The first table below looks at the demand for the Analyst role in IT jobs advertised for the West Lothian 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 24 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 West Lothian region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Analyst
Rank 15 4 6
Rank change year-on-year
-11 +2
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 16 27 56
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Lothian 15.09% 21.43% 18.86%
As % of the Job Titles category 15.24% 22.50% 21.05%
Number of salaries quoted 1 19 44
Average salary £42,500 £35,000 £39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+21.42% -10.25%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Job Titles
West Lothian
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
105 120 266
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Lothian 99.06% 95.24% 89.56%
Number of salaries quoted 29 87 190
Average salary £36,000 £40,000 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.00% -2.43%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,000 £27,500 £31,000
10% offered a salary of more than £41,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Analyst
Scotland

Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Lothian 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 West Lothian region.

West Lothian Analyst Salary Trend

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 West Lothian region over the 3 months to 24 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
Livingston -10 14 - -
Linlithgow -2 1 £42,500 +54.54%
Analyst
Scotland

Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Lothian 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 (39.39%) Degree
2 11 (33.33%) Oracle
2 11 (33.33%) Broadband
3 10 (30.30%) SQL
4 9 (27.27%) UNIX
5 8 (24.24%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (24.24%) Business Intelligence
5 8 (24.24%) Management Information System
6 7 (21.21%) Data Modelling
6 7 (21.21%) ITIL
7 6 (18.18%) Finance
7 6 (18.18%) NetIQ
8 5 (15.15%) Oracle 11g
8 5 (15.15%) Oracle BI EE
8 5 (15.15%) Test Automation
8 5 (15.15%) VBScript
8 5 (15.15%) Java
8 5 (15.15%) ETL
8 5 (15.15%) Oracle 10g
8 5 (15.15%) Informatica
9 4 (12.12%) MS Office
9 4 (12.12%) Data Mining
9 4 (12.12%) Perl
9 4 (12.12%) SQL Server
9 4 (12.12%) ERP
9 4 (12.12%) Python
9 4 (12.12%) Windows
9 4 (12.12%) Solaris
9 4 (12.12%) Linux
9 4 (12.12%) Risk Management

Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Lothian 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 2 (6.061%) Velocity
Application Platforms
1 2 (6.061%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (12.12%) MS Office
2 2 (6.061%) MS Excel
3 1 (3.030%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 2 (6.061%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (3.030%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (3.030%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (33.33%) Broadband
2 3 (9.091%) NAS
3 2 (6.061%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (24.24%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (15.15%) Oracle 11g
2 5 (15.15%) Oracle BI EE
2 5 (15.15%) Oracle 10g
3 4 (12.12%) Data Mining
3 4 (12.12%) SQL Server
4 1 (3.030%) Oracle Reports
General
1 6 (18.18%) Finance
2 2 (6.061%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 8 (24.24%) Management Information System
2 2 (6.061%) Replication
3 1 (3.030%) Mathematics
3 1 (3.030%) Statistics
3 1 (3.030%) Symmetrix DMX
3 1 (3.030%) Symmetrix
Operating Systems
1 9 (27.27%) UNIX
2 4 (12.12%) Windows
2 4 (12.12%) Solaris
2 4 (12.12%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (24.24%) Business Intelligence
2 7 (21.21%) Data Modelling
2 7 (21.21%) ITIL
3 5 (15.15%) Test Automation
3 5 (15.15%) ETL
4 4 (12.12%) ERP
4 4 (12.12%) Risk Management
4 4 (12.12%) Information Security
4 4 (12.12%) ITSM
4 4 (12.12%) Configuration Management
4 4 (12.12%) Performance Management
4 4 (12.12%) Data Governance
4 4 (12.12%) Change Control
4 4 (12.12%) Master Data Management
4 4 (12.12%) Metadata Management
4 4 (12.12%) Information Management
4 4 (12.12%) Data Analysis
4 4 (12.12%) Data Management
5 3 (9.091%) Business Analysis
5 3 (9.091%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 10 (30.30%) SQL
2 5 (15.15%) VBScript
2 5 (15.15%) Java
3 4 (12.12%) Perl
3 4 (12.12%) Python
3 4 (12.12%) C-shell
3 4 (12.12%) Bash shell
4 1 (3.030%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (39.39%) Degree
2 4 (12.12%) CISSP
2 4 (12.12%) CISM
2 4 (12.12%) CISMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.12%) PCI DSS
1 4 (12.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (3.030%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (6.061%) Terminal Services
2 1 (3.030%) NFS
Systems Management
1 4 (12.12%) Tivoli
2 2 (6.061%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 2 (6.061%) SCCM
2 2 (6.061%) WSUS
3 1 (3.030%) Ionix
Vendors
1 11 (33.33%) Oracle
2 6 (18.18%) NetIQ
3 5 (15.15%) Informatica
4 4 (12.12%) Symantec
5 3 (9.091%) Business Objects
5 3 (9.091%) NetApp
6 2 (6.061%) Apple
6 2 (6.061%) Cisco
6 2 (6.061%) EMC
6 2 (6.061%) Citrix
6 2 (6.061%) McAfee