The first table below looks at the demand for OLAP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited OLAP 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 Database & Business Intelligence category for the Midlands 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
Online Analytical Processing (OLAP)
Rank 23 - 35
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing OLAP 1 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 0.581% - 0.286%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 4.000% - 1.667%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £350 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £346 £345
% change year-on-year
+6.85% +0.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £30.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year
- -25.00%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
25 43 60
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 14.53% 15.99% 17.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 23 14
Average daily rate £350 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £255 £204 £270
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £568 £445
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £333 £335
% change year-on-year
-0.75% -0.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 11
Average hourly rate - - £24.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -15.38%
OLAP
England

OLAP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing OLAP across the Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Midlands OLAP Jobs Demand Trend

OLAP
Daily Rate Trend

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

Midlands OLAP Daily Rate Trend

OLAP
Top 14 Related IT Skills

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

1 3 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server 2012
3 1 (33.33%) SAS Macro
3 1 (33.33%) Base SAS
3 1 (33.33%) MDX
3 1 (33.33%) SAS
3 1 (33.33%) Hyperion
3 1 (33.33%) VBA

OLAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (33.33%) MDX
Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) SAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Analysis Services
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server 2008
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server 2012
2 1 (33.33%) Base SAS
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Developer
2 2 (66.67%) Business Developer
2 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 1 (33.33%) Programmer
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Developer
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Developer
3 1 (33.33%) SAS Programmer
3 1 (33.33%) SAS Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) SAS Macro
1 1 (33.33%) VBA
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Hyperion