OLAP Contracts in Scotland

Online Analytical Processing (OLAP)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring OLAP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited OLAP over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 - 162
Rank change year-on-year - - +8
Contract jobs citing OLAP 3 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.18% - 0.035%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.84% - 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £450
75th Percentile - - £475
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £461 £489 £708
% change year-on-year -5.78% -30.88% +28.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £25.36 - -
25th Percentile £25.52 - -
Median hourly rate £26.93 - -
75th Percentile £28.22 - -
90th Percentile £28.32 - -
UK median hourly rate £26.93 - £34.80

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Scotland

OLAP falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 358 398 610
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 22.03% 17.95% 21.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 226 295 486
10th Percentile £300 £325 £400
25th Percentile £408 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £471 £475 £495
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.04% +4.21%
75th Percentile £538 £558 £550
90th Percentile £589 £663 £688
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £540
% change year-on-year - -2.78% -1.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 7
10th Percentile £20.72 £24.60 £19.83
25th Percentile £22.42 £29.04 £27.94
Median hourly rate £26.50 £37.07 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.51% +5.91% +34.62%
75th Percentile £28.07 £45.72 £67.66
90th Percentile £28.25 £50.54 £69.25
UK median hourly rate £32.96 £40.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -17.60% -33.33% +41.18%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing OLAP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for OLAP in Scotland

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing OLAP in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for OLAP in Scotland

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing OLAP in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for OLAP in Scotland

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Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OLAP within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Edinburgh - 2 - -
Glasgow - 1 - -
OLAP
UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (66.67%) Azure Data Factory
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Power BI
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 3 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Data Engineer
2 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence Developer
2 2 (66.67%) Developer
3 1 (33.33%) Power BI Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Coaching
1 3 (100.00%) Line Management
1 3 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
1 3 (100.00%) Scrum
2 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Deployment
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Integration
2 2 (66.67%) Data Security
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Data Privacy
3 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) Digital Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) Impact Assessments
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) GDPR
2 1 (33.33%) Accessibility
2 1 (33.33%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft