The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server Analysis Services skills in IT contracts advertised for the South Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SQL Server Analysis Services 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 Database & Business Intelligence category for the South Wales 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
Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS)
Rank 37 38 45
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +7
Contract jobs citing SQL Server Analysis Services 4 4 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 1.201% 0.998% 0.478%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.154% 5.405% 1.961%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 1
Average daily rate £475 £338 £328
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+40.74% +3.05%
UK excluding London average daily rate £328 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-2.96% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £43.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year
-31.03% +45.00%
All Database & Business Intelligence
South Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
65 74 102
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 19.52% 18.45% 24.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 40 49
Average daily rate £388 £350 £328
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.71% +6.87%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £275 £310
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £425 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £333 £335
% change year-on-year
-0.75% -0.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 7
Average hourly rate - £26.50 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -37.64%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -15.38%
SQL Server Analysis Services
Wales

SQL Server Analysis Services
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales SQL Server Analysis Services Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server Analysis Services
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SQL Server Analysis Services across the South Wales region.

South Wales SQL Server Analysis Services Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server Analysis Services
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server Analysis Services across the South Wales region.

South Wales SQL Server Analysis Services Hourly Rate Trend

SQL Server Analysis Services
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server Analysis Services within the South Wales 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
Cardiff - 2 £475 -
Newport -1 1 £475 +40.74%
SQL Server Analysis Services
Wales

SQL Server Analysis Services
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales region citing SQL Server Analysis Services 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 SQL Server Analysis Services.

1 14 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 14 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 14 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 13 (92.86%) SQL Server
3 12 (85.71%) SQL
3 12 (85.71%) ETL
3 12 (85.71%) Business Intelligence
3 12 (85.71%) SQL Server 2008
4 11 (78.57%) SQL Server 2005
5 10 (71.43%) Finance
6 9 (64.29%) Kimball Methodology
6 9 (64.29%) Microsoft
7 8 (57.14%) T-SQL
8 7 (50.00%) Cognos Business Intelligence
8 7 (50.00%) Cognos
9 6 (42.86%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 6 (42.86%) Clustering
10 5 (35.71%) AS400
10 5 (35.71%) SQL Server 2000
10 5 (35.71%) Project Management
10 5 (35.71%) OLTP
10 5 (35.71%) DTS
11 3 (21.43%) Banking
11 3 (21.43%) OLAP
12 2 (14.29%) MS Excel
12 2 (14.29%) MDX
13 1 (7.143%) OpenUP
13 1 (7.143%) Data Mart

SQL Server Analysis Services
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales region citing SQL Server Analysis Services 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 SQL Server Analysis Services. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (14.29%) MDX
Applications
1 2 (14.29%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 7 (50.00%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 14 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 14 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 13 (92.86%) SQL Server
3 12 (85.71%) SQL Server 2008
4 11 (78.57%) SQL Server 2005
5 6 (42.86%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 5 (35.71%) SQL Server 2000
6 5 (35.71%) OLTP
6 5 (35.71%) DTS
7 3 (21.43%) OLAP
8 1 (7.143%) Data Mart
General
1 10 (71.43%) Finance
2 3 (21.43%) Banking
Job Titles
1 7 (50.00%) DBA
2 6 (42.86%) Business Intelligence Developer
2 6 (42.86%) SQL DBA
2 6 (42.86%) Developer
3 5 (35.71%) SQL Server DBA
4 2 (14.29%) Business Developer
5 1 (7.143%) Consultant
5 1 (7.143%) Business Intelligence Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 6 (42.86%) Clustering
2 5 (35.71%) AS400
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (85.71%) ETL
1 12 (85.71%) Business Intelligence
2 9 (64.29%) Kimball Methodology
3 5 (35.71%) Project Management
4 1 (7.143%) OpenUP
Programming Languages
1 12 (85.71%) SQL
2 8 (57.14%) T-SQL
Vendors
1 9 (64.29%) Microsoft
2 7 (50.00%) Cognos
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
BI Developer - South Wales... The skills we'd be most interested in include: The ability to build data warehouse systems using SQL Server 2005 / 2008, providing both skills...
Intapeople
Rate: £450 - £500 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
South Wales
Contract BI Developer - SQL Server, Data Warehouse, Business Intelligence, SSAS, SSRS, SSIS, ETL, OLAP. This is a 6 month contract role for a BI Developer to join a...
CPS Group UK
Rate: £300 - £500 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
South Wales
The skills required: The ideal candidate will have experience of building data warehouse systems using Microsoft SQL Server 2005 or 2008, providing both skills and experience in Microsoft...
ITF Solutions
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
South Wales
building data warehouse systems using Microsoft SQL Server 2005 or 2008, providing both skills and experience in Microsoft SQL Server 2005/2008, SSIS, SSAS, SSRS, MDX, Business Intelligence ,...
Sanderson
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan, Wales
SQL Business Intelligence Developer - SSIS / SSAS / SSRS / MDX / Cubes - Cardiff £450-500SQL Business Intelligence Developer required to work on a full life cycle Data Warehouse implementation project using...
OPUS
Rate: GBP450 to GBP500 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
SQL Business Intelligence Developer - SSIS / SSAS / SSRS / MDX / Cubes - Cardiff £450-500. SQL Business Intelligence Developer required to work on a full life cycle Data Warehouse implementation project...
Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Rate: £450 to £500 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013