The first table below looks at the demand for MDX 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 MDX over the 3 months to 22 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 Application Development 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Multidimensional Expressions (MDX)
Rank - - 74
Contract jobs citing MDX 0 0 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading - - 0.291%
As % of the Application Development category - - 1.266%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £338
UK excluding London average daily rate £336 £338 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.37% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £30.00
All Application Development
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
214 169 237
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 24.85% 14.85% 22.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 61 112
Average daily rate £375 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £458 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 3 9
Average hourly rate £15.00 £15.00 £19.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -23.07%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
MDX
Berkshire

MDX
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing MDX across the Reading region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Reading MDX Jobs Demand Trend

MDX
Daily Rate Trend

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

Reading MDX Daily Rate Trend

MDX
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region citing MDX 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 MDX.

1 5 (100.00%) C#
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 5 (100.00%) OLAP
1 5 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 5 (100.00%) SPSS
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 5 (100.00%) MS PowerPoint
1 5 (100.00%) Predictive Analytics
1 5 (100.00%) Analytics
2 3 (60.00%) SAS
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (40.00%) Degree
4 1 (20.00%) Banking
4 1 (20.00%) Statistics
4 1 (20.00%) Data Mart
4 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
4 1 (20.00%) Finance
4 1 (20.00%) Games

MDX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region citing MDX 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 MDX. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 3 (60.00%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 5 (100.00%) SPSS
1 5 (100.00%) MS PowerPoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 5 (100.00%) OLAP
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (20.00%) Data Mart
General
1 1 (20.00%) Banking
1 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
1 1 (20.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Business Analyst
1 4 (80.00%) Analyst
2 3 (60.00%) Business Systems Analyst
2 3 (60.00%) Systems Analyst
3 2 (40.00%) Junior
3 2 (40.00%) Report Analyst
3 2 (40.00%) Junior Business Analyst
3 2 (40.00%) Junior Analyst
3 2 (40.00%) Junior Systems Analyst
3 2 (40.00%) Junior Business Systems Analyst
4 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Consultant
4 1 (20.00%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Statistics
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Predictive Analytics
1 5 (100.00%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) C#
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft