Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Analyst role in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland 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 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Scotland region.

 Analyst
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank664
Rank change year-on-year
No change0Down-2
Matching permanent IT job ads305324962
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland16.38 %15.77 %18.07 %
As % of the Job Titles category18.32 %16.88 %19.20 %
Salaries quoted205231585
Average salary£35,000£32,000£32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.370 %-1.530 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,500£20,000£23,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£45,000£45,000£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£32,500£32,500£32,500
Scotland IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
166519205011
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland89.42 %93.43 %94.14 %
Salaries quoted103014163246
Average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.140 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£24,000£24,000£24,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£52,500£51,500
UK excluding London average salary£35,556£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.580 %-
Analyst UKAnalyst
UK

Analyst
Demand Trend

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

Scotland Analyst Demand Trend

Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Scotland Analyst Salary Trend

Analyst
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Analyst across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Scotland 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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EdinburghDown-1122£35,000+11.11 %
GlasgowDown-198£35,000-
AberdeenUp+431£32,250-7.85 %
West LothianUp+1010£35,000+29.62 %
FifeDown-59£32,500+30.00 %
HighlandsNew entry-5£20,500-
AyrshireDown-24--
South LanarkshireNew entry-4£28,000-
RenfrewshireUp+73£35,000+6.06 %
StirlingUp+32£23,000-16.36 %
DundeeNew entry-2£26,500-
LanarkshireUp+21--
FalkirkNew entry-1£20,000-
Scottish BordersNew entry-1£30,000-
Analyst UKAnalyst
UK

Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Scotland 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.

1196 (34.81 %)Finance
2111 (19.72 %)SQL
399 (17.58 %)Windows
488 (15.63 %)Oracle
576 (13.50 %)Business Analysis
666 (11.72 %)Degree
761 (10.83 %)SQL Server
857 (10.12 %)ITIL
953 (9.414 %)Project Management
1052 (9.236 %)UNIX
1148 (8.526 %)Microsoft
1240 (7.105 %)Banking
1240 (7.105 %).NET
1336 (6.394 %)Active Directory
1336 (6.394 %)Stakeholder Management
1434 (6.039 %)MS Office
1533 (5.861 %)Business Intelligence
1533 (5.861 %)MS Excel
1632 (5.684 %)XML
1731 (5.506 %)HP
1830 (5.329 %)Java
1830 (5.329 %)Windows Server 2003
1830 (5.329 %)Asset Management
1830 (5.329 %)Agile Software Development
1929 (5.151 %)Data Analysis
1929 (5.151 %)Linux
1929 (5.151 %)Datawarehouse
2027 (4.796 %)Pensions
2027 (4.796 %)HTML
2027 (4.796 %)Change Management

Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Scotland 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.

Scotland IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
140 (7.105 %).NET
232 (5.684 %)XML
327 (4.796 %)HTML
414 (2.487 %)ASP.NET
511 (1.954 %)CSS
610 (1.776 %)WSH
78 (1.421 %)XSLT
87 (1.243 %)XML Schema
87 (1.243 %)XForms
87 (1.243 %)Middleware
96 (1.066 %)ASP
105 (0.888 %)jQuery
113 (0.533 %)Web Services
113 (0.533 %)J2EE
122 (0.355 %)DHTML
122 (0.355 %)XSL
122 (0.355 %)WinForms
122 (0.355 %)Spring
122 (0.355 %)XHTML
122 (0.355 %)AJAX
Scotland IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
126 (4.618 %)SAS
215 (2.664 %)MS Exchange
312 (2.131 %)SharePoint
46 (1.066 %)Oracle Application Server
55 (0.888 %)Lotus Notes
64 (0.710 %)IIS
64 (0.710 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
64 (0.710 %)Confluence
73 (0.533 %)Oracle Workflow
73 (0.533 %)Exchange Server 2003
73 (0.533 %)OpenEdge
82 (0.355 %)ColdFusion
82 (0.355 %)Exchange Server 2007
91 (0.178 %)CICS
91 (0.178 %)BizTalk Server
91 (0.178 %)MQSeries
91 (0.178 %)SharePoint Server 2007
91 (0.178 %)Exchange Server 2000
91 (0.178 %)CMS
Scotland IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
134 (6.039 %)MS Office
233 (5.861 %)MS Excel
312 (2.131 %)MS Visio
411 (1.954 %)MS Project
57 (1.243 %)MS PowerPoint
65 (0.888 %)Spreadsheet
71 (0.178 %)CA Clarity
71 (0.178 %)Photoshop
71 (0.178 %)SPSS
71 (0.178 %)Fireworks
71 (0.178 %)MATLAB
Scotland IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
112 (2.131 %)Oracle EBS
28 (1.421 %)Oracle 11i
35 (0.888 %)SAP FI
44 (0.710 %)Maximo
53 (0.533 %)Salerio
53 (0.533 %)SAP SD
62 (0.355 %)BusinessWorks
62 (0.355 %)Endur
62 (0.355 %)Dynamics CRM
62 (0.355 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
62 (0.355 %)Oracle Applications
71 (0.178 %)Oracle Payroll
71 (0.178 %)SAP FI/CO
71 (0.178 %)SAP CO
71 (0.178 %)Pivotal CRM
71 (0.178 %)SAP FI-AP
71 (0.178 %)InvestOne
71 (0.178 %)Oracle HRMS
71 (0.178 %)Navision
Scotland IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
111 (1.954 %)LAN
29 (1.599 %)WAN
38 (1.421 %)DHCP
38 (1.421 %)DNS
38 (1.421 %)TCP/IP
47 (1.243 %)VPN
56 (1.066 %)BGP
56 (1.066 %)Firewall
65 (0.888 %)VRRP
65 (0.888 %)Internet
65 (0.888 %)IPv4
65 (0.888 %)Ethernet
74 (0.710 %)SNMP
74 (0.710 %)LDAP
74 (0.710 %)IPv6
74 (0.710 %)VoIP
74 (0.710 %)Intranet
74 (0.710 %)MPLS
74 (0.710 %)OSPF
74 (0.710 %)EIGRP
Scotland IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
161 (10.83 %)SQL Server
229 (5.151 %)Datawarehouse
323 (4.085 %)RDBMS
419 (3.375 %)BusinessObjects
515 (2.664 %)Crystal Reports
613 (2.309 %)Oracle 10g
712 (2.131 %)Data Mining
810 (1.776 %)MySQL
810 (1.776 %)DB2
98 (1.421 %)Oracle 9i
107 (1.243 %)Oracle 11g
115 (0.888 %)Oracle OWB
115 (0.888 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
115 (0.888 %)SQL Server Integration Services
115 (0.888 %)Reference Data
115 (0.888 %)Oracle Reports
115 (0.888 %)Oracle Discoverer
124 (0.710 %)Oracle 8/8i
124 (0.710 %)Data Cleansing
133 (0.533 %)SQL Server 2005
Scotland IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
19 (1.599 %)QuickTest Pro
26 (1.066 %)ClearCase
35 (0.888 %)Oracle Forms
44 (0.710 %)Subversion
44 (0.710 %)JIRA
44 (0.710 %)Selenium
53 (0.533 %)Eclipse
62 (0.355 %)Visual Studio
62 (0.355 %)ProC
62 (0.355 %)Rational Robot
62 (0.355 %)WinRunner
62 (0.355 %)QARun
71 (0.178 %)Oracle APEX
71 (0.178 %)Maven
71 (0.178 %)TestDirector
71 (0.178 %)JDeveloper
Scotland IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1196 (34.81 %)Finance
240 (7.105 %)Banking
327 (4.796 %)Pensions
424 (4.263 %)Retail
516 (2.842 %)Health
615 (2.664 %)Education
712 (2.131 %)Construction
810 (1.776 %)Investment Banking
99 (1.599 %)Telecoms
108 (1.421 %)Insurance
108 (1.421 %)Marketing
117 (1.243 %)Legal
126 (1.066 %)Billing
135 (0.888 %)Law
144 (0.710 %)Back Office
144 (0.710 %)Music
153 (0.533 %)Electronics
153 (0.533 %)Manufacturing
162 (0.355 %)Front Office
162 (0.355 %)Retail Banking
Scotland IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
121 (3.730 %)Credit Risk
217 (3.020 %)Mathematics
313 (2.309 %)Statistics
313 (2.309 %)Market Risk
48 (1.421 %)Derivative
57 (1.243 %)Credit Derivative
57 (1.243 %)Mainframe
66 (1.066 %)Client/Server
66 (1.066 %)Data Conversion
66 (1.066 %)Dutch Language
66 (1.066 %)Blackberry
74 (0.710 %)FMCG
74 (0.710 %)iPhone
74 (0.710 %)French Language
74 (0.710 %)German Language
74 (0.710 %)EPoS
74 (0.710 %)Management Information System
74 (0.710 %)Fixed Income
74 (0.710 %)Computer Science
83 (0.533 %)Economics
Scotland IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
199 (17.58 %)Windows
252 (9.236 %)UNIX
330 (5.329 %)Windows Server 2003
429 (5.151 %)Linux
518 (3.197 %)Windows XP
67 (1.243 %)Red Hat Linux
76 (1.066 %)Windows 2000 Server
76 (1.066 %)Windows Vista
85 (0.888 %)AIX
94 (0.710 %)Windows 2000
94 (0.710 %)Mac OS X
94 (0.710 %)Windows Server 2008
103 (0.533 %)Solaris
112 (0.355 %)OpenVMS
112 (0.355 %)SUSE
121 (0.178 %)Windows 7
Scotland IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
176 (13.50 %)Business Analysis
257 (10.12 %)ITIL
353 (9.414 %)Project Management
436 (6.394 %)Stakeholder Management
533 (5.861 %)Business Intelligence
630 (5.329 %)Agile Software Development
630 (5.329 %)Asset Management
729 (5.151 %)Data Analysis
827 (4.796 %)Change Management
926 (4.618 %)Data Modelling
1024 (4.263 %)Systems Analysis
1122 (3.908 %)ERP
1122 (3.908 %)PRINCE2
1221 (3.730 %)Test Scripting
1319 (3.375 %)UML
1319 (3.375 %)Data Management
1418 (3.197 %)E-Commerce
1418 (3.197 %)Use Case
1516 (2.842 %)Software Testing
1615 (2.664 %)Workflow
Scotland IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1111 (19.72 %)SQL
230 (5.329 %)Java
326 (4.618 %)PL/SQL
421 (3.730 %)VB
516 (2.842 %)VB.NET
516 (2.842 %)C
516 (2.842 %)C#
614 (2.487 %)JavaScript
713 (2.309 %)PHP
89 (1.599 %)VBScript
98 (1.421 %)VBA
107 (1.243 %)XPath
115 (0.888 %)Bash shell
115 (0.888 %)T-SQL
124 (0.710 %)Perl
133 (0.533 %)COBOL
133 (0.533 %)Shell Script
133 (0.533 %)VB6
142 (0.355 %)Ruby
142 (0.355 %)JCL
Scotland IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
166 (11.72 %)Degree
223 (4.085 %)Microsoft Certification
321 (3.730 %)ISEB
419 (3.375 %)MCSE
515 (2.664 %)MCSA
614 (2.487 %)MCP
75 (0.888 %)CCNA
75 (0.888 %)Cisco Certification
75 (0.888 %)ISTQB
84 (0.710 %)MCITP
84 (0.710 %)Citrix Certification
93 (0.533 %)Sun Certification
102 (0.355 %)ITIL Certification
102 (0.355 %)HNC
102 (0.355 %)HND
102 (0.355 %)MCDST
102 (0.355 %)MCPD
111 (0.178 %)CISSP
111 (0.178 %)PhD
111 (0.178 %)CCNP
Scotland IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
115 (2.664 %)QA
211 (1.954 %)SLA
38 (1.421 %)Basel II
44 (0.710 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
52 (0.355 %)ISO27001
61 (0.178 %)PCI DSS
Scotland IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
136 (6.394 %)Active Directory
23 (0.533 %)VMware Infrastructure
31 (0.178 %)XenApp
31 (0.178 %)Veritas Cluster Server
31 (0.178 %)vSphere
31 (0.178 %)MetaFrame
31 (0.178 %)ISA Server
31 (0.178 %)RACF
31 (0.178 %)VMware ESX
31 (0.178 %)Oracle RAC
31 (0.178 %)Citrix Presentation Server
Scotland IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
15 (0.888 %)NetBackup
24 (0.710 %)CONTROL-M
24 (0.710 %)HP Quality Center
33 (0.533 %)SolarWinds Orion
42 (0.355 %)SCCM
42 (0.355 %)CiscoWorks
51 (0.178 %)Unicenter
51 (0.178 %)Tivoli
51 (0.178 %)Tivoli NetView
51 (0.178 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
51 (0.178 %)MOM
51 (0.178 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
51 (0.178 %)BMC PATROL
51 (0.178 %)SCOM
51 (0.178 %)Norton AntiVirus
51 (0.178 %)OMEGAMON
51 (0.178 %)Veritas Storage Foundation
Scotland IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
188 (15.63 %)Oracle
248 (8.526 %)Microsoft
331 (5.506 %)HP
420 (3.552 %)SAP
519 (3.375 %)Business Objects
618 (3.197 %)Cognos
618 (3.197 %)Cisco
79 (1.599 %)Sybase
79 (1.599 %)Citrix
87 (1.243 %)Red Hat
96 (1.066 %)Quark
96 (1.066 %)Veritas
105 (0.888 %)Lotus
105 (0.888 %)BMC
114 (0.710 %)CheckPoint
114 (0.710 %)Apple
114 (0.710 %)VMware
114 (0.710 %)Altiris
123 (0.533 %)Primavera
123 (0.533 %)Toshiba