The first table below looks at the demand for OLAP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited OLAP over the 3 months to 24 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 Cambridge 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Online Analytical Processing (OLAP)
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing OLAP 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge - - -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £338 £345
% change year-on-year
+9.62% -2.17%
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
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
46 120 42
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 13.98% 28.30% 16.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 62 24
Average daily rate £300 £313 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.00% +4.16%
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £330 £335
% change year-on-year
- -1.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 9 3
Average hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £33.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.42% +3.70%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £29.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-5.17% -10.76%
OLAP
Cambridgeshire

OLAP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge OLAP Daily Rate Trend

OLAP
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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 6 (100.00%) SQL
1 6 (100.00%) T-SQL
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (83.33%) SQL Server
3 4 (66.67%) MS Office
3 4 (66.67%) Active Directory
4 3 (50.00%) Windows
4 3 (50.00%) Windows XP
4 3 (50.00%) MS Exchange
4 3 (50.00%) Crystal Reports
4 3 (50.00%) SQL Server 2005
4 3 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2003
4 3 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
4 3 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (16.67%) Wireless
5 1 (16.67%) Front Office
5 1 (16.67%) Remedy

OLAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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 Platforms
1 3 (50.00%) MS Exchange
1 3 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 3 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 4 (66.67%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (83.33%) SQL Server
2 3 (50.00%) Crystal Reports
2 3 (50.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 3 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 1 (16.67%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Support Engineer
2 3 (50.00%) Senior Support Engineer
3 2 (33.33%) Applications Support
4 1 (16.67%) 3rd Line Support
4 1 (16.67%) Applications Support Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Applications Support Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Support Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Technical Support
4 1 (16.67%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Windows
1 3 (50.00%) Windows XP
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) SQL
1 6 (100.00%) T-SQL
System Software
1 4 (66.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Remedy