The first table below looks at the demand for Data Analysis skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Data 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 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Data Analysis
Rank 34 47 43
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -4
Contract jobs citing Data Analysis 11 9 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 2.576% 1.568% 2.446%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.767% 2.419% 3.912%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 4 10
Average daily rate £400 £323 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+24.03% -0.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £378 £196 £248
10% offered a daily rate of more than £469 £395 £398
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 £348
% change year-on-year
-7.14% +0.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.00 £21.75 £21.79
% change year-on-year
+5.74% -0.18%
All Processes & Methodologies
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
292 372 409
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 68.38% 64.81% 62.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 175 182 182
Average daily rate £350 £375 £365
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +2.73%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £505 £513
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 13 18
Average hourly rate £15.00 £16.16 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.17% -61.97%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.13 £12.50 £14.91
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.75 £30.50 £82.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Data Analysis
UK

Data Analysis
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales Data Analysis Jobs Demand Trend

Data Analysis
Daily Rate Trend

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

Wales Data Analysis Daily Rate Trend

Data Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Data Analysis across the Wales region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Wales Data Analysis Daily Rate Histogram

Data Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Wales Data Analysis Hourly Rate Trend

Data Analysis
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Analysis within the Wales region 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
South Wales +6 11 £400 +24.03%
Data Analysis
UK

Data Analysis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region citing Data 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 Data Analysis.

1 8 (47.06%) Migration
2 7 (41.18%) Finance
2 7 (41.18%) SQL
2 7 (41.18%) Data Migration
3 6 (35.29%) Business Intelligence
3 6 (35.29%) Data Modelling
4 5 (29.41%) IBM
4 5 (29.41%) BusinessObjects
4 5 (29.41%) Lotus
4 5 (29.41%) SAP BW
4 5 (29.41%) Oracle
4 5 (29.41%) Business Objects
4 5 (29.41%) SAP
4 5 (29.41%) Lotus Notes
4 5 (29.41%) Data Extraction
4 5 (29.41%) BusinessObjects XI
4 5 (29.41%) SAP Data Services
5 4 (23.53%) User Acceptance Testing
6 3 (17.65%) Dimensional Modelling
6 3 (17.65%) Kanban
6 3 (17.65%) Data Mapping
6 3 (17.65%) Requirements Analysis
6 3 (17.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (17.65%) Data Architecture
6 3 (17.65%) RAD
6 3 (17.65%) UML
6 3 (17.65%) Hibernate
6 3 (17.65%) Scrum
6 3 (17.65%) Banking
7 2 (11.76%) Retail

Data Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region citing Data 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 Data Analysis. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (17.65%) Hibernate
Application Platforms
1 5 (29.41%) Lotus Notes
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (29.41%) BusinessObjects
1 5 (29.41%) SAP BW
1 5 (29.41%) BusinessObjects XI
1 5 (29.41%) SAP Data Services
2 1 (5.882%) Data Mart
2 1 (5.882%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (5.882%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (5.882%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (5.882%) SQL Server
General
1 7 (41.18%) Finance
2 3 (17.65%) Banking
3 2 (11.76%) Retail
3 2 (11.76%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 7 (41.18%) Analyst
2 6 (35.29%) Developer
3 5 (29.41%) Data Architect
3 5 (29.41%) Architect
3 5 (29.41%) SAP BW Developer
3 5 (29.41%) SAP Developer
4 3 (17.65%) Business Analyst
4 3 (17.65%) Data Analyst
5 2 (11.76%) Data Migration Analyst
6 1 (5.882%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 1 (5.882%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 1 (5.882%) Analyst Developer
6 1 (5.882%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (5.882%) Senior Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (29.41%) Data Extraction
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (47.06%) Migration
2 7 (41.18%) Data Migration
3 6 (35.29%) Business Intelligence
3 6 (35.29%) Data Modelling
4 4 (23.53%) User Acceptance Testing
5 3 (17.65%) Dimensional Modelling
5 3 (17.65%) Kanban
5 3 (17.65%) Data Mapping
5 3 (17.65%) Requirements Analysis
5 3 (17.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (17.65%) Data Architecture
5 3 (17.65%) RAD
5 3 (17.65%) UML
5 3 (17.65%) Scrum
6 2 (11.76%) Agile Software Development
7 1 (5.882%) Business Analysis
7 1 (5.882%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 7 (41.18%) SQL
2 1 (5.882%) T-SQL
2 1 (5.882%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) ISEB
1 2 (11.76%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.882%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 5 (29.41%) IBM
1 5 (29.41%) Lotus
1 5 (29.41%) Oracle
1 5 (29.41%) Business Objects
1 5 (29.41%) SAP