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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Systems 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 Systems Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 15 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

 System Analyst
Location
3 months to
15 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank182179144
Rank change year-on-year
Down-3Down-35
Matching contract IT job ads411339885
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.870 %0.844 %1.085 %
As % of the Job Titles category0.951 %0.923 %1.166 %
Daily rates quoted182109267
Average daily rate£368£350£366
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.000 %-4.430 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£251£213£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£500£478£573
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£306£350
% change year-on-year
+14.28 %-12.50 %
Hourly rates quoted202231
Average hourly rate£22.50£21.75£25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.440 %-13.00 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£17.30£14.00£14.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£40.95£52.25£42.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.00£17.08£25.59
% change year-on-year
+34.66 %-33.26 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
432233671075879
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK91.47 %91.35 %93.05 %
Daily rates quoted197171169923343
Average daily rate£400£375£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.660 %-6.250 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£215£238
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£600£550£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£340£350
% change year-on-year
-4.410 %-2.850 %
Hourly rates quoted247030956675
Average hourly rate£19.50£20.00£22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.500 %-9.090 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.00£11.00£11.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£38.00£37.50£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.50£20.00£22.00
% change year-on-year
-12.50 %-9.090 %

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.

Systems Analyst
Demand Trend

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

Systems Analyst Demand Trend

Systems Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

Systems Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Systems Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Systems Analyst within the UK over the 3 months to 15 March 2010.

Systems Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Systems Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Systems Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Systems Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Systems Analyst within the UK over the 3 months to 15 March 2010.

Systems Analyst Hourly Rate Histogram

Systems Analyst
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 Analyst within the UK over the 3 months to 15 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandDown-11384£371+6.07 %
LondonDown-46186£425+17.64 %
City of LondonDown-3468£425+1.49 %
South EastUp+1167£368+22.50 %
BerkshireUp+2632£368-
South WestUp+1132£363+61.11 %
North WestUp+732£300-
East of EnglandUp+3324£350-
ScotlandUp+721£350-
EdinburghNo change018£306-
YorkshireDown-313£313-10.64 %
HertfordshireUp+2112£350-4.76 %
EssexUp+1711£350-
ReadingUp+1010£368-18.33 %
ManchesterDown-610£283+41.25 %
Canary WharfDown-1910£525-
West YorkshireUp+89£301-6.09 %
Tyne and WearUp+208£340-
North EastUp+198£340-
Newcastle Upon TyneUp+88£340-
HampshireDown-28£500-
CheshireNo change07£369+5.35 %
East MidlandsDown-117£463+48.00 %
WiltshireUp+116£346+61.04 %
SwindonUp+66£346+61.04 %
West MidlandsUp+26£300+36.51 %
MiddlesexDown-86£500+122.22 %
BristolDown-106£200-
MerseysideUp+125--
BuckinghamshireDown-45--

Systems Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Systems 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 Systems Analyst in their job title.

1256 (29.80 %)Finance
2142 (16.53 %)Systems Analysis
3139 (16.18 %)SQL
3139 (16.18 %)UML
4122 (14.20 %)Banking
5107 (12.46 %)Oracle
683 (9.662 %)SQL Server
683 (9.662 %)Microsoft
780 (9.313 %)Use Case
878 (9.080 %)Retail
976 (8.847 %)Business Analysis
1066 (7.683 %)Government
1159 (6.868 %)Security Cleared
1257 (6.636 %)Data Modelling
1354 (6.286 %)Migration
1451 (5.937 %)RUP
1550 (5.821 %)Windows
1649 (5.704 %)Investment Banking
1747 (5.471 %)XML
1747 (5.471 %)SAP
1846 (5.355 %)PRINCE2
1945 (5.239 %)Insurance
2041 (4.773 %)Business Intelligence
2140 (4.657 %)MS Excel
2140 (4.657 %)Management Information System
2239 (4.540 %)Workflow
2338 (4.424 %)MS Office
2437 (4.307 %).NET
2437 (4.307 %)Derivative
2437 (4.307 %)User Acceptance Testing

Systems Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Systems 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 Systems Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
147 (5.471 %)XML
237 (4.307 %).NET
315 (1.746 %)HTML
414 (1.630 %)WebSphere
513 (1.513 %)Web Services
69 (1.048 %)J2EE
78 (0.931 %)ASP.NET
78 (0.931 %)XML Schema
86 (0.698 %)Middleware
86 (0.698 %)FpML
86 (0.698 %)Hibernate
94 (0.466 %)Spring
94 (0.466 %)AJAX
103 (0.349 %)ASP
103 (0.349 %)SOAP
112 (0.233 %)XSL
112 (0.233 %)Windows SharePoint Services
112 (0.233 %)EDI
112 (0.233 %)JMS
112 (0.233 %)Adobe Flex
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
114 (1.630 %)SharePoint
114 (1.630 %)CMS
210 (1.164 %)SharePoint Server 2007
36 (0.698 %)Apache
44 (0.466 %)Tomcat
44 (0.466 %)IIS
53 (0.349 %)BizTalk Server
62 (0.233 %)LiveLink
62 (0.233 %)Oracle Workflow
62 (0.233 %)Lotus Domino
62 (0.233 %)WebSphere Application Server
62 (0.233 %)MS Exchange
62 (0.233 %)Documentum
62 (0.233 %)SAS
62 (0.233 %)LiveCycle
71 (0.116 %)Force.com
71 (0.116 %)ColdFusion
71 (0.116 %)CICS
71 (0.116 %)WebLogic
71 (0.116 %)Exchange Server 5.5
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
140 (4.657 %)MS Excel
238 (4.424 %)MS Office
325 (2.910 %)MS Visio
413 (1.513 %)MS PowerPoint
512 (1.397 %)MS Project
610 (1.164 %)Spreadsheet
76 (0.698 %)CA Clarity
81 (0.116 %)ArcView
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
112 (1.397 %)Eagle PACE
211 (1.281 %)SAP R/3
39 (1.048 %)PeopleSoft HRMS
47 (0.815 %)SAP MM
55 (0.582 %)SAP SD
64 (0.466 %)SAP WM
64 (0.466 %)SAP ERP
73 (0.349 %)SoftGrid
73 (0.349 %)Summit
73 (0.349 %)SAP Oil and Gas
73 (0.349 %)BASE24
73 (0.349 %)Global One
73 (0.349 %)SAP HR
82 (0.233 %)Navision
82 (0.233 %)SAP APO
82 (0.233 %)BusinessWorks
82 (0.233 %)Academy Housing
82 (0.233 %)Dynamics CRM
82 (0.233 %)Front Arena
82 (0.233 %)TIBCO iProcess
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
123 (2.678 %)Internet
215 (1.746 %)TCP/IP
310 (1.164 %)VPN
49 (1.048 %)ATM
49 (1.048 %)BSS
57 (0.815 %)DNS
57 (0.815 %)SAN
65 (0.582 %)VoIP
65 (0.582 %)VLAN
65 (0.582 %)3G
65 (0.582 %)Firewall
74 (0.466 %)IP Telephony
74 (0.466 %)Intranet
74 (0.466 %)LAN
74 (0.466 %)Ethernet
83 (0.349 %)SDH
83 (0.349 %)DHCP
83 (0.349 %)MPLS
92 (0.233 %)NAS
92 (0.233 %)WAN
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
183 (9.662 %)SQL Server
228 (3.260 %)Datawarehouse
327 (3.143 %)BusinessObjects
423 (2.678 %)DB2
520 (2.328 %)SQL Server 2005
616 (1.863 %)SQL Server 2000
712 (1.397 %)SQL Server Integration Services
811 (1.281 %)SQL Server 2008
811 (1.281 %)MS Access
910 (1.164 %)ETL
910 (1.164 %)BusinessObjects XI
910 (1.164 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
910 (1.164 %)DataStage
109 (1.048 %)Crystal Reports
118 (0.931 %)Oracle Reports
118 (0.931 %)Oracle 11g
127 (0.815 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
136 (0.698 %)Oracle 10g
136 (0.698 %)EDRMS
145 (0.582 %)GIS
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
119 (2.212 %)RequisitePro
212 (1.397 %)ClearQuest
311 (1.281 %)ClearCase
48 (0.931 %)Rational Rose
56 (0.698 %)TestDirector
56 (0.698 %)Visual Studio
63 (0.349 %)Oracle Forms
63 (0.349 %)Selenium
72 (0.233 %)StarTeam
72 (0.233 %)ERwin
81 (0.116 %)Subversion
81 (0.116 %)JUnit
81 (0.116 %)Rational Functional Tester
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1256 (29.80 %)Finance
2122 (14.20 %)Banking
378 (9.080 %)Retail
466 (7.683 %)Government
549 (5.704 %)Investment Banking
645 (5.239 %)Insurance
734 (3.958 %)Retail Banking
826 (3.027 %)Telecoms
922 (2.561 %)Pensions
1020 (2.328 %)Front Office
1119 (2.212 %)Health
1216 (1.863 %)Back Office
1314 (1.630 %)Local Government
1410 (1.164 %)General Ledger
159 (1.048 %)Marketing
168 (0.931 %)Financial Institution
177 (0.815 %)Education
177 (0.815 %)Manufacturing
177 (0.815 %)Publishing
186 (0.698 %)Criminal Justice
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
140 (4.657 %)Management Information System
237 (4.307 %)Derivative
323 (2.678 %)Credit Derivative
421 (2.445 %)Mainframe
516 (1.863 %)Fixed Income
614 (1.630 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
713 (1.513 %)NGOSS
713 (1.513 %)FMCG
812 (1.397 %)N-Tier
812 (1.397 %)NHS
812 (1.397 %)Equities
98 (0.931 %)Data Conversion
106 (0.698 %)IBM Mainframe
106 (0.698 %)Client/Server
106 (0.698 %)Credit Risk
106 (0.698 %)Computer Science
114 (0.466 %)Tandem
123 (0.349 %)IVR
123 (0.349 %)Clustering
123 (0.349 %)AS400
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
150 (5.821 %)Windows
231 (3.609 %)UNIX
322 (2.561 %)Linux
413 (1.513 %)Windows Server 2003
511 (1.281 %)Solaris
67 (0.815 %)Red Hat Linux
74 (0.466 %)Windows XP
74 (0.466 %)Windows Server 2008
83 (0.349 %)Windows Vista
83 (0.349 %)AIX
92 (0.233 %)VMS
92 (0.233 %)Windows NT
92 (0.233 %)Windows 2000 Server
92 (0.233 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
101 (0.116 %)Mac OS
101 (0.116 %)Windows 7
101 (0.116 %)Tru64
101 (0.116 %)OpenBSD
101 (0.116 %)Windows Mobile
101 (0.116 %)OpenVMS
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1142 (16.53 %)Systems Analysis
2139 (16.18 %)UML
380 (9.313 %)Use Case
476 (8.847 %)Business Analysis
557 (6.636 %)Data Modelling
654 (6.286 %)Migration
751 (5.937 %)RUP
846 (5.355 %)PRINCE2
941 (4.773 %)Business Intelligence
1039 (4.540 %)Workflow
1137 (4.307 %)User Acceptance Testing
1234 (3.958 %)Project Management
1333 (3.842 %)Agile Software Development
1432 (3.725 %)CRM
1531 (3.609 %)Data Migration
1625 (2.910 %)E-Commerce
1625 (2.910 %)Data Analysis
1723 (2.678 %)DSDM
1822 (2.561 %)OO
1822 (2.561 %)System Testing
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1139 (16.18 %)SQL
232 (3.725 %)Java
329 (3.376 %)C
418 (2.095 %)C#
418 (2.095 %)COBOL
515 (1.746 %)VB
613 (1.513 %)C++
613 (1.513 %)VBA
712 (1.397 %)T-SQL
810 (1.164 %)PL/SQL
97 (0.815 %)VB.NET
106 (0.698 %)JCL
115 (0.582 %)Perl
124 (0.466 %)PHP
124 (0.466 %)VBScript
124 (0.466 %)VB6
124 (0.466 %)Shell Script
132 (0.233 %)Korn
132 (0.233 %)Python
132 (0.233 %)JavaScript
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
159 (6.868 %)Security Cleared
230 (3.492 %)SC Cleared
327 (3.143 %)ISEB
426 (3.027 %)Degree
515 (1.746 %)DV Cleared
67 (0.815 %)PRINCE2 Certification
75 (0.582 %)Microsoft Certification
83 (0.349 %)MCP
92 (0.233 %)MCSE
92 (0.233 %)MCSA
92 (0.233 %)PMI Certification
92 (0.233 %)ACCA
92 (0.233 %)MCTS
92 (0.233 %)BC Cleared
101 (0.116 %)ITIL Certification
101 (0.116 %)CIMA
101 (0.116 %)CCAB
101 (0.116 %)MCDST
101 (0.116 %)CISSP
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
135 (4.075 %)QA
24 (0.466 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
33 (0.349 %)HL7
42 (0.233 %)PCI DSS
42 (0.233 %)SLA
42 (0.233 %)ISO27001
51 (0.116 %)Basel II
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
130 (3.492 %)Active Directory
26 (0.698 %)XenServer
35 (0.582 %)NFS
35 (0.582 %)VMware Infrastructure
44 (0.466 %)VMware ESX
53 (0.349 %)Terminal Services
53 (0.349 %)XenApp
62 (0.233 %)ISA Server
71 (0.116 %)RACF
71 (0.116 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
71 (0.116 %)Postfix
71 (0.116 %)Veritas Volume Manager
71 (0.116 %)Veritas File System
71 (0.116 %)Veritas Cluster Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
14 (0.466 %)HP Quality Center
23 (0.349 %)SCCM
23 (0.349 %)Norton AntiVirus
23 (0.349 %)NetBackup
23 (0.349 %)WSUS
32 (0.233 %)SCOM
41 (0.116 %)McAfee ePO
41 (0.116 %)Veritas Storage Foundation
41 (0.116 %)Tivoli
41 (0.116 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
41 (0.116 %)MOM
41 (0.116 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1107 (12.46 %)Oracle
283 (9.662 %)Microsoft
347 (5.471 %)SAP
427 (3.143 %)Business Objects
521 (2.445 %)Citrix
521 (2.445 %)IBM
617 (1.979 %)Siebel
716 (1.863 %)PeopleSoft
811 (1.281 %)Trema
811 (1.281 %)Wall Street Systems
910 (1.164 %)Northgate
109 (1.048 %)VMware
118 (0.931 %)Cisco
118 (0.931 %)Sybase
127 (0.815 %)Sun
127 (0.815 %)Red Hat
127 (0.815 %)TIBCO
136 (0.698 %)Agresso
145 (0.582 %)HP
145 (0.582 %)thinkFolio