The first table below looks at the demand for OLAP 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 OLAP over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Online Analytical Processing (OLAP)
Rank 111 134 116
Rank change year-on-year
+23 -18
Contract jobs citing OLAP 12 5 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.496% 0.164% 0.303%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 2.817% 1.656% 1.554%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 7
Average daily rate £370 £350 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.71% +9.37%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £244 £330 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £454 £370 £330
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £343 £345
% change year-on-year
+2.18% -0.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £30.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year
- -25.00%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
426 302 579
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 17.60% 9.905% 19.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 170 132 264
Average daily rate £375 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £263 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £425 £454
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £333 £338
% change year-on-year
-2.25% -1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 6 52
Average hourly rate £34.00 £45.00 £42.63
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-24.44% +5.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £16.75 £32.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -15.38%
OLAP
South East

OLAP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire OLAP Jobs Demand Trend

OLAP
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire OLAP Daily Rate Trend

OLAP
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing OLAP across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Berkshire OLAP Daily Rate Histogram

OLAP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire OLAP Hourly Rate Trend

OLAP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OLAP within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 17 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 +14 5 £475 -
Bracknell -10 1 £213 -37.03%
Slough - 1 - -
OLAP
South East

OLAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing OLAP 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 OLAP.

1 19 (76.00%) SQL
2 18 (72.00%) SQL Server
3 16 (64.00%) C#
4 15 (60.00%) Microsoft
5 12 (48.00%) MS Excel
6 11 (44.00%) T-SQL
6 11 (44.00%) .NET
6 11 (44.00%) SQL Server 2005
7 10 (40.00%) ASP.NET
7 10 (40.00%) MS Office
7 10 (40.00%) Visual Studio
7 10 (40.00%) Windows
7 10 (40.00%) SharePoint
7 10 (40.00%) DTS
7 10 (40.00%) Windows Server 2003
7 10 (40.00%) SharePoint Server
7 10 (40.00%) Windows SharePoint Services
8 9 (36.00%) Security Cleared
9 8 (32.00%) LDAP
9 8 (32.00%) ETL
9 8 (32.00%) Data Warehouse
10 7 (28.00%) IDOL
10 7 (28.00%) Meridio
11 6 (24.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 6 (24.00%) Finance
11 6 (24.00%) Business Intelligence
12 5 (20.00%) SPSS
12 5 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (20.00%) Web Services
12 5 (20.00%) XML

OLAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing OLAP 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 OLAP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 11 (44.00%) .NET
2 10 (40.00%) ASP.NET
2 10 (40.00%) Windows SharePoint Services
3 5 (20.00%) .NET Framework
3 5 (20.00%) MDX
3 5 (20.00%) Web Services
3 5 (20.00%) XML
Application Platforms
1 10 (40.00%) SharePoint
1 10 (40.00%) SharePoint Server
2 3 (12.00%) SAS
3 2 (8.000%) MS Project Server
3 2 (8.000%) CM System
Applications
1 12 (48.00%) MS Excel
2 10 (40.00%) MS Office
3 5 (20.00%) SPSS
3 5 (20.00%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (8.000%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 8 (32.00%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (72.00%) SQL Server
2 11 (44.00%) SQL Server 2005
3 10 (40.00%) DTS
4 8 (32.00%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (28.00%) IDOL
6 6 (24.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (16.00%) RDBMS
7 4 (16.00%) Star Schema
7 4 (16.00%) DB2
7 4 (16.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (4.000%) Oracle OLAP
8 1 (4.000%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (4.000%) SQL Server 2008
8 1 (4.000%) Data Mart
8 1 (4.000%) Essbase
Development Applications
1 10 (40.00%) Visual Studio
2 4 (16.00%) ERwin
3 1 (4.000%) PVCS
General
1 6 (24.00%) Finance
2 1 (4.000%) Games
2 1 (4.000%) Banking
2 1 (4.000%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (40.00%) Developer
2 9 (36.00%) Analyst
3 6 (24.00%) SharePoint Developer
4 4 (16.00%) Business Analyst
4 4 (16.00%) Junior
4 4 (16.00%) Data Analyst
5 3 (12.00%) Business Systems Analyst
5 3 (12.00%) Systems Analyst
6 2 (8.000%) Consultant
6 2 (8.000%) Report Analyst
6 2 (8.000%) Team Leader
6 2 (8.000%) SQL Developer
6 2 (8.000%) Development Team Leader
6 2 (8.000%) Junior Developer
6 2 (8.000%) Junior Business Analyst
6 2 (8.000%) Junior Analyst
6 2 (8.000%) Junior Systems Analyst
6 2 (8.000%) Junior Business Systems Analyst
6 2 (8.000%) SharePoint Architect
6 2 (8.000%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.000%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 10 (40.00%) Windows
1 10 (40.00%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (32.00%) ETL
2 6 (24.00%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
3 5 (20.00%) Web Development
3 5 (20.00%) Predictive Analytics
3 5 (20.00%) Analytics
4 4 (16.00%) Master Data Management
4 4 (16.00%) Data Governance
4 4 (16.00%) Data Management
4 4 (16.00%) Scrum
5 3 (12.00%) Workflow
5 3 (12.00%) Document Management
5 3 (12.00%) Test Automation
6 2 (8.000%) Release Management
6 2 (8.000%) Service Management
7 1 (4.000%) UML
7 1 (4.000%) Configuration Management
7 1 (4.000%) Migration
7 1 (4.000%) Unified Process
7 1 (4.000%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 19 (76.00%) SQL
2 16 (64.00%) C#
3 11 (44.00%) T-SQL
4 1 (4.000%) VB.NET
4 1 (4.000%) Java
Qualifications
1 9 (36.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 5 (20.00%) MCSD
2 5 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (8.000%) Degree
Vendors
1 15 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (28.00%) Meridio
3 4 (16.00%) Ab Initio
4 1 (4.000%) MicroStrategy
4 1 (4.000%) Oracle
4 1 (4.000%) Cognos
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