The first table below looks at the demand for Dimensional Modelling skills in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Dimensional Modelling 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 Processes & Methodologies category for the North West 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
Dimensional Modeling
Rank 110 130 122
Rank change year-on-year
+20 -8
Contract jobs citing Dimensional Modelling 7 2 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.305% 0.063% 0.325%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.431% 0.103% 0.497%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 5
Average daily rate £450 - £325
90% offered a daily rate of more than £330 - £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 - £440
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £370 £380
% change year-on-year
+1.35% -2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £36.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
- +4.28%
All Processes & Methodologies
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1623 1947 2011
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 70.66% 61.48% 65.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 794 1006 1047
Average daily rate £350 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £238 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £465 £490 £460
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 81 98
Average hourly rate £22.06 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.27% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.13 £13.26 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £55.00 £37.00 £36.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Dimensional Modelling
England

Dimensional Modelling
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Dimensional Modelling across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

North West Dimensional Modelling Jobs Demand Trend

Dimensional Modelling
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Dimensional Modelling across the North West region.

North West Dimensional Modelling Daily Rate Trend

Dimensional Modelling
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Dimensional Modelling across the North West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

North West Dimensional Modelling Daily Rate Histogram

Dimensional Modelling
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Dimensional Modelling across the North West region.

North West Dimensional Modelling Hourly Rate Trend

Dimensional Modelling
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Dimensional Modelling within the North West 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
Manchester - 3 £330 -
Lancashire +13 1 - -
Dimensional Modelling
England

Dimensional Modelling
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Dimensional Modelling 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 Dimensional Modelling.

1 14 (82.35%) Data Warehouse
2 12 (70.59%) Oracle
3 10 (58.82%) ETL
3 10 (58.82%) Business Intelligence
3 10 (58.82%) Oracle BI EE
4 7 (41.18%) SQL
5 6 (35.29%) Oracle 11g
6 4 (23.53%) Kimball Methodology
6 4 (23.53%) PL/SQL
6 4 (23.53%) Oracle Reports
7 3 (17.65%) SQL Server
7 3 (17.65%) OLAP
7 3 (17.65%) Star Schema
7 3 (17.65%) Finance
7 3 (17.65%) SQL Server 2008
7 3 (17.65%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 3 (17.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (17.65%) MDX
7 3 (17.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (11.76%) Business Analysis
8 2 (11.76%) Agile Software Development
8 2 (11.76%) Data Integration
8 2 (11.76%) Ab Initio
8 2 (11.76%) NHS
8 2 (11.76%) Business Objects
8 2 (11.76%) SAP
8 2 (11.76%) Web Services
8 2 (11.76%) Windows
8 2 (11.76%) Linux
8 2 (11.76%) Cognos

Dimensional Modelling
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Dimensional Modelling 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 Dimensional Modelling. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (17.65%) MDX
2 2 (11.76%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.882%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (5.882%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (5.882%) assyst
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (82.35%) Data Warehouse
2 10 (58.82%) Oracle BI EE
3 6 (35.29%) Oracle 11g
4 4 (23.53%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (17.65%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 3 (17.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (17.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (17.65%) SQL Server 2008
5 3 (17.65%) SQL Server
5 3 (17.65%) OLAP
5 3 (17.65%) Star Schema
6 1 (5.882%) Oracle 10g
6 1 (5.882%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (5.882%) Oracle OWB
6 1 (5.882%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 1 (5.882%) TOAD
6 1 (5.882%) PerformancePoint
6 1 (5.882%) SAP Data Services
6 1 (5.882%) BusinessObjects XI
6 1 (5.882%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
Development Applications
1 1 (5.882%) Oracle APEX
General
1 3 (17.65%) Finance
Job Titles
1 10 (58.82%) Consultant
2 7 (41.18%) Developer
3 4 (23.53%) Business Consultant
3 4 (23.53%) OBIEE Consultant
4 3 (17.65%) Oracle BI Consultant
4 3 (17.65%) Architect
4 3 (17.65%) Oracle Developer
4 3 (17.65%) Business Intelligence Consultant
4 3 (17.65%) Business Architect
4 3 (17.65%) SQL Server Developer
4 3 (17.65%) Oracle Consultant
4 3 (17.65%) SQL Developer
4 3 (17.65%) Oracle Architect
4 3 (17.65%) Business Intelligence Architect
5 2 (11.76%) Data Warehouse Consultant
5 2 (11.76%) Data Warehouse Developer
5 2 (11.76%) OBIEE Developer
6 1 (5.882%) Oracle BI Developer
6 1 (5.882%) Business Objects Developer
6 1 (5.882%) Business Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) NHS
1 2 (11.76%) Data Integration
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.76%) Windows
1 2 (11.76%) Linux
2 1 (5.882%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (58.82%) ETL
1 10 (58.82%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (23.53%) Kimball Methodology
3 2 (11.76%) Business Analysis
3 2 (11.76%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (5.882%) Information Management
4 1 (5.882%) RAD
4 1 (5.882%) Data Modelling
4 1 (5.882%) Service Management
4 1 (5.882%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (5.882%) Change Data Capture
4 1 (5.882%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 7 (41.18%) SQL
2 4 (23.53%) PL/SQL
Vendors
1 12 (70.59%) Oracle
2 2 (11.76%) Business Objects
2 2 (11.76%) SAP
2 2 (11.76%) Cognos
2 2 (11.76%) Ab Initio
3 1 (5.882%) VMware
3 1 (5.882%) Microsoft