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The first part of the 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 19 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 advertised for the Wales region.

 Analyst
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank946
Rank change year-on-year
Down-5Up+2
Matching contract IT job ads6786135
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales12.71 %17.20 %12.52 %
As % of the Job Titles category14.29 %18.49 %13.46 %
Daily rates quoted322353
Average daily rate£313£300£365
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.160 %-17.80 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£150£205£210
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£498£420£425
UK excluding London average daily rate£320£325£349
% change year-on-year
-1.530 %-6.810 %
Hourly rates quoted81313
Average hourly rate£11.50£14.00£22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-17.85 %-37.77 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£6.50£9.50£12.60
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£18.45£39.25£35.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate£15.00£16.50£15.00
% change year-on-year
-9.090 %+10.00 %
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
4694651003
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales88.99 %93.00 %93.04 %
Daily rates quoted184126301
Average daily rate£350£350£375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
--6.660 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£188£212£275
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£500£525£525
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£338£350
% change year-on-year
-3.700 %-3.570 %
Hourly rates quoted3758115
Average hourly rate£15.50£17.50£27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-11.42 %-36.36 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.20£10.00£11.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£21.30£40.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.00£20.00£22.00
% change year-on-year
-10.00 %-9.090 %
Analyst UKAnalyst
UK

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.

Analyst
Demand Trend

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

Wales Analyst Demand Trend

Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

The 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

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Analyst across the Wales region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Wales Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

The 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 19 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
South WalesNo change053£325+8.33 %
West WalesDown-155£280+12.00 %
North WalesUp+22--
Mid WalesNew entry-1--
Analyst UKAnalyst
UK

Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

130 (22.06 %)Finance
229 (21.32 %)Microsoft
321 (15.44 %)Windows
418 (13.24 %)Business Analysis
517 (12.50 %)MS Office
616 (11.76 %)SQL
616 (11.76 %)Security Cleared
715 (11.03 %)Insurance
715 (11.03 %)Oracle
814 (10.29 %)MS Excel
814 (10.29 %)Windows XP
913 (9.559 %)Government
1012 (8.824 %)Active Directory
1012 (8.824 %)SAP
1012 (8.824 %)Use Case
1111 (8.088 %)SAS
1210 (7.353 %)UML
1210 (7.353 %)C
139 (6.618 %)VB
139 (6.618 %)Cisco
139 (6.618 %)Test Scripting
139 (6.618 %)Banking
148 (5.882 %)Stakeholder Management
148 (5.882 %)Business Intelligence
148 (5.882 %)RUP
157 (5.147 %)SLA
157 (5.147 %)SQL Server
157 (5.147 %)VMware
157 (5.147 %)Business Continuity
166 (4.412 %)Retail

Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
14 (2.941 %)Spring
14 (2.941 %).NET
14 (2.941 %)Web Services
23 (2.206 %)WSDL
23 (2.206 %)XML
23 (2.206 %)SOAP
23 (2.206 %)JMS
23 (2.206 %)Hibernate
31 (0.735 %)J2EE
31 (0.735 %)WebSphere
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
111 (8.088 %)SAS
24 (2.941 %)Oracle Service Bus
33 (2.206 %)MS Exchange
42 (1.471 %)AquaLogic
42 (1.471 %)AquaLogic Service Bus
42 (1.471 %)Exchange Server 2003
42 (1.471 %)Lotus Notes
42 (1.471 %)ColdFusion
42 (1.471 %)WebLogic
51 (0.735 %)ArcGIS
51 (0.735 %)SharePoint
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
117 (12.50 %)MS Office
214 (10.29 %)MS Excel
35 (3.676 %)MS PowerPoint
44 (2.941 %)MS Visio
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (0.735 %)SAP EHS
11 (0.735 %)SAP Retail
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
16 (4.412 %)LAN
23 (2.206 %)Firewall
32 (1.471 %)ADSL
32 (1.471 %)VPN
32 (1.471 %)WAN
32 (1.471 %)SAN
41 (0.735 %)VoIP
41 (0.735 %)Cisco IPT
41 (0.735 %)Cisco PIX
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (5.147 %)SQL Server
24 (2.941 %)Datawarehouse
24 (2.941 %)Ingres
33 (2.206 %)SQL Server 2005
33 (2.206 %)SQL Server Integration Services
42 (1.471 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
42 (1.471 %)Oracle 11g
42 (1.471 %)ETL
51 (0.735 %)GIS
51 (0.735 %)Crystal Reports
51 (0.735 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
51 (0.735 %)Base SAS
51 (0.735 %)Data Mart
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
13 (2.206 %)RequisitePro
13 (2.206 %)ClearCase
22 (1.471 %)Oracle Forms
31 (0.735 %)Rational Robot
31 (0.735 %)Visual Studio
31 (0.735 %)Rational Rose
31 (0.735 %)Team Foundation Server
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
130 (22.06 %)Finance
215 (11.03 %)Insurance
313 (9.559 %)Government
49 (6.618 %)Banking
56 (4.412 %)Retail
64 (2.941 %)Retail Banking
64 (2.941 %)Health
72 (1.471 %)Marketing
72 (1.471 %)Telecoms
72 (1.471 %)Manufacturing
72 (1.471 %)Education
81 (0.735 %)Construction
81 (0.735 %)Publishing
81 (0.735 %)Legal
81 (0.735 %)General Ledger
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
14 (2.941 %)NHS
14 (2.941 %)AS400
23 (2.206 %)Blackberry
23 (2.206 %)Data Extraction
32 (1.471 %)iSeries
32 (1.471 %)Credit Risk
41 (0.735 %)Photography
41 (0.735 %)PDA
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
121 (15.44 %)Windows
214 (10.29 %)Windows XP
36 (4.412 %)Windows Server 2003
43 (2.206 %)Windows 2000
52 (1.471 %)AIX
61 (0.735 %)Linux
61 (0.735 %)UNIX
61 (0.735 %)Windows Vista
61 (0.735 %)Windows 2000 Server
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
118 (13.24 %)Business Analysis
212 (8.824 %)Use Case
310 (7.353 %)UML
49 (6.618 %)Test Scripting
58 (5.882 %)Stakeholder Management
58 (5.882 %)Business Intelligence
58 (5.882 %)RUP
67 (5.147 %)Business Continuity
76 (4.412 %)Disaster Recovery
85 (3.676 %)DSDM
85 (3.676 %)Requirements Analysis
85 (3.676 %)Risk Analysis
85 (3.676 %)Migration
94 (2.941 %)Systems Analysis
94 (2.941 %)PRINCE2
94 (2.941 %)ITIL
103 (2.206 %)Requirements Management
103 (2.206 %)Web Development
103 (2.206 %)User Acceptance Testing
103 (2.206 %)System Testing
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
116 (11.76 %)SQL
210 (7.353 %)C
39 (6.618 %)VB
44 (2.941 %)Java
53 (2.206 %)C#
53 (2.206 %)RPG
62 (1.471 %)PL/SQL
71 (0.735 %)T-SQL
71 (0.735 %)COBOL
71 (0.735 %)Perl
71 (0.735 %)VB.NET
71 (0.735 %)VB6
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
116 (11.76 %)Security Cleared
26 (4.412 %)SC Cleared
35 (3.676 %)ISEB
35 (3.676 %)Degree
44 (2.941 %)MCSE
44 (2.941 %)Microsoft Certification
53 (2.206 %)CTC Cleared
62 (1.471 %)ISTQB
62 (1.471 %)CCNA
62 (1.471 %)MCP
62 (1.471 %)Cisco Certification
71 (0.735 %)CIMA
71 (0.735 %)Citrix Certification
71 (0.735 %)ACCA
71 (0.735 %)HND
71 (0.735 %)ISEB Practitioner
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
17 (5.147 %)SLA
26 (4.412 %)QA
31 (0.735 %)GxP
31 (0.735 %)SNOMED CT
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
112 (8.824 %)Active Directory
26 (4.412 %)VMware Infrastructure
32 (1.471 %)vSphere
41 (0.735 %)Citrix Presentation Server
41 (0.735 %)MailMarshal
41 (0.735 %)XenApp
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (0.735 %)CiscoWorks
11 (0.735 %)OpenView
11 (0.735 %)WSUS
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
129 (21.32 %)Microsoft
215 (11.03 %)Oracle
312 (8.824 %)SAP
49 (6.618 %)Cisco
57 (5.147 %)VMware
66 (4.412 %)Citrix
75 (3.676 %)Lotus
83 (2.206 %)CheckPoint
83 (2.206 %)HP
83 (2.206 %)IBM
92 (1.471 %)Mercator
101 (0.735 %)ESRI
101 (0.735 %)Hitachi
101 (0.735 %)Mapinfo
101 (0.735 %)Compaq
101 (0.735 %)Nortel
101 (0.735 %)Remedy
101 (0.735 %)Sybase
101 (0.735 %)Siebel
101 (0.735 %)Fujitsu