The first table below looks at the demand for PowerPivot skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PowerPivot over the 3 months to 17 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 Applications category for the West Midlands 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft PowerPivot
Rank 89 - 93
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing PowerPivot 6 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.363% - 0.053%
As % of the Applications category 2.308% - 0.348%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 1
Average daily rate £320 - £325
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 - £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Applications
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
260 314 287
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 15.75% 14.07% 15.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 114 106
Average daily rate £275 £320 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.06% -1.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £125 £150 £123
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £442 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 60 54
Average hourly rate £13.50 £14.50 £13.13
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.89% +10.47%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.91 £10.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.80 £32.25 £22.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-3.12% +3.22%
PowerPivot
England

PowerPivot
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing PowerPivot across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

West Midlands PowerPivot Jobs Demand Trend

PowerPivot
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing PowerPivot across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands PowerPivot Daily Rate Trend

PowerPivot
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PowerPivot within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 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
Birmingham - 5 £320 -
PowerPivot
England

PowerPivot
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing PowerPivot 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 PowerPivot.

1 8 (100.00%) SQL
1 8 (100.00%) T-SQL
1 8 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 6 (75.00%) SQL Server
2 6 (75.00%) OLAP
2 6 (75.00%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (75.00%) MDX
2 6 (75.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 6 (75.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 6 (75.00%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 6 (75.00%) SQL Server 2012
3 4 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (25.00%) Finance
4 2 (25.00%) Retail
4 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (25.00%) Hyperion
4 2 (25.00%) NHS
4 2 (25.00%) Statistics
5 1 (12.50%) VBA

PowerPivot
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing PowerPivot 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 PowerPivot. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (75.00%) MDX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 6 (75.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 6 (75.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 6 (75.00%) SQL Server
2 6 (75.00%) OLAP
2 6 (75.00%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 6 (75.00%) SQL Server 2012
3 4 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 2 (25.00%) Finance
1 2 (25.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Developer
2 4 (50.00%) SQL Developer
2 4 (50.00%) SQL Server Developer
2 4 (50.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 3 (37.50%) Business Developer
4 2 (25.00%) Analyst
5 1 (12.50%) Report Analyst
5 1 (12.50%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (12.50%) Information Analyst
5 1 (12.50%) Senior Information Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) NHS
1 2 (25.00%) Statistics
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) SQL
1 8 (100.00%) T-SQL
2 1 (12.50%) VBA
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (25.00%) Hyperion