The first table below looks at the demand for Systems 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 Systems Analysis over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Systems Analysis
Rank 258 279 297
Rank change year-on-year
+21 +18
Contract jobs citing Systems Analysis 314 372 334
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.666% 0.628% 0.555%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.940% 0.925% 0.820%
Number of daily rates quoted 191 197 205
Average daily rate £420 £375 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.00% -16.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £301 £300 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £355 £350 £400
% change year-on-year
+1.42% -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 6 4
Average hourly rate £30.75 £21.50 £28.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+43.02% -23.89%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.00 £17.00 £24.05
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.04 £37.50 £36.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate £28.00 £21.50 £28.25
% change year-on-year
+30.23% -23.89%
All Processes & Methodologies
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
33412 40209 40724
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 70.90% 67.83% 67.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 19968 23081 23144
Average daily rate £413 £401 £440
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.99% -8.97%
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 £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 990 1304 1455
Average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £28.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+24.00% -12.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £12.78 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%

Systems Analysis
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Systems Analysis Jobs Demand Trend

Systems Analysis
Daily Rate Trend

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

Systems Analysis Daily Rate Trend

Systems Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Systems Analysis within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Systems Analysis Daily Rate Histogram

Systems Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Systems Analysis Hourly Rate Trend

Systems Analysis
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Systems Analysis within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Systems Analysis Hourly Rate Histogram

Systems Analysis
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 Systems Analysis within the UK over the 3 months to 22 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 +13 284 £425 +13.33%
London +55 165 £450 +11.52%
City of London +28 61 £450 -
South East -62 30 £323 -7.85%
East of England +30 26 £400 +23.07%
South West +31 18 £400 +17.64%
Scotland -19 18 £350 +9.71%
Yorkshire -20 15 £288 -14.17%
Hertfordshire +19 12 £400 +3.22%
Essex +10 12 £400 +28.00%
West Yorkshire -2 12 £313 -9.42%
Glasgow -21 12 £319 +1.83%
North West +3 11 £375 +22.95%
Leeds +2 11 £350 +1.44%
East Midlands +4 9 - -
Berkshire -11 8 £430 -4.44%
Nottinghamshire +3 7 - -
Nottingham -2 7 - -
Hampshire -6 7 £323 +1.17%
Kent - 6 £300 -
West Midlands +10 5 £375 -6.25%
Surrey +1 5 £356 +1.78%
Manchester +14 4 £325 +36.84%
Reading +13 4 £405 -
Liverpool +10 4 £463 -
Somerset +2 4 - -
Merseyside +1 4 £463 +45.09%
Canary Wharf 0 4 £675 +3.84%
Taunton - 4 - -
Wiltshire +8 3 £490 +53.12%

Systems Analysis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Systems 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 Systems Analysis.

1 181 (30.47%) Finance
2 135 (22.73%) Business Analysis
3 110 (18.52%) UML
4 107 (18.01%) SQL
5 97 (16.33%) Project Management
6 90 (15.15%) Oracle
7 79 (13.30%) Microsoft
8 72 (12.12%) SQL Server
9 68 (11.45%) .NET
9 68 (11.45%) Banking
10 66 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
11 61 (10.27%) MS Excel
12 59 (9.933%) Business Intelligence
13 56 (9.428%) Degree
14 55 (9.259%) Data Modelling
15 52 (8.754%) Change Management
16 51 (8.586%) Data Analysis
17 49 (8.249%) Use Case
17 49 (8.249%) C#
18 47 (7.912%) Java
18 47 (7.912%) User Acceptance Testing
19 46 (7.744%) Workflow
20 45 (7.576%) Management Information System
21 43 (7.239%) Agile Software Development
22 41 (6.902%) ITIL
23 40 (6.734%) PRINCE2
24 39 (6.566%) OO
24 39 (6.566%) Data Warehouse
24 39 (6.566%) ISEB
25 38 (6.397%) MS Visio

Systems Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Systems 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 Systems Analysis. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 68 (11.45%) .NET
2 38 (6.397%) XML
3 28 (4.714%) ASP.NET
4 22 (3.704%) J2EE
5 18 (3.030%) Middleware
6 17 (2.862%) .NET Framework
7 15 (2.525%) Web Services
7 15 (2.525%) WCF
8 14 (2.357%) CSS
9 13 (2.189%) HTML
10 11 (1.852%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
10 11 (1.852%) XHTML
11 10 (1.684%) XML Schema
11 10 (1.684%) XSL
12 9 (1.515%) SAP PI
12 9 (1.515%) WSDL
13 7 (1.178%) XSLT
13 7 (1.178%) ODBC
13 7 (1.178%) ADO
14 6 (1.010%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 35 (5.892%) SharePoint
2 23 (3.872%) SharePoint 2010
3 14 (2.357%) ESB
4 12 (2.020%) BizTalk Server
5 9 (1.515%) Windows Azure
6 6 (1.010%) OpenROAD
6 6 (1.010%) Lotus Notes
6 6 (1.010%) SharePoint 2013
7 5 (0.842%) SharePoint Server
7 5 (0.842%) IIS
7 5 (0.842%) MS Exchange
7 5 (0.842%) Oracle Workflow
7 5 (0.842%) NetWeaver
8 4 (0.673%) Apache
8 4 (0.673%) MTS
8 4 (0.673%) Exchange Server 2010
9 3 (0.505%) SAS
10 1 (0.168%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.168%) WordPress
10 1 (0.168%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 61 (10.27%) MS Excel
2 38 (6.397%) MS Visio
3 30 (5.051%) MS Office
4 22 (3.704%) MS PowerPoint
5 13 (2.189%) MS Project
6 6 (1.010%) InfoPath
7 1 (0.168%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (1.852%) Maximo
2 9 (1.515%) Oracle EBS
3 8 (1.347%) Oracle EBS R12
4 6 (1.010%) HFM
5 5 (0.842%) Dynamics CRM
5 5 (0.842%) Dynamics AX
5 5 (0.842%) Oracle Financials
6 4 (0.673%) SAP HR
7 2 (0.337%) Agresso
7 2 (0.337%) SAP R/3
7 2 (0.337%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.337%) SAP HCM
7 2 (0.337%) Loan IQ
7 2 (0.337%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.337%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
7 2 (0.337%) Oracle BPM
8 1 (0.168%) Oracle Retail
8 1 (0.168%) MultiFonds
8 1 (0.168%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (0.168%) SAP FI/CO
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.020%) Internet
2 10 (1.684%) Intranet
3 9 (1.515%) Wireless
4 8 (1.347%) 3G
5 6 (1.010%) 2G
6 4 (0.673%) LDAP
7 3 (0.505%) HTTP
7 3 (0.505%) GSM
7 3 (0.505%) LAN
7 3 (0.505%) WAN
8 1 (0.168%) MGW
8 1 (0.168%) LTE
8 1 (0.168%) Radio Access Network
8 1 (0.168%) BSS
8 1 (0.168%) Network Security
8 1 (0.168%) WCDMA
8 1 (0.168%) Ethernet
8 1 (0.168%) Kerberos
8 1 (0.168%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.168%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (12.12%) SQL Server
2 39 (6.566%) Data Warehouse
3 25 (4.209%) SQL Server 2008
4 20 (3.367%) SQL Server 2005
5 16 (2.694%) MS Access
5 16 (2.694%) RDBMS
6 14 (2.357%) Oracle BI EE
7 11 (1.852%) QlikView
8 10 (1.684%) Oracle 11g
9 9 (1.515%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 9 (1.515%) MySQL
9 9 (1.515%) VLDB
10 8 (1.347%) Ingres
10 8 (1.347%) Oracle Reports
11 7 (1.178%) OLAP
11 7 (1.178%) SQL Server 2000
12 6 (1.010%) Oracle 8/8i
13 5 (0.842%) IBM InfoSphere
13 5 (0.842%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 5 (0.842%) Oracle OLAP
Development Applications
1 6 (1.010%) Rational DOORS
2 5 (0.842%) Bugzilla
3 4 (0.673%) ERwin
3 4 (0.673%) FogBugz
4 2 (0.337%) PowerBuilder
4 2 (0.337%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.337%) JIRA
4 2 (0.337%) StarTeam
5 1 (0.168%) Axure RP
5 1 (0.168%) DbUnit
5 1 (0.168%) Subversion
5 1 (0.168%) LSMW
5 1 (0.168%) MagicDraw
5 1 (0.168%) Selenium
5 1 (0.168%) Rational Rose
5 1 (0.168%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.168%) JDeveloper
5 1 (0.168%) TestDirector
5 1 (0.168%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 181 (30.47%) Finance
2 68 (11.45%) Banking
3 37 (6.229%) Investment Banking
4 28 (4.714%) Retail
5 23 (3.872%) Telecoms
6 16 (2.694%) Marketing
6 16 (2.694%) Legal
7 8 (1.347%) Manufacturing
8 7 (1.178%) Billing
9 6 (1.010%) Local Government
10 4 (0.673%) Back Office
10 4 (0.673%) Retail Banking
10 4 (0.673%) Military
11 3 (0.505%) German Language
11 3 (0.505%) Automotive
12 2 (0.337%) Advertising
12 2 (0.337%) French Language
12 2 (0.337%) Music
13 1 (0.168%) Avionics
13 1 (0.168%) Online Betting
Job Titles
1 390 (65.66%) Analyst
2 310 (52.19%) Business Analyst
3 167 (28.11%) Systems Analyst
4 103 (17.34%) Business Systems Analyst
5 86 (14.48%) Developer
6 29 (4.882%) Architect
7 27 (4.545%) Project Manager
8 23 (3.872%) SharePoint Developer
8 23 (3.872%) Senior Analyst
9 20 (3.367%) Senior Business Analyst
9 20 (3.367%) C# Developer
10 17 (2.862%) Consultant
11 15 (2.525%) Business Manager
11 15 (2.525%) Business Project Manager
12 14 (2.357%) Technical Analyst
13 13 (2.189%) Agile Business Analyst
14 11 (1.852%) Technical Business Analyst
14 11 (1.852%) IT Business Analyst
14 11 (1.852%) UML Business Analyst
14 11 (1.852%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 45 (7.576%) Management Information System
2 25 (4.209%) Computer Science
3 15 (2.525%) Credit Risk
4 14 (2.357%) Derivative
5 12 (2.020%) Mainframe
5 12 (2.020%) NHS
5 12 (2.020%) Visualisation
6 9 (1.515%) Contract for Difference
6 9 (1.515%) N-Tier
7 7 (1.178%) Client/Server
8 6 (1.010%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 6 (1.010%) IIBA
8 6 (1.010%) Mobile App
9 5 (0.842%) Mobile Payment
9 5 (0.842%) Mathematics
10 4 (0.673%) PMI
10 4 (0.673%) Fixed Income
10 4 (0.673%) SWIFT
10 4 (0.673%) Data Integration
10 4 (0.673%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 22 (3.704%) UNIX
1 22 (3.704%) Windows
2 15 (2.525%) Linux
3 4 (0.673%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (0.673%) Oracle Linux
3 4 (0.673%) Windows 7
4 3 (0.505%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (0.505%) Solaris
5 2 (0.337%) Windows XP
6 1 (0.168%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.168%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (22.73%) Business Analysis
2 110 (18.52%) UML
3 97 (16.33%) Project Management
4 66 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
5 59 (9.933%) Business Intelligence
6 55 (9.259%) Data Modelling
7 52 (8.754%) Change Management
8 51 (8.586%) Data Analysis
9 49 (8.249%) Use Case
10 47 (7.912%) User Acceptance Testing
11 46 (7.744%) Workflow
12 43 (7.239%) Agile Software Development
13 41 (6.902%) ITIL
14 40 (6.734%) PRINCE2
15 39 (6.566%) OO
16 34 (5.724%) Test Scripting
17 31 (5.219%) BPMN
17 31 (5.219%) Migration
18 30 (5.051%) SOA
19 28 (4.714%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 107 (18.01%) SQL
2 49 (8.249%) C#
3 47 (7.912%) Java
4 24 (4.040%) JavaScript
5 18 (3.030%) VBA
5 18 (3.030%) C++
6 13 (2.189%) PL/SQL
7 9 (1.515%) PHP
8 8 (1.347%) ABAP
8 8 (1.347%) T-SQL
8 8 (1.347%) Delphi
9 7 (1.178%) C
10 5 (0.842%) VB
11 4 (0.673%) Python
12 3 (0.505%) PowerShell
12 3 (0.505%) VB.NET
12 3 (0.505%) COBOL
13 2 (0.337%) JCL
13 2 (0.337%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.168%) XPath
Qualifications
1 56 (9.428%) Degree
2 39 (6.566%) ISEB
3 32 (5.387%) Security Cleared
4 19 (3.199%) SC Cleared
5 14 (2.357%) DV Cleared
6 7 (1.178%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 7 (1.178%) Six Sigma Black Belt
6 7 (1.178%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (1.010%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 5 (0.842%) MCSE
8 5 (0.842%) PMI Certification
9 4 (0.673%) ISTQB
10 3 (0.505%) GSAE
11 2 (0.337%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.337%) MCP
12 1 (0.168%) ISEB Practitioner
12 1 (0.168%) MCTS
12 1 (0.168%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 1 (0.168%) Postgraduate
12 1 (0.168%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (6.229%) QA
2 12 (2.020%) SLA
3 10 (1.684%) WCAG
4 3 (0.505%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.168%) Solvency II
5 1 (0.168%) DO-178B
5 1 (0.168%) DO-254
System Software
1 3 (0.505%) Hyper-V
2 2 (0.337%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.168%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.168%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 2 (0.337%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.168%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 90 (15.15%) Oracle
2 79 (13.30%) Microsoft
3 34 (5.724%) IBM
4 25 (4.209%) SAP
5 17 (2.862%) Cognos
6 12 (2.020%) Sybase
7 10 (1.684%) Hyperion
7 10 (1.684%) Business Objects
8 8 (1.347%) Cramer
9 7 (1.178%) Pega
9 7 (1.178%) Lotus
10 5 (0.842%) ICL
10 5 (0.842%) HP
11 4 (0.673%) PeopleSoft
12 3 (0.505%) Infor
12 3 (0.505%) Yardi
12 3 (0.505%) Northgate
12 3 (0.505%) Civica
12 3 (0.505%) Software AG
12 3 (0.505%) Reuters
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Rate: £33858 - 38181 Per Annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
London
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Rate: neg
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