Merseyside DTS Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Data Transformation Services (DTS) skills within the Merseyside 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 DTS over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Data Transformation Services (DTS)
Location Aylesbury Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Chertsey Cheshire Chester City of London Coventry Crawley Croydon Cumbria Derby Derbyshire Docklands, London Dorset Durham East Midlands East of England England Gatwick Glamorgan Gloucestershire Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Havant Hertfordshire Kent Kettering Kingston Upon Thames Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool London Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Reading Redhill Rotherham Salford Solihull Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Sunderland Surrey Swindon Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warwickshire West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Wirral Yorkshire	3 months to 20 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	30	39
Rank change on same period last year	+9
Matching contract IT job ads	5	8
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.007 %	0.008 %
As % of the category below	5.747 %	6.557 %
Daily rates quoted	4	2
Average minimum daily rate	£366	£280
Average daily rate	£366	£280
% change on same period last year	+30.57 %
Average maximum daily rate	£366	£280
UK excluding London average daily rate	£310	£333
% change on same period last year	-6.82 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£34.49	£31.94
% change on same period last year	+8.00 %
Database & Business Intelligence Merseyside
Matching contract IT job ads	87	122
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.115 %	0.122 %
Daily rates quoted	30	36
Average minimum daily rate	£320	£273
Average daily rate	£329	£287
% change on same period last year	+14.54 %
Average maximum daily rate	£339	£301
UK excluding London average daily rate	£349	£359
% change on same period last year	-2.67 %
Hourly rates quoted	8	9
Average minimum hourly rate	£26.36	£35.75
Average hourly rate	£27.95	£41.91
% change on same period last year	-33.29 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£29.55	£48.06
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.61	£32.20
% change on same period last year	+1.25 %
DTS North West

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.

DTS
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing DTS across the Merseyside region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

DTS
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing DTS across the Merseyside region.

DTS
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing DTS across the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

DTS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

DTS
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DTS within the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 20 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.

Location	Rank 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
Wirral	-	3	£382	-
Liverpool	+2	1	£382	+36.42 %

DTS North West

DTS
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside region citing DTS 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 DTS.

1 7 (100.00 %) SQL 1 7 (100.00 %) SQL Server 2 5 (71.43 %) Business Objects 2 5 (71.43 %) BusinessObjects 3 3 (42.86 %) BusinessObjects XI 4 2 (28.57 %) C# 4 2 (28.57 %) VB6 4 2 (28.57 %) SQL Server Integration Services 4 2 (28.57 %) ASP 4 2 (28.57 %) ASP.NET 4 2 (28.57 %) Crystal Reports 4 2 (28.57 %) VB 4 2 (28.57 %) .NET 4 2 (28.57 %) Oracle

DTS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside region citing DTS 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 DTS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 2 (28.57 %) ASP 1 2 (28.57 %) ASP.NET 1 2 (28.57 %) .NET	Database & Business Intelligence 1 7 (100.00 %) SQL Server 2 5 (71.43 %) BusinessObjects 3 3 (42.86 %) BusinessObjects XI 4 2 (28.57 %) SQL Server Integration Services 4 2 (28.57 %) Crystal Reports
Job Titles 1 5 (71.43 %) Developer 1 5 (71.43 %) Programmer 2 3 (42.86 %) Business Objects Developer 2 3 (42.86 %) Business Developer 3 1 (14.29 %) Analyst Programmer 3 1 (14.29 %) Business Objects Analyst 3 1 (14.29 %) Analyst 3 1 (14.29 %) Business Analyst	Programming Languages 1 7 (100.00 %) SQL 2 2 (28.57 %) C# 2 2 (28.57 %) VB6 2 2 (28.57 %) VB
Vendors 1 5 (71.43 %) Business Objects 2 2 (28.57 %) Oracle