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 Buckinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Business Objects over the 3 months to 24 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 Buckinghamshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Objects
Rank 48 26 59
Rank change year-on-year
-22 +33
Contract jobs citing Business Objects 20 52 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 2.469% 5.328% 1.779%
As % of the Vendors category 5.464% 10.95% 4.535%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 27 5
Average daily rate £363 £315 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.07% -7.35%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £269 £289
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £416 £345
UK excluding London average daily rate £359 £340 £375
% change year-on-year
+5.51% -9.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £18.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year
+13.88% -20.00%
All Vendors
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
366 475 419
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 45.19% 48.67% 39.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 191 188 139
Average daily rate £325 £315 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.33% -8.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £173 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 43 60
Average hourly rate £13.50 £13.50 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -3.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.06 £12.04 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.20 £45.80 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Business Objects
South East

Business Objects
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire Business Objects Daily Rate Trend

Business Objects
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Business Objects across the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Buckinghamshire Business Objects Daily Rate Histogram

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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire Business Objects Hourly Rate Trend

Business Objects
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 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Milton Keynes -20 13 £369 +17.06%
Business Objects
South East

Business Objects
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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 16 (64.00%) Business Intelligence
2 13 (52.00%) Data Warehouse
3 10 (40.00%) ETL
3 10 (40.00%) SQL
4 9 (36.00%) SQL Server
5 8 (32.00%) BusinessObjects
5 8 (32.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 6 (24.00%) SAP BW
6 6 (24.00%) JavaScript
6 6 (24.00%) SAP
7 5 (20.00%) Oracle
7 5 (20.00%) NetWeaver
7 5 (20.00%) SAP BI
7 5 (20.00%) DTS
7 5 (20.00%) Finance
7 5 (20.00%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
7 5 (20.00%) SAP Data Services
8 4 (16.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 4 (16.00%) Oracle Workflow
8 4 (16.00%) Workflow
8 4 (16.00%) XML
8 4 (16.00%) MS Excel
9 3 (12.00%) CRM
9 3 (12.00%) CSS
9 3 (12.00%) SOAP
9 3 (12.00%) .NET
9 3 (12.00%) C#
9 3 (12.00%) HTML
9 3 (12.00%) Oracle Reports
9 3 (12.00%) SharePoint

Business Objects
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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 4 (16.00%) XML
2 3 (12.00%) CSS
2 3 (12.00%) SOAP
2 3 (12.00%) .NET
2 3 (12.00%) HTML
2 3 (12.00%) WSDL
2 3 (12.00%) BPEL4WS
2 3 (12.00%) jQuery
2 3 (12.00%) Ajax
2 3 (12.00%) JSON
3 2 (8.000%) Web Services
4 1 (4.000%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 5 (20.00%) NetWeaver
2 4 (16.00%) Oracle Workflow
3 3 (12.00%) SharePoint
4 1 (4.000%) ESB
4 1 (4.000%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 4 (16.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (4.000%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (4.000%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (8.000%) SAP BPC
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.000%) Symposium
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (52.00%) Data Warehouse
2 9 (36.00%) SQL Server
3 8 (32.00%) BusinessObjects
3 8 (32.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 6 (24.00%) SAP BW
5 5 (20.00%) SAP BI
5 5 (20.00%) DTS
5 5 (20.00%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
5 5 (20.00%) SAP Data Services
6 4 (16.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 3 (12.00%) Oracle Reports
7 3 (12.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (12.00%) SQL Server 2008
7 3 (12.00%) BODI
7 3 (12.00%) BusinessObjects XI
8 2 (8.000%) SAP HANA
8 2 (8.000%) Oracle Discoverer
9 1 (4.000%) OLAP
9 1 (4.000%) Oracle 10g
9 1 (4.000%) Microsoft Analysis Services
General
1 5 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (32.00%) Developer
2 6 (24.00%) Analyst
2 6 (24.00%) Consultant
2 6 (24.00%) SAP Consultant
3 5 (20.00%) Business Intelligence Consultant
3 5 (20.00%) SAP BI Consultant
4 4 (16.00%) Business Objects Developer
5 3 (12.00%) .NET Developer
5 3 (12.00%) C# Developer
5 3 (12.00%) Senior Developer
5 3 (12.00%) Business Developer
5 3 (12.00%) Senior C# Developer
5 3 (12.00%) Senior .NET Developer
5 3 (12.00%) C# .NET Developer
6 2 (8.000%) Test Leader
6 2 (8.000%) Lead Developer
6 2 (8.000%) Team Leader
6 2 (8.000%) Business Analyst
7 1 (4.000%) Development Team Leader
7 1 (4.000%) Data Warehouse Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.00%) Web 2.0
2 2 (8.000%) Management Information System
2 2 (8.000%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (64.00%) Business Intelligence
2 10 (40.00%) ETL
3 4 (16.00%) Workflow
4 3 (12.00%) CRM
4 3 (12.00%) Project Management
4 3 (12.00%) MVC
4 3 (12.00%) Performance Management
4 3 (12.00%) Fault Management
4 3 (12.00%) Test Strategy
5 2 (8.000%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (8.000%) Data Management
5 2 (8.000%) Service Management
5 2 (8.000%) CMMI
5 2 (8.000%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (8.000%) Data Analysis
5 2 (8.000%) Logistics
5 2 (8.000%) Business Analysis
5 2 (8.000%) ITIL
6 1 (4.000%) PRINCE2
6 1 (4.000%) BPEL
Programming Languages
1 10 (40.00%) SQL
2 6 (24.00%) JavaScript
3 3 (12.00%) C#
4 1 (4.000%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (12.00%) ISEB
1 3 (12.00%) SAP Certification
1 3 (12.00%) ISEB Practitioner
2 2 (8.000%) ISTQB
3 1 (4.000%) APMP
3 1 (4.000%) Security Cleared
3 1 (4.000%) Degree
3 1 (4.000%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.00%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (4.000%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (24.00%) SAP
2 5 (20.00%) Oracle
3 3 (12.00%) HP
3 3 (12.00%) Dundas
3 3 (12.00%) Jaspersoft
4 2 (8.000%) Sybase
5 1 (4.000%) Cognos
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