The first table below looks at the demand for the Business Objects Consultant role in IT contracts advertised for the City of London 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 City of London 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 195 210 241
Rank change year-on-year
+15 +31
Contract jobs requiring a Business Objects Consultant 8 8 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.125% 0.102% 0.041%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.136% 0.111% 0.044%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 3
Average daily rate £433 £488 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.28% +14.70%
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
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5894 7192 8993
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 92.40% 91.44% 91.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 4333 5169 6545
Average daily rate £450 £450 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £285 £275 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £625 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 186 197
Average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £19.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +2.56%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £12.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £133.00 £41.28 £41.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Business Objects Consultant
London

Business Objects Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London Business Objects Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Business Objects Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

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

City of London Business Objects Consultant Daily Rate Histogram

Business Objects Consultant
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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 7 (70.00%) SAP
2 6 (60.00%) Business Objects
3 5 (50.00%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
4 4 (40.00%) SAP BW
5 3 (30.00%) BusinessObjects
5 3 (30.00%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (20.00%) OLAP
6 2 (20.00%) SAP BI
6 2 (20.00%) SAP MI
6 2 (20.00%) ETL
7 1 (10.00%) SAP ERP
7 1 (10.00%) Market Risk
7 1 (10.00%) BusinessObjects XI
7 1 (10.00%) Northgate
7 1 (10.00%) Derivative
7 1 (10.00%) Performance Management
7 1 (10.00%) SWIFT
7 1 (10.00%) SAP Data Services
7 1 (10.00%) NHS
7 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (10.00%) SAP XI
7 1 (10.00%) ABAP
7 1 (10.00%) SQL Server
7 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
7 1 (10.00%) Windows
7 1 (10.00%) ERP

Business Objects Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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.

Application Development
1 2 (20.00%) SAP MI
2 1 (10.00%) SAP XI
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) SAP ERP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (50.00%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
2 4 (40.00%) SAP BW
3 3 (30.00%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (20.00%) OLAP
4 2 (20.00%) SAP BI
5 1 (10.00%) BusinessObjects XI
5 1 (10.00%) SAP Data Services
5 1 (10.00%) SQL Server
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Market Risk
1 1 (10.00%) Derivative
1 1 (10.00%) SWIFT
1 1 (10.00%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (20.00%) ETL
3 1 (10.00%) Performance Management
3 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (10.00%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) ABAP
Vendors
1 7 (70.00%) SAP
2 6 (60.00%) Business Objects
3 1 (10.00%) Northgate
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft