City of London Business Objects Contracts

This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Business Objects products and/or services in IT contracts within the City of London region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Business Objects over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Basildon Basingstoke Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheshire Chester Chesterfield City of London County Antrim Coventry Croydon Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastbourne Eastleigh Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Farnborough Feltham Flintshire Glasgow Guildford Halifax Hampshire Hayes Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Hull Ipswich Johnstone Kent Kingston Upon Thames Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Letchworth Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London M4 Corridor Manchester Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Norfolk North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oswestry Oxford Oxfordshire Poole Preston Queensferry Reading Renfrewshire Rotherham Rugby Salisbury Sandwich Scotland Sheffield Shrewsbury Shropshire Slough Somerset South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Staffordshire Stoke-on-Trent Suffolk Surbiton Surrey Sussex Swindon Taunton Telford Thames Valley Tunbridge Wells Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Lothian West Midlands West Yorkshire Weybridge Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Wirral Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 29 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	123	92
Rank change on same period last year	-31
Matching contract IT job ads	101	119
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.135 %	0.119 %
As % of the category below	2.690 %	3.494 %
Daily rates quoted	52	70
Average minimum daily rate	£425	£376
Average daily rate	£466	£404
% change on same period last year	+15.29 %
Average maximum daily rate	£507	£432
UK excluding London average daily rate	£366	£348
% change on same period last year	+4.96 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	4
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£16.25
Average hourly rate	-	£18.75
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£21.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.83	£33.43
% change on same period last year	-22.74 %
Vendors City of London
Matching contract IT job ads	3755	3406
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	5.005 %	3.398 %
Daily rates quoted	2026	1406
Average minimum daily rate	£410	£431
Average daily rate	£444	£458
% change on same period last year	-3.03 %
Average maximum daily rate	£477	£484
UK excluding London average daily rate	£360	£359
% change on same period last year	+0.33 %
Hourly rates quoted	175	113
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.47	£21.42
Average hourly rate	£24.35	£22.75
% change on same period last year	+7.03 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.23	£24.08
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.10	£24.81
% change on same period last year	-2.85 %
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We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within Business Objects SA.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Business Objects across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Business Objects across the City of London region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The 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 29 August 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Business Objects across the City of London region.

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, 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.

1 214 (100.00 %) BusinessObjects 2 115 (53.74 %) Oracle 3 90 (42.06 %) SQL 4 84 (39.25 %) Banking 5 75 (35.05 %) Datawarehouse 6 70 (32.71 %) Finance 7 53 (24.77 %) Business Intelligence 8 46 (21.50 %) Investment Banking 9 39 (18.22 %) SQL Server 10 37 (17.29 %) ETL 11 34 (15.89 %) Data Modelling 11 34 (15.89 %) Data Analysis 12 33 (15.42 %) PL/SQL 13 32 (14.95 %) Informatica 14 30 (14.02 %) Oracle 10g

14 30 (14.02 %) BusinessObjects XI 15 23 (10.75 %) Oracle Reports 16 22 (10.28 %) Project Management 17 18 (8.411 %) Insurance 17 18 (8.411 %) Business Analysis 17 18 (8.411 %) UML 17 18 (8.411 %) Credit Risk 18 17 (7.944 %) Cognos 19 16 (7.477 %) Oracle 8/8i 19 16 (7.477 %) UNIX 19 16 (7.477 %) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 20 15 (7.009 %) Migration 21 14 (6.542 %) Management Information System 21 14 (6.542 %) Government 21 14 (6.542 %) Front Office

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, 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 13 (6.075 %) XML 2 9 (4.206 %) XSL 3 8 (3.738 %) .NET 4 7 (3.271 %) XSD 5 6 (2.804 %) ASP.NET 6 3 (1.402 %) J2EE 6 3 (1.402 %) XML Messaging 7 1 (0.467 %) WinForms 7 1 (0.467 %) MDX 7 1 (0.467 %) ASP.NET 2.0 7 1 (0.467 %) ASP 7 1 (0.467 %) CSS 7 1 (0.467 %) WebServices 7 1 (0.467 %) HTML	Application Platforms 1 12 (5.607 %) SharePoint 2 3 (1.402 %) WebLogic 3 2 (0.935 %) IIS 3 2 (0.935 %) Oracle Workflow 3 2 (0.935 %) SAS 4 1 (0.467 %) BizTalk Server 4 1 (0.467 %) CMS 4 1 (0.467 %) SharePoint Portal Server
Applications 1 11 (5.140 %) MS Excel 2 5 (2.336 %) MS Office 3 3 (1.402 %) MS PowerPoint 4 2 (0.935 %) MS Project 5 1 (0.467 %) MS Visio 5 1 (0.467 %) Spreadsheet	Business Applications 1 2 (0.935 %) Summit 1 2 (0.935 %) Loan IQ 2 1 (0.467 %) SunGard GMI 2 1 (0.467 %) Cognos Business Intelligence 2 1 (0.467 %) Khalix 2 1 (0.467 %) Oracle Financials 2 1 (0.467 %) PeopleSoft Financials 2 1 (0.467 %) Global One
Communications & Networking 1 3 (1.402 %) LDAP 2 1 (0.467 %) TCP/IP 2 1 (0.467 %) VPN 2 1 (0.467 %) Intranet 2 1 (0.467 %) Wireless 2 1 (0.467 %) Ethereal	Database & Business Intelligence 1 214 (100.00 %) BusinessObjects 2 75 (35.05 %) Datawarehouse 3 39 (18.22 %) SQL Server 4 37 (17.29 %) ETL 5 30 (14.02 %) Oracle 10g 5 30 (14.02 %) BusinessObjects XI 6 23 (10.75 %) Oracle Reports 7 16 (7.477 %) Oracle 8/8i 7 16 (7.477 %) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 8 12 (5.607 %) Crystal Reports 9 11 (5.140 %) Data Mart 10 10 (4.673 %) SQL Server 2005 11 9 (4.206 %) Oracle OWB 11 9 (4.206 %) Oracle 9i 12 8 (3.738 %) MS Access 12 8 (3.738 %) OLTP 12 8 (3.738 %) SQL Server Integration Services 12 8 (3.738 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 13 7 (3.271 %) BODI 13 7 (3.271 %) DataStage
Development Applications 1 8 (3.738 %) TestDirector 2 4 (1.869 %) ERwin 2 4 (1.869 %) ClearQuest 3 2 (0.935 %) Rational Functional Tester 4 1 (0.467 %) Subversion 4 1 (0.467 %) LoadRunner 4 1 (0.467 %) Visual Studio 4 1 (0.467 %) Oracle Forms 4 1 (0.467 %) Flash 4 1 (0.467 %) ClearCase 4 1 (0.467 %) Rational Rose	General 1 84 (39.25 %) Banking 2 70 (32.71 %) Finance 3 46 (21.50 %) Investment Banking 4 18 (8.411 %) Insurance 5 14 (6.542 %) Government 5 14 (6.542 %) Front Office 6 5 (2.336 %) Back Office 6 5 (2.336 %) Financial Institution 6 5 (2.336 %) Marketing 7 4 (1.869 %) Home Office 8 3 (1.402 %) Retail 8 3 (1.402 %) Corporate Banking 9 2 (0.935 %) Retail Banking 9 2 (0.935 %) Local Government 10 1 (0.467 %) Pensions 10 1 (0.467 %) Billing 10 1 (0.467 %) Law 10 1 (0.467 %) Legal 10 1 (0.467 %) Manufacturing
Job Titles 1 82 (38.32 %) Developer 2 76 (35.51 %) Analyst 3 48 (22.43 %) Business Analyst 4 19 (8.879 %) Business Developer 4 19 (8.879 %) Business Objects Developer 5 18 (8.411 %) Oracle Developer 6 16 (7.477 %) Architect 7 15 (7.009 %) Data Analyst 8 9 (4.206 %) Senior Analyst 8 9 (4.206 %) SQL Developer 8 9 (4.206 %) Banking Business Analyst 9 8 (3.738 %) Credit Risk Analyst 9 8 (3.738 %) Investment Banking Business Analyst 9 8 (3.738 %) Database Developer 9 8 (3.738 %) Credit Risk Business Analyst 9 8 (3.738 %) Senior Developer 10 7 (3.271 %) Consultant 10 7 (3.271 %) Business Data Analyst 11 6 (2.804 %) MI Analyst 11 6 (2.804 %) Project Manager	Miscellaneous 1 18 (8.411 %) Credit Risk 2 14 (6.542 %) Management Information System 3 12 (5.607 %) Fixed Income 4 9 (4.206 %) Data Extraction 5 6 (2.804 %) Equities 5 6 (2.804 %) Derivative 6 3 (1.402 %) Data Conversion 7 2 (0.935 %) Data Integration 7 2 (0.935 %) AS400 7 2 (0.935 %) Market Risk 7 2 (0.935 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 8 1 (0.467 %) NHS 8 1 (0.467 %) Thin Client 8 1 (0.467 %) Blackberry 8 1 (0.467 %) Mainframe 8 1 (0.467 %) Statistics 8 1 (0.467 %) Fat Client 8 1 (0.467 %) Replication
Operating Systems 1 16 (7.477 %) UNIX 2 12 (5.607 %) Solaris 3 6 (2.804 %) Windows 4 2 (0.935 %) Windows XP 5 1 (0.467 %) Linux	Processes & Methodologies 1 53 (24.77 %) Business Intelligence 2 34 (15.89 %) Data Modelling 2 34 (15.89 %) Data Analysis 3 22 (10.28 %) Project Management 4 18 (8.411 %) UML 4 18 (8.411 %) Business Analysis 5 15 (7.009 %) Migration 6 12 (5.607 %) Investment Management 7 9 (4.206 %) Security Cleared 8 6 (2.804 %) Asset Management 9 4 (1.869 %) Data Management 9 4 (1.869 %) PRINCE2 10 3 (1.402 %) Agile Software Development 10 3 (1.402 %) Workflow 10 3 (1.402 %) Systems Analysis 11 2 (0.935 %) Information Management 11 2 (0.935 %) Data Architecture 11 2 (0.935 %) System Testing 11 2 (0.935 %) Dimensional Modelling 11 2 (0.935 %) Data Mapping
Programming Languages 1 90 (42.06 %) SQL 2 33 (15.42 %) PL/SQL 3 12 (5.607 %) C# 4 6 (2.804 %) VB 5 5 (2.336 %) Java 5 5 (2.336 %) Transact-SQL 6 4 (1.869 %) JavaScript 7 3 (1.402 %) Perl 7 3 (1.402 %) Shell Script 8 2 (0.935 %) VBA 9 1 (0.467 %) JCL 9 1 (0.467 %) C	Qualifications 1 5 (2.336 %) ISEB 2 3 (1.402 %) Degree 3 2 (0.935 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 4 1 (0.467 %) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 10 (4.673 %) Basel II 2 4 (1.869 %) QA 3 1 (0.467 %) COBIT 3 1 (0.467 %) SLA 3 1 (0.467 %) Sarbanes-Oxley	Systems Management 1 2 (0.935 %) Oracle Enterprise Manager 2 1 (0.467 %) Tivoli 2 1 (0.467 %) AutoSys 2 1 (0.467 %) CONTROL-M 2 1 (0.467 %) Foglight
Vendors 1 115 (53.74 %) Oracle 2 32 (14.95 %) Informatica 3 17 (7.944 %) Cognos 4 13 (6.075 %) SmartStream 5 8 (3.738 %) TIBCO 6 7 (3.271 %) Hyperion 6 7 (3.271 %) Sun 7 6 (2.804 %) Sagent 8 5 (2.336 %) IBM 8 5 (2.336 %) Microsoft 9 4 (1.869 %) SAP 10 3 (1.402 %) BEA 10 3 (1.402 %) Sybase 10 3 (1.402 %) PeopleSoft 11 2 (0.935 %) Teradata 11 2 (0.935 %) GL TRADE 12 1 (0.467 %) Pega 12 1 (0.467 %) Compuware 12 1 (0.467 %) SunGard 12 1 (0.467 %) HP