The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server Analysis Services 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 SQL Server Analysis Services 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS)
Rank 74 97 85
Rank change year-on-year
+23 -12
Contract jobs citing SQL Server Analysis Services 44 35 41
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 1.888% 1.125% 1.344%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 8.271% 5.132% 6.092%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 18 28
Average daily rate £315 £313 £343
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.80% -8.75%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £246 £239 £173
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £474 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £333 £325
% change year-on-year
-0.75% +2.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 3
Average hourly rate £35.25 £43.50 £18.73
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-18.96% +132.24%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £31.05 £43.50 £16.95
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.45 £43.50 £21.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £43.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year
-31.03% +45.00%
All Database & Business Intelligence
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
532 682 673
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 22.82% 21.92% 22.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 262 355 367
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 £438 £453 £413
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £330 £335
% change year-on-year
- -1.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 33 43
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 £16.28 £13.35 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £75.50 £43.50 £43.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £29.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-5.17% -10.76%
SQL Server Analysis Services
England

SQL Server Analysis Services
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West SQL Server Analysis Services Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server Analysis Services
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West SQL Server Analysis Services Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server Analysis Services
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL Server Analysis Services across the North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

North West SQL Server Analysis Services Daily Rate Histogram

SQL Server Analysis Services
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West SQL Server Analysis Services Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server Analysis Services
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server Analysis Services 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 +15 22 £301 -13.92%
Merseyside +7 14 £350 +12.00%
Lancashire +7 1 £140 -39.45%
Cheshire -4 1 - -
SQL Server Analysis Services
England

SQL Server Analysis Services
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing SQL Server 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 SQL Server Analysis Services.

1 84 (98.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 78 (91.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 69 (81.18%) SQL
4 66 (77.65%) SQL Server
5 62 (72.94%) Business Intelligence
6 49 (57.65%) T-SQL
7 45 (52.94%) SQL Server 2008
8 37 (43.53%) Data Warehouse
9 31 (36.47%) ETL
9 31 (36.47%) SQL Server 2005
10 29 (34.12%) Finance
11 26 (30.59%) Microsoft
12 25 (29.41%) MDX
13 19 (22.35%) NHS
14 17 (20.00%) OLAP
15 16 (18.82%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
16 14 (16.47%) Migration
17 13 (15.29%) SharePoint
18 12 (14.12%) MS Excel
18 12 (14.12%) Replication
18 12 (14.12%) Kimball Methodology
19 11 (12.94%) Microsoft Analysis Services
19 11 (12.94%) PerformancePoint
19 11 (12.94%) Data Migration
20 10 (11.76%) .NET
21 9 (10.59%) RDBMS
22 8 (9.412%) Data Mart
23 7 (8.235%) Star Schema
24 6 (7.059%) VB.NET
24 6 (7.059%) VBA

SQL Server Analysis Services
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 25 (29.41%) MDX
2 10 (11.76%) .NET
3 4 (4.706%) ASP.NET
4 3 (3.529%) HTML
5 2 (2.353%) jQuery
5 2 (2.353%) ASP
5 2 (2.353%) CSS
6 1 (1.176%) XML
6 1 (1.176%) ODBC
6 1 (1.176%) COM
6 1 (1.176%) DHTML
6 1 (1.176%) WSH
6 1 (1.176%) Hibernate
6 1 (1.176%) Ajax
6 1 (1.176%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
6 1 (1.176%) LINQ to SQL
6 1 (1.176%) ASP.NET MVC
6 1 (1.176%) LINQ
6 1 (1.176%) .NET Framework
6 1 (1.176%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 13 (15.29%) SharePoint
2 3 (3.529%) SharePoint 2010
3 2 (2.353%) SharePoint 2013
4 1 (1.176%) SharePoint Foundation
Applications
1 12 (14.12%) MS Excel
2 4 (4.706%) PowerPivot
3 3 (3.529%) InfoPath
4 2 (2.353%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.176%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 1 (1.176%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.176%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (98.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 78 (91.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 66 (77.65%) SQL Server
4 45 (52.94%) SQL Server 2008
5 37 (43.53%) Data Warehouse
6 31 (36.47%) SQL Server 2005
7 17 (20.00%) OLAP
8 16 (18.82%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
9 11 (12.94%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 11 (12.94%) PerformancePoint
10 9 (10.59%) RDBMS
11 8 (9.412%) Data Mart
12 7 (8.235%) Star Schema
13 5 (5.882%) DTS
13 5 (5.882%) OLTP
14 4 (4.706%) QlikView
15 3 (3.529%) SQL Server 2012
16 2 (2.353%) Sybase ASE
16 2 (2.353%) SQL Server 2000
16 2 (2.353%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 4 (4.706%) Visual Studio
2 1 (1.176%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 29 (34.12%) Finance
2 2 (2.353%) Retail
2 2 (2.353%) Back Office
3 1 (1.176%) Electronics
3 1 (1.176%) Telecoms
3 1 (1.176%) Manufacturing
3 1 (1.176%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 41 (48.24%) Developer
2 21 (24.71%) Business Intelligence Developer
2 21 (24.71%) SQL Developer
3 18 (21.18%) Analyst
4 13 (15.29%) DBA
5 12 (14.12%) SQL DBA
5 12 (14.12%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 11 (12.94%) SQL Server Developer
7 6 (7.059%) Administrator
8 5 (5.882%) Business Analyst
8 5 (5.882%) Teradata DBA
8 5 (5.882%) Report Developer
9 4 (4.706%) Data Migration Specialist
9 4 (4.706%) Data Warehouse Developer
10 3 (3.529%) Architect
10 3 (3.529%) Consultant
10 3 (3.529%) Business Intelligence Consultant
10 3 (3.529%) Senior Consultant
10 3 (3.529%) Server Analyst
10 3 (3.529%) SQL Server Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 19 (22.35%) NHS
2 12 (14.12%) Replication
3 2 (2.353%) Clustering
3 2 (2.353%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.176%) N-Tier
4 1 (1.176%) DTV
4 1 (1.176%) Statistics
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (72.94%) Business Intelligence
2 31 (36.47%) ETL
3 14 (16.47%) Migration
4 12 (14.12%) Kimball Methodology
5 11 (12.94%) Data Migration
6 5 (5.882%) Data Modelling
7 4 (4.706%) ERD
7 4 (4.706%) Data Transformation
8 3 (3.529%) Dimensional Modelling
8 3 (3.529%) Data Mapping
9 2 (2.353%) Time Management
9 2 (2.353%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 2 (2.353%) Business Analysis
9 2 (2.353%) Project Management
10 1 (1.176%) Web Application Development
10 1 (1.176%) SOA
10 1 (1.176%) ERP
10 1 (1.176%) ITIL
10 1 (1.176%) OOP
10 1 (1.176%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 69 (81.18%) SQL
2 49 (57.65%) T-SQL
3 6 (7.059%) VB.NET
3 6 (7.059%) VBA
4 5 (5.882%) C#
5 2 (2.353%) PowerShell
5 2 (2.353%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.176%) PL/SQL
6 1 (1.176%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 2 (2.353%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (1.176%) MCDBA
2 1 (1.176%) MCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.882%) QA
Vendors
1 26 (30.59%) Microsoft
2 5 (5.882%) Business Objects
3 4 (4.706%) Sage
4 3 (3.529%) SAP
4 3 (3.529%) Oracle
5 2 (2.353%) Sybase
5 2 (2.353%) Cognos
Greater Manchester, North West
The role is based within the public sector and has come by due to a new systems project. You will be required to create and implement the system,...
Computer Futures
Posted: 16 May 2013
Merseyside, North West
Essential* MS SQL Server 2005/ 2008.* Must have proven track record of working with database and warehouse technologies and architectures; including both logical and physical designs, data mart...
Mint
Rate: £300 - £400 per day
Posted: 9 May 2013
Merseyside, North West
Essential* MS SQL Server 2005/ 2008.* Must have proven track record of working with database and warehouse technologies and architectures; including both logical and physical designs, data mart...
Mint
Rate: £250 - £300 per annum
Posted: 26 April 2013
Cheshire
Essential Skills & Experience: Microsoft SQL Server 2005/2008Required Visual Studio 2005 (SSIS, SSRS & SSAS)Highly desired Microsoft Office 2007Highly desired Microsoft Server 2003 and 2008Highly desired SharePoint TechnologiesDesired...
Rullion IT Plus
Rate: £350 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
Cheshire
Skills Microsoft SQL Server 2005/2008 - Required. Visual Studio 2005 (SSIS, SSRS, SSAS) - Highly desired. MS Office 2007 - Highly desired. MS Server 2003/2008 - Highly desired. PerformancePoint Server -...
Experis IT
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013