The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Business Objects products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Belfast region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Business Objects over the 3 months to 24 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 Vendors for the Belfast 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within SAP Business Objects.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Objects
Rank - - 37
Contract jobs citing Business Objects 0 0 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Belfast - - 2.141%
As % of the Vendors category - - 4.375%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £359 £340 £375
% change year-on-year
+5.51% -9.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £18.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year
+13.88% -20.00%
All Vendors
Belfast
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
54 78 160
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Belfast 27.84% 48.15% 48.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 17 54
Average daily rate £375 £265 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+41.50% -18.46%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £256 £265
10% offered a daily rate of more than £438 £352 £388
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 13
Average hourly rate - - £19.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Business Objects
County Antrim

Business Objects
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Business Objects across the Belfast region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Belfast Business Objects Jobs Demand Trend

Business Objects
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Business Objects across the Belfast region.

Belfast Business Objects Daily Rate Trend

Business Objects
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Belfast Business Objects Hourly Rate Trend

Business Objects
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Belfast region citing Business Objects 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 Business Objects.

1 3 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
1 3 (100.00%) Crystal Reports
2 2 (66.67%) Workflow
2 2 (66.67%) Migration
2 2 (66.67%) Business Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Delphi
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle

Business Objects
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Belfast region citing Business Objects 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 Business Objects. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Crystal Reports
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) Systems Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) Business Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) Developer
3 1 (33.33%) Developer Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Workflow
1 2 (66.67%) Migration
1 2 (66.67%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) Delphi
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle