The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server Analysis Services skills in IT contracts advertised for the Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire 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 36 - 41
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing SQL Server Analysis Services 15 0 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 3.289% - 1.512%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 18.52% - 4.167%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 4
Average daily rate £363 - £388
90% offered a daily rate of more than £274 - £349
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 - £418
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
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
81 138 168
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 17.76% 22.29% 36.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 71 87
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 £265 £254
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £500 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £330 £335
% change year-on-year
- -1.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 6
Average hourly rate £14.45 £17.50 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-17.42% -30.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.90 £17.14 £16.70
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.13 £20.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £29.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-5.17% -10.76%
SQL Server Analysis Services
South East

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire 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
Oxford - 9 £363 -
Abingdon - 3 £400 -
SQL Server Analysis Services
South East

SQL Server Analysis Services
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 30 (75.00%) Business Intelligence
2 29 (72.50%) SQL Server
3 28 (70.00%) SQL
4 24 (60.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 23 (57.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 22 (55.00%) Data Warehouse
7 14 (35.00%) Cognos
8 10 (25.00%) OLAP
8 10 (25.00%) T-SQL
8 10 (25.00%) MDX
9 8 (20.00%) Cognos Business Intelligence
9 8 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
10 6 (15.00%) Star Schema
10 6 (15.00%) SAP
11 5 (12.50%) Business Objects
11 5 (12.50%) BusinessObjects XI
11 5 (12.50%) Lagan
12 4 (10.00%) Tableau
12 4 (10.00%) QlikView
12 4 (10.00%) .NET
12 4 (10.00%) C#
13 3 (7.500%) HTML
13 3 (7.500%) ASP.NET
13 3 (7.500%) CSS
13 3 (7.500%) SharePoint
13 3 (7.500%) Migration
13 3 (7.500%) JavaScript
14 2 (5.000%) ERP
14 2 (5.000%) ETL
14 2 (5.000%) jQuery

SQL Server Analysis Services
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 10 (25.00%) MDX
2 4 (10.00%) .NET
3 3 (7.500%) HTML
3 3 (7.500%) ASP.NET
3 3 (7.500%) CSS
4 2 (5.000%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 3 (7.500%) SharePoint
2 2 (5.000%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 1 (2.500%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (20.00%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.500%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (72.50%) SQL Server
2 24 (60.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 23 (57.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 22 (55.00%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (25.00%) OLAP
6 8 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
7 6 (15.00%) Star Schema
8 5 (12.50%) BusinessObjects XI
9 4 (10.00%) QlikView
10 2 (5.000%) SQL Server 2012
10 2 (5.000%) WhereScape RED
General
1 1 (2.500%) Finance
Job Titles
1 25 (62.50%) Developer
2 16 (40.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 14 (35.00%) SQL Developer
4 8 (20.00%) Analyst
5 6 (15.00%) Administrator
6 5 (12.50%) Business Developer
6 5 (12.50%) Systems Administrator
7 4 (10.00%) Business Analyst
7 4 (10.00%) SQL Server Developer
8 2 (5.000%) Data Analyst
8 2 (5.000%) Analyst Developer
8 2 (5.000%) Data Warehouse Analyst
8 2 (5.000%) Business Intelligence Analyst
8 2 (5.000%) Designer
9 1 (2.500%) SQL DBA
9 1 (2.500%) QA Leader
9 1 (2.500%) Teradata DBA
9 1 (2.500%) QA Analyst
9 1 (2.500%) DBA
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (75.00%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (7.500%) Migration
3 2 (5.000%) ERP
3 2 (5.000%) ETL
3 2 (5.000%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (5.000%) Dimensional Modelling
3 2 (5.000%) Business Analysis
3 2 (5.000%) Test Strategy
3 2 (5.000%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (5.000%) Data Transformation
4 1 (2.500%) Web Development
4 1 (2.500%) Data Migration
4 1 (2.500%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 28 (70.00%) SQL
2 10 (25.00%) T-SQL
3 4 (10.00%) C#
4 3 (7.500%) JavaScript
5 1 (2.500%) Java
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.000%) QA
Vendors
1 14 (35.00%) Cognos
2 6 (15.00%) SAP
3 5 (12.50%) Business Objects
3 5 (12.50%) Lagan
4 4 (10.00%) Tableau
5 1 (2.500%) Microsoft