support 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 Applications Support Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
171 (13.17 %).NET
227 (5.009 %)HTML
323 (4.267 %)XML
417 (3.154 %)ASP
417 (3.154 %)ASP.NET
511 (2.041 %)J2EE
511 (2.041 %)FIX Protocol
610 (1.855 %)Middleware
610 (1.855 %)CSS
78 (1.484 %)JSP
78 (1.484 %)XSLT
87 (1.299 %)Swing
96 (1.113 %)WebSphere
96 (1.113 %).NET Framework
104 (0.742 %)WAP
104 (0.742 %)ODBC
112 (0.371 %)XSL
112 (0.371 %)WSH
112 (0.371 %)WebServices
112 (0.371 %)Hibernate
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
121 (3.896 %)SharePoint
217 (3.154 %)IIS
316 (2.968 %)Apache
410 (1.855 %)Tomcat
58 (1.484 %)Oracle Workflow
66 (1.113 %)BizTalk Server
66 (1.113 %)WebLogic
75 (0.928 %)JBoss
75 (0.928 %)MQSeries
84 (0.742 %)MS Exchange
84 (0.742 %)Lotus Notes
84 (0.742 %)Content Management Server
93 (0.557 %)Commerce Server
102 (0.371 %)WebSphere MQ
102 (0.371 %)Rendezvous
102 (0.371 %)CMS
102 (0.371 %)Exchange Server 2000
102 (0.371 %)ColdFusion
102 (0.371 %)WebSphere Message Broker
111 (0.186 %)Exchange Server 2003
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
120 (3.711 %)MS Excel
212 (2.226 %)MS Office
33 (0.557 %)MS Visio
33 (0.557 %)Spreadsheet
41 (0.186 %)MS PowerPoint
41 (0.186 %)MS Project
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
18 (1.484 %)Endur
18 (1.484 %)Oracle EBS
26 (1.113 %)Findur
35 (0.928 %)Oracle Financials
44 (0.742 %)Microsoft CRM
44 (0.742 %)MAXIMO
44 (0.742 %)Advent Geneva
53 (0.557 %)arcHouse
53 (0.557 %)Movex
62 (0.371 %)Great Plains
62 (0.371 %)Navision
62 (0.371 %)assyst
62 (0.371 %)Misys Midas
62 (0.371 %)Bond Adapt
62 (0.371 %)Sophis VALUE
62 (0.371 %)Oracle HRMS
62 (0.371 %)Oracle Applications
62 (0.371 %)Oracle Payroll
62 (0.371 %)Hyperion Planning
62 (0.371 %)RMDS
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
118 (3.340 %)Internet
215 (2.783 %)Intranet
39 (1.670 %)LAN
39 (1.670 %)WAN
46 (1.113 %)Extranet
55 (0.928 %)BIG-IP
64 (0.742 %)Firewall
64 (0.742 %)SMS
64 (0.742 %)TCP/IP
73 (0.557 %)DNS
73 (0.557 %)Broadband
73 (0.557 %)HTTP
81 (0.186 %)FTP
81 (0.186 %)IMAP
81 (0.186 %)Cisco PIX
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
179 (14.66 %)SQL Server
219 (3.525 %)SQL Server 2000
317 (3.154 %)BusinessObjects
317 (3.154 %)RDBMS
415 (2.783 %)Oracle 8/8i
415 (2.783 %)SQL Server 2005
514 (2.597 %)Crystal Reports
610 (1.855 %)MS Access
78 (1.484 %)Oracle 9i
78 (1.484 %)Oracle 10g
78 (1.484 %)Oracle Discoverer
78 (1.484 %)DTS
87 (1.299 %)Ingres
87 (1.299 %)Oracle Reports
96 (1.113 %)Datawarehouse
104 (0.742 %)MySQL
104 (0.742 %)TOAD
104 (0.742 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
104 (0.742 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
104 (0.742 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (0.742 %)Oracle APEX
23 (0.557 %)PowerBuilder
23 (0.557 %)ClearQuest
23 (0.557 %)Oracle Forms
32 (0.371 %)Eclipse
32 (0.371 %)Ant
32 (0.371 %)JUnit
32 (0.371 %)Visual Studio
32 (0.371 %)JIRA
41 (0.186 %)MSI
41 (0.186 %)PVCS
41 (0.186 %)VSS/SourceSafe
41 (0.186 %)TestDirector
41 (0.186 %)Flash
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1143 (26.53 %)Banking
2112 (20.78 %)Front Office
3109 (20.22 %)Finance
492 (17.07 %)Investment Banking
524 (4.453 %)Back Office
615 (2.783 %)Government
712 (2.226 %)Local Government
810 (1.855 %)Health
95 (0.928 %)Financial Institution
95 (0.928 %)Retail
103 (0.557 %)Legal
103 (0.557 %)Pensions
103 (0.557 %)Pharmaceutical
103 (0.557 %)Insurance
112 (0.371 %)Publishing
112 (0.371 %)FMCG
112 (0.371 %)Telecoms
112 (0.371 %)Education
112 (0.371 %)Billing
121 (0.186 %)Manufacturing
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
162 (11.50 %)Fixed Income
250 (9.276 %)Equities
341 (7.607 %)Derivative
419 (3.525 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
58 (1.484 %)Equity Derivative
67 (1.299 %)Statistics
67 (1.299 %)Credit Risk
67 (1.299 %)Management Information System
76 (1.113 %)Replication
85 (0.928 %)Interest Rate Derivative
85 (0.928 %)AS400
85 (0.928 %)Market Risk
94 (0.742 %)Mainframe
94 (0.742 %)PDA
103 (0.557 %)N-Tier
103 (0.557 %)French Language
112 (0.371 %)Credit Derivative
112 (0.371 %)E-Learning
121 (0.186 %)NHS
121 (0.186 %)Thin Client
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1189 (35.06 %)UNIX
287 (16.14 %)Windows
351 (9.462 %)Linux
442 (7.792 %)Solaris
514 (2.597 %)Windows XP
69 (1.670 %)Windows 2000
75 (0.928 %)Windows NT
75 (0.928 %)HPUX
84 (0.742 %)AIX
84 (0.742 %)Windows Server 2003
91 (0.186 %)Mac OS X Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
133 (6.122 %)ITIL
232 (5.937 %)Problem Management
321 (3.896 %)Investment Management
419 (3.525 %)Asset Management
518 (3.340 %)CRM
518 (3.340 %)Algorithmic Trading
617 (3.154 %)Release Management
716 (2.968 %)Incident Management
716 (2.968 %)Service Delivery
814 (2.597 %)User Acceptance Testing
913 (2.412 %)Performance Management
1012 (2.226 %)Time Management
1111 (2.041 %)Change Management
1111 (2.041 %)Risk Management
1210 (1.855 %)Workflow
1210 (1.855 %)Agile Software Development
1210 (1.855 %)Scrum
1210 (1.855 %)Business Continuity
1210 (1.855 %)ERP
139 (1.670 %)E-Commerce
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1291 (53.99 %)SQL
264 (11.87 %)Perl
359 (10.95 %)Java
444 (8.163 %)VB
539 (7.236 %)C#
539 (7.236 %)PL/SQL
634 (6.308 %)Shell Script
718 (3.340 %)C
718 (3.340 %)VB6
817 (3.154 %)Transact-SQL
916 (2.968 %)VB.NET
916 (2.968 %)C++
1011 (2.041 %)VBA
118 (1.484 %)VBScript
127 (1.299 %)JavaScript
134 (0.742 %)PHP
134 (0.742 %)Korn
143 (0.557 %)AWK
152 (0.371 %)Tcl
161 (0.186 %)PowerHouse
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
124 (4.453 %)Degree
23 (0.557 %)ITIL Certification
32 (0.371 %)PhD
41 (0.186 %)ISEB
41 (0.186 %)Microsoft Certification
41 (0.186 %)MCP
41 (0.186 %)HND
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
110 (1.855 %)SLA
23 (0.557 %)QA
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
17 (1.299 %)Active Directory
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
112 (2.226 %)AutoSys
23 (0.557 %)Tivoli
23 (0.557 %)SCOM
32 (0.371 %)OVSD
32 (0.371 %)OpenView
41 (0.186 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
41 (0.186 %)CONTROL-M
41 (0.186 %)TIBCO Hawk
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1140 (25.97 %)Oracle
276 (14.10 %)Sybase
358 (10.76 %)Microsoft
430 (5.566 %)Bloomberg
522 (4.082 %)Reuters
619 (3.525 %)JD Edwards
717 (3.154 %)Business Objects
814 (2.597 %)Siebel
814 (2.597 %)Sophis
911 (2.041 %)OpenLink
1010 (1.855 %)GL TRADE
1010 (1.855 %)Remedy
118 (1.484 %)HP
118 (1.484 %)Citrix
127 (1.299 %)SAP
127 (1.299 %)thinkFolio
136 (1.113 %)Murex
136 (1.113 %)TIBCO
145 (0.928 %)Red Hat
145 (0.928 %)Fidessa
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