Buckinghamshire Business Objects Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Business Objects products and/or services in IT contracts within the Buckinghamshire region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Business Objects over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Alderley Edge Andover Ayr Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Blackpool Bracknell Bradford Brentford Bristol Buckinghamshire Burton-upon-Trent Canary Wharf Channel Islands Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield City of London Clydebank County Antrim Coventry Croydon Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset Dumfries and Galloway East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh Enfield England Essex Exeter Feltham Glasgow Gloucestershire Guernsey Hampshire Hayes Hertfordshire Horley Hove Hull Ipswich Kent Kingston Upon Thames Knutsford Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lincolnshire Liverpool London Luton M4 Corridor Manchester Merseyside Merthyr Tydfil Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Preston Reading Romford Runcorn Sandwich Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South Ayrshire South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Staffordshire Staines Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey Sussex Swindon Tamworth Telford Thames Valley Trowbridge Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Watford West Dunbartonshire West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Wirral Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Worthing York Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	73	82
Rank change on same period last year	+9
Matching contract IT job ads	6	5
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.009 %	0.005 %
As % of the category below	1.147 %	0.772 %
Daily rates quoted	0	1
Average minimum daily rate	-	£200
Average daily rate	-	£215
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£230
UK excluding London average daily rate	£344	£338
% change on same period last year	+1.68 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	1
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£16.00
Average hourly rate	-	£16.00
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£16.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£20.92	£33.09
% change on same period last year	-36.77 %
Vendors Buckinghamshire
Matching contract IT job ads	523	648
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.824 %	0.694 %
Daily rates quoted	178	138
Average minimum daily rate	£305	£265
Average daily rate	£318	£281
% change on same period last year	+13.17 %
Average maximum daily rate	£331	£296
UK excluding London average daily rate	£358	£348
% change on same period last year	+2.84 %
Hourly rates quoted	66	118
Average minimum hourly rate	£19.23	£22.51
Average hourly rate	£20.55	£23.91
% change on same period last year	-14.04 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£21.87	£25.31
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.26	£24.41
% change on same period last year	-0.60 %
Business Objects 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.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within Business Objects SA.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Business Objects across the Buckinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Objects within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 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
Milton Keynes	-1	6	-	-

Business Objects South East

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 24 (100.00 %) BusinessObjects 2 13 (54.17 %) Finance 3 10 (41.67 %) Banking 4 9 (37.50 %) PowerCenter 4 9 (37.50 %) Oracle 4 9 (37.50 %) SQL Server 5 7 (29.17 %) UNIX 6 6 (25.00 %) Retail 6 6 (25.00 %) Retail Banking 7 5 (20.83 %) Systems Analysis 7 5 (20.83 %) DB2 7 5 (20.83 %) ETL 8 4 (16.67 %) Informatica 8 4 (16.67 %) CheckPoint 8 4 (16.67 %) Project Management

8 4 (16.67 %) SQL 8 4 (16.67 %) Solaris 8 4 (16.67 %) Data Modelling 8 4 (16.67 %) RAD 8 4 (16.67 %) Firewall 8 4 (16.67 %) Construction 8 4 (16.67 %) NetBackup 8 4 (16.67 %) SC Cleared 8 4 (16.67 %) Security Cleared 9 3 (12.50 %) CTC Cleared 9 3 (12.50 %) DV Cleared 9 3 (12.50 %) Oracle Application Server 9 3 (12.50 %) Use Case 9 3 (12.50 %) Rational Rose 10 2 (8.333 %) SAS

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 2 (8.333 %) HTML 2 1 (4.167 %) XML	Application Platforms 1 3 (12.50 %) Oracle Application Server 2 2 (8.333 %) SAS
Applications 1 2 (8.333 %) MS Project 2 1 (4.167 %) MS Excel 2 1 (4.167 %) MS Visio	Business Applications 1 1 (4.167 %) SAP HR 1 1 (4.167 %) arcHouse
Communications & Networking 1 4 (16.67 %) Firewall 2 2 (8.333 %) SAN	Database & Business Intelligence 1 24 (100.00 %) BusinessObjects 2 9 (37.50 %) PowerCenter 2 9 (37.50 %) SQL Server 3 5 (20.83 %) DB2 3 5 (20.83 %) ETL 4 2 (8.333 %) SAP BW 4 2 (8.333 %) SQL Server 2000 5 1 (4.167 %) Oracle OLAP 5 1 (4.167 %) OLAP 5 1 (4.167 %) Datawarehouse 5 1 (4.167 %) OLTP
Development Applications 1 3 (12.50 %) Rational Rose	General 1 13 (54.17 %) Finance 2 10 (41.67 %) Banking 3 6 (25.00 %) Retail 3 6 (25.00 %) Retail Banking 4 4 (16.67 %) Construction 5 2 (8.333 %) Government 5 2 (8.333 %) Telecoms 6 1 (4.167 %) Financial Institution 6 1 (4.167 %) Corporate Banking
Job Titles 1 15 (62.50 %) Analyst 2 9 (37.50 %) Systems Analyst 3 4 (16.67 %) Project Manager 4 3 (12.50 %) Business Analyst 5 2 (8.333 %) Report Analyst 5 2 (8.333 %) SAP BW Consultant 5 2 (8.333 %) SAP Consultant 5 2 (8.333 %) Consultant 5 2 (8.333 %) Financial Analyst 6 1 (4.167 %) Banking Business Analyst 6 1 (4.167 %) Data Architect 6 1 (4.167 %) Architect 6 1 (4.167 %) Team Leader 6 1 (4.167 %) Project Analyst 6 1 (4.167 %) Sun Engineer 6 1 (4.167 %) Technical Architect	Miscellaneous 1 1 (4.167 %) Management Information System
Operating Systems 1 7 (29.17 %) UNIX 2 4 (16.67 %) Solaris	Processes & Methodologies 1 5 (20.83 %) Systems Analysis 2 4 (16.67 %) SC Cleared 2 4 (16.67 %) RAD 2 4 (16.67 %) Data Modelling 2 4 (16.67 %) Project Management 2 4 (16.67 %) Security Cleared 3 3 (12.50 %) CTC Cleared 3 3 (12.50 %) DV Cleared 3 3 (12.50 %) Use Case 4 2 (8.333 %) GAP Analysis 4 2 (8.333 %) Data Analysis 5 1 (4.167 %) UML 5 1 (4.167 %) TOGAF 5 1 (4.167 %) SOA 5 1 (4.167 %) Business Intelligence 5 1 (4.167 %) PRINCE 5 1 (4.167 %) BPMN 5 1 (4.167 %) Business Analysis 5 1 (4.167 %) Enterprise Architecture 5 1 (4.167 %) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages 1 4 (16.67 %) SQL 2 2 (8.333 %) VBA	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (8.333 %) SLA
System Software 1 4 (16.67 %) NetBackup	Vendors 1 9 (37.50 %) Oracle 2 4 (16.67 %) Informatica 2 4 (16.67 %) CheckPoint 3 2 (8.333 %) SAP 4 1 (4.167 %) IBM 4 1 (4.167 %) Sun 4 1 (4.167 %) Orchard