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 City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Business Objects over the 3 months to 23 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 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.

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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Objects
Rank 89 93 97
Rank change year-on-year
+4 +4
Contract jobs citing Business Objects 124 145 179
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 1.952% 1.842% 1.795%
As % of the Vendors category 4.321% 4.374% 4.262%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 108 130
Average daily rate £450 £438 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% -2.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £282 £340
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £603
UK excluding London average daily rate £360 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
+2.85% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 2
Average hourly rate £39.51 £29.50 £22.02
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+33.91% +33.96%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.25 £21.90 £15.24
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.55 £37.10 £28.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.70 £18.13 £22.50
% change year-on-year
+41.76% -19.44%
All Vendors
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
2870 3315 4200
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 45.18% 42.11% 42.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 2036 2269 2905
Average daily rate £430 £425 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.17% -15.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £288 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £600 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 99 131
Average hourly rate £23.00 £20.00 £21.45
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+15.00% -6.75%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.70 £12.50 £13.54
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £93.00 £39.20 £43.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.25
% change year-on-year
- -6.17%
Business Objects
London

Business Objects
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London 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 City of London region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London Business Objects Hourly Rate Trend

Business Objects
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Business Objects across the City of London region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

City of London Business Objects Hourly Rate Histogram

Business Objects
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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.

1 122 (50.41%) SQL
2 86 (35.54%) Business Intelligence
3 81 (33.47%) Oracle
4 80 (33.06%) Finance
5 72 (29.75%) Data Warehouse
6 70 (28.93%) Banking
7 57 (23.55%) SAP
7 57 (23.55%) BusinessObjects
8 56 (23.14%) BusinessObjects XI
9 51 (21.07%) SQL Server
10 46 (19.01%) ETL
11 44 (18.18%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
12 34 (14.05%) Cognos
12 34 (14.05%) Investment Banking
13 31 (12.81%) VBA
14 30 (12.40%) PL/SQL
14 30 (12.40%) QlikView
15 29 (11.98%) Data Modelling
16 28 (11.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 25 (10.33%) Microsoft
18 24 (9.917%) Informatica
18 24 (9.917%) UNIX
19 23 (9.504%) Windows
20 22 (9.091%) Crystal Reports
20 22 (9.091%) Derivative
21 21 (8.678%) Sybase
21 21 (8.678%) SharePoint
22 20 (8.264%) Java
22 20 (8.264%) SQL Server Reporting Services
23 19 (7.851%) Foreign Exchange (FX)

Business Objects
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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 17 (7.025%) .NET
2 12 (4.959%) MDX
3 10 (4.132%) XML
3 10 (4.132%) SAP XI
4 6 (2.479%) ASP.NET
5 4 (1.653%) Silverlight
6 3 (1.240%) ASP.NET MVC
6 3 (1.240%) WPF
6 3 (1.240%) Software Packaging
6 3 (1.240%) .NET Framework
6 3 (1.240%) ASP
6 3 (1.240%) J2EE
7 2 (0.826%) HTML
7 2 (0.826%) JSP
7 2 (0.826%) Struts
7 2 (0.826%) Middleware
7 2 (0.826%) WCF
7 2 (0.826%) Oracle Fusion
8 1 (0.413%) MapReduce
8 1 (0.413%) OOXML
Application Platforms
1 21 (8.678%) SharePoint
2 17 (7.025%) SAS
3 5 (2.066%) BizTalk Server
3 5 (2.066%) IIS
4 3 (1.240%) MS Exchange
4 3 (1.240%) Apache
4 3 (1.240%) Tomcat
4 3 (1.240%) WebLogic
5 2 (0.826%) Oracle Workflow
5 2 (0.826%) Exchange Server 2007
5 2 (0.826%) SharePoint 2010
6 1 (0.413%) Apache Pig
6 1 (0.413%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.413%) WorkSite
6 1 (0.413%) Exchange Server 2003
6 1 (0.413%) Documentum
6 1 (0.413%) CMS
Applications
1 15 (6.198%) MS Excel
2 10 (4.132%) MS Office
3 4 (1.653%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (0.826%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.413%) PowerPivot
5 1 (0.413%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (3.306%) SAP BPC
2 6 (2.479%) Oracle EBS
2 6 (2.479%) Global One
3 2 (0.826%) Oracle Applications
3 2 (0.826%) RMDS
3 2 (0.826%) HFM
3 2 (0.826%) 3000 Xtra
3 2 (0.826%) Oracle EBS R12
3 2 (0.826%) Oracle iProcurement
4 1 (0.413%) Hyperion Planning
4 1 (0.413%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.413%) Cognos Business Intelligence
4 1 (0.413%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.413%) Taleo
4 1 (0.413%) Oracle 11i
4 1 (0.413%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.413%) Oracle ERP
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.959%) HTTP
2 5 (2.066%) Firewall
3 3 (1.240%) Internet
4 2 (0.826%) Intranet
5 1 (0.413%) NAS
5 1 (0.413%) SAN
5 1 (0.413%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (29.75%) Data Warehouse
2 57 (23.55%) BusinessObjects
3 56 (23.14%) BusinessObjects XI
4 51 (21.07%) SQL Server
5 44 (18.18%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
6 30 (12.40%) QlikView
7 28 (11.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 22 (9.091%) Crystal Reports
9 20 (8.264%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 19 (7.851%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 19 (7.851%) SQL Server 2008
11 18 (7.438%) SAP BW
11 18 (7.438%) OLAP
12 15 (6.198%) SQL Server 2005
13 13 (5.372%) DataStage
13 13 (5.372%) SAP BI
14 12 (4.959%) Oracle Reports
14 12 (4.959%) Xcelsius
15 11 (4.545%) Data Mart
16 10 (4.132%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 7 (2.893%) Visual Studio
2 6 (2.479%) Talend Open Studio
3 5 (2.066%) JIRA
4 3 (1.240%) ERwin
4 3 (1.240%) JUnit
5 2 (0.826%) Oracle Forms
5 2 (0.826%) JDeveloper
6 1 (0.413%) Eclipse
General
1 80 (33.06%) Finance
2 70 (28.93%) Banking
3 34 (14.05%) Investment Banking
4 14 (5.785%) Retail
5 8 (3.306%) Front Office
6 7 (2.893%) Marketing
6 7 (2.893%) Telecoms
7 4 (1.653%) Financial Institution
7 4 (1.653%) Advertising
7 4 (1.653%) Retail Banking
8 3 (1.240%) Billing
9 2 (0.826%) Back Office
9 2 (0.826%) Games
9 2 (0.826%) Legal
9 2 (0.826%) General Ledger
10 1 (0.413%) Private Banking
10 1 (0.413%) Law
Job Titles
1 110 (45.45%) Developer
2 67 (27.69%) Analyst
3 60 (24.79%) Business Developer
4 59 (24.38%) Business Objects Developer
5 40 (16.53%) Business Analyst
6 14 (5.785%) Business Intelligence Analyst
7 13 (5.372%) Report Analyst
8 12 (4.959%) Senior Analyst
8 12 (4.959%) Support Analyst
9 11 (4.545%) Consultant
9 11 (4.545%) SQL Developer
10 10 (4.132%) Architect
11 9 (3.719%) Report Developer
12 8 (3.306%) Business Intelligence Developer
13 7 (2.893%) Data Analyst
13 7 (2.893%) Data Warehouse Developer
13 7 (2.893%) ETL Developer
13 7 (2.893%) Senior Business Analyst
14 6 (2.479%) Business Objects Consultant
14 6 (2.479%) SAP Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 22 (9.091%) Derivative
2 19 (7.851%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 11 (4.545%) Credit Risk
4 10 (4.132%) Market Risk
5 9 (3.719%) Management Information System
6 8 (3.306%) Data Integration
7 6 (2.479%) Equities
7 6 (2.479%) Computer Science
8 5 (2.066%) Fixed Income
9 4 (1.653%) NHS
9 4 (1.653%) Visualisation
10 3 (1.240%) Statistics
10 3 (1.240%) Interest Rate Derivative
11 2 (0.826%) Credit Derivative
11 2 (0.826%) Client/Server
11 2 (0.826%) SaaS
11 2 (0.826%) Data Extraction
11 2 (0.826%) SWIFT
12 1 (0.413%) Mobile App
12 1 (0.413%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 24 (9.917%) UNIX
2 23 (9.504%) Windows
3 8 (3.306%) Windows Server 2008
4 4 (1.653%) Solaris
5 3 (1.240%) Linux
6 2 (0.826%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.413%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (35.54%) Business Intelligence
2 46 (19.01%) ETL
3 29 (11.98%) Data Modelling
4 17 (7.025%) Kimball Methodology
5 14 (5.785%) Data Analysis
5 14 (5.785%) Asset Management
5 14 (5.785%) Dimensional Modelling
6 13 (5.372%) Analytics
7 12 (4.959%) Risk Management
7 12 (4.959%) Business Analysis
8 10 (4.132%) Migration
9 9 (3.719%) Change Management
10 8 (3.306%) Stakeholder Management
10 8 (3.306%) Project Management
11 7 (2.893%) CRM
11 7 (2.893%) E-Commerce
11 7 (2.893%) Scrum
12 6 (2.479%) GAP Analysis
12 6 (2.479%) Software Engineering
12 6 (2.479%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 122 (50.41%) SQL
2 31 (12.81%) VBA
3 30 (12.40%) PL/SQL
4 20 (8.264%) Java
5 12 (4.959%) T-SQL
6 11 (4.545%) C#
6 11 (4.545%) Shell Script
7 10 (4.132%) VB
8 7 (2.893%) C
9 3 (1.240%) VBScript
9 3 (1.240%) VB.NET
10 2 (0.826%) VB6
10 2 (0.826%) Korn
10 2 (0.826%) R
11 1 (0.413%) COBOL
11 1 (0.413%) JavaScript
11 1 (0.413%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 11 (4.545%) Degree
2 4 (1.653%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (1.653%) CCNA
2 4 (1.653%) Security Cleared
3 3 (1.240%) SC Cleared
4 2 (0.826%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (0.826%) MCTS
5 1 (0.413%) MCITP
5 1 (0.413%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.413%) ACCA
5 1 (0.413%) MCSE
5 1 (0.413%) MCDBA
5 1 (0.413%) MCSD
5 1 (0.413%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.479%) QA
2 4 (1.653%) Basel III
3 3 (1.240%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (0.826%) SLA
5 1 (0.413%) Solvency II
System Software
1 3 (1.240%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.413%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.413%) XenApp
2 1 (0.413%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 6 (2.479%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (0.826%) Control-M
Vendors
1 81 (33.47%) Oracle
2 57 (23.55%) SAP
3 34 (14.05%) Cognos
4 25 (10.33%) Microsoft
5 24 (9.917%) Informatica
6 21 (8.678%) Sybase
7 13 (5.372%) MicroStrategy
8 11 (4.545%) Hyperion
9 9 (3.719%) VMware
10 8 (3.306%) Teradata
10 8 (3.306%) Netezza
11 6 (2.479%) JBoss
11 6 (2.479%) Cisco
11 6 (2.479%) Talend
11 6 (2.479%) Infobright
12 5 (2.066%) NetApp
12 5 (2.066%) Citrix
13 4 (1.653%) Remedy
13 4 (1.653%) IBM
14 3 (1.240%) SunGard
City, London
My Client, an Award Winning Consulting Firm URGENTLY REQUIRES THREE (3) SAP Business Objects Data Service (BODS) Contractors for an immediate start. Successful candidates must have at least...
Consulting Point
Rate: £450 - £500 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
City of London
Data Warehouse Developer - 3 to 6 Month contract - £200 - £225 Per Day - London Data Warehouse Developer / SQL 2000, 2005, 2008 / Qlikview / MS BI Stack / Development / Business Objects Progressive...
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £200 - £225 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
Using the Business Planning and Consolidation toolset provided by SAP Business Objects, Integrated Planning and Enterprise Performance Management you will work as part of a highly skilled consulting...
Capita Resourcing - IT Resourcing
Rate: £500 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
City of London
Contract BOXI Oracle Specialist - Central London - Banking - 6 months - Daily rate - £450 p/d - £550 p/dKey skills: Business Objects Universe design., Business Objects Web Intelligence report writing,...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Rate: £450 - £550 per day
Posted: 3 May 2013
City of London
Contract Business Objects Developer - Central London - Banking - 6 months - c... Our client's IT systems help support the trading of items such as derivatives swaps and FX products...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
You will be responsible for running a variety of reports using macros and look-ups for different areas of the business Must will have strong experience in the...
ReThink Recruitment
Rate: £200 - £260 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
City of London
You will be responsible for liaising with the business and the development of new business objects based reporting and analytics capability within this team and will be required...
Real Staffing
Rate: £400 - £500 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
City of London
My global banking client is seeking a Data Migration Analyst/BO Report Developer for a project to ensure that the data in the key strategic system for Operational...
Huxley Associates
Rate: £449 - £450 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
City, London
Primary responsibilities include: Defining data mapping rules... Build the transformation tool using Excel/VBA... Build any reconciliation reports using Business Objects Web Intelligence. Maintain and manage reference data...
Nicoll Curtin
Posted: 20 May 2013
City of London
They will need to have:* Newly qualified accountant* Good technical accounting knowledge in a banking or Financial Services environment* Excel, Business Objects, Caseware, Summit 3.83 applications skills...
Orgtel
Rate: £300 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013