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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Data Transformation Services (DTS) skills within the South Wales region with a comparison to our Database & Business Intelligence category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited DTS over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Data Transformation Services (DTS)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank3439
Rank change on same period last yearUp+5
Matching contract IT job ads198
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.027 %0.008 %
As % of the category below14.50 %7.207 %
Daily rates quoted81
Average minimum daily rate£231£250
Average daily rate£245£270
% change on same period last year-9.25 %
Average maximum daily rate£259£290
UK excluding London average daily rate£319£353
% change on same period last year-9.66 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.71£34.42
% change on same period last year-7.88 %
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
South Wales
Matching contract IT job ads131111
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.184 %0.112 %
Daily rates quoted3918
Average minimum daily rate£307£339
Average daily rate£333£374
% change on same period last year-11.03 %
Average maximum daily rate£359£409
UK excluding London average daily rate£341£350
% change on same period last year-2.64 %
Hourly rates quoted72
Average minimum hourly rate£32.29£21.00
Average hourly rate£37.65£26.00
% change on same period last year+44.82 %
Average maximum hourly rate£43.02£31.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.04£31.90
% change on same period last year-5.83 %
DTS WalesDTS
Wales

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

DTS
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing DTS across the South Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

South Wales DTS Demand Trend

DTS
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing DTS across the South Wales region.

South Wales DTS Daily Rate Trend

DTS
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing DTS across the South Wales region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

South Wales DTS Daily Rate Histogram

DTS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South Wales 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 Wales region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
CardiffUp+917£244-9.52 %
GlamorganNew entry-2£250-
DTS WalesDTS
Wales

DTS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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.

121 (87.50 %)SQL
218 (75.00 %)SQL Server
317 (70.83 %)Transact-SQL
416 (66.67 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
514 (58.33 %)VBA
514 (58.33 %)Crystal Reports
514 (58.33 %)MS Access
68 (33.33 %)MS Excel
77 (29.17 %)Datawarehouse
85 (20.83 %)SQL Server 2005
85 (20.83 %)SQL Server Integration Services
85 (20.83 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
85 (20.83 %)Cognos
85 (20.83 %)Finance
85 (20.83 %)Data Modelling
85 (20.83 %)ETL
85 (20.83 %)Business Intelligence
94 (16.67 %)SQL Server 2000
94 (16.67 %)VB
103 (12.50 %)ASP.NET 2.0
103 (12.50 %)Dimensional Modelling
103 (12.50 %)C#
103 (12.50 %)JavaScript
103 (12.50 %)PHP
103 (12.50 %).NET
103 (12.50 %)Visual Studio
103 (12.50 %)ASP.NET
103 (12.50 %)CSS
112 (8.333 %)Law
112 (8.333 %)N-Tier

DTS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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.

South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (12.50 %).NET
13 (12.50 %)ASP.NET
13 (12.50 %)CSS
13 (12.50 %)ASP.NET 2.0
22 (8.333 %)AJAX
22 (8.333 %).NET Framework
31 (4.167 %)MDX
31 (4.167 %)XML
31 (4.167 %)XHTML
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
18 (33.33 %)MS Excel
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
15 (20.83 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
118 (75.00 %)SQL Server
216 (66.67 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
314 (58.33 %)Crystal Reports
314 (58.33 %)MS Access
47 (29.17 %)Datawarehouse
55 (20.83 %)ETL
55 (20.83 %)SQL Server 2005
55 (20.83 %)SQL Server Integration Services
64 (16.67 %)SQL Server 2000
71 (4.167 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
71 (4.167 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
71 (4.167 %)OLAP
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (12.50 %)Visual Studio
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (20.83 %)Finance
22 (8.333 %)Law
31 (4.167 %)Legal
31 (4.167 %)Games
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
115 (62.50 %)Developer
27 (29.17 %)Analyst
27 (29.17 %)Programmer
36 (25.00 %)Analyst Programmer
45 (20.83 %)Cognos Developer
45 (20.83 %)SQL Developer
54 (16.67 %)Crystal Reports Developer
54 (16.67 %)Report Developer
63 (12.50 %)SQL DBA
63 (12.50 %)DBA
63 (12.50 %).NET Developer
72 (8.333 %)C# Developer
72 (8.333 %)Report Analyst
81 (4.167 %)SQL Server DBA
81 (4.167 %)Analyst Developer
81 (4.167 %)ASP.NET Developer
81 (4.167 %)SQL Server Developer
81 (4.167 %).NET Programmer
81 (4.167 %)VB Analyst Programmer
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (8.333 %)N-Tier
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (20.83 %)Data Modelling
15 (20.83 %)Business Intelligence
23 (12.50 %)Dimensional Modelling
32 (8.333 %)Software Testing
41 (4.167 %)E-Commerce
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
121 (87.50 %)SQL
217 (70.83 %)Transact-SQL
314 (58.33 %)VBA
44 (16.67 %)VB
53 (12.50 %)C#
53 (12.50 %)JavaScript
53 (12.50 %)PHP
62 (8.333 %)VB6
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (20.83 %)Cognos