The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Analysis Services skills in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Microsoft Analysis Services over the 3 months to 18 June 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 East of England 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Analysis Services
Rank 117 126 121
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -5
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Analysis Services 4 9 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.179% 0.298% 0.400%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.946% 1.271% 1.760%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 8
Average daily rate £309 £350 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.78% -12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £286 £288 £328
10% offered a daily rate of more than £332 £393 £411
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £325 £360
% change year-on-year
-15.38% -9.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Average hourly rate £140.00 £35.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+300.00% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £88.75 £35.00 £21.86
% change year-on-year
+153.57% +60.10%
All Database & Business Intelligence
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
423 708 625
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 18.88% 23.41% 22.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 252 376 293
Average daily rate £325 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £250 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £438 £438 £420
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £333
% change year-on-year
+1.53% -2.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 41 37
Average hourly rate £27.74 £35.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.74% +7.69%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.20 £17.42 £26.15
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £72.10 £36.00 £39.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £28.25 £26.50 £31.50
% change year-on-year
+6.60% -15.87%
Microsoft Analysis Services
England

Microsoft Analysis Services
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Microsoft Analysis Services across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

East of England Microsoft Analysis Services Jobs Demand Trend

Microsoft Analysis Services
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Microsoft Analysis Services across the East of England region.

East of England Microsoft Analysis Services Daily Rate Trend

Microsoft Analysis Services
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Microsoft Analysis Services across the East of England region.

East of England Microsoft Analysis Services Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft Analysis Services
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Analysis Services within the East of England region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Hertfordshire +17 3 £309 -5.00% 5
Essex - 1 - -
Norfolk - - - - 1
Bedfordshire - - - -
Cambridgeshire - - - -
Microsoft Analysis Services
England

Microsoft Analysis Services
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Microsoft 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 Microsoft Analysis Services.

1 8 (100.00%) SQL
1 8 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 8 (100.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 7 (87.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
3 5 (62.50%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (50.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (50.00%) T-SQL
4 4 (50.00%) SharePoint
4 4 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (37.50%) Business Objects
5 3 (37.50%) Project Management
6 2 (25.00%) Data Analysis
6 2 (25.00%) Dimensional Modelling
6 2 (25.00%) Data Integration
6 2 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
6 2 (25.00%) Kimball Methodology
6 2 (25.00%) Analytics
6 2 (25.00%) Data Management
6 2 (25.00%) OLAP
6 2 (25.00%) Data Modelling
6 2 (25.00%) ETL
6 2 (25.00%) Windows
6 2 (25.00%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (12.50%) Service Management
7 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery
7 1 (12.50%) Firewall
7 1 (12.50%) Replication
7 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (12.50%) SQL Server 2000

Microsoft Analysis Services
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Microsoft 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 Microsoft Analysis Services. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (12.50%) MDX
Application Platforms
1 4 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (25.00%) BizTalk Server
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) VPN
1 1 (12.50%) SAN
1 1 (12.50%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 8 (100.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 7 (87.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 4 (50.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (25.00%) OLAP
4 2 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
5 1 (12.50%) MySQL
5 1 (12.50%) SQL Server 2005
5 1 (12.50%) Oracle 8/8i
5 1 (12.50%) Oracle 9i
5 1 (12.50%) OLTP
5 1 (12.50%) RDBMS
5 1 (12.50%) Oracle 10g
5 1 (12.50%) SQL Server 2000
General
1 1 (12.50%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Developer
2 3 (37.50%) SQL Developer
3 2 (25.00%) SQL DBA
3 2 (25.00%) Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) DBA
3 2 (25.00%) Report Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) Excel Developer
3 2 (25.00%) Data Integration Developer
3 2 (25.00%) Analyst Developer
4 1 (12.50%) SQL Server DBA
4 1 (12.50%) Database Specialist
4 1 (12.50%) Administrator
4 1 (12.50%) Server Administrator
4 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Data Integration
2 1 (12.50%) Replication
2 1 (12.50%) Clustering
2 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Windows
2 1 (12.50%) Linux
2 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (37.50%) Project Management
3 2 (25.00%) Data Modelling
3 2 (25.00%) ETL
3 2 (25.00%) Data Management
3 2 (25.00%) Data Analysis
3 2 (25.00%) Dimensional Modelling
3 2 (25.00%) Kimball Methodology
3 2 (25.00%) Analytics
4 1 (12.50%) ITIL
4 1 (12.50%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (12.50%) High Availability
4 1 (12.50%) Test Strategy
4 1 (12.50%) Resource Management
4 1 (12.50%) Service Management
4 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) SQL
2 4 (50.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) MCDBA
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (12.50%) MCITP
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) BMC PATROL
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 3 (37.50%) Business Objects
3 1 (12.50%) Oracle
3 1 (12.50%) HP
3 1 (12.50%) BMC