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This section 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAnalyst
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank44
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching permanent IT job ads3220643351
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled17.34 %18.07 %
As % of the category below19.17 %19.39 %
Salaries quoted2631034506
Average minimum salary£35,901£38,116
Average salary£38,792£41,217
% change on same period last year-5.88 %
Average maximum salary£41,684£44,319
UK excluding London average salary£33,275£33,831
% change on same period last year-1.64 %
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads167999223565
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled90.44 %93.19 %
Salaries quoted138679176982
Average minimum salary£39,022£40,911
Average salary£42,669£44,683
% change on same period last year-4.50 %
Average maximum salary£46,315£48,454
UK excluding London average salary£38,055£39,430
% change on same period last year-3.48 %

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 20 August 2008 within the UK.

Analyst Salary Histogram

Analyst
Top 30 Job Locations

This section 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 20 August 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
EnglandNo change030996£38,989-6.03 %
LondonNo change014400£45,976-6.52 %
South EastUp+15943£35,158-3.07 %
City of LondonDown-14214£48,270-7.81 %
YorkshireDown-12059£30,275-0.92 %
South WestDown-32048£32,455-4.69 %
East of EnglandDown-12020£36,166+1.88 %
North WestUp+21846£30,987+0.99 %
BerkshireUp+91590£36,207-5.32 %
SurreyNo change01542£34,582-4.15 %
West MidlandsDown-31534£31,700+1.93 %
West YorkshireDown-31092£31,492+3.38 %
HampshireDown-1917£34,425-3.47 %
East MidlandsDown-1910£31,025-1.59 %
HertfordshireDown-1820£38,330+4.90 %
ManchesterNo change0760£32,091+3.08 %
ScotlandDown-1663£32,426+2.70 %
LeedsDown-3643£32,293+3.75 %
BristolNo change0603£31,554+0.54 %
BirminghamUp+2511£32,478+4.05 %
CheshireNo change0500£31,642+5.34 %
CambridgeshireDown-1499£33,686+5.96 %
BuckinghamshireDown-2497£33,981-0.31 %
ReadingUp+14479£34,323-4.85 %
South YorkshireUp+8455£28,951-5.00 %
EssexUp+1446£36,695-2.57 %
WiltshireDown-1429£31,051-3.55 %
GloucestershireDown-4403£34,842+12.48 %
Docklands, LondonNo change0398£50,724-11.05 %
North YorkshireDown-1394£27,899-9.01 %

Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 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.

119794 (29.37 %)Finance
215987 (23.72 %)SQL
311438 (16.97 %)Windows
48098 (12.02 %)Microsoft
57846 (11.64 %)SQL Server
67328 (10.87 %)Business Analysis
77059 (10.47 %)Oracle
86687 (9.922 %)Banking
96569 (9.747 %)Degree
106105 (9.059 %)UNIX
116008 (8.915 %)MS Excel
125919 (8.783 %).NET
135243 (7.780 %)MS Office
144891 (7.257 %)Project Management
154836 (7.176 %)Active Directory
164504 (6.683 %)Java
174065 (6.032 %)Windows Server 2003
183974 (5.897 %)C#
193953 (5.865 %)Insurance
203822 (5.671 %)UML
213748 (5.561 %)Pensions
223670 (5.446 %)Retail
233580 (5.312 %)Windows XP
243530 (5.238 %)ITIL
253400 (5.045 %)Front Office
263242 (4.810 %)Derivative
273216 (4.772 %)VB
283074 (4.561 %)XML
292927 (4.343 %)SAP
302835 (4.207 %)Investment Banking

Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 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
15919 (8.783 %).NET
23074 (4.561 %)XML
32029 (3.011 %)ASP.NET
41886 (2.798 %)HTML
51332 (1.976 %)ASP
61098 (1.629 %)J2EE
7946 (1.404 %)WebServices
8810 (1.202 %)WebSphere
9518 (0.769 %)CSS
10432 (0.641 %)Middleware
11408 (0.605 %).NET Framework
12376 (0.558 %)WinForms
13361 (0.536 %)AJAX
14324 (0.481 %)JSP
15321 (0.476 %)XSLT
16312 (0.463 %)Spring
17269 (0.399 %)Hibernate
18245 (0.364 %)FIX Protocol
19242 (0.359 %)XSL
20210 (0.312 %)EDI
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12410 (3.576 %)MS Exchange
22118 (3.143 %)SAS
31385 (2.055 %)Exchange Server 2003
41240 (1.840 %)IIS
5992 (1.472 %)SharePoint
6923 (1.370 %)Lotus Notes
7451 (0.669 %)Apache
8347 (0.515 %)Exchange Server 2000
9327 (0.485 %)CMS
10323 (0.479 %)WebLogic
11285 (0.423 %)Tomcat
12281 (0.417 %)BizTalk Server
13259 (0.384 %)Exchange Server 2007
14244 (0.362 %)CICS
15204 (0.303 %)Lotus Domino
16186 (0.276 %)SharePoint Server 2007
17159 (0.236 %)MQSeries
18156 (0.231 %)JBoss
19151 (0.224 %)NetWeaver
20147 (0.218 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16008 (8.915 %)MS Excel
25243 (7.780 %)MS Office
31185 (1.758 %)MS Visio
4844 (1.252 %)SPSS
5708 (1.051 %)MS PowerPoint
6652 (0.967 %)MS Project
7448 (0.665 %)Spreadsheet
8109 (0.162 %)CA Clarity
977 (0.114 %)MATLAB
1065 (0.096 %)S-PLUS
1065 (0.096 %)Photoshop
1146 (0.068 %)Acrobat
1244 (0.065 %)DeltaView
1341 (0.061 %)InfoPath
1428 (0.042 %)PrintSoft PReS
1525 (0.037 %)DOC1
1621 (0.031 %)AutoCAD
1720 (0.030 %)QuarkXPress
1811 (0.016 %)Adobe Illustrator
198 (0.012 %)Fireworks
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1464 (0.688 %)SAP FI
2427 (0.634 %)SAP FI/CO
2427 (0.634 %)SAP CO
3278 (0.412 %)Oracle Applications
4265 (0.393 %)SAP SD
5258 (0.383 %)Oracle Financials
6245 (0.364 %)SAP R/3
7213 (0.316 %)Oracle EBS
8208 (0.309 %)SAP MM
9206 (0.306 %)Endur
9206 (0.306 %)Summit
10181 (0.269 %)SAP HR
11148 (0.220 %)SAP CRM
12139 (0.206 %)WebTrends
13132 (0.196 %)Oracle 11i
14131 (0.194 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
15125 (0.185 %)Capstone
16112 (0.166 %)Google Analytics
17110 (0.163 %)Movex
1895 (0.141 %)Microsoft CRM
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12303 (3.417 %)TCP/IP
22296 (3.407 %)Internet
31652 (2.451 %)WAN
41646 (2.442 %)LAN
51625 (2.411 %)Firewall
61030 (1.528 %)DNS
7965 (1.432 %)VPN
8962 (1.427 %)SAN
9628 (0.932 %)DHCP
10504 (0.748 %)VoIP
11502 (0.745 %)Intranet
12309 (0.458 %)Network Security
13285 (0.423 %)Wireless
14274 (0.407 %)Cisco PIX
15232 (0.344 %)SMS
16217 (0.322 %)FTP
17215 (0.319 %)MPLS
18185 (0.275 %)HTTP
19155 (0.230 %)IP Telephony
20154 (0.229 %)VLAN
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
17846 (11.64 %)SQL Server
22002 (2.971 %)Datawarehouse
31801 (2.672 %)BusinessObjects
41484 (2.202 %)SQL Server 2005
51240 (1.840 %)SQL Server 2000
61142 (1.694 %)Crystal Reports
71109 (1.646 %)RDBMS
8838 (1.243 %)MS Access
9715 (1.061 %)DB2
10695 (1.031 %)Oracle Reports
11637 (0.945 %)ETL
12594 (0.881 %)DTS
13563 (0.835 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
14507 (0.752 %)SAP BW
15489 (0.726 %)Oracle 10g
16477 (0.708 %)Data Mining
17452 (0.671 %)Oracle 8/8i
18385 (0.571 %)OLAP
19384 (0.570 %)MySQL
20367 (0.545 %)Oracle 9i
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1987 (1.465 %)TestDirector
2721 (1.070 %)QuickTest Pro
3584 (0.867 %)Visual Studio
4528 (0.783 %)WinRunner
5424 (0.629 %)Oracle Forms
6409 (0.607 %)LoadRunner
7210 (0.312 %)Rational Rose
8155 (0.230 %)Ant
9154 (0.229 %)ClearCase
10152 (0.226 %)Eclipse
10152 (0.226 %)VSS/SourceSafe
11125 (0.185 %)Synon
12109 (0.162 %)PowerBuilder
12109 (0.162 %)Selenium
13102 (0.151 %)RequisitePro
1499 (0.147 %)JUnit
1596 (0.142 %)ClearQuest
1691 (0.135 %)Dreamweaver
1786 (0.128 %)Rational Robot
1881 (0.120 %)Flash
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
119794 (29.37 %)Finance
26687 (9.922 %)Banking
33953 (5.865 %)Insurance
43748 (5.561 %)Pensions
53670 (5.446 %)Retail
63400 (5.045 %)Front Office
72835 (4.207 %)Investment Banking
82748 (4.077 %)Health
92729 (4.049 %)Marketing
102179 (3.233 %)Telecoms
111935 (2.871 %)Back Office
121374 (2.039 %)Law
131317 (1.954 %)Education
141304 (1.935 %)Legal
151129 (1.675 %)Financial Institution
16887 (1.316 %)Government
17870 (1.291 %)Manufacturing
18752 (1.116 %)Billing
19496 (0.736 %)Construction
20466 (0.691 %)Pharmaceutical
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13242 (4.810 %)Derivative
21641 (2.435 %)Equities
31438 (2.134 %)Fixed Income
41410 (2.092 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
51292 (1.917 %)AS400
61203 (1.785 %)Management Information System
71122 (1.665 %)Mathematics
8874 (1.297 %)Credit Risk
9853 (1.266 %)Equity Derivative
10840 (1.246 %)Statistics
11774 (1.148 %)Blackberry
12771 (1.144 %)Mainframe
13745 (1.105 %)Client/Server
14709 (1.052 %)Computer Science
15518 (0.769 %)Credit Derivative
16380 (0.564 %)Market Risk
17364 (0.540 %)NHS
18347 (0.515 %)Clustering
19342 (0.507 %)French Language
20326 (0.484 %)German Language
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
111438 (16.97 %)Windows
26105 (9.059 %)UNIX
34065 (6.032 %)Windows Server 2003
43580 (5.312 %)Windows XP
52202 (3.267 %)Windows 2000
62092 (3.104 %)Linux
71173 (1.740 %)Windows 2000 Server
81001 (1.485 %)Solaris
9630 (0.935 %)Windows Vista
10504 (0.748 %)Windows NT
11404 (0.599 %)AIX
12234 (0.347 %)HPUX
13212 (0.315 %)Red Hat Linux
14172 (0.255 %)MVS
15150 (0.223 %)VMS
16145 (0.215 %)Mac OS X
17117 (0.174 %)Windows Server 2008
18105 (0.156 %)NetWare
1977 (0.114 %)zOS
2056 (0.083 %)OS/400
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17328 (10.87 %)Business Analysis
24891 (7.257 %)Project Management
33822 (5.671 %)UML
43530 (5.238 %)ITIL
52656 (3.941 %)User Acceptance Testing
62424 (3.597 %)Business Intelligence
72145 (3.183 %)Data Analysis
81997 (2.963 %)PRINCE2
91835 (2.723 %)CRM
101774 (2.632 %)Test Scripting
111687 (2.503 %)Asset Management
121664 (2.469 %)OO
131642 (2.436 %)Systems Analysis
141596 (2.368 %)Risk Management
151587 (2.355 %)Change Management
161584 (2.350 %)E-Commerce
171547 (2.295 %)Data Modelling
181356 (2.012 %)Use Case
191310 (1.944 %)ERP
201254 (1.861 %)Investment Management
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
115987 (23.72 %)SQL
24504 (6.683 %)Java
33974 (5.897 %)C#
43216 (4.772 %)VB
52107 (3.126 %)VBA
61917 (2.844 %)C++
71786 (2.650 %)VB.NET
81477 (2.192 %)C
91446 (2.146 %)PL/SQL
101297 (1.924 %)JavaScript
111223 (1.815 %)Perl
121196 (1.775 %)Transact-SQL
13894 (1.327 %)RPG
14874 (1.297 %)VB6
15838 (1.243 %)Shell Script
16656 (0.973 %)VBScript
17534 (0.792 %)COBOL
18423 (0.628 %)PHP
19358 (0.531 %)ABAP
20246 (0.365 %)Python
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16569 (9.747 %)Degree
22564 (3.804 %)ISEB
32376 (3.525 %)Microsoft Certification
41552 (2.303 %)MCSE
51039 (1.542 %)MCP
6836 (1.240 %)Cisco Certification
7638 (0.947 %)CCNA
8503 (0.746 %)ITIL Certification
9455 (0.675 %)MCSA
10281 (0.417 %)CCNP
11259 (0.384 %)PRINCE2 Certification
12229 (0.340 %)ISTQB
13207 (0.307 %)CIMA
14204 (0.303 %)CISSP
15201 (0.298 %)HND
16172 (0.255 %)ACCA
17127 (0.188 %)PhD
18123 (0.183 %)Citrix Certification
19120 (0.178 %)MCDST
20110 (0.163 %)A+ Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12507 (3.720 %)QA
21501 (2.227 %)SLA
3287 (0.426 %)Basel II
4277 (0.411 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
5164 (0.243 %)ISO27001
662 (0.092 %)HL7
758 (0.086 %)COBIT
853 (0.079 %)ISO9001
949 (0.073 %)BS7799
949 (0.073 %)GAAP
1038 (0.056 %)MiFID
1136 (0.053 %)ISO/IEC 20000
1234 (0.050 %)ISO8583
1332 (0.047 %)GxP
1332 (0.047 %)ISO17799
1422 (0.033 %)PCI DSS
1517 (0.025 %)GCP
1616 (0.024 %)ISO9000
1713 (0.019 %)TickIT
1811 (0.016 %)CDISC
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14836 (7.176 %)Active Directory
2350 (0.519 %)Backup Exec
3326 (0.484 %)VMware Infrastructure
4268 (0.398 %)Terminal Services
5258 (0.383 %)ISA Server
6257 (0.381 %)NetBackup
7251 (0.372 %)Citrix Presentation Server
8192 (0.285 %)VMware ESX
9158 (0.234 %)MetaFrame
10102 (0.151 %)Terminal Server
1153 (0.079 %)Oracle RAC
1245 (0.067 %)RACF
1338 (0.056 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
1434 (0.050 %)NFS
1532 (0.047 %)MSMQ
1629 (0.043 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
1726 (0.039 %)MailMarshal
1822 (0.033 %)VMware Server
1915 (0.022 %)VMware Workstation
2011 (0.016 %)Oracle RMAN
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
1262 (0.389 %)Tivoli
2255 (0.378 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
3214 (0.318 %)OpenView
4187 (0.277 %)MOM
5119 (0.177 %)CONTROL-M
6118 (0.175 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
7111 (0.165 %)AutoSys
866 (0.098 %)SCOM
964 (0.095 %)BMC PATROL
1062 (0.092 %)Norton AntiVirus
1062 (0.092 %)ServiceCenter
1156 (0.083 %)CiscoWorks
1156 (0.083 %)Legato
1253 (0.079 %)ARCserve
1348 (0.071 %)DameWare
1446 (0.068 %)MAILsweeper
1538 (0.056 %)WSUS
1637 (0.055 %)Netcool
1736 (0.053 %)ZENworks
1835 (0.052 %)Nessus
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
18098 (12.02 %)Microsoft
27059 (10.47 %)Oracle
32927 (4.343 %)SAP
42352 (3.490 %)Citrix
51985 (2.945 %)Cisco
61801 (2.672 %)Business Objects
71352 (2.006 %)Sybase
81181 (1.752 %)VMware
91145 (1.699 %)HP
101116 (1.656 %)Cognos
111014 (1.505 %)Lotus
12965 (1.432 %)IBM
13628 (0.932 %)Remedy
14582 (0.864 %)Reuters
15566 (0.840 %)Bloomberg
16549 (0.815 %)Siebel
17486 (0.721 %)CheckPoint
18409 (0.607 %)JD Edwards
19383 (0.568 %)VERITAS
20368 (0.546 %)Sun