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This section looks at the demand for Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) skills across the UK with a comparison to our Database & Business Intelligence category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited OLAP over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkOnline Analytical Processing (OLAP)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank292303
Rank change on same period last yearUp+11
Matching permanent IT job ads11081403
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.596 %0.585 %
As % of the category below2.302 %2.369 %
Salaries quoted8911215
Average minimum salary£43,610£42,988
Average salary£47,634£47,738
% change on same period last year-0.21 %
Average maximum salary£51,658£52,487
UK excluding London average salary£41,379£42,410
% change on same period last year-2.42 %
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads4813059215
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled25.91 %24.68 %
Salaries quoted4120648313
Average minimum salary£38,290£39,179
Average salary£41,668£42,703
% change on same period last year-2.42 %
Average maximum salary£45,046£46,227
UK excluding London average salary£37,227£38,311
% change on same period last year-2.82 %

OLAP
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing OLAP within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

OLAP Demand Trend

OLAP
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing OLAP within the UK.

OLAP Salary Trend

OLAP
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing OLAP over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 within the UK.

OLAP Salary Histogram

OLAP
Top 30 Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OLAP within the UK over the 3 months to 20 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.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+101076£47,845+0.40 %
LondonUp+66609£52,504-3.19 %
South EastUp+27197£43,738-4.52 %
City of LondonUp+70195£54,412-5.19 %
North WestDown-6070£37,093-7.12 %
SurreyUp+5060£44,038-5.63 %
South WestDown-3858£37,974+0.02 %
BerkshireDown-350£49,419-3.72 %
West MidlandsUp+249£47,277+16.98 %
YorkshireDown-345£36,137+13.57 %
ManchesterDown-3040£36,563-13.27 %
BuckinghamshireUp+2537£38,897-16.42 %
BristolDown-935£38,414-0.06 %
West YorkshireUp+1932£35,898+24.05 %
East of EnglandDown-1429£38,500-2.18 %
LeedsUp+3025£35,145+2.72 %
EssexUp+2522£37,375+11.80 %
StaffordshireUp+622£37,114-2.69 %
Milton KeynesUp+1216£35,938+17.82 %
ColchesterNew entry-15£34,615-
DartfordNew entry-14£29,250-
KentNew entry-14£29,250-
OxfordshireUp+514£45,500+20.08 %
CheshireDown-4513£40,962+8.20 %
ReadingUp+913£49,000-13.42 %
CroydonUp+412£31,583-42.57 %
BirminghamDown-2211£73,636+80.63 %
MarlowUp+1210£35,000-21.56 %
WalesUp+1710£27,556-20.64 %
ScotlandUp+1810£34,111-18.87 %

OLAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs within the UK citing OLAP 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 IT job ads sampled that cited OLAP.

11351 (56.91 %)SQL Server
21298 (54.68 %)SQL
31154 (48.61 %)Business Intelligence
41069 (45.03 %)Datawarehouse
5608 (25.61 %)Oracle
6607 (25.57 %)Oracle OLAP
7551 (23.21 %)ETL
8538 (22.66 %)Finance
9533 (22.45 %)SQL Server 2005
9533 (22.45 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
10517 (21.78 %)Microsoft
11462 (19.46 %).NET
12451 (19.00 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
13445 (18.74 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
14407 (17.14 %)SQL Server Integration Services
15389 (16.39 %)BusinessObjects
15389 (16.39 %)Business Objects
16357 (15.04 %)Transact-SQL
17347 (14.62 %)Cognos
18332 (13.98 %)Data Modelling
19325 (13.69 %)DTS
20306 (12.89 %)SAS
21286 (12.05 %)MS Excel
22270 (11.37 %)SQL Server 2000
23251 (10.57 %)C#
24211 (8.888 %)VB
25198 (8.340 %)ASP.NET
26193 (8.130 %)OLTP
27192 (8.088 %)XML
28180 (7.582 %)Hyperion

OLAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs within the UK citing OLAP also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited OLAP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1462 (19.46 %).NET
2198 (8.340 %)ASP.NET
3192 (8.088 %)XML
4144 (6.066 %)HTML
586 (3.623 %)MDX
666 (2.780 %)WebServices
755 (2.317 %)CSS
842 (1.769 %)AJAX
940 (1.685 %)ASP
1039 (1.643 %).NET Framework
1134 (1.432 %)WebSphere
1232 (1.348 %)XHTML
1232 (1.348 %)SOAP
1232 (1.348 %)J2EE
1329 (1.222 %)Middleware
1428 (1.179 %)ADO.NET
1428 (1.179 %)XSLT
1525 (1.053 %)WinForms
1617 (0.716 %)UDDI
1715 (0.632 %)XSL
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1306 (12.89 %)SAS
280 (3.370 %)SharePoint
346 (1.938 %)IIS
438 (1.601 %)WebLogic
522 (0.927 %)SharePoint Server 2007
618 (0.758 %)BizTalk Server
717 (0.716 %)CMS
815 (0.632 %)Oracle 10gAS
912 (0.505 %)Oracle Workflow
109 (0.379 %)SharePoint Portal Server
117 (0.295 %)Apache
124 (0.168 %)Tomcat
124 (0.168 %)ColdFusion
133 (0.126 %)MS Exchange
133 (0.126 %)WebLogic Portal
142 (0.084 %)Exchange Server 2003
142 (0.084 %)Exchange Server 2007
151 (0.042 %)Oracle Application Server
151 (0.042 %)JBoss
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1286 (12.05 %)MS Excel
269 (2.906 %)MS Office
348 (2.022 %)SPSS
434 (1.432 %)MS Visio
513 (0.548 %)MS Project
67 (0.295 %)MS PowerPoint
74 (0.168 %)MATLAB
74 (0.168 %)Spreadsheet
83 (0.126 %)CA Clarity
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
146 (1.938 %)Oracle Financials
146 (1.938 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
228 (1.179 %)Hyperion Planning
326 (1.095 %)Oracle Applications
420 (0.842 %)Microsoft CRM
420 (0.842 %)Dynamics CRM
519 (0.800 %)Oracle EBS
614 (0.590 %)HFM
614 (0.590 %)Applix TM1
713 (0.548 %)Siebel Analytics
810 (0.421 %)Hyperion Enterprise
99 (0.379 %)Khalix
107 (0.295 %)Oracle HRMS
107 (0.295 %)Oracle 11i
107 (0.295 %)Oracle Financial Analyzer
116 (0.253 %)Cognos Controller
116 (0.253 %)Cognos Planning
116 (0.253 %)Capstone
125 (0.211 %)SAP SCM
134 (0.168 %)Great Plains
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
191 (3.833 %)SAN
250 (2.106 %)Intranet
322 (0.927 %)Internet
45 (0.211 %)WAN
54 (0.168 %)LDAP
54 (0.168 %)LAN
54 (0.168 %)Firewall
63 (0.126 %)VPN
72 (0.084 %)PBX
72 (0.084 %)SMTP
72 (0.084 %)FTP
72 (0.084 %)TCP/IP
72 (0.084 %)CTI
81 (0.042 %)VLAN
81 (0.042 %)DNS
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11351 (56.91 %)SQL Server
21069 (45.03 %)Datawarehouse
3607 (25.57 %)Oracle OLAP
4551 (23.21 %)ETL
5533 (22.45 %)SQL Server 2005
5533 (22.45 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
6451 (19.00 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
7445 (18.74 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
8407 (17.14 %)SQL Server Integration Services
9389 (16.39 %)BusinessObjects
10325 (13.69 %)DTS
11270 (11.37 %)SQL Server 2000
12193 (8.130 %)OLTP
13143 (6.024 %)RDBMS
14131 (5.518 %)Crystal Reports
15125 (5.265 %)Data Mining
16115 (4.844 %)Oracle 10g
17103 (4.339 %)Hyperion Essbase
18101 (4.254 %)DataStage
1984 (3.538 %)Base SAS
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
152 (2.190 %)Visual Studio
240 (1.685 %)ERwin
324 (1.011 %)VSS/SourceSafe
416 (0.674 %)Oracle Forms
416 (0.674 %)Subversion
515 (0.632 %)Rational Rose
67 (0.295 %)Dreamweaver
67 (0.295 %)Oracle APEX
75 (0.211 %)ProC
84 (0.168 %)Flash
93 (0.126 %)Ant
93 (0.126 %)JUnit
101 (0.042 %)JDeveloper
101 (0.042 %)ClearQuest
101 (0.042 %)MSI
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1538 (22.66 %)Finance
2145 (6.108 %)Banking
2145 (6.108 %)Insurance
3141 (5.939 %)Health
4116 (4.886 %)Pensions
5100 (4.212 %)Marketing
679 (3.328 %)Telecoms
763 (2.654 %)Retail
853 (2.233 %)Government
938 (1.601 %)Investment Banking
1032 (1.348 %)Games
1032 (1.348 %)Front Office
1131 (1.306 %)Education
1218 (0.758 %)Financial Institution
1218 (0.758 %)Online Games
1312 (0.505 %)Publishing
1411 (0.463 %)Legal
1411 (0.463 %)Manufacturing
159 (0.379 %)Retail Banking
168 (0.337 %)Advertising
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1817 (34.41 %)Developer
2451 (19.00 %)Consultant
3385 (16.22 %)Analyst
4339 (14.28 %)DBA
5257 (10.83 %)SQL DBA
6244 (10.28 %)SQL Developer
7218 (9.183 %)Architect
8187 (7.877 %)SQL Server DBA
9176 (7.414 %)Business Intelligence Consultant
10127 (5.350 %)Data Analyst
11125 (5.265 %)Business Consultant
12111 (4.676 %)SQL Server Developer
1395 (4.002 %)Administrator
1485 (3.580 %)C# Developer
1579 (3.328 %)Programmer
1666 (2.780 %).NET Developer
1763 (2.654 %)Senior Consultant
1862 (2.612 %)Team Leader
1959 (2.485 %)Business Intelligence Developer
2058 (2.443 %)Senior Developer
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1138 (5.813 %)Replication
2109 (4.591 %)Clustering
379 (3.328 %)NHS
463 (2.654 %)Management Information System
548 (2.022 %)Mathematics
647 (1.980 %)Blog
746 (1.938 %)Statistics
838 (1.601 %)Data Extraction
933 (1.390 %)Derivative
1027 (1.137 %)Market Risk
1125 (1.053 %)Data Integration
1125 (1.053 %)N-Tier
1220 (0.842 %)Fixed Income
1220 (0.842 %)Computer Science
1319 (0.800 %)Equities
1319 (0.800 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1417 (0.716 %)Mainframe
1417 (0.716 %)Client/Server
1511 (0.463 %)Informatics
1511 (0.463 %)Credit Risk
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1174 (7.329 %)Windows
298 (4.128 %)UNIX
341 (1.727 %)Windows Server 2003
431 (1.306 %)Linux
516 (0.674 %)Solaris
612 (0.505 %)Windows 2000 Server
711 (0.463 %)Windows XP
88 (0.337 %)AIX
95 (0.211 %)Windows 2000
103 (0.126 %)Windows NT
112 (0.084 %)HPUX
121 (0.042 %)Windows Vista
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11154 (48.61 %)Business Intelligence
2332 (13.98 %)Data Modelling
3173 (7.287 %)Data Analysis
4137 (5.771 %)Data Management
5136 (5.729 %)Project Management
6118 (4.971 %)Business Analysis
7117 (4.928 %)CRM
8104 (4.381 %)OO
966 (2.780 %)Migration
1057 (2.401 %)Performance Management
1149 (2.064 %)Data Migration
1247 (1.980 %)Use Case
1344 (1.853 %)E-Commerce
1344 (1.853 %)ERP
1443 (1.811 %)RUP
1541 (1.727 %)UML
1638 (1.601 %)Security Cleared
1737 (1.559 %)Web Design
1835 (1.474 %)SOA
1934 (1.432 %)Requirements Analysis
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11298 (54.68 %)SQL
2357 (15.04 %)Transact-SQL
3251 (10.57 %)C#
4211 (8.888 %)VB
5156 (6.571 %)PL/SQL
6141 (5.939 %)Java
7136 (5.729 %)VB.NET
8112 (4.718 %)JavaScript
993 (3.917 %)VBA
1060 (2.527 %)VB6
1156 (2.359 %)C
1254 (2.275 %)C++
1338 (1.601 %)SAS Macro
1414 (0.590 %)Shell Script
1414 (0.590 %)VBScript
157 (0.295 %)Ruby
165 (0.211 %)DHTML
174 (0.168 %)Perl
174 (0.168 %)Python
183 (0.126 %)ABAP
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1142 (5.981 %)Degree
254 (2.275 %)Microsoft Certification
337 (1.559 %)MCDBA
421 (0.885 %)MCITP
520 (0.842 %)Oracle Certification
68 (0.337 %)MCP
77 (0.295 %)OCP
86 (0.253 %)MCTS
95 (0.211 %)ACCA
95 (0.211 %)CIMA
104 (0.168 %)MCAD
104 (0.168 %)MCSD
113 (0.126 %)PRINCE2 Certification
121 (0.042 %)HND
121 (0.042 %)ISEB
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
147 (1.980 %)Basel II
237 (1.559 %)QA
33 (0.126 %)SLA
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
124 (1.011 %)Oracle RAC
219 (0.800 %)Oracle RMAN
318 (0.758 %)Active Directory
42 (0.084 %)VMware Infrastructure
51 (0.042 %)MSMQ
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (0.126 %)SCOM
22 (0.084 %)AutoSys
31 (0.042 %)MOM
31 (0.042 %)Oracle Statspack
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1608 (25.61 %)Oracle
2517 (21.78 %)Microsoft
3389 (16.39 %)Business Objects
4347 (14.62 %)Cognos
5180 (7.582 %)Hyperion
691 (3.833 %)ProClarity
790 (3.791 %)Informatica
881 (3.412 %)Teradata
967 (2.822 %)Ab Initio
1052 (2.190 %)EMC
1142 (1.769 %)SAP
1235 (1.474 %)Siebel
1333 (1.390 %)Sybase
1333 (1.390 %)DataFlux
1426 (1.095 %)Dundas
1521 (0.885 %)IBM
1619 (0.800 %)Ascential
1718 (0.758 %)Netezza
1817 (0.716 %)MicroStrategy
1915 (0.632 %)KXEN