The first table below looks at the demand for the Development 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 Development Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 23 May 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 currently tracked.

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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Development Analyst
Rank 532 542 562
Rank change year-on-year
+10 +20
Contract jobs requiring a Development Analyst 9 23 24
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.019% 0.039% 0.039%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.021% 0.043% 0.042%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 11 16
Average daily rate £475 £470 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.06% +34.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £250 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £515 £525 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 £310 £325
% change year-on-year
+53.22% -4.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
42697 54001 57544
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.14% 92.51% 92.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 24521 29759 31287
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £240 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2095 2581 2973
Average hourly rate £18.25 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.35% -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.88 £40.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

Development Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Development Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Development Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

Development Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Development Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Development Analyst within the UK over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Development Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Development Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Development Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Development Analyst
Top 9 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Development Analyst within the UK over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank 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
England +28 7 £475 +1.06%
London +18 3 £406 -13.83%
West Midlands - 3 - -
Scotland - 2 - -
Dundee - 2 - -
Coventry - 2 - -
City of London +19 1 £525 +13.20%
North West +11 1 £475 -
Manchester - 1 £475 -

Development Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Development 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 Development Analyst in their job title.

1 18 (56.25%) SQL
2 10 (31.25%) VBA
3 9 (28.13%) Security Cleared
4 7 (21.88%) Intranet
4 7 (21.88%) Internet
5 6 (18.75%) SAS
6 5 (15.63%) Microsoft
6 5 (15.63%) SQL Server
7 4 (12.50%) MS Excel
7 4 (12.50%) Logistics
7 4 (12.50%) Business Analysis
7 4 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (12.50%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (12.50%) QA
7 4 (12.50%) SAS Enterprise Guide
8 3 (9.375%) BizTalk Server
8 3 (9.375%) ATG
8 3 (9.375%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (9.375%) Degree
8 3 (9.375%) Retail
8 3 (9.375%) E-Commerce
8 3 (9.375%) Business Intelligence
8 3 (9.375%) UNIX
9 2 (6.250%) .NET
9 2 (6.250%) ITIL
9 2 (6.250%) PRINCE2
9 2 (6.250%) Sybase
9 2 (6.250%) Business Objects
9 2 (6.250%) C
9 2 (6.250%) C#

Development Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Development 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 Development Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (6.250%) .NET
2 1 (3.125%) Django
2 1 (3.125%) ASP.NET
2 1 (3.125%) ODBC
Application Platforms
1 6 (18.75%) SAS
2 3 (9.375%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (3.125%) nginx
3 1 (3.125%) Apache
Applications
1 4 (12.50%) MS Excel
1 4 (12.50%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 7 (21.88%) Intranet
1 7 (21.88%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (15.63%) SQL Server
2 4 (12.50%) SAS Enterprise Guide
3 3 (9.375%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (6.250%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (3.125%) RDBMS
5 1 (3.125%) Data Mining
5 1 (3.125%) MS Access
General
1 3 (9.375%) Retail
2 2 (6.250%) Banking
2 2 (6.250%) Finance
3 1 (3.125%) Manufacturing
3 1 (3.125%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.250%) Management Information System
1 2 (6.250%) Data Extraction
2 1 (3.125%) Open Source
2 1 (3.125%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 3 (9.375%) UNIX
2 1 (3.125%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (12.50%) Logistics
1 4 (12.50%) Business Analysis
1 4 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (9.375%) E-Commerce
2 3 (9.375%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (6.250%) ITIL
3 2 (6.250%) PRINCE2
3 2 (6.250%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (6.250%) Investment Management
3 2 (6.250%) Waterfall
4 1 (3.125%) Change Control
4 1 (3.125%) Time Management
4 1 (3.125%) Fund Management
4 1 (3.125%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (3.125%) Business Continuity
4 1 (3.125%) Programme Management
4 1 (3.125%) Statistical Analysis
4 1 (3.125%) Asset Management
4 1 (3.125%) Project Management
4 1 (3.125%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 18 (56.25%) SQL
2 10 (31.25%) VBA
3 2 (6.250%) C
3 2 (6.250%) C#
3 2 (6.250%) Java
3 2 (6.250%) Shell Script
4 1 (3.125%) VB
4 1 (3.125%) ABAP
4 1 (3.125%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (28.13%) Security Cleared
2 3 (9.375%) Degree
3 2 (6.250%) SC Cleared
3 2 (6.250%) BC Cleared
4 1 (3.125%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.50%) QA
2 1 (3.125%) SLA
Vendors
1 5 (15.63%) Microsoft
2 3 (9.375%) ATG
3 2 (6.250%) Sybase
3 2 (6.250%) Business Objects
3 2 (6.250%) MicroStrategy
3 2 (6.250%) webMethods
4 1 (3.125%) SAP