The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Analysis Services 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 Microsoft Analysis Services over the 3 months to 21 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 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Analysis Services
Rank 112 132 115
Rank change year-on-year
+20 -17
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Analysis Services 5 10 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.240% 0.306% 0.182%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.160% 1.597% 0.814%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 2
Average daily rate £325 £228 £480
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+42.85% -52.60%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £295 £211 £476
10% offered a daily rate of more than £333 £331 £484
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £313 £373
% change year-on-year
+8.00% -16.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £22.50
All Database & Business Intelligence
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
431 626 614
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 20.68% 19.17% 22.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 256 387 326
Average daily rate £335 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.28% +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £240 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £425 £493
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £333 £335
% change year-on-year
-2.25% -0.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 35 36
Average hourly rate £40.00 £25.75 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+55.33% -20.76%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.50 £11.22 £16.15
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £46.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £26.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+3.77% -18.46%
Microsoft Analysis Services
England

Microsoft Analysis Services
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West Microsoft Analysis Services Jobs Demand Trend

Microsoft Analysis Services
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West Microsoft Analysis Services Daily Rate Trend

Microsoft Analysis Services
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West Microsoft Analysis Services Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft 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 Microsoft Analysis Services within the South West region over the 3 months to 21 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 - 3 £325 -
Devon - 1 £338 -
Gloucestershire - 1 £275 -
Microsoft Analysis Services
England

Microsoft Analysis Services
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Microsoft 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 Microsoft Analysis Services.

1 9 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 9 (100.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 8 (88.89%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (77.78%) Business Intelligence
3 7 (77.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 7 (77.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 7 (77.78%) SQL Server 2008
4 6 (66.67%) Kimball Methodology
4 6 (66.67%) ETL
5 5 (55.56%) SharePoint
6 4 (44.44%) PerformancePoint
6 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
6 4 (44.44%) MS Excel
7 3 (33.33%) MySQL
7 3 (33.33%) OLAP
7 3 (33.33%) E-Commerce
7 3 (33.33%) MDX
7 3 (33.33%) Dimensional Modelling
7 3 (33.33%) PowerPivot
7 3 (33.33%) SQL Server 2012
8 2 (22.22%) SQL
8 2 (22.22%) T-SQL
9 1 (11.11%) Windows
9 1 (11.11%) MCDBA
9 1 (11.11%) SAS
9 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (11.11%) NHS
9 1 (11.11%) Scrum
9 1 (11.11%) Replication
9 1 (11.11%) Clustering

Microsoft Analysis Services
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Microsoft 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 Microsoft Analysis Services. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (33.33%) MDX
Application Platforms
1 5 (55.56%) SharePoint
2 1 (11.11%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (44.44%) MS Excel
2 3 (33.33%) PowerPivot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 9 (100.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 8 (88.89%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (77.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 7 (77.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 7 (77.78%) SQL Server 2008
4 4 (44.44%) PerformancePoint
5 3 (33.33%) MySQL
5 3 (33.33%) OLAP
5 3 (33.33%) SQL Server 2012
6 1 (11.11%) SQL Server 2005
Job Titles
1 7 (77.78%) Developer
2 4 (44.44%) Data Warehouse Developer
3 3 (33.33%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 3 (33.33%) Business Developer
4 1 (11.11%) DBA
4 1 (11.11%) Administrator
4 1 (11.11%) SQL Server DBA
4 1 (11.11%) SQL Developer
4 1 (11.11%) SQL DBA
4 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Information Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Server Administrator
4 1 (11.11%) Teradata DBA
4 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Data Warehouse Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) NHS
1 1 (11.11%) Replication
1 1 (11.11%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (66.67%) Kimball Methodology
2 6 (66.67%) ETL
3 3 (33.33%) E-Commerce
3 3 (33.33%) Dimensional Modelling
4 1 (11.11%) Scrum
4 1 (11.11%) Data Analysis
4 1 (11.11%) Database Security
4 1 (11.11%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) SQL
1 2 (22.22%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) MCDBA
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft