The first table below looks at the demand for the Analyst role in IT jobs advertised for the Livingston 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 18 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 Livingston region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Analyst
Rank 18 9 8
Rank change year-on-year
-9 -1
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 11 14 37
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Livingston 13.75% 15.22% 16.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.75% 15.38% 19.79%
Number of salaries quoted 0 10 26
Average salary - £28,000 £36,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -22.75%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Job Titles
Livingston
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
80 91 187
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Livingston 100.00% 98.91% 83.86%
Number of salaries quoted 23 71 118
Average salary £36,000 £35,250 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.12% -14.02%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,000 £26,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £37,000 £55,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Analyst
West Lothian

Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Livingston 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 Livingston region.

Livingston Analyst Salary Trend

Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Livingston 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 13 (61.90%) Degree
2 11 (52.38%) Broadband
3 10 (47.62%) UNIX
4 9 (42.86%) SQL
5 5 (23.81%) VBScript
5 5 (23.81%) Oracle
5 5 (23.81%) Java
5 5 (23.81%) Test Automation
5 5 (23.81%) Finance
6 4 (19.05%) CISMP
6 4 (19.05%) Information Security
6 4 (19.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (19.05%) Change Control
6 4 (19.05%) Performance Management
6 4 (19.05%) PCI DSS
6 4 (19.05%) C-shell
6 4 (19.05%) Bash shell
6 4 (19.05%) CISM
6 4 (19.05%) Management Information System
6 4 (19.05%) Risk Management
6 4 (19.05%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (19.05%) CISSP
6 4 (19.05%) Tivoli
6 4 (19.05%) NetIQ
6 4 (19.05%) Symantec
6 4 (19.05%) Configuration Management
6 4 (19.05%) Perl
6 4 (19.05%) MS Office
6 4 (19.05%) ITIL
6 4 (19.05%) SQL Server

Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Livingston 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 3 (14.29%) Velocity
Applications
1 4 (19.05%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 11 (52.38%) Broadband
2 3 (14.29%) NAS
3 2 (9.524%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (19.05%) SQL Server
2 3 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
General
1 5 (23.81%) Finance
2 1 (4.762%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 4 (19.05%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.762%) Symmetrix
2 1 (4.762%) Symmetrix DMX
Operating Systems
1 10 (47.62%) UNIX
2 4 (19.05%) Windows
2 4 (19.05%) Solaris
2 4 (19.05%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (23.81%) Test Automation
2 4 (19.05%) Performance Management
2 4 (19.05%) Change Control
2 4 (19.05%) ITIL
2 4 (19.05%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (19.05%) Configuration Management
2 4 (19.05%) Risk Management
2 4 (19.05%) Information Security
3 3 (14.29%) Data Analysis
3 3 (14.29%) Business Analysis
3 3 (14.29%) Data Modelling
4 2 (9.524%) Change Management
4 2 (9.524%) ITSM
4 2 (9.524%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (9.524%) Workflow
4 2 (9.524%) Infrastructure Management
4 2 (9.524%) Incident Management
4 2 (9.524%) Customer Engagement
5 1 (4.762%) Waterfall
5 1 (4.762%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 9 (42.86%) SQL
2 5 (23.81%) VBScript
2 5 (23.81%) Java
3 4 (19.05%) Perl
3 4 (19.05%) Python
3 4 (19.05%) C-shell
3 4 (19.05%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 13 (61.90%) Degree
2 4 (19.05%) CISSP
2 4 (19.05%) CISM
2 4 (19.05%) CISMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (19.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (19.05%) PCI DSS
2 1 (4.762%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (4.762%) NFS
Systems Management
1 4 (19.05%) Tivoli
2 1 (4.762%) Ionix
Vendors
1 5 (23.81%) Oracle
2 4 (19.05%) NetIQ
2 4 (19.05%) Symantec
3 3 (14.29%) Business Objects
3 3 (14.29%) NetApp
4 2 (9.524%) EMC
5 1 (4.762%) Informatica
5 1 (4.762%) Ab Initio
5 1 (4.762%) Netezza