The first table below looks at the demand for the Analyst role in IT jobs advertised for the Aberdeen region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs 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 Aberdeen region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Analyst
Rank 7 4 12
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +8
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 58 73 46
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Aberdeen 16.71% 19.95% 14.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.42% 21.99% 15.49%
Number of salaries quoted 34 54 34
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +33.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,450 £21,650 £17,500
10% offered a salary of more than £46,750 £75,000 £45,550
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Job Titles
Aberdeen
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
333 332 297
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Aberdeen 95.97% 90.71% 93.99%
Number of salaries quoted 235 258 247
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% -11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £58,500 £54,452 £72,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Analyst
Scotland

Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Aberdeen Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Analyst
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Analyst across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen Analyst Salary Trend

Analyst
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Analyst across the Aberdeen region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Aberdeen Analyst Salary Histogram

Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Aberdeen 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 IT job ads sampled with Analyst in their job title.

1 41 (36.28%) Microsoft
2 36 (31.86%) MS Excel
3 32 (28.32%) SQL
4 30 (26.55%) Oracle
5 28 (24.78%) Windows
6 26 (23.01%) ITIL
7 24 (21.24%) ERP
8 23 (20.35%) Active Directory
9 22 (19.47%) .NET
9 22 (19.47%) MS Office
10 18 (15.93%) SQL Server
11 15 (13.27%) Degree
12 13 (11.50%) VMware
12 13 (11.50%) PL/SQL
13 12 (10.62%) C#
13 12 (10.62%) Windows XP
13 12 (10.62%) Citrix
14 10 (8.850%) Finance
14 10 (8.850%) SharePoint
15 9 (7.965%) VMware Infrastructure
15 9 (7.965%) Windows 7
15 9 (7.965%) MS Access
15 9 (7.965%) JavaScript
15 9 (7.965%) Business Objects
15 9 (7.965%) IIS
15 9 (7.965%) Service Management
15 9 (7.965%) Workflow
16 8 (7.080%) Disaster Recovery
16 8 (7.080%) JD Edwards
17 7 (6.195%) Java

Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Aberdeen 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 IT job ads sampled with Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 22 (19.47%) .NET
2 6 (5.310%) CSS
3 5 (4.425%) ASP
4 4 (3.540%) CGI
4 4 (3.540%) XHTML
4 4 (3.540%) Web Services
4 4 (3.540%) XML
4 4 (3.540%) HTML
5 2 (1.770%) .NET Framework
5 2 (1.770%) jQuery
5 2 (1.770%) XSLT
6 1 (0.885%) WinForms
6 1 (0.885%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.885%) COM
6 1 (0.885%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 10 (8.850%) SharePoint
2 9 (7.965%) IIS
3 6 (5.310%) MS Exchange
4 5 (4.425%) Tomcat
4 5 (4.425%) Exchange Server 2010
5 4 (3.540%) SharePoint Server
5 4 (3.540%) SharePoint 2010
5 4 (3.540%) Lync
5 4 (3.540%) Apache
6 2 (1.770%) ArcSDE
6 2 (1.770%) Documentum
6 2 (1.770%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 2 (1.770%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.885%) ColdFusion
7 1 (0.885%) Exchange Server 2007
7 1 (0.885%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 36 (31.86%) MS Excel
2 22 (19.47%) MS Office
3 3 (2.655%) MS Visio
3 3 (2.655%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (1.770%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.885%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 7 (6.195%) Dynamics AX
2 6 (5.310%) JDE EnterpriseOne
3 5 (4.425%) Maximo
4 4 (3.540%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (1.770%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (1.770%) GoldMine
5 2 (1.770%) JDE World
5 2 (1.770%) JDE OneWorld
5 2 (1.770%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.885%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.885%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.885%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 6 (5.310%) SAN
2 5 (4.425%) DHCP
2 5 (4.425%) DNS
3 4 (3.540%) NetScaler
3 4 (3.540%) WAN
3 4 (3.540%) LAN
4 3 (2.655%) VoIP
5 2 (1.770%) Asterisk PBX
5 2 (1.770%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.770%) Internet
6 1 (0.885%) Firewall
6 1 (0.885%) VSAT
6 1 (0.885%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (15.93%) SQL Server
2 9 (7.965%) MS Access
3 5 (4.425%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (4.425%) Oracle Reports
3 5 (4.425%) Oracle Discoverer
4 3 (2.655%) EDMS
4 3 (2.655%) TOAD
4 3 (2.655%) SQL Server 2008
4 3 (2.655%) SQL Server 2005
5 2 (1.770%) RDBMS
5 2 (1.770%) BusinessObjects
5 2 (1.770%) GIS
6 1 (0.885%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 4 (3.540%) Visual Studio
General
1 10 (8.850%) Finance
2 6 (5.310%) Manufacturing
3 4 (3.540%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 4 (3.540%) Enterprise Storage
1 4 (3.540%) Fat Client
1 4 (3.540%) Thin Client
2 3 (2.655%) Blackberry
3 1 (0.885%) Management Information System
3 1 (0.885%) CMDB
3 1 (0.885%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 28 (24.78%) Windows
2 12 (10.62%) Windows XP
3 9 (7.965%) Windows 7
4 7 (6.195%) Windows Server 2008
5 6 (5.310%) Windows Server 2003
6 5 (4.425%) Linux
7 3 (2.655%) Android
7 3 (2.655%) Apple iOS
8 2 (1.770%) UNIX
9 1 (0.885%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.885%) Windows 2000 Server
9 1 (0.885%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (23.01%) ITIL
2 24 (21.24%) ERP
3 9 (7.965%) Service Management
3 9 (7.965%) Workflow
4 8 (7.080%) Disaster Recovery
5 7 (6.195%) Data Management
6 6 (5.310%) Business Analysis
6 6 (5.310%) Web Development
6 6 (5.310%) Change Management
7 5 (4.425%) Service Delivery
7 5 (4.425%) Project Management
7 5 (4.425%) Change Control
7 5 (4.425%) Asset Management
7 5 (4.425%) Software Testing
8 4 (3.540%) Agile Software Development
8 4 (3.540%) Load Balancing
8 4 (3.540%) Capacity Management
8 4 (3.540%) Problem Management
8 4 (3.540%) Business Intelligence
8 4 (3.540%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 32 (28.32%) SQL
2 13 (11.50%) PL/SQL
3 12 (10.62%) C#
4 9 (7.965%) JavaScript
5 7 (6.195%) Java
6 6 (5.310%) Python
7 4 (3.540%) Perl
8 3 (2.655%) C
8 3 (2.655%) C++
8 3 (2.655%) PHP
8 3 (2.655%) VB.NET
9 2 (1.770%) PowerShell
9 2 (1.770%) VBA
9 2 (1.770%) Assembly Language
9 2 (1.770%) MATLAB
10 1 (0.885%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.885%) VB
Qualifications
1 15 (13.27%) Degree
2 5 (4.425%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (3.540%) MCTS
4 3 (2.655%) ISEB
4 3 (2.655%) HND
4 3 (2.655%) MCITP
5 2 (1.770%) ISTQB
5 2 (1.770%) MCSE
5 2 (1.770%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.885%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.195%) SLA
2 5 (4.425%) QA
System Software
1 23 (20.35%) Active Directory
2 9 (7.965%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (3.540%) vSphere
3 4 (3.540%) XenApp
4 3 (2.655%) VMware Workstation
4 3 (2.655%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.770%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (1.770%) VMware ESX
6 1 (0.885%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 6 (5.310%) Backup Exec
2 5 (4.425%) SCCM
3 2 (1.770%) WSUS
3 2 (1.770%) HP Quality Center
3 2 (1.770%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 1 (0.885%) Business Desktop Deployment
Vendors
1 41 (36.28%) Microsoft
2 30 (26.55%) Oracle
3 13 (11.50%) VMware
4 12 (10.62%) Citrix
5 9 (7.965%) Business Objects
6 8 (7.080%) JD Edwards
7 7 (6.195%) SAP
7 7 (6.195%) Dell
8 6 (5.310%) EMC
9 5 (4.425%) NetApp
9 5 (4.425%) HP
10 2 (1.770%) Acronis
10 2 (1.770%) Veeam
10 2 (1.770%) PeopleSoft
10 2 (1.770%) Pegasus
10 2 (1.770%) Sage
10 2 (1.770%) ESRI
10 2 (1.770%) Intergraph
10 2 (1.770%) Open Text
11 1 (0.885%) Apple
Aberdeen, Scotland
You will promote the Agile Methodology throughout the process in order to ensure continuous improvement within the system. You'll be working alongside a like-minded team and...
Cathcart Associates
Salary: £35000 - £50000 per annum + Excellent Benefits Package
Posted: 22 May 2013
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
Senior Agile Business Analyst, Agile, Business Analyst, Busines Analysis, BA, QA, BDD, UI Design, Saas, Software as a Service, Oil & Gas I'm looking for an experienced Senior...
Cathcart Associates Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Excellent Benefits Package
Posted: 18 June 2013
Aberdeen, Scotland
IT Support / Service Desk Analyst- Aberdeen- £18,000 + Fantastic Benefits + Training Service Desk Support Engineer / Helpdesk Analyst / Helpdesk Engineer / 1st Line Support / Service Desk Analyst for a permanent...
Cathcart Associates
Salary: £16000 - £18000 per annum + + Fantastic Benefits + Training
Posted: 4 June 2013
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
To be considered you will need at least 2 years previous BA experience and knowledge of working with design methodologies (AGILE/RUP etc.) We are looking for someone...
Search Consultancy
Salary: excellent benefits package
Posted: 18 June 2013
Aberdeen, Scotland
SharePoint 2010 / 2007 Power User training*ITIL V3 Foundation. *Windows Server 2003/2008 (sound knowledge of platforms will aid troubleshooting application support issues). *SQL Server 20052008 (SQL DBA...
Sand Resources
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 29 May 2013
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
ADIL
Salary: Unspecified Competitive salary and benefits package
Posted: 11 June 2013
Aberdeen, Scotland
Salary: £32000 per annum + Exc Flex Benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013