The first table below looks at the demand for BusinessObjects skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited BusinessObjects over the 3 months to 20 June 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 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP BusinessObjects
Rank 65 67 65
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -2
Contract jobs citing BusinessObjects 2 1 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.272% 0.126% 0.761%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.515% 0.510% 3.139%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 2
Average daily rate £393 £550 £381
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-28.63% +44.26%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £367 £550 £336
10% offered a daily rate of more than £419 £550 £426
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £411 £390
% change year-on-year
-2.73% +5.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.75 £16.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year
+23.43% -30.43%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
132 196 223
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 17.93% 24.69% 24.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 120 111
Average daily rate £388 £300 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+29.16% -14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £280 £225 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £383 £363
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £338
% change year-on-year
+1.53% -3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 6
Average hourly rate £40.00 - £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £25.00 £31.50
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -20.63%
BusinessObjects
North West

BusinessObjects
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire BusinessObjects Jobs Demand Trend

BusinessObjects
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheshire BusinessObjects Daily Rate Trend

BusinessObjects
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing BusinessObjects 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.

1 10 (100.00%) Business Objects
1 10 (100.00%) SAP
2 7 (70.00%) Business Intelligence
2 7 (70.00%) SAP BI
3 6 (60.00%) SAP BW
4 5 (50.00%) Primavera
5 2 (20.00%) Risk Analysis
5 2 (20.00%) SAP GRC
5 2 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (20.00%) SAP Data Services
6 1 (10.00%) VBScript
6 1 (10.00%) MS Visio
6 1 (10.00%) ETL
6 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
6 1 (10.00%) HP
6 1 (10.00%) MS Excel
6 1 (10.00%) MS Access
6 1 (10.00%) Migration
6 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (10.00%) Project Management
6 1 (10.00%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (10.00%) SAP PS
6 1 (10.00%) MS PowerPoint
6 1 (10.00%) SAP Implementation
6 1 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (10.00%) Unit Testing
6 1 (10.00%) Data Migration
6 1 (10.00%) FMCG

BusinessObjects
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing BusinessObjects 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (10.00%) MS Visio
1 1 (10.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (10.00%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (20.00%) SAP GRC
2 1 (10.00%) SAP PS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (70.00%) SAP BI
2 6 (60.00%) SAP BW
3 2 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (20.00%) SAP Data Services
4 1 (10.00%) MS Access
Job Titles
1 7 (70.00%) Consultant
2 6 (60.00%) SAP Consultant
3 4 (40.00%) Business Intelligence Consultant
4 3 (30.00%) Business Consultant
4 3 (30.00%) SAP Business Consultant
4 3 (30.00%) SAP BI Consultant
5 2 (20.00%) Business Objects Consultant
6 1 (10.00%) Process Consultant
6 1 (10.00%) SAP BW Consultant
6 1 (10.00%) Analyst
6 1 (10.00%) Test Analyst
6 1 (10.00%) SAP Test Analyst
6 1 (10.00%) SAP Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (20.00%) Risk Analysis
3 1 (10.00%) ETL
3 1 (10.00%) Migration
3 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (10.00%) Project Management
3 1 (10.00%) SAP Implementation
3 1 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (10.00%) Unit Testing
3 1 (10.00%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) VBScript
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) Business Objects
1 10 (100.00%) SAP
2 5 (50.00%) Primavera
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (10.00%) HP
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