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This section looks at the demand for Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) skills within the England 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
Rank302323
Rank change on same period last yearUp+21
Matching contract IT job ads300377
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.400 %0.376 %
As % of the category below2.254 %1.938 %
Daily rates quoted105131
Average minimum daily rate£393£394
Average daily rate£417£424
% change on same period last year-1.55 %
Average maximum daily rate£441£453
UK excluding London average daily rate£358£418
% change on same period last year-14.36 %
Hourly rates quoted622
Average minimum hourly rate£40.09£40.18
Average hourly rate£41.51£43.45
% change on same period last year-4.47 %
Average maximum hourly rate£42.93£46.73
UK excluding London average hourly rate£37.10£44.10
% change on same period last year-15.87 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
England
Matching contract IT job ads1331219456
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled17.74 %19.41 %
Daily rates quoted43085841
Average minimum daily rate£362£374
Average daily rate£387£400
% change on same period last year-3.34 %
Average maximum daily rate£411£426
UK excluding London average daily rate£349£358
% change on same period last year-2.41 %
Hourly rates quoted9171398
Average minimum hourly rate£29.21£28.87
Average hourly rate£31.43£30.89
% change on same period last year+1.75 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.65£32.91
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.15£32.12
% change on same period last year+0.11 %
OLAP UKOLAP
UK

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

England 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 England region.

England OLAP Daily Rate Trend

OLAP
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing OLAP across the England region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

England OLAP Daily Rate Histogram

OLAP
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing OLAP across the England region.

England OLAP Hourly Rate Trend

OLAP
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing OLAP across the England region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

England OLAP Hourly Rate Histogram

OLAP
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OLAP within the England region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LondonUp+64164£459+7.44 %
South EastUp+2444£365+0.74 %
East of EnglandUp+122£329-25.59 %
West MidlandsUp+1019£275-31.25 %
North WestUp+415£440+95.70 %
YorkshireUp+2313£300-
South WestUp+611£411-19.10 %
East MidlandsNo change05--
MidlandsUp+34--
South CoastNew entry-2--
North EastDown-21--
OLAP UKOLAP
UK

OLAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1409 (59.97 %)SQL
2378 (55.43 %)SQL Server
3325 (47.65 %)Datawarehouse
4268 (39.30 %)Business Intelligence
5204 (29.91 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
6183 (26.83 %)ETL
7176 (25.81 %)SQL Server 2005
8173 (25.37 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
9171 (25.07 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
10167 (24.49 %)Oracle OLAP
10167 (24.49 %)Oracle
11162 (23.75 %)Finance
12147 (21.55 %)Transact-SQL
13128 (18.77 %)SQL Server Integration Services
14104 (15.25 %)DTS
15102 (14.96 %)Microsoft
1697 (14.22 %).NET
1793 (13.64 %)SQL Server 2000
1891 (13.34 %)Banking
1984 (12.32 %)Data Modelling
2067 (9.824 %)Insurance
2067 (9.824 %)Oracle 10g
2166 (9.677 %)ProClarity
2263 (9.238 %)BusinessObjects
2263 (9.238 %)Business Objects
2362 (9.091 %)XML
2460 (8.798 %)Cognos
2559 (8.651 %)SAS
2650 (7.331 %)C#
2747 (6.891 %)MS Excel

OLAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
197 (14.22 %).NET
262 (9.091 %)XML
345 (6.598 %)MDX
441 (6.012 %)ASP.NET
516 (2.346 %)HTML
614 (2.053 %)ASP
713 (1.906 %)WebServices
87 (1.026 %)CSS
87 (1.026 %)ActiveX
96 (0.880 %)Swing
96 (0.880 %)J2EE
96 (0.880 %)ADO.NET
96 (0.880 %)Middleware
96 (0.880 %)WinForms
104 (0.587 %)XML Schema
104 (0.587 %)SAP XI
104 (0.587 %)XSL
104 (0.587 %)XSLT
113 (0.440 %)XHTML
113 (0.440 %)JRules
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
159 (8.651 %)SAS
232 (4.692 %)SharePoint
38 (1.173 %)IIS
45 (0.733 %)PowerExchange
53 (0.440 %)JBoss
53 (0.440 %)Oracle Spatial
53 (0.440 %)SharePoint Server 2007
62 (0.293 %)Office Project Server
62 (0.293 %)Lotus Notes
62 (0.293 %)WebLogic
71 (0.147 %)CMS
71 (0.147 %)Apache
71 (0.147 %)Oracle BPEL
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
147 (6.891 %)MS Excel
220 (2.933 %)MS Office
39 (1.320 %)MS Project
46 (0.880 %)CA Clarity
54 (0.587 %)Spreadsheet
54 (0.587 %)MS Visio
62 (0.293 %)SPSS
62 (0.293 %)MS PowerPoint
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
113 (1.906 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
25 (0.733 %)Siebel Analytics
32 (0.293 %)SageBI
32 (0.293 %)SAP ERP
32 (0.293 %)Academy Housing
32 (0.293 %)arcHouse
41 (0.147 %)Cognos Planning
41 (0.147 %)Singl.eView
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
126 (3.812 %)SAN
210 (1.466 %)Internet
37 (1.026 %)LAN
43 (0.440 %)Intranet
43 (0.440 %)Kerberos
51 (0.147 %)Firewall
51 (0.147 %)BSS
51 (0.147 %)SMTP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1378 (55.43 %)SQL Server
2325 (47.65 %)Datawarehouse
3204 (29.91 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
4183 (26.83 %)ETL
5176 (25.81 %)SQL Server 2005
6173 (25.37 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
7171 (25.07 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
8167 (24.49 %)Oracle OLAP
9128 (18.77 %)SQL Server Integration Services
10104 (15.25 %)DTS
1193 (13.64 %)SQL Server 2000
1267 (9.824 %)Oracle 10g
1363 (9.238 %)BusinessObjects
1443 (6.305 %)OLTP
1539 (5.718 %)Oracle OWB
1631 (4.545 %)Oracle Discoverer
1727 (3.959 %)Crystal Reports
1824 (3.519 %)Base SAS
1923 (3.372 %)Data Mart
1923 (3.372 %)RDBMS
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
121 (3.079 %)Visual Studio
210 (1.466 %)TestDirector
38 (1.173 %)VSS/SourceSafe
46 (0.880 %)ProC
53 (0.440 %)Ant
53 (0.440 %)WinRunner
62 (0.293 %)LoadRunner
71 (0.147 %)ERwin
71 (0.147 %)Subversion
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1162 (23.75 %)Finance
291 (13.34 %)Banking
367 (9.824 %)Insurance
446 (6.745 %)Investment Banking
526 (3.812 %)Government
619 (2.786 %)Telecoms
717 (2.493 %)Health
815 (2.199 %)Financial Institution
815 (2.199 %)Retail
97 (1.026 %)Publishing
106 (0.880 %)Home Office
106 (0.880 %)Front Office
106 (0.880 %)Pharmaceutical
115 (0.733 %)Billing
124 (0.587 %)General Ledger
124 (0.587 %)Marketing
133 (0.440 %)Military
133 (0.440 %)Multimedia
133 (0.440 %)Pensions
142 (0.293 %)Music
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1373 (54.69 %)Developer
2133 (19.50 %)SQL Developer
3104 (15.25 %)Analyst
469 (10.12 %)Datawarehouse Developer
469 (10.12 %)SQL Server Developer
559 (8.651 %)Consultant
653 (7.771 %)DBA
746 (6.745 %)Business Intelligence Developer
839 (5.718 %)Architect
934 (4.985 %)Oracle Developer
1032 (4.692 %)Business Developer
1126 (3.812 %)Business Analyst
1126 (3.812 %)SQL DBA
1225 (3.666 %)Senior Analyst
1320 (2.933 %)Information Analyst
1419 (2.786 %)Data Analyst
1419 (2.786 %)Senior Developer
1517 (2.493 %)Data Architect
1616 (2.346 %)Oracle DBA
1616 (2.346 %)Analyst Developer
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
142 (6.158 %)NHS
229 (4.252 %)Management Information System
324 (3.519 %)Clustering
421 (3.079 %)Replication
516 (2.346 %)Data Extraction
614 (2.053 %)Equities
614 (2.053 %)Statistics
614 (2.053 %)Mathematics
711 (1.613 %)Computer Science
810 (1.466 %)Data Integration
98 (1.173 %)Credit Risk
106 (0.880 %)French Language
115 (0.733 %)Fixed Income
124 (0.587 %)Derivative
124 (0.587 %)Market Risk
133 (0.440 %)Multithreading
133 (0.440 %)Physics
133 (0.440 %)Grid Computing
133 (0.440 %)Credit Derivative
142 (0.293 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
140 (5.865 %)UNIX
234 (4.985 %)Windows
39 (1.320 %)Linux
45 (0.733 %)Windows Server 2003
52 (0.293 %)Windows 2000 Server
61 (0.147 %)SUSE
61 (0.147 %)AIX
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1268 (39.30 %)Business Intelligence
284 (12.32 %)Data Modelling
340 (5.865 %)Security Cleared
437 (5.425 %)Data Analysis
535 (5.132 %)Migration
631 (4.545 %)Dimensional Modelling
726 (3.812 %)Project Management
825 (3.666 %)Business Analysis
922 (3.226 %)SC Cleared
1019 (2.786 %)ERP
1019 (2.786 %)RAD
1116 (2.346 %)UML
1213 (1.906 %)CRM
1213 (1.906 %)Data Migration
1312 (1.760 %)Performance Management
1312 (1.760 %)Web Development
1411 (1.613 %)ITIL
1411 (1.613 %)OO
1411 (1.613 %)DSDM
1510 (1.466 %)ITSM
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1409 (59.97 %)SQL
2147 (21.55 %)Transact-SQL
350 (7.331 %)C#
439 (5.718 %)PL/SQL
532 (4.692 %)VBA
625 (3.666 %)Java
717 (2.493 %)VB.NET
816 (2.346 %)Perl
915 (2.199 %)VB
1014 (2.053 %)C
116 (0.880 %)Python
116 (0.880 %)Ruby
125 (0.733 %)Korn
134 (0.587 %)VBScript
134 (0.587 %)JavaScript
134 (0.587 %)C++
143 (0.440 %)SAS Macro
143 (0.440 %)VB6
152 (0.293 %)Groovy
152 (0.293 %)XPath
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
134 (4.985 %)Degree
213 (1.906 %)Microsoft Certification
213 (1.906 %)MCDBA
32 (0.293 %)ISEB
32 (0.293 %)CNE
32 (0.293 %)Novell Certification
32 (0.293 %)Siebel Certification
32 (0.293 %)MCSE
41 (0.147 %)OCP
41 (0.147 %)Oracle Certification
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
110 (1.466 %)Basel II
110 (1.466 %)QA
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
117 (2.493 %)Oracle RAC
21 (0.147 %)Oracle RMAN
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1167 (24.49 %)Oracle
2102 (14.96 %)Microsoft
366 (9.677 %)ProClarity
463 (9.238 %)Business Objects
560 (8.798 %)Cognos
627 (3.959 %)Informatica
719 (2.786 %)SAP
818 (2.639 %)Hyperion
911 (1.613 %)Sybase
107 (1.026 %)Siebel
116 (0.880 %)Agresso
124 (0.587 %)iSOFT
124 (0.587 %)IBM
124 (0.587 %)Teradata
133 (0.440 %)Apple
142 (0.293 %)Lotus
142 (0.293 %)Cisco
142 (0.293 %)Sony
142 (0.293 %)Anite
142 (0.293 %)Ab Initio