The first table below looks at the demand for the Performance 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 Performance Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 19 June 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Performance Analyst
Rank 501 497 527
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +30
Contract jobs requiring a Performance Analyst 40 73 74
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.083% 0.126% 0.119%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.090% 0.136% 0.128%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 43 47
Average daily rate £331 £325 £355
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.92% -8.45%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £175 £253
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £575 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £400 £369
% change year-on-year
-12.50% +8.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 1
Average hourly rate £13.50 £16.63 £21.86
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-18.79% -23.94%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.50 £16.63 £21.86
% change year-on-year
-18.79% -23.94%
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
44347 53663 57608
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.17% 92.47% 92.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 25564 29628 31510
Average daily rate £400 £400 £420
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -4.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £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 2099 2560 2964
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 £11.19 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £40.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%

Performance Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Performance Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Performance Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

Performance Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Performance Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Performance Analyst within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Performance Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Performance Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Performance Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Performance Analyst
Top 28 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Performance Analyst within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
England -20 34 £325 +8.33% 12
London +5 13 £325 - 6
South East +24 6 £375 +31.11% 2
City of London -4 6 £275 -45.00% 1
Scotland -10 5 £390 -11.36%
Yorkshire +5 4 £350 - 1
West Yorkshire +4 4 £350 - 1
Edinburgh +1 4 £395 -10.22%
Leeds -4 3 £350 - 1
Berkshire +17 1 - - 1
Newbury - 1 - -
Reading - - - - 1
Slough - - - -
Watford - - - -
Dorset - - - - 1
Hertfordshire - - - -
Middlesex - - - -
Somerset - - - -
Surrey - - - -
Maidenhead - - - -
Bath - - - -
Borehamwood - - - -
Bournemouth - - - - 1
Bristol - - - -
Camberley - - - -
South West - - - - 1
Ealing - - - -
East of England - - - -

Performance Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Performance 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 Performance Analyst in their job title.

1 35 (38.89%) Performance Testing
2 23 (25.56%) Test Scripting
2 23 (25.56%) Finance
3 20 (22.22%) LoadRunner
4 17 (18.89%) SQL
5 15 (16.67%) Java
6 13 (14.44%) Oracle
6 13 (14.44%) IBM
6 13 (14.44%) Microsoft
6 13 (14.44%) Security Cleared
6 13 (14.44%) Rational Performance Tester
7 12 (13.33%) NHS
7 12 (13.33%) MS Excel
8 10 (11.11%) Windows
9 9 (10.00%) Banking
9 9 (10.00%) SQL Server
9 9 (10.00%) HP
10 8 (8.889%) Business Intelligence
10 8 (8.889%) SAP
10 8 (8.889%) WebSphere
10 8 (8.889%) SC Cleared
11 7 (7.778%) HP Quality Center
11 7 (7.778%) HTTP
12 6 (6.667%) SOAP
12 6 (6.667%) UNIX
12 6 (6.667%) Linux
12 6 (6.667%) CRM
12 6 (6.667%) SOA
12 6 (6.667%) Asset Management
12 6 (6.667%) Billing

Performance Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Performance 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 Performance Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (8.889%) WebSphere
2 6 (6.667%) SOAP
3 5 (5.556%) Web Services
4 4 (4.444%) .NET
5 3 (3.333%) SAP PI
6 2 (2.222%) XML
6 2 (2.222%) Ajax
7 1 (1.111%) RESTful
7 1 (1.111%) soapUI
7 1 (1.111%) SAP XI
7 1 (1.111%) WebSphere MQ
Application Platforms
1 2 (2.222%) Apache
1 2 (2.222%) Tomcat
2 1 (1.111%) CICS
2 1 (1.111%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.111%) SAS
2 1 (1.111%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 12 (13.33%) MS Excel
2 5 (5.556%) MS Office
3 2 (2.222%) InfoPath
4 1 (1.111%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (1.111%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (5.556%) SAP IS-U
1 5 (5.556%) SAP CRM
2 1 (1.111%) Oracle CRM
2 1 (1.111%) SimCorp Dimension
2 1 (1.111%) SAP FI-CA
2 1 (1.111%) SAP FI
Communications & Networking
1 7 (7.778%) HTTP
2 3 (3.333%) TCP/IP
2 3 (3.333%) FTP
3 1 (1.111%) Firewall
3 1 (1.111%) VPN
3 1 (1.111%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (10.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.333%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 3 (3.333%) SQL Server 2005
2 3 (3.333%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (3.333%) TOAD
2 3 (3.333%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (2.222%) MS Access
3 2 (2.222%) QlikView
3 2 (2.222%) PerformancePoint
3 2 (2.222%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (1.111%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (1.111%) Oracle Discoverer
4 1 (1.111%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.111%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 20 (22.22%) LoadRunner
2 13 (14.44%) Rational Performance Tester
3 3 (3.333%) JMeter
3 3 (3.333%) JIRA
3 3 (3.333%) Visual Studio
4 2 (2.222%) SilkPerformer
4 2 (2.222%) Hudson
4 2 (2.222%) OpenSTA
4 2 (2.222%) Rational Functional Tester
4 2 (2.222%) Team Foundation Server
4 2 (2.222%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (1.111%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 23 (25.56%) Finance
2 9 (10.00%) Banking
3 6 (6.667%) Billing
4 5 (5.556%) Investment Banking
4 5 (5.556%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.111%) Private Banking
Miscellaneous
1 12 (13.33%) NHS
2 4 (4.444%) Fixed Income
2 4 (4.444%) Management Information System
2 4 (4.444%) Open Source
2 4 (4.444%) Smart Meter
3 3 (3.333%) New Media
4 2 (2.222%) Statistics
5 1 (1.111%) Data Extraction
5 1 (1.111%) Visualisation
5 1 (1.111%) SWIFT
5 1 (1.111%) Mainframe
5 1 (1.111%) VSAM
5 1 (1.111%) Clustering
5 1 (1.111%) Economics
5 1 (1.111%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 10 (11.11%) Windows
2 6 (6.667%) UNIX
2 6 (6.667%) Linux
3 2 (2.222%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (1.111%) zOS
4 1 (1.111%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (38.89%) Performance Testing
2 23 (25.56%) Test Scripting
3 8 (8.889%) Business Intelligence
4 6 (6.667%) CRM
4 6 (6.667%) SOA
4 6 (6.667%) Asset Management
4 6 (6.667%) Stress Testing
5 5 (5.556%) Load Testing
5 5 (5.556%) V-Model
5 5 (5.556%) Data Analysis
5 5 (5.556%) Software Testing
5 5 (5.556%) Validation
6 4 (4.444%) Test Automation
6 4 (4.444%) Performance Management
7 3 (3.333%) Investment Management
7 3 (3.333%) Capacity Planning
7 3 (3.333%) Change Control
7 3 (3.333%) Test Strategy
7 3 (3.333%) Risk Management
7 3 (3.333%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (18.89%) SQL
2 15 (16.67%) Java
3 3 (3.333%) C
4 2 (2.222%) Perl
4 2 (2.222%) VBA
5 1 (1.111%) Shell Script
5 1 (1.111%) JCL
5 1 (1.111%) Python
5 1 (1.111%) C#
Qualifications
1 13 (14.44%) Security Cleared
2 8 (8.889%) SC Cleared
3 6 (6.667%) Degree
4 3 (3.333%) DV Cleared
4 3 (3.333%) ISTQB
4 3 (3.333%) ISEB
5 1 (1.111%) BC Cleared
5 1 (1.111%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
5 1 (1.111%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (1.111%) CIMA
5 1 (1.111%) ACCA
5 1 (1.111%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.222%) QA
System Software
1 2 (2.222%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (7.778%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (1.111%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 13 (14.44%) Oracle
1 13 (14.44%) IBM
1 13 (14.44%) Microsoft
2 9 (10.00%) HP
3 8 (8.889%) SAP
4 4 (4.444%) CA
5 3 (3.333%) VMware
6 2 (2.222%) StatPro
6 2 (2.222%) Primavera
6 2 (2.222%) BI-SAM
7 1 (1.111%) FactSet
7 1 (1.111%) Hummingbird
7 1 (1.111%) SimCorp
7 1 (1.111%) Citrix
7 1 (1.111%) Actuate
7 1 (1.111%) Bloomberg
7 1 (1.111%) Business Objects
Liverpool, North West
My Blue Chip Financial Services Client is looking for a contractor to manage the performance of the contact centres, co-ordinating resource movement and of the phone activities...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £300.00 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013
London
The successful Performance Test Analyst will meet the following requirements: Excellent performance testing background; loadrunner, winrunner. Previous experience with Calypso or Murex. Ideally suited to a Investment Banking...
Orgtel
Rate: £450 - £550 per day
Posted: 7 June 2013
London
Develop the Visual Studio automated web performance test scripts as allocated by the performance test manager ... " Ensure Microsoft Visual studio best practices and guidelines are followed during performance...
Advanced Resource Managers
Rate: Neg
Posted: 14 June 2013
Winchester, Hampshire
Assignment information: Contract owning country: United Kingdom Fulfillment organization: AMS Sector: Communications Industry: Telecommunications Hours per week: 40.0 Pay travel and lodging: No Open seat description: Telecom...
Engage PSG
Rate: £300 - £320 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
City of London
Performance analyst is required by a global asset management firm based in canary wharf. This is a strong opening for a performance analyst to join the multi-asset...
Real Staffing
Rate: £13 - £14 per hour
Posted: 6 June 2013
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