Berkshire BusinessObjects Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Business Objects BusinessObjects (BO) skills within the Berkshire 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 24 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Business Objects BusinessObjects (BO)
Location Basildon Basingstoke Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Bradford Brentford Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Chatham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield City of London County Antrim Croydon Derbyshire Docklands, London Dorset East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh England Essex Farnborough Feltham Folkestone Glasgow Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Highlands Hull Inverness Ipswich Johnstone Kent Kingston Upon Thames Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Letchworth Liverpool Livingston London Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oswestry Oxford Oxfordshire Poole Potters Bar Preston Reading Renfrewshire Romford Rotherham Rugby Sandwich Scotland Sheffield Shrewsbury Shropshire Slough Somerset South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Staffordshire Staines Stoke-on-Trent Suffolk Surbiton Surrey Swindon Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwickshire West Lothian West Midlands West Yorkshire Weybridge Whyteleafe Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Yorkshire	3 months to 24 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	69	74
Rank change on same period last year	+5
Matching contract IT job ads	60	98
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.080 %	0.099 %
As % of the category below	8.982 %	9.007 %
Daily rates quoted	10	39
Average minimum daily rate	£271	£346
Average daily rate	£281	£361
% change on same period last year	-22.14 %
Average maximum daily rate	£291	£375
UK excluding London average daily rate	£371	£353
% change on same period last year	+5.11 %
Hourly rates quoted	3	21
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.67	£40.29
Average hourly rate	£23.00	£41.21
% change on same period last year	-44.19 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£23.33	£42.14
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.94	£31.82
% change on same period last year	-24.75 %
Database & Business Intelligence Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	668	1088
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.889 %	1.103 %
Daily rates quoted	188	329
Average minimum daily rate	£343	£360
Average daily rate	£366	£375
% change on same period last year	-2.59 %
Average maximum daily rate	£388	£390
UK excluding London average daily rate	£348	£355
% change on same period last year	-1.89 %
Hourly rates quoted	53	77
Average minimum hourly rate	£34.60	£38.51
Average hourly rate	£36.47	£39.67
% change on same period last year	-8.06 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£38.34	£40.82
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.81	£31.09
% change on same period last year	+5.51 %
BusinessObjects South East

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 Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

BusinessObjects
Daily Rate Trend

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

BusinessObjects
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing BusinessObjects across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008.

BusinessObjects
Hourly Rate Trend

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

BusinessObjects
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing BusinessObjects across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008.

BusinessObjects
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BusinessObjects within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 24 July 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.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Reading	+8	10	£271	-38.00 %
Slough	-28	3	£190	-38.31 %
Bracknell	-	3	£200	-
Maidenhead	+16	1	-	-
Windsor	-2	1	£175	-
Newbury	+11	1	-	-

BusinessObjects South East

BusinessObjects
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire 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.

1 150 (100.00 %) Business Objects 2 80 (53.33 %) Telecoms 3 40 (26.67 %) SAS 4 29 (19.33 %) Marketing 5 28 (18.67 %) MS Access 6 27 (18.00 %) SQL 7 26 (17.33 %) Business Intelligence 8 22 (14.67 %) Datawarehouse 9 20 (13.33 %) MS Excel 9 20 (13.33 %) Finance 10 19 (12.67 %) MS PowerPoint 11 15 (10.00 %) Cramer 11 15 (10.00 %) SQL Server 11 15 (10.00 %) BusinessObjects XI 12 14 (9.333 %) Oracle

12 14 (9.333 %) UNIX 13 12 (8.000 %) Windows 13 12 (8.000 %) Mapinfo 13 12 (8.000 %) 3G 14 10 (6.667 %) Data Extraction 15 9 (6.000 %) Perl 16 8 (5.333 %) MS Visio 16 8 (5.333 %) Data Modelling 16 8 (5.333 %) TCP/IP 16 8 (5.333 %) Billing 16 8 (5.333 %) Statistical Analysis 17 7 (4.667 %) Project Management 17 7 (4.667 %) Informix 18 6 (4.000 %) ETL 18 6 (4.000 %) HP

BusinessObjects
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire 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.

Application Development 1 4 (2.667 %) HTML 2 3 (2.000 %) XML 3 2 (1.333 %) JSP 4 1 (0.667 %) SAP XI	Application Platforms 1 40 (26.67 %) SAS 2 2 (1.333 %) IIS 3 1 (0.667 %) Lotus Notes 3 1 (0.667 %) MS Exchange
Applications 1 20 (13.33 %) MS Excel 2 19 (12.67 %) MS PowerPoint 3 8 (5.333 %) MS Visio 4 4 (2.667 %) Spreadsheet 5 3 (2.000 %) SPSS	Communications & Networking 1 12 (8.000 %) 3G 2 8 (5.333 %) TCP/IP 3 4 (2.667 %) Intranet 3 4 (2.667 %) 2G 4 2 (1.333 %) Firewall 4 2 (1.333 %) Internet 4 2 (1.333 %) LAN 4 2 (1.333 %) VPN 4 2 (1.333 %) DNS 5 1 (0.667 %) SAN 5 1 (0.667 %) UMTS 5 1 (0.667 %) RNC
Database & Business Intelligence 1 28 (18.67 %) MS Access 2 22 (14.67 %) Datawarehouse 3 15 (10.00 %) SQL Server 3 15 (10.00 %) BusinessObjects XI 4 7 (4.667 %) Informix 5 6 (4.000 %) ETL 6 4 (2.667 %) Oracle 10g 6 4 (2.667 %) Crystal Reports 6 4 (2.667 %) SQL Server 2000 6 4 (2.667 %) BODI 7 3 (2.000 %) Base SAS 7 3 (2.000 %) OLAP 8 2 (1.333 %) Oracle 8/8i 8 2 (1.333 %) Oracle 9i 8 2 (1.333 %) SQL Server 2005 8 2 (1.333 %) SQL Server Integration Services 9 1 (0.667 %) Oracle OWB 9 1 (0.667 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 9 1 (0.667 %) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 9 1 (0.667 %) SQL Server Analysis Services	Development Applications 1 2 (1.333 %) Oracle APEX 2 1 (0.667 %) ERwin
General 1 80 (53.33 %) Telecoms 2 29 (19.33 %) Marketing 3 20 (13.33 %) Finance 4 8 (5.333 %) Billing 5 2 (1.333 %) Legal 6 1 (0.667 %) Retail 6 1 (0.667 %) Insurance 6 1 (0.667 %) Financial Institution 6 1 (0.667 %) Back Office 6 1 (0.667 %) FMCG	Job Titles 1 93 (62.00 %) Analyst 2 57 (38.00 %) Report Analyst 3 23 (15.33 %) SAS Analyst 4 18 (12.00 %) Developer 5 11 (7.333 %) Business Objects Developer 6 8 (5.333 %) Business Developer 6 8 (5.333 %) Support Analyst 7 6 (4.000 %) Technical Analyst 7 6 (4.000 %) Fraud Analyst 8 5 (3.333 %) Data Analyst 9 4 (2.667 %) Consultant 9 4 (2.667 %) Network Engineer 9 4 (2.667 %) Performance Engineer 9 4 (2.667 %) Billing Analyst 9 4 (2.667 %) Customer Analyst 10 3 (2.000 %) Radio Access Network Engineer 10 3 (2.000 %) Financial Analyst 10 3 (2.000 %) Migration Engineer 10 3 (2.000 %) Administrator 11 2 (1.333 %) Technical Support Analyst
Miscellaneous 1 10 (6.667 %) Data Extraction 2 6 (4.000 %) Mathematics 3 5 (3.333 %) Statistics 4 2 (1.333 %) Replication 4 2 (1.333 %) NHS 4 2 (1.333 %) Data Integration 5 1 (0.667 %) French Language 5 1 (0.667 %) Data Conversion 5 1 (0.667 %) AS400	Operating Systems 1 14 (9.333 %) UNIX 2 12 (8.000 %) Windows 3 4 (2.667 %) Windows NT 3 4 (2.667 %) Windows Server 2003 4 3 (2.000 %) Windows XP 4 3 (2.000 %) Solaris 5 2 (1.333 %) Linux 5 2 (1.333 %) Windows 2000 5 2 (1.333 %) FreeBSD 5 2 (1.333 %) OpenBSD 6 1 (0.667 %) NetWare 6 1 (0.667 %) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies 1 26 (17.33 %) Business Intelligence 2 8 (5.333 %) Data Modelling 2 8 (5.333 %) Statistical Analysis 3 7 (4.667 %) Project Management 4 5 (3.333 %) Numerical Analysis 5 4 (2.667 %) Operations Research 5 4 (2.667 %) Data Analysis 5 4 (2.667 %) Service Delivery 5 4 (2.667 %) ITIL 5 4 (2.667 %) Performance Management 6 3 (2.000 %) Migration 7 2 (1.333 %) Disaster Recovery 7 2 (1.333 %) Business Analysis 7 2 (1.333 %) Network Planning 8 1 (0.667 %) Supplier Management 8 1 (0.667 %) Fault Management 8 1 (0.667 %) GAP Analysis 8 1 (0.667 %) Balanced Scorecard 8 1 (0.667 %) Stakeholder Management 8 1 (0.667 %) Data Management	Programming Languages 1 27 (18.00 %) SQL 2 9 (6.000 %) Perl 3 6 (4.000 %) AWK 4 4 (2.667 %) VB 5 2 (1.333 %) Shell Script 6 1 (0.667 %) VBA 6 1 (0.667 %) SAS Macro
Qualifications 1 6 (4.000 %) Degree 2 1 (0.667 %) ITIL Certification	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (0.667 %) SLA
System Software 1 2 (1.333 %) MetaFrame 1 2 (1.333 %) Oracle RMAN 1 2 (1.333 %) Oracle RAC 1 2 (1.333 %) Citrix Presentation Server	Systems Management 1 1 (0.667 %) OpenView 1 1 (0.667 %) Tivoli 1 1 (0.667 %) OVSD
Vendors 1 150 (100.00 %) Business Objects 2 15 (10.00 %) Cramer 3 14 (9.333 %) Oracle 4 12 (8.000 %) Mapinfo 5 6 (4.000 %) Remedy 5 6 (4.000 %) Ab Initio 5 6 (4.000 %) HP 6 4 (2.667 %) Teradata 7 3 (2.000 %) Citrix 7 3 (2.000 %) Ericsson 7 3 (2.000 %) Microsoft 7 3 (2.000 %) SAP 8 2 (1.333 %) Cognos 9 1 (0.667 %) Hyperion 9 1 (0.667 %) Informatica 9 1 (0.667 %) Nokia 9 1 (0.667 %) Lotus