The first table below looks at the demand for Analytics skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Analytics 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the West Midlands 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
Analytics
Rank 72 92 88
Rank change year-on-year
+20 -4
Contract jobs citing Analytics 23 11 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 1.393% 0.493% 0.317%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.070% 0.793% 0.500%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 7 2
Average daily rate £250 £400 £298
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-37.50% +34.45%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £125 £340 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £313 £450 £396
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
-13.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £15.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.25 £16.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year
+89.39% -26.66%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1111 1388 1199
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 67.29% 62.21% 63.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 532 653 558
Average daily rate £330 £330 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £240 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £523 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 72 69
Average hourly rate £37.80 £20.26 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+86.62% -18.98%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Analytics
England

Analytics
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Analytics Jobs Demand Trend

Analytics
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Analytics Daily Rate Trend

Analytics
Daily Rate Histogram

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

West Midlands Analytics Daily Rate Histogram

Analytics
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Analytics Hourly Rate Trend

Analytics
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analytics within the West Midlands 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
Birmingham +14 8 £125 -72.22%
Staffordshire +18 4 £275 -23.07%
Worcestershire - 3 £279 -
Warwickshire - 2 £313 -
Analytics
England

Analytics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Analytics 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 Analytics.

1 14 (36.84%) SQL Server
2 11 (28.95%) Finance
3 10 (26.32%) SQL
4 9 (23.68%) Cognos
4 9 (23.68%) SQL Server 2005
5 8 (21.05%) Data Management
5 8 (21.05%) Web Analytics
5 8 (21.05%) SEO
6 7 (18.42%) ETL
6 7 (18.42%) Business Intelligence
7 6 (15.79%) IBM
7 6 (15.79%) Data Modelling
7 6 (15.79%) Web Services
7 6 (15.79%) Agile Software Development
7 6 (15.79%) Oracle BI EE
8 5 (13.16%) SQL Server 2008
8 5 (13.16%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (13.16%) Content Management
8 5 (13.16%) Marketing
8 5 (13.16%) ASP.NET
8 5 (13.16%) PRINCE2
8 5 (13.16%) UML
8 5 (13.16%) OO
8 5 (13.16%) C#
8 5 (13.16%) .NET
8 5 (13.16%) N-Tier
8 5 (13.16%) JD Edwards
8 5 (13.16%) Agresso
8 5 (13.16%) Teradata
9 4 (10.53%) CMS

Analytics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Analytics 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 Analytics. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (15.79%) Web Services
2 5 (13.16%) .NET
2 5 (13.16%) ASP.NET
3 4 (10.53%) .NET Framework
3 4 (10.53%) ASP.NET MVC
3 4 (10.53%) ASP.NET MVC 2
4 1 (2.632%) HTML
4 1 (2.632%) Ruby on Rails
Application Platforms
1 4 (10.53%) CMS
2 3 (7.895%) SAS
3 2 (5.263%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (5.263%) MS Excel
2 1 (2.632%) SPSS
2 1 (2.632%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (13.16%) Agresso
2 4 (10.53%) Cognos Controller
3 3 (7.895%) Google Analytics
4 2 (5.263%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (2.632%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.895%) Internet
2 2 (5.263%) Intranet
3 1 (2.632%) TCP/IP
3 1 (2.632%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (36.84%) SQL Server
2 9 (23.68%) SQL Server 2005
3 6 (15.79%) Oracle BI EE
4 5 (13.16%) SQL Server 2008
5 4 (10.53%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 4 (10.53%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 4 (10.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (7.895%) BusinessObjects
6 3 (7.895%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (5.263%) Oracle 11g
7 2 (5.263%) SAP BW
7 2 (5.263%) SAP BI
7 2 (5.263%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (5.263%) Spotfire
7 2 (5.263%) SAP HANA
8 1 (2.632%) QlikView
8 1 (2.632%) Data Mining
8 1 (2.632%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
8 1 (2.632%) Base SAS
8 1 (2.632%) Xcelsius
General
1 11 (28.95%) Finance
2 5 (13.16%) Marketing
3 3 (7.895%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.632%) Financial Institution
4 1 (2.632%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (44.74%) Analyst
2 16 (42.11%) Developer
3 6 (15.79%) MI Analyst
4 5 (13.16%) Analyst Developer
4 5 (13.16%) Consultant
5 4 (10.53%) Business Analyst
5 4 (10.53%) Systems Analyst
5 4 (10.53%) Financial Analyst
5 4 (10.53%) .NET Developer
5 4 (10.53%) OBIEE Developer
6 3 (7.895%) SEO Consultant
6 3 (7.895%) Report Analyst
7 2 (5.263%) Database Analyst
7 2 (5.263%) Web Developer
8 1 (2.632%) Programmer
8 1 (2.632%) Report Writer
8 1 (2.632%) SAP Analyst
8 1 (2.632%) CMS Developer
8 1 (2.632%) JDE Consultant
8 1 (2.632%) ASP.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.16%) N-Tier
2 4 (10.53%) Management Information System
3 2 (5.263%) Visualisation
3 2 (5.263%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.632%) Statistics
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (21.05%) SEO
1 8 (21.05%) Data Management
1 8 (21.05%) Web Analytics
2 7 (18.42%) ETL
2 7 (18.42%) Business Intelligence
3 6 (15.79%) Data Modelling
3 6 (15.79%) Agile Software Development
4 5 (13.16%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (13.16%) PRINCE2
4 5 (13.16%) UML
4 5 (13.16%) OO
4 5 (13.16%) Content Management
5 4 (10.53%) Incident Management
5 4 (10.53%) Information Architecture
6 3 (7.895%) Data Protection
6 3 (7.895%) Pay per click
6 3 (7.895%) Web Development
6 3 (7.895%) CRM
6 3 (7.895%) E-Commerce
6 3 (7.895%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 10 (26.32%) SQL
2 5 (13.16%) C#
3 4 (10.53%) T-SQL
4 1 (2.632%) VBA
4 1 (2.632%) Ruby
4 1 (2.632%) R
4 1 (2.632%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (7.895%) Degree
1 3 (7.895%) SC Cleared
1 3 (7.895%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.632%) CISSP
2 1 (2.632%) GCIA
2 1 (2.632%) GCIH
2 1 (2.632%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.53%) QA
2 1 (2.632%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 9 (23.68%) Cognos
2 6 (15.79%) IBM
3 5 (13.16%) JD Edwards
3 5 (13.16%) Teradata
4 4 (10.53%) Google
4 4 (10.53%) SAP
5 3 (7.895%) TIBCO
5 3 (7.895%) Oracle
5 3 (7.895%) Business Objects
6 2 (5.263%) Microsoft
6 2 (5.263%) MicroStrategy
6 2 (5.263%) Tableau
7 1 (2.632%) ArcSight
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