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The table below looks at the demand for the Data 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 Data Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Data Analyst
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank122167
Rank change on same period last yearUp+45
Matching contract IT job ads926954
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.309 %0.966 %
As % of the category below1.477 %1.057 %
Daily rates quoted287257
Average minimum daily rate£328£325
Average daily rate£352£346
% change on same period last year+1.68 %
Average maximum daily rate£377£368
UK excluding London average daily rate£334£298
% change on same period last year+12.20 %
Hourly rates quoted101127
Average minimum hourly rate£16.76£17.38
Average hourly rate£18.39£19.87
% change on same period last year-7.43 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.02£22.35
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.37£19.63
% change on same period last year-11.50 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
UK
Matching contract IT job ads6268590255
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled88.64 %91.37 %
Daily rates quoted2030627158
Average minimum daily rate£371£388
Average daily rate£396£413
% change on same period last year-3.92 %
Average maximum daily rate£422£437
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£353
% change on same period last year-0.18 %
Hourly rates quoted57437905
Average minimum hourly rate£22.69£23.71
Average hourly rate£24.19£25.27
% change on same period last year-4.27 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.70£26.84
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.71£25.14
% change on same period last year-5.69 %

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.

Data Analyst
Demand Trend

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

Data Analyst Demand Trend

Data Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

Data Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Data Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Data Analyst within the UK over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

Data Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Data Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Data Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Data Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Data Analyst within the UK over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

Data Analyst Hourly Rate Histogram

Data 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 Data Analyst within the UK over the 3 months to 13 October 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+46888£352+1.41 %
LondonUp+31432£366-2.72 %
South EastUp+42166£320+14.34 %
City of LondonUp+28122£384-2.46 %
South WestUp+3874£325-1.88 %
North WestUp+2151£273+16.80 %
West MidlandsUp+1347£377+22.97 %
East of EnglandUp+2443£303-18.38 %
SurreyUp+4238£330+3.39 %
YorkshireUp+1531£271-1.42 %
ScotlandUp+2727£340+18.46 %
WiltshireUp+1627£309-21.90 %
West YorkshireUp+726£346-
EssexUp+1526£385-12.30 %
BerkshireUp+524£331+17.17 %
DorsetUp+2121£325+0.54 %
LeedsDown-720£357-
MiddlesexNo change019£299+24.47 %
MidlandsUp+2018--
East MidlandsDown-117£550+155.81 %
ManchesterUp+517£400+77.77 %
SwindonUp+817£302+6.07 %
PooleNew entry-16£289-
BuckinghamshireUp+1716£213-19.04 %
CoventryUp+1616£389+5.13 %
HampshireUp+2115£458+53.41 %
Milton KeynesUp+212£225-25.00 %
StainesUp+111--
Sunbury-on-ThamesNo change010--
Docklands, LondonUp+1010£325-35.85 %

Data Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Data 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 Data Analyst in their job title.

1572 (32.82 %)SQL
2408 (23.41 %)Data Analysis
3397 (22.78 %)Finance
4319 (18.30 %)Migration
5259 (14.86 %)Data Migration
6249 (14.29 %)MS Excel
7233 (13.37 %)NHS
8220 (12.62 %)Banking
9211 (12.11 %)Oracle
10205 (11.76 %)Data Modelling
11186 (10.67 %)SQL Server
12160 (9.180 %)MS Access
13136 (7.803 %)Microsoft
14127 (7.286 %)Investment Banking
15119 (6.827 %)BusinessObjects
15119 (6.827 %)Business Objects
16116 (6.655 %)Datawarehouse
17111 (6.368 %)VBA
18109 (6.254 %)Data Management
1996 (5.508 %)Data Mapping
2091 (5.221 %)Government
2091 (5.221 %)ETL
2189 (5.106 %)Data Cleansing
2189 (5.106 %)Spreadsheet
2287 (4.991 %)SAP
2378 (4.475 %)Business Analysis
2477 (4.418 %)MS Office
2574 (4.246 %)Health
2672 (4.131 %)Marketing
2770 (4.016 %)Pensions

Data Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Data 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 Data Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
151 (2.926 %)XML
221 (1.205 %).NET
319 (1.090 %)XML Schema
410 (0.574 %)ODBC
57 (0.402 %)ASP.NET
66 (0.344 %)WebServices
75 (0.287 %)HTML
75 (0.287 %)Middleware
84 (0.229 %)ASP
93 (0.172 %)ADO
102 (0.115 %)FpML
102 (0.115 %)OLE
102 (0.115 %)ASP.NET 2.0
102 (0.115 %)XHTML
102 (0.115 %)WebSphere
111 (0.057 %)Java EE
111 (0.057 %)EDI
111 (0.057 %)Mason
111 (0.057 %)XML Messaging
111 (0.057 %)DAO
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
151 (2.926 %)SAS
221 (1.205 %)SharePoint
36 (0.344 %)MS Exchange
44 (0.229 %)Exchange Server 2007
53 (0.172 %)Lotus Domino
53 (0.172 %)SharePoint Server 2007
62 (0.115 %)Lotus Notes
71 (0.057 %)IIS
71 (0.057 %)WebSphere MQ
71 (0.057 %)Rendezvous
71 (0.057 %)Smallworld
71 (0.057 %)CMS
71 (0.057 %)FormScape
71 (0.057 %)TPMS
71 (0.057 %)Office Communications Server
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1249 (14.29 %)MS Excel
289 (5.106 %)Spreadsheet
377 (4.418 %)MS Office
454 (3.098 %)SPSS
537 (2.123 %)MS PowerPoint
628 (1.606 %)MS Visio
713 (0.746 %)MS Project
82 (0.115 %)CA Clarity
82 (0.115 %)CATIA
91 (0.057 %)DOC1
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
118 (1.033 %)RMDS
213 (0.746 %)SAP HR
38 (0.459 %)Oracle ERP
38 (0.459 %)Google Analytics
47 (0.402 %)Eagle PACE
47 (0.402 %)BASE24
56 (0.344 %)WebTrends
65 (0.287 %)Oracle EBS
65 (0.287 %)Hyperion Planning
74 (0.229 %)Unica Affinium
74 (0.229 %)ProfileStage
83 (0.172 %)Oracle Financials
83 (0.172 %)assyst
83 (0.172 %)Hyperion Enterprise
92 (0.115 %)Oracle HRMS
92 (0.115 %)SAP Payroll
92 (0.115 %)SAP FI/CO
92 (0.115 %)Teamcenter
92 (0.115 %)SAP CO
92 (0.115 %)Misys Midas
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
116 (0.918 %)Internet
212 (0.688 %)LAN
310 (0.574 %)WAN
310 (0.574 %)TCP/IP
48 (0.459 %)Firewall
57 (0.402 %)Ethernet
57 (0.402 %)LDAP
57 (0.402 %)SAN
64 (0.229 %)VPN
64 (0.229 %)NetScreen
64 (0.229 %)Cisco ASA
73 (0.172 %)GPRS
73 (0.172 %)Intranet
73 (0.172 %)3G
73 (0.172 %)MPLS
82 (0.115 %)CTI
82 (0.115 %)DNS
82 (0.115 %)PBX
91 (0.057 %)ATM
91 (0.057 %)Broadband
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1186 (10.67 %)SQL Server
2160 (9.180 %)MS Access
3119 (6.827 %)BusinessObjects
4116 (6.655 %)Datawarehouse
591 (5.221 %)ETL
689 (5.106 %)Data Cleansing
759 (3.385 %)Reference Data
855 (3.155 %)Crystal Reports
938 (2.180 %)Data Mining
1036 (2.065 %)GIS
1126 (1.492 %)SQL Server 2005
1225 (1.434 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1324 (1.377 %)DB2
1420 (1.147 %)SQL Server 2000
1519 (1.090 %)RDBMS
1519 (1.090 %)Oracle Reports
1616 (0.918 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1714 (0.803 %)DTS
1813 (0.746 %)TOAD
1813 (0.746 %)OLAP
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
115 (0.861 %)ERwin
29 (0.516 %)ClearQuest
37 (0.402 %)LSMW
45 (0.287 %)Rational Rose
54 (0.229 %)Oracle Forms
63 (0.172 %)TestDirector
72 (0.115 %)PowerDesigner
72 (0.115 %)Flash
81 (0.057 %)ClearCase
81 (0.057 %)TestComplete
81 (0.057 %)PVCS
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1397 (22.78 %)Finance
2220 (12.62 %)Banking
3127 (7.286 %)Investment Banking
491 (5.221 %)Government
574 (4.246 %)Health
672 (4.131 %)Marketing
770 (4.016 %)Pensions
852 (2.983 %)Retail
943 (2.467 %)Back Office
1042 (2.410 %)Telecoms
1042 (2.410 %)Insurance
1128 (1.606 %)Local Government
1227 (1.549 %)Education
1326 (1.492 %)Legal
1424 (1.377 %)Financial Institution
1518 (1.033 %)Retail Banking
1617 (0.975 %)Billing
1617 (0.975 %)Front Office
1617 (0.975 %)Pharmaceutical
1716 (0.918 %)Law
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1233 (13.37 %)NHS
262 (3.557 %)Management Information System
346 (2.639 %)Data Extraction
445 (2.582 %)Statistics
539 (2.238 %)Derivative
627 (1.549 %)Equities
722 (1.262 %)Fixed Income
722 (1.262 %)Data Conversion
821 (1.205 %)Credit Risk
916 (0.918 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1014 (0.803 %)Mathematics
1110 (0.574 %)Equity Derivative
1110 (0.574 %)Mainframe
1110 (0.574 %)Data Integration
129 (0.516 %)Interest Rate Derivative
136 (0.344 %)Data Protection Act
136 (0.344 %)Credit Derivative
145 (0.287 %)AS400
145 (0.287 %)IBM Mainframe
154 (0.229 %)Informatics
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
167 (3.844 %)UNIX
242 (2.410 %)Windows
319 (1.090 %)Linux
417 (0.975 %)Windows Server 2003
512 (0.688 %)Windows 2000
64 (0.229 %)Windows XP
64 (0.229 %)Solaris
64 (0.229 %)Red Hat Linux
73 (0.172 %)HPUX
82 (0.115 %)VME
82 (0.115 %)Windows 2000 Server
91 (0.057 %)Windows NT
91 (0.057 %)VMS
91 (0.057 %)OpenVMS
91 (0.057 %)Windows Vista
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1408 (23.41 %)Data Analysis
2319 (18.30 %)Migration
3259 (14.86 %)Data Migration
4205 (11.76 %)Data Modelling
5109 (6.254 %)Data Management
696 (5.508 %)Data Mapping
778 (4.475 %)Business Analysis
852 (2.983 %)Validation
951 (2.926 %)Business Intelligence
1050 (2.869 %)Project Management
1147 (2.697 %)CRM
1237 (2.123 %)Statistical Analysis
1336 (2.065 %)Asset Management
1435 (2.008 %)ERP
1532 (1.836 %)UML
1631 (1.779 %)ITIL
1631 (1.779 %)Security Cleared
1726 (1.492 %)Data Architecture
1823 (1.320 %)Performance Management
1823 (1.320 %)Stakeholder Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1572 (32.82 %)SQL
2111 (6.368 %)VBA
341 (2.352 %)PL/SQL
438 (2.180 %)VB
532 (1.836 %)C
630 (1.721 %)Transact-SQL
712 (0.688 %)Perl
810 (0.574 %)VB.NET
97 (0.402 %)Java
97 (0.402 %)C++
97 (0.402 %)COBOL
105 (0.287 %)ABAP
105 (0.287 %)VBScript
114 (0.229 %)C#
123 (0.172 %)Delphi
132 (0.115 %)VB6
141 (0.057 %)DCL
141 (0.057 %)SAS Macro
141 (0.057 %)DHTML
141 (0.057 %)JavaScript
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
148 (2.754 %)Degree
25 (0.287 %)ISEB
25 (0.287 %)Cisco Certification
34 (0.229 %)Oracle Certification
34 (0.229 %)ACCA
42 (0.115 %)CIMA
42 (0.115 %)Microsoft Certification
42 (0.115 %)CCNA
42 (0.115 %)CCNP
51 (0.057 %)CCIP
51 (0.057 %)MCAD
51 (0.057 %)MCSE
51 (0.057 %)CCDP
51 (0.057 %)ITIL Certification
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
114 (0.803 %)SLA
114 (0.803 %)Basel II
27 (0.402 %)QA
36 (0.344 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
42 (0.115 %)MiFID
42 (0.115 %)CDISC
42 (0.115 %)BS25999
51 (0.057 %)GMP
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
18 (0.459 %)Active Directory
24 (0.229 %)NetBackup
24 (0.229 %)Citrix Presentation Server
32 (0.115 %)VMware Infrastructure
41 (0.057 %)ISA Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (0.229 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
14 (0.229 %)HP Data Protector
23 (0.172 %)Tivoli
31 (0.057 %)MOM
31 (0.057 %)Unicenter
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1211 (12.11 %)Oracle
2136 (7.803 %)Microsoft
3119 (6.827 %)Business Objects
487 (4.991 %)SAP
547 (2.697 %)Bloomberg
637 (2.123 %)Reuters
724 (1.377 %)Cognos
724 (1.377 %)IBM
821 (1.205 %)Informatica
919 (1.090 %)PeopleSoft
919 (1.090 %)Omniture
1017 (0.975 %)Trillium
1113 (0.746 %)Sybase
1210 (0.574 %)Cisco
1210 (0.574 %)salesforce.com
139 (0.516 %)Mapinfo
139 (0.516 %)CQG
139 (0.516 %)Teradata
139 (0.516 %)Hyperion
139 (0.516 %)Google