The first table below looks at the demand for the Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the Woking 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 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 Job Titles advertised for the Woking 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
Analyst
Rank 11 7 9
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +2
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 5 12 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Woking 10.87% 18.46% 10.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.90% 18.75% 11.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 9 5
Average daily rate £363 £360 £365
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.69% -1.36%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £280 £270 £314
10% offered a daily rate of more than £410 £384 £390
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -
All Job Titles
Woking
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
42 64 52
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Woking 91.30% 98.46% 92.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 43 27
Average daily rate £351 £325 £335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.07% -2.98%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £280 £260
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £575 £458
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 2
Average hourly rate - £40.00 £12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +233.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Analyst
Surrey

Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Woking 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 Woking region.

Woking Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Woking Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Woking Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Woking 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 6 (40.00%) ISEB
2 5 (33.33%) SAP
2 5 (33.33%) Software Testing
3 4 (26.67%) ISTQB
4 3 (20.00%) QA
4 3 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 3 (20.00%) Stress Testing
4 3 (20.00%) Test Scripting
4 3 (20.00%) Business Analysis
4 3 (20.00%) Manufacturing
4 3 (20.00%) Scrum
4 3 (20.00%) Finance
4 3 (20.00%) SAP BW
4 3 (20.00%) CCA
4 3 (20.00%) QuickTest Pro
4 3 (20.00%) LoadRunner
4 3 (20.00%) MS Visio
4 3 (20.00%) HP Quality Center
5 2 (13.33%) BDD
5 2 (13.33%) XML
5 2 (13.33%) C#
5 2 (13.33%) SQL
5 2 (13.33%) SQL Server
5 2 (13.33%) Windows
5 2 (13.33%) Automotive
5 2 (13.33%) Publishing
5 2 (13.33%) Agile Software Development
5 2 (13.33%) Visual Studio
5 2 (13.33%) Data Mapping
5 2 (13.33%) WPF

Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Woking 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.

Application Development
1 2 (13.33%) XML
1 2 (13.33%) WPF
Application Platforms
1 1 (6.667%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (20.00%) MS Visio
2 1 (6.667%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (6.667%) SAP SD
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (20.00%) SAP BW
2 2 (13.33%) SQL Server
3 1 (6.667%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (6.667%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 3 (20.00%) QuickTest Pro
1 3 (20.00%) LoadRunner
2 2 (13.33%) Visual Studio
3 1 (6.667%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 3 (20.00%) Finance
1 3 (20.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (13.33%) Publishing
2 2 (13.33%) Automotive
3 1 (6.667%) Law
3 1 (6.667%) Legal
3 1 (6.667%) Retail
Operating Systems
1 2 (13.33%) Windows
2 1 (6.667%) Linux
2 1 (6.667%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (6.667%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 3 (20.00%) Business Analysis
2 3 (20.00%) Scrum
2 3 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 3 (20.00%) Stress Testing
2 3 (20.00%) Test Scripting
3 2 (13.33%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (13.33%) SAP Implementation
3 2 (13.33%) Data Mapping
3 2 (13.33%) BDD
4 1 (6.667%) Master Data Management
4 1 (6.667%) User Stories
4 1 (6.667%) Database Security
4 1 (6.667%) Database Tuning
4 1 (6.667%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (6.667%) Waterfall
4 1 (6.667%) Data Management
4 1 (6.667%) Content Management
4 1 (6.667%) System Testing
4 1 (6.667%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 2 (13.33%) C#
1 2 (13.33%) SQL
2 1 (6.667%) VB
Qualifications
1 6 (40.00%) ISEB
2 4 (26.67%) ISTQB
3 3 (20.00%) CCA
4 1 (6.667%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (20.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (6.667%) XenApp
1 1 (6.667%) XenServer
1 1 (6.667%) vSphere
1 1 (6.667%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 3 (20.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (33.33%) SAP
2 1 (6.667%) IBM
2 1 (6.667%) HP
2 1 (6.667%) Citrix
2 1 (6.667%) Red Hat
2 1 (6.667%) VMware
2 1 (6.667%) DataCore