East of England BusinessObjects Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Business Objects BusinessObjects (BO) skills within the East of England region with a comparison to our Database & Business Intelligence category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited BusinessObjects over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Basildon Basingstoke Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Bradford Brentford Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Chatham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield City of London County Antrim Coventry Croydon Derbyshire Docklands, London Dorset East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh England Essex Fareham Feltham Folkestone Glasgow Gloucestershire Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Highlands Hull Inverness Johnstone Kent Kingston Upon Thames Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Letchworth Liverpool Livingston London Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oswestry Oxford Oxfordshire Poole Potters Bar Preston Reading Renfrewshire Romford Rugby Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Shrewsbury Shropshire Slough Somerset South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Staines Surbiton Surrey Swindon Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwickshire West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Weybridge Whyteleafe Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Wirral Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	114	67
Rank change on same period last year	-47
Matching contract IT job ads	37	78
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.049 %	0.083 %
As % of the category below	5.233 %	8.696 %
Daily rates quoted	16	28
Average minimum daily rate	£374	£355
Average daily rate	£390	£391
% change on same period last year	-0.06 %
Average maximum daily rate	£407	£426
UK excluding London average daily rate	£374	£347
% change on same period last year	+7.79 %
Hourly rates quoted	5	13
Average minimum hourly rate	£28.80	£27.93
Average hourly rate	£31.10	£29.68
% change on same period last year	+4.78 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£33.40	£31.43
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.76	£30.37
% change on same period last year	-21.74 %
Database & Business Intelligence East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	707	897
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.932 %	0.951 %
Daily rates quoted	188	260
Average minimum daily rate	£323	£337
Average daily rate	£344	£359
% change on same period last year	-4.24 %
Average maximum daily rate	£366	£382
UK excluding London average daily rate	£350	£354
% change on same period last year	-1.12 %
Hourly rates quoted	75	110
Average minimum hourly rate	£30.32	£30.14
Average hourly rate	£33.05	£31.91
% change on same period last year	+3.56 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£35.79	£33.69
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.43	£30.86
% change on same period last year	+5.09 %
BusinessObjects England

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.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing BusinessObjects across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence 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 BusinessObjects across the East of England region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing BusinessObjects across the East of England region over the 3 months to 4 July 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 BusinessObjects across the East of England region.

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing BusinessObjects across the East of England region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing BusinessObjects within the East of England region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Essex	-4	12	£414	+50.64 %
Hertfordshire	-38	9	£511	+25.09 %
Cambridgeshire	-7	8	£325	-
East Anglia	-	5	£350	-
Norfolk	+2	2	£300	-
Bedfordshire	+5	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing BusinessObjects 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.

1 91 (100.00 %) Business Objects 2 28 (30.77 %) Oracle 3 23 (25.27 %) Business Intelligence 4 21 (23.08 %) SQL 4 21 (23.08 %) XML 5 20 (21.98 %) SQL Server 6 18 (19.78 %) Datawarehouse 6 18 (19.78 %) Finance 7 17 (18.68 %) BODI 8 14 (15.38 %) SQL Server 2005 9 13 (14.29 %) .NET 9 13 (14.29 %) J2EE 10 12 (13.19 %) Java 10 12 (13.19 %) Oracle Reports 10 12 (13.19 %) Cognos

10 12 (13.19 %) SQL Server 2000 10 12 (13.19 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 10 12 (13.19 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 11 11 (12.09 %) ETL 11 11 (12.09 %) VB.NET 11 11 (12.09 %) OLAP 12 10 (10.99 %) Crystal Reports 13 9 (9.890 %) VB 13 9 (9.890 %) Retail 13 9 (9.890 %) Management Information System 13 9 (9.890 %) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 14 8 (8.791 %) WebSphere 14 8 (8.791 %) BusinessObjects XI 14 8 (8.791 %) Telecoms 14 8 (8.791 %) Orchard

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing BusinessObjects 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 21 (23.08 %) XML 2 13 (14.29 %) .NET 2 13 (14.29 %) J2EE 3 8 (8.791 %) WebSphere 4 5 (5.495 %) ODBC 5 4 (4.396 %) JMS 5 4 (4.396 %) Struts 5 4 (4.396 %) WebServices 6 1 (1.099 %) ASP.NET 6 1 (1.099 %) SAX 6 1 (1.099 %) MDX	Application Platforms 1 7 (7.692 %) WPS 2 1 (1.099 %) WebSphere Application Server 2 1 (1.099 %) Oracle Workflow
Applications 1 2 (2.198 %) MS Office 1 2 (2.198 %) MS Excel 2 1 (1.099 %) MS PowerPoint	Business Applications 1 6 (6.593 %) arcHouse 2 2 (2.198 %) Oracle Financials 3 1 (1.099 %) Oracle CRM 3 1 (1.099 %) Cognos Controller
Communications & Networking 1 1 (1.099 %) Symposium	Database & Business Intelligence 1 20 (21.98 %) SQL Server 2 18 (19.78 %) Datawarehouse 3 17 (18.68 %) BODI 4 14 (15.38 %) SQL Server 2005 5 12 (13.19 %) SQL Server 2000 5 12 (13.19 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 5 12 (13.19 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 5 12 (13.19 %) Oracle Reports 6 11 (12.09 %) OLAP 6 11 (12.09 %) ETL 7 10 (10.99 %) Crystal Reports 8 9 (9.890 %) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 9 8 (8.791 %) BusinessObjects XI 10 7 (7.692 %) Oracle Discoverer 11 4 (4.396 %) DTS 11 4 (4.396 %) Oracle 9i 12 3 (3.297 %) RDBMS 13 2 (2.198 %) SQL Server Integration Services 14 1 (1.099 %) MS Access
Development Applications 1 7 (7.692 %) Oracle Forms 2 1 (1.099 %) WebSphere Studio Application Developer	General 1 18 (19.78 %) Finance 2 9 (9.890 %) Retail 3 8 (8.791 %) Telecoms 4 7 (7.692 %) Government 5 5 (5.495 %) Insurance 5 5 (5.495 %) Banking 6 3 (3.297 %) Education 7 2 (2.198 %) Advertising 7 2 (2.198 %) Financial Institution 7 2 (2.198 %) Marketing 7 2 (2.198 %) Pensions 8 1 (1.099 %) Retail Banking 8 1 (1.099 %) Automotive 8 1 (1.099 %) Manufacturing
Job Titles 1 51 (56.04 %) Developer 2 21 (23.08 %) Business Developer 3 15 (16.48 %) Analyst 4 13 (14.29 %) Business Objects Developer 5 11 (12.09 %) Datawarehouse Developer 6 7 (7.692 %) Business Intelligence Developer 6 7 (7.692 %) Business Consultant 6 7 (7.692 %) Business Objects Consultant 6 7 (7.692 %) Consultant 6 7 (7.692 %) Data Analyst 7 6 (6.593 %) Support Analyst 8 5 (5.495 %) Applications Support 8 5 (5.495 %) Report Developer 9 4 (4.396 %) Project Manager 9 4 (4.396 %) Applications Support Analyst 10 3 (3.297 %) .NET Developer 10 3 (3.297 %) J2EE Developer 10 3 (3.297 %) VB.NET Developer 10 3 (3.297 %) Architect 11 2 (2.198 %) Programmer	Miscellaneous 1 9 (9.890 %) Management Information System 2 4 (4.396 %) N-Tier 3 3 (3.297 %) Data Integration 4 1 (1.099 %) Client/Server
Operating Systems 1 8 (8.791 %) Unix 2 4 (4.396 %) Windows	Processes & Methodologies 1 23 (25.27 %) Business Intelligence 2 6 (6.593 %) Migration 2 6 (6.593 %) Incident Management 3 5 (5.495 %) EAI 3 5 (5.495 %) Unit Testing 3 5 (5.495 %) Security Cleared 4 4 (4.396 %) Systems Analysis 4 4 (4.396 %) DSDM 4 4 (4.396 %) Enterprise Architecture 5 3 (3.297 %) Data Analysis 5 3 (3.297 %) PRINCE2 5 3 (3.297 %) RAD 6 2 (2.198 %) Dimensional Modelling 6 2 (2.198 %) SC Cleared 6 2 (2.198 %) Business Analysis 6 2 (2.198 %) CRM 6 2 (2.198 %) ERP 7 1 (1.099 %) OO 7 1 (1.099 %) OOD 7 1 (1.099 %) E-business
Programming Languages 1 21 (23.08 %) SQL 2 12 (13.19 %) Java 3 11 (12.09 %) VB.NET 4 9 (9.890 %) VB 5 8 (8.791 %) VBA 6 7 (7.692 %) PL/SQL 7 4 (4.396 %) C 7 4 (4.396 %) Transact-SQL 8 3 (3.297 %) VB6 9 1 (1.099 %) Shell Script 9 1 (1.099 %) JavaScript	Qualifications 1 1 (1.099 %) HNC 1 1 (1.099 %) PRINCE2 Certification 1 1 (1.099 %) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (2.198 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 2 1 (1.099 %) QA	Vendors 1 91 (100.00 %) Business Objects 2 28 (30.77 %) Oracle 3 12 (13.19 %) Cognos 4 8 (8.791 %) Orchard 5 7 (7.692 %) SAP 6 6 (6.593 %) Trillium 7 4 (4.396 %) ProClarity 7 4 (4.396 %) Ab Initio 8 3 (3.297 %) Microsoft 8 3 (3.297 %) Informatica 9 2 (2.198 %) Mapinfo 9 2 (2.198 %) Cramer 9 2 (2.198 %) Genesys 10 1 (1.099 %) Hyperion 10 1 (1.099 %) Teradata 10 1 (1.099 %) OutlookSoft