Berkshire SQL Server Analysis Services Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) 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 SQL Server Analysis Services over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS)
Location Bath Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bromley Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheshire City of London Clapham County Antrim Coventry Crawley Docklands, London Dorset East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Hampshire High Wycombe Ipswich Lancashire Leeds Leicestershire London Manchester Midlands Newcastle Norfolk North East North West Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Peterborough Scotland Somerset South East South Wales South West Staffordshire Stockport Suffolk Sunderland Surrey Swindon Thames Valley Trowbridge Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warwickshire West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Windsor Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	124	143
Rank change on same period last year	+19
Matching contract IT job ads	4	20
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.005 %	0.020 %
As % of the category below	0.598 %	1.808 %
Daily rates quoted	1	5
Average minimum daily rate	£400	£360
Average daily rate	£413	£368
% change on same period last year	+12.24 %
Average maximum daily rate	£425	£375
UK excluding London average daily rate	£373	£393
% change on same period last year	-5.20 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	4
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£40.00
Average hourly rate	-	£41.25
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£35.90	£34.50
% change on same period last year	+4.05 %
Database & Business Intelligence Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	669	1106
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.892 %	1.119 %
Daily rates quoted	190	334
Average minimum daily rate	£342	£360
Average daily rate	£365	£374
% change on same period last year	-2.47 %
Average maximum daily rate	£387	£389
UK excluding London average daily rate	£348	£355
% change on same period last year	-1.92 %
Hourly rates quoted	54	80
Average minimum hourly rate	£34.84	£39.08
Average hourly rate	£36.74	£40.17
% change on same period last year	-8.54 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£38.63	£41.26
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.85	£31.30
% change on same period last year	+4.96 %
SQL Server Analysis Services 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.

SQL Server Analysis Services
Demand Trend

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

SQL Server Analysis Services
Daily Rate Trend

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

SQL Server Analysis Services
Hourly Rate Trend

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

SQL Server Analysis Services
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server Analysis Services within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
Windsor	-	1	-	-

SQL Server Analysis Services South East

SQL Server Analysis Services
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing SQL Server Analysis Services 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 SQL Server Analysis Services.

1 7 (87.50 %) SQL Server 2 5 (62.50 %) SQL Server 2005 3 4 (50.00 %) SQL Server Integration Services 3 4 (50.00 %) Business Intelligence 3 4 (50.00 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 4 3 (37.50 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 4 3 (37.50 %) SQL 4 3 (37.50 %) Datawarehouse 5 2 (25.00 %) Microsoft 5 2 (25.00 %) .NET 6 1 (12.50 %) TOGAF 6 1 (12.50 %) J2EE 6 1 (12.50 %) Oracle 6 1 (12.50 %) BusinessObjects XI 6 1 (12.50 %) BusinessObjects

6 1 (12.50 %) BizTalk Server 6 1 (12.50 %) 3G 6 1 (12.50 %) Project Management 6 1 (12.50 %) Data Modelling 6 1 (12.50 %) SOA 6 1 (12.50 %) ETL 6 1 (12.50 %) SAS 6 1 (12.50 %) VB 6 1 (12.50 %) C# 6 1 (12.50 %) COBOL 6 1 (12.50 %) Java 6 1 (12.50 %) Business Objects 6 1 (12.50 %) Visual Studio 6 1 (12.50 %) VSS/SourceSafe 6 1 (12.50 %) ASP

SQL Server Analysis Services
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing SQL Server Analysis Services 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 SQL Server Analysis Services. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 2 (25.00 %) .NET 2 1 (12.50 %) J2EE 2 1 (12.50 %) ASP 2 1 (12.50 %) JSP	Application Platforms 1 1 (12.50 %) SharePoint 1 1 (12.50 %) SAS 1 1 (12.50 %) BizTalk Server
Communications & Networking 1 1 (12.50 %) 3G	Database & Business Intelligence 1 7 (87.50 %) SQL Server 2 5 (62.50 %) SQL Server 2005 3 4 (50.00 %) SQL Server Integration Services 3 4 (50.00 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 4 3 (37.50 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 4 3 (37.50 %) Datawarehouse 5 1 (12.50 %) ETL 5 1 (12.50 %) BusinessObjects 5 1 (12.50 %) BusinessObjects XI
Development Applications 1 1 (12.50 %) Visual Studio 1 1 (12.50 %) VSS/SourceSafe	Job Titles 1 2 (25.00 %) Analyst 1 2 (25.00 %) Consultant 1 2 (25.00 %) Datawarehouse Specialist 2 1 (12.50 %) Server Specialist 2 1 (12.50 %) Business Intelligence Specialist 2 1 (12.50 %) BI Manager 2 1 (12.50 %) Business Intelligence Consultant 2 1 (12.50 %) Analyst Programmer 2 1 (12.50 %) Programmer 2 1 (12.50 %) Architect
Operating Systems 1 1 (12.50 %) UNIX 1 1 (12.50 %) Windows	Processes & Methodologies 1 4 (50.00 %) Business Intelligence 2 1 (12.50 %) Project Management 2 1 (12.50 %) TOGAF 2 1 (12.50 %) PRINCE2 2 1 (12.50 %) Data Modelling 2 1 (12.50 %) SOA
Programming Languages 1 3 (37.50 %) SQL 2 1 (12.50 %) VB 2 1 (12.50 %) C# 2 1 (12.50 %) COBOL 2 1 (12.50 %) Java	Vendors 1 2 (25.00 %) Microsoft 2 1 (12.50 %) Oracle 2 1 (12.50 %) Business Objects 2 1 (12.50 %) Cognos