The first table below looks at the demand for MDX skills in IT contracts advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MDX 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 Application Development category for the Birmingham 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
Multidimensional Expressions (MDX)
Rank 39 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing MDX 4 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.913% - -
As % of the Application Development category 3.922% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Average daily rate £320 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £338 £375
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £30.00
All Application Development
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
102 173 128
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 23.29% 28.22% 25.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 108 74
Average daily rate £300 £300 £280
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £225 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £375 £360
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 4
Average hourly rate £37.00 £36.50 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.36% +143.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
MDX
West Midlands

MDX
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing MDX across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Birmingham MDX Jobs Demand Trend

MDX
Daily Rate Trend

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

Birmingham MDX Daily Rate Trend

MDX
Top 21 Related IT Skills

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

1 8 (100.00%) SQL
1 8 (100.00%) T-SQL
1 8 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 8 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 8 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 8 (100.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 7 (87.50%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 7 (87.50%) SQL Server 2012
2 7 (87.50%) SQL Server
3 6 (75.00%) OLAP
3 6 (75.00%) PowerPivot
4 5 (62.50%) SQL Server 2008
5 3 (37.50%) Retail
5 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
6 2 (25.00%) Hyperion
6 2 (25.00%) Finance
7 1 (12.50%) Migration
7 1 (12.50%) COM
7 1 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (12.50%) Data Modelling
7 1 (12.50%) ETL

MDX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (12.50%) COM
Applications
1 6 (75.00%) PowerPivot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 8 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 8 (100.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 7 (87.50%) SQL Server
2 7 (87.50%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 7 (87.50%) SQL Server 2012
3 6 (75.00%) OLAP
4 5 (62.50%) SQL Server 2008
5 1 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
General
1 3 (37.50%) Retail
2 2 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (100.00%) Developer
2 6 (75.00%) SQL Developer
3 5 (62.50%) SQL Server Developer
3 5 (62.50%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 4 (50.00%) Business Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (12.50%) Migration
2 1 (12.50%) Data Modelling
2 1 (12.50%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) SQL
1 8 (100.00%) T-SQL
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 2 (25.00%) Hyperion
Birmingham, West Midlands
SQL Developer / SSAS / SSRS / Finance / Data Warehouse / Kimball - Birmingham - £350-450pdSQL Developer with extensive BI stack development experience required by my Birmingham based financial services client-The ideal...
OPUS
Rate: GBP350 to GBP450 per day
Posted: 18 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
SQL Developer with extensive BI stack development experience required by my Birmingham based financial services client. The ideal candidate must have an excellent understanding of the Kimball methodology...
Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Rate: £350 to £450 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013