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 Cambridge 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 Cambridge 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 - 44 -
Contract jobs citing Business Objects 0 4 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge - 0.943% -
As % of the Vendors category - 2.273% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Average daily rate - £316 -
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
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
156 176 87
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 47.42% 41.51% 33.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 89 37
Average daily rate £325 £315 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.17% -3.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £200 £183
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 18 14
Average hourly rate £20.00 £40.00 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-50.00% +220.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.45 £10.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.20 £47.50 £30.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Business Objects
Cambridgeshire

Business Objects
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge Business Objects Hourly Rate Trend

Business Objects
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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 3 (75.00%) Oracle
1 3 (75.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Oracle Discoverer
2 2 (50.00%) Oracle BI EE
2 2 (50.00%) Data Integration
2 2 (50.00%) PL/SQL
2 2 (50.00%) SQL
2 2 (50.00%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (50.00%) Oracle 10g
2 2 (50.00%) Northgate
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle 11g
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (25.00%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (25.00%) Remedy
3 1 (25.00%) TDD
3 1 (25.00%) Banking
3 1 (25.00%) Subversion
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (25.00%) Investment Banking
3 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Change Management
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle OWB
3 1 (25.00%) Scrum
3 1 (25.00%) ETL
3 1 (25.00%) TOAD
3 1 (25.00%) T-SQL
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (25.00%) SAP

Business Objects
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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.

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle Discoverer
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle BI EE
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle Reports
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle 10g
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle 11g
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (25.00%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle OWB
2 1 (25.00%) TOAD
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Subversion
General
1 1 (25.00%) Banking
1 1 (25.00%) Investment Banking
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Report Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Business Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Data Integration
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) TDD
2 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Change Management
2 1 (25.00%) Scrum
2 1 (25.00%) ETL
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (25.00%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) PL/SQL
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) T-SQL
2 1 (25.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Oracle
2 2 (50.00%) Northgate
3 1 (25.00%) Remedy
3 1 (25.00%) SAP