The first table below looks at the demand for OLAP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited OLAP 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 Hertfordshire 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
Online Analytical Processing (OLAP)
Rank 57 68 63
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -5
Contract jobs citing OLAP 6 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 0.942% 0.206% 0.113%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.085% 0.985% 0.575%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 1
Average daily rate £318 £310 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.41% -11.42%
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £346 £345
% change year-on-year
+6.85% +0.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £35.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £30.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year
- -25.00%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
118 203 174
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 18.52% 20.91% 19.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 84 82
Average daily rate £375 £350 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% +12.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £273 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £452 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £333 £335
% change year-on-year
-0.75% -0.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 13 7
Average hourly rate £22.75 £35.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-35.00% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -15.38%
OLAP
East of England

OLAP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing OLAP across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Hertfordshire OLAP Jobs Demand Trend

OLAP
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing OLAP across the Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire OLAP Daily Rate Trend

OLAP
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing OLAP across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Hertfordshire OLAP Daily Rate Histogram

OLAP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire OLAP Hourly Rate Trend

OLAP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OLAP within the Hertfordshire 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
Hemel Hempstead - 3 £298 -
St Albans -1 1 £450 -
OLAP
East of England

OLAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

1 8 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (75.00%) SQL Server
3 5 (62.50%) ETL
4 4 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (50.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 3 (37.50%) Cognos
5 3 (37.50%) SQL
5 3 (37.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (37.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
6 2 (25.00%) Retail
6 2 (25.00%) Kimball Methodology
6 2 (25.00%) MS Excel
7 1 (12.50%) Analytics
7 1 (12.50%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (12.50%) SQL Server 2008
7 1 (12.50%) GAP Analysis
7 1 (12.50%) Electronics
7 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
7 1 (12.50%) Finance
7 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
7 1 (12.50%) Ab Initio
7 1 (12.50%) Teradata
7 1 (12.50%) Programme Management
7 1 (12.50%) T-SQL
7 1 (12.50%) Business Objects
7 1 (12.50%) SAP
7 1 (12.50%) Cognos Powerplay
7 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
7 1 (12.50%) Data Modelling

OLAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

Application Development
1 1 (12.50%) MDX
Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
1 1 (12.50%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (25.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 1 (12.50%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (75.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (50.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 3 (37.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 3 (37.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (12.50%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (12.50%) Cognos Powerplay
4 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 1 (12.50%) OLTP
General
1 2 (25.00%) Retail
2 1 (12.50%) Electronics
2 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
2 1 (12.50%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
2 1 (12.50%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Developer
2 5 (62.50%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 3 (37.50%) Cognos Developer
4 2 (25.00%) Analyst
5 1 (12.50%) SAS BI Developer
5 1 (12.50%) Business Developer
5 1 (12.50%) Report Analyst
5 1 (12.50%) Analyst Developer
5 1 (12.50%) SQL Developer
5 1 (12.50%) SAS Developer
5 1 (12.50%) QA Analyst
5 1 (12.50%) Trainer
5 1 (12.50%) Report Developer
5 1 (12.50%) Excel Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) DTV
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (62.50%) ETL
3 2 (25.00%) Kimball Methodology
4 1 (12.50%) Analytics
4 1 (12.50%) GAP Analysis
4 1 (12.50%) Programme Management
4 1 (12.50%) Data Modelling
4 1 (12.50%) Digital Marketing
4 1 (12.50%) Data Analysis
4 1 (12.50%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) SQL
2 1 (12.50%) T-SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Cognos
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Ab Initio
2 1 (12.50%) Teradata
2 1 (12.50%) Business Objects
2 1 (12.50%) SAP
2 1 (12.50%) IBM
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