The first table below looks at the demand for BusinessObjects XI skills in IT contracts advertised for the Edinburgh 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 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.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP BusinessObjects XI (BOXI)
Rank - - 68
Contract jobs citing BusinessObjects XI 0 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh - - 0.075%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category - - 0.546%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £300
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
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
140 140 183
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 17.28% 12.66% 13.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 64 75
Average daily rate £375 £325 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% -3.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £255 £251
10% offered a daily rate of more than £506 £450 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £333 £338
% change year-on-year
-2.25% -1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 2
Average hourly rate £70.00 £16.00 £14.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+337.50% +10.34%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -15.38%
BusinessObjects XI
Scotland

BusinessObjects XI
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh BusinessObjects XI Daily Rate Trend

BusinessObjects XI
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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 4 (100.00%) SQL
2 3 (75.00%) Oracle
2 3 (75.00%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (75.00%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (75.00%) Finance
3 2 (50.00%) Management Information System
3 2 (50.00%) Informatica
3 2 (50.00%) CheckPoint
3 2 (50.00%) Shell Script
3 2 (50.00%) PowerExchange
3 2 (50.00%) Banking
3 2 (50.00%) Degree
3 2 (50.00%) QA
3 2 (50.00%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
3 2 (50.00%) Oracle BI EE
3 2 (50.00%) Oracle 10g
3 2 (50.00%) ETL
3 2 (50.00%) PL/SQL
3 2 (50.00%) Oracle 8/8i
3 2 (50.00%) Business Objects
3 2 (50.00%) JDBC
3 2 (50.00%) Web Services
3 2 (50.00%) UNIX
3 2 (50.00%) Windows
3 2 (50.00%) Linux
3 2 (50.00%) Capacity Management
4 1 (25.00%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (25.00%) SAP
4 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
4 1 (25.00%) BusinessObjects

BusinessObjects XI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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 2 (50.00%) JDBC
1 2 (50.00%) Web Services
2 1 (25.00%) SAP XI
Application Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) PowerExchange
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (50.00%) Oracle 10g
2 2 (50.00%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Oracle BI EE
2 2 (50.00%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (25.00%) SAP Data Services
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (25.00%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (25.00%) BODI
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Data Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
2 1 (25.00%) SAP Data Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) SAP Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) UNIX
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
1 2 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Capacity Management
2 2 (50.00%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (50.00%) Shell Script
2 2 (50.00%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Oracle
2 2 (50.00%) Business Objects
2 2 (50.00%) Informatica
2 2 (50.00%) CheckPoint
3 1 (25.00%) SAP
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft