North West Information Analyst Jobs

This section looks at the demand for the Information Analyst role in IT jobs within the North West region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Information Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Information Analyst
Location Bath Berkshire Birmingham Borehamwood Bournemouth Bracknell Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cannock Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire City of London Colchester Coventry Croydon Docklands, London Dorset Dudley Dundee Dunfermline Ealing East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh Enfield England Essex Evesham Fife Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Hampshire Harrogate Herefordshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Huddersfield Kent Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool London M4 Corridor Maidenhead Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesex Newcastle North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Nuneaton Preston Reading Scotland Shropshire Slough Somerset South East South West Staffordshire Staines Stratford-upon-Avon Surrey Sutton Coldfield Swansea Taunton Tyne and Wear UK Wales Walsall Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Bromwich West Midlands West Wales West Yorkshire Windsor Witham Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	240	250
Rank change on same period last year	+10
Matching permanent IT job ads	33	41
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.017 %	0.017 %
As % of the category below	0.296 %	0.321 %
Salaries quoted	30	26
Average minimum salary	£22,167	£28,196
Average salary	£24,217	£28,716
% change on same period last year	-15.66 %
Average maximum salary	£26,267	£29,237
UK excluding London average salary	£28,090	£29,651
% change on same period last year	-5.26 %
Job Titles North West
Matching permanent IT job ads	11148	12772
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	5.885 %	5.230 %
Salaries quoted	9407	10740
Average minimum salary	£32,555	£34,146
Average salary	£36,431	£37,829
% change on same period last year	-3.69 %
Average maximum salary	£40,307	£41,512
UK excluding London average salary	£38,197	£39,483
% change on same period last year	-3.25 %
Information Analyst England

Information Analyst
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Information Analyst across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

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Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Information Analyst across the North West region.

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Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Information Analyst across the North West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Analyst within the North West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
Manchester	+36	15	£24,500	-3.52 %
Lancashire	-10	8	£19,125	-23.50 %
Cheshire	-6	4	£30,500	+25.85 %
Merseyside	-9	3	£25,500	-33.11 %

Information Analyst England

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the North West region that cited Information 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 Information Analyst in their job title.

1 33 (38.37 %) SQL 2 27 (31.40 %) Finance 3 26 (30.23 %) Information Security 4 18 (20.93 %) Crystal Reports 5 17 (19.77 %) SQL Server 5 17 (19.77 %) Data Protection 6 14 (16.28 %) Business Objects 6 14 (16.28 %) BusinessObjects 6 14 (16.28 %) Pensions 7 13 (15.12 %) Banking 8 11 (12.79 %) Health 8 11 (12.79 %) Risk Management 8 11 (12.79 %) Service Management 8 11 (12.79 %) MVS 8 11 (12.79 %) RACF

8 11 (12.79 %) JCL 8 11 (12.79 %) Symantec 8 11 (12.79 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 8 11 (12.79 %) REXX 8 11 (12.79 %) zOS 8 11 (12.79 %) MS Excel 8 11 (12.79 %) C 9 10 (11.63 %) DTS 9 10 (11.63 %) Microsoft 10 8 (9.302 %) Statistics 11 6 (6.977 %) Performance Management 11 6 (6.977 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 11 6 (6.977 %) Data Analysis 11 6 (6.977 %) Freedom of Information 11 6 (6.977 %) Management Information System

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the North West region that cited Information 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 Information Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 1 (1.163 %) XML	Application Platforms 1 3 (3.488 %) SAS 2 1 (1.163 %) SharePoint Server 2007
Applications 1 11 (12.79 %) MS Excel 2 2 (2.326 %) MS Office 3 1 (1.163 %) MS Project 3 1 (1.163 %) SPSS	Communications & Networking 1 1 (1.163 %) Internet 1 1 (1.163 %) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence 1 18 (20.93 %) Crystal Reports 2 17 (19.77 %) SQL Server 3 14 (16.28 %) BusinessObjects 4 10 (11.63 %) DTS 5 6 (6.977 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 6 5 (5.814 %) OLAP 7 4 (4.651 %) Datawarehouse 8 3 (3.488 %) SQL Server 2000 8 3 (3.488 %) SQL Server 2005 9 2 (2.326 %) SQL Server Integration Services 9 2 (2.326 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 9 2 (2.326 %) SQL Server 7 10 1 (1.163 %) Data Mining 10 1 (1.163 %) ETL 10 1 (1.163 %) MS Access 10 1 (1.163 %) Hyperion Essbase 10 1 (1.163 %) Microsoft Analysis Services	Development Applications 1 3 (3.488 %) Visual Studio
General 1 27 (31.40 %) Finance 2 14 (16.28 %) Pensions 3 13 (15.12 %) Banking 4 11 (12.79 %) Health 5 5 (5.814 %) Auditing 6 3 (3.488 %) Marketing 6 3 (3.488 %) Retail 6 3 (3.488 %) Insurance 7 2 (2.326 %) FMCG 8 1 (1.163 %) Pharmaceutical	Miscellaneous 1 8 (9.302 %) Statistics 2 6 (6.977 %) Management Information System 2 6 (6.977 %) Freedom of Information 3 4 (4.651 %) NHS 4 1 (1.163 %) Data Extraction
Operating Systems 1 11 (12.79 %) zOS 1 11 (12.79 %) MVS 2 4 (4.651 %) UNIX 3 3 (3.488 %) Windows	Processes & Methodologies 1 26 (30.23 %) Information Security 2 17 (19.77 %) Data Protection 3 11 (12.79 %) Risk Management 3 11 (12.79 %) Service Management 4 6 (6.977 %) Data Analysis 4 6 (6.977 %) Performance Management 5 5 (5.814 %) Information Management 5 5 (5.814 %) Business Intelligence 6 4 (4.651 %) Problem Management 7 3 (3.488 %) Service Delivery 7 3 (3.488 %) Vulnerability Assessment 8 2 (2.326 %) Requirements Analysis 8 2 (2.326 %) Systems Analysis 8 2 (2.326 %) Time Management 9 1 (1.163 %) Data Architecture 9 1 (1.163 %) Strategic Planning 9 1 (1.163 %) Statistical Analysis 9 1 (1.163 %) Data Modelling 9 1 (1.163 %) Change Management 9 1 (1.163 %) PRINCE
Programming Languages 1 33 (38.37 %) SQL 2 11 (12.79 %) C 2 11 (12.79 %) REXX 2 11 (12.79 %) JCL 3 3 (3.488 %) Transact-SQL 4 2 (2.326 %) PL/SQL 4 2 (2.326 %) VBA 5 1 (1.163 %) C# 5 1 (1.163 %) Java 5 1 (1.163 %) VBScript 5 1 (1.163 %) VB	Qualifications 1 5 (5.814 %) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 11 (12.79 %) Sarbanes-Oxley	System Software 1 11 (12.79 %) RACF
Vendors 1 14 (16.28 %) Business Objects 2 11 (12.79 %) Symantec 3 10 (11.63 %) Microsoft 4 5 (5.814 %) Cognos 5 3 (3.488 %) Oracle 6 1 (1.163 %) Brio