The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior 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 Senior Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Analyst
Rank 37 48 56
Rank change year-on-year
+11 +8
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Analyst 6 6 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 1.485% 1.081% 0.463%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.596% 1.167% 0.503%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 2
Average daily rate £213 £416 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-48.94% +23.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £204 £363 £328
10% offered a daily rate of more than £379 £505 £348
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 £375 £355
% change year-on-year
+3.33% +5.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.50 £25.00 £21.79
% change year-on-year
-46.00% +14.73%
All Job Titles
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
376 514 596
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 93.07% 92.61% 91.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 220 247 272
Average daily rate £330 £325 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.53% -3.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £155 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £481 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 25 37
Average hourly rate £15.00 £14.50 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -23.68%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.30 £10.35 £9.36
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £36.25 £20.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Senior Analyst
UK

Senior Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales Senior Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

Wales Senior Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Senior Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Senior Analyst across the Wales region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Wales Senior Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Senior Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Wales Senior Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Senior Analyst
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Analyst within the Wales region over the 3 months to 17 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 +1 6 £213 -48.94%
Senior Analyst
UK

Senior Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region that cited Senior 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 Senior Analyst in their job title.

1 9 (50.00%) Internet
2 8 (44.44%) Security Cleared
3 7 (38.89%) Intranet
4 4 (22.22%) Finance
4 4 (22.22%) Windows
4 4 (22.22%) Microsoft
5 3 (16.67%) Citrix
5 3 (16.67%) VMware
5 3 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (16.67%) Business Analysis
5 3 (16.67%) Requirements Analysis
6 2 (11.11%) Data Analysis
6 2 (11.11%) Banking
6 2 (11.11%) Retail
6 2 (11.11%) MS Excel
6 2 (11.11%) Project Management
6 2 (11.11%) MS Exchange
6 2 (11.11%) UNIX
6 2 (11.11%) SQL
6 2 (11.11%) MS Office
7 1 (5.556%) SAP
7 1 (5.556%) PRINCE2
7 1 (5.556%) Oracle
7 1 (5.556%) Java
7 1 (5.556%) Solaris
7 1 (5.556%) UML
7 1 (5.556%) SOA
7 1 (5.556%) DHCP
7 1 (5.556%) TCP/IP
7 1 (5.556%) DNS

Senior Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region that cited Senior 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 Senior Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (11.11%) MS Exchange
2 1 (5.556%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (5.556%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 2 (11.11%) MS Office
1 2 (11.11%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 9 (50.00%) Internet
2 7 (38.89%) Intranet
3 1 (5.556%) Firewall
3 1 (5.556%) DHCP
3 1 (5.556%) TCP/IP
3 1 (5.556%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.556%) Data Warehouse
General
1 4 (22.22%) Finance
2 2 (11.11%) Banking
2 2 (11.11%) Retail
3 1 (5.556%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.556%) Blackberry
1 1 (5.556%) Management Information System
1 1 (5.556%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 4 (22.22%) Windows
2 2 (11.11%) UNIX
3 1 (5.556%) Solaris
3 1 (5.556%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (5.556%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (5.556%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (16.67%) Business Analysis
1 3 (16.67%) Requirements Analysis
2 2 (11.11%) Project Management
2 2 (11.11%) Data Analysis
3 1 (5.556%) PRINCE2
3 1 (5.556%) UML
3 1 (5.556%) SOA
3 1 (5.556%) Service Delivery
3 1 (5.556%) Change Management
3 1 (5.556%) Migration
3 1 (5.556%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (5.556%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (5.556%) Data Management
3 1 (5.556%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (5.556%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (5.556%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.11%) SQL
2 1 (5.556%) LINC
2 1 (5.556%) Java
Qualifications
1 8 (44.44%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.556%) BC Cleared
System Software
1 3 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (5.556%) XenApp
2 1 (5.556%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.556%) ISA Server
2 1 (5.556%) VMware Workstation
Vendors
1 4 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 3 (16.67%) Citrix
2 3 (16.67%) VMware
3 1 (5.556%) NetApp
3 1 (5.556%) Sun
3 1 (5.556%) HP
3 1 (5.556%) Oracle
3 1 (5.556%) SAP