The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server Analysis Services skills in IT contracts advertised for the Gloucestershire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SQL Server Analysis Services over the 3 months to 20 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 Gloucestershire 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS)
Rank 36 50 43
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -7
Contract jobs citing SQL Server Analysis Services 2 19 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 0.738% 2.782% 1.643%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.000% 13.48% 5.882%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 14 5
Average daily rate £325 £400 £315
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-18.75% +26.98%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-3.70% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £43.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year
-31.03% +45.00%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Gloucestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
40 141 119
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 14.76% 20.64% 27.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 86 59
Average daily rate £375 £395 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.06% +31.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £402 £356
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £338
% change year-on-year
-1.51% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 7
Average hourly rate £24.50 £21.00 £21.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.66% -1.17%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -15.38%
SQL Server Analysis Services
South West

SQL Server Analysis Services
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucestershire SQL Server Analysis Services Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server Analysis Services
Daily Rate Trend

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

Gloucestershire SQL Server Analysis Services Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server 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 SQL Server Analysis Services within the Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Cirencester - 1 £275 -
SQL Server Analysis Services
South West

SQL Server Analysis Services
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire region citing SQL Server 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 SQL Server Analysis Services.

1 10 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 9 (90.00%) SQL
2 9 (90.00%) Business Intelligence
2 9 (90.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 9 (90.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 6 (60.00%) SQL Server 2005
3 6 (60.00%) Team Foundation Server
3 6 (60.00%) Business Objects
3 6 (60.00%) Visual Studio
3 6 (60.00%) T-SQL
3 6 (60.00%) VB.NET
3 6 (60.00%) .NET
3 6 (60.00%) C#
3 6 (60.00%) PL/SQL
4 5 (50.00%) Crystal Reports
4 5 (50.00%) Oracle
4 5 (50.00%) MCP
4 5 (50.00%) Oracle Reports
4 5 (50.00%) Microsoft
4 5 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (50.00%) Stochastic Modelling
4 5 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (50.00%) Data Architecture
5 4 (40.00%) SQL Server 2008
5 4 (40.00%) QA
6 3 (30.00%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (30.00%) MS Excel
7 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
7 1 (10.00%) NHS
7 1 (10.00%) SAS

SQL Server Analysis Services
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 6 (60.00%) .NET
2 1 (10.00%) MDX
Application Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (10.00%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (30.00%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 9 (90.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 9 (90.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 6 (60.00%) SQL Server 2005
4 5 (50.00%) Crystal Reports
4 5 (50.00%) Oracle Reports
5 4 (40.00%) SQL Server 2008
6 3 (30.00%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 1 (10.00%) PerformancePoint
Development Applications
1 6 (60.00%) Visual Studio
1 6 (60.00%) Team Foundation Server
Job Titles
1 9 (90.00%) Developer
2 7 (70.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 3 (30.00%) SQL Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Information Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Business Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (10.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (50.00%) Data Architecture
2 5 (50.00%) Stochastic Modelling
Programming Languages
1 9 (90.00%) SQL
2 6 (60.00%) T-SQL
2 6 (60.00%) VB.NET
2 6 (60.00%) C#
2 6 (60.00%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) MCP
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (40.00%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (60.00%) Business Objects
2 5 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (50.00%) Oracle