The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server Analysis Services skills in IT contracts advertised for the Oxford 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 Oxford 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 25 - 26
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing SQL Server Analysis Services 9 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxford 3.846% - 0.599%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 25.71% - 2.564%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 1
Average daily rate £363 - £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £333 £325
% change year-on-year
-0.75% +2.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £43.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year
-31.03% +45.00%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Oxford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
35 64 39
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxford 14.96% 19.28% 23.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 40 32
Average daily rate £325 £338 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.70% -3.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £264 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £540 £413
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £330 £335
% change year-on-year
- -1.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 2
Average hourly rate £15.00 £17.50 £18.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.28% -5.40%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £29.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-5.17% -10.76%
SQL Server Analysis Services
Oxfordshire

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 Oxford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford 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 Oxford region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford SQL Server Analysis Services Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server Analysis Services
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford 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 18 (100.00%) SQL
2 13 (72.22%) SQL Server
3 12 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
3 12 (66.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 9 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (44.44%) Cognos
5 8 (44.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 5 (27.78%) Star Schema
6 5 (27.78%) Business Objects
6 5 (27.78%) Lagan
6 5 (27.78%) Cognos Business Intelligence
6 5 (27.78%) BusinessObjects XI
7 4 (22.22%) T-SQL
8 2 (11.11%) OLAP
8 2 (11.11%) ERP
8 2 (11.11%) ETL
8 2 (11.11%) Migration
8 2 (11.11%) SQL Server 2008
8 2 (11.11%) QlikView
8 2 (11.11%) WhereScape RED
8 2 (11.11%) MDX
9 1 (5.556%) Test Strategy
9 1 (5.556%) Root Cause Analysis
9 1 (5.556%) User Acceptance Testing
9 1 (5.556%) QA
9 1 (5.556%) Web Development
9 1 (5.556%) SAP
9 1 (5.556%) .NET
9 1 (5.556%) C#
9 1 (5.556%) Java

SQL Server Analysis Services
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford 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 2 (11.11%) MDX
2 1 (5.556%) .NET
Business Applications
1 5 (27.78%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (72.22%) SQL Server
2 12 (66.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 9 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (44.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 5 (27.78%) Star Schema
5 5 (27.78%) BusinessObjects XI
6 2 (11.11%) OLAP
6 2 (11.11%) SQL Server 2008
6 2 (11.11%) QlikView
6 2 (11.11%) WhereScape RED
Job Titles
1 9 (50.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
1 9 (50.00%) Developer
2 7 (38.89%) SQL Developer
3 6 (33.33%) Administrator
4 5 (27.78%) Systems Administrator
5 1 (5.556%) Teradata DBA
5 1 (5.556%) QA Leader
5 1 (5.556%) SQL DBA
5 1 (5.556%) DBA
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (11.11%) ERP
2 2 (11.11%) ETL
2 2 (11.11%) Migration
3 1 (5.556%) Test Strategy
3 1 (5.556%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (5.556%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (5.556%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 18 (100.00%) SQL
2 4 (22.22%) T-SQL
3 1 (5.556%) C#
3 1 (5.556%) Java
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.556%) QA
Vendors
1 8 (44.44%) Cognos
2 5 (27.78%) Business Objects
2 5 (27.78%) Lagan
3 1 (5.556%) SAP