The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior 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 Senior 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
Senior Analyst
Rank 89 88 88
Rank change year-on-year
-1 0
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Analyst 6 15 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.367% 0.669% 0.740%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.398% 0.724% 0.801%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 7
Average daily rate £340 £325 £270
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.61% +20.37%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £272 £305 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £408 £505 £345
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £375 £350
% change year-on-year
+6.66% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £32.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.50 £17.25 £21.86
% change year-on-year
-21.73% -21.08%
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%
Senior Analyst
England

Senior Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 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 +14 2 £425 -
Shropshire - 1 - -
Worcestershire - 1 - -
Senior Analyst
England

Senior Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 8 (34.78%) SQL
2 7 (30.43%) User Acceptance Testing
3 6 (26.09%) ISEB
3 6 (26.09%) Finance
4 4 (17.39%) Service Delivery
4 4 (17.39%) Change Management
4 4 (17.39%) T-SQL
4 4 (17.39%) ITIL
4 4 (17.39%) Resource Management
4 4 (17.39%) Test Scripting
4 4 (17.39%) Time Management
5 3 (13.04%) Data Migration
5 3 (13.04%) SC Cleared
5 3 (13.04%) Security Cleared
5 3 (13.04%) Degree
5 3 (13.04%) ISTQB
5 3 (13.04%) Requirements Analysis
5 3 (13.04%) PRINCE2
5 3 (13.04%) .NET
5 3 (13.04%) SQL Server
5 3 (13.04%) CRM
5 3 (13.04%) NHS
5 3 (13.04%) Migration
6 2 (8.696%) CSS
6 2 (8.696%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (8.696%) MVC
6 2 (8.696%) PRINCE
6 2 (8.696%) XHTML
6 2 (8.696%) MS Excel
6 2 (8.696%) IBM

Senior 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 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 Development
1 3 (13.04%) .NET
2 2 (8.696%) CSS
2 2 (8.696%) XHTML
2 2 (8.696%) HTML
2 2 (8.696%) .NET Framework
2 2 (8.696%) jQuery
2 2 (8.696%) CSS3
2 2 (8.696%) Razor View Engine
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.348%) SharePoint
1 1 (4.348%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (8.696%) MS Excel
2 1 (4.348%) PowerPivot
2 1 (4.348%) MS Office
2 1 (4.348%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (4.348%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.348%) Internet
1 1 (4.348%) LAN
1 1 (4.348%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.04%) SQL Server
2 2 (8.696%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (4.348%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (4.348%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 6 (26.09%) Finance
2 1 (4.348%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.04%) NHS
2 2 (8.696%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.348%) Windows Vista
1 1 (4.348%) Windows
1 1 (4.348%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (30.43%) User Acceptance Testing
2 4 (17.39%) Service Delivery
2 4 (17.39%) Change Management
2 4 (17.39%) ITIL
2 4 (17.39%) Resource Management
2 4 (17.39%) Test Scripting
2 4 (17.39%) Time Management
3 3 (13.04%) Data Migration
3 3 (13.04%) Requirements Analysis
3 3 (13.04%) PRINCE2
3 3 (13.04%) CRM
3 3 (13.04%) Migration
4 2 (8.696%) MVC
4 2 (8.696%) PRINCE
4 2 (8.696%) Web Development
4 2 (8.696%) Business Analysis
4 2 (8.696%) V-Model
4 2 (8.696%) Waterfall
4 2 (8.696%) Test Management
4 2 (8.696%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 8 (34.78%) SQL
2 4 (17.39%) T-SQL
3 2 (8.696%) C#
3 2 (8.696%) JavaScript
3 2 (8.696%) PL/SQL
4 1 (4.348%) Java
4 1 (4.348%) VBScript
4 1 (4.348%) VBA
Qualifications
1 6 (26.09%) ISEB
2 3 (13.04%) SC Cleared
2 3 (13.04%) Security Cleared
2 3 (13.04%) Degree
2 3 (13.04%) ISTQB
3 1 (4.348%) BC Cleared
Systems Management
1 2 (8.696%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (8.696%) IBM
1 2 (8.696%) Microsoft
1 2 (8.696%) Oracle