The first table below looks at the demand for Kimball Methodology 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 Kimball Methodology over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
The Kimball Lifecycle
Rank 102 128 125
Rank change year-on-year
+26 -3
Contract jobs citing Kimball Methodology 16 4 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.686% 0.129% 0.033%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.967% 0.208% 0.051%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 1 0
Average daily rate £304 £545 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-44.26% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £375 £395
% change year-on-year
-13.33% -5.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £75.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £75.00
All Processes & Methodologies
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1655 1920 1976
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 71.00% 61.72% 64.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 814 983 1018
Average daily rate £350 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £236 £238 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 81 96
Average hourly rate £21.00 £18.00 £20.30
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.66% -11.30%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.25 £13.30 £12.90
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £49.00 £37.50 £38.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Kimball Methodology
England

Kimball Methodology
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Kimball Methodology Jobs Demand Trend

Kimball Methodology
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Kimball Methodology Daily Rate Trend

Kimball Methodology
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Kimball Methodology Hourly Rate Trend

Kimball Methodology
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Kimball Methodology within the North West region over the 3 months to 24 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 +18 14 £275 -49.54%
Cheshire - 2 £380 -
Kimball Methodology
England

Kimball Methodology
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Kimball Methodology 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 Kimball Methodology.

1 17 (89.47%) Data Warehouse
2 16 (84.21%) SQL
3 15 (78.95%) Business Intelligence
4 14 (73.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 14 (73.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 12 (63.16%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 10 (52.63%) Data Modelling
6 10 (52.63%) T-SQL
6 10 (52.63%) SQL Server
7 9 (47.37%) SQL Server 2008
8 8 (42.11%) MDX
8 8 (42.11%) OLAP
8 8 (42.11%) RDBMS
9 7 (36.84%) Star Schema
9 7 (36.84%) ETL
9 7 (36.84%) Finance
9 7 (36.84%) Replication
10 6 (31.58%) Microsoft Analysis Services
10 6 (31.58%) SQL Server 2005
10 6 (31.58%) ERD
10 6 (31.58%) DTS
11 5 (26.32%) Oracle
11 5 (26.32%) Microsoft
11 5 (26.32%) Dimensional Modelling
11 5 (26.32%) PerformancePoint
11 5 (26.32%) Data Migration
11 5 (26.32%) Migration
12 4 (21.05%) PL/SQL
12 4 (21.05%) Sage
12 4 (21.05%) Business Intelligence Development Studio

Kimball Methodology
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Kimball Methodology 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 Kimball Methodology. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (42.11%) MDX
2 1 (5.263%) ODBC
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.263%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (10.53%) MS Visio
2 1 (5.263%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (89.47%) Data Warehouse
2 14 (73.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 14 (73.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 12 (63.16%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 10 (52.63%) SQL Server
5 9 (47.37%) SQL Server 2008
6 8 (42.11%) OLAP
6 8 (42.11%) RDBMS
7 7 (36.84%) Star Schema
8 6 (31.58%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 6 (31.58%) SQL Server 2005
8 6 (31.58%) DTS
9 5 (26.32%) PerformancePoint
10 4 (21.05%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
11 3 (15.79%) Oracle 10g
12 2 (10.53%) SQL Server 2000
13 1 (5.263%) TOAD
13 1 (5.263%) Oracle Reports
13 1 (5.263%) Sybase ASE
13 1 (5.263%) Oracle OWB
Development Applications
1 2 (10.53%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 1 (5.263%) Oracle APEX
General
1 7 (36.84%) Finance
2 1 (5.263%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 13 (68.42%) Developer
2 5 (26.32%) Data Warehouse Developer
3 4 (21.05%) SQL Developer
3 4 (21.05%) Data Migration Specialist
4 3 (15.79%) SQL Server Developer
4 3 (15.79%) Report Developer
5 2 (10.53%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 2 (10.53%) Database Specialist
6 1 (5.263%) Business Developer
6 1 (5.263%) Oracle Data Warehouse Developer
6 1 (5.263%) Oracle Developer
6 1 (5.263%) SQL Server Data Warehouse Developer
6 1 (5.263%) Business Intelligence Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 7 (36.84%) Replication
2 2 (10.53%) NHS
3 1 (5.263%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.263%) Clustering
3 1 (5.263%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.263%) Windows
1 1 (5.263%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (78.95%) Business Intelligence
2 10 (52.63%) Data Modelling
3 7 (36.84%) ETL
4 6 (31.58%) ERD
5 5 (26.32%) Dimensional Modelling
5 5 (26.32%) Data Migration
5 5 (26.32%) Migration
6 4 (21.05%) Data Transformation
7 3 (15.79%) E-Commerce
8 2 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (10.53%) Data Analysis
9 1 (5.263%) RAD
9 1 (5.263%) Software Engineering
9 1 (5.263%) Data Management
9 1 (5.263%) Time Management
9 1 (5.263%) Performance Management
9 1 (5.263%) Master Data Management
9 1 (5.263%) Inmon Methodology
Programming Languages
1 16 (84.21%) SQL
2 10 (52.63%) T-SQL
3 4 (21.05%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (5.263%) Oracle Certification
1 1 (5.263%) Degree
Vendors
1 5 (26.32%) Oracle
1 5 (26.32%) Microsoft
2 4 (21.05%) Sage
3 3 (15.79%) Cognos
3 3 (15.79%) Ab Initio
4 1 (5.263%) Sybase
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