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 Docklands, 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 20 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 Docklands, 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Objects
Rank 26 - 52
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Business Objects 3 0 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Docklands, London 1.754% - 1.864%
As % of the Vendors category 4.167% - 4.231%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
Average daily rate £500 - £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £360 £345 £375
% change year-on-year
+4.34% -8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.89 £17.88 £21.75
% change year-on-year
+72.81% -17.81%
All Vendors
Docklands, London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
72 100 260
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Docklands, London 42.11% 45.66% 44.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 61 108
Average daily rate £395 £475 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.84% +11.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £185 £300 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £600 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 3
Average hourly rate - £26.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +15.55%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
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 Docklands, London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Docklands, 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 Docklands, London region.

Docklands, London Business Objects Daily Rate Trend

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 Docklands, London region.

Docklands, London Business Objects Hourly Rate Trend

Business Objects
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, 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 5 (100.00%) SQL
2 4 (80.00%) Oracle
2 4 (80.00%) Windows
2 4 (80.00%) Banking
3 3 (60.00%) Retail
3 3 (60.00%) Investment Banking
3 3 (60.00%) GAP Analysis
3 3 (60.00%) WebLogic
3 3 (60.00%) IIS
3 3 (60.00%) Java
3 3 (60.00%) SAP
3 3 (60.00%) Apache
3 3 (60.00%) Tomcat
3 3 (60.00%) BusinessObjects
3 3 (60.00%) SAP XI
3 3 (60.00%) Retail Banking
3 3 (60.00%) BusinessObjects XI
4 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
4 2 (40.00%) Degree
4 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
4 2 (40.00%) Software Engineering
5 1 (20.00%) Finance
5 1 (20.00%) Identity Management
5 1 (20.00%) Change Management
5 1 (20.00%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (20.00%) Tivoli
5 1 (20.00%) ReportNet
5 1 (20.00%) Cognos
5 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
5 1 (20.00%) Windows XP

Business Objects
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, 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 3 (60.00%) SAP XI
Application Platforms
1 3 (60.00%) WebLogic
1 3 (60.00%) IIS
1 3 (60.00%) Apache
1 3 (60.00%) Tomcat
2 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) BusinessObjects
1 3 (60.00%) BusinessObjects XI
2 1 (20.00%) ReportNet
2 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (80.00%) Banking
2 3 (60.00%) Retail
2 3 (60.00%) Investment Banking
2 3 (60.00%) Retail Banking
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Developer
1 3 (60.00%) Java Developer
2 2 (40.00%) Business Developer
2 2 (40.00%) Business Objects Developer
2 2 (40.00%) Report Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Report Writer
3 1 (20.00%) Identity Management Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Management Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Support Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Applications Support
3 1 (20.00%) Applications Support Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Windows XP
2 1 (20.00%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) GAP Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (40.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Identity Management
3 1 (20.00%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
2 3 (60.00%) Java
3 1 (20.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Oracle
2 3 (60.00%) SAP
3 1 (20.00%) Cognos