The first table below looks at the demand for the Data Analyst role 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 Data 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Data Analyst
Rank 86 85 71
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -14
Contract jobs requiring a Data Analyst 9 18 31
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.551% 0.803% 1.638%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.597% 0.869% 1.773%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 12
Average daily rate £328 £245 £386
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+33.67% -36.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £217 £213 £277
10% offered a daily rate of more than £379 £288 £505
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £320 £325
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 0
Average hourly rate £20.00 £10.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+100.00% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.25 £14.75 £13.50
% change year-on-year
+16.94% +9.25%
All Job Titles
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1508 2071 1748
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 92.35% 92.37% 92.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 682 946 791
Average daily rate £325 £325 £325
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £215 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £463 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 129 167 154
Average hourly rate £20.00 £16.10 £18.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+24.22% -11.78%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £10.00 £10.99
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.80 £33.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Data Analyst
England

Data Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Data Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Data Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Data Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Data Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Data Analyst across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

West Midlands Data Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Data Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Data Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Data Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Data Analyst across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

West Midlands Data Analyst Hourly Rate Histogram

Data Analyst
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Analyst within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 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 +11 3 £285 +16.32%
Worcestershire - 2 - -
Coventry -2 1 - -
Warwickshire -4 1 £330 -
Data Analyst
England

Data Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 17 (48.57%) Migration
1 17 (48.57%) Data Migration
2 14 (40.00%) SQL
3 11 (31.43%) Data Analysis
4 8 (22.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 8 (22.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 8 (22.86%) SQL Server
5 7 (20.00%) T-SQL
5 7 (20.00%) Active Directory
5 7 (20.00%) ETL
6 6 (17.14%) SAP
6 6 (17.14%) Windows
6 6 (17.14%) Degree
7 5 (14.29%) VBA
7 5 (14.29%) Windows Server 2003
7 5 (14.29%) Windows Server 2008
7 5 (14.29%) SQL Server 2008
7 5 (14.29%) Data Quality
8 4 (11.43%) Data Cleansing
8 4 (11.43%) Data Mapping
8 4 (11.43%) PowerShell
8 4 (11.43%) Data Modelling
8 4 (11.43%) MS Excel
8 4 (11.43%) NHS
9 3 (8.571%) Finance
9 3 (8.571%) Oracle
9 3 (8.571%) Microsoft
10 2 (5.714%) Data Extraction
10 2 (5.714%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (5.714%) Data Entry

Data Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Applications
1 4 (11.43%) MS Excel
2 2 (5.714%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (5.714%) MS Office
2 2 (5.714%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (2.857%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.857%) SAP IS-U
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.714%) DNS
2 1 (2.857%) SMTP
2 1 (2.857%) SNMP
2 1 (2.857%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (22.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 8 (22.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 8 (22.86%) SQL Server
2 5 (14.29%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (5.714%) MS Access
3 2 (5.714%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (2.857%) GIS
Development Applications
1 1 (2.857%) ERwin
General
1 3 (8.571%) Finance
2 2 (5.714%) Banking
2 2 (5.714%) Telecoms
2 2 (5.714%) Investment Banking
3 1 (2.857%) Retail Banking
3 1 (2.857%) Marketing
3 1 (2.857%) Retail
3 1 (2.857%) Automotive
3 1 (2.857%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.43%) NHS
2 2 (5.714%) Data Extraction
3 1 (2.857%) E-Learning
3 1 (2.857%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 6 (17.14%) Windows
2 5 (14.29%) Windows Server 2003
2 5 (14.29%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (5.714%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (48.57%) Migration
1 17 (48.57%) Data Migration
2 11 (31.43%) Data Analysis
3 7 (20.00%) ETL
4 4 (11.43%) Data Cleansing
4 4 (11.43%) Data Mapping
4 4 (11.43%) Data Modelling
5 2 (5.714%) Data Entry
5 2 (5.714%) Data Management
6 1 (2.857%) Business Development
6 1 (2.857%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (2.857%) TOGAF
6 1 (2.857%) Asset Management
6 1 (2.857%) PRINCE2
6 1 (2.857%) Master Data Management
6 1 (2.857%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 14 (40.00%) SQL
2 7 (20.00%) T-SQL
3 5 (14.29%) VBA
4 4 (11.43%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (17.14%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (14.29%) Data Quality
System Software
1 7 (20.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (17.14%) SAP
2 3 (8.571%) Oracle
2 3 (8.571%) Microsoft
3 2 (5.714%) Sun
3 2 (5.714%) Cisco
4 1 (2.857%) GoldenSource
4 1 (2.857%) Business Objects
4 1 (2.857%) Compaq
4 1 (2.857%) Dell