Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the Analyst role in IT jobs across the UK compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. 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 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAnalyst
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank64
Rank change on same period last yearDown-2
Matching permanent IT job ads2526039209
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled16.30 %17.55 %
As % of the category below18.14 %18.94 %
Salaries quoted2088231079
Average minimum salary£35,732£37,192
Average salary£38,661£40,310
% change on same period last year-4.09 %
Average maximum salary£41,590£43,429
UK excluding London average salary£33,710£33,958
% change on same period last year-0.73 %
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads139223207020
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled89.82 %92.67 %
Salaries quoted117417166402
Average minimum salary£38,842£40,055
Average salary£42,514£43,889
% change on same period last year-3.13 %
Average maximum salary£46,187£47,724
UK excluding London average salary£38,468£39,125
% change on same period last year-1.68 %

Analyst
Demand Trend

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

Analyst Demand Trend

Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Analyst Salary Trend

Analyst
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Analyst over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 within the UK.

Analyst Salary Histogram

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 Analyst within the UK over the 3 months to 21 November 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.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-224269£38,841-4.31 %
LondonNo change011248£45,465-4.52 %
South EastDown-14500£35,481-2.28 %
City of LondonDown-13245£47,350-6.56 %
South WestDown-31668£33,794-1.51 %
East of EnglandDown-11586£35,809-1.03 %
North WestUp+21582£31,274-0.20 %
West MidlandsDown-31335£32,647+4.89 %
YorkshireDown-31296£30,889+1.42 %
SurreyDown-51179£33,990-6.05 %
BerkshireUp+41083£37,155+1.77 %
East MidlandsUp+1935£31,343+2.18 %
West YorkshireDown-3843£31,193+4.17 %
HampshireUp+4769£35,860+0.63 %
HertfordshireUp+1636£37,351-0.55 %
ScotlandDown-2610£33,345+7.73 %
ManchesterUp+1572£33,169-0.02 %
CheshireNo change0513£31,712+7.59 %
BristolNo change0508£32,881+6.27 %
LeedsDown-2480£31,860+2.55 %
WiltshireNo change0419£35,705+4.01 %
EssexDown-3418£36,270-3.60 %
BirminghamDown-1377£33,395+4.82 %
BuckinghamshireDown-2370£36,723+7.17 %
CambridgeshireDown-4319£35,539+12.02 %
ReadingNo change0315£34,784+1.74 %
GloucestershireDown-2290£33,505+11.58 %
North YorkshireNo change0286£29,268-4.49 %
NottinghamshireDown-5284£30,704+2.03 %
GlasgowUp+6270£35,216+12.74 %

Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs within the UK 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.

116377 (28.46 %)Finance
213947 (24.24 %)SQL
310053 (17.47 %)Windows
47289 (12.67 %)SQL Server
57037 (12.23 %)Microsoft
66233 (10.83 %)Business Analysis
76184 (10.75 %)Oracle
85754 (9.999 %)Degree
95435 (9.445 %)MS Excel
105327 (9.257 %).NET
115079 (8.826 %)Banking
124760 (8.272 %)UNIX
134282 (7.441 %)MS Office
144202 (7.302 %)Project Management
154122 (7.163 %)Active Directory
163690 (6.412 %)Windows Server 2003
173589 (6.237 %)Java
183499 (6.080 %)C#
193401 (5.910 %)Insurance
203300 (5.735 %)ITIL
213299 (5.733 %)Pensions
223187 (5.538 %)Windows XP
233071 (5.337 %)Retail
243012 (5.234 %)UML
252741 (4.763 %)XML
262695 (4.683 %)VB
272656 (4.616 %)SAP
282474 (4.299 %)Marketing
292440 (4.240 %)Front Office
302386 (4.146 %)Health

Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15327 (9.257 %).NET
22741 (4.763 %)XML
31941 (3.373 %)ASP.NET
41641 (2.852 %)HTML
51116 (1.939 %)ASP
6877 (1.524 %)WebServices
7860 (1.494 %)J2EE
8685 (1.190 %)WebSphere
9494 (0.858 %)CSS
10391 (0.679 %)AJAX
11348 (0.605 %).NET Framework
12334 (0.580 %)JSP
13310 (0.539 %)WinForms
14299 (0.520 %)Middleware
15276 (0.480 %)XSLT
16255 (0.443 %)Spring
17224 (0.389 %)FIX Protocol
18212 (0.368 %)Hibernate
19203 (0.353 %)XSL
20200 (0.348 %)EDI
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12111 (3.668 %)MS Exchange
21867 (3.244 %)SAS
31292 (2.245 %)Exchange Server 2003
41142 (1.985 %)IIS
5896 (1.557 %)SharePoint
6717 (1.246 %)Lotus Notes
7415 (0.721 %)Apache
8362 (0.629 %)Exchange Server 2007
9358 (0.622 %)Exchange Server 2000
10337 (0.586 %)CMS
11260 (0.452 %)Tomcat
12247 (0.429 %)SharePoint Server 2007
13241 (0.419 %)WebLogic
14209 (0.363 %)BizTalk Server
15193 (0.335 %)Lotus Domino
16179 (0.311 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
17148 (0.257 %)CICS
18125 (0.217 %)LiveLink
19120 (0.209 %)Exchange Server 5.5
20116 (0.202 %)MQSeries
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15435 (9.445 %)MS Excel
24282 (7.441 %)MS Office
3926 (1.609 %)MS Visio
4731 (1.270 %)SPSS
5567 (0.985 %)MS PowerPoint
6550 (0.956 %)MS Project
7341 (0.593 %)Spreadsheet
8138 (0.240 %)CA Clarity
984 (0.146 %)MATLAB
1062 (0.108 %)Photoshop
1153 (0.092 %)DeltaView
1237 (0.064 %)S-PLUS
1328 (0.049 %)Acrobat
1423 (0.040 %)InfoPath
1520 (0.035 %)AutoCAD
1610 (0.017 %)CATIA
178 (0.014 %)Stata
178 (0.014 %)Open Workbench
187 (0.012 %)QuarkXPress
196 (0.010 %)FreeHand
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1395 (0.686 %)SAP FI
2377 (0.655 %)SAP FI/CO
2377 (0.655 %)SAP CO
3356 (0.619 %)Oracle Applications
4307 (0.533 %)SAP SD
5282 (0.490 %)Oracle Financials
6224 (0.389 %)SAP MM
7219 (0.381 %)Oracle EBS
8217 (0.377 %)SAP HR
9185 (0.321 %)SAP R/3
10182 (0.316 %)Endur
11156 (0.271 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
12144 (0.250 %)Oracle 11i
13140 (0.243 %)Google Analytics
14123 (0.214 %)WebTrends
15107 (0.186 %)Summit
16102 (0.177 %)Oracle HRMS
1799 (0.172 %)Microsoft CRM
1895 (0.165 %)SAP CRM
1986 (0.149 %)Dynamics AX
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11998 (3.472 %)TCP/IP
21902 (3.305 %)Internet
31534 (2.666 %)LAN
41499 (2.605 %)WAN
51485 (2.581 %)Firewall
6881 (1.531 %)VPN
7863 (1.500 %)DNS
8854 (1.484 %)SAN
9577 (1.003 %)DHCP
10453 (0.787 %)VoIP
11425 (0.739 %)Intranet
12286 (0.497 %)Wireless
13281 (0.488 %)Network Security
14220 (0.382 %)FTP
15217 (0.377 %)Cisco PIX
16166 (0.288 %)SSL
17164 (0.285 %)HTTP
18160 (0.278 %)SMS
19139 (0.242 %)MPLS
20135 (0.235 %)Extranet
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
17289 (12.67 %)SQL Server
21780 (3.093 %)Datawarehouse
31602 (2.784 %)BusinessObjects
41497 (2.601 %)SQL Server 2005
51214 (2.110 %)SQL Server 2000
61102 (1.915 %)Crystal Reports
7850 (1.477 %)MS Access
7850 (1.477 %)RDBMS
8681 (1.183 %)ETL
9667 (1.159 %)Oracle Reports
10588 (1.022 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
11508 (0.883 %)DTS
12483 (0.839 %)DB2
13480 (0.834 %)Oracle 8/8i
14424 (0.737 %)Oracle 10g
15410 (0.712 %)SQL Server Integration Services
16367 (0.638 %)MySQL
17360 (0.626 %)Data Mining
18358 (0.622 %)Oracle 9i
19352 (0.612 %)SAP BW
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1728 (1.265 %)QuickTest Pro
2698 (1.213 %)TestDirector
3623 (1.083 %)Visual Studio
4474 (0.824 %)WinRunner
5356 (0.619 %)LoadRunner
6329 (0.572 %)Oracle Forms
7171 (0.297 %)Synon
8143 (0.249 %)Rational Rose
9131 (0.228 %)VSS/SourceSafe
10126 (0.219 %)Ant
11121 (0.210 %)Flash
12103 (0.179 %)Eclipse
13101 (0.176 %)ClearCase
1494 (0.163 %)Selenium
1593 (0.162 %)JUnit
1676 (0.132 %)QARun
1775 (0.130 %)RequisitePro
1874 (0.129 %)ProC
1967 (0.116 %)Dreamweaver
2066 (0.115 %)PowerBuilder
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
116377 (28.46 %)Finance
25079 (8.826 %)Banking
33401 (5.910 %)Insurance
43299 (5.733 %)Pensions
53071 (5.337 %)Retail
62474 (4.299 %)Marketing
72440 (4.240 %)Front Office
82386 (4.146 %)Health
92077 (3.609 %)Investment Banking
101855 (3.224 %)Telecoms
111756 (3.052 %)Back Office
121293 (2.247 %)Law
131235 (2.146 %)Legal
141223 (2.125 %)Education
15784 (1.362 %)Financial Institution
16771 (1.340 %)Manufacturing
17678 (1.178 %)Government
18667 (1.159 %)Billing
19432 (0.751 %)FMCG
20425 (0.739 %)Publishing
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12317 (4.026 %)Derivative
21308 (2.273 %)Fixed Income
31184 (2.058 %)Equities
41148 (1.995 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
51057 (1.837 %)AS400
6996 (1.731 %)Management Information System
7973 (1.691 %)Mathematics
8805 (1.399 %)Credit Risk
9787 (1.368 %)Blackberry
10753 (1.309 %)Statistics
11681 (1.183 %)iSeries
12578 (1.004 %)Computer Science
13556 (0.966 %)Mainframe
14546 (0.949 %)Client/Server
15501 (0.871 %)Equity Derivative
16395 (0.686 %)Market Risk
17345 (0.600 %)French Language
18327 (0.568 %)Credit Derivative
19309 (0.537 %)German Language
20304 (0.528 %)EPoS
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
110053 (17.47 %)Windows
24760 (8.272 %)UNIX
33690 (6.412 %)Windows Server 2003
43187 (5.538 %)Windows XP
51953 (3.394 %)Linux
61949 (3.387 %)Windows 2000
7979 (1.701 %)Windows 2000 Server
8782 (1.359 %)Solaris
9649 (1.128 %)Windows Vista
10356 (0.619 %)Windows NT
11340 (0.591 %)AIX
12294 (0.511 %)Red Hat Linux
13225 (0.391 %)HPUX
14176 (0.306 %)Windows Server 2008
15157 (0.273 %)VMS
16102 (0.177 %)Mac OS X
17100 (0.174 %)MVS
1873 (0.127 %)NetWare
1959 (0.103 %)OpenVMS
2052 (0.090 %)zOS
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16233 (10.83 %)Business Analysis
24202 (7.302 %)Project Management
33300 (5.735 %)ITIL
43012 (5.234 %)UML
52377 (4.131 %)Business Intelligence
62251 (3.912 %)User Acceptance Testing
71971 (3.425 %)Data Analysis
81848 (3.211 %)PRINCE2
91718 (2.985 %)CRM
101521 (2.643 %)Change Management
111503 (2.612 %)Test Scripting
121452 (2.523 %)Systems Analysis
131421 (2.469 %)E-Commerce
141341 (2.330 %)OO
151305 (2.268 %)Data Modelling
161286 (2.235 %)ERP
171279 (2.223 %)Asset Management
181271 (2.209 %)Risk Management
191065 (1.851 %)Use Case
20999 (1.736 %)Investment Management
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
113947 (24.24 %)SQL
23589 (6.237 %)Java
33499 (6.080 %)C#
42695 (4.683 %)VB
51921 (3.338 %)VBA
61545 (2.685 %)VB.NET
71459 (2.535 %)C++
81346 (2.339 %)PL/SQL
91307 (2.271 %)C
101169 (2.031 %)JavaScript
111065 (1.851 %)Transact-SQL
12907 (1.576 %)Perl
13779 (1.354 %)RPG
14763 (1.326 %)VB6
15636 (1.105 %)VBScript
16614 (1.067 %)Shell Script
17423 (0.735 %)COBOL
18404 (0.702 %)PHP
19321 (0.558 %)ABAP
20213 (0.370 %)Python
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15754 (9.999 %)Degree
22110 (3.667 %)ISEB
32025 (3.519 %)Microsoft Certification
41299 (2.257 %)MCSE
5834 (1.449 %)MCP
6756 (1.314 %)Cisco Certification
7565 (0.982 %)CCNA
8512 (0.890 %)ITIL Certification
9428 (0.744 %)MCSA
10289 (0.502 %)ISTQB
11266 (0.462 %)CCNP
12247 (0.429 %)CISSP
13232 (0.403 %)PRINCE2 Certification
14177 (0.308 %)HND
15158 (0.275 %)CIMA
16121 (0.210 %)ACCA
1787 (0.151 %)CISM
1787 (0.151 %)Citrix Certification
1787 (0.151 %)MCDST
1877 (0.134 %)A+ Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12025 (3.519 %)QA
21247 (2.167 %)SLA
3324 (0.563 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
4255 (0.443 %)Basel II
5189 (0.328 %)ISO27001
6104 (0.181 %)ISO9001
780 (0.139 %)COBIT
869 (0.120 %)MiFID
950 (0.087 %)GAAP
1039 (0.068 %)PCI DSS
1136 (0.063 %)GxP
1233 (0.057 %)TickIT
1329 (0.050 %)BS7799
1428 (0.049 %)ISO17799
1428 (0.049 %)ISO9000
1522 (0.038 %)ISO8583
1618 (0.031 %)HL7
1714 (0.024 %)ISO/IEC 20000
1811 (0.019 %)GMP
1910 (0.017 %)EFQM
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14122 (7.163 %)Active Directory
2417 (0.725 %)VMware Infrastructure
3381 (0.662 %)Backup Exec
4249 (0.433 %)Citrix Presentation Server
5246 (0.427 %)Terminal Services
6185 (0.321 %)VMware ESX
7184 (0.320 %)NetBackup
8153 (0.266 %)Terminal Server
8153 (0.266 %)ISA Server
9133 (0.231 %)MetaFrame
1047 (0.082 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
1144 (0.076 %)NFS
1243 (0.075 %)VMware Server
1341 (0.071 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
1437 (0.064 %)Oracle RAC
1534 (0.059 %)MailMarshal
1628 (0.049 %)RACF
1720 (0.035 %)MSMQ
189 (0.016 %)Cronacle
198 (0.014 %)Orbix
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
1211 (0.367 %)Tivoli
2210 (0.365 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
3134 (0.233 %)OpenView
4125 (0.217 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
5104 (0.181 %)MOM
680 (0.139 %)MAILsweeper
777 (0.134 %)ARCserve
874 (0.129 %)Legato
968 (0.118 %)CONTROL-M
1066 (0.115 %)AutoSys
1162 (0.108 %)ServiceCenter
1257 (0.099 %)Norton AntiVirus
1352 (0.090 %)SCOM
1444 (0.076 %)Nessus
1444 (0.076 %)WSUS
1541 (0.071 %)SCCM
1638 (0.066 %)BMC PATROL
1737 (0.064 %)EMC NetWorker
1835 (0.061 %)ZENworks
1930 (0.052 %)CiscoWorks
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
17037 (12.23 %)Microsoft
26184 (10.75 %)Oracle
32656 (4.616 %)SAP
41895 (3.293 %)Cisco
51729 (3.005 %)Citrix
61602 (2.784 %)Business Objects
71136 (1.974 %)VMware
81048 (1.821 %)HP
91022 (1.776 %)Sybase
10927 (1.611 %)Cognos
11922 (1.602 %)IBM
12798 (1.387 %)Lotus
13537 (0.933 %)Bloomberg
14523 (0.909 %)Remedy
15519 (0.902 %)Reuters
16485 (0.843 %)Siebel
17434 (0.754 %)JD Edwards
18428 (0.744 %)CheckPoint
19326 (0.567 %)VERITAS
20321 (0.558 %)Red Hat