The first table below looks at the demand for Star Schema 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 Star Schema 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 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Star Schema
Rank 96 104 98
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -6
Contract jobs citing Star Schema 1 1 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.061% 0.044% 0.105%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.292% 0.204% 0.485%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 1
Average daily rate - £375 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +15.38%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
- -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £30.00
All Database & Business Intelligence
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
343 490 412
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 21.03% 21.79% 21.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 164 251 202
Average daily rate £320 £320 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.18%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £218 £229
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £440 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £333 £335
% change year-on-year
-0.75% -0.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 17 14
Average hourly rate £39.60 £17.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+126.28% -2.77%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.22 £12.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.20 £36.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -15.38%
Star Schema
England

Star Schema
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Star Schema Jobs Demand Trend

Star Schema
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Star Schema Daily Rate Trend

Star Schema
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Star Schema 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 Star Schema.

1 1 (100.00%) OLAP
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SAP BW
1 1 (100.00%) SAP XI
1 1 (100.00%) SAP EP
1 1 (100.00%) BusinessObjects XI
1 1 (100.00%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Xcelsius
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Improvement

Star Schema
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Star Schema 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 Star Schema. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) SAP XI
Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) SAP EP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) OLAP
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) SAP BW
1 1 (100.00%) BusinessObjects XI
1 1 (100.00%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Xcelsius
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Business Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Improvement
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) SAP