The first table below looks at the demand for the Applications Support Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Applications Support 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 Yorkshire 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
Application Support Analyst
Rank 98 103 94
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -9
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Support Analyst 12 9 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.646% 0.403% 0.219%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.686% 0.426% 0.233%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 2 0
Average daily rate £175 £255 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-31.37% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £290 £315
% change year-on-year
-5.17% -7.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £17.75 £19.00
% change year-on-year
+26.76% -6.57%
All Job Titles
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1750 2113 1716
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 94.19% 94.58% 93.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 902 1127 810
Average daily rate £315 £335 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £185 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 105 116 120
Average hourly rate £12.88 £15.00 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.16% -14.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £10.00 £7.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.00 £32.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Applications Support Analyst
England

Applications Support Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire Applications Support Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Applications Support Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

Yorkshire Applications Support Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Applications Support Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Yorkshire Applications Support Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Applications Support Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Yorkshire Applications Support Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Applications Support Analyst
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Support Analyst within the Yorkshire 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
South Yorkshire +9 7 £175 -30.00%
West Yorkshire - 1 £275 -
East Yorkshire - 1 - -
Applications Support Analyst
England

Applications Support Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region that cited Applications Support 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 Applications Support Analyst in their job title.

1 23 (95.83%) Windows
2 20 (83.33%) IIS
3 18 (75.00%) .NET
4 14 (58.33%) SQL Server
5 13 (54.17%) SQL
5 13 (54.17%) Linux
6 12 (50.00%) UNIX
7 11 (45.83%) XML
8 10 (41.67%) FTP
8 10 (41.67%) Firewall
8 10 (41.67%) Security Cleared
9 6 (25.00%) SLA
9 6 (25.00%) ITIL
10 4 (16.67%) RAD
10 4 (16.67%) Service Management
10 4 (16.67%) SC Cleared
11 3 (12.50%) WebSphere
11 3 (12.50%) IBM
11 3 (12.50%) Shell Script
11 3 (12.50%) Solaris
11 3 (12.50%) Apache
11 3 (12.50%) Java
11 3 (12.50%) J2EE
12 2 (8.333%) DB2
12 2 (8.333%) WebSphere Application Server
12 2 (8.333%) DNS
12 2 (8.333%) HP
12 2 (8.333%) IBM HTTP Server
13 1 (4.167%) Software Deployment
13 1 (4.167%) SQL Server 2008

Applications Support Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 18 (75.00%) .NET
2 11 (45.83%) XML
3 3 (12.50%) WebSphere
3 3 (12.50%) J2EE
4 1 (4.167%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 20 (83.33%) IIS
2 3 (12.50%) Apache
3 2 (8.333%) WebSphere Application Server
3 2 (8.333%) IBM HTTP Server
Communications & Networking
1 10 (41.67%) FTP
1 10 (41.67%) Firewall
2 2 (8.333%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (58.33%) SQL Server
2 2 (8.333%) DB2
3 1 (4.167%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (4.167%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (4.167%) Finance
Operating Systems
1 23 (95.83%) Windows
2 13 (54.17%) Linux
3 12 (50.00%) UNIX
4 3 (12.50%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (25.00%) ITIL
2 4 (16.67%) RAD
2 4 (16.67%) Service Management
3 1 (4.167%) Software Deployment
3 1 (4.167%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 13 (54.17%) SQL
2 3 (12.50%) Shell Script
2 3 (12.50%) Java
3 1 (4.167%) C#
3 1 (4.167%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (41.67%) Security Cleared
2 4 (16.67%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (25.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 3 (12.50%) IBM
2 2 (8.333%) HP
Yorkshire and the Humber
The Support Analyst must be able to demonstrate the following:*Strong IT skills, especially MS Office*Advanced knowledge of MS Excel (2007 onwards)*Ideally experience in support, e...
Amoria Bond
Posted: 24 May 2013