West Midlands SQL Server Integration Services Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) skills within the West Midlands region with a comparison to our Database & Business Intelligence category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL Server Integration Services over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)
Location Aberdeen Aylesbury Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Brentwood Brighton Bromley Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire City of London Clapham County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Darlington Dartford Devon Docklands, London Dorking Durham East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Hammersmith Hampshire Hertfordshire Kent Kingston Upon Thames Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lewes Liverpool London Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Newbury Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Peterborough Reading Scotland Somerset South East South Wales South West Staffordshire Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey Swindon Taunton Thames Valley UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Windsor Yorkshire	3 months to 29 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	94	101
Rank change on same period last year	+7
Matching contract IT job ads	30	25
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.040 %	0.025 %
As % of the category below	4.202 %	2.955 %
Daily rates quoted	9	1
Average minimum daily rate	£340	£280
Average daily rate	£358	£298
% change on same period last year	+20.35 %
Average maximum daily rate	£376	£315
UK excluding London average daily rate	£329	£375
% change on same period last year	-12.24 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£33.27	£35.17
% change on same period last year	-5.40 %
Database & Business Intelligence West Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	714	846
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.952 %	0.844 %
Daily rates quoted	170	178
Average minimum daily rate	£308	£317
Average daily rate	£332	£342
% change on same period last year	-3.12 %
Average maximum daily rate	£355	£368
UK excluding London average daily rate	£349	£358
% change on same period last year	-2.41 %
Hourly rates quoted	33	88
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.04	£27.10
Average hourly rate	£28.24	£29.61
% change on same period last year	-4.62 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£31.44	£32.13
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.15	£32.12
% change on same period last year	+0.11 %
SQL Server Integration Services England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

SQL Server Integration Services
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server Integration Services across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

SQL Server Integration Services
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SQL Server Integration Services across the West Midlands region.

SQL Server Integration Services
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL Server Integration Services across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

SQL Server Integration Services
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server Integration Services across the West Midlands region.

SQL Server Integration Services
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server Integration Services within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Birmingham	+13	6	£433	+45.65 %
Staffordshire	-	5	£350	-
Coventry	-	3	£320	-

SQL Server Integration Services England

SQL Server Integration Services
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing SQL Server Integration 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 Integration Services.

1 42 (79.25 %) SQL Server 2 34 (64.15 %) SQL Server 2005 3 28 (52.83 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 4 27 (50.94 %) SQL 5 24 (45.28 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 6 17 (32.08 %) SQL Server 2000 7 12 (22.64 %) OLAP 8 11 (20.75 %) NHS 9 10 (18.87 %) Datawarehouse 9 10 (18.87 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 10 9 (16.98 %) DTS 10 9 (16.98 %) Business Intelligence 10 9 (16.98 %) Transact-SQL 11 8 (15.09 %) ETL 12 7 (13.21 %) .NET

13 6 (11.32 %) Migration 14 5 (9.434 %) ASP.NET 15 4 (7.547 %) Crystal Reports 15 4 (7.547 %) Data Modelling 15 4 (7.547 %) Government 15 4 (7.547 %) Health 16 3 (5.660 %) BusinessObjects 16 3 (5.660 %) Data Analysis 16 3 (5.660 %) SQL Server 7 16 3 (5.660 %) Mercator 16 3 (5.660 %) Business Objects 16 3 (5.660 %) Windows 17 2 (3.774 %) Visual Studio 17 2 (3.774 %) Oracle 17 2 (3.774 %) C

SQL Server Integration Services
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing SQL Server Integration 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 Integration Services. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 7 (13.21 %) .NET 2 5 (9.434 %) ASP.NET 3 2 (3.774 %) WCF 4 1 (1.887 %) AJAX	Applications 1 1 (1.887 %) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence 1 42 (79.25 %) SQL Server 2 34 (64.15 %) SQL Server 2005 3 28 (52.83 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 4 24 (45.28 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 5 17 (32.08 %) SQL Server 2000 6 12 (22.64 %) OLAP 7 10 (18.87 %) Datawarehouse 7 10 (18.87 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 8 9 (16.98 %) DTS 9 8 (15.09 %) ETL 10 4 (7.547 %) Crystal Reports 11 3 (5.660 %) BusinessObjects 11 3 (5.660 %) SQL Server 7 12 2 (3.774 %) BusinessObjects XI 12 2 (3.774 %) SQL Server 2008 13 1 (1.887 %) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 13 1 (1.887 %) Data Cleansing 13 1 (1.887 %) Oracle 8/8i 13 1 (1.887 %) RDBMS	Development Applications 1 2 (3.774 %) Visual Studio 2 1 (1.887 %) VSS/SourceSafe
General 1 4 (7.547 %) Government 1 4 (7.547 %) Health 2 2 (3.774 %) Automotive 2 2 (3.774 %) Education 3 1 (1.887 %) Manufacturing 3 1 (1.887 %) Marketing	Job Titles 1 36 (67.92 %) Developer 2 28 (52.83 %) SQL Developer 3 17 (32.08 %) SQL Server Developer 4 9 (16.98 %) Consultant 5 6 (11.32 %) SQL Server Consultant 6 5 (9.434 %) Business Intelligence Developer 7 4 (7.547 %) DBA 8 3 (5.660 %) Architect 8 3 (5.660 %) Business Developer 8 3 (5.660 %) Business Intelligence Consultant 8 3 (5.660 %) .NET Developer 8 3 (5.660 %) SQL DBA 9 2 (3.774 %) C#/ASP.NET Developer 9 2 (3.774 %) C# Developer 9 2 (3.774 %) SQL Server DBA 9 2 (3.774 %) ASP.NET Developer 9 2 (3.774 %) Datawarehouse Developer 10 1 (1.887 %) Information Analyst 10 1 (1.887 %) VB.NET Developer 10 1 (1.887 %) Analyst
Miscellaneous 1 11 (20.75 %) NHS 2 2 (3.774 %) Data Integration	Operating Systems 1 3 (5.660 %) Windows 2 1 (1.887 %) Linux 2 1 (1.887 %) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies 1 9 (16.98 %) Business Intelligence 2 6 (11.32 %) Migration 3 4 (7.547 %) Data Modelling 4 3 (5.660 %) Data Analysis 5 2 (3.774 %) Data Migration 5 2 (3.774 %) Data Mapping 5 2 (3.774 %) UML 5 2 (3.774 %) RUP 6 1 (1.887 %) E-Commerce	Programming Languages 1 27 (50.94 %) SQL 2 9 (16.98 %) Transact-SQL 3 2 (3.774 %) C 3 2 (3.774 %) C# 4 1 (1.887 %) PL/SQL 4 1 (1.887 %) VB 4 1 (1.887 %) VB.NET
Vendors 1 3 (5.660 %) Business Objects 1 3 (5.660 %) Mercator 2 2 (3.774 %) Oracle 3 1 (1.887 %) ProClarity 3 1 (1.887 %) SAP 3 1 (1.887 %) Microsoft