The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server Reporting Services 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 SQL Server Reporting Services over the 3 months to 17 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 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS)
Rank 14 33 28
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -5
Contract jobs citing SQL Server Reporting Services 17 6 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 8.134% 2.308% 1.167%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 30.36% 7.792% 5.085%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 4 1
Average daily rate £275 £319 £215
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.72% +48.25%
UK excluding London average daily rate £323 £350 £325
% change year-on-year
-7.85% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
Average hourly rate £14.79 - £18.73
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £32.00 £22.15
% change year-on-year
-18.75% +44.50%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Merseyside
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
56 77 59
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 26.79% 29.62% 22.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 32 26
Average daily rate £350 £300 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.66% +3.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £250 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £325 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £333 £338
% change year-on-year
-2.25% -1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 8 5
Average hourly rate £14.79 £21.86 £18.73
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-32.35% +16.71%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.08 £12.05 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.50 £25.00 £25.66
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -15.38%
SQL Server Reporting Services
North West

SQL Server Reporting Services
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Merseyside SQL Server Reporting Services Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server Reporting Services
Daily Rate Trend

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

Merseyside SQL Server Reporting Services Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server Reporting Services
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL Server Reporting Services across the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Merseyside SQL Server Reporting Services Daily Rate Histogram

SQL Server Reporting Services
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Merseyside SQL Server Reporting Services Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server Reporting 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 Reporting Services within the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 17 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
Liverpool +5 4 £103 -68.46%
Southport - 1 - -
SQL Server Reporting Services
North West

SQL Server Reporting Services
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside region citing SQL Server Reporting 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 Reporting Services.

1 16 (88.89%) SQL
1 16 (88.89%) Business Intelligence
1 16 (88.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 15 (83.33%) SQL Server
3 14 (77.78%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 13 (72.22%) T-SQL
5 12 (66.67%) Data Warehouse
5 12 (66.67%) ETL
6 11 (61.11%) MS Excel
7 10 (55.56%) SQL Server 2008
7 10 (55.56%) SQL Server 2005
8 9 (50.00%) MDX
8 9 (50.00%) Finance
9 8 (44.44%) Microsoft
10 7 (38.89%) Data Mart
10 7 (38.89%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
11 4 (22.22%) MS Office
12 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Analysis Services
13 2 (11.11%) PL/SQL
13 2 (11.11%) Oracle
13 2 (11.11%) ODBC
13 2 (11.11%) Oracle Reports
13 2 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 1 (5.556%) Digital Marketing
14 1 (5.556%) SAP Oil and Gas
14 1 (5.556%) LiteSpeed
14 1 (5.556%) Marketing
14 1 (5.556%) CommVault
14 1 (5.556%) NHS
14 1 (5.556%) DTV

SQL Server Reporting Services
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside region citing SQL Server Reporting 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 Reporting Services. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (50.00%) MDX
2 2 (11.11%) ODBC
3 1 (5.556%) .NET
3 1 (5.556%) ASP.NET
Applications
1 11 (61.11%) MS Excel
2 4 (22.22%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (5.556%) SAP Oil and Gas
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (88.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 15 (83.33%) SQL Server
3 14 (77.78%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 12 (66.67%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (55.56%) SQL Server 2008
5 10 (55.56%) SQL Server 2005
6 7 (38.89%) Data Mart
6 7 (38.89%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
7 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 2 (11.11%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (5.556%) OLAP
General
1 9 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (5.556%) Manufacturing
2 1 (5.556%) Marketing
2 1 (5.556%) Electronics
2 1 (5.556%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (66.67%) Analyst
2 8 (44.44%) Business Intelligence Analyst
3 4 (22.22%) Developer
4 3 (16.67%) Business Analyst
4 3 (16.67%) SQL DBA
4 3 (16.67%) DBA
5 2 (11.11%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 2 (11.11%) SQL Developer
5 2 (11.11%) Developer Analyst
5 2 (11.11%) Report Writer
6 1 (5.556%) Senior Business Intelligence Analyst
6 1 (5.556%) MI Analyst
6 1 (5.556%) Senior Developer
6 1 (5.556%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (5.556%) Data Analyst
6 1 (5.556%) Team Leader
6 1 (5.556%) SQL Server Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.556%) NHS
1 1 (5.556%) DTV
1 1 (5.556%) Clustering
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (88.89%) Business Intelligence
2 12 (66.67%) ETL
3 2 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (5.556%) Programme Management
4 1 (5.556%) Digital Marketing
Programming Languages
1 16 (88.89%) SQL
2 13 (72.22%) T-SQL
3 2 (11.11%) PL/SQL
System Software
1 1 (5.556%) LiteSpeed
Vendors
1 8 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.11%) Oracle
3 1 (5.556%) SAP
3 1 (5.556%) CommVault
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
Merseyside
You will be assisting the team in on-going SQL Server Business Intelligence projects across the full Microsoft Business Intelligence suite, including data migration / ETL using SSIS, cube...
People Source Consulting
Rate: £325 - £400 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Merseyside
You will be assisting the team in on-going SQL Server Business Intelligence projects across the full Microsoft Business Intelligence suite, including data migration / ETL using SSIS, cube...
People Source Consulting
Rate: £325 - £400 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013