The first table below looks at the demand for the Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 advertised for the Wales region.

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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Analyst
Rank 2 4 5
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +1
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 88 117 132
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 20.66% 20.53% 20.00%
As % of the Job Titles category 22.11% 21.99% 21.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 78 88
Average daily rate £338 £338 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +3.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £142 £102
10% offered a daily rate of more than £441 £447 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 4
Average hourly rate £10.69 £14.00 £56.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-23.64% -75.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -
All Job Titles
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
398 532 608
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 93.43% 93.33% 92.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 236 257 279
Average daily rate £350 £350 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +3.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £175 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 27 31
Average hourly rate £15.00 £14.50 £22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -34.09%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.35 £10.75 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £20.00 £59.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Analyst
UK

Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Analyst across the Wales region.

Wales Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Analyst across the Wales region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Wales Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Analyst across the Wales region.

Wales Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Analyst
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analyst within the Wales region over the 3 months to 24 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
South Wales 0 82 £350 -
West Wales +12 4 - -
North Wales 0 2 £260 +225.00%
Analyst
UK

Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region that cited 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 Analyst in their job title.

1 69 (36.32%) Finance
2 37 (19.47%) Banking
3 35 (18.42%) Microsoft
4 33 (17.37%) Business Analysis
5 30 (15.79%) SQL
6 29 (15.26%) Project Management
7 27 (14.21%) Windows
7 27 (14.21%) Stakeholder Management
7 27 (14.21%) Security Cleared
8 26 (13.68%) MS Office
9 25 (13.16%) Migration
10 18 (9.474%) IBM
11 17 (8.947%) ISEB
11 17 (8.947%) SQL Server
12 16 (8.421%) MS Project
12 16 (8.421%) AS400
12 16 (8.421%) Degree
13 15 (7.895%) UNIX
14 14 (7.368%) PRINCE2
14 14 (7.368%) Retail
14 14 (7.368%) Test Scripting
15 13 (6.842%) SC Cleared
15 13 (6.842%) Retail Banking
15 13 (6.842%) Data Warehouse
15 13 (6.842%) Internet
16 12 (6.316%) Active Directory
16 12 (6.316%) WebSphere
16 12 (6.316%) Data Migration
16 12 (6.316%) iSeries
17 11 (5.789%) User Acceptance Testing

Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region that cited 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 Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 12 (6.316%) WebSphere
2 10 (5.263%) .NET
3 7 (3.684%) XML
4 5 (2.632%) HTML
5 4 (2.105%) J2EE
6 2 (1.053%) XML Schema
6 2 (1.053%) CSS
6 2 (1.053%) jQuery
7 1 (0.526%) DWR
7 1 (0.526%) Web Services
7 1 (0.526%) COM
Application Platforms
1 10 (5.263%) IIS
2 4 (2.105%) MS Exchange
3 3 (1.579%) SAS
3 3 (1.579%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (1.053%) Zen Cart
4 2 (1.053%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 2 (1.053%) WordPress
4 2 (1.053%) Magento
5 1 (0.526%) Exchange Server 2003
5 1 (0.526%) Lotus Notes
5 1 (0.526%) SharePoint
Applications
1 26 (13.68%) MS Office
2 16 (8.421%) MS Project
3 9 (4.737%) MS Excel
4 1 (0.526%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (0.526%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.526%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.053%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.526%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.526%) SalesLogix
2 1 (0.526%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.526%) Cognos Business Intelligence
2 1 (0.526%) Tridion
Communications & Networking
1 13 (6.842%) Internet
2 8 (4.211%) Intranet
3 4 (2.105%) TCP/IP
4 3 (1.579%) DHCP
4 3 (1.579%) DNS
4 3 (1.579%) Firewall
5 2 (1.053%) Broadband
6 1 (0.526%) Symposium
6 1 (0.526%) LAN
6 1 (0.526%) WAN
6 1 (0.526%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (8.947%) SQL Server
2 13 (6.842%) Data Warehouse
3 10 (5.263%) DB2
4 5 (2.632%) BusinessObjects
5 4 (2.105%) SAP BW
5 4 (2.105%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
5 4 (2.105%) Xcelsius
6 3 (1.579%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (1.053%) SQL Server 2008
7 2 (1.053%) Data Mart
7 2 (1.053%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.526%) QlikView
8 1 (0.526%) Crystal Reports
8 1 (0.526%) MS Access
8 1 (0.526%) Cognos Impromptu
8 1 (0.526%) TOAD
8 1 (0.526%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.526%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 10 (5.263%) TestDirector
2 7 (3.684%) Rational Functional Tester
3 4 (2.105%) Team Foundation Server
4 3 (1.579%) Visual Studio
5 2 (1.053%) Talend Open Studio
6 1 (0.526%) Selenium
6 1 (0.526%) PVCS
General
1 69 (36.32%) Finance
2 37 (19.47%) Banking
3 14 (7.368%) Retail
4 13 (6.842%) Retail Banking
5 6 (3.158%) Multimedia
6 1 (0.526%) Billing
6 1 (0.526%) Welsh Language
6 1 (0.526%) Aerospace
6 1 (0.526%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.526%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 16 (8.421%) AS400
2 12 (6.316%) iSeries
3 11 (5.789%) Management Information System
4 4 (2.105%) Mainframe
5 3 (1.579%) Credit Risk
5 3 (1.579%) NHS
6 2 (1.053%) Enterprise Storage
6 2 (1.053%) Digital Media
6 2 (1.053%) Blackberry
7 1 (0.526%) IVR
7 1 (0.526%) Mathematics
7 1 (0.526%) Physics
7 1 (0.526%) Statistics
7 1 (0.526%) Data Extraction
7 1 (0.526%) Fat Client
7 1 (0.526%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 27 (14.21%) Windows
2 15 (7.895%) UNIX
3 9 (4.737%) OS/400
4 5 (2.632%) AIX
4 5 (2.632%) Windows 7
5 3 (1.579%) Linux
5 3 (1.579%) Windows Server 2003
6 2 (1.053%) Windows XP
6 2 (1.053%) Solaris
6 2 (1.053%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (1.053%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (17.37%) Business Analysis
2 29 (15.26%) Project Management
3 27 (14.21%) Stakeholder Management
4 25 (13.16%) Migration
5 14 (7.368%) PRINCE2
5 14 (7.368%) Test Scripting
6 12 (6.316%) Data Migration
7 11 (5.789%) User Acceptance Testing
7 11 (5.789%) UML
8 10 (5.263%) Regression Testing
8 10 (5.263%) Agile Software Development
9 9 (4.737%) Incident Management
9 9 (4.737%) OO
9 9 (4.737%) Business Intelligence
10 7 (3.684%) Content Management
10 7 (3.684%) Data Analysis
10 7 (3.684%) Use Case
10 7 (3.684%) Change Management
10 7 (3.684%) Test Automation
11 6 (3.158%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 30 (15.79%) SQL
2 10 (5.263%) COBOL
3 9 (4.737%) Shell Script
4 8 (4.211%) RPG
5 7 (3.684%) Java
6 6 (3.158%) C
7 3 (1.579%) VB
8 2 (1.053%) PHP
8 2 (1.053%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.526%) LINC
Qualifications
1 27 (14.21%) Security Cleared
2 17 (8.947%) ISEB
3 16 (8.421%) Degree
4 13 (6.842%) SC Cleared
5 5 (2.632%) ISEB Practitioner
5 5 (2.632%) DV Cleared
6 4 (2.105%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (2.105%) MCSE
7 3 (1.579%) MCP
8 2 (1.053%) MCSA
8 2 (1.053%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.526%) MCTS
9 1 (0.526%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.789%) SLA
2 6 (3.158%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (2.632%) ISO 9000
4 4 (2.105%) QA
System Software
1 12 (6.316%) Active Directory
2 7 (3.684%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.053%) ISA Server
3 2 (1.053%) VMware Workstation
3 2 (1.053%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.526%) Terminal Services
4 1 (0.526%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 2 (1.053%) HP Quality Center
1 2 (1.053%) SCCM
2 1 (0.526%) ARCserve
2 1 (0.526%) Cisco UCCE
Vendors
1 35 (18.42%) Microsoft
2 18 (9.474%) IBM
3 9 (4.737%) SAP
4 7 (3.684%) VMware
5 5 (2.632%) Oracle
5 5 (2.632%) Business Objects
6 4 (2.105%) Rackspace
7 3 (1.579%) Remedy
7 3 (1.579%) Citrix
7 3 (1.579%) HP
8 2 (1.053%) Talend
8 2 (1.053%) NetApp
8 2 (1.053%) McAfee
8 2 (1.053%) Sun
8 2 (1.053%) Cognos
9 1 (0.526%) Cisco
9 1 (0.526%) Lotus
9 1 (0.526%) Salesforce.com
9 1 (0.526%) Intel
9 1 (0.526%) TSYS
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