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The table below looks at the demand for Multidimensional Expressions (MDX) skills within the South Wales region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited MDX over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMultidimensional Expressions (MDX)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£363£384
% change on same period last year-5.69 %
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-£40.00
% change on same period last year-
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
South Wales
Matching contract IT job ads139123
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.196 %0.124 %
Daily rates quoted5221
Average minimum daily rate£304£311
Average daily rate£329£370
% change on same period last year-11.22 %
Average maximum daily rate£353£429
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£333
% change on same period last year-1.25 %
Hourly rates quoted73
Average minimum hourly rate£28.14£21.11
Average hourly rate£34.27£22.94
% change on same period last year+49.37 %
Average maximum hourly rate£40.41£24.78
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.10£32.14
% change on same period last year-3.23 %
MDX WalesMDX
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.

MDX
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing MDX across the South Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

South Wales MDX Demand Trend

MDX
Top 11 Related IT Skills

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

11 (100.00 %)SQL
11 (100.00 %)Transact-SQL
11 (100.00 %)SQL Server
11 (100.00 %)OLAP
11 (100.00 %)Datawarehouse
11 (100.00 %)DTS
11 (100.00 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
11 (100.00 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
11 (100.00 %)SQL Server 2005
11 (100.00 %)SQL Server Integration Services
11 (100.00 %)SQL Server Analysis Services

MDX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (100.00 %)SQL Server
11 (100.00 %)OLAP
11 (100.00 %)Datawarehouse
11 (100.00 %)DTS
11 (100.00 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
11 (100.00 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
11 (100.00 %)SQL Server 2005
11 (100.00 %)SQL Server Integration Services
11 (100.00 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)DBA
11 (100.00 %)SQL DBA
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (100.00 %)SQL
11 (100.00 %)Transact-SQL