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 Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Business Objects over the 3 months to 17 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 Birmingham 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Objects
Rank 32 33 38
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +5
Contract jobs citing Business Objects 11 20 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 2.511% 3.263% 1.400%
As % of the Vendors category 5.046% 6.803% 3.030%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 11 5
Average daily rate £310 £375 £175
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.33% +114.28%
UK excluding London average daily rate £359 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
+2.50% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.89 £18.25 £21.75
% change year-on-year
+69.26% -16.09%
All Vendors
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
218 294 231
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 49.77% 47.96% 46.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 135 112
Average daily rate £325 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £194 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £525 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 23 25
Average hourly rate £18.46 £14.75 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+25.15% -1.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.26 £10.15 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £78.40 £32.70 £20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Business Objects
West Midlands

Business Objects
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham Business Objects Hourly Rate Trend

Business Objects
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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 9 (56.25%) Business Intelligence
2 7 (43.75%) BusinessObjects
2 7 (43.75%) ABAP
2 7 (43.75%) SQL Server
2 7 (43.75%) SAP
3 6 (37.50%) Oracle Reports
3 6 (37.50%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (37.50%) Oracle 10g
3 6 (37.50%) ERP
3 6 (37.50%) Oracle
3 6 (37.50%) Retail
3 6 (37.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 6 (37.50%) BusinessObjects XI
4 5 (31.25%) NetWeaver
4 5 (31.25%) Sybase
5 4 (25.00%) CRM
5 4 (25.00%) SAP CRM
6 3 (18.75%) SQL
6 3 (18.75%) SAP ERP
7 2 (12.50%) Data Migration
7 2 (12.50%) SAP Data Services
7 2 (12.50%) Data Integration
7 2 (12.50%) Informatica
7 2 (12.50%) ETL
7 2 (12.50%) Migration
7 2 (12.50%) SAP BI
7 2 (12.50%) BODI
8 1 (6.250%) WebSphere
8 1 (6.250%) ESB
8 1 (6.250%) Business Analysis

Business Objects
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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.

Application Development
1 1 (6.250%) J2EE
1 1 (6.250%) JDBC
1 1 (6.250%) SOAP
1 1 (6.250%) Web Services
1 1 (6.250%) EDI
1 1 (6.250%) JMS
1 1 (6.250%) WSDL
1 1 (6.250%) BAPI
1 1 (6.250%) SAP Basis
1 1 (6.250%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 5 (31.25%) NetWeaver
2 1 (6.250%) WebSphere MQ
2 1 (6.250%) IBM HTTP Server
2 1 (6.250%) WebSphere Process Server
2 1 (6.250%) ESB
2 1 (6.250%) WebSphere Application Server
Business Applications
1 4 (25.00%) SAP CRM
2 3 (18.75%) SAP ERP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.250%) FTP
1 1 (6.250%) HTTP
1 1 (6.250%) IPv6
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (43.75%) SQL Server
1 7 (43.75%) BusinessObjects
2 6 (37.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 6 (37.50%) Oracle Reports
2 6 (37.50%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (37.50%) Oracle 10g
2 6 (37.50%) BusinessObjects XI
3 2 (12.50%) SAP Data Services
3 2 (12.50%) BODI
3 2 (12.50%) SAP BI
4 1 (6.250%) DB2
4 1 (6.250%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
Development Applications
1 1 (6.250%) ERwin
General
1 6 (37.50%) Retail
2 1 (6.250%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (37.50%) Business Analyst
1 6 (37.50%) Developer
1 6 (37.50%) Analyst
1 6 (37.50%) Business Developer
1 6 (37.50%) Consultant
1 6 (37.50%) Analyst Developer
1 6 (37.50%) Business Objects Developer
1 6 (37.50%) Business Objects Analyst
2 4 (25.00%) SAP Consultant
3 2 (12.50%) Technical Leader
4 1 (6.250%) WebSphere Architect
4 1 (6.250%) Data Consultant
4 1 (6.250%) SAP Data Migration Consultant
4 1 (6.250%) SAP MDM Consultant
4 1 (6.250%) SAP Data Consultant
4 1 (6.250%) Data Migration Consultant
4 1 (6.250%) Architect
4 1 (6.250%) WebSphere Consultant
4 1 (6.250%) Business Manager
4 1 (6.250%) Business Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Data Integration
2 1 (6.250%) Mobile App
2 1 (6.250%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (6.250%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.250%) Linux
1 1 (6.250%) Android
1 1 (6.250%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (6.250%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (56.25%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (37.50%) ERP
3 4 (25.00%) CRM
4 2 (12.50%) ETL
4 2 (12.50%) Migration
4 2 (12.50%) Data Migration
5 1 (6.250%) Mobile Application Development
5 1 (6.250%) Project Management
5 1 (6.250%) Asset Management
5 1 (6.250%) BPEL
5 1 (6.250%) Business Analysis
5 1 (6.250%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 7 (43.75%) ABAP
2 3 (18.75%) SQL
3 1 (6.250%) Java
Vendors
1 7 (43.75%) SAP
2 6 (37.50%) Oracle
3 5 (31.25%) Sybase
4 2 (12.50%) Informatica
5 1 (6.250%) Red Hat
5 1 (6.250%) Apple
5 1 (6.250%) IBM