The first table below looks at the demand for MDX 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 MDX over the 3 months to 23 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 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Multidimensional Expressions (MDX)
Rank 214 240 247
Rank change year-on-year
+26 +7
Contract jobs citing MDX 9 2 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.116% 0.020% 0.114%
As % of the Application Development category 0.475% 0.087% 0.435%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 9
Average daily rate £400 £325 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+23.07% -13.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £338 £375
% change year-on-year
+3.70% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £30.00
All Application Development
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
1895 2291 2761
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 24.35% 22.53% 26.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1008 1137 1282
Average daily rate £350 £330 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.06% +1.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £240 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 120 106 200
Average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £38.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -7.89%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.33 £17.65 £29.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.50 £41.35 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
MDX
England

MDX
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East MDX Daily Rate Trend

MDX
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East MDX Hourly Rate Trend

MDX
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MDX within the South East region over the 3 months to 23 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
Oxfordshire - 5 £400 -
Surrey +18 1 £400 +45.45%
East Sussex - 1 - -
Kent - 1 £300 -
MDX
England

MDX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 18 (85.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 15 (71.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 15 (71.43%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 14 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
3 14 (66.67%) SQL
3 14 (66.67%) OLAP
4 12 (57.14%) SQL Server
5 7 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (33.33%) C#
6 6 (28.57%) T-SQL
7 4 (19.05%) Analytics
7 4 (19.05%) Predictive Analytics
7 4 (19.05%) MS PowerPoint
7 4 (19.05%) .NET
7 4 (19.05%) MS Excel
7 4 (19.05%) SPSS
8 3 (14.29%) Microsoft
8 3 (14.29%) HTML
8 3 (14.29%) JavaScript
8 3 (14.29%) SharePoint
8 3 (14.29%) ASP.NET
8 3 (14.29%) CSS
8 3 (14.29%) SQL Server 2008
8 3 (14.29%) SAS
9 2 (9.524%) SharePoint 2010
9 2 (9.524%) jQuery
9 2 (9.524%) Degree
9 2 (9.524%) ETL
9 2 (9.524%) Finance
10 1 (4.762%) Games

MDX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 Development
1 4 (19.05%) .NET
2 3 (14.29%) HTML
2 3 (14.29%) ASP.NET
2 3 (14.29%) CSS
3 2 (9.524%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 3 (14.29%) SharePoint
1 3 (14.29%) SAS
2 2 (9.524%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 4 (19.05%) MS PowerPoint
1 4 (19.05%) MS Excel
1 4 (19.05%) SPSS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (85.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 15 (71.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 15 (71.43%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 14 (66.67%) OLAP
4 12 (57.14%) SQL Server
5 7 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (14.29%) SQL Server 2008
7 1 (4.762%) PowerMart
7 1 (4.762%) PowerCenter
7 1 (4.762%) Oracle 8/8i
7 1 (4.762%) ActiveReports
7 1 (4.762%) Data Mart
7 1 (4.762%) Microsoft Analysis Services
General
1 2 (9.524%) Finance
2 1 (4.762%) Games
2 1 (4.762%) Telecoms
2 1 (4.762%) Banking
Job Titles
1 15 (71.43%) Developer
2 8 (38.10%) Business Intelligence Developer
2 8 (38.10%) SQL Developer
3 5 (23.81%) Business Developer
4 4 (19.05%) SQL Server Developer
4 4 (19.05%) Analyst
5 3 (14.29%) Business Analyst
6 2 (9.524%) Data Warehouse Developer
6 2 (9.524%) Consultant
6 2 (9.524%) Business Systems Analyst
6 2 (9.524%) Systems Analyst
7 1 (4.762%) Report Analyst
7 1 (4.762%) Test Analyst
7 1 (4.762%) Tester
7 1 (4.762%) Junior
7 1 (4.762%) Junior Analyst
7 1 (4.762%) Junior Systems Analyst
7 1 (4.762%) Junior Business Systems Analyst
7 1 (4.762%) Report Writer
7 1 (4.762%) QA Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.762%) Statistics
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (19.05%) Analytics
2 4 (19.05%) Predictive Analytics
3 2 (9.524%) ETL
4 1 (4.762%) CRM
4 1 (4.762%) Dimensional Modelling
Programming Languages
1 14 (66.67%) SQL
2 7 (33.33%) C#
3 6 (28.57%) T-SQL
4 3 (14.29%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (9.524%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.762%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.762%) Informatica
2 1 (4.762%) Cognos
2 1 (4.762%) Oracle
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