The first table below looks at the demand for the Business Objects Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Business Objects Developer in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the England 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
Business Objects Developer
Rank 408 443 482
Rank change year-on-year
+35 +39
Contract jobs requiring a Business Objects Developer 102 115 90
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.245% 0.216% 0.159%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.265% 0.233% 0.172%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 73 55
Average daily rate £440 £400 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.87% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £275 £255
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £475 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £350 £325
% change year-on-year
-10.00% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £45.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £45.00 -
All Job Titles
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
38474 49443 52336
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 92.56% 92.67% 92.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 22637 27972 29016
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £245 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2002 2393 2764
Average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -5.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.15 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.00 £40.00 £40.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Business Objects Developer
UK

Business Objects Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Business Objects Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Business Objects Developer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Business Objects Developer across the England region.

England Business Objects Developer Daily Rate Trend

Business Objects Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Business Objects Developer across the England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

England Business Objects Developer Daily Rate Histogram

Business Objects Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Business Objects Developer across the England region.

England Business Objects Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Business Objects Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Objects Developer within the England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
London +36 73 £475 +11.76%
West Midlands +21 20 £325 +8.33%
South East +2 6 £200 -42.85%
North West +14 2 - -
Yorkshire -9 1 £375 +42.85%
Business Objects Developer
UK

Business Objects Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Business Objects Developer in their job title 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 with Business Objects Developer in their job title.

1 197 (98.99%) Business Objects
2 128 (64.32%) BusinessObjects XI
3 105 (52.76%) SQL
4 85 (42.71%) Oracle
5 82 (41.21%) Finance
6 68 (34.17%) SAP
7 67 (33.67%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
8 66 (33.17%) BusinessObjects
9 64 (32.16%) Business Intelligence
10 58 (29.15%) SQL Server
11 55 (27.64%) Data Warehouse
12 45 (22.61%) ETL
12 45 (22.61%) PL/SQL
13 35 (17.59%) Banking
14 28 (14.07%) Sybase
14 28 (14.07%) SAP BW
15 27 (13.57%) Oracle Reports
15 27 (13.57%) T-SQL
16 25 (12.56%) MS Excel
17 23 (11.56%) Data Modelling
18 22 (11.06%) BODI
19 21 (10.55%) SAP XI
20 20 (10.05%) Star Schema
20 20 (10.05%) SAP Data Services
21 18 (9.045%) Investment Banking
22 17 (8.543%) Oracle 10g
22 17 (8.543%) VBA
22 17 (8.543%) Crystal Reports
23 16 (8.040%) R
23 16 (8.040%) Dimensional Modelling

Business Objects Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Business Objects Developer in their job title 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 with Business Objects Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 21 (10.55%) SAP XI
2 4 (2.010%) .NET
2 4 (2.010%) J2EE
3 2 (1.005%) XML
3 2 (1.005%) BAPI
3 2 (1.005%) Silverlight
4 1 (0.503%) jQuery
4 1 (0.503%) HTML
4 1 (0.503%) JSF
4 1 (0.503%) MDX
4 1 (0.503%) CSS
4 1 (0.503%) JSP
4 1 (0.503%) Servlets
4 1 (0.503%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 6 (3.015%) WebLogic
1 6 (3.015%) IIS
1 6 (3.015%) Apache
1 6 (3.015%) Tomcat
1 6 (3.015%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.005%) CMS
3 1 (0.503%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (0.503%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 25 (12.56%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.503%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (0.503%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 11 (5.528%) Oracle EBS
2 8 (4.020%) Oracle EBS R12
3 3 (1.508%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (1.005%) SAP HR
4 2 (1.005%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (1.005%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.503%) Taleo
5 1 (0.503%) assyst
5 1 (0.503%) Oracle 11i
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.518%) HTTP
2 1 (0.503%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 128 (64.32%) BusinessObjects XI
2 67 (33.67%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
3 66 (33.17%) BusinessObjects
4 58 (29.15%) SQL Server
5 55 (27.64%) Data Warehouse
6 28 (14.07%) SAP BW
7 27 (13.57%) Oracle Reports
8 22 (11.06%) BODI
9 20 (10.05%) Star Schema
9 20 (10.05%) SAP Data Services
10 17 (8.543%) Oracle 10g
10 17 (8.543%) Crystal Reports
11 12 (6.030%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 12 (6.030%) Xcelsius
12 11 (5.528%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 8 (4.020%) Data Mart
14 7 (3.518%) MS Access
15 6 (3.015%) SQL Server 2008
15 6 (3.015%) QlikView
16 5 (2.513%) PowerCenter
Development Applications
1 4 (2.010%) JUnit
2 3 (1.508%) PowerDesigner
2 3 (1.508%) ERwin
2 3 (1.508%) JIRA
3 2 (1.005%) LSMW
4 1 (0.503%) Visual Studio
General
1 82 (41.21%) Finance
2 35 (17.59%) Banking
3 18 (9.045%) Investment Banking
4 14 (7.035%) Retail
5 6 (3.015%) Retail Banking
6 5 (2.513%) Financial Institution
7 3 (1.508%) Marketing
8 2 (1.005%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.503%) Front Office
9 1 (0.503%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 7 (3.518%) Derivative
1 7 (3.518%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 7 (3.518%) Data Integration
2 6 (3.015%) Computer Science
3 4 (2.010%) Credit Risk
3 4 (2.010%) Visualisation
4 2 (1.005%) Data Extraction
4 2 (1.005%) Market Risk
4 2 (1.005%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.503%) AS400
5 1 (0.503%) Fixed Income
5 1 (0.503%) Clustering
5 1 (0.503%) Reference Data
5 1 (0.503%) SaaS
5 1 (0.503%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 8 (4.020%) Windows
2 4 (2.010%) UNIX
3 1 (0.503%) Solaris
3 1 (0.503%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (32.16%) Business Intelligence
2 45 (22.61%) ETL
3 23 (11.56%) Data Modelling
4 16 (8.040%) Dimensional Modelling
4 16 (8.040%) Time Management
5 13 (6.533%) Unit Testing
6 10 (5.025%) Data Analysis
7 9 (4.523%) Migration
8 8 (4.020%) Project Management
8 8 (4.020%) Analytics
9 7 (3.518%) Kimball Methodology
9 7 (3.518%) Risk Management
10 6 (3.015%) GAP Analysis
10 6 (3.015%) Software Engineering
11 5 (2.513%) Business Analysis
11 5 (2.513%) Asset Management
12 3 (1.508%) User Acceptance Testing
12 3 (1.508%) Workflow
12 3 (1.508%) E-Commerce
12 3 (1.508%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 105 (52.76%) SQL
2 45 (22.61%) PL/SQL
3 27 (13.57%) T-SQL
4 17 (8.543%) VBA
5 16 (8.040%) R
6 14 (7.035%) Java
7 7 (3.518%) C
8 4 (2.010%) ABAP
9 2 (1.005%) JavaScript
9 2 (1.005%) VB
9 2 (1.005%) VB.NET
10 1 (0.503%) VBScript
10 1 (0.503%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 13 (6.533%) Degree
2 1 (0.503%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.005%) QA
System Software
1 2 (1.005%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (1.508%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.503%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 197 (98.99%) Business Objects
2 85 (42.71%) Oracle
3 68 (34.17%) SAP
4 28 (14.07%) Sybase
5 11 (5.528%) Informatica
6 7 (3.518%) IBM
7 4 (2.010%) Cognos
8 3 (1.508%) Microsoft
9 2 (1.005%) RedPrairie
9 2 (1.005%) MicroStrategy
9 2 (1.005%) Baan
10 1 (0.503%) Remedy
10 1 (0.503%) Brio
10 1 (0.503%) Northgate
10 1 (0.503%) Sun
West Yorkshire
My Leeds based client is looking for a Business Objects Developer to join their MI team ASAP on a contract basis for 6-9 months. You will be...
Real Staffing
Rate: £275 - £400 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
Business Objects / SQL Developer - T-SQL / SSIS / Reports / BO - London - £350-450pdBusiness Objects and SQL Developer required for an initial 6 month contract in London-The successful candidate...
OPUS
Rate: GBP350 to GBP450 per day
Posted: 3 May 2013
City, London
They are running SAP BW and MS SQL Server here. It is expected that you?understand the security /?authorizations?setup around the deployment of the reports for this...
HAYS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Rate: £400.00 - £500.00 per day
Posted: 14 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
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 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, 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
London
You will be responsible for the creation of new reports and dashboards against SAP BW and SQL Server data sources using SAP BO Tools. Skills: - Technical understanding of...
McGregor Boyall
Rate: 500 p/d
Posted: 14 May 2013
London
Successful candidate will in force and focus on key business/data analysis, data extraction and Manipulation processes, coupled with strong examples testing of each new components whilst working...
Rate: £500 - £550 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
Business Objects contract role in Cheshire, North...
The role will include report writing, T-SQL Scripting and requirements gathering from senior stakeholders from across the business.
IS Recruitment Ltd
Rate: Market Rates
Posted: 1 May 2013
London
InterQuest Financial Markets Key client, a leading investment bank, seeks a Business Objects Developer/ Consultant for a platform migration project.*Experience of Universe design and creation (including context...
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 9 May 2013