Buckinghamshire DTS Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Data Transformation Services (DTS) skills within the Buckinghamshire 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Data Transformation Services (DTS)
Location Aylesbury Berkshire Birmingham Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Channel Islands Chertsey Cheshire Chester City of London Coventry Crawley Croydon Cumbria Docklands, London Dorset East Midlands East of England England Essex Gatwick Glamorgan Gloucestershire Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hertfordshire Jersey Kent Kingston Upon Thames Lancashire Leeds London Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Norfolk North East North West Northampton Northamptonshire Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Reading Redhill Salford Somerset South East South Wales South West Sunderland Surrey Swindon Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warwickshire West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	70	90
Rank change on same period last year	+20
Matching contract IT job ads	15	7
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.020 %	0.007 %
As % of the category below	5.051 %	1.799 %
Daily rates quoted	5	1
Average minimum daily rate	£331	£300
Average daily rate	£337	£325
% change on same period last year	+3.69 %
Average maximum daily rate	£343	£350
UK excluding London average daily rate	£328	£317
% change on same period last year	+3.33 %
Hourly rates quoted	7	1
Average minimum hourly rate	£37.49	£30.00
Average hourly rate	£37.70	£30.00
% change on same period last year	+25.66 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£37.91	£30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£34.79	£30.30
% change on same period last year	+14.82 %
Database & Business Intelligence Buckinghamshire
Matching contract IT job ads	297	389
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.396 %	0.394 %
Daily rates quoted	98	111
Average minimum daily rate	£351	£312
Average daily rate	£359	£332
% change on same period last year	+8.10 %
Average maximum daily rate	£367	£352
UK excluding London average daily rate	£348	£355
% change on same period last year	-1.92 %
Hourly rates quoted	22	30
Average minimum hourly rate	£34.94	£28.40
Average hourly rate	£35.70	£28.95
% change on same period last year	+23.34 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£36.47	£29.49
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.85	£31.30
% change on same period last year	+4.96 %
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 Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

DTS
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing DTS across the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 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 Buckinghamshire region.

DTS
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing DTS across the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

DTS
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DTS within the Buckinghamshire 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
Milton Keynes	+6	14	£340	-
Aylesbury	-	1	£325	-

DTS South East

DTS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 23 (95.83 %) SQL 1 23 (95.83 %) Transact-SQL 1 23 (95.83 %) SQL Server 2 21 (87.50 %) Business Intelligence 3 14 (58.33 %) OLAP 4 13 (54.17 %) SAN 4 13 (54.17 %) Clustering 4 13 (54.17 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 5 10 (41.67 %) Security Cleared 6 9 (37.50 %) ITSM 6 9 (37.50 %) Microsoft Certification 6 9 (37.50 %) SQL Server 2000 6 9 (37.50 %) ITIL 6 9 (37.50 %) MCDBA 7 8 (33.33 %) Cognos

7 8 (33.33 %) Cognos Powerplay 7 8 (33.33 %) Cognos Impromptu 7 8 (33.33 %) Datawarehouse 7 8 (33.33 %) VBScript 7 8 (33.33 %) VB 7 8 (33.33 %) DecisionStream 7 8 (33.33 %) SQL Server 7 8 7 (29.17 %) Business Analysis 9 6 (25.00 %) SC Cleared 10 3 (12.50 %) Government 11 1 (4.167 %) PowerHouse 11 1 (4.167 %) ReportNet 11 1 (4.167 %) Baan 11 1 (4.167 %) CNE 11 1 (4.167 %) Novell Certification

DTS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 1 (4.167 %) XML 1 1 (4.167 %) EDI 1 1 (4.167 %) XML Messaging	Business Applications 1 1 (4.167 %) Movex 1 1 (4.167 %) Cognos Business Intelligence
Communications & Networking 1 13 (54.17 %) SAN	Database & Business Intelligence 1 23 (95.83 %) SQL Server 2 14 (58.33 %) OLAP 3 13 (54.17 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 4 9 (37.50 %) SQL Server 2000 5 8 (33.33 %) DecisionStream 5 8 (33.33 %) SQL Server 7 5 8 (33.33 %) Cognos Powerplay 5 8 (33.33 %) Cognos Impromptu 5 8 (33.33 %) Datawarehouse 6 1 (4.167 %) Data Mining 6 1 (4.167 %) ETL 6 1 (4.167 %) Oracle Reports 6 1 (4.167 %) ReportNet 6 1 (4.167 %) SQL Server 2005 6 1 (4.167 %) SQL Server Integration Services
General 1 3 (12.50 %) Government	Job Titles 1 5 (20.83 %) Developer 1 5 (20.83 %) DBA 1 5 (20.83 %) Database Developer 1 5 (20.83 %) SQL Developer 1 5 (20.83 %) SQL DBA 1 5 (20.83 %) SQL Database Developer 2 4 (16.67 %) Database Specialist 3 3 (12.50 %) Consultant 3 3 (12.50 %) Business Intelligence Consultant 3 3 (12.50 %) Business Consultant 4 2 (8.333 %) Business Intelligence Specialist 4 2 (8.333 %) Analyst 5 1 (4.167 %) Database Designer 5 1 (4.167 %) Administrator 5 1 (4.167 %) Data Analyst 5 1 (4.167 %) Cognos Specialist 5 1 (4.167 %) Cognos Consultant 5 1 (4.167 %) EDI Analyst
Miscellaneous 1 13 (54.17 %) Clustering 2 1 (4.167 %) French Language 2 1 (4.167 %) German Language 2 1 (4.167 %) AS400	Operating Systems 1 1 (4.167 %) OpenVMS
Processes & Methodologies 1 21 (87.50 %) Business Intelligence 2 10 (41.67 %) Security Cleared 3 9 (37.50 %) ITIL 3 9 (37.50 %) ITSM 4 7 (29.17 %) Business Analysis 5 6 (25.00 %) SC Cleared 6 1 (4.167 %) ERP	Programming Languages 1 23 (95.83 %) SQL 1 23 (95.83 %) Transact-SQL 2 8 (33.33 %) VBScript 2 8 (33.33 %) VB 3 1 (4.167 %) PowerHouse
Qualifications 1 9 (37.50 %) MCDBA 1 9 (37.50 %) Microsoft Certification 2 1 (4.167 %) CNE 2 1 (4.167 %) Novell Certification 2 1 (4.167 %) MCSE	Vendors 1 8 (33.33 %) Cognos 2 1 (4.167 %) Cisco 2 1 (4.167 %) Baan 2 1 (4.167 %) Oracle