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

 Senior Analyst Programmer
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank513552
Rank change on same period last yearUp+39
Matching contract IT job ads2392
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.037 %0.099 %
As % of the category below0.042 %0.108 %
Daily rates quoted1243
Average minimum daily rate£415£588
Average daily rate£447£599
% change on same period last year-25.37 %
Average maximum daily rate£479£610
UK excluding London average daily rate£358£300
% change on same period last year+19.44 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
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.

Senior Analyst Programmer
Demand Trend

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

Senior Analyst Programmer Demand Trend

Senior Analyst Programmer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Senior Analyst Programmer Daily Rate Trend

Senior Analyst Programmer
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Senior Analyst Programmer Daily Rate Histogram

Senior Analyst Programmer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Senior Analyst Programmer Hourly Rate Trend

Senior Analyst Programmer
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Analyst Programmer 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+2718£464-22.55 %
LondonUp+5216£477-21.37 %
City of LondonUp+54£280-60.00 %
County AntrimNew entry-3£363-
BelfastNew entry-3£363-
Northern IrelandNew entry-3£363-
East MidlandsNew entry-1£350-
North WestNew entry-1--
NorthwichNew entry-1--
NottinghamNew entry-1£350-
CheshireNew entry-1--
NottinghamshireNew entry-1£350-

Senior Analyst Programmer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

128 (54.90 %)SQL
222 (43.14 %)Java
319 (37.25 %)C#
418 (35.29 %)XML
516 (31.37 %)SQL Server
615 (29.41 %).NET
714 (27.45 %)J2EE
714 (27.45 %)Banking
813 (25.49 %)Investment Banking
813 (25.49 %)UNIX
912 (23.53 %)Finance
912 (23.53 %)Derivative
1011 (21.57 %)Windows
1110 (19.61 %)Sybase
129 (17.65 %)Agile Software Development
129 (17.65 %)Front Office
129 (17.65 %)ASP.NET
129 (17.65 %)Oracle
129 (17.65 %)Data Modelling
138 (15.69 %)C++
147 (13.73 %)Calypso
147 (13.73 %)XML Messaging
156 (11.76 %)Equities
156 (11.76 %)Credit Derivative
156 (11.76 %)VBA
156 (11.76 %)VB
165 (9.804 %)VB.NET
165 (9.804 %)Perl
165 (9.804 %)TIBCO
165 (9.804 %)OO

Senior Analyst Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
118 (35.29 %)XML
215 (29.41 %).NET
314 (27.45 %)J2EE
49 (17.65 %)ASP.NET
57 (13.73 %)XML Messaging
63 (5.882 %)FpML
63 (5.882 %)AJAX
72 (3.922 %)WinForms
72 (3.922 %)Spring
72 (3.922 %)Struts
72 (3.922 %)WebServices
72 (3.922 %)WPF
81 (1.961 %)HTML
81 (1.961 %)Swing
81 (1.961 %)Middleware
81 (1.961 %)Servlets
81 (1.961 %)MFC
81 (1.961 %).NET Remoting
81 (1.961 %)MVC
81 (1.961 %)Hibernate
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (5.882 %)WebLogic
13 (5.882 %)TIBCO EMS
21 (1.961 %)Apache
21 (1.961 %)Tomcat
21 (1.961 %)MQSeries
21 (1.961 %)CICS
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (1.961 %)MS Visio
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (3.922 %)BusinessWorks
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (3.922 %)Intranet
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
116 (31.37 %)SQL Server
24 (7.843 %)TOAD
33 (5.882 %)InterSystems Cache
33 (5.882 %)Reference Data
42 (3.922 %)SQL Server 2000
42 (3.922 %)Oracle 9i
42 (3.922 %)Datawarehouse
42 (3.922 %)RDBMS
42 (3.922 %)Oracle 10g
51 (1.961 %)BusinessObjects
51 (1.961 %)DB2
51 (1.961 %)OLAP
51 (1.961 %)Oracle 8/8i
51 (1.961 %)SQL Server 2005
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (9.804 %)ClearCase
22 (3.922 %)Visual Studio
31 (1.961 %)Oracle Forms
31 (1.961 %)Eclipse
31 (1.961 %)Oracle APEX
31 (1.961 %)JUnit
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
114 (27.45 %)Banking
213 (25.49 %)Investment Banking
312 (23.53 %)Finance
49 (17.65 %)Front Office
55 (9.804 %)Back Office
64 (7.843 %)Legal
73 (5.882 %)Law
73 (5.882 %)Insurance
82 (3.922 %)Retail
91 (1.961 %)Health
91 (1.961 %)Pensions
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
112 (23.53 %)Derivative
26 (11.76 %)Equities
26 (11.76 %)Credit Derivative
33 (5.882 %)AS400
33 (5.882 %)Equity Risk
42 (3.922 %)iSeries
42 (3.922 %)Interest Rate Derivative
42 (3.922 %)Equity Derivative
51 (1.961 %)Swaptions
51 (1.961 %)Fixed Income
51 (1.961 %)Mainframe
51 (1.961 %)Multithreading
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
113 (25.49 %)UNIX
211 (21.57 %)Windows
32 (3.922 %)VMS
32 (3.922 %)Windows CE
32 (3.922 %)Windows Server 2003
41 (1.961 %)Linux
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
19 (17.65 %)Data Modelling
19 (17.65 %)Agile Software Development
25 (9.804 %)Migration
25 (9.804 %)OO
25 (9.804 %)Data Migration
34 (7.843 %)Risk Management
34 (7.843 %)TDD
43 (5.882 %)Information Security
43 (5.882 %)Project Management
43 (5.882 %)Unit Testing
43 (5.882 %)Continuous Integration
52 (3.922 %)Requirements Analysis
52 (3.922 %)UML
52 (3.922 %)SOA
52 (3.922 %)Extreme Programming
52 (3.922 %)Data Analysis
61 (1.961 %)Systems Analysis
61 (1.961 %)Software Testing
61 (1.961 %)Asset Management
61 (1.961 %)Business Intelligence
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
128 (54.90 %)SQL
222 (43.14 %)Java
319 (37.25 %)C#
48 (15.69 %)C++
56 (11.76 %)VB
56 (11.76 %)VBA
65 (9.804 %)VB6
65 (9.804 %)VB.NET
65 (9.804 %)Perl
74 (7.843 %)PL/SQL
83 (5.882 %)RPG
83 (5.882 %)Transact-SQL
83 (5.882 %)C
91 (1.961 %)PHP
91 (1.961 %)COBOL
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (5.882 %)Degree
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (3.922 %)QA
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (1.961 %)AutoSys
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
110 (19.61 %)Sybase
29 (17.65 %)Oracle
37 (13.73 %)Calypso
45 (9.804 %)TIBCO
51 (1.961 %)Infragistics
51 (1.961 %)Dundas
51 (1.961 %)Fidessa
51 (1.961 %)Business Objects
51 (1.961 %)Microsoft