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The table below looks at the demand for Business Objects BusinessObjects (BO) skills within the Belfast region with a comparison to our Database & Business Intelligence category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited BusinessObjects over the 3 months to 20 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBusiness Objects BusinessObjects (BO)
Location
3 months to
20 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank29-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.000 %
As % of the category below1.613 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£345£339
% change on same period last year+1.67 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.92£33.09
% change on same period last year-36.77 %
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
Belfast
Matching contract IT job ads6241
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.097 %0.045 %
Daily rates quoted108
Average minimum daily rate£322£471
Average daily rate£338£494
% change on same period last year-31.61 %
Average maximum daily rate£354£518
UK excluding London average daily rate£337£346
% change on same period last year-2.67 %
Hourly rates quoted84
Average minimum hourly rate£25.05£24.00
Average hourly rate£29.13£27.50
% change on same period last year+5.90 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.20£31.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.31£31.85
% change on same period last year-14.24 %
BusinessObjects County AntrimBusinessObjects
County Antrim

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

BusinessObjects
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing BusinessObjects across the Belfast region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Belfast BusinessObjects Demand Trend

BusinessObjects
Daily Rate Trend

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

Belfast BusinessObjects Daily Rate Trend

BusinessObjects
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Belfast BusinessObjects Hourly Rate Trend

BusinessObjects
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Belfast region citing BusinessObjects 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 BusinessObjects.

118 (100.00 %)Business Objects
28 (44.44 %)HP
28 (44.44 %)Oracle
37 (38.89 %)Finance
46 (33.33 %)Cognos
55 (27.78 %)ITIL
55 (27.78 %)Business Intelligence
55 (27.78 %)SQL
55 (27.78 %)ServiceCenter
64 (22.22 %)E-business
73 (16.67 %)ETL
73 (16.67 %)DB2
73 (16.67 %)Oracle Reports
73 (16.67 %)Oracle Financials
73 (16.67 %)User Acceptance Testing
73 (16.67 %)Performance Testing
73 (16.67 %)Unit Testing
73 (16.67 %)Integration Testing
73 (16.67 %)Legal
73 (16.67 %)Telecoms
82 (11.11 %)Oracle OLAP
82 (11.11 %)Oracle 8/8i
82 (11.11 %)Sybase
82 (11.11 %)ODBC
82 (11.11 %)OLAP
82 (11.11 %)UNIX
82 (11.11 %)Informix
82 (11.11 %)Cognos Powerplay
82 (11.11 %)Datawarehouse
91 (5.556 %)Avaya

BusinessObjects
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Belfast region citing BusinessObjects 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 BusinessObjects. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (11.11 %)ODBC
21 (5.556 %)Middleware
21 (5.556 %)HTML
21 (5.556 %).NET
21 (5.556 %)ASP
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (5.556 %)MS Excel
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (16.67 %)Oracle Financials
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (16.67 %)DB2
13 (16.67 %)Oracle Reports
13 (16.67 %)ETL
22 (11.11 %)Cognos Powerplay
22 (11.11 %)Datawarehouse
22 (11.11 %)Oracle 8/8i
22 (11.11 %)OLAP
22 (11.11 %)Informix
22 (11.11 %)Oracle OLAP
31 (5.556 %)SQL Server
31 (5.556 %)MS Access
31 (5.556 %)SQL Server 2005
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (5.556 %)Visual Studio
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17 (38.89 %)Finance
23 (16.67 %)Legal
23 (16.67 %)Telecoms
31 (5.556 %)Banking
31 (5.556 %)Government
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
111 (61.11 %)Consultant
25 (27.78 %)Developer
25 (27.78 %)Business Consultant
33 (16.67 %)Business Objects Consultant
33 (16.67 %)Oracle Consultant
33 (16.67 %)E-Business Consultant
42 (11.11 %)Cognos Developer
51 (5.556 %)Report Developer
51 (5.556 %)Ab Initio Developer
51 (5.556 %)Analyst
51 (5.556 %)Business Developer
51 (5.556 %)Project Manager
51 (5.556 %)Business Analyst
51 (5.556 %)Technical Consultant
51 (5.556 %)Report Analyst
51 (5.556 %)Systems Developer
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (5.556 %)Data Integration
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (11.11 %)UNIX
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (27.78 %)ITIL
15 (27.78 %)Business Intelligence
24 (22.22 %)E-business
33 (16.67 %)User Acceptance Testing
33 (16.67 %)Performance Testing
33 (16.67 %)Unit Testing
33 (16.67 %)Integration Testing
41 (5.556 %)Risk Management
41 (5.556 %)Project Planning
41 (5.556 %)Project Management
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (27.78 %)SQL
21 (5.556 %)DHTML
21 (5.556 %)PL/SQL
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
15 (27.78 %)ServiceCenter
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
118 (100.00 %)Business Objects
28 (44.44 %)Oracle
28 (44.44 %)HP
36 (33.33 %)Cognos
42 (11.11 %)Sybase
51 (5.556 %)Avaya
51 (5.556 %)Actuate
51 (5.556 %)Ab Initio