The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server Analysis Services 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 SQL Server Analysis Services over the 3 months to 20 June 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 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS)
Rank 44 46 42
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -4
Contract jobs citing SQL Server Analysis Services 5 10 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 1.006% 1.570% 0.783%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.102% 6.211% 3.922%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 7 2
Average daily rate £400 £325 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+23.07% -16.12%
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £330 £333
% change year-on-year
+2.27% -0.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.75 £43.50 £31.25
% change year-on-year
-22.41% +39.20%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
98 161 102
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 19.72% 25.27% 19.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 97 60
Average daily rate £388 £301 £315
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+28.95% -4.60%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £281 £225 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £425 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £338
% change year-on-year
+1.53% -3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 0
Average hourly rate £26.75 £22.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+18.88% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £25.00 £31.50
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -20.63%
SQL Server Analysis Services
West Midlands

SQL Server Analysis Services
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham SQL Server Analysis Services Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server Analysis Services
Daily Rate Trend

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

Birmingham SQL Server Analysis Services Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server Analysis Services
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Birmingham SQL Server Analysis Services Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server Analysis Services
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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 16 (100.00%) SQL
1 16 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 16 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 15 (93.75%) Business Intelligence
2 15 (93.75%) SQL Server
3 13 (81.25%) MDX
3 13 (81.25%) SQL Server 2008
4 12 (75.00%) T-SQL
5 8 (50.00%) SQL Server 2012
6 7 (43.75%) PowerPivot
6 7 (43.75%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 7 (43.75%) OLAP
7 6 (37.50%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (37.50%) SQL Server 2005
7 6 (37.50%) Finance
8 5 (31.25%) Microsoft
9 4 (25.00%) Kimball Methodology
10 3 (18.75%) Retail
10 3 (18.75%) Hyperion
11 2 (12.50%) Data Modelling
11 2 (12.50%) ETL
11 2 (12.50%) Oracle
11 2 (12.50%) Project Management
11 2 (12.50%) Dimensional Modelling
12 1 (6.250%) Xcelsius
12 1 (6.250%) SAP BPC
12 1 (6.250%) Oracle OLAP
12 1 (6.250%) QlikView
12 1 (6.250%) PL/SQL
12 1 (6.250%) BusinessObjects

SQL Server Analysis Services
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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 13 (81.25%) MDX
2 1 (6.250%) COM
Application Platforms
1 1 (6.250%) SharePoint
1 1 (6.250%) SAS
Applications
1 7 (43.75%) PowerPivot
2 1 (6.250%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (6.250%) SAP BPC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 16 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 15 (93.75%) SQL Server
3 13 (81.25%) SQL Server 2008
4 8 (50.00%) SQL Server 2012
5 7 (43.75%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 7 (43.75%) OLAP
6 6 (37.50%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (37.50%) SQL Server 2005
7 1 (6.250%) Xcelsius
7 1 (6.250%) Oracle OLAP
7 1 (6.250%) QlikView
7 1 (6.250%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (6.250%) SAP BW
7 1 (6.250%) DataStage
7 1 (6.250%) SAP BI
General
1 6 (37.50%) Finance
2 3 (18.75%) Retail
Job Titles
1 16 (100.00%) Developer
2 12 (75.00%) SQL Developer
3 8 (50.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 5 (31.25%) SQL Server Developer
5 4 (25.00%) Business Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (93.75%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (25.00%) Kimball Methodology
3 2 (12.50%) Data Modelling
3 2 (12.50%) ETL
3 2 (12.50%) Project Management
3 2 (12.50%) Dimensional Modelling
4 1 (6.250%) Migration
4 1 (6.250%) Information Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (100.00%) SQL
2 12 (75.00%) T-SQL
3 1 (6.250%) PL/SQL
Vendors
1 5 (31.25%) Microsoft
2 3 (18.75%) Hyperion
3 2 (12.50%) Oracle
4 1 (6.250%) Teradata
4 1 (6.250%) Netezza
4 1 (6.250%) Sybase
4 1 (6.250%) Business Objects
4 1 (6.250%) SAP
4 1 (6.250%) Cognos
4 1 (6.250%) Informatica
4 1 (6.250%) MicroStrategy