The first table below looks at the demand for OLAP 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 OLAP over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Online Analytical Processing (OLAP)
Rank 113 119 110
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -9
Contract jobs citing OLAP 10 11 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.425% 0.346% 0.531%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.859% 1.551% 2.367%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 5 10
Average daily rate £330 £343 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.64% -2.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £276 £255 £341
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £370 £421
UK excluding London average daily rate £360 £343 £345
% change year-on-year
+5.10% -0.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £22.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £30.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year
- -25.00%
All Database & Business Intelligence
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
538 709 676
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 22.85% 22.32% 22.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 259 374 371
Average daily rate £325 £300 £333
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -9.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £453 £413
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £333 £338
% change year-on-year
-2.25% -1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 34 43
Average hourly rate £31.50 £30.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.00% +33.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.43 £11.00 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £74.25 £43.50 £43.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.75 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-0.90% -14.61%
OLAP
England

OLAP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West OLAP Daily Rate Trend

OLAP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West OLAP Hourly Rate Trend

OLAP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OLAP within the North West region over the 3 months to 22 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 +19 10 £330 -3.64%
OLAP
England

OLAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 19 (67.86%) Business Intelligence
2 18 (64.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 17 (60.71%) SQL Server
4 16 (57.14%) SQL
4 16 (57.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 16 (57.14%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 13 (46.43%) Finance
5 13 (46.43%) Microsoft
6 12 (42.86%) T-SQL
7 11 (39.29%) Data Warehouse
7 11 (39.29%) SQL Server 2008
8 9 (32.14%) MDX
9 7 (25.00%) SAS
9 7 (25.00%) Kimball Methodology
9 7 (25.00%) Microsoft Analysis Services
10 6 (21.43%) Project Planning
10 6 (21.43%) SQL Server 2005
10 6 (21.43%) Data Integration
10 6 (21.43%) Star Schema
10 6 (21.43%) ETL
10 6 (21.43%) MS Office
10 6 (21.43%) UNIX
10 6 (21.43%) AIX
10 6 (21.43%) Migration
10 6 (21.43%) Grid Computing
11 5 (17.86%) Replication
11 5 (17.86%) Data Modelling
11 5 (17.86%) Base SAS
12 4 (14.29%) Data Migration
12 4 (14.29%) Business Intelligence Development Studio

OLAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 9 (32.14%) MDX
2 2 (7.143%) COM
2 2 (7.143%) .NET
2 2 (7.143%) XBRL
3 1 (3.571%) SAP XI
3 1 (3.571%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 7 (25.00%) SAS
2 3 (10.71%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (21.43%) MS Office
2 4 (14.29%) MS Excel
3 2 (7.143%) InfoPath
4 1 (3.571%) PowerPivot
Business Applications
1 1 (3.571%) SAP R/3
1 1 (3.571%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (64.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 17 (60.71%) SQL Server
3 16 (57.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 16 (57.14%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 11 (39.29%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (39.29%) SQL Server 2008
5 7 (25.00%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 6 (21.43%) SQL Server 2005
6 6 (21.43%) Star Schema
7 5 (17.86%) Base SAS
8 4 (14.29%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
9 3 (10.71%) DTS
9 3 (10.71%) RDBMS
9 3 (10.71%) PerformancePoint
10 2 (7.143%) Sybase ASE
10 2 (7.143%) Oracle OLAP
11 1 (3.571%) SAP BW
11 1 (3.571%) BusinessObjects
11 1 (3.571%) OLTP
11 1 (3.571%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 2 (7.143%) Visual Studio
General
1 13 (46.43%) Finance
2 4 (14.29%) Banking
3 2 (7.143%) Retail
4 1 (3.571%) Billing
4 1 (3.571%) Investment Banking
4 1 (3.571%) General Ledger
4 1 (3.571%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 16 (57.14%) Developer
2 8 (28.57%) SQL Developer
3 6 (21.43%) SQL Server Developer
4 5 (17.86%) SAS Developer
5 4 (14.29%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 3 (10.71%) Consultant
6 3 (10.71%) Data Migration Specialist
7 2 (7.143%) SharePoint Developer
7 2 (7.143%) Report Developer
7 2 (7.143%) SAS Consultant
7 2 (7.143%) Lead Developer
8 1 (3.571%) Architect
8 1 (3.571%) SAP BW Consultant
8 1 (3.571%) SAP Consultant
8 1 (3.571%) Business Consultant
8 1 (3.571%) Data Warehouse Developer
8 1 (3.571%) Administrator
8 1 (3.571%) Business Manager
8 1 (3.571%) Data Modeller
8 1 (3.571%) Business Objects Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 6 (21.43%) Data Integration
1 6 (21.43%) Grid Computing
2 5 (17.86%) Replication
3 4 (14.29%) NHS
4 2 (7.143%) Clustering
4 2 (7.143%) Management Information System
5 1 (3.571%) Data Extraction
Operating Systems
1 6 (21.43%) UNIX
1 6 (21.43%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (67.86%) Business Intelligence
2 7 (25.00%) Kimball Methodology
3 6 (21.43%) Project Planning
3 6 (21.43%) ETL
3 6 (21.43%) Migration
4 5 (17.86%) Data Modelling
5 4 (14.29%) Data Migration
6 3 (10.71%) Data Transformation
6 3 (10.71%) Dimensional Modelling
6 3 (10.71%) ERD
7 2 (7.143%) Time Management
7 2 (7.143%) Workflow
8 1 (3.571%) Security Management
8 1 (3.571%) Project Management
8 1 (3.571%) Data Analysis
8 1 (3.571%) SAP Implementation
8 1 (3.571%) Performance Management
8 1 (3.571%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 16 (57.14%) SQL
2 12 (42.86%) T-SQL
3 2 (7.143%) VB.NET
3 2 (7.143%) VBA
4 1 (3.571%) ABAP
4 1 (3.571%) VB
4 1 (3.571%) PL/SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.143%) Basel II
Vendors
1 13 (46.43%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.71%) Cognos
2 3 (10.71%) Sage
2 3 (10.71%) Business Objects
3 2 (7.143%) Sybase
3 2 (7.143%) Oracle
4 1 (3.571%) SAP
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