The first table below looks at the demand for the Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the West Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 20 June 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 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Analyst
Rank 7 23 23
Rank change year-on-year
+16 0
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 5 1 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Wales 10.42% 0.990% 5.882%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.90% 1.087% 6.486%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 8
Average daily rate £255 £200 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+27.50% -41.17%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £211 £200 £189
10% offered a daily rate of more than £299 £200 £397
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £11.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -
All Job Titles
West Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
42 92 185
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Wales 87.50% 91.09% 90.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 27 52
Average daily rate £298 £425 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-30.00% +6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £204 £180 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £515 £513
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 2
Average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £11.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-4.70% +54.54%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Analyst
Wales

Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Wales Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Wales Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Wales Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Analyst
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analyst within the West Wales region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
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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
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Job
Vacancies
Swansea +17 3 £200 - 1
Analyst
Wales

Analyst
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Wales region that cited 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 Analyst in their job title.

1 4 (44.44%) SQL
2 3 (33.33%) Windows
3 2 (22.22%) Visual Studio
3 2 (22.22%) Active Directory
3 2 (22.22%) ISEB
3 2 (22.22%) UNIX
3 2 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (22.22%) Service Management
3 2 (22.22%) Microsoft App-V
3 2 (22.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (22.22%) Windows Vista
3 2 (22.22%) Test Scripting
3 2 (22.22%) SCCM
3 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
3 2 (22.22%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (11.11%) Data Entry
4 1 (11.11%) BC Cleared
4 1 (11.11%) Integration Testing
4 1 (11.11%) Software Testing
4 1 (11.11%) Regression Testing
4 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
4 1 (11.11%) C
4 1 (11.11%) NHS
4 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2
4 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
4 1 (11.11%) MS Project
4 1 (11.11%) Linux
4 1 (11.11%) RUP
4 1 (11.11%) MS Excel

Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Applications
1 1 (11.11%) MS Project
1 1 (11.11%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Visual Studio
1 2 (22.22%) Team Foundation Server
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 3 (33.33%) Windows
2 2 (22.22%) UNIX
2 2 (22.22%) Windows Vista
3 1 (11.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) Service Management
1 2 (22.22%) Test Scripting
2 1 (11.11%) Data Entry
2 1 (11.11%) Integration Testing
2 1 (11.11%) Software Testing
2 1 (11.11%) Regression Testing
2 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2
2 1 (11.11%) RUP
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) SQL
2 1 (11.11%) C
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) ISEB
1 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) BC Cleared
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) Active Directory
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft