The first table below looks at the demand for BusinessObjects XI skills in IT contracts advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited BusinessObjects XI over the 3 months to 22 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 of the Database & Business Intelligence category 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.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP BusinessObjects XI (BOXI)
Rank 37 49 43
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -6
Contract jobs citing BusinessObjects XI 6 5 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 1.354% 0.791% 0.199%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.250% 2.825% 1.010%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 1
Average daily rate - £271 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -6.46%
UK excluding London average daily rate £341 £314 £375
% change year-on-year
+8.76% -16.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £18.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year
- -57.64%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
96 177 99
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 21.67% 28.01% 19.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 104 60
Average daily rate £325 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £247 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £440 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £333 £338
% change year-on-year
-2.25% -1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 0
Average hourly rate £26.75 £17.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+52.85% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.75 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-0.90% -14.61%
BusinessObjects XI
West Midlands

BusinessObjects XI
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing BusinessObjects XI across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Birmingham BusinessObjects XI Jobs Demand Trend

BusinessObjects XI
Daily Rate Trend

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

Birmingham BusinessObjects XI Daily Rate Trend

BusinessObjects XI
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing BusinessObjects XI 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 XI.

1 6 (100.00%) Oracle
1 6 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 6 (100.00%) Business Objects
1 6 (100.00%) Oracle Reports
1 6 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 6 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 6 (100.00%) Oracle 10g
1 6 (100.00%) Retail
1 6 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services

BusinessObjects XI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing BusinessObjects XI 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 XI. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 6 (100.00%) Oracle Reports
1 6 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 6 (100.00%) Oracle 10g
1 6 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 6 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 6 (100.00%) Developer
1 6 (100.00%) Analyst
1 6 (100.00%) Business Developer
1 6 (100.00%) Business Objects Developer
1 6 (100.00%) Analyst Developer
1 6 (100.00%) Business Objects Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Oracle
1 6 (100.00%) Business Objects