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This section looks at the demand for Multidimensional Expressions (MDX) skills within the City of London region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited MDX over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMultidimensional Expressions (MDX)
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank212-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads80
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.372 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted70
Average minimum daily rate£421-
Average daily rate£475-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£529-
UK excluding London average daily rate-£392
% change on same period last year-
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-£22.50
% change on same period last year-
Application Development City of LondonApplication Development
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads21501617
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.835 %1.715 %
Daily rates quoted1189704
Average minimum daily rate£401£457
Average daily rate£436£493
% change on same period last year-11.47 %
Average maximum daily rate£471£529
UK excluding London average daily rate£349£336
% change on same period last year+3.94 %
Hourly rates quoted4829
Average minimum hourly rate£28.48£26.98
Average hourly rate£30.45£30.26
% change on same period last year+0.61 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.42£33.55
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.44£33.08
% change on same period last year-1.93 %
MDX LondonMDX
London

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.

MDX
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing MDX across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

City of London MDX Demand Trend

MDX
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing MDX across the City of London region.

City of London MDX Daily Rate Trend

MDX
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MDX across the City of London region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

City of London MDX Daily Rate Histogram

MDX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing MDX 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 MDX.

115 (93.75 %)SQL Server
212 (75.00 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
311 (68.75 %)SQL
410 (62.50 %)SQL Server 2005
410 (62.50 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
59 (56.25 %)OLAP
67 (43.75 %).NET
67 (43.75 %)ASP.NET
67 (43.75 %)Datawarehouse
76 (37.50 %)Degree
76 (37.50 %)Mathematics
76 (37.50 %)Management Information System
85 (31.25 %)SQL Server 2000
85 (31.25 %)AutoSys
85 (31.25 %)Transact-SQL
94 (25.00 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
94 (25.00 %)C#
94 (25.00 %)Business Intelligence
103 (18.75 %)Visual Studio
103 (18.75 %)SAP
103 (18.75 %)ASP
103 (18.75 %)Crystal Reports
103 (18.75 %)Pharmaceutical
103 (18.75 %)Front Office
103 (18.75 %)Health
103 (18.75 %)Publishing
103 (18.75 %)ERP
103 (18.75 %)SQL Server 7
103 (18.75 %)Physics
103 (18.75 %)Computer Science

MDX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing MDX 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 MDX. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
17 (43.75 %).NET
17 (43.75 %)ASP.NET
23 (18.75 %)ASP
31 (6.250 %)ASP.NET 2.0
Database & Business Intelligence
115 (93.75 %)SQL Server
212 (75.00 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
310 (62.50 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
310 (62.50 %)SQL Server 2005
49 (56.25 %)OLAP
57 (43.75 %)Datawarehouse
65 (31.25 %)SQL Server 2000
74 (25.00 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
83 (18.75 %)SQL Server 7
83 (18.75 %)Crystal Reports
92 (12.50 %)ETL
92 (12.50 %)Star Schema
92 (12.50 %)SQL Server Integration Services
101 (6.250 %)BusinessObjects
Development Applications
13 (18.75 %)Visual Studio
General
13 (18.75 %)Health
13 (18.75 %)Publishing
13 (18.75 %)Pharmaceutical
13 (18.75 %)Front Office
22 (12.50 %)Banking
22 (12.50 %)Investment Banking
31 (6.250 %)Finance
Job Titles
114 (87.50 %)Developer
27 (43.75 %)SQL Developer
36 (37.50 %)SQL Server Developer
45 (31.25 %)Analyst Developer
45 (31.25 %)Analyst
53 (18.75 %)Senior Developer
53 (18.75 %)Senior Analyst
53 (18.75 %)Senior Analyst Developer
62 (12.50 %)C# Developer
71 (6.250 %)Junior
71 (6.250 %).NET Developer
71 (6.250 %)Business Developer
71 (6.250 %)Consultant
71 (6.250 %)Business Intelligence Consultant
71 (6.250 %)Business Consultant
71 (6.250 %)Datawarehouse Developer
71 (6.250 %)Database Developer
71 (6.250 %)Datawarehouse Analyst
71 (6.250 %)Junior Developer
71 (6.250 %)Business Intelligence Developer
Miscellaneous
16 (37.50 %)Management Information System
16 (37.50 %)Mathematics
23 (18.75 %)Physics
23 (18.75 %)Computer Science
23 (18.75 %)Statistics
31 (6.250 %)Informatics
Operating Systems
11 (6.250 %)Unix
Processes & Methodologies
14 (25.00 %)Business Intelligence
23 (18.75 %)ERP
31 (6.250 %)Migration
Programming Languages
111 (68.75 %)SQL
25 (31.25 %)Transact-SQL
34 (25.00 %)C#
Qualifications
16 (37.50 %)Degree
Systems Management
15 (31.25 %)AutoSys
Vendors
13 (18.75 %)SAP
21 (6.250 %)Cognos
21 (6.250 %)Microsoft
21 (6.250 %)Business Objects
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