Berkshire DTS Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Data Transformation Services (DTS) skills within the Berkshire region with a comparison to our Database & Business Intelligence category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited DTS over the 3 months to 1 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Data Transformation Services (DTS)
Location Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Camberley Canary Wharf Cardiff Carrickfergus Chertsey City of London County Antrim Croydon Darwen Derby Derbyshire Docklands, London Dorset Dover East Midlands East of England England Epsom Essex Glamorgan Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Harlow Hayes Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Kent Kettering Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool London Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Reading Scotland Somerset South East South Wales South West Southall Southampton Staines Surbiton Surrey Taunton UK Uxbridge Wales Wallingford Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Yorkshire Weybridge Wirral Wokingham York Yorkshire	3 months to 1 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	105	113
Rank change on same period last year	+8
Matching contract IT job ads	10	32
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.016 %	0.034 %
As % of the category below	1.916 %	3.828 %
Daily rates quoted	3	8
Average minimum daily rate	£273	£405
Average daily rate	£320	£414
% change on same period last year	-22.69 %
Average maximum daily rate	£367	£423
UK excluding London average daily rate	£320	£346
% change on same period last year	-7.50 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	6
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£37.67
Average hourly rate	-	£38.92
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£40.17
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£27.60	£35.56
% change on same period last year	-22.37 %
Database & Business Intelligence Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	522	836
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.828 %	0.890 %
Daily rates quoted	134	219
Average minimum daily rate	£313	£348
Average daily rate	£338	£366
% change on same period last year	-7.49 %
Average maximum daily rate	£364	£384
UK excluding London average daily rate	£336	£347
% change on same period last year	-3.24 %
Hourly rates quoted	29	87
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.35	£39.50
Average hourly rate	£25.50	£41.01
% change on same period last year	-37.81 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£27.66	£42.53
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£26.92	£31.75
% change on same period last year	-15.19 %
DTS South East

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

DTS
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing DTS across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

DTS
Daily Rate Trend

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

DTS
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing DTS across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 1 December 2008.

DTS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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 1 December 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.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Reading	+13	6	£280	-35.22 %
Wokingham	-	1	-	-

DTS South East

DTS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, 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 24 (100.00 %) SQL 2 23 (95.83 %) SQL Server 3 20 (83.33 %) Transact-SQL 4 19 (79.17 %) Visual Studio 4 19 (79.17 %) SQL Server 2005 4 19 (79.17 %) SQL Server Integration Services 5 18 (75.00 %) MIIS 6 17 (70.83 %) XML 7 15 (62.50 %) X.500 8 12 (50.00 %) VBScript 8 12 (50.00 %) Security Cleared 9 11 (45.83 %) SC Cleared 10 6 (25.00 %) Government 10 6 (25.00 %) Telecoms 11 5 (20.83 %) C#

12 3 (12.50 %) Finance 12 3 (12.50 %) SQL Server 2000 13 2 (8.333 %) MS Excel 13 2 (8.333 %) VB 13 2 (8.333 %) VBA 13 2 (8.333 %) .NET 14 1 (4.167 %) Business Objects 14 1 (4.167 %) MS Office 14 1 (4.167 %) Windows 14 1 (4.167 %) OO 14 1 (4.167 %) ASP.NET 14 1 (4.167 %) CSS 14 1 (4.167 %) VB.NET 14 1 (4.167 %) HTML 14 1 (4.167 %) JavaScript

DTS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, 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 17 (70.83 %) XML 2 2 (8.333 %) .NET 3 1 (4.167 %) ASP.NET 3 1 (4.167 %) CSS 3 1 (4.167 %) HTML 3 1 (4.167 %) AJAX 3 1 (4.167 %) .NET Framework 3 1 (4.167 %) ASP.NET 2.0	Application Platforms 1 1 (4.167 %) SAS
Applications 1 2 (8.333 %) MS Excel 2 1 (4.167 %) MS PowerPoint 2 1 (4.167 %) MS Office	Communications & Networking 1 15 (62.50 %) X.500 2 1 (4.167 %) 3G
Database & Business Intelligence 1 23 (95.83 %) SQL Server 2 19 (79.17 %) SQL Server 2005 2 19 (79.17 %) SQL Server Integration Services 3 3 (12.50 %) SQL Server 2000 4 1 (4.167 %) BusinessObjects	Development Applications 1 19 (79.17 %) Visual Studio
General 1 6 (25.00 %) Telecoms 1 6 (25.00 %) Government 2 3 (12.50 %) Finance 3 1 (4.167 %) Billing 3 1 (4.167 %) Pensions	Job Titles 1 13 (54.17 %) Architect 2 6 (25.00 %) Developer 3 5 (20.83 %) Solutions Architect 4 4 (16.67 %) Analyst 4 4 (16.67 %) Solutions Designer 5 3 (12.50 %) Enterprise Architect 5 3 (12.50 %) Senior Solutions Architect 6 2 (8.333 %) Report Analyst 6 2 (8.333 %) Technical Architect 7 1 (4.167 %) Consultant 7 1 (4.167 %) DBA 7 1 (4.167 %) C# Developer 7 1 (4.167 %) SQL Server DBA 7 1 (4.167 %) SQL Developer 7 1 (4.167 %) SQL DBA 7 1 (4.167 %) SQL Server Developer 7 1 (4.167 %) C#/ASP.NET Developer 7 1 (4.167 %) Implementation Analyst 7 1 (4.167 %) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous 1 1 (4.167 %) N-Tier	Operating Systems 1 1 (4.167 %) Windows
Processes & Methodologies 1 12 (50.00 %) Security Cleared 2 11 (45.83 %) SC Cleared 3 1 (4.167 %) OO 3 1 (4.167 %) Data Analysis 3 1 (4.167 %) Software Testing 3 1 (4.167 %) Web Development	Programming Languages 1 24 (100.00 %) SQL 2 20 (83.33 %) Transact-SQL 3 12 (50.00 %) VBScript 4 5 (20.83 %) C# 5 2 (8.333 %) VBA 5 2 (8.333 %) VB 6 1 (4.167 %) VB.NET 6 1 (4.167 %) JavaScript 6 1 (4.167 %) PHP
System Software 1 1 (4.167 %) Active Directory	Systems Management 1 18 (75.00 %) MIIS
Vendors 1 1 (4.167 %) Business Objects