The first table below looks at the demand for Statistical Analysis skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Statistical Analysis over the 3 months to 17 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category.

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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Statistical Analysis
Rank 467 517 534
Rank change year-on-year
+50 +17
Contract jobs citing Statistical Analysis 63 61 54
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.136% 0.105% 0.088%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.192% 0.154% 0.130%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 22 20
Average daily rate £325 £438 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-25.71% +59.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £219 £276 £173
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £370 £200
% change year-on-year
-18.91% +85.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 1
Average hourly rate £13.31 £27.75 £23.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-52.03% +18.08%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £10.00 £27.75 £23.50
% change year-on-year
-63.96% +18.08%
All Processes & Methodologies
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
32885 39492 41512
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 70.87% 67.77% 67.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 19655 22706 23594
Average daily rate £413 £400 £440
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.12% -9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £579 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 974 1268 1474
Average hourly rate £31.25 £25.00 £29.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -15.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £13.00 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%

Statistical Analysis
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Statistical Analysis within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Statistical Analysis Jobs Demand Trend

Statistical Analysis
Daily Rate Trend

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

Statistical Analysis Daily Rate Trend

Statistical Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Statistical Analysis within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Statistical Analysis Daily Rate Histogram

Statistical Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Statistical Analysis Hourly Rate Trend

Statistical Analysis
Top 26 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Statistical Analysis within the UK over the 3 months to 17 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 +56 61 £325 -27.77%
London +40 42 £350 -36.36%
South East +17 8 £425 +14.86%
City of London +17 8 £350 -37.77%
Isleworth - 6 - -
Berkshire +19 5 £425 -
West Midlands +7 4 £390 +7.58%
Worcestershire - 3 £390 -
North West - 3 £300 -
East Midlands +3 2 £53 -
Slough -9 2 - -
Manchester - 2 - -
Middlesex - 2 - -
Worcester - 2 £390 -
South West +22 1 - -
East of England +11 1 £270 -36.47%
Buckinghamshire +10 1 - -
Hertfordshire +5 1 £270 -36.47%
Nottinghamshire -1 1 £53 -
Coventry -4 1 - -
Nottingham -7 1 £53 -
Lancashire - 1 £300 -
Uxbridge - 1 - -
Preston - 1 £300 -
Hemel Hempstead - 1 £270 -
Bristol - 1 - -

Statistical Analysis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Statistical Analysis also 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 that cited Statistical Analysis.

1 56 (44.80%) SQL
2 36 (28.80%) Finance
3 35 (28.00%) Analytics
4 30 (24.00%) Degree
5 28 (22.40%) Data Analysis
6 24 (19.20%) MS Excel
6 24 (19.20%) Business Intelligence
7 21 (16.80%) Banking
8 18 (14.40%) Telecoms
8 18 (14.40%) Visualisation
9 16 (12.80%) Management Information System
9 16 (12.80%) SAS
10 15 (12.00%) MS Visio
11 14 (11.20%) C++
11 14 (11.20%) SQL Server
11 14 (11.20%) Mathematics
12 13 (10.40%) Business Objects
12 13 (10.40%) MS Office
12 13 (10.40%) Oracle
13 12 (9.600%) SAP
13 12 (9.600%) Data Mining
13 12 (9.600%) Performance Management
13 12 (9.600%) Spreadsheet
14 11 (8.800%) Root Cause Analysis
14 11 (8.800%) Asset Management
14 11 (8.800%) Java
15 10 (8.000%) VB
15 10 (8.000%) SharePoint
15 10 (8.000%) Broadband
15 10 (8.000%) Risk Management

Statistical Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Statistical Analysis also 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 that cited Statistical Analysis. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (5.600%) Web Services
2 6 (4.800%) XML
2 6 (4.800%) Ajax
2 6 (4.800%) JSON
2 6 (4.800%) jQuery
2 6 (4.800%) HTML5
2 6 (4.800%) CSS
2 6 (4.800%) Highcharts JS
3 2 (1.600%) Natural Language Processing
4 1 (0.800%) ODBC
4 1 (0.800%) .NET
4 1 (0.800%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 16 (12.80%) SAS
2 10 (8.000%) SharePoint
3 8 (6.400%) SharePoint 2010
4 2 (1.600%) MS Exchange
4 2 (1.600%) Apache
5 1 (0.800%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.800%) Apache Pig
5 1 (0.800%) Mathematica
Applications
1 24 (19.20%) MS Excel
2 15 (12.00%) MS Visio
3 13 (10.40%) MS Office
4 12 (9.600%) Spreadsheet
5 8 (6.400%) MS PowerPoint
6 6 (4.800%) Gephi
7 3 (2.400%) SPSS
8 2 (1.600%) MS Project
9 1 (0.800%) Mingle
9 1 (0.800%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.800%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 8 (6.400%) SunGard APT
2 3 (2.400%) FastVal
3 1 (0.800%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (0.800%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.800%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 10 (8.000%) Broadband
2 8 (6.400%) ADSL
2 8 (6.400%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (3.200%) Internet
4 2 (1.600%) ATM
5 1 (0.800%) 3G
5 1 (0.800%) GSM
5 1 (0.800%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.800%) HTTP
5 1 (0.800%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.800%) 2G
5 1 (0.800%) LTE
5 1 (0.800%) MGW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (11.20%) SQL Server
2 12 (9.600%) Data Mining
3 9 (7.200%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (6.400%) BusinessObjects
5 6 (4.800%) Spotfire
6 5 (4.000%) Base SAS
7 4 (3.200%) Oracle 8/8i
8 3 (2.400%) DataStage
8 3 (2.400%) Data Mart
9 2 (1.600%) IBM InfoSphere
9 2 (1.600%) MS Access
9 2 (1.600%) SAS Enterprise Guide
9 2 (1.600%) SQL Server 2008
9 2 (1.600%) Hadoop
9 2 (1.600%) GIS
9 2 (1.600%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.800%) MySQL
10 1 (0.800%) Apache Hive
10 1 (0.800%) Crystal Reports
10 1 (0.800%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (0.800%) GitHub
General
1 36 (28.80%) Finance
2 21 (16.80%) Banking
3 18 (14.40%) Telecoms
4 8 (6.400%) Investment Banking
4 8 (6.400%) Retail
5 4 (3.200%) Financial Institution
6 3 (2.400%) Billing
6 3 (2.400%) Marketing
7 2 (1.600%) French Language
7 2 (1.600%) German Language
7 2 (1.600%) Italian Language
7 2 (1.600%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.600%) Publishing
7 2 (1.600%) Front Office
8 1 (0.800%) Back Office
8 1 (0.800%) Automotive
8 1 (0.800%) Legal
Job Titles
1 70 (56.00%) Analyst
2 21 (16.80%) Business Analyst
2 21 (16.80%) Developer
3 13 (10.40%) Senior Analyst
4 11 (8.800%) Data Analyst
5 10 (8.000%) MI Analyst
6 9 (7.200%) C++ Developer
7 8 (6.400%) Insight Analyst
7 8 (6.400%) Senior Insight Analyst
8 6 (4.800%) TIBCO Analyst
8 6 (4.800%) SAS Analyst
9 5 (4.000%) Business Intelligence Analyst
10 4 (3.200%) Report Analyst
11 3 (2.400%) Information Analyst
11 3 (2.400%) Service Manager
11 3 (2.400%) SAS Developer
12 2 (1.600%) QA Test Analyst
12 2 (1.600%) QA Analyst
12 2 (1.600%) ETL Developer
12 2 (1.600%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 18 (14.40%) Visualisation
2 16 (12.80%) Management Information System
3 14 (11.20%) Mathematics
4 10 (8.000%) Credit Risk
5 9 (7.200%) Derivative
5 9 (7.200%) Statistics
6 7 (5.600%) Computer Science
6 7 (5.600%) Data Extraction
7 6 (4.800%) Contract for Difference
7 6 (4.800%) Fixed Income
7 6 (4.800%) Credit Derivative
8 5 (4.000%) NHS
8 5 (4.000%) Physics
9 4 (3.200%) Economics
10 2 (1.600%) Informatics
11 1 (0.800%) FMCG
11 1 (0.800%) Open Source
11 1 (0.800%) iPad
11 1 (0.800%) Digital Media
11 1 (0.800%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.600%) UNIX
1 2 (1.600%) Linux
2 1 (0.800%) Windows
2 1 (0.800%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (28.00%) Analytics
2 28 (22.40%) Data Analysis
3 24 (19.20%) Business Intelligence
4 12 (9.600%) Performance Management
5 11 (8.800%) Root Cause Analysis
5 11 (8.800%) Asset Management
6 10 (8.000%) Risk Management
6 10 (8.000%) Monte Carlo Method
6 10 (8.000%) Risk Analysis
7 9 (7.200%) Agile Software Development
7 9 (7.200%) Data Modelling
7 9 (7.200%) OO
7 9 (7.200%) Project Management
8 7 (5.600%) Service Delivery
8 7 (5.600%) Validation
8 7 (5.600%) Statistical Modelling
8 7 (5.600%) Data Analytics
9 6 (4.800%) Service Management
9 6 (4.800%) Quality Management
9 6 (4.800%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 56 (44.80%) SQL
2 14 (11.20%) C++
3 11 (8.800%) Java
4 10 (8.000%) VB
5 9 (7.200%) PL/SQL
6 7 (5.600%) VBA
7 6 (4.800%) JavaScript
8 4 (3.200%) C#
9 3 (2.400%) T-SQL
10 2 (1.600%) Python
10 2 (1.600%) SAS Macro
10 2 (1.600%) R
11 1 (0.800%) Scala
11 1 (0.800%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.800%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.800%) VB6
11 1 (0.800%) PHP
Qualifications
1 30 (24.00%) Degree
2 3 (2.400%) SAS Certification
2 3 (2.400%) PMP
2 3 (2.400%) PMI Certification
2 3 (2.400%) BC Cleared
2 3 (2.400%) Security Cleared
3 2 (1.600%) APMP
3 2 (1.600%) HND
3 2 (1.600%) Six Sigma Black Belt
3 2 (1.600%) MBA
3 2 (1.600%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.800%) HNC
4 1 (0.800%) ISEB Practitioner
4 1 (0.800%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 1 (0.800%) NVQ Level 4
4 1 (0.800%) Postgraduate
4 1 (0.800%) ISEB
4 1 (0.800%) Oracle Certification
4 1 (0.800%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (0.800%) CIPFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.600%) QA
2 6 (4.800%) SLA
3 2 (1.600%) COBIT
3 2 (1.600%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.800%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (0.800%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 2 (1.600%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 13 (10.40%) Oracle
1 13 (10.40%) Business Objects
2 12 (9.600%) SAP
3 8 (6.400%) SunGard
3 8 (6.400%) BT
4 7 (5.600%) Microsoft
5 6 (4.800%) TIBCO
6 4 (3.200%) Cognos
6 4 (3.200%) Minitab
7 3 (2.400%) Cadence
7 3 (2.400%) Omniture
7 3 (2.400%) Tableau
8 2 (1.600%) Ab Initio
8 2 (1.600%) IBM
8 2 (1.600%) Symantec
8 2 (1.600%) CA
8 2 (1.600%) Informatica
9 1 (0.800%) MicroStrategy
9 1 (0.800%) Mapinfo
9 1 (0.800%) Ericsson
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