The first table below looks at the demand for Star Schema 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 Star Schema 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Star Schema
Rank 223 235 236
Rank change year-on-year
+12 +1
Contract jobs citing Star Schema 1 4 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.013% 0.039% 0.164%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.068% 0.230% 0.791%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 5
Average daily rate £370 £285 £413
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+29.82% -30.90%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £388
% change year-on-year
- -9.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £30.00
All Database & Business Intelligence
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
1476 1742 2148
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 18.94% 17.17% 20.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 779 879 1025
Average daily rate £360 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £263 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £480 £475 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £330 £335
% change year-on-year
- -1.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 53 116
Average hourly rate £27.50 £26.00 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.76% -30.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.00 £16.50 £18.65
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £46.25 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £29.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-5.17% -10.76%
Star Schema
England

Star Schema
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Star Schema Jobs Demand Trend

Star Schema
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Star Schema across the South East region.

South East Star Schema Daily Rate Trend

Star Schema
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Star Schema Hourly Rate Trend

Star Schema
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Star Schema within the South East region over the 3 months to 24 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 +15 1 £370 -
Star Schema
England

Star Schema
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Star Schema 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 Star Schema.

1 12 (80.00%) Data Warehouse
2 11 (73.33%) Business Intelligence
3 8 (53.33%) Finance
4 7 (46.67%) Cognos
4 7 (46.67%) Cognos Business Intelligence
4 7 (46.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 7 (46.67%) SQL
4 7 (46.67%) SQL Server
5 6 (40.00%) ETL
6 5 (33.33%) Ab Initio
6 5 (33.33%) DB2
6 5 (33.33%) Master Data Management
6 5 (33.33%) Data Management
7 4 (26.67%) Data Governance
7 4 (26.67%) ERwin
7 4 (26.67%) RDBMS
7 4 (26.67%) OLAP
7 4 (26.67%) SAP
7 4 (26.67%) Scrum
7 4 (26.67%) Agile Software Development
8 3 (20.00%) Migration
9 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
9 2 (13.33%) Requirements Management
9 2 (13.33%) QlikView
9 2 (13.33%) Data Modelling
9 2 (13.33%) Snowflake Schema
9 2 (13.33%) Project Management
9 2 (13.33%) Change Management
9 2 (13.33%) Performance Management
9 2 (13.33%) Inmon Methodology

Star Schema
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Star Schema 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 Star Schema. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Business Applications
1 7 (46.67%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.667%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (80.00%) Data Warehouse
2 7 (46.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 7 (46.67%) SQL Server
3 5 (33.33%) DB2
4 4 (26.67%) RDBMS
4 4 (26.67%) OLAP
5 2 (13.33%) QlikView
5 2 (13.33%) Snowflake Schema
5 2 (13.33%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 4 (26.67%) ERwin
General
1 8 (53.33%) Finance
2 1 (6.667%) Banking
Job Titles
1 8 (53.33%) Developer
2 6 (40.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
2 6 (40.00%) SQL Developer
3 5 (33.33%) Data Analyst
3 5 (33.33%) Analyst
4 2 (13.33%) Project Manager
5 1 (6.667%) Business Intelligence Project Manager
5 1 (6.667%) Business Intelligence Manager
5 1 (6.667%) ETL Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (73.33%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (40.00%) ETL
3 5 (33.33%) Master Data Management
3 5 (33.33%) Data Management
4 4 (26.67%) Data Governance
4 4 (26.67%) Scrum
4 4 (26.67%) Agile Software Development
5 3 (20.00%) Migration
6 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (13.33%) Requirements Management
6 2 (13.33%) Data Modelling
6 2 (13.33%) Project Management
6 2 (13.33%) Change Management
6 2 (13.33%) Performance Management
6 2 (13.33%) Inmon Methodology
6 2 (13.33%) Kimball Methodology
7 1 (6.667%) Data Migration
7 1 (6.667%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (46.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (6.667%) Degree
Vendors
1 7 (46.67%) Cognos
2 5 (33.33%) Ab Initio
3 4 (26.67%) SAP
4 1 (6.667%) Informatica
4 1 (6.667%) MicroStrategy