The first table below looks at the demand for DTS 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 DTS over the 3 months to 21 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 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Data Transformation Services (DTS)
Rank 111 127 118
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -9
Contract jobs citing DTS 8 8 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.339% 0.254% 0.399%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.481% 1.136% 1.794%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 7
Average daily rate £278 £288 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.47% -15.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £274 £281 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £336 £343 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £276 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-15.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £22.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £29.25 £31.25
% change year-on-year
+19.65% -6.40%
All Database & Business Intelligence
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
540 704 669
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 22.87% 22.32% 22.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 257 370 371
Average daily rate £325 £300 £330
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £225 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £448 £453 £413
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £333 £335
% change year-on-year
-2.25% -0.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 33 41
Average hourly rate £30.00 £30.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +33.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.57 £10.80 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £71.50 £35.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £26.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+3.77% -18.46%
DTS
England

DTS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West DTS Jobs Demand Trend

DTS
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West DTS Daily Rate Trend

DTS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West DTS Hourly Rate Trend

DTS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DTS within the North West region over the 3 months to 21 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 +21 7 £278 -18.97%
DTS
England

DTS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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.

1 11 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 11 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 9 (81.82%) SQL Server 2008
2 9 (81.82%) SQL
3 8 (72.73%) T-SQL
3 8 (72.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 7 (63.64%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (63.64%) SQL Server 2005
5 5 (45.45%) ERD
5 5 (45.45%) Kimball Methodology
5 5 (45.45%) Data Transformation
5 5 (45.45%) Data Modelling
5 5 (45.45%) Business Intelligence
5 5 (45.45%) Replication
6 4 (36.36%) RDBMS
6 4 (36.36%) Migration
6 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
6 4 (36.36%) Data Migration
6 4 (36.36%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 3 (27.27%) Sage
7 3 (27.27%) SQL Server 2000
7 3 (27.27%) ETL
7 3 (27.27%) OLAP
7 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 3 (27.27%) Star Schema
7 3 (27.27%) Finance
8 2 (18.18%) VSS/SourceSafe
8 2 (18.18%) MS Visio
8 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
9 1 (9.091%) SQL Server 2012

DTS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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.

Application Platforms
1 1 (9.091%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (18.18%) MS Visio
2 1 (9.091%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 11 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 9 (81.82%) SQL Server 2008
3 8 (72.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 7 (63.64%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (63.64%) SQL Server 2005
5 4 (36.36%) RDBMS
5 4 (36.36%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 3 (27.27%) SQL Server 2000
6 3 (27.27%) OLAP
6 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 3 (27.27%) Star Schema
7 1 (9.091%) SQL Server 2012
7 1 (9.091%) PerformancePoint
7 1 (9.091%) BusinessObjects XI
7 1 (9.091%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
7 1 (9.091%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (18.18%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 3 (27.27%) Finance
2 1 (9.091%) Retail
2 1 (9.091%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Developer
2 3 (27.27%) SQL Developer
2 3 (27.27%) Data Migration Specialist
3 2 (18.18%) Database Specialist
4 1 (9.091%) SQL Server Data Warehouse Developer
4 1 (9.091%) Report Developer
4 1 (9.091%) Business Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) Data Warehouse Developer
4 1 (9.091%) Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) Business Intelligence Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) Crystal Reports Developer
4 1 (9.091%) SQL Server Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) ERD
1 5 (45.45%) Kimball Methodology
1 5 (45.45%) Data Transformation
1 5 (45.45%) Data Modelling
1 5 (45.45%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (36.36%) Migration
2 4 (36.36%) Data Migration
3 3 (27.27%) ETL
4 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (9.091%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 9 (81.82%) SQL
2 8 (72.73%) T-SQL
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
2 3 (27.27%) Sage
3 1 (9.091%) Business Objects