The first table below looks at the demand for MDX skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MDX 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 Application Development category for the West Yorkshire 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
Multidimensional Expressions (MDX)
Rank 81 91 -
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -
Contract jobs citing MDX 12 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 0.958% 0.190% -
As % of the Application Development category 3.380% 0.875% -
Number of daily rates quoted 9 3 0
Average daily rate £425 £338 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.92% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £338 £375
% change year-on-year
+3.70% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £30.00
All Application Development
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
355 343 255
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 28.35% 21.71% 22.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 208 209 137
Average daily rate £298 £300 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.83% +9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £212 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £380 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 5
Average hourly rate £33.00 £17.00 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+94.11% -60.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
MDX
Yorkshire

MDX
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing MDX across the West Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

West Yorkshire MDX Jobs Demand Trend

MDX
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Yorkshire MDX Daily Rate Trend

MDX
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing MDX across the West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire MDX Hourly Rate Trend

MDX
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MDX within the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Leeds +4 12 £425 +25.92%
MDX
Yorkshire

MDX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire region citing MDX 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 MDX.

1 15 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 14 (93.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 10 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
4 9 (60.00%) C#
4 9 (60.00%) .NET
5 8 (53.33%) JavaScript
5 8 (53.33%) ASP.NET
5 8 (53.33%) Microsoft
5 8 (53.33%) Web Development
5 8 (53.33%) .NET Framework
5 8 (53.33%) ASP.NET MVC
6 7 (46.67%) SQL
7 6 (40.00%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 6 (40.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 6 (40.00%) OLAP
7 6 (40.00%) ASP.NET MVC 3
7 6 (40.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (33.33%) Dimensional Modelling
8 5 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (26.67%) Web Services
9 4 (26.67%) Dependency Injection
9 4 (26.67%) SQL Server 2008
10 3 (20.00%) Automated Testing
10 3 (20.00%) MVC
10 3 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
10 3 (20.00%) MS Excel
10 3 (20.00%) SharePoint
11 2 (13.33%) NHS
11 2 (13.33%) T-SQL
11 2 (13.33%) SQL Server 2005

MDX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 9 (60.00%) .NET
2 8 (53.33%) ASP.NET
2 8 (53.33%) .NET Framework
2 8 (53.33%) ASP.NET MVC
3 6 (40.00%) ASP.NET MVC 3
4 4 (26.67%) Web Services
5 1 (6.667%) NHibernate
Application Platforms
1 3 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (20.00%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 14 (93.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 6 (40.00%) Microsoft Analysis Services
3 6 (40.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 6 (40.00%) OLAP
3 6 (40.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 5 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (26.67%) SQL Server 2008
6 2 (13.33%) SQL Server 2005
7 1 (6.667%) OLTP
7 1 (6.667%) Data Mining
General
1 1 (6.667%) Retail
1 1 (6.667%) Finance
1 1 (6.667%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 14 (93.33%) Developer
2 7 (46.67%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 4 (26.67%) C# Developer
3 4 (26.67%) Business Developer
4 3 (20.00%) C# .NET Developer
4 3 (20.00%) C# ASP.NET Developer
4 3 (20.00%) .NET Developer
4 3 (20.00%) ASP.NET Developer
5 2 (13.33%) SQL Developer
6 1 (6.667%) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
2 8 (53.33%) Web Development
3 5 (33.33%) Dimensional Modelling
4 4 (26.67%) Dependency Injection
5 3 (20.00%) Automated Testing
5 3 (20.00%) MVC
5 3 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
6 1 (6.667%) Analytics
6 1 (6.667%) Data Analysis
6 1 (6.667%) Data Management
6 1 (6.667%) Migration
6 1 (6.667%) OO
6 1 (6.667%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 9 (60.00%) C#
2 8 (53.33%) JavaScript
3 7 (46.67%) SQL
4 2 (13.33%) T-SQL
5 1 (6.667%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1 (6.667%) SC Cleared
1 1 (6.667%) BC Cleared
1 1 (6.667%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 8 (53.33%) Microsoft