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The table below looks at the demand for the Project 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 Project Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Project Analyst
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank342356
Rank change on same period last yearUp+14
Matching contract IT job ads203332
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.326 %0.357 %
As % of the category below0.370 %0.391 %
Daily rates quoted86156
Average minimum daily rate£351£323
Average daily rate£371£341
% change on same period last year+8.72 %
Average maximum daily rate£391£360
UK excluding London average daily rate£328£289
% change on same period last year+13.29 %
Hourly rates quoted218
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00£23.33
Average hourly rate£32.25£24.11
% change on same period last year+33.78 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.50£24.88
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.00£24.11
% change on same period last year+12.00 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
UK
Matching contract IT job ads5492484848
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled88.25 %91.12 %
Daily rates quoted1721525391
Average minimum daily rate£363£386
Average daily rate£388£410
% change on same period last year-5.28 %
Average maximum daily rate£414£434
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£352
% change on same period last year+0.07 %
Hourly rates quoted53007586
Average minimum hourly rate£22.03£23.19
Average hourly rate£23.48£24.74
% change on same period last year-5.10 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.92£26.29
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.10£24.04
% change on same period last year-3.88 %

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.

Project Analyst
Demand Trend

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

Project Analyst Demand Trend

Project Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

Project Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Project Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Analyst within the UK over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

Project Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Project Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Project Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Project 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 Project Analyst within the UK over the 3 months to 2 December 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+9194£372+7.04 %
LondonUp+66111£393+0.60 %
City of LondonUp+2238£365-20.58 %
South EastUp+4622£390+14.08 %
East of EnglandUp+2919£275-4.40 %
HertfordshireUp+2415£287+32.11 %
West MidlandsUp+2613£267-14.60 %
South WestDown-211£384+39.35 %
ScotlandUp+229£319+30.23 %
YorkshireUp+288£321+38.73 %
North WestUp+106£220-30.81 %
MiddlesexUp+46£301-
West YorkshireUp+96£321+62.96 %
WiltshireDown-106£478+61.69 %
SwindonDown-136£478+98.13 %
EdinburghUp+236£325+47.30 %
WarwickshireUp+215--
LeedsUp+24£394+96.87 %
UxbridgeNew entry-4£428-
WarwickUp+84--
BerkshireUp+224£375-8.16 %
CheshireNew entry-3£220-
MacclesfieldNew entry-3£220-
CoventryNew entry-3£165-
GlasgowUp+162£313+20.96 %
BicesterNew entry-2--
BirminghamUp+172£369+22.91 %
BrentfordNew entry-2£349-
BristolDown-22£236+2.27 %
Milton KeynesDown-22£550+41.93 %

Project Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Project 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 Project Analyst in their job title.

1209 (40.74 %)Finance
2188 (36.65 %)Project Management
397 (18.91 %)MS Project
496 (18.71 %)PRINCE2
589 (17.35 %)MS Excel
686 (16.76 %)Banking
766 (12.87 %)Microsoft
865 (12.67 %)MS Office
964 (12.48 %)Project Planning
1058 (11.31 %)MS PowerPoint
1157 (11.11 %)Business Analysis
1255 (10.72 %)Investment Banking
1343 (8.382 %)Change Management
1430 (5.848 %)Insurance
1527 (5.263 %)Derivative
1624 (4.678 %)Migration
1723 (4.483 %)Government
1723 (4.483 %)SAP
1822 (4.288 %)PRINCE
1920 (3.899 %)ITIL
1920 (3.899 %)Security Cleared
2019 (3.704 %)Asset Management
2118 (3.509 %)Financial Institution
2118 (3.509 %)Stakeholder Management
2118 (3.509 %)MS Visio
2217 (3.314 %)QA
2217 (3.314 %)Windows
2217 (3.314 %)ClearQuest
2316 (3.119 %)Back Office
2316 (3.119 %)Risk Management

Project Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Project 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 Project Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
110 (1.949 %).NET
24 (0.780 %).NET Framework
33 (0.585 %)J2EE
33 (0.585 %)ASP.NET
41 (0.195 %)XML
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
115 (2.924 %)SharePoint
212 (2.339 %)Office Project Server
35 (0.975 %)MS Exchange
44 (0.780 %)SAS
44 (0.780 %)Lotus Notes
52 (0.390 %)CMS
52 (0.390 %)eRoom
52 (0.390 %)Exchange Server 5.5
52 (0.390 %)Exchange Server 2003
61 (0.195 %)SharePoint Server 2007
61 (0.195 %)Office Communications Server
61 (0.195 %)LiveLink
61 (0.195 %)Documentum
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
197 (18.91 %)MS Project
289 (17.35 %)MS Excel
365 (12.67 %)MS Office
458 (11.31 %)MS PowerPoint
518 (3.509 %)MS Visio
68 (1.559 %)CA Clarity
76 (1.170 %)Spreadsheet
81 (0.195 %)ArcView
81 (0.195 %)Open Workbench
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
19 (1.754 %)SAP PS
24 (0.780 %)MAXIMO
24 (0.780 %)Summit
33 (0.585 %)Sophis RISQUE
33 (0.585 %)Microsoft CRM
42 (0.390 %)Great Plains
42 (0.390 %)SalesLogix
42 (0.390 %)Dynamics GP
51 (0.195 %)SAP ERP
51 (0.195 %)SAP HR
51 (0.195 %)Oracle Financials
51 (0.195 %)arcHouse
51 (0.195 %)HiPortfolio
51 (0.195 %)Oracle ERP
51 (0.195 %)Oracle Applications
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (0.585 %)SAN
13 (0.585 %)Intranet
22 (0.390 %)LAN
22 (0.390 %)WAN
31 (0.195 %)TCP/IP
31 (0.195 %)VPN
31 (0.195 %)VoIP
31 (0.195 %)ATM
31 (0.195 %)Broadband
31 (0.195 %)ISDN
31 (0.195 %)Internet
31 (0.195 %)MPLS
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
110 (1.949 %)BusinessObjects
25 (0.975 %)SQL Server
34 (0.780 %)Crystal Reports
34 (0.780 %)Datawarehouse
34 (0.780 %)Data Cleansing
43 (0.585 %)ETL
52 (0.390 %)Reference Data
52 (0.390 %)SAP BW
61 (0.195 %)DataStage
61 (0.195 %)EDRMS
61 (0.195 %)GIS
61 (0.195 %)Oracle Discoverer
61 (0.195 %)Oracle 10g
61 (0.195 %)Oracle Reports
61 (0.195 %)Oracle 9i
61 (0.195 %)MS Access
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
117 (3.314 %)ClearQuest
212 (2.339 %)ClearCase
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1209 (40.74 %)Finance
286 (16.76 %)Banking
355 (10.72 %)Investment Banking
430 (5.848 %)Insurance
523 (4.483 %)Government
618 (3.509 %)Financial Institution
716 (3.119 %)Back Office
815 (2.924 %)Telecoms
914 (2.729 %)Retail
1011 (2.144 %)Pensions
118 (1.559 %)Health
118 (1.559 %)Front Office
127 (1.365 %)Pharmaceutical
127 (1.365 %)Marketing
135 (0.975 %)Local Government
135 (0.975 %)Education
144 (0.780 %)Billing
144 (0.780 %)Retail Banking
144 (0.780 %)Private Banking
153 (0.585 %)Corporate Banking
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
127 (5.263 %)Derivative
211 (2.144 %)PMI
211 (2.144 %)Fixed Income
310 (1.949 %)NHS
49 (1.754 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
49 (1.754 %)Equities
49 (1.754 %)Management Information System
57 (1.365 %)Economics
57 (1.365 %)Interest Rate Derivative
66 (1.170 %)Market Risk
75 (0.975 %)Equity Derivative
84 (0.780 %)French Language
84 (0.780 %)Credit Derivative
92 (0.390 %)Clustering
92 (0.390 %)Blackberry
92 (0.390 %)Data Integration
92 (0.390 %)PDA
101 (0.195 %)Italian Language
101 (0.195 %)Swaptions
101 (0.195 %)Credit Risk
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
117 (3.314 %)Windows
27 (1.365 %)Windows Server 2003
36 (1.170 %)UNIX
44 (0.780 %)Linux
53 (0.585 %)Windows 2000
62 (0.390 %)Windows NT
62 (0.390 %)Windows XP
62 (0.390 %)Solaris
71 (0.195 %)Windows Vista
71 (0.195 %)Windows 2000 Server
71 (0.195 %)OpenVMS
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1188 (36.65 %)Project Management
296 (18.71 %)PRINCE2
364 (12.48 %)Project Planning
457 (11.11 %)Business Analysis
543 (8.382 %)Change Management
624 (4.678 %)Migration
722 (4.288 %)PRINCE
820 (3.899 %)ITIL
820 (3.899 %)Security Cleared
919 (3.704 %)Asset Management
1018 (3.509 %)Stakeholder Management
1116 (3.119 %)Risk Management
1215 (2.924 %)Business Development
1314 (2.729 %)ERP
1413 (2.534 %)Business Intelligence
1413 (2.534 %)Document Management
1413 (2.534 %)Data Analysis
1512 (2.339 %)Programme Management
1610 (1.949 %)Logistics
1610 (1.949 %)BPR
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
113 (2.534 %)SQL
25 (0.975 %)C
34 (0.780 %)C#
43 (0.585 %)Perl
52 (0.390 %)VB
52 (0.390 %)Java
61 (0.195 %)Transact-SQL
61 (0.195 %)VBScript
61 (0.195 %)VBA
61 (0.195 %)VB6
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
114 (2.729 %)PRINCE2 Certification
114 (2.729 %)Degree
28 (1.559 %)Microsoft Certification
35 (0.975 %)MCSE
35 (0.975 %)CIMA
35 (0.975 %)PMP
35 (0.975 %)PMI Certification
44 (0.780 %)ACCA
53 (0.585 %)ITIL Certification
53 (0.585 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
53 (0.585 %)Cisco Certification
62 (0.390 %)ISEB
71 (0.195 %)CISSP
71 (0.195 %)CCIE
71 (0.195 %)CCNP
71 (0.195 %)CCNA
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
117 (3.314 %)QA
22 (0.390 %)ISO9001
22 (0.390 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
31 (0.195 %)PCI DSS
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (0.780 %)Active Directory
22 (0.390 %)ISA Server
31 (0.195 %)VMware Infrastructure
31 (0.195 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (0.195 %)Tivoli
11 (0.195 %)ServiceCenter
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
166 (12.87 %)Microsoft
223 (4.483 %)SAP
310 (1.949 %)Oracle
310 (1.949 %)Business Objects
47 (1.365 %)CheckPoint
55 (0.975 %)Lotus
55 (0.975 %)PeopleSoft
55 (0.975 %)Cognos
55 (0.975 %)Cisco
64 (0.780 %)Calypso
64 (0.780 %)Bloomberg
64 (0.780 %)Remedy
64 (0.780 %)Planview
73 (0.585 %)GL TRADE
73 (0.585 %)Sophis
73 (0.585 %)Axiom
73 (0.585 %)Progress
73 (0.585 %)HP
73 (0.585 %)Murex
82 (0.390 %)NetApp