The first table below looks at the demand for the Service 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 Service 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
Service Analyst
Rank - 48 51
Contract jobs requiring a Service Analyst 0 6 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales - 1.053% 1.515%
As % of the Job Titles category - 1.128% 1.645%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 8
Average daily rate - £148 £101
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +45.67%
UK excluding London average daily rate £120 £138 £125
% change year-on-year
-12.72% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £12.50 £100.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -87.50%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £12.50 £13.50 £12.00
% change year-on-year
-7.40% +12.50%
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%
Service Analyst
UK

Service Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales Service Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Service Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

Wales Service Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Service Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Wales Service Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Service Analyst
Top 22 Related IT Skills

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

1 8 (88.89%) Incident Management
2 5 (55.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (55.56%) SC Cleared
2 5 (55.56%) DV Cleared
2 5 (55.56%) Security Cleared
2 5 (55.56%) C
2 5 (55.56%) ISO 9000
3 3 (33.33%) Active Directory
4 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (22.22%) Internet
4 2 (22.22%) SLA
4 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
4 2 (22.22%) MCSE
4 2 (22.22%) HTML
4 2 (22.22%) MS Office
4 2 (22.22%) ITIL
4 2 (22.22%) MCP
5 1 (11.11%) Windows
5 1 (11.11%) MS Exchange
5 1 (11.11%) Windows 7
5 1 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (11.11%) Management Information System

Service Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 2 (22.22%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) MS Exchange
1 1 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 2 (22.22%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) Internet
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
1 1 (11.11%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Incident Management
2 2 (22.22%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) C
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) SC Cleared
1 5 (55.56%) DV Cleared
1 5 (55.56%) Security Cleared
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (22.22%) MCSE
2 2 (22.22%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (55.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (55.56%) ISO 9000
2 2 (22.22%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (33.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft