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 5 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAnalyst
Location
3 months to
5 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank64
Rank change on same period last yearDown-2
Matching permanent IT job ads1861333916
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled15.78 %17.17 %
As % of the category below17.56 %18.51 %
Salaries quoted1559326959
Average minimum salary£35,522£36,499
Average salary£38,391£39,545
% change on same period last year-2.91 %
Average maximum salary£41,260£42,591
UK excluding London average salary£33,595£33,545
% change on same period last year+0.14 %
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads106020183199
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled89.90 %92.76 %
Salaries quoted89681147723
Average minimum salary£38,573£39,673
Average salary£42,182£43,512
% change on same period last year-3.05 %
Average maximum salary£45,792£47,350
UK excluding London average salary£38,523£39,089
% change on same period last year-1.44 %

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 5 January 2009 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 5 January 2009. 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-217918£38,569-3.08 %
LondonNo change08055£45,518-2.50 %
South EastDown-13421£35,966+1.45 %
City of LondonNo change02305£47,385-4.32 %
North WestNo change01286£31,071+2.89 %
South WestDown-51213£32,915-4.66 %
East of EnglandDown-11153£34,694-3.80 %
West MidlandsDown-31006£32,199+4.95 %
YorkshireDown-2992£31,192+2.67 %
SurreyDown-3878£35,698+0.40 %
BerkshireNo change0739£37,224+5.53 %
East MidlandsDown-3647£31,860+3.57 %
West YorkshireDown-3628£31,162+4.39 %
HampshireUp+5618£35,901+1.20 %
ManchesterDown-1494£32,038+2.21 %
HertfordshireUp+1467£37,493-0.02 %
ScotlandUp+2441£33,011+4.07 %
CheshireDown-2425£32,608+13.42 %
LeedsDown-3347£32,237+3.41 %
BristolDown-2333£31,847+6.44 %
WiltshireDown-1304£34,465-2.68 %
BirminghamUp+2297£32,542+6.20 %
West SussexNo change0295£32,851-9.27 %
CambridgeshireDown-1281£33,658+5.65 %
BuckinghamshireDown-2278£37,920+13.13 %
EssexDown-3266£34,094-10.26 %
ReadingUp+5254£33,943+2.87 %
MerseysideUp+2240£27,094-8.06 %
NottinghamshireDown-5223£30,108+1.30 %
GloucestershireDown-5221£33,263+4.81 %

Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 January 2009, 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.

113431 (27.91 %)Finance
211489 (23.88 %)SQL
38600 (17.87 %)Windows
46051 (12.58 %)SQL Server
55918 (12.30 %)Microsoft
65288 (10.99 %)Oracle
75179 (10.76 %)Business Analysis
84759 (9.890 %)Degree
94569 (9.496 %)MS Excel
104350 (9.040 %).NET
114153 (8.631 %)Banking
124073 (8.465 %)UNIX
133606 (7.494 %)Project Management
143564 (7.407 %)MS Office
153380 (7.025 %)Active Directory
163147 (6.540 %)Windows Server 2003
172890 (6.006 %)Java
182821 (5.863 %)Insurance
192808 (5.836 %)C#
202779 (5.776 %)Pensions
212777 (5.771 %)ITIL
222577 (5.356 %)Windows XP
232471 (5.135 %)UML
242439 (5.069 %)Retail
252366 (4.917 %)XML
262237 (4.649 %)SAP
272149 (4.466 %)VB
282062 (4.285 %)Business Intelligence
292042 (4.244 %)Health
302002 (4.161 %)Marketing

Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 January 2009, 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
14350 (9.040 %).NET
22366 (4.917 %)XML
31653 (3.435 %)ASP.NET
41354 (2.814 %)HTML
5934 (1.941 %)ASP
6754 (1.567 %)WebServices
7742 (1.542 %)J2EE
8612 (1.272 %)WebSphere
9438 (0.910 %)CSS
10312 (0.648 %)AJAX
11307 (0.638 %)JSP
12276 (0.574 %).NET Framework
13261 (0.542 %)Middleware
14244 (0.507 %)WinForms
15222 (0.461 %)Spring
16220 (0.457 %)XSLT
17180 (0.374 %)FIX Protocol
18179 (0.372 %)EDI
19171 (0.355 %)Hibernate
20148 (0.308 %)XSL
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11832 (3.807 %)MS Exchange
21616 (3.358 %)SAS
31098 (2.282 %)Exchange Server 2003
41000 (2.078 %)IIS
5820 (1.704 %)SharePoint
6563 (1.170 %)Lotus Notes
7354 (0.736 %)Exchange Server 2007
8351 (0.729 %)Apache
9294 (0.611 %)Exchange Server 2000
10259 (0.538 %)CMS
11211 (0.439 %)Tomcat
12195 (0.405 %)WebLogic
13193 (0.401 %)SharePoint Server 2007
14177 (0.368 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
15169 (0.351 %)Lotus Domino
16160 (0.333 %)BizTalk Server
17103 (0.214 %)WebSphere Application Server
18102 (0.212 %)JBoss
1999 (0.206 %)Oracle Workflow
2097 (0.202 %)CICS
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14569 (9.496 %)MS Excel
23564 (7.407 %)MS Office
3777 (1.615 %)MS Visio
4628 (1.305 %)SPSS
5465 (0.966 %)MS PowerPoint
6446 (0.927 %)MS Project
7272 (0.565 %)Spreadsheet
8113 (0.235 %)CA Clarity
981 (0.168 %)Photoshop
1080 (0.166 %)MATLAB
1149 (0.102 %)DeltaView
1223 (0.048 %)AutoCAD
1223 (0.048 %)S-PLUS
1317 (0.035 %)Acrobat
1415 (0.031 %)CATIA
1415 (0.031 %)InfoPath
1510 (0.021 %)Fireworks
167 (0.015 %)InDesign
167 (0.015 %)Stata
176 (0.012 %)FreeHand
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1340 (0.707 %)Oracle Applications
2326 (0.678 %)SAP FI
3309 (0.642 %)SAP FI/CO
3309 (0.642 %)SAP CO
4270 (0.561 %)Oracle Financials
5265 (0.551 %)SAP SD
6229 (0.476 %)Oracle EBS
7189 (0.393 %)SAP MM
8181 (0.376 %)SAP HR
9163 (0.339 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
10159 (0.330 %)Oracle 11i
11144 (0.299 %)SAP R/3
12138 (0.287 %)Endur
13108 (0.224 %)Google Analytics
14104 (0.216 %)Summit
1590 (0.187 %)Oracle EBS R12
1688 (0.183 %)Oracle HRMS
1785 (0.177 %)WebTrends
1875 (0.156 %)assyst
1969 (0.143 %)JDE OneWorld
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11679 (3.489 %)TCP/IP
21559 (3.240 %)Internet
31317 (2.737 %)LAN
41278 (2.656 %)Firewall
51262 (2.623 %)WAN
6799 (1.661 %)VPN
7762 (1.584 %)DNS
8718 (1.492 %)SAN
9504 (1.047 %)DHCP
10401 (0.833 %)VoIP
11377 (0.784 %)Intranet
12262 (0.545 %)Wireless
13231 (0.480 %)Network Security
14194 (0.403 %)FTP
15182 (0.378 %)Cisco PIX
16153 (0.318 %)SSL
17139 (0.289 %)HTTP
18128 (0.266 %)IP Telephony
19116 (0.241 %)SMS
20112 (0.233 %)VLAN
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16051 (12.58 %)SQL Server
21420 (2.951 %)Datawarehouse
31314 (2.731 %)BusinessObjects
41307 (2.716 %)SQL Server 2005
51021 (2.122 %)SQL Server 2000
6946 (1.966 %)Crystal Reports
7743 (1.544 %)MS Access
8649 (1.349 %)RDBMS
9603 (1.253 %)ETL
10599 (1.245 %)Oracle Reports
11518 (1.077 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
12399 (0.829 %)Oracle 8/8i
13386 (0.802 %)DTS
14370 (0.769 %)SQL Server Integration Services
15353 (0.734 %)Oracle 10g
16343 (0.713 %)MySQL
17333 (0.692 %)DB2
18303 (0.630 %)SAP BW
19296 (0.615 %)OLAP
20288 (0.599 %)Data Mining
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1605 (1.257 %)QuickTest Pro
2584 (1.214 %)TestDirector
3550 (1.143 %)Visual Studio
4387 (0.804 %)WinRunner
5290 (0.603 %)LoadRunner
6285 (0.592 %)Oracle Forms
7139 (0.289 %)Synon
8110 (0.229 %)Rational Rose
9102 (0.212 %)VSS/SourceSafe
1099 (0.206 %)ClearCase
1182 (0.170 %)Selenium
1280 (0.166 %)Ant
1280 (0.166 %)ProC
1377 (0.160 %)QARun
1476 (0.158 %)JUnit
1575 (0.156 %)Eclipse
1667 (0.139 %)RequisitePro
1762 (0.129 %)Dreamweaver
1858 (0.121 %)ClearQuest
1858 (0.121 %)NUnit
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
113431 (27.91 %)Finance
24153 (8.631 %)Banking
32821 (5.863 %)Insurance
42779 (5.776 %)Pensions
52439 (5.069 %)Retail
62042 (4.244 %)Health
72002 (4.161 %)Marketing
81965 (4.084 %)Front Office
91731 (3.597 %)Investment Banking
101523 (3.165 %)Telecoms
111462 (3.038 %)Back Office
121088 (2.261 %)Law
131046 (2.174 %)Education
141034 (2.149 %)Legal
15636 (1.322 %)Manufacturing
16596 (1.239 %)Financial Institution
17565 (1.174 %)Government
18528 (1.097 %)Billing
19376 (0.781 %)FMCG
20375 (0.779 %)Games
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11921 (3.992 %)Derivative
21048 (2.178 %)Fixed Income
3962 (1.999 %)Equities
4961 (1.997 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
5871 (1.810 %)AS400
6806 (1.675 %)Management Information System
7773 (1.607 %)Mathematics
8720 (1.496 %)Blackberry
9676 (1.405 %)Credit Risk
10592 (1.230 %)Statistics
11564 (1.172 %)iSeries
12471 (0.979 %)Computer Science
13459 (0.954 %)Mainframe
14440 (0.914 %)Equity Derivative
15437 (0.908 %)Client/Server
16352 (0.732 %)Market Risk
17297 (0.617 %)French Language
18280 (0.582 %)Credit Derivative
19260 (0.540 %)German Language
20252 (0.524 %)EPoS
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
18600 (17.87 %)Windows
24073 (8.465 %)UNIX
33147 (6.540 %)Windows Server 2003
42577 (5.356 %)Windows XP
51717 (3.568 %)Linux
61633 (3.394 %)Windows 2000
7785 (1.631 %)Windows 2000 Server
8642 (1.334 %)Solaris
9563 (1.170 %)Windows Vista
10293 (0.609 %)AIX
11284 (0.590 %)Windows NT
12265 (0.551 %)Red Hat Linux
13197 (0.409 %)HPUX
14146 (0.303 %)Windows Server 2008
15137 (0.285 %)VMS
1687 (0.181 %)Mac OS X
1775 (0.156 %)MVS
1860 (0.125 %)NetWare
1959 (0.123 %)OpenVMS
2051 (0.106 %)OS/400
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15179 (10.76 %)Business Analysis
23606 (7.494 %)Project Management
32777 (5.771 %)ITIL
42471 (5.135 %)UML
52062 (4.285 %)Business Intelligence
61758 (3.654 %)User Acceptance Testing
71671 (3.473 %)Data Analysis
81516 (3.151 %)PRINCE2
91398 (2.905 %)CRM
101312 (2.727 %)Change Management
111234 (2.565 %)Test Scripting
121230 (2.556 %)E-Commerce
131222 (2.540 %)Systems Analysis
141137 (2.363 %)ERP
151037 (2.155 %)Data Modelling
161031 (2.143 %)OO
171021 (2.122 %)Risk Management
18906 (1.883 %)Asset Management
19897 (1.864 %)Use Case
20798 (1.658 %)Software Testing
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
111489 (23.88 %)SQL
22890 (6.006 %)Java
32808 (5.836 %)C#
42149 (4.466 %)VB
51588 (3.300 %)VBA
61268 (2.635 %)VB.NET
71149 (2.388 %)PL/SQL
81136 (2.361 %)C++
91079 (2.242 %)C
10967 (2.010 %)JavaScript
11934 (1.941 %)Transact-SQL
12689 (1.432 %)Perl
13680 (1.413 %)RPG
14663 (1.378 %)VB6
15528 (1.097 %)VBScript
16493 (1.025 %)Shell Script
17347 (0.721 %)PHP
18327 (0.680 %)COBOL
19229 (0.476 %)ABAP
20170 (0.353 %)Korn
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14759 (9.890 %)Degree
21759 (3.656 %)Microsoft Certification
31744 (3.624 %)ISEB
41140 (2.369 %)MCSE
5706 (1.467 %)MCP
6640 (1.330 %)Cisco Certification
7599 (1.245 %)Security Cleared
8472 (0.981 %)CCNA
9442 (0.919 %)ITIL Certification
10368 (0.765 %)MCSA
11248 (0.515 %)ISTQB
12245 (0.509 %)CCNP
13232 (0.482 %)SC Cleared
14216 (0.449 %)CISSP
15185 (0.384 %)PRINCE2 Certification
16133 (0.276 %)HND
17121 (0.251 %)CIMA
1899 (0.206 %)ACCA
1978 (0.162 %)Citrix Certification
2071 (0.148 %)A+ Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11687 (3.506 %)QA
21014 (2.107 %)SLA
3319 (0.663 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
4192 (0.399 %)Basel II
5181 (0.376 %)ISO27001
6110 (0.229 %)ISO9001
763 (0.131 %)COBIT
860 (0.125 %)MiFID
944 (0.091 %)TickIT
1042 (0.087 %)PCI DSS
1135 (0.073 %)GAAP
1233 (0.069 %)BS7799
1330 (0.062 %)ISO17799
1426 (0.054 %)ISO9000
1518 (0.037 %)GxP
1612 (0.025 %)EFQM
1711 (0.023 %)ISO8583
188 (0.017 %)GMP
197 (0.015 %)ISO/IEC 20000
206 (0.012 %)HL7
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13380 (7.025 %)Active Directory
2418 (0.869 %)VMware Infrastructure
3308 (0.640 %)Backup Exec
4222 (0.461 %)Citrix Presentation Server
5199 (0.414 %)Terminal Services
6174 (0.362 %)NetBackup
7165 (0.343 %)Terminal Server
8162 (0.337 %)VMware ESX
9122 (0.254 %)MetaFrame
10106 (0.220 %)ISA Server
1149 (0.102 %)NFS
1246 (0.096 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
1339 (0.081 %)VMware Server
1438 (0.079 %)MailMarshal
1535 (0.073 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
1631 (0.064 %)Oracle RAC
1724 (0.050 %)RACF
1818 (0.037 %)MSMQ
199 (0.019 %)Cronacle
207 (0.015 %)Xen
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
1195 (0.405 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
2174 (0.362 %)Tivoli
3104 (0.216 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
499 (0.206 %)OpenView
590 (0.187 %)MAILsweeper
678 (0.162 %)MOM
772 (0.150 %)ARCserve
868 (0.141 %)Legato
966 (0.137 %)AutoSys
1060 (0.125 %)Norton AntiVirus
1157 (0.118 %)ServiceCenter
1251 (0.106 %)CONTROL-M
1344 (0.091 %)WSUS
1441 (0.085 %)SCOM
1540 (0.083 %)SCCM
1636 (0.075 %)EMC NetWorker
1735 (0.073 %)Nessus
1833 (0.069 %)BMC PATROL
1927 (0.056 %)ZENworks
2023 (0.048 %)Tivoli Monitoring
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
15918 (12.30 %)Microsoft
25288 (10.99 %)Oracle
32237 (4.649 %)SAP
41665 (3.460 %)Cisco
51410 (2.930 %)Citrix
61314 (2.731 %)Business Objects
71003 (2.085 %)VMware
8967 (2.010 %)HP
9845 (1.756 %)Sybase
10837 (1.740 %)IBM
11770 (1.600 %)Cognos
12630 (1.309 %)Lotus
13465 (0.966 %)Bloomberg
14447 (0.929 %)Reuters
15430 (0.894 %)Siebel
16421 (0.875 %)Remedy
17380 (0.790 %)CheckPoint
18376 (0.781 %)JD Edwards
19295 (0.613 %)VERITAS
20288 (0.599 %)Red Hat