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 Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh 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 54 46 46
Rank change year-on-year
-8 0
Contract jobs citing Business Objects 4 17 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.498% 1.545% 1.454%
As % of the Vendors category 1.404% 4.885% 4.450%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 10 11
Average daily rate £359 £310 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.72% +3.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £296 £270 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £422 £391 £425
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
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
285 348 427
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 35.49% 31.64% 32.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 103 149 168
Average daily rate £375 £360 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.16% -4.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £202 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £518 £450 £488
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 18
Average hourly rate £20.25 £16.00 £15.29
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+26.56% +4.64%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.29 £14.75 £13.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £70.00 £23.75 £21.35
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Business Objects
Scotland

Business Objects
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh 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 15 (83.33%) SQL
2 12 (66.67%) Data Warehouse
2 12 (66.67%) Oracle
3 9 (50.00%) Finance
4 7 (38.89%) Business Intelligence
5 6 (33.33%) Data Modelling
5 6 (33.33%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
5 6 (33.33%) SAP Data Services
6 5 (27.78%) Kimball Methodology
6 5 (27.78%) Banking
6 5 (27.78%) PL/SQL
6 5 (27.78%) SAP
6 5 (27.78%) SAS
6 5 (27.78%) BusinessObjects
7 4 (22.22%) SQL Server
7 4 (22.22%) Dimensional Modelling
8 3 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
8 3 (16.67%) SQL Server 2005
8 3 (16.67%) ETL
8 3 (16.67%) Basel II
8 3 (16.67%) HP Quality Center
9 2 (11.11%) Data Integration
9 2 (11.11%) Data Architecture
9 2 (11.11%) Data Cleansing
9 2 (11.11%) Data Conversion
9 2 (11.11%) SQL Server 2012
9 2 (11.11%) Master Data Management
9 2 (11.11%) Metadata Management
9 2 (11.11%) SharePoint 2013
9 2 (11.11%) BusinessObjects XI

Business Objects
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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 2 (11.11%) MDX
2 1 (5.556%) COM
2 1 (5.556%) SAP XI
Application Platforms
1 5 (27.78%) SAS
2 2 (11.11%) SharePoint 2013
2 2 (11.11%) SharePoint
3 1 (5.556%) MTS
Applications
1 1 (5.556%) MS Project
1 1 (5.556%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (66.67%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (33.33%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
2 6 (33.33%) SAP Data Services
3 5 (27.78%) BusinessObjects
4 4 (22.22%) SQL Server
5 3 (16.67%) SQL Server 2005
6 2 (11.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (11.11%) Oracle OLAP
6 2 (11.11%) QlikView
6 2 (11.11%) BusinessObjects XI
6 2 (11.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (11.11%) BODI
6 2 (11.11%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 2 (11.11%) OLAP
6 2 (11.11%) DTS
6 2 (11.11%) Data Mining
6 2 (11.11%) SQL Server 2012
7 1 (5.556%) RDBMS
7 1 (5.556%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (5.556%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 1 (5.556%) ProC
General
1 9 (50.00%) Finance
2 5 (27.78%) Banking
3 2 (11.11%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 6 (33.33%) Analyst
2 3 (16.67%) Consultant
2 3 (16.67%) Data Analyst
2 3 (16.67%) MI Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Business Intelligence Consultant
3 2 (11.11%) Test Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Developer
3 2 (11.11%) Business Consultant
4 1 (5.556%) Data Warehouse Analyst
4 1 (5.556%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 1 (5.556%) MI Analyst
4 1 (5.556%) Credit Risk Analyst
4 1 (5.556%) Business Intelligence Specialist
4 1 (5.556%) SAP Data Analyst
4 1 (5.556%) SAP Analyst
4 1 (5.556%) Architect
4 1 (5.556%) Business Developer
4 1 (5.556%) Data Warehouse Consultant
4 1 (5.556%) Data Architect
4 1 (5.556%) Test Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) Management Information System
1 2 (11.11%) Mathematics
1 2 (11.11%) Data Conversion
1 2 (11.11%) Data Integration
2 1 (5.556%) Credit Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (38.89%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (33.33%) Data Modelling
3 5 (27.78%) Kimball Methodology
4 4 (22.22%) Dimensional Modelling
5 3 (16.67%) ETL
5 3 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (11.11%) Migration
6 2 (11.11%) Data Cleansing
6 2 (11.11%) Data Management
6 2 (11.11%) Data Architecture
6 2 (11.11%) Master Data Management
6 2 (11.11%) Metadata Management
7 1 (5.556%) Analytics
7 1 (5.556%) Data Validation
7 1 (5.556%) Data Mapping
7 1 (5.556%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (5.556%) Test Scripting
7 1 (5.556%) Project Management
7 1 (5.556%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 15 (83.33%) SQL
2 5 (27.78%) PL/SQL
3 2 (11.11%) T-SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (16.67%) Basel II
Systems Management
1 3 (16.67%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 12 (66.67%) Oracle
2 5 (27.78%) SAP
3 2 (11.11%) Trillium
3 2 (11.11%) Microsoft
3 2 (11.11%) Informatica
3 2 (11.11%) DataFlux
4 1 (5.556%) Teradata