The first table below looks at the demand for DTS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited DTS over the 3 months to 22 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 of the Database & Business Intelligence category for the Berkshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Data Transformation Services (DTS)
Rank 106 133 -
Rank change year-on-year
+27 -
Contract jobs citing DTS 16 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.652% 0.094% -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.704% 0.912% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Average daily rate £240 £200 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £276 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-15.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
Average hourly rate £35.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £29.25 £31.25
% change year-on-year
+19.65% -6.40%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
432 329 547
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 17.61% 10.26% 18.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 172 148 250
Average daily rate £375 £350 £330
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% +6.06%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £263 £227
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £425 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £333 £338
% change year-on-year
-2.25% -1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 5 48
Average hourly rate £33.75 £45.00 £43.63
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-25.00% +3.15%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £11.50 £32.85
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.75 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-0.90% -14.61%
DTS
South East

DTS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing DTS across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Berkshire DTS Jobs Demand Trend

DTS
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing DTS across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire DTS Daily Rate Trend

DTS
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing DTS across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire DTS Hourly Rate Trend

DTS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DTS within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Reading +13 6 - -
Slough - 5 - -
DTS
South East

DTS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing DTS also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited DTS.

1 18 (100.00%) C#
1 18 (100.00%) SQL
1 18 (100.00%) T-SQL
1 18 (100.00%) .NET
1 18 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 18 (100.00%) ASP.NET
2 14 (77.78%) SQL Server 2005
3 13 (72.22%) Microsoft
4 12 (66.67%) Windows Server 2003
4 12 (66.67%) XML
4 12 (66.67%) Windows
4 12 (66.67%) MS Office
4 12 (66.67%) Visual Studio
4 12 (66.67%) OLAP
4 12 (66.67%) SharePoint
4 12 (66.67%) SharePoint Server
4 12 (66.67%) Windows SharePoint Services
5 10 (55.56%) LDAP
6 9 (50.00%) Security Cleared
7 8 (44.44%) Meridio
7 8 (44.44%) IDOL
8 6 (33.33%) jQuery
8 6 (33.33%) Web Development
8 6 (33.33%) .NET Framework
8 6 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (33.33%) ASP
8 6 (33.33%) MCSD
8 6 (33.33%) COM+
8 6 (33.33%) Web Services
8 6 (33.33%) VB

DTS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing DTS also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited DTS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 18 (100.00%) .NET
1 18 (100.00%) ASP.NET
2 12 (66.67%) XML
2 12 (66.67%) Windows SharePoint Services
3 6 (33.33%) jQuery
3 6 (33.33%) .NET Framework
3 6 (33.33%) ASP
3 6 (33.33%) COM+
3 6 (33.33%) Web Services
3 6 (33.33%) HTML
4 5 (27.78%) XSL
5 1 (5.556%) DHTML
Application Platforms
1 12 (66.67%) SharePoint
1 12 (66.67%) SharePoint Server
2 3 (16.67%) CM System
2 3 (16.67%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 12 (66.67%) MS Office
2 4 (22.22%) MS Excel
3 3 (16.67%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 10 (55.56%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 14 (77.78%) SQL Server 2005
3 12 (66.67%) OLAP
4 8 (44.44%) IDOL
5 2 (11.11%) SQL Server 2008
6 1 (5.556%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 12 (66.67%) Visual Studio
2 2 (11.11%) PVCS
General
1 1 (5.556%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 13 (72.22%) Developer
2 7 (38.89%) SharePoint Developer
3 5 (27.78%) SQL Developer
4 4 (22.22%) SQL Server Developer
5 3 (16.67%) Architect
5 3 (16.67%) Team Leader
5 3 (16.67%) VB Developer
6 2 (11.11%) ASP Developer
6 2 (11.11%) Development Team Leader
6 2 (11.11%) SharePoint Architect
7 1 (5.556%) Software Architect
7 1 (5.556%) VB6 Developer
7 1 (5.556%) .NET Developer
Operating Systems
1 12 (66.67%) Windows Server 2003
1 12 (66.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (33.33%) Web Development
2 4 (22.22%) Test Automation
3 3 (16.67%) Workflow
3 3 (16.67%) Release Management
3 3 (16.67%) Document Management
4 2 (11.11%) Unified Process
4 2 (11.11%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (11.11%) Continuous Integration
4 2 (11.11%) UML
Programming Languages
1 18 (100.00%) C#
1 18 (100.00%) SQL
1 18 (100.00%) T-SQL
2 6 (33.33%) VB
2 6 (33.33%) VB.NET
2 6 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 5 (27.78%) VBScript
3 5 (27.78%) VB6
Qualifications
1 9 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (33.33%) MCSD
3 5 (27.78%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 13 (72.22%) Microsoft
2 8 (44.44%) Meridio
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