The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server Analysis Services skills in IT contracts advertised for the Watford 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 Watford 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 7 19 -
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -
Contract jobs citing SQL Server Analysis Services 6 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Watford 8.571% 2.885% -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 33.33% 12.50% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 0
Average daily rate £325 £338 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.70% -
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
Watford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
18 24 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Watford 25.71% 23.08% 17.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 8 9
Average daily rate £325 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £233 £280 £280
10% offered a daily rate of more than £457 £375 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £333 £335
% change year-on-year
-0.75% -0.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £20.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -15.38%
SQL Server Analysis Services
Hertfordshire

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 Watford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Watford 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 Watford region.

Watford SQL Server Analysis Services Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server Analysis Services
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL Server Analysis Services across the Watford region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Watford SQL Server Analysis Services Daily Rate Histogram

SQL Server Analysis Services
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Watford 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 5 (71.43%) SQL
1 5 (71.43%) ETL
1 5 (71.43%) Business Intelligence
1 5 (71.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 5 (71.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 4 (57.14%) Business Objects
3 3 (42.86%) T-SQL
3 3 (42.86%) .NET
3 3 (42.86%) SQL Server
4 1 (14.29%) Windows
4 1 (14.29%) Linux
4 1 (14.29%) Data Modelling
4 1 (14.29%) Service Management
4 1 (14.29%) Data Security
4 1 (14.29%) Retail
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 1 (14.29%) Degree
4 1 (14.29%) MDX
4 1 (14.29%) Resource Management
4 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
4 1 (14.29%) OLTP
4 1 (14.29%) RDBMS
4 1 (14.29%) MSI

SQL Server Analysis Services
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Watford 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 3 (42.86%) .NET
2 1 (14.29%) MDX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (71.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 5 (71.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 3 (42.86%) SQL Server
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Analysis Services
3 1 (14.29%) OLTP
3 1 (14.29%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) MSI
General
1 1 (14.29%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Business Intelligence Developer
1 4 (57.14%) Developer
2 1 (14.29%) DBA
2 1 (14.29%) Database Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) Administrator
2 1 (14.29%) SQL DBA
2 1 (14.29%) Data Administrator
2 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) ETL
1 5 (71.43%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (14.29%) Data Modelling
2 1 (14.29%) Service Management
2 1 (14.29%) Data Security
2 1 (14.29%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) SQL
2 3 (42.86%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Business Objects