The first table below looks at the demand for MDX skills in IT contracts advertised for the South West 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 West 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 101 - 125
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing MDX 10 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.498% - 0.070%
As % of the Application Development category 2.119% - 0.294%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 2
Average daily rate £313 - £405
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 - £341
10% offered a daily rate of more than £405 - £469
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 West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
472 777 681
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 23.48% 23.94% 23.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 302 465 304
Average daily rate £325 £350 £315
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% +11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £223 £248 £205
10% offered a daily rate of more than £458 £475 £430
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 26 38
Average hourly rate £24.50 £25.00 £33.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.00% -24.81%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.20 £15.10 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £54.50 £41.00 £40.00
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 West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

South West 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 West region.

South West MDX Daily Rate Trend

MDX
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MDX across the South West region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

South West MDX Daily Rate Histogram

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 West 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
Bristol - 2 £475 -
Devon - 2 £313 -
Gloucestershire - 1 £375 -
Somerset - 1 £335 -
Wiltshire - 1 £300 -
MDX
England

MDX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 16 (84.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 15 (78.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 13 (68.42%) Business Intelligence
3 13 (68.42%) SQL Server
4 12 (63.16%) SQL
5 11 (57.89%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 10 (52.63%) SQL Server 2008
7 9 (47.37%) Data Warehouse
7 9 (47.37%) Kimball Methodology
8 8 (42.11%) ETL
8 8 (42.11%) Microsoft
9 7 (36.84%) MS Excel
10 6 (31.58%) SharePoint
11 5 (26.32%) OLAP
12 4 (21.05%) T-SQL
12 4 (21.05%) .NET
12 4 (21.05%) Finance
13 3 (15.79%) ERP
13 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Analysis Services
13 3 (15.79%) SQL Server 2005
13 3 (15.79%) PerformancePoint
13 3 (15.79%) Team Foundation Server
13 3 (15.79%) PowerPivot
13 3 (15.79%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
13 3 (15.79%) SharePoint 2010
14 2 (10.53%) CAML
14 2 (10.53%) jQuery
14 2 (10.53%) Ajax
14 2 (10.53%) SAP
14 2 (10.53%) ASP.NET

MDX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 (21.05%) .NET
2 2 (10.53%) CAML
2 2 (10.53%) jQuery
2 2 (10.53%) Ajax
2 2 (10.53%) ASP.NET
2 2 (10.53%) CSS
2 2 (10.53%) HTML
3 1 (5.263%) EDI
Application Platforms
1 6 (31.58%) SharePoint
2 3 (15.79%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 7 (36.84%) MS Excel
2 3 (15.79%) PowerPivot
3 1 (5.263%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (5.263%) Dynamics NAV
1 1 (5.263%) Dynamics AX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (84.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 15 (78.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 13 (68.42%) SQL Server
4 11 (57.89%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 10 (52.63%) SQL Server 2008
6 9 (47.37%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (26.32%) OLAP
8 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 3 (15.79%) SQL Server 2005
8 3 (15.79%) PerformancePoint
8 3 (15.79%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
9 1 (5.263%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (5.263%) SQL Server 2000
9 1 (5.263%) SAP BI
Development Applications
1 3 (15.79%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (5.263%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 1 (5.263%) Selenium
2 1 (5.263%) WebDriver
General
1 4 (21.05%) Finance
2 1 (5.263%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 17 (89.47%) Developer
2 10 (52.63%) Business Intelligence Developer
2 10 (52.63%) SQL Developer
3 4 (21.05%) Business Developer
4 2 (10.53%) SharePoint Developer
4 2 (10.53%) Analyst
5 1 (5.263%) Test Analyst
5 1 (5.263%) Consultant
5 1 (5.263%) Business Intelligence Consultant
5 1 (5.263%) Analyst Developer
5 1 (5.263%) SQL Server Developer
5 1 (5.263%) Microsoft Developer
5 1 (5.263%) Report Developer
5 1 (5.263%) SQL Server Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.263%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (68.42%) Business Intelligence
2 9 (47.37%) Kimball Methodology
3 8 (42.11%) ETL
4 3 (15.79%) ERP
5 1 (5.263%) Data Management
5 1 (5.263%) Data Modelling
5 1 (5.263%) Performance Testing
5 1 (5.263%) Web Testing
5 1 (5.263%) Test Strategy
5 1 (5.263%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 12 (63.16%) SQL
2 4 (21.05%) T-SQL
3 2 (10.53%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (5.263%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.263%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (5.263%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 8 (42.11%) Microsoft
2 2 (10.53%) SAP
3 1 (5.263%) Sage
3 1 (5.263%) Business Objects
South West
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