The first table below looks at the demand for the Statistical 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 Statistical Analyst in their job title 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 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Statistical Analyst
Rank 527 - 587
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring a Statistical Analyst 3 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.006% - 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% - 0.002%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £378 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
42797 53993 56874
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.24% 92.65% 92.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 24561 29781 30909
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £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 2134 2552 2929
Average hourly rate £18.50 £19.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.63% -5.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £40.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%

Statistical Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Statistical Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Statistical Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

Statistical Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Statistical Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Statistical Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Statistical Analyst
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Statistical Analyst 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
London - 2 £430 -
England - 2 £430 -
Scotland - 1 £325 -
City of London - 1 - -
Glasgow - 1 £325 -

Statistical Analyst
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Statistical 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 Statistical Analyst in their job title.

1 3 (75.00%) SAS
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) Statistics
3 1 (25.00%) Operations Research
3 1 (25.00%) Customer Insight
3 1 (25.00%) Statistical Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Mathematics
3 1 (25.00%) QA
3 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (25.00%) Data Extraction
3 1 (25.00%) Economics
3 1 (25.00%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (25.00%) Statistical Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Banking
3 1 (25.00%) ATM
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (25.00%) CHAID
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) C
3 1 (25.00%) SQL
3 1 (25.00%) VBA
3 1 (25.00%) MS Excel

Statistical Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Statistical 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 Statistical Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 3 (75.00%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (25.00%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) ATM
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Statistics
2 1 (25.00%) Mathematics
2 1 (25.00%) Data Extraction
2 1 (25.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (25.00%) Economics
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Statistical Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Operations Research
2 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Insight
2 1 (25.00%) Statistical Modelling
2 1 (25.00%) Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) CHAID
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) C
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
1 1 (25.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft