North West Microsoft Analysis Services Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Analysis Services skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Database & Business Intelligence category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Microsoft Analysis Services over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Analysis Services
Location Basingstoke Bath Bedfordshire Berkshire Bolton Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheshire City of London Clapham Coventry Crawley Docklands, London Dorset East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Gatwick Glasgow Hampshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Lancashire Leeds Lincolnshire London Manchester Midlands Norfolk North East North West Nottingham Nottinghamshire Peterborough Reading Scotland Somerset South East South Wales South West Staffordshire Suffolk Surrey Swindon Thames Valley Trowbridge UK Wales Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	135	124
Rank change on same period last year	-11
Matching contract IT job ads	9	9
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.012 %	0.010 %
As % of the category below	1.183 %	0.977 %
Daily rates quoted	1	0
Average minimum daily rate	£280	-
Average daily rate	£280	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£280	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£366	£353
% change on same period last year	+3.69 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	3
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£25.00
Average hourly rate	-	£25.00
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£34.77	£33.25
% change on same period last year	+4.57 %
Database & Business Intelligence North West
Matching contract IT job ads	761	921
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.003 %	0.977 %
Daily rates quoted	115	188
Average minimum daily rate	£299	£333
Average daily rate	£320	£350
% change on same period last year	-8.57 %
Average maximum daily rate	£341	£367
UK excluding London average daily rate	£350	£354
% change on same period last year	-1.12 %
Hourly rates quoted	98	61
Average minimum hourly rate	£26.87	£23.73
Average hourly rate	£29.60	£26.12
% change on same period last year	+13.36 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£32.34	£28.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.43	£30.86
% change on same period last year	+5.09 %
Microsoft Analysis Services 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.

Microsoft Analysis Services
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Microsoft Analysis Services across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Microsoft Analysis Services
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Microsoft Analysis Services across the North West region.

Microsoft Analysis Services
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Microsoft Analysis Services across the North West region.

Microsoft Analysis Services
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Microsoft Analysis Services within the North West region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Lancashire	+7	4	-	-
Manchester	-20	3	£280	-
Cheshire	-20	2	-	-

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Microsoft Analysis Services
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Microsoft Analysis Services 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 Microsoft Analysis Services.

1 14 (100.00 %) SQL Server 1 14 (100.00 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 1 14 (100.00 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 2 13 (92.86 %) SQL 3 9 (64.29 %) Datawarehouse 4 8 (57.14 %) Transact-SQL 4 8 (57.14 %) SQL Server 2005 5 7 (50.00 %) OLAP 5 7 (50.00 %) SharePoint 5 7 (50.00 %) Microsoft 6 6 (42.86 %) Data Modelling 6 6 (42.86 %) .NET 6 6 (42.86 %) ASP.NET 6 6 (42.86 %) MS Excel 6 6 (42.86 %) SQL Server Integration Services

7 4 (28.57 %) SQL Server 2000 7 4 (28.57 %) Windows 8 2 (14.29 %) Software Engineering 8 2 (14.29 %) Project Management 8 2 (14.29 %) Data Extraction 8 2 (14.29 %) Windows XP 8 2 (14.29 %) IIS 8 2 (14.29 %) LAN 8 2 (14.29 %) SAN 8 2 (14.29 %) Windows Server 2003 9 1 (7.143 %) Finance 9 1 (7.143 %) Migration 9 1 (7.143 %) Retail 9 1 (7.143 %) ProClarity 9 1 (7.143 %) Microsoft Certification

Microsoft Analysis Services
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Microsoft Analysis Services 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 Microsoft Analysis Services. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 6 (42.86 %) .NET 1 6 (42.86 %) ASP.NET 2 1 (7.143 %) MDX 2 1 (7.143 %) ASP	Application Platforms 1 7 (50.00 %) SharePoint 2 2 (14.29 %) IIS 3 1 (7.143 %) SAS
Applications 1 6 (42.86 %) MS Excel	Communications & Networking 1 2 (14.29 %) LAN 1 2 (14.29 %) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence 1 14 (100.00 %) SQL Server 1 14 (100.00 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 1 14 (100.00 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 2 9 (64.29 %) Datawarehouse 3 8 (57.14 %) SQL Server 2005 4 7 (50.00 %) OLAP 5 6 (42.86 %) SQL Server Integration Services 6 4 (28.57 %) SQL Server 2000 7 1 (7.143 %) MS Access	Development Applications 1 1 (7.143 %) Visual Studio
General 1 1 (7.143 %) Finance 1 1 (7.143 %) Retail	Job Titles 1 3 (21.43 %) Consultant 2 2 (14.29 %) Administrator 3 1 (7.143 %) Datawarehouse Consultant 3 1 (7.143 %) Data Analyst 3 1 (7.143 %) SQL Developer 3 1 (7.143 %) Server Engineer 3 1 (7.143 %) Server Support Engineer 3 1 (7.143 %) Server Administrator 3 1 (7.143 %) Windows Administrator 3 1 (7.143 %) Server Specialist 3 1 (7.143 %) Server Support 3 1 (7.143 %) Support Engineer 3 1 (7.143 %) Developer 3 1 (7.143 %) Analyst
Miscellaneous 1 2 (14.29 %) Data Extraction 2 1 (7.143 %) Data Conversion	Operating Systems 1 4 (28.57 %) Windows 2 2 (14.29 %) Windows XP 2 2 (14.29 %) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies 1 6 (42.86 %) Data Modelling 2 2 (14.29 %) Project Management 2 2 (14.29 %) Software Engineering 3 1 (7.143 %) BC Cleared 3 1 (7.143 %) CTC Cleared 3 1 (7.143 %) Security Cleared 3 1 (7.143 %) Migration 3 1 (7.143 %) Business Intelligence	Programming Languages 1 13 (92.86 %) SQL 2 8 (57.14 %) Transact-SQL 3 1 (7.143 %) VB 3 1 (7.143 %) VBA
Qualifications 1 1 (7.143 %) MCSE 1 1 (7.143 %) Microsoft Certification	Vendors 1 7 (50.00 %) Microsoft 2 1 (7.143 %) ProClarity