North West SQL Server Integration Services Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) 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 SQL Server Integration Services over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)
Location Aberdeen Aylesbury Bath Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cardiff Chelmsford Cheshire City of London Coventry Crawley Croydon Darlington Docklands, London Dorset Durham East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Gatwick Glasgow Hammersmith Hampshire Hertfordshire Ipswich Kent Kingston Upon Thames Lancashire Leeds Leicestershire London Luton Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Norfolk North East North West Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Peterborough Reading Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Staffordshire Stevenage Suffolk Sunderland Surrey Swindon Taunton Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Windsor Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	123	122
Rank change on same period last year	-1
Matching contract IT job ads	21	11
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.028 %	0.012 %
As % of the category below	2.760 %	1.194 %
Daily rates quoted	5	4
Average minimum daily rate	£264	£276
Average daily rate	£278	£276
% change on same period last year	+0.63 %
Average maximum daily rate	£292	£276
UK excluding London average daily rate	£361	£364
% change on same period last year	-0.85 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£39.67	£34.92
% change on same period last year	+13.61 %
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 %
SQL Server Integration 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.

SQL Server Integration Services
Demand Trend

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

SQL Server Integration Services
Daily Rate Trend

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

SQL Server Integration Services
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL Server Integration Services across the North West region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

SQL Server Integration Services
Hourly Rate Trend

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

SQL Server Integration Services
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing SQL Server Integration 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
Manchester	-	13	£291	-
Cheshire	-17	5	£225	-
Lancashire	-1	2	-	-
Merseyside	-	1	-	-

SQL Server Integration Services England

SQL Server Integration Services
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing SQL Server Integration 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 Integration Services.

1 37 (86.05 %) SQL Server 2 28 (65.12 %) SQL Server 2005 3 26 (60.47 %) SQL 4 18 (41.86 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 5 15 (34.88 %) Datawarehouse 6 13 (30.23 %) DTS 7 12 (27.91 %) Transact-SQL 8 10 (23.26 %) .NET 9 9 (20.93 %) SQL Server 2000 10 8 (18.60 %) Microsoft 10 8 (18.60 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 11 7 (16.28 %) BusinessObjects 11 7 (16.28 %) Business Objects 12 6 (13.95 %) ASP.NET 12 6 (13.95 %) OLAP

12 6 (13.95 %) C# 12 6 (13.95 %) Windows 12 6 (13.95 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 13 5 (11.63 %) MS Excel 13 5 (11.63 %) Replication 13 5 (11.63 %) Finance 14 4 (9.302 %) Clustering 14 4 (9.302 %) MCDBA 14 4 (9.302 %) Microsoft Certification 14 4 (9.302 %) VB 15 3 (6.977 %) VB.NET 15 3 (6.977 %) Crystal Reports 15 3 (6.977 %) MS Office 15 3 (6.977 %) E-Commerce 15 3 (6.977 %) ASP

SQL Server Integration Services
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development 1 10 (23.26 %) .NET 2 6 (13.95 %) ASP.NET 3 3 (6.977 %) ASP 4 2 (4.651 %) XSLT 4 2 (4.651 %) FpML 5 1 (2.326 %) WinForms 5 1 (2.326 %) MDX 5 1 (2.326 %) CSS 5 1 (2.326 %) XML 5 1 (2.326 %) HTML	Application Platforms 1 2 (4.651 %) SharePoint 1 2 (4.651 %) BizTalk Server
Applications 1 5 (11.63 %) MS Excel 2 3 (6.977 %) MS Office 3 1 (2.326 %) Fireworks	Communications & Networking 1 2 (4.651 %) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence 1 37 (86.05 %) SQL Server 2 28 (65.12 %) SQL Server 2005 3 18 (41.86 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 4 15 (34.88 %) Datawarehouse 5 13 (30.23 %) DTS 6 9 (20.93 %) SQL Server 2000 7 8 (18.60 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 8 7 (16.28 %) BusinessObjects 9 6 (13.95 %) OLAP 9 6 (13.95 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 10 3 (6.977 %) BusinessObjects XI 10 3 (6.977 %) Crystal Reports 10 3 (6.977 %) ETL 11 2 (4.651 %) SQL Server 7 12 1 (2.326 %) MS Access 12 1 (2.326 %) DB2	Development Applications 1 2 (4.651 %) Visual Studio
General 1 5 (11.63 %) Finance 2 2 (4.651 %) Retail 2 2 (4.651 %) Front Office 3 1 (2.326 %) Graphic Design	Job Titles 1 17 (39.53 %) Developer 2 10 (23.26 %) Consultant 2 10 (23.26 %) DBA 2 10 (23.26 %) SQL DBA 3 9 (20.93 %) SQL Developer 4 8 (18.60 %) SQL Server Developer 5 4 (9.302 %) Analyst 6 3 (6.977 %) Business Developer 6 3 (6.977 %) Data Analyst 6 3 (6.977 %) Business Objects Developer 7 2 (4.651 %) Datawarehouse Developer 7 2 (4.651 %) .NET Developer 7 2 (4.651 %) SQL Server DBA 8 1 (2.326 %) VB.NET Developer 8 1 (2.326 %) C# Developer 8 1 (2.326 %) Datawarehouse Consultant 8 1 (2.326 %) Database Developer 8 1 (2.326 %) Business Analyst 8 1 (2.326 %) VB Developer 8 1 (2.326 %) Web Designer
Miscellaneous 1 5 (11.63 %) Replication 2 4 (9.302 %) Clustering 3 2 (4.651 %) Asset Management 4 1 (2.326 %) Statistics 4 1 (2.326 %) Data Conversion	Operating Systems 1 6 (13.95 %) Windows
Processes & Methodologies 1 3 (6.977 %) E-Commerce 1 3 (6.977 %) ITIL 1 3 (6.977 %) Project Management 2 2 (4.651 %) ERP 2 2 (4.651 %) Data Modelling 2 2 (4.651 %) Workflow 2 2 (4.651 %) Software Engineering 2 2 (4.651 %) Risk Analysis 3 1 (2.326 %) Security Cleared 3 1 (2.326 %) Statistical Analysis 3 1 (2.326 %) Validation 3 1 (2.326 %) Migration 3 1 (2.326 %) Web Design 3 1 (2.326 %) Data Analysis 3 1 (2.326 %) Business Intelligence 3 1 (2.326 %) Service Management 3 1 (2.326 %) CRM	Programming Languages 1 26 (60.47 %) SQL 2 12 (27.91 %) Transact-SQL 3 6 (13.95 %) C# 4 4 (9.302 %) VB 5 3 (6.977 %) VB.NET 5 3 (6.977 %) VB6 6 1 (2.326 %) VBA 6 1 (2.326 %) JavaScript 6 1 (2.326 %) VBScript
Qualifications 1 4 (9.302 %) MCDBA 1 4 (9.302 %) Microsoft Certification	Vendors 1 8 (18.60 %) Microsoft 2 7 (16.28 %) Business Objects 3 2 (4.651 %) Oracle 4 1 (2.326 %) Lawson 4 1 (2.326 %) ProClarity