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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Data Transformation Services (DTS) skills within the Midlands 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 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Data Transformation Services (DTS)
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank4368
Rank change on same period last yearUp+25
Matching contract IT job ads137
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.020 %0.008 %
As % of the category below9.220 %2.201 %
Daily rates quoted31
Average minimum daily rate£300£400
Average daily rate£313£425
% change on same period last year-26.47 %
Average maximum daily rate£325£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£322£355
% change on same period last year-9.14 %
Hourly rates quoted22
Average minimum hourly rate£20.00£30.00
Average hourly rate£20.00£30.00
% change on same period last year-33.33 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.00£30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.21£35.01
% change on same period last year-16.57 %
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads141318
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.222 %0.341 %
Daily rates quoted1535
Average minimum daily rate£366£344
Average daily rate£388£360
% change on same period last year+7.66 %
Average maximum daily rate£410£377
UK excluding London average daily rate£336£346
% change on same period last year-2.68 %
Hourly rates quoted718
Average minimum hourly rate£28.33£27.42
Average hourly rate£28.75£28.81
% change on same period last year-0.19 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.17£30.19
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.32£31.87
% change on same period last year-14.27 %
DTS EnglandDTS
England

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

Midlands DTS Demand Trend

DTS
Daily Rate Trend

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

Midlands DTS Daily Rate Trend

DTS
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing DTS across the Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

Midlands DTS Daily Rate Histogram

DTS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Midlands DTS Hourly Rate Trend

DTS
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing DTS across the Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

Midlands DTS Hourly Rate Histogram

DTS
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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.

114 (93.33 %)SQL
114 (93.33 %)SQL Server
212 (80.00 %)SQL Server 2000
38 (53.33 %)NHS
38 (53.33 %)SQL Server 2005
45 (33.33 %)Oracle
45 (33.33 %)Migration
45 (33.33 %)Data Migration
54 (26.67 %)Use Case
54 (26.67 %)Finance
54 (26.67 %)SQL Server Integration Services
54 (26.67 %)ETL
54 (26.67 %)VB.NET
54 (26.67 %).NET
63 (20.00 %)MS Excel
63 (20.00 %)Cognos
72 (13.33 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
72 (13.33 %)Health
72 (13.33 %)NPfIT
81 (6.667 %)Replication
81 (6.667 %)Datawarehouse
81 (6.667 %)Business Objects
81 (6.667 %)Transact-SQL
81 (6.667 %)BusinessObjects
81 (6.667 %)BusinessObjects XI
81 (6.667 %)BusinessObjects Web Intelligence

DTS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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.

Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (26.67 %).NET
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (20.00 %)MS Excel
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
114 (93.33 %)SQL Server
212 (80.00 %)SQL Server 2000
38 (53.33 %)SQL Server 2005
44 (26.67 %)SQL Server Integration Services
44 (26.67 %)ETL
52 (13.33 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
61 (6.667 %)BusinessObjects
61 (6.667 %)Datawarehouse
61 (6.667 %)BusinessObjects XI
61 (6.667 %)BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (26.67 %)Finance
22 (13.33 %)Health
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (40.00 %)Developer
25 (33.33 %)SQL Developer
33 (20.00 %)SQL Database Developer
33 (20.00 %)Database Developer
42 (13.33 %)SQL DBA
42 (13.33 %)DBA
51 (6.667 %)Migration Consultant
51 (6.667 %)Business Objects Developer
51 (6.667 %)Business Developer
51 (6.667 %)Consultant
51 (6.667 %)SQL Server Developer
51 (6.667 %)Datawarehouse Specialist
51 (6.667 %)Data Consultant
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
18 (53.33 %)NHS
22 (13.33 %)NPfIT
31 (6.667 %)Replication
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (33.33 %)Migration
15 (33.33 %)Data Migration
24 (26.67 %)Use Case
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
114 (93.33 %)SQL
24 (26.67 %)VB.NET
31 (6.667 %)Transact-SQL
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (33.33 %)Oracle
23 (20.00 %)Cognos
31 (6.667 %)Business Objects