Project Analyst Contracts

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.

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Location Bath Bedfordshire Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Brentford Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cheshire City of London Coventry Docklands, London Dorset Dudley Dunstable East Anglia East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Glasgow Hampshire Havant Hertfordshire Home Counties Lancashire Leeds Liverpool London Luton Macclesfield Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Upon Tyne North East North West North Yorkshire Oxfordshire Peterborough Poole Reading Rickmansworth Rugby Scotland Shropshire Somerset South Coast South East South West Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey Swindon Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Warwick Warwickshire West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire York Yorkshire	3 months to 2 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	342	356
Rank change on same period last year	+14
Matching contract IT job ads	203	332
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.326 %	0.357 %
As % of the category below	0.370 %	0.391 %
Daily rates quoted	86	156
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 quoted	2	18
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 %
Job Titles UK
Matching contract IT job ads	54924	84848
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	88.25 %	91.12 %
Daily rates quoted	17215	25391
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 quoted	5300	7586
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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

Location	Rank 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
England	+9	194	£372	+7.04 %
London	+66	111	£393	+0.60 %
City of London	+22	38	£365	-20.58 %
South East	+46	22	£390	+14.08 %
East of England	+29	19	£275	-4.40 %
Hertfordshire	+24	15	£287	+32.11 %
West Midlands	+26	13	£267	-14.60 %
South West	-2	11	£384	+39.35 %
Scotland	+22	9	£319	+30.23 %
Yorkshire	+28	8	£321	+38.73 %
North West	+10	6	£220	-30.81 %
Middlesex	+4	6	£301	-
West Yorkshire	+9	6	£321	+62.96 %
Wiltshire	-10	6	£478	+61.69 %
Swindon	-13	6	£478	+98.13 %
Edinburgh	+23	6	£325	+47.30 %
Warwickshire	+21	5	-	-
Leeds	+2	4	£394	+96.87 %
Uxbridge	-	4	£428	-
Warwick	+8	4	-	-
Berkshire	+22	4	£375	-8.16 %
Cheshire	-	3	£220	-
Macclesfield	-	3	£220	-
Coventry	-	3	£165	-
Glasgow	+16	2	£313	+20.96 %
Bicester	-	2	-	-
Birmingham	+17	2	£369	+22.91 %
Brentford	-	2	£349	-
Bristol	-2	2	£236	+2.27 %
Milton Keynes	-2	2	£550	+41.93 %

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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.

1 209 (40.74 %) Finance 2 188 (36.65 %) Project Management 3 97 (18.91 %) MS Project 4 96 (18.71 %) PRINCE2 5 89 (17.35 %) MS Excel 6 86 (16.76 %) Banking 7 66 (12.87 %) Microsoft 8 65 (12.67 %) MS Office 9 64 (12.48 %) Project Planning 10 58 (11.31 %) MS PowerPoint 11 57 (11.11 %) Business Analysis 12 55 (10.72 %) Investment Banking 13 43 (8.382 %) Change Management 14 30 (5.848 %) Insurance 15 27 (5.263 %) Derivative

16 24 (4.678 %) Migration 17 23 (4.483 %) Government 17 23 (4.483 %) SAP 18 22 (4.288 %) PRINCE 19 20 (3.899 %) ITIL 19 20 (3.899 %) Security Cleared 20 19 (3.704 %) Asset Management 21 18 (3.509 %) Financial Institution 21 18 (3.509 %) Stakeholder Management 21 18 (3.509 %) MS Visio 22 17 (3.314 %) QA 22 17 (3.314 %) Windows 22 17 (3.314 %) ClearQuest 23 16 (3.119 %) Back Office 23 16 (3.119 %) Risk Management

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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.

Application Development 1 10 (1.949 %) .NET 2 4 (0.780 %) .NET Framework 3 3 (0.585 %) J2EE 3 3 (0.585 %) ASP.NET 4 1 (0.195 %) XML	Application Platforms 1 15 (2.924 %) SharePoint 2 12 (2.339 %) Office Project Server 3 5 (0.975 %) MS Exchange 4 4 (0.780 %) SAS 4 4 (0.780 %) Lotus Notes 5 2 (0.390 %) CMS 5 2 (0.390 %) eRoom 5 2 (0.390 %) Exchange Server 5.5 5 2 (0.390 %) Exchange Server 2003 6 1 (0.195 %) SharePoint Server 2007 6 1 (0.195 %) Office Communications Server 6 1 (0.195 %) LiveLink 6 1 (0.195 %) Documentum
Applications 1 97 (18.91 %) MS Project 2 89 (17.35 %) MS Excel 3 65 (12.67 %) MS Office 4 58 (11.31 %) MS PowerPoint 5 18 (3.509 %) MS Visio 6 8 (1.559 %) CA Clarity 7 6 (1.170 %) Spreadsheet 8 1 (0.195 %) ArcView 8 1 (0.195 %) Open Workbench	Business Applications 1 9 (1.754 %) SAP PS 2 4 (0.780 %) MAXIMO 2 4 (0.780 %) Summit 3 3 (0.585 %) Sophis RISQUE 3 3 (0.585 %) Microsoft CRM 4 2 (0.390 %) Great Plains 4 2 (0.390 %) SalesLogix 4 2 (0.390 %) Dynamics GP 5 1 (0.195 %) SAP ERP 5 1 (0.195 %) SAP HR 5 1 (0.195 %) Oracle Financials 5 1 (0.195 %) arcHouse 5 1 (0.195 %) HiPortfolio 5 1 (0.195 %) Oracle ERP 5 1 (0.195 %) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking 1 3 (0.585 %) SAN 1 3 (0.585 %) Intranet 2 2 (0.390 %) LAN 2 2 (0.390 %) WAN 3 1 (0.195 %) TCP/IP 3 1 (0.195 %) VPN 3 1 (0.195 %) VoIP 3 1 (0.195 %) ATM 3 1 (0.195 %) Broadband 3 1 (0.195 %) ISDN 3 1 (0.195 %) Internet 3 1 (0.195 %) MPLS	Database & Business Intelligence 1 10 (1.949 %) BusinessObjects 2 5 (0.975 %) SQL Server 3 4 (0.780 %) Crystal Reports 3 4 (0.780 %) Datawarehouse 3 4 (0.780 %) Data Cleansing 4 3 (0.585 %) ETL 5 2 (0.390 %) Reference Data 5 2 (0.390 %) SAP BW 6 1 (0.195 %) DataStage 6 1 (0.195 %) EDRMS 6 1 (0.195 %) GIS 6 1 (0.195 %) Oracle Discoverer 6 1 (0.195 %) Oracle 10g 6 1 (0.195 %) Oracle Reports 6 1 (0.195 %) Oracle 9i 6 1 (0.195 %) MS Access
Development Applications 1 17 (3.314 %) ClearQuest 2 12 (2.339 %) ClearCase	General 1 209 (40.74 %) Finance 2 86 (16.76 %) Banking 3 55 (10.72 %) Investment Banking 4 30 (5.848 %) Insurance 5 23 (4.483 %) Government 6 18 (3.509 %) Financial Institution 7 16 (3.119 %) Back Office 8 15 (2.924 %) Telecoms 9 14 (2.729 %) Retail 10 11 (2.144 %) Pensions 11 8 (1.559 %) Health 11 8 (1.559 %) Front Office 12 7 (1.365 %) Pharmaceutical 12 7 (1.365 %) Marketing 13 5 (0.975 %) Local Government 13 5 (0.975 %) Education 14 4 (0.780 %) Billing 14 4 (0.780 %) Retail Banking 14 4 (0.780 %) Private Banking 15 3 (0.585 %) Corporate Banking
Miscellaneous 1 27 (5.263 %) Derivative 2 11 (2.144 %) PMI 2 11 (2.144 %) Fixed Income 3 10 (1.949 %) NHS 4 9 (1.754 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 4 9 (1.754 %) Equities 4 9 (1.754 %) Management Information System 5 7 (1.365 %) Economics 5 7 (1.365 %) Interest Rate Derivative 6 6 (1.170 %) Market Risk 7 5 (0.975 %) Equity Derivative 8 4 (0.780 %) French Language 8 4 (0.780 %) Credit Derivative 9 2 (0.390 %) Clustering 9 2 (0.390 %) Blackberry 9 2 (0.390 %) Data Integration 9 2 (0.390 %) PDA 10 1 (0.195 %) Italian Language 10 1 (0.195 %) Swaptions 10 1 (0.195 %) Credit Risk	Operating Systems 1 17 (3.314 %) Windows 2 7 (1.365 %) Windows Server 2003 3 6 (1.170 %) UNIX 4 4 (0.780 %) Linux 5 3 (0.585 %) Windows 2000 6 2 (0.390 %) Windows NT 6 2 (0.390 %) Windows XP 6 2 (0.390 %) Solaris 7 1 (0.195 %) Windows Vista 7 1 (0.195 %) Windows 2000 Server 7 1 (0.195 %) OpenVMS
Processes & Methodologies 1 188 (36.65 %) Project Management 2 96 (18.71 %) PRINCE2 3 64 (12.48 %) Project Planning 4 57 (11.11 %) Business Analysis 5 43 (8.382 %) Change Management 6 24 (4.678 %) Migration 7 22 (4.288 %) PRINCE 8 20 (3.899 %) ITIL 8 20 (3.899 %) Security Cleared 9 19 (3.704 %) Asset Management 10 18 (3.509 %) Stakeholder Management 11 16 (3.119 %) Risk Management 12 15 (2.924 %) Business Development 13 14 (2.729 %) ERP 14 13 (2.534 %) Business Intelligence 14 13 (2.534 %) Document Management 14 13 (2.534 %) Data Analysis 15 12 (2.339 %) Programme Management 16 10 (1.949 %) Logistics 16 10 (1.949 %) BPR	Programming Languages 1 13 (2.534 %) SQL 2 5 (0.975 %) C 3 4 (0.780 %) C# 4 3 (0.585 %) Perl 5 2 (0.390 %) VB 5 2 (0.390 %) Java 6 1 (0.195 %) Transact-SQL 6 1 (0.195 %) VBScript 6 1 (0.195 %) VBA 6 1 (0.195 %) VB6
Qualifications 1 14 (2.729 %) PRINCE2 Certification 1 14 (2.729 %) Degree 2 8 (1.559 %) Microsoft Certification 3 5 (0.975 %) MCSE 3 5 (0.975 %) CIMA 3 5 (0.975 %) PMP 3 5 (0.975 %) PMI Certification 4 4 (0.780 %) ACCA 5 3 (0.585 %) ITIL Certification 5 3 (0.585 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 5 3 (0.585 %) Cisco Certification 6 2 (0.390 %) ISEB 7 1 (0.195 %) CISSP 7 1 (0.195 %) CCIE 7 1 (0.195 %) CCNP 7 1 (0.195 %) CCNA	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 17 (3.314 %) QA 2 2 (0.390 %) ISO9001 2 2 (0.390 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 3 1 (0.195 %) PCI DSS
System Software 1 4 (0.780 %) Active Directory 2 2 (0.390 %) ISA Server 3 1 (0.195 %) VMware Infrastructure 3 1 (0.195 %) Tivoli Workload Scheduler	Systems Management 1 1 (0.195 %) Tivoli 1 1 (0.195 %) ServiceCenter
Vendors 1 66 (12.87 %) Microsoft 2 23 (4.483 %) SAP 3 10 (1.949 %) Oracle 3 10 (1.949 %) Business Objects 4 7 (1.365 %) CheckPoint 5 5 (0.975 %) Lotus 5 5 (0.975 %) PeopleSoft 5 5 (0.975 %) Cognos 5 5 (0.975 %) Cisco 6 4 (0.780 %) Calypso 6 4 (0.780 %) Bloomberg 6 4 (0.780 %) Remedy 6 4 (0.780 %) Planview 7 3 (0.585 %) GL TRADE 7 3 (0.585 %) Sophis 7 3 (0.585 %) Axiom 7 3 (0.585 %) Progress 7 3 (0.585 %) HP 7 3 (0.585 %) Murex 8 2 (0.390 %) NetApp