The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server Analysis Services 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 SQL Server Analysis Services over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS)
Rank 47 66 63
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -3
Contract jobs citing SQL Server Analysis Services 17 9 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 2.611% 0.921% 0.117%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 14.05% 4.412% 0.599%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 5 1
Average daily rate £325 £310 £390
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.83% -20.51%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-3.70% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £35.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £43.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year
-31.03% +45.00%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
121 204 167
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 18.59% 20.88% 19.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 85 78
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 £274 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £428
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £333 £338
% change year-on-year
-2.25% -1.48%
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 £27.75 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-0.90% -14.61%
SQL Server Analysis Services
East of England

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire SQL Server Analysis Services Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server Analysis Services
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL Server Analysis Services across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Hertfordshire SQL Server Analysis Services Daily Rate Histogram

SQL Server Analysis Services
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire SQL Server Analysis Services Hourly 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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Watford +10 6 £325 -3.70%
Hemel Hempstead +10 2 £280 -20.00%
St Albans -1 1 £320 -
SQL Server Analysis Services
East of England

SQL Server Analysis Services
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 32 (88.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 31 (86.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 25 (69.44%) SQL Server
3 25 (69.44%) Business Intelligence
4 24 (66.67%) SQL
5 17 (47.22%) T-SQL
6 15 (41.67%) Data Warehouse
7 14 (38.89%) ETL
8 13 (36.11%) Microsoft
9 10 (27.78%) .NET
10 9 (25.00%) Business Objects
11 8 (22.22%) MS Excel
12 7 (19.44%) SQL Server 2008
13 6 (16.67%) Kimball Methodology
13 6 (16.67%) VBA
14 5 (13.89%) OLAP
15 4 (11.11%) SharePoint
15 4 (11.11%) Finance
15 4 (11.11%) Microsoft Analysis Services
15 4 (11.11%) SQL Server 2005
15 4 (11.11%) Business Analysis
15 4 (11.11%) MDX
15 4 (11.11%) PerformancePoint
16 3 (8.333%) Data Modelling
16 3 (8.333%) RDBMS
16 3 (8.333%) XML
16 3 (8.333%) SAP
17 2 (5.556%) ASP
17 2 (5.556%) Crystal Reports
17 2 (5.556%) VB

SQL Server Analysis Services
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 10 (27.78%) .NET
2 4 (11.11%) MDX
3 3 (8.333%) XML
4 2 (5.556%) ASP
4 2 (5.556%) SAP XI
5 1 (2.778%) Ajax
5 1 (2.778%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 4 (11.11%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.778%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (2.778%) Apache
Applications
1 8 (22.22%) MS Excel
2 2 (5.556%) PowerPivot
3 1 (2.778%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (2.778%) MS Visio
3 1 (2.778%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (5.556%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (88.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 31 (86.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 25 (69.44%) SQL Server
4 15 (41.67%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (19.44%) SQL Server 2008
6 5 (13.89%) OLAP
7 4 (11.11%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 4 (11.11%) SQL Server 2005
7 4 (11.11%) PerformancePoint
8 3 (8.333%) RDBMS
9 2 (5.556%) Crystal Reports
9 2 (5.556%) Cognos Powerplay
9 2 (5.556%) BusinessObjects
9 2 (5.556%) BusinessObjects XI
10 1 (2.778%) ActiveReports
10 1 (2.778%) SQL Server 2000
10 1 (2.778%) Data Mining
10 1 (2.778%) MS Access
10 1 (2.778%) OLTP
10 1 (2.778%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (2.778%) FrontPage
1 1 (2.778%) MSI
1 1 (2.778%) LoadRunner
General
1 4 (11.11%) Finance
2 2 (5.556%) Retail
Job Titles
1 28 (77.78%) Developer
2 12 (33.33%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 11 (30.56%) Analyst
4 7 (19.44%) SQL Developer
5 6 (16.67%) Analyst Developer
6 4 (11.11%) Analyst Programmer
6 4 (11.11%) Programmer
7 3 (8.333%) Report Developer
7 3 (8.333%) Business Analyst
7 3 (8.333%) Business Developer
8 2 (5.556%) Business Objects Developer
8 2 (5.556%) Business Objects Analyst
8 2 (5.556%) Cognos Developer
9 1 (2.778%) Business Intelligence Specialist
9 1 (2.778%) NHS Information Analyst
9 1 (2.778%) SQL Server Analyst
9 1 (2.778%) Business Intelligence Architect
9 1 (2.778%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 1 (2.778%) QA Analyst
9 1 (2.778%) Excel Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.556%) NHS
1 2 (5.556%) Computer Science
2 1 (2.778%) Digital Media
2 1 (2.778%) Mathematics
2 1 (2.778%) Data Integration
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.556%) Windows
2 1 (2.778%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (69.44%) Business Intelligence
2 14 (38.89%) ETL
3 6 (16.67%) Kimball Methodology
4 4 (11.11%) Business Analysis
5 3 (8.333%) Data Modelling
6 2 (5.556%) Analytics
7 1 (2.778%) Unit Testing
7 1 (2.778%) Resource Management
7 1 (2.778%) Time Management
7 1 (2.778%) Dimensional Modelling
7 1 (2.778%) Information Management
7 1 (2.778%) Data Analysis
7 1 (2.778%) Validation
7 1 (2.778%) Service Management
7 1 (2.778%) GAP Analysis
7 1 (2.778%) Data Security
7 1 (2.778%) SOA
7 1 (2.778%) ITIL
7 1 (2.778%) ERP
7 1 (2.778%) B2B
Programming Languages
1 24 (66.67%) SQL
2 17 (47.22%) T-SQL
3 6 (16.67%) VBA
4 2 (5.556%) VB
4 2 (5.556%) VB.NET
5 1 (2.778%) F#
5 1 (2.778%) VBScript
5 1 (2.778%) C#
5 1 (2.778%) C++
5 1 (2.778%) Java
5 1 (2.778%) JavaScript
5 1 (2.778%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (5.556%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.778%) QA
Vendors
1 13 (36.11%) Microsoft
2 9 (25.00%) Business Objects
3 3 (8.333%) SAP
4 2 (5.556%) Cognos
5 1 (2.778%) Epicor
5 1 (2.778%) JD Edwards
5 1 (2.778%) Sage
5 1 (2.778%) IBM
5 1 (2.778%) Oracle
Hertfordshire
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