The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server Reporting Services skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SQL Server Reporting Services over the 3 months to 23 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 Cheshire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS)
Rank 51 53 48
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -5
Contract jobs citing SQL Server Reporting Services 11 13 24
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 1.505% 1.629% 2.424%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 8.730% 8.176% 10.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 8 9
Average daily rate £350 £300 £330
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.66% -9.09%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 £325
% change year-on-year
-7.14% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
Average hourly rate £35.00 - £16.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £32.50 £22.15
% change year-on-year
-20.00% +46.75%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
126 159 228
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 17.24% 19.92% 23.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 82 118
Average daily rate £388 £300 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+29.16% -14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £283 £260 £290
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £376 £383
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £333 £335
% change year-on-year
-0.75% -0.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 10
Average hourly rate £40.00 £30.00 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+33.33% +81.81%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.40 £30.00 £12.42
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.50 £32.50 £45.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -15.38%
SQL Server Reporting Services
North West

SQL Server Reporting Services
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire SQL Server Reporting Services Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server Reporting Services
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheshire SQL Server Reporting Services Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server Reporting Services
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cheshire SQL Server Reporting Services Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server Reporting Services
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server Reporting Services within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Crewe +11 5 £350 +16.66%
Macclesfield - 4 £350 -
Chester - 3 £300 -
Knutsford -5 1 - -
SQL Server Reporting Services
North West

SQL Server Reporting Services
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing SQL Server Reporting 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 Reporting Services.

1 25 (67.57%) C#
1 25 (67.57%) SQL
1 25 (67.57%) .NET
2 19 (51.35%) SQL Server
3 17 (45.95%) VB.NET
4 12 (32.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 9 (24.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 8 (21.62%) ASP.NET
7 6 (16.22%) CSS
7 6 (16.22%) HTML
7 6 (16.22%) JavaScript
7 6 (16.22%) SQL Server 2005
7 6 (16.22%) SQL Server 2008
8 5 (13.51%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
8 5 (13.51%) LINQ to SQL
8 5 (13.51%) .NET Framework
8 5 (13.51%) WCF
8 5 (13.51%) LINQ
8 5 (13.51%) WinForms
8 5 (13.51%) XML
8 5 (13.51%) Business Intelligence
9 4 (10.81%) OLTP
9 4 (10.81%) RDBMS
9 4 (10.81%) Microsoft
9 4 (10.81%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (10.81%) Windows
9 4 (10.81%) Web Services
9 4 (10.81%) IIS
9 4 (10.81%) QA
9 4 (10.81%) Replication

SQL Server Reporting Services
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing SQL Server Reporting 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 Reporting Services. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 25 (67.57%) .NET
2 8 (21.62%) ASP.NET
3 6 (16.22%) CSS
3 6 (16.22%) HTML
4 5 (13.51%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
4 5 (13.51%) LINQ to SQL
4 5 (13.51%) .NET Framework
4 5 (13.51%) WCF
4 5 (13.51%) LINQ
4 5 (13.51%) WinForms
4 5 (13.51%) XML
5 4 (10.81%) Web Services
6 1 (2.703%) MDX
6 1 (2.703%) DHTML
6 1 (2.703%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 4 (10.81%) IIS
2 3 (8.108%) SharePoint
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.703%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (51.35%) SQL Server
2 12 (32.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 9 (24.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 6 (16.22%) SQL Server 2005
4 6 (16.22%) SQL Server 2008
5 4 (10.81%) OLTP
5 4 (10.81%) RDBMS
5 4 (10.81%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (2.703%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 1 (2.703%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (5.405%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 26 (70.27%) Developer
2 14 (37.84%) .NET Developer
3 6 (16.22%) SQL Developer
3 6 (16.22%) DBA
4 5 (13.51%) SQL DBA
5 4 (10.81%) Web Developer
5 4 (10.81%) Senior .NET Developer
5 4 (10.81%) Senior Developer
5 4 (10.81%) Administrator
5 4 (10.81%) Teradata DBA
6 3 (8.108%) Analyst
6 3 (8.108%) Senior Business Intelligence Consultant
6 3 (8.108%) .NET Web Developer
6 3 (8.108%) Senior Consultant
6 3 (8.108%) Consultant
6 3 (8.108%) Business Intelligence Consultant
7 2 (5.405%) Server Administrator
7 2 (5.405%) MI Analyst
7 2 (5.405%) SQL Server DBA
8 1 (2.703%) Applications Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.81%) Replication
2 3 (8.108%) NHS
3 1 (2.703%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (10.81%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (13.51%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (5.405%) ETL
3 1 (2.703%) Migration
3 1 (2.703%) Data Mapping
3 1 (2.703%) ERP
3 1 (2.703%) Capacity Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (67.57%) C#
1 25 (67.57%) SQL
2 17 (45.95%) VB.NET
3 6 (16.22%) JavaScript
4 2 (5.405%) T-SQL
5 1 (2.703%) VBScript
5 1 (2.703%) VBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.81%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.703%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (2.703%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (10.81%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.703%) VMware
Cheshire, North West
You should have expert level T-SQL and the key skills for this role include; - SQL Server 2008, 2012 - T-SQL - SSIS - DataWarehouse maintenance - SSRS - Any DBA skills...
Computer Futures
Rate: £250 - £300 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Cheshire, North West
You should have excellent reporting skills and key skills for this role include; - SSRS - SSIS - T-SQL Any experience of supporting Enterprise wide systems would be interesting but...
Computer Futures
Rate: £120 - £130 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Crewe, Cheshire
My client requires an individual with a mix of skills around SQL Server and Data Manipulation to support inhouse systems and databases. Skills required: - Basic DBA ability - Ability...
IT Talent Solutions
Rate: £35000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Wilmslow, Cheshire
Required Skills / Experience: Web development experience with C#, .Net, SSRS, LINQ and SQL... Keywords: C#, .Net, SSRS, LINQ, MVC, SQL, CRM, SMS, Web Developer, Design Patterns, Model-View-...
1 Greenplace
Rate: From £250 to £350 per day dependent upon experience
Posted: 8 May 2013