The first table below looks at the demand for BusinessObjects XI skills 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 BusinessObjects XI over the 3 months to 17 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 of the Database & Business Intelligence category 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP BusinessObjects XI (BOXI)
Rank 167 182 224
Rank change year-on-year
+15 +42
Contract jobs citing BusinessObjects XI 34 31 22
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.540% 0.398% 0.224%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 2.500% 2.219% 1.211%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 26 14
Average daily rate £425 £475 £463
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.52% +2.70%
UK excluding London average daily rate £358 £315 £375
% change year-on-year
+13.49% -16.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £45.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year
- +5.88%
All Database & Business Intelligence
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
1360 1397 1816
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 21.60% 17.96% 18.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 1030 1003 1364
Average daily rate £425 £425 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -10.52%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £313 £300 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £333 £338
% change year-on-year
-2.25% -1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 18 14
Average hourly rate £39.51 £32.25 £25.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+22.49% +25.24%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £16.50 £17.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £52.20 £47.50 £65.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -15.38%
BusinessObjects XI
London

BusinessObjects XI
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London BusinessObjects XI Jobs Demand Trend

BusinessObjects XI
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London BusinessObjects XI Daily Rate Trend

BusinessObjects XI
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing BusinessObjects XI across the City of London region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

City of London BusinessObjects XI Daily Rate Histogram

BusinessObjects XI
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing BusinessObjects XI across the City of London region.

City of London BusinessObjects XI Hourly Rate Trend

BusinessObjects XI
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing BusinessObjects XI 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 XI.

1 56 (100.00%) Business Objects
2 29 (51.79%) SQL
2 29 (51.79%) Banking
2 29 (51.79%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
3 23 (41.07%) Oracle
4 21 (37.50%) Data Warehouse
4 21 (37.50%) Finance
5 18 (32.14%) SAP
5 18 (32.14%) BusinessObjects
6 14 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
7 13 (23.21%) Investment Banking
8 11 (19.64%) Derivative
8 11 (19.64%) Data Modelling
8 11 (19.64%) Java
9 10 (17.86%) Crystal Reports
9 10 (17.86%) SAP XI
10 9 (16.07%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 8 (14.29%) SQL Server
11 8 (14.29%) Kimball Methodology
12 7 (12.50%) Retail
12 7 (12.50%) PL/SQL
12 7 (12.50%) C
12 7 (12.50%) SharePoint
13 6 (10.71%) Oracle 10g
13 6 (10.71%) GAP Analysis
13 6 (10.71%) Cognos
13 6 (10.71%) Oracle Reports
13 6 (10.71%) Software Engineering
13 6 (10.71%) Degree
13 6 (10.71%) Computer Science

BusinessObjects XI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing BusinessObjects XI 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 XI. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 10 (17.86%) SAP XI
2 2 (3.571%) J2EE
3 1 (1.786%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 7 (12.50%) SharePoint
2 3 (5.357%) WebLogic
2 3 (5.357%) IIS
2 3 (5.357%) Apache
2 3 (5.357%) Tomcat
Business Applications
1 3 (5.357%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (1.786%) Oracle 11i
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.571%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (51.79%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
2 21 (37.50%) Data Warehouse
3 18 (32.14%) BusinessObjects
4 10 (17.86%) Crystal Reports
5 8 (14.29%) SQL Server
6 6 (10.71%) Oracle Reports
6 6 (10.71%) Oracle 10g
7 5 (8.929%) Star Schema
7 5 (8.929%) ReportNet
7 5 (8.929%) Xcelsius
7 5 (8.929%) Data Mart
8 4 (7.143%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (7.143%) SAP BW
9 2 (3.571%) SQL Server 2008
9 2 (3.571%) SQL Server 2005
9 2 (3.571%) MS Access
9 2 (3.571%) DTS
10 1 (1.786%) TOAD
10 1 (1.786%) OLTP
10 1 (1.786%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 5 (8.929%) JIRA
2 2 (3.571%) JUnit
General
1 29 (51.79%) Banking
2 21 (37.50%) Finance
3 13 (23.21%) Investment Banking
4 7 (12.50%) Retail
5 4 (7.143%) Retail Banking
6 1 (1.786%) Private Banking
6 1 (1.786%) Front Office
6 1 (1.786%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 43 (76.79%) Developer
2 38 (67.86%) Business Objects Developer
3 37 (66.07%) Business Developer
4 5 (8.929%) Report Developer
5 4 (7.143%) Java Developer
5 4 (7.143%) Analyst
6 3 (5.357%) Project Manager
6 3 (5.357%) Business Analyst
6 3 (5.357%) Change Manager
6 3 (5.357%) SAP Developer
7 2 (3.571%) SQL Server Developer
7 2 (3.571%) DBA
7 2 (3.571%) SQL Server DBA
7 2 (3.571%) Team Leader
7 2 (3.571%) SQL Developer
7 2 (3.571%) SQL DBA
8 1 (1.786%) Business Objects Consultant
8 1 (1.786%) Consultant
8 1 (1.786%) Senior Developer
8 1 (1.786%) Senior Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 11 (19.64%) Derivative
2 9 (16.07%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 6 (10.71%) Computer Science
4 4 (7.143%) Credit Risk
5 3 (5.357%) Visualisation
6 2 (3.571%) Fixed Income
6 2 (3.571%) Market Risk
6 2 (3.571%) Interest Rate Derivative
7 1 (1.786%) NHS
7 1 (1.786%) Data Extraction
7 1 (1.786%) SWIFT
Operating Systems
1 5 (8.929%) Windows
2 3 (5.357%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 11 (19.64%) Data Modelling
3 8 (14.29%) Kimball Methodology
4 6 (10.71%) GAP Analysis
4 6 (10.71%) Software Engineering
5 4 (7.143%) Risk Management
5 4 (7.143%) Migration
5 4 (7.143%) Analytics
6 3 (5.357%) Test Management
6 3 (5.357%) Data Mapping
6 3 (5.357%) Change Management
7 2 (3.571%) Stress Testing
7 2 (3.571%) Systems Analysis
7 2 (3.571%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (3.571%) Agile Software Development
7 2 (3.571%) Asset Management
7 2 (3.571%) Data Analysis
7 2 (3.571%) ETL
7 2 (3.571%) Configuration Management
8 1 (1.786%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 29 (51.79%) SQL
2 11 (19.64%) Java
3 7 (12.50%) PL/SQL
3 7 (12.50%) C
4 5 (8.929%) VBA
5 3 (5.357%) T-SQL
6 2 (3.571%) Shell Script
6 2 (3.571%) Korn
7 1 (1.786%) R
Qualifications
1 6 (10.71%) Degree
2 1 (1.786%) ITIL Certification
Systems Management
1 5 (8.929%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (3.571%) Control-M
Vendors
1 56 (100.00%) Business Objects
2 23 (41.07%) Oracle
3 18 (32.14%) SAP
4 6 (10.71%) Cognos
5 3 (5.357%) IBM
5 3 (5.357%) Informatica
6 1 (1.786%) Remedy
6 1 (1.786%) Northgate
6 1 (1.786%) Sybase
City, London
My client is looking for a Business Objects Developer with the following skills and experience: - Extensive BOXI r3 development experience... - Extensive experience working within a SAP BW environment. -...
Aston Carter
Rate: market rate
Posted: 13 May 2013
City, London
My client is looking for a SAP Business Objects Developer with the following skills and experience: - Extensive BOXI r3 development experience... - Excellent communication skills - Extensive experience working within...
Aston Carter
Rate: market rate
Posted: 14 May 2013
City, London
Key skills: Business Objects r3 / BOXI development, BO universes, Business Objects Web Intelligence, Business Objects Desktop Intelligence, Crystal Reports, data warehousing... Our client's IT systems help support...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 14 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 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