The first table below looks at the demand for the Business Objects Consultant role in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Business Objects Consultant in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the Cheshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Objects Consultant
Rank - 62 68
Contract jobs requiring a Business Objects Consultant 0 1 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire - 0.125% 0.413%
As % of the Job Titles category - 0.137% 0.454%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £460 £450 £435
% change year-on-year
+2.22% +3.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
660 729 882
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 91.16% 91.24% 91.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 288 375 482
Average daily rate £375 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.00% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £225 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £488 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 21 35
Average hourly rate £39.00 £22.41 £15.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+74.02% +44.58%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.50 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £34.00 £40.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Business Objects Consultant
North West

Business Objects Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire Business Objects Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Business Objects Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheshire Business Objects Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Business Objects Consultant
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region that cited Business Objects Consultant in their job title 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 with Business Objects Consultant in their job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Business Objects
1 2 (100.00%) SAP
1 2 (100.00%) BusinessObjects
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) SAP GRC
2 1 (50.00%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (50.00%) VBScript
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (50.00%) MS Access
2 1 (50.00%) MS Visio
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft

Business Objects Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region that cited Business Objects Consultant in their job title 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 with Business Objects Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) MS PowerPoint
1 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (50.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (100.00%) SAP GRC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (50.00%) MS Access
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) VBScript
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Business Objects
1 2 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft