The first table below looks at the demand for MDX skills in IT contracts advertised for the 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 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 98 107 -
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -
Contract jobs citing MDX 14 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.753% 0.134% -
As % of the Application Development category 2.593% 0.574% -
Number of daily rates quoted 11 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
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
540 523 482
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 29.03% 23.28% 25.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 300 319 257
Average daily rate £300 £300 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £212 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £403 £380 £388
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 8 21
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
England

MDX
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire MDX Daily Rate Trend

MDX
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MDX across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Yorkshire MDX Daily Rate Histogram

MDX
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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 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
West Yorkshire +10 12 £425 +25.92%
North Yorkshire - 1 £365 -
South Yorkshire - 1 £300 -
MDX
England

MDX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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 27 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 26 (96.30%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 19 (70.37%) SQL
3 19 (70.37%) Business Intelligence
4 18 (66.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 18 (66.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 15 (55.56%) Microsoft
6 12 (44.44%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 12 (44.44%) SQL Server 2008
6 12 (44.44%) T-SQL
7 10 (37.04%) .NET
8 9 (33.33%) C#
9 8 (29.63%) JavaScript
9 8 (29.63%) OLAP
9 8 (29.63%) ASP.NET
9 8 (29.63%) SharePoint
9 8 (29.63%) ASP.NET MVC
9 8 (29.63%) Web Development
9 8 (29.63%) .NET Framework
10 6 (22.22%) LINQ
10 6 (22.22%) ASP.NET MVC 3
10 6 (22.22%) Data Warehouse
10 6 (22.22%) MS Excel
10 6 (22.22%) Visual Studio
10 6 (22.22%) Star Schema
10 6 (22.22%) Kimball Methodology
10 6 (22.22%) Statistics
11 5 (18.52%) PowerPivot
11 5 (18.52%) SharePoint 2010
11 5 (18.52%) Dimensional Modelling

MDX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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 10 (37.04%) .NET
2 8 (29.63%) ASP.NET
2 8 (29.63%) ASP.NET MVC
2 8 (29.63%) .NET Framework
3 6 (22.22%) LINQ
3 6 (22.22%) ASP.NET MVC 3
4 4 (14.81%) Web Services
5 1 (3.704%) COM
5 1 (3.704%) NHibernate
Application Platforms
1 8 (29.63%) SharePoint
2 5 (18.52%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 6 (22.22%) MS Excel
2 5 (18.52%) PowerPivot
3 1 (3.704%) Spreadsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 26 (96.30%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 18 (66.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 18 (66.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 12 (44.44%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 12 (44.44%) SQL Server 2008
5 8 (29.63%) OLAP
6 6 (22.22%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (22.22%) Star Schema
7 4 (14.81%) PerformancePoint
8 3 (11.11%) SQL Server 2005
9 2 (7.407%) SQL Server 2012
10 1 (3.704%) Data Mining
10 1 (3.704%) OLTP
10 1 (3.704%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 6 (22.22%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (7.407%) Retail
2 1 (3.704%) Finance
2 1 (3.704%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 24 (88.89%) Developer
2 14 (51.85%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 6 (22.22%) SQL Developer
4 5 (18.52%) Business Developer
5 4 (14.81%) C# Developer
6 3 (11.11%) ASP.NET Developer
6 3 (11.11%) C# .NET Developer
6 3 (11.11%) .NET Developer
6 3 (11.11%) C# ASP.NET Developer
7 1 (3.704%) Architect
7 1 (3.704%) Business Analyst
7 1 (3.704%) Analyst
7 1 (3.704%) Senior Developer
7 1 (3.704%) Business Intelligence Architect
7 1 (3.704%) Business Intelligence Analyst
7 1 (3.704%) Microsoft Developer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (22.22%) Statistics
2 2 (7.407%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (70.37%) Business Intelligence
2 8 (29.63%) Web Development
3 6 (22.22%) Kimball Methodology
4 5 (18.52%) Dimensional Modelling
5 4 (14.81%) Dependency Injection
6 3 (11.11%) MVC
6 3 (11.11%) Agile Software Development
6 3 (11.11%) Automated Testing
7 2 (7.407%) ETL
8 1 (3.704%) Analytics
8 1 (3.704%) Migration
8 1 (3.704%) OO
8 1 (3.704%) Data Management
8 1 (3.704%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 19 (70.37%) SQL
2 12 (44.44%) T-SQL
3 9 (33.33%) C#
4 8 (29.63%) JavaScript
5 1 (3.704%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1 (3.704%) SC Cleared
1 1 (3.704%) BC Cleared
1 1 (3.704%) Security Cleared
1 1 (3.704%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.407%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 15 (55.56%) Microsoft
Barnsley, Yorkshire
Key skills for this role include; - SSAS, OLAP, Cube Development, MDX- SSIS - SSRS Reports build - SQL Server 2008 - T-SQL - Any SQL Server 2012 would be advantageous - Any...
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Rate: £250 - £350 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013