The first table below looks at the demand for DTS skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited DTS over the 3 months to 17 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 South East 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Data Transformation Services (DTS)
Rank 203 214 228
Rank change year-on-year
+11 +14
Contract jobs citing DTS 20 33 24
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.256% 0.325% 0.230%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.349% 1.879% 1.082%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 13 8
Average daily rate £375 £363 £315
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% +15.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £267 £255 £253
10% offered a daily rate of more than £385 £475 £367
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-15.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 0
Average hourly rate £35.00 £29.25 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+19.65% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £29.25 £31.25
% change year-on-year
+19.65% -6.40%
All Database & Business Intelligence
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
1483 1756 2218
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 18.98% 17.29% 21.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 779 880 1042
Average daily rate £355 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.42% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £263 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £333 £338
% change year-on-year
-2.25% -1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 48 123
Average hourly rate £27.50 £27.75 £38.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-0.90% -27.92%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.50 £16.50 £19.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £46.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -15.38%
DTS
England

DTS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East DTS Daily Rate Trend

DTS
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing DTS across the South East region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South East DTS Daily Rate Histogram

DTS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East DTS Hourly Rate Trend

DTS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DTS within the South East region over the 3 months to 17 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
Berkshire +27 14 £240 +20.00%
Hampshire -6 3 £381 +7.01%
Buckinghamshire +1 2 - -
Thames Valley - 1 - -
DTS
England

DTS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 24 (92.31%) SQL
2 23 (88.46%) SQL Server
3 22 (84.62%) T-SQL
4 18 (69.23%) .NET
4 18 (69.23%) ASP.NET
4 18 (69.23%) SQL Server 2005
5 17 (65.38%) C#
6 15 (57.69%) Windows
7 13 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
7 13 (50.00%) Microsoft
8 12 (46.15%) Visual Studio
9 11 (42.31%) MS Office
9 11 (42.31%) XML
9 11 (42.31%) OLAP
9 11 (42.31%) LDAP
9 11 (42.31%) SharePoint
9 11 (42.31%) SharePoint Server
9 11 (42.31%) Windows SharePoint Services
10 10 (38.46%) Security Cleared
11 8 (30.77%) Meridio
11 8 (30.77%) IDOL
11 8 (30.77%) Web Services
12 7 (26.92%) HTML
12 7 (26.92%) JavaScript
13 6 (23.08%) Web Development
13 6 (23.08%) .NET Framework
13 6 (23.08%) SC Cleared
13 6 (23.08%) jQuery
13 6 (23.08%) VB
13 6 (23.08%) VB.NET

DTS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 18 (69.23%) .NET
1 18 (69.23%) ASP.NET
2 11 (42.31%) XML
2 11 (42.31%) Windows SharePoint Services
3 8 (30.77%) Web Services
4 7 (26.92%) HTML
5 6 (23.08%) ASP
5 6 (23.08%) COM+
5 6 (23.08%) .NET Framework
5 6 (23.08%) jQuery
6 5 (19.23%) XSL
7 2 (7.692%) SOAP
7 2 (7.692%) WebSphere
8 1 (3.846%) DHTML
Application Platforms
1 11 (42.31%) SharePoint
1 11 (42.31%) SharePoint Server
2 3 (11.54%) MS Project Server
2 3 (11.54%) CM System
3 2 (7.692%) Oracle Application Server
3 2 (7.692%) WebSphere Application Server
4 1 (3.846%) WebLogic
4 1 (3.846%) Oracle 9iAS
Applications
1 11 (42.31%) MS Office
2 4 (15.38%) MS Excel
3 3 (11.54%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (3.846%) Movex
1 1 (3.846%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Communications & Networking
1 11 (42.31%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (88.46%) SQL Server
2 18 (69.23%) SQL Server 2005
3 11 (42.31%) OLAP
4 8 (30.77%) IDOL
5 5 (19.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (15.38%) SQL Server 2000
7 3 (11.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (11.54%) SQL Server 2008
7 3 (11.54%) RDBMS
8 2 (7.692%) Oracle Reports
8 2 (7.692%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (3.846%) SQLPlus
9 1 (3.846%) Oracle 8/8i
9 1 (3.846%) Oracle 9i
9 1 (3.846%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (3.846%) Oracle 10g
9 1 (3.846%) DB2
Development Applications
1 12 (46.15%) Visual Studio
2 2 (7.692%) PVCS
3 1 (3.846%) Oracle Forms
General
1 2 (7.692%) Spanish Language
2 1 (3.846%) Finance
2 1 (3.846%) Manufacturing
2 1 (3.846%) Banking
2 1 (3.846%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 16 (61.54%) Developer
2 7 (26.92%) SQL Developer
2 7 (26.92%) SharePoint Developer
3 5 (19.23%) SQL Server Developer
3 5 (19.23%) DBA
4 4 (15.38%) SQL DBA
5 3 (11.54%) Team Leader
5 3 (11.54%) VB Developer
6 2 (7.692%) ASP Developer
6 2 (7.692%) Architect
6 2 (7.692%) SQL Server DBA
6 2 (7.692%) Analyst
6 2 (7.692%) Development Team Leader
6 2 (7.692%) Deployment Analyst
6 2 (7.692%) SharePoint Architect
7 1 (3.846%) VB6 Developer
7 1 (3.846%) Administrator
7 1 (3.846%) .NET Developer
7 1 (3.846%) Data Warehouse Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.54%) Replication
2 1 (3.846%) Clustering
2 1 (3.846%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 15 (57.69%) Windows
2 13 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (3.846%) Tru64
3 1 (3.846%) UNIX
3 1 (3.846%) AIX
3 1 (3.846%) Solaris
3 1 (3.846%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (23.08%) Web Development
2 4 (15.38%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (15.38%) Test Automation
3 3 (11.54%) Document Management
3 3 (11.54%) Capacity Management
3 3 (11.54%) Workflow
3 3 (11.54%) Migration
3 3 (11.54%) Release Management
3 3 (11.54%) ETL
4 2 (7.692%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (7.692%) UML
4 2 (7.692%) Continuous Integration
4 2 (7.692%) Database Tuning
4 2 (7.692%) Unified Process
4 2 (7.692%) BCP
5 1 (3.846%) Information Security Management
5 1 (3.846%) Security Management
5 1 (3.846%) Information Security
5 1 (3.846%) ERP
5 1 (3.846%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 24 (92.31%) SQL
2 22 (84.62%) T-SQL
3 17 (65.38%) C#
4 7 (26.92%) JavaScript
5 6 (23.08%) VB
5 6 (23.08%) VB.NET
6 5 (19.23%) VBScript
6 5 (19.23%) VB6
7 3 (11.54%) Java
8 1 (3.846%) PL/SQL
8 1 (3.846%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 10 (38.46%) Security Cleared
2 6 (23.08%) MCSD
2 6 (23.08%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (23.08%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.692%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.846%) Oracle RMAN
Systems Management
1 1 (3.846%) Oracle Statspack
1 1 (3.846%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 13 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (30.77%) Meridio
3 2 (7.692%) Oracle
3 2 (7.692%) Cognos
4 1 (3.846%) Red Hat
Portsmouth, South East
In depth SQL Server (2005/2008) skills including performance tuning, T-SQL, stored procedures, using SSIS to implement and manage Extract Transform Load (ETL) Strong written and communication...
DP Connect Ltd
Rate: YES
Posted: 8 May 2013
Milton Keynes, Thames Valley
You will have previous experience in a similar role with extensive experience of database technologies, ETL, SSIS, DTS and SQL Server. Also Co-ordination of activities on multiple...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: Competitive
Posted: 17 May 2013
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
BI/Business Intelligence/database... You will have previous experience in a similar role with extensive experience of database technologies, ETL, SSIS, DTS and SQL Server. Also Co-ordination...
HAYS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Rate: Competitive
Posted: 17 May 2013