The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server Analysis Services skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cardiff 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 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 Database & Business Intelligence category for the Cardiff 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
Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS)
Rank - - 33
Contract jobs citing SQL Server Analysis Services 0 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cardiff - - 0.873%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category - - 3.636%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £328
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-3.70% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £43.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year
-31.03% +45.00%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Cardiff
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
35 45 55
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cardiff 21.34% 20.45% 24.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 24 32
Average daily rate £388 £325 £328
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+19.23% -0.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £281 £275 £310
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £494 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £333 £338
% change year-on-year
-2.25% -1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
Average hourly rate £14.12 £11.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+22.80% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -15.38%
SQL Server Analysis Services
South Wales

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 Cardiff region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region.

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region.

Cardiff SQL Server Analysis Services Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server Analysis Services
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff 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 10 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 10 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 10 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 9 (90.00%) ETL
2 9 (90.00%) SQL Server
2 9 (90.00%) Finance
3 8 (80.00%) SQL
3 8 (80.00%) T-SQL
3 8 (80.00%) Business Intelligence
3 8 (80.00%) SQL Server 2008
4 7 (70.00%) Cognos Business Intelligence
4 7 (70.00%) SQL Server 2005
4 7 (70.00%) Cognos
4 7 (70.00%) Microsoft
5 6 (60.00%) Clustering
5 6 (60.00%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 5 (50.00%) Kimball Methodology
6 5 (50.00%) AS400
6 5 (50.00%) SQL Server 2000
6 5 (50.00%) Project Management
6 5 (50.00%) OLTP
6 5 (50.00%) DTS
7 3 (30.00%) Banking
8 1 (10.00%) Data Mart
8 1 (10.00%) OpenUP

SQL Server Analysis Services
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff 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.

Business Applications
1 7 (70.00%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 10 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 10 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 9 (90.00%) SQL Server
3 8 (80.00%) SQL Server 2008
4 7 (70.00%) SQL Server 2005
5 6 (60.00%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 5 (50.00%) DTS
6 5 (50.00%) OLTP
6 5 (50.00%) SQL Server 2000
7 1 (10.00%) Data Mart
General
1 9 (90.00%) Finance
2 3 (30.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 7 (70.00%) DBA
2 6 (60.00%) SQL DBA
3 5 (50.00%) SQL Server DBA
4 3 (30.00%) Developer
4 3 (30.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 1 (10.00%) Business Developer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (60.00%) Clustering
2 5 (50.00%) AS400
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) ETL
2 8 (80.00%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (50.00%) Project Management
3 5 (50.00%) Kimball Methodology
4 1 (10.00%) OpenUP
Programming Languages
1 8 (80.00%) SQL
1 8 (80.00%) T-SQL
Vendors
1 7 (70.00%) Cognos
1 7 (70.00%) Microsoft