The first table below looks at the demand for MDX skills in IT contracts advertised for the Merseyside region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MDX 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 Application Development category for the Merseyside 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
Multidimensional Expressions (MDX)
Rank 25 - 30
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing MDX 9 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 4.369% - 0.394%
As % of the Application Development category 15.25% - 1.961%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 0
Average daily rate £350 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £338 £375
% change year-on-year
+3.70% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £30.00
All Application Development
Merseyside
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
59 77 51
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 28.64% 29.17% 20.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 37 17
Average daily rate £300 £325 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% +18.18%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £275 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £400 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 9 2
Average hourly rate £14.79 £21.86 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-32.35% +61.92%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
MDX
North West

MDX
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing MDX across the Merseyside region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Merseyside MDX Jobs Demand Trend

MDX
Daily Rate Trend

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

Merseyside MDX Daily Rate Trend

MDX
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MDX within the Merseyside 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
Southport - 1 - -
MDX
North West

MDX
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside region citing MDX 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 MDX.

1 9 (100.00%) SQL
1 9 (100.00%) T-SQL
1 9 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 9 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 9 (100.00%) ETL
1 9 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 9 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 9 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 9 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 9 (100.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 9 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 8 (88.89%) Finance
3 7 (77.78%) MS Excel
3 7 (77.78%) Data Mart
3 7 (77.78%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
4 5 (55.56%) Microsoft
5 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement

MDX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside region citing MDX 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 MDX. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 7 (77.78%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 9 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 9 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 9 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 9 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 9 (100.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 9 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 7 (77.78%) Data Mart
2 7 (77.78%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
General
1 8 (88.89%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (88.89%) Analyst
2 6 (66.67%) Business Intelligence Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Business Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Team Leader
4 1 (11.11%) SQL DBA
4 1 (11.11%) Developer Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) DBA
4 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) ETL
1 9 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 9 (100.00%) SQL
1 9 (100.00%) T-SQL
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft
Merseyside, North West
Essential* MS SQL Server 2005/ 2008.* Must have proven track record of working with database and warehouse technologies and architectures; including both logical and physical designs, data mart...
Mint
Rate: £300 - £400 per day
Posted: 9 May 2013
Merseyside, North West
Essential* MS SQL Server 2005/ 2008.* Must have proven track record of working with database and warehouse technologies and architectures; including both logical and physical designs, data mart...
Mint
Rate: £250 - £300 per annum
Posted: 26 April 2013