The first table below looks at the demand for the Information 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 Information Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Analyst
Rank 424 450 498
Rank change year-on-year
+26 +48
Contract jobs requiring an Information Analyst 105 134 86
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.226% 0.230% 0.141%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.246% 0.248% 0.152%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 56 39
Average daily rate £288 £300 £238
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.16% +26.31%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £190 £135
10% offered a daily rate of more than £485 £515 £380
UK excluding London average daily rate £258 £263 £219
% change year-on-year
-1.90% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 24 15
Average hourly rate £17.25 £16.63 £18.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.75% -10.13%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.33 £13.19 £12.96
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.45 £24.40 £27.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £16.63 £18.50
% change year-on-year
+5.26% -10.13%
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
42733 53947 56601
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.11% 92.50% 92.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 24507 29722 30764
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 2112 2572 2930
Average hourly rate £18.50 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £40.00 £41.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

Information Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Information Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Information Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

Information Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Information Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Information Analyst within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Information Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Information Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Information Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Information 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 Information Analyst within the UK over the 3 months to 24 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 +18 98 £275 -8.33%
London +25 34 £375 +7.14%
South East +12 21 £205 -25.45%
City of London +12 16 £375 -
Yorkshire +6 10 £258 -
North West +10 9 £244 +21.87%
South West +22 8 £275 +27.90%
East of England +22 8 £225 -47.05%
Berkshire +19 8 £325 +36.94%
West Yorkshire +5 6 £250 -
Bristol - 5 £350 -
Manchester +9 4 £241 +26.97%
West Midlands +2 4 £255 +20.00%
Reading - 4 £450 -
Scotland - 4 £400 -
South Yorkshire +4 3 £401 -
Sheffield 0 3 £401 -
Hampshire -16 3 £198 -43.57%
Bracknell - 3 - -
Aberdeen - 3 £400 -
Essex - 3 - -
Surrey +15 2 £190 -
North East +12 2 £269 -
Lancashire +8 2 £344 +66.66%
Leeds -7 2 - -
Cheshire - 2 £200 -
Tyne and Wear +14 1 £300 -
Birmingham +12 1 £313 -30.55%
Hertfordshire +7 1 - -
Blackpool +7 1 £450 +80.00%

Information Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Information 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 Information Analyst in their job title.

1 144 (57.83%) NHS
2 111 (44.58%) SQL
3 57 (22.89%) SQL Server
4 50 (20.08%) MS Excel
5 43 (17.27%) Information Security
6 38 (15.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 32 (12.85%) Data Warehouse
8 29 (11.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 27 (10.84%) Business Intelligence
9 27 (10.84%) Microsoft
10 26 (10.44%) Finance
11 25 (10.04%) Management Information System
12 20 (8.032%) Informatics
13 18 (7.229%) Business Objects
14 16 (6.426%) T-SQL
14 16 (6.426%) MS Access
15 15 (6.024%) MS Office
15 15 (6.024%) ISO/IEC 27001
15 15 (6.024%) Information Management
16 13 (5.221%) VBA
17 12 (4.819%) CISSP
17 12 (4.819%) Data Analysis
17 12 (4.819%) SQL Server 2008
18 11 (4.418%) Oracle
19 10 (4.016%) Risk Management
19 10 (4.016%) Security Cleared
19 10 (4.016%) Data Management
19 10 (4.016%) Banking
19 10 (4.016%) Statistics
19 10 (4.016%) Data Protection

Information Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Information 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 Information Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (1.205%) XML
2 2 (0.803%) Web Services
2 2 (0.803%) Software Packaging
3 1 (0.402%) DOM
3 1 (0.402%) HTML
3 1 (0.402%) .NET
3 1 (0.402%) ASP
3 1 (0.402%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.402%) COM
Application Platforms
1 7 (2.811%) SAS
2 3 (1.205%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.803%) LiveLink
4 1 (0.402%) Oracle Spatial
4 1 (0.402%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.402%) IIS
Applications
1 50 (20.08%) MS Excel
2 15 (6.024%) MS Office
3 6 (2.410%) SPSS
4 4 (1.606%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (1.205%) MS PowerPoint
6 1 (0.402%) PowerPivot
Business Applications
1 2 (0.803%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 2 (0.803%) Sentinel
2 1 (0.402%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.410%) Firewall
2 3 (1.205%) VPN
3 2 (0.803%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.402%) Intranet
4 1 (0.402%) Internet
4 1 (0.402%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.402%) HTTP
4 1 (0.402%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (22.89%) SQL Server
2 38 (15.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 32 (12.85%) Data Warehouse
4 29 (11.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 16 (6.426%) MS Access
6 12 (4.819%) SQL Server 2008
7 9 (3.614%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 8 (3.213%) GIS
9 6 (2.410%) QlikView
10 4 (1.606%) SQL Server 2005
11 3 (1.205%) Oracle Reports
12 2 (0.803%) Crystal Reports
13 1 (0.402%) DbVisualizer
13 1 (0.402%) WebFOCUS
13 1 (0.402%) Oracle Discoverer
13 1 (0.402%) RDBMS
13 1 (0.402%) Data Mining
13 1 (0.402%) Oracle 8/8i
General
1 26 (10.44%) Finance
2 10 (4.016%) Banking
3 7 (2.811%) Legal
4 5 (2.008%) Marketing
4 5 (2.008%) Investment Banking
5 3 (1.205%) Retail
6 2 (0.803%) Electronics
6 2 (0.803%) Telecoms
6 2 (0.803%) Manufacturing
6 2 (0.803%) Aerospace
6 2 (0.803%) Retail Banking
6 2 (0.803%) Corporate Banking
6 2 (0.803%) Avionics
7 1 (0.402%) Billing
7 1 (0.402%) Law
7 1 (0.402%) Publishing
7 1 (0.402%) Financial Institution
Miscellaneous
1 144 (57.83%) NHS
2 25 (10.04%) Management Information System
3 20 (8.032%) Informatics
4 10 (4.016%) Statistics
5 4 (1.606%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (1.205%) Reference Data
6 3 (1.205%) Data Extraction
6 3 (1.205%) CESG
7 2 (0.803%) DTV
7 2 (0.803%) RMADS
7 2 (0.803%) Computer Science
7 2 (0.803%) Health Informatics
8 1 (0.402%) Taxonomies
8 1 (0.402%) Freedom of Information
8 1 (0.402%) NPfIT
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.606%) Windows
2 2 (0.803%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (17.27%) Information Security
2 27 (10.84%) Business Intelligence
3 15 (6.024%) Information Management
4 12 (4.819%) Data Analysis
5 10 (4.016%) Risk Management
5 10 (4.016%) Data Management
5 10 (4.016%) Data Protection
6 9 (3.614%) Project Management
7 8 (3.213%) Information Governance
8 7 (2.811%) Information Assurance
8 7 (2.811%) Performance Management
8 7 (2.811%) ITIL
8 7 (2.811%) Data Modelling
9 6 (2.410%) ETL
9 6 (2.410%) Risk Assessment
10 5 (2.008%) Incident Management
10 5 (2.008%) Security Management
10 5 (2.008%) PRINCE2
11 4 (1.606%) Validation
11 4 (1.606%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 111 (44.58%) SQL
2 16 (6.426%) T-SQL
3 13 (5.221%) VBA
4 5 (2.008%) VB
5 2 (0.803%) C
6 1 (0.402%) C#
6 1 (0.402%) Perl
6 1 (0.402%) PHP
Qualifications
1 12 (4.819%) CISSP
2 10 (4.016%) Security Cleared
3 8 (3.213%) Degree
3 8 (3.213%) SC Cleared
4 7 (2.811%) CISM
5 4 (1.606%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 2 (0.803%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.402%) CGEIT
7 1 (0.402%) EnCE
7 1 (0.402%) CEH
7 1 (0.402%) PMP
7 1 (0.402%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.402%) ECDL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (6.024%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (2.008%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 4 (1.606%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.205%) PCI DSS
4 3 (1.205%) SLA
5 2 (0.803%) COBIT
5 2 (0.803%) QA
6 1 (0.402%) Basel II
System Software
1 2 (0.803%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.402%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 2 (0.803%) WSUS
1 2 (0.803%) SCCM
1 2 (0.803%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 27 (10.84%) Microsoft
2 18 (7.229%) Business Objects
3 11 (4.418%) Oracle
4 5 (2.008%) ESRI
5 4 (1.606%) Cognos
6 3 (1.205%) SAP
7 2 (0.803%) Citrix
7 2 (0.803%) McAfee
8 1 (0.402%) Twitter
8 1 (0.402%) Civica
8 1 (0.402%) Symantec
8 1 (0.402%) i2
8 1 (0.402%) MicroStrategy
8 1 (0.402%) JD Edwards
8 1 (0.402%) Primavera
8 1 (0.402%) HP
8 1 (0.402%) EMC
London
I am currently looking for an Information Analyst with a strong background within the NHS... Required: * An experienced information analyst with strong NHS / Hospital experience. * Possess excellent IT...
Computer Futures
Rate: £200 - £300 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
South East London
An excellent opportunity has arisen with one of our NHS clients for a NHS Rio Information Analyst... You will also have: NHS Experience. Rio and advances SQL skill...
Langford Stein
Rate: From £220 to £250 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
Wiltshire, South West
The Information Analyst will work closely with Managers, Clinicians and staff in providing high quality business intelligence information and analysis to support the objectives and business needs. The...
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £160 - £185 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
South East
An exciting opportunity for an Information Analyst has arisen with a complex end user undergoing significant change-We`re looking for an individual with particular expertise in SQL,...
GSA Techsource
Rate: GBP250 per day
Posted: 18 May 2013
Glasgow, Scotland
You will be working for a large banking client in their Supplier Security Team which manages all Information Security Risks posed to the organisation by suppliers and service...
Harvey Nash Consulting (Scotland) Limited
Rate: £000 - £1 per annum + TBC on discussion
Posted: 1 May 2013
Staines, Middlesex
Assisting with the co-ordination and delivery of Information Security Management activity across Corporate Functions... Skills - Hands-on exposure to assisting with supporting Information Security in an large...
Advanced Resource Managers
Rate: Negotiable
Posted: 23 May 2013
Staines, Middlesex
My client a top FTSE 100 energy and utilities company is currently looking to recruit an Information Security Analyst to join its team in Staines on a contract...
Lorien Resourcing
Posted: 23 May 2013
City of London
Urgent Requirement: Senior Information Analyst - 3 Month contract - £200 - £250 per day - London Information Analyst / MS Excel / T-SQL / SSRS / MS Word / SAS Data Sets/ NHSAn excellent opportunity...
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £200 - £250 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
East London
THE ROLE The role of Information Governance Analyst is responsible for governing the lifecycle of data within our client... Your main task will be to implement Classification Software (...
Randstad Technologies
Rate: £0.00 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
City of London
Ideal candidates must be experienced with performing security reviews and risk assessments, including security architecture reviews and the review of vulnerability scans and penetration test reports... As well...
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
London
My Client, a leading NHS Trust based in Central London is looking for a Senior Business Intelligence/Information Analyst. The ideal person MUST have the following experience: *Experience...
Harvey Nash plc
Rate: £300 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
City, London
Security Analyst: Key Skills and Background CISSP or equivelant experience in a large enterprise environment/CISM, CISA Experience in project security risk assessment and compliance checking Risk management...
Capita Resourcing - IT Resourcing
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
Chester, North West
Cyber Surveillance Job Description Business Unit Global Information Security helps to assess threats and set priorities and to create flexible programs to actively manage their specific risks. Cyber...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £1 per day
Posted: 11 May 2013