The first table below looks at the demand for DTS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited DTS 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 Reading 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 Data Transformation Services (DTS)
Rank 64 81 -
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -
Contract jobs citing DTS 6 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 0.719% 0.269% -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 4.110% 2.564% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £200 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £325 £329
% change year-on-year
-4.61% -1.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £29.25 £31.25
% change year-on-year
+19.65% -6.40%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
146 117 222
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 17.49% 10.49% 21.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 33 115
Average daily rate £375 £350 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% +2.94%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £270 £223 £248
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £513 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £330 £335
% change year-on-year
- -1.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 8
Average hourly rate £32.50 £11.50 £34.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+182.60% -66.42%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £29.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-5.17% -10.76%
DTS
Berkshire

DTS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing DTS across the Reading region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Reading DTS Jobs Demand Trend

DTS
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing DTS across the Reading region.

Reading DTS Daily Rate Trend

DTS
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing DTS across the Reading region.

Reading DTS Hourly Rate Trend

DTS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region citing DTS 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 DTS.

1 8 (100.00%) C#
1 8 (100.00%) SQL
1 8 (100.00%) T-SQL
1 8 (100.00%) .NET
1 8 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 8 (100.00%) OLAP
1 8 (100.00%) MS Office
1 8 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 8 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
1 8 (100.00%) LDAP
1 8 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 8 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 8 (100.00%) SharePoint Server
1 8 (100.00%) Windows SharePoint Services
1 8 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 7 (87.50%) XML
3 6 (75.00%) Web Services
3 6 (75.00%) Web Development
3 6 (75.00%) .NET Framework
3 6 (75.00%) IDOL
3 6 (75.00%) Meridio
4 5 (62.50%) Security Cleared
5 4 (50.00%) MCSD
5 4 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (50.00%) MS Excel
6 3 (37.50%) MS Project
6 3 (37.50%) Workflow
6 3 (37.50%) MS Project Server

DTS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region citing DTS 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 DTS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (100.00%) .NET
1 8 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 8 (100.00%) Windows SharePoint Services
2 7 (87.50%) XML
3 6 (75.00%) Web Services
3 6 (75.00%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 8 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 8 (100.00%) SharePoint Server
2 3 (37.50%) MS Project Server
2 3 (37.50%) CM System
Applications
1 8 (100.00%) MS Office
2 4 (50.00%) MS Excel
3 3 (37.50%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 8 (100.00%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 8 (100.00%) OLAP
1 8 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 6 (75.00%) IDOL
3 1 (12.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 8 (100.00%) Visual Studio
2 2 (25.00%) PVCS
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) SharePoint Developer
1 5 (62.50%) Developer
2 3 (37.50%) Team Leader
3 2 (25.00%) Development Team Leader
4 1 (12.50%) Software Architect
4 1 (12.50%) Architect
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
1 8 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Web Development
2 3 (37.50%) Workflow
2 3 (37.50%) Release Management
2 3 (37.50%) Document Management
3 2 (25.00%) Test Automation
3 2 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
3 2 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (25.00%) Unified Process
3 2 (25.00%) UML
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) C#
1 8 (100.00%) SQL
1 8 (100.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) Security Cleared
2 4 (50.00%) MCSD
2 4 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (75.00%) Meridio