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This section looks at the demand for Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) skills within the Cheshire 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 OLAP over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkOnline Analytical Processing (OLAP)
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank6262
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching contract IT job ads22
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.002 %
As % of the category below1.307 %0.826 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£358£418
% change on same period last year-14.36 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£37.10£44.10
% change on same period last year-15.87 %
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
Cheshire
Matching contract IT job ads153242
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.204 %0.241 %
Daily rates quoted3554
Average minimum daily rate£321£357
Average daily rate£335£372
% change on same period last year-9.92 %
Average maximum daily rate£349£387
UK excluding London average daily rate£349£358
% change on same period last year-2.41 %
Hourly rates quoted1714
Average minimum hourly rate£26.99£32.26
Average hourly rate£30.78£34.39
% change on same period last year-10.49 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.58£36.53
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.15£32.12
% change on same period last year+0.11 %
OLAP North WestOLAP
North West

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.

OLAP
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing OLAP across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Cheshire OLAP Demand Trend

OLAP
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing OLAP across the Cheshire region.

Cheshire OLAP Daily Rate Trend

OLAP
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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.

18 (80.00 %)SQL
18 (80.00 %)SQL Server
18 (80.00 %)Datawarehouse
22 (20.00 %)ETL
22 (20.00 %)Business Intelligence
22 (20.00 %)Cognos
31 (10.00 %)Law
31 (10.00 %)Data Integration

OLAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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.

Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
18 (80.00 %)SQL Server
18 (80.00 %)Datawarehouse
22 (20.00 %)ETL
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (10.00 %)Law
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (80.00 %)Developer
18 (80.00 %)SQL Developer
22 (20.00 %)Cognos Consultant
22 (20.00 %)Consultant
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (10.00 %)Data Integration
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (20.00 %)Business Intelligence
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
18 (80.00 %)SQL
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (20.00 %)Cognos