The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server Reporting 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 Reporting 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 Reporting Services (SSRS)
Rank 42 75 62
Rank change year-on-year
+33 -13
Contract jobs citing SQL Server Reporting Services 91 57 69
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 3.904% 1.832% 2.262%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 17.11% 8.358% 10.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 35 44
Average daily rate £290 £275 £330
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.45% -16.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £196 £230 £217
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £340 £402
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-3.70% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 8 4
Average hourly rate £35.00 £33.00 £20.62
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.06% +60.07%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.27 £17.65 £17.17
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £114.75 £43.50 £30.55
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £32.75 £21.79
% change year-on-year
-20.61% +50.29%
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 Reporting Services
England

SQL Server Reporting Services
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West SQL Server Reporting Services Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server Reporting Services
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West SQL Server Reporting Services Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server Reporting Services
Daily Rate Histogram

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

North West SQL Server Reporting Services Daily Rate Histogram

SQL Server Reporting Services
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West SQL Server Reporting Services Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server Reporting Services
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

North West SQL Server Reporting Services Hourly Rate Histogram

SQL Server Reporting 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 Reporting 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 +26 48 £288 +4.54%
Merseyside +14 18 £313 -3.84%
Cheshire -2 11 £350 +16.66%
Lancashire +8 5 £213 -5.55%
SQL Server Reporting Services
England

SQL Server Reporting 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 Reporting 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 Reporting Services.

1 131 (74.01%) SQL
2 123 (69.49%) SQL Server
3 116 (65.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 84 (47.46%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 77 (43.50%) Business Intelligence
6 74 (41.81%) SQL Server 2008
7 69 (38.98%) T-SQL
8 59 (33.33%) .NET
9 56 (31.64%) Data Warehouse
10 47 (26.55%) C#
11 45 (25.42%) SQL Server 2005
12 38 (21.47%) NHS
13 37 (20.90%) Microsoft
14 35 (19.77%) ETL
15 31 (17.51%) Finance
16 28 (15.82%) SharePoint
16 28 (15.82%) MDX
17 27 (15.25%) VB.NET
18 26 (14.69%) ASP.NET
19 19 (10.73%) Migration
20 18 (10.17%) OLAP
20 18 (10.17%) MS Excel
21 16 (9.040%) HTML
21 16 (9.040%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
22 14 (7.910%) Kimball Methodology
22 14 (7.910%) Replication
22 14 (7.910%) CSS
23 13 (7.345%) Data Migration
24 12 (6.780%) PerformancePoint
25 11 (6.215%) Microsoft Analysis Services

SQL Server Reporting 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 Reporting 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 Reporting Services. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 59 (33.33%) .NET
2 28 (15.82%) MDX
3 26 (14.69%) ASP.NET
4 16 (9.040%) HTML
5 14 (7.910%) CSS
6 10 (5.650%) .NET Framework
6 10 (5.650%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
7 8 (4.520%) XML
7 8 (4.520%) WCF
8 6 (3.390%) LINQ to SQL
8 6 (3.390%) LINQ
9 5 (2.825%) Web Services
9 5 (2.825%) WinForms
10 3 (1.695%) DHTML
10 3 (1.695%) ODBC
11 2 (1.130%) ASP
11 2 (1.130%) COM
11 2 (1.130%) Silverlight
11 2 (1.130%) jQuery
11 2 (1.130%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 28 (15.82%) SharePoint
2 6 (3.390%) IIS
2 6 (3.390%) SharePoint 2010
3 4 (2.260%) SharePoint 2013
4 2 (1.130%) BizTalk Server
4 2 (1.130%) SharePoint Foundation
5 1 (0.565%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.565%) MSMQ
Applications
1 18 (10.17%) MS Excel
2 6 (3.390%) PowerPivot
2 6 (3.390%) InfoPath
3 4 (2.260%) MS Office
4 3 (1.695%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (2.260%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.130%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.565%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (0.565%) Dynamics NAV
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.130%) LDAP
2 1 (0.565%) Internet
2 1 (0.565%) HTTP
2 1 (0.565%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 123 (69.49%) SQL Server
2 116 (65.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 84 (47.46%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 74 (41.81%) SQL Server 2008
5 56 (31.64%) Data Warehouse
6 45 (25.42%) SQL Server 2005
7 18 (10.17%) OLAP
8 16 (9.040%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
9 12 (6.780%) PerformancePoint
10 11 (6.215%) Microsoft Analysis Services
11 10 (5.650%) RDBMS
12 9 (5.085%) QlikView
12 9 (5.085%) DTS
13 8 (4.520%) SQL Server 2000
13 8 (4.520%) Data Mart
14 7 (3.955%) Star Schema
15 5 (2.825%) OLTP
16 4 (2.260%) SQL Server 2012
17 2 (1.130%) BusinessObjects
17 2 (1.130%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 9 (5.085%) Visual Studio
2 2 (1.130%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 2 (1.130%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.565%) TortoiseSVN
3 1 (0.565%) Subversion
General
1 31 (17.51%) Finance
2 5 (2.825%) Local Government
2 5 (2.825%) Retail
3 3 (1.695%) Back Office
4 1 (0.565%) Marketing
4 1 (0.565%) Electronics
4 1 (0.565%) Telecoms
4 1 (0.565%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 104 (58.76%) Developer
2 37 (20.90%) SQL Developer
3 31 (17.51%) Analyst
4 24 (13.56%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 22 (12.43%) .NET Developer
6 18 (10.17%) DBA
7 16 (9.040%) SQL DBA
8 14 (7.910%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 13 (7.345%) SQL Server Developer
10 9 (5.085%) Business Analyst
11 8 (4.520%) Administrator
12 7 (3.955%) MI Developer
12 7 (3.955%) Web Developer
13 6 (3.390%) Report Developer
14 5 (2.825%) Teradata DBA
14 5 (2.825%) SharePoint Developer
14 5 (2.825%) Architect
14 5 (2.825%) Consultant
14 5 (2.825%) Senior Developer
14 5 (2.825%) ASP.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 38 (21.47%) NHS
2 14 (7.910%) Replication
3 7 (3.955%) Management Information System
4 4 (2.260%) Clustering
5 2 (1.130%) Informatics
6 1 (0.565%) CMDB
6 1 (0.565%) Data Integration
6 1 (0.565%) N-Tier
6 1 (0.565%) DTV
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.955%) Windows
2 2 (1.130%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (43.50%) Business Intelligence
2 35 (19.77%) ETL
3 19 (10.73%) Migration
4 14 (7.910%) Kimball Methodology
5 13 (7.345%) Data Migration
6 11 (6.215%) Data Modelling
7 7 (3.955%) Data Transformation
8 6 (3.390%) MVC
8 6 (3.390%) CRM
8 6 (3.390%) ERD
9 5 (2.825%) Data Mapping
10 4 (2.260%) Workflow
10 4 (2.260%) Service Management
10 4 (2.260%) PRINCE2
10 4 (2.260%) Data Analysis
10 4 (2.260%) Root Cause Analysis
10 4 (2.260%) Analytics
11 3 (1.695%) Dimensional Modelling
11 3 (1.695%) Project Management
11 3 (1.695%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 131 (74.01%) SQL
2 69 (38.98%) T-SQL
3 47 (26.55%) C#
4 27 (15.25%) VB.NET
5 11 (6.215%) JavaScript
5 11 (6.215%) VBA
6 3 (1.695%) PowerShell
6 3 (1.695%) PL/SQL
6 3 (1.695%) VBScript
7 2 (1.130%) VB6
7 2 (1.130%) VB
7 2 (1.130%) C
Qualifications
1 3 (1.695%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (1.695%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.825%) QA
2 1 (0.565%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (2.260%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.565%) LiteSpeed
2 1 (0.565%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 37 (20.90%) Microsoft
2 5 (2.825%) Business Objects
2 5 (2.825%) Oracle
3 4 (2.260%) Sage
3 4 (2.260%) Cognos
4 3 (1.695%) SAP
5 2 (1.130%) Sybase
6 1 (0.565%) Twitter
6 1 (0.565%) CommVault
6 1 (0.565%) VMware
Cheshire, North West
You should have expert level T-SQL and the key skills for this role include; - SQL Server 2008, 2012 - T-SQL - SSIS - DataWarehouse maintenance - SSRS - Any DBA skills...
Computer Futures
Rate: £250 - £300 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Cheshire, North West
You should have excellent reporting skills and key skills for this role include; - SSRS - SSIS - T-SQL Any experience of supporting Enterprise wide systems would be interesting but...
Computer Futures
Rate: £120 - £130 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
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
North West
Venn Group. SQL Developer urgently required in the North West of England Venn Group have an NHS opportunity for a SQL Developer to start immediately This is an...
Venn Group
Rate: £200 - 230 Per Day
Posted: 20 May 2013
Manchester, North West
Key roles for this role include; - SSRS, Reports Design & Development - Consultancy / Business Facing - SQL Server + Other 'flavours' of database / SQL - MySQL experience would be highly desirable but is...
Computer Futures
Rate: £250 - £325 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Lancashire, North West
The client is looking for professionals who have previous BI experience, working with SQL Server all versions (from 2000 - 2012) in a development environment.Key skills:SQL Server (...
Rate: £225.00 - £300.00 per day
Posted: 27 April 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
Liverpool, North West
You should have excellent DBA experience and key skills for this role include; - SQL Server 2008, 2008 R2, 2012 - T-SQL, Stored Procedures - DBA Tasks; Performance Tuning, High...
Computer Futures
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
Crewe, Cheshire
My client requires an individual with a mix of skills around SQL Server and Data Manipulation to support inhouse systems and databases. Skills required: - Basic DBA ability - Ability...
IT Talent Solutions
Rate: £35000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 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
Wilmslow, Cheshire
Required Skills / Experience: Web development experience with C#, .Net, SSRS, LINQ and SQL... Keywords: C#, .Net, SSRS, LINQ, MVC, SQL, CRM, SMS, Web Developer, Design Patterns, Model-View-...
1 Greenplace
Rate: From £250 to £350 per day dependent upon experience
Posted: 8 May 2013