The first table below looks at the demand for the Analyst role in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire 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 21 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 Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Analyst
Rank 13 15 15
Rank change year-on-year
+2 0
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 244 213 186
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 13.53% 10.87% 11.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 14.12% 11.38% 12.06%
Number of salaries quoted 158 184 173
Average salary £32,500 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £21,500 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Job Titles
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1728 1872 1542
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 95.84% 95.56% 94.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1373 1646 1312
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £22,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Analyst
North West

Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire Analyst Salary Trend

Analyst
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Analyst across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Cheshire Analyst Salary Histogram

Analyst
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Analyst within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Chester +12 73 £27,750 -4.31%
Warrington +12 51 £34,500 +14.04%
Knutsford +19 28 £32,000 -17.94%
Macclesfield -13 14 £34,000 +36.00%
Wilmslow -3 11 £37,500 +36.36%
Northwich +5 10 £26,000 -13.33%
Crewe -11 7 £20,000 -20.00%
Analyst
North West

Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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.

1 110 (23.61%) SQL
2 83 (17.81%) Finance
3 69 (14.81%) Windows
4 68 (14.59%) Agile Software Development
5 64 (13.73%) ITIL
6 58 (12.45%) UNIX
7 55 (11.80%) Linux
7 55 (11.80%) Java
7 55 (11.80%) SQL Server
8 54 (11.59%) Microsoft
9 53 (11.37%) MS Excel
10 46 (9.871%) Migration
11 43 (9.227%) E-Commerce
12 39 (8.369%) Data Migration
13 36 (7.725%) Waterfall
14 35 (7.511%) Risk Management
15 34 (7.296%) Oracle
15 34 (7.296%) MS Office
15 34 (7.296%) Active Directory
15 34 (7.296%) Problem Management
16 33 (7.082%) ISEB
17 32 (6.867%) Scrum
17 32 (6.867%) Information Security
17 32 (6.867%) Service Delivery
18 30 (6.438%) Project Management
18 30 (6.438%) Stakeholder Management
18 30 (6.438%) AIX
19 29 (6.223%) Telecoms
20 28 (6.009%) HTTP
21 27 (5.794%) Windows Server 2008

Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 15 (3.219%) .NET
2 11 (2.361%) Web Services
3 10 (2.146%) XML
4 8 (1.717%) J2EE
4 8 (1.717%) JSP
5 7 (1.502%) Apache Flex
5 7 (1.502%) ASP.NET
5 7 (1.502%) Middleware
6 6 (1.288%) WSDL
6 6 (1.288%) HTML
7 5 (1.073%) jQuery
8 4 (0.858%) Velocity
9 3 (0.644%) ISPF
9 3 (0.644%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.429%) Hibernate
10 2 (0.429%) COM
10 2 (0.429%) JDBC
10 2 (0.429%) Servlets
10 2 (0.429%) Struts
10 2 (0.429%) Spring
Application Platforms
1 21 (4.506%) SharePoint
2 17 (3.648%) MS Exchange
3 13 (2.790%) SAS
4 12 (2.575%) IIS
5 8 (1.717%) WebLogic
6 7 (1.502%) Lync
6 7 (1.502%) SharePoint 2010
7 6 (1.288%) WebLogic Portal
7 6 (1.288%) Exchange Server 2010
8 5 (1.073%) Exchange Server 2007
8 5 (1.073%) Exchange Server 2003
9 3 (0.644%) Gentran
9 3 (0.644%) Apache
9 3 (0.644%) Tomcat
9 3 (0.644%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 2 (0.429%) IBM HTTP Server
10 2 (0.429%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 53 (11.37%) MS Excel
2 34 (7.296%) MS Office
3 11 (2.361%) MS Visio
4 7 (1.502%) MS PowerPoint
5 5 (1.073%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (1.073%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 15 (3.219%) Dynamics AX
2 6 (1.288%) Agresso
2 6 (1.288%) Dynamics GP
2 6 (1.288%) Dynamics NAV
2 6 (1.288%) Sage 200
3 2 (0.429%) Oracle CRM
3 2 (0.429%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.215%) Line 500
4 1 (0.215%) Sage 1000
4 1 (0.215%) Sage BI
4 1 (0.215%) Cognos Business Intelligence
4 1 (0.215%) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
1 28 (6.009%) HTTP
2 18 (3.863%) Internet
3 16 (3.433%) LAN
4 15 (3.219%) TCP/IP
5 14 (3.004%) WAN
6 13 (2.790%) Firewall
7 7 (1.502%) FTP
8 6 (1.288%) SSL
8 6 (1.288%) SAN
9 4 (0.858%) LDAP
10 2 (0.429%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.429%) DNS
10 2 (0.429%) VoIP
10 2 (0.429%) SMTP
10 2 (0.429%) DHCP
10 2 (0.429%) ISDN
10 2 (0.429%) NAS
10 2 (0.429%) IMAP
11 1 (0.215%) Cisco Nexus
11 1 (0.215%) Cisco PIX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (11.80%) SQL Server
2 26 (5.579%) Data Warehouse
3 25 (5.365%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 19 (4.077%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 15 (3.219%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 14 (3.004%) DB2
7 12 (2.575%) SQL Server 2008
8 8 (1.717%) RDBMS
9 5 (1.073%) MS Access
10 3 (0.644%) Microsoft Analysis Services
10 3 (0.644%) SQL Server 2005
11 2 (0.429%) Oracle 10g
11 2 (0.429%) Oracle 9i
11 2 (0.429%) SQL Server 2012
12 1 (0.215%) Base SAS
12 1 (0.215%) BODI
12 1 (0.215%) Oracle Reports
12 1 (0.215%) MySQL
12 1 (0.215%) DataStage
12 1 (0.215%) Oracle OWB
Development Applications
1 18 (3.863%) Selenium
2 9 (1.931%) JIRA
3 6 (1.288%) Bugzilla
3 6 (1.288%) Synon
3 6 (1.288%) Ant
4 5 (1.073%) Subversion
4 5 (1.073%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.644%) Mercurial
5 3 (0.644%) Team Foundation Server
5 3 (0.644%) Git (software)
5 3 (0.644%) Cucumber
5 3 (0.644%) NUnit
5 3 (0.644%) ChangeMan
6 2 (0.429%) NetBeans
6 2 (0.429%) Eclipse
6 2 (0.429%) VSS/SourceSafe
6 2 (0.429%) StarTeam
6 2 (0.429%) TortoiseSVN
6 2 (0.429%) NetBeans IDE
7 1 (0.215%) Talend Open Studio
General
1 83 (17.81%) Finance
2 29 (6.223%) Telecoms
3 23 (4.936%) Banking
4 11 (2.361%) Retail
5 10 (2.146%) Financial Institution
5 10 (2.146%) Pharmaceutical
6 8 (1.717%) Billing
7 6 (1.288%) Legal
7 6 (1.288%) Retail Banking
8 5 (1.073%) Investment Banking
8 5 (1.073%) Private Banking
8 5 (1.073%) Games
9 4 (0.858%) Corporate Banking
10 3 (0.644%) Advertising
10 3 (0.644%) Automotive
10 3 (0.644%) Back Office
11 2 (0.429%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.215%) French Language
12 1 (0.215%) German Language
12 1 (0.215%) Aerospace
Miscellaneous
1 14 (3.004%) Mainframe
2 13 (2.790%) Management Information System
3 10 (2.146%) Mathematics
4 9 (1.931%) iSeries
4 9 (1.931%) Statistics
5 8 (1.717%) Computer Science
6 7 (1.502%) Client/Server
7 6 (1.288%) Derivative
8 5 (1.073%) Digital Media
8 5 (1.073%) Social Media
8 5 (1.073%) Online Banking
9 4 (0.858%) Enterprise Storage
10 3 (0.644%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (0.644%) Credit Risk
10 3 (0.644%) Economics
10 3 (0.644%) NHS
10 3 (0.644%) Blackberry
11 2 (0.429%) CLARiiON
11 2 (0.429%) Thin Client
11 2 (0.429%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 69 (14.81%) Windows
2 58 (12.45%) UNIX
3 55 (11.80%) Linux
4 30 (6.438%) AIX
5 27 (5.794%) Windows Server 2008
6 18 (3.863%) Windows Server 2003
7 17 (3.648%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 15 (3.219%) Windows XP
9 14 (3.004%) Solaris
10 9 (1.931%) Windows 7
11 4 (0.858%) Windows Vista
12 2 (0.429%) Windows NT
13 1 (0.215%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (14.59%) Agile Software Development
2 64 (13.73%) ITIL
3 46 (9.871%) Migration
4 43 (9.227%) E-Commerce
5 39 (8.369%) Data Migration
6 36 (7.725%) Waterfall
7 35 (7.511%) Risk Management
8 34 (7.296%) Problem Management
9 32 (6.867%) Scrum
9 32 (6.867%) Information Security
9 32 (6.867%) Service Delivery
10 30 (6.438%) Project Management
10 30 (6.438%) Stakeholder Management
11 26 (5.579%) User Stories
12 25 (5.365%) Integration Testing
13 24 (5.150%) UML
14 22 (4.721%) Incident Management
14 22 (4.721%) Data Validation
14 22 (4.721%) Validation
15 21 (4.506%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 110 (23.61%) SQL
2 55 (11.80%) Java
3 19 (4.077%) C
4 15 (3.219%) JavaScript
5 14 (3.004%) PL/SQL
5 14 (3.004%) Perl
6 13 (2.790%) VB
7 12 (2.575%) PHP
8 10 (2.146%) Python
9 9 (1.931%) C#
9 9 (1.931%) T-SQL
10 8 (1.717%) C++
10 8 (1.717%) VBA
11 6 (1.288%) RPG
11 6 (1.288%) RPG/400
11 6 (1.288%) RPG IV
12 4 (0.858%) MATLAB
12 4 (0.858%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.644%) VB.NET
13 3 (0.644%) JCL
Qualifications
1 33 (7.082%) ISEB
2 15 (3.219%) ISTQB
2 15 (3.219%) Degree
3 8 (1.717%) ITIL Certification
4 3 (0.644%) SC Cleared
4 3 (0.644%) Security Cleared
4 3 (0.644%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (0.429%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 2 (0.429%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (0.429%) CCNA
5 2 (0.429%) MCP
5 2 (0.429%) JNCIA
6 1 (0.215%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 1 (0.215%) CISSP
6 1 (0.215%) PMP
6 1 (0.215%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.215%) CISA
6 1 (0.215%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (5.579%) QA
2 21 (4.506%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (2.361%) PCI DSS
3 11 (2.361%) SLA
4 1 (0.215%) COBIT
4 1 (0.215%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 34 (7.296%) Active Directory
2 10 (2.146%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (1.502%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.644%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
5 2 (0.429%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 6 (1.288%) HP Quality Center
2 5 (1.073%) Tivoli
3 4 (0.858%) SCCM
4 3 (0.644%) CA Endevor
5 2 (0.429%) NetBackup
5 2 (0.429%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 2 (0.429%) Nagios
5 2 (0.429%) CA Wily
6 1 (0.215%) SCOM
6 1 (0.215%) Backup Exec
6 1 (0.215%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 54 (11.59%) Microsoft
2 34 (7.296%) Oracle
3 17 (3.648%) Red Hat
4 15 (3.219%) IBM
5 14 (3.004%) Cognos
6 13 (2.790%) Citrix
6 13 (2.790%) VMware
7 10 (2.146%) Cisco
7 10 (2.146%) Business Objects
8 9 (1.931%) HP
9 7 (1.502%) Informatica
9 7 (1.502%) Sage
9 7 (1.502%) Ab Initio
10 6 (1.288%) MetaSolv
10 6 (1.288%) Convergys
10 6 (1.288%) Amdocs
10 6 (1.288%) JD Edwards
10 6 (1.288%) Vitria
10 6 (1.288%) TIBCO
10 6 (1.288%) MicroStrategy
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