The first table below looks at the demand for OLAP 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 OLAP over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Online Analytical Processing (OLAP)
Rank 66 79 72
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -7
Contract jobs citing OLAP 7 2 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 0.818% 0.181% 0.680%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 4.487% 1.653% 3.057%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 5
Average daily rate £475 - £320
UK excluding London average daily rate £360 £343 £345
% change year-on-year
+5.10% -0.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £30.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year
- -25.00%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
156 121 229
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 18.22% 10.95% 22.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 32 119
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 £244 £208 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £488 £513 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £333 £335
% change year-on-year
-2.25% -0.74%
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 £26.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+3.77% -18.46%
OLAP
Berkshire

OLAP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading OLAP Jobs Demand Trend

OLAP
Daily Rate Trend

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

Reading OLAP Daily Rate Trend

OLAP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Reading OLAP Hourly Rate Trend

OLAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region citing OLAP 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 OLAP.

1 14 (93.33%) C#
1 14 (93.33%) SQL
2 13 (86.67%) SQL Server
3 10 (66.67%) Microsoft
4 9 (60.00%) MS Excel
4 9 (60.00%) .NET
5 8 (53.33%) T-SQL
5 8 (53.33%) MS Office
5 8 (53.33%) Visual Studio
5 8 (53.33%) ASP.NET
5 8 (53.33%) Windows
5 8 (53.33%) SharePoint
5 8 (53.33%) DTS
5 8 (53.33%) LDAP
5 8 (53.33%) Windows Server 2003
5 8 (53.33%) SharePoint Server
5 8 (53.33%) Windows SharePoint Services
5 8 (53.33%) SQL Server 2005
6 7 (46.67%) XML
7 6 (40.00%) Web Services
7 6 (40.00%) Web Development
7 6 (40.00%) .NET Framework
7 6 (40.00%) IDOL
7 6 (40.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 6 (40.00%) Meridio
8 5 (33.33%) MS PowerPoint
8 5 (33.33%) MDX
8 5 (33.33%) SPSS
8 5 (33.33%) Predictive Analytics
8 5 (33.33%) Security Cleared

OLAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region citing OLAP 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 OLAP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (60.00%) .NET
2 8 (53.33%) ASP.NET
2 8 (53.33%) Windows SharePoint Services
3 7 (46.67%) XML
4 6 (40.00%) Web Services
4 6 (40.00%) .NET Framework
5 5 (33.33%) MDX
Application Platforms
1 8 (53.33%) SharePoint
1 8 (53.33%) SharePoint Server
2 3 (20.00%) SAS
2 3 (20.00%) MS Project Server
2 3 (20.00%) CM System
Applications
1 9 (60.00%) MS Excel
2 8 (53.33%) MS Office
3 5 (33.33%) MS PowerPoint
3 5 (33.33%) SPSS
4 3 (20.00%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 8 (53.33%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (86.67%) SQL Server
2 8 (53.33%) DTS
2 8 (53.33%) SQL Server 2005
3 6 (40.00%) IDOL
3 6 (40.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (13.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (6.667%) DB2
5 1 (6.667%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (6.667%) RDBMS
5 1 (6.667%) Star Schema
5 1 (6.667%) Data Mart
5 1 (6.667%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 8 (53.33%) Visual Studio
2 2 (13.33%) PVCS
3 1 (6.667%) ERwin
General
1 2 (13.33%) Finance
2 1 (6.667%) Banking
2 1 (6.667%) Games
2 1 (6.667%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (40.00%) Developer
2 5 (33.33%) Analyst
2 5 (33.33%) SharePoint Developer
3 4 (26.67%) Business Analyst
4 3 (20.00%) Business Systems Analyst
4 3 (20.00%) Systems Analyst
4 3 (20.00%) Team Leader
5 2 (13.33%) Development Team Leader
5 2 (13.33%) Junior Business Analyst
5 2 (13.33%) Report Analyst
5 2 (13.33%) Junior Analyst
5 2 (13.33%) Junior Systems Analyst
5 2 (13.33%) Junior Business Systems Analyst
5 2 (13.33%) Junior
6 1 (6.667%) Architect
6 1 (6.667%) Consultant
6 1 (6.667%) Software Architect
6 1 (6.667%) Data Analyst
6 1 (6.667%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 1 (6.667%) SQL Server Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.667%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 8 (53.33%) Windows
1 8 (53.33%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (40.00%) Web Development
2 5 (33.33%) Predictive Analytics
2 5 (33.33%) Analytics
3 3 (20.00%) Document Management
3 3 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
3 3 (20.00%) Workflow
3 3 (20.00%) Release Management
4 2 (13.33%) Continuous Integration
4 2 (13.33%) Test Automation
4 2 (13.33%) Unified Process
4 2 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (13.33%) ETL
4 2 (13.33%) UML
5 1 (6.667%) Data Management
5 1 (6.667%) Migration
5 1 (6.667%) Scrum
5 1 (6.667%) Data Governance
5 1 (6.667%) Dimensional Modelling
5 1 (6.667%) Master Data Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (93.33%) C#
1 14 (93.33%) SQL
2 8 (53.33%) T-SQL
3 1 (6.667%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 5 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (26.67%) MCSD
3 2 (13.33%) Degree
4 1 (6.667%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 10 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 6 (40.00%) Meridio
3 1 (6.667%) MicroStrategy
3 1 (6.667%) Ab Initio
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