Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Systems Analyst role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Systems Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 9 February 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 currently tracked.

 System Analyst
Location
3 months to
9 Feb 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank207203182
Rank change year-on-year
Down-4Down-21
Matching permanent IT job ads7849722214
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.996 %0.962 %1.096 %
As % of the Job Titles category1.066 %1.030 %1.163 %
Salaries quoted6218361802
Average salary£37,500£37,500£38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
--2.590 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£27,000£26,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£55,450£52,500£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£35,000
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7351394340190321
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK93.36 %93.34 %94.18 %
Salaries quoted6085779289154271
Average salary£40,000£38,500£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.890 %-3.750 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£72,500£65,000£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£35,000

Systems Analyst
Demand Trend

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

Systems Analyst Demand Trend

Systems Analyst
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Systems Analyst within the UK.

Systems Analyst Salary Trend

Systems Analyst
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Systems Analyst over the 3 months to 9 February 2010 within the UK.

Systems Analyst Salary Histogram

Systems Analyst
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Analyst within the UK over the 3 months to 9 February 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
EnglandDown-16731£37,500-2.59 %
LondonDown-23296£50,000+11.11 %
South EastDown-10153£42,500+6.25 %
City of LondonUp+585£50,000+11.11 %
North WestUp+3477£30,000-9.09 %
ManchesterUp+4354£34,500+7.81 %
East of EnglandNo change048£35,500+1.42 %
ScotlandUp+4046£37,500+13.63 %
YorkshireUp+2245£34,000+9.67 %
SurreyUp+244£47,200+31.11 %
South WestUp+4143£32,500+8.33 %
West MidlandsUp+2543£32,500+4.00 %
West YorkshireUp+4227£28,000-13.84 %
LeedsUp+3826£28,000-6.66 %
East MidlandsUp+2824£29,750-12.50 %
West SussexUp+1223£36,000-15.29 %
BerkshireUp+2120£49,500+10.00 %
EdinburghUp+920£38,500+16.66 %
OsterleyNo change019--
MiddlesexUp+3216£50,000+25.00 %
EssexUp+1715£38,750+29.16 %
HertfordshireNo change015£45,000-
CrawleyNew entry-14£36,000-
WarwickshireUp+2613£30,750-23.12 %
GlasgowUp+412£39,000+56.00 %
HampshireDown-912£32,500-18.75 %
NottinghamshireUp+3011£29,500-18.62 %
MerseysideUp+2011£25,000-23.07 %
OxfordshireUp+1311£38,750+3.33 %
WiltshireUp+1111£35,000-10.25 %

Systems Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT jobs within the UK that cited Systems 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 Systems Analyst in their job title.

1436 (30.17 %)Finance
2328 (22.70 %)SQL
3235 (16.26 %)Systems Analysis
4187 (12.94 %)UML
5169 (11.70 %)Windows
5169 (11.70 %)SQL Server
6155 (10.73 %)Oracle
7138 (9.550 %)UNIX
8135 (9.343 %)Business Analysis
9131 (9.066 %)Microsoft
10123 (8.512 %)Degree
11121 (8.374 %)Project Management
12118 (8.166 %).NET
13110 (7.612 %)Pensions
14106 (7.336 %)Retail
15102 (7.059 %)MS Excel
16101 (6.990 %)Insurance
17100 (6.920 %)Banking
1897 (6.713 %)XML
1994 (6.505 %)Linux
2088 (6.090 %)ERP
2185 (5.882 %)E-Commerce
2279 (5.467 %)Active Directory
2378 (5.398 %)CRM
2378 (5.398 %)Java
2475 (5.190 %)Data Modelling
2574 (5.121 %)Business Intelligence
2666 (4.567 %)User Acceptance Testing
2765 (4.498 %)Windows Server 2003
2864 (4.429 %)PRINCE2

Systems Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT jobs within the UK that cited Systems 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 Systems Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1118 (8.166 %).NET
297 (6.713 %)XML
337 (2.561 %)ASP.NET
337 (2.561 %)HTML
425 (1.730 %)Web Services
522 (1.522 %)EDI
620 (1.384 %)AJAX
718 (1.246 %)WebSphere
815 (1.038 %)CSS
913 (0.900 %)Middleware
1012 (0.830 %)ASP
1012 (0.830 %)J2EE
1012 (0.830 %)MVC
117 (0.484 %).NET Framework
126 (0.415 %)XSD
126 (0.415 %)XML Messaging
135 (0.346 %)DHTML
144 (0.277 %)JSP
144 (0.277 %)XSLT
153 (0.208 %)LAMP
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
153 (3.668 %)SharePoint
240 (2.768 %)MS Exchange
332 (2.215 %)CMS
420 (1.384 %)IIS
514 (0.969 %)Apache
612 (0.830 %)SharePoint Server 2007
78 (0.554 %)Exchange Server 2003
78 (0.554 %)Exchange Server 2007
78 (0.554 %)LiveLink
86 (0.415 %)BizTalk Server
86 (0.415 %)Oracle Application Server
95 (0.346 %)SAS
104 (0.277 %)Progress Apama
113 (0.208 %)Lotus Notes
113 (0.208 %)MQSeries
113 (0.208 %)Tomcat
113 (0.208 %)WebSphere Portal
122 (0.138 %)WebSphere Message Broker
122 (0.138 %)WebSphere Application Server
122 (0.138 %)WebSphere MQ
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1102 (7.059 %)MS Excel
255 (3.806 %)MS Visio
345 (3.114 %)MS Office
417 (1.176 %)CA Clarity
515 (1.038 %)MS Project
611 (0.761 %)InfoPath
710 (0.692 %)MATLAB
710 (0.692 %)S-PLUS
87 (0.484 %)MS PowerPoint
95 (0.346 %)FastStats
101 (0.069 %)Spreadsheet
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
117 (1.176 %)Dynamics AX
211 (0.761 %)Oracle EBS
211 (0.761 %)Dynamics CRM
39 (0.623 %)Line 500
48 (0.554 %)Eagle PACE
48 (0.554 %)Axapta
56 (0.415 %)Oracle Financials
56 (0.415 %)Navision
56 (0.415 %)Oracle Applications
65 (0.346 %)Dynamics GP
65 (0.346 %)Academy Housing
74 (0.277 %)Bloomberg TOMS
74 (0.277 %)Microsoft CRM
74 (0.277 %)SAP FI
83 (0.208 %)SAP CO
83 (0.208 %)SAP CFM
83 (0.208 %)SAP FI/CO
83 (0.208 %)SAP R/3
83 (0.208 %)Endur
83 (0.208 %)Findur
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
149 (3.391 %)Firewall
241 (2.837 %)SAN
338 (2.630 %)Internet
432 (2.215 %)TCP/IP
529 (2.007 %)LAN
618 (1.246 %)NAS
715 (1.038 %)WAN
813 (0.900 %)LDAP
912 (0.830 %)DNS
1011 (0.761 %)Intranet
119 (0.623 %)Network Security
128 (0.554 %)DHCP
137 (0.484 %)BSS
146 (0.415 %)Cisco PIX
155 (0.346 %)SCCP
164 (0.277 %)VLAN
164 (0.277 %)VoIP
164 (0.277 %)FTP
173 (0.208 %)ATM
173 (0.208 %)iSCSI
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1169 (11.70 %)SQL Server
252 (3.599 %)Crystal Reports
348 (3.322 %)BusinessObjects
445 (3.114 %)SQL Server 2005
539 (2.699 %)Datawarehouse
630 (2.076 %)Oracle Reports
630 (2.076 %)SQL Server 2000
729 (2.007 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
825 (1.730 %)MS Access
922 (1.522 %)ETL
1021 (1.453 %)Data Cleansing
1118 (1.246 %)Oracle 10g
1214 (0.969 %)Oracle Discoverer
1214 (0.969 %)RDBMS
1313 (0.900 %)BusinessObjects XI
1412 (0.830 %)Oracle 9i
1511 (0.761 %)MySQL
1610 (0.692 %)BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
179 (0.623 %)TOAD
179 (0.623 %)Oracle 8/8i
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
120 (1.384 %)ERwin
210 (0.692 %)Visual Studio
39 (0.623 %)Rational Rose
39 (0.623 %)ClearCase
48 (0.554 %)TestDirector
57 (0.484 %)Dreamweaver
65 (0.346 %)Subversion
65 (0.346 %)JUnit
73 (0.208 %)WinRunner
73 (0.208 %)LoadRunner
82 (0.138 %)Oracle Forms
91 (0.069 %)Maven
91 (0.069 %)RequisitePro
91 (0.069 %)Eclipse
91 (0.069 %)Team Foundation Server
91 (0.069 %)WebLOAD
91 (0.069 %)StarTeam
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1436 (30.17 %)Finance
2110 (7.612 %)Pensions
3106 (7.336 %)Retail
4101 (6.990 %)Insurance
5100 (6.920 %)Banking
660 (4.152 %)Health
758 (4.014 %)Telecoms
835 (2.422 %)Investment Banking
933 (2.284 %)Legal
1032 (2.215 %)Marketing
1124 (1.661 %)Back Office
1223 (1.592 %)Manufacturing
1223 (1.592 %)Billing
1320 (1.384 %)Law
1415 (1.038 %)Government
1512 (0.830 %)Front Office
1512 (0.830 %)Publishing
169 (0.623 %)General Ledger
178 (0.554 %)Auditing
187 (0.484 %)Aerospace
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
148 (3.322 %)Management Information System
229 (2.007 %)Derivative
328 (1.938 %)Equities
328 (1.938 %)N-Tier
426 (1.799 %)AS400
518 (1.246 %)Fixed Income
617 (1.176 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
716 (1.107 %)Clustering
814 (0.969 %)iSeries
913 (0.900 %)NHS
1012 (0.830 %)French Language
1110 (0.692 %)Data Conversion
129 (0.623 %)Client/Server
129 (0.623 %)Computer Science
138 (0.554 %)Equity Derivative
138 (0.554 %)PMI
138 (0.554 %)Symmetrix
146 (0.415 %)Interest Rate Derivative
146 (0.415 %)Spread Betting
146 (0.415 %)LIMS
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1169 (11.70 %)Windows
2138 (9.550 %)UNIX
394 (6.505 %)Linux
465 (4.498 %)Windows Server 2003
544 (3.045 %)Red Hat Linux
638 (2.630 %)HPUX
727 (1.869 %)Windows XP
820 (1.384 %)Windows Server 2008
919 (1.315 %)Solaris
919 (1.315 %)Windows 2000 Server
1015 (1.038 %)Windows 2000
1113 (0.900 %)AIX
1210 (0.692 %)VMS
136 (0.415 %)Windows Vista
143 (0.208 %)OpenVMS
151 (0.069 %)i5/OS
151 (0.069 %)Windows Mobile
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1235 (16.26 %)Systems Analysis
2187 (12.94 %)UML
3135 (9.343 %)Business Analysis
4121 (8.374 %)Project Management
588 (6.090 %)ERP
685 (5.882 %)E-Commerce
778 (5.398 %)CRM
875 (5.190 %)Data Modelling
974 (5.121 %)Business Intelligence
1066 (4.567 %)User Acceptance Testing
1164 (4.429 %)PRINCE2
1262 (4.291 %)Use Case
1359 (4.083 %)Workflow
1455 (3.806 %)Investment Management
1547 (3.253 %)Test Scripting
1645 (3.114 %)ITIL
1645 (3.114 %)RUP
1744 (3.045 %)System Testing
1842 (2.907 %)Agile Software Development
1941 (2.837 %)Data Analysis
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1328 (22.70 %)SQL
278 (5.398 %)Java
351 (3.529 %)C
448 (3.322 %)C#
545 (3.114 %)VBA
637 (2.561 %)VB
725 (1.730 %)PHP
822 (1.522 %)JavaScript
921 (1.453 %)T-SQL
1019 (1.315 %)PL/SQL
1118 (1.246 %)VBScript
1118 (1.246 %)Shell Script
1215 (1.038 %)VB.NET
1215 (1.038 %)Perl
1215 (1.038 %)C++
135 (0.346 %)Bash shell
135 (0.346 %)Korn
144 (0.277 %)Python
153 (0.208 %)VB6
153 (0.208 %)RPG
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1123 (8.512 %)Degree
236 (2.491 %)ISEB
236 (2.491 %)Microsoft Certification
333 (2.284 %)MCSE
426 (1.799 %)Security Cleared
512 (0.830 %)Cisco Certification
512 (0.830 %)CCNA
512 (0.830 %)PRINCE2 Certification
610 (0.692 %)SC Cleared
610 (0.692 %)Citrix Certification
610 (0.692 %)ITIL Certification
79 (0.623 %)PMI Certification
88 (0.554 %)MCSA
96 (0.415 %)CCNP
105 (0.346 %)MCP
105 (0.346 %)MCTS
113 (0.208 %)CIMA
113 (0.208 %)MBA
113 (0.208 %)ACCA
113 (0.208 %)ISTQB
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
130 (2.076 %)QA
29 (0.623 %)ISO9001
37 (0.484 %)GxP
46 (0.415 %)SLA
46 (0.415 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
54 (0.277 %)21 CFR Part 11
54 (0.277 %)GAMP
61 (0.069 %)HL7
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
179 (5.467 %)Active Directory
218 (1.246 %)VMware Infrastructure
310 (0.692 %)Veritas Cluster Server
310 (0.692 %)Veritas Volume Manager
49 (0.623 %)Citrix Presentation Server
57 (0.484 %)Veritas File System
65 (0.346 %)ISA Server
74 (0.277 %)MetaFrame
74 (0.277 %)VMware ESX
83 (0.208 %)VMware Workstation
83 (0.208 %)NFS
92 (0.138 %)XenApp
92 (0.138 %)MSMQ
92 (0.138 %)Terminal Server
92 (0.138 %)NetBackup
92 (0.138 %)Backup Exec
101 (0.069 %)Hyper-V
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
14 (0.277 %)WSUS
14 (0.277 %)Tivoli
23 (0.208 %)Norton AntiVirus
23 (0.208 %)OpenView
23 (0.208 %)HP Quality Center
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1155 (10.73 %)Oracle
2131 (9.066 %)Microsoft
348 (3.322 %)Business Objects
446 (3.183 %)Red Hat
545 (3.114 %)Cognos
644 (3.045 %)VMware
740 (2.768 %)Agresso
740 (2.768 %)SAP
834 (2.353 %)Cisco
928 (1.938 %)Citrix
1025 (1.730 %)JD Edwards
1123 (1.592 %)IBM
1217 (1.176 %)Reuters
1314 (0.969 %)Sybase
1314 (0.969 %)Bloomberg
1314 (0.969 %)Sage
1314 (0.969 %)NetApp
1314 (0.969 %)HP
1413 (0.900 %)Trema
1413 (0.900 %)PeopleSoft