England BusinessObjects XI Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Business Objects BusinessObjects XI (BO XI) skills within the England region with a comparison to our Database & Business Intelligence category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited BusinessObjects XI over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Business Objects BusinessObjects XI (BO XI)
Location Aberdeen Ayr Berkshire Bradford Bristol Canary Wharf Chesterfield City of London Coventry Derbyshire Docklands, London Dorset East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Guildford Hertfordshire Ipswich Kent Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool London Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Norfolk North East North West Northern Ireland Norwich Poole Renfrewshire Scotland South Ayrshire South East South West Suffolk Surrey Sussex Thames Valley Tunbridge Wells UK Watford West Midlands West Yorkshire Wirral Yorkshire	3 months to 10 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	389	371
Rank change on same period last year	-18
Matching contract IT job ads	180	313
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.253 %	0.316 %
As % of the category below	1.395 %	1.667 %
Daily rates quoted	69	103
Average minimum daily rate	£358	£359
Average daily rate	£379	£376
% change on same period last year	+0.68 %
Average maximum daily rate	£399	£393
UK excluding London average daily rate	£341	£365
% change on same period last year	-6.54 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	43
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£33.43
Average hourly rate	-	£33.67
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£33.92
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	£47.65
% change on same period last year	-
Database & Business Intelligence England
Matching contract IT job ads	12904	18775
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	18.17 %	18.97 %
Daily rates quoted	4126	5585
Average minimum daily rate	£355	£371
Average daily rate	£378	£395
% change on same period last year	-4.29 %
Average maximum daily rate	£401	£418
UK excluding London average daily rate	£341	£350
% change on same period last year	-2.64 %
Hourly rates quoted	896	1433
Average minimum hourly rate	£28.06	£29.03
Average hourly rate	£30.02	£30.95
% change on same period last year	-3.01 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£31.97	£32.87
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.04	£31.90
% change on same period last year	-5.83 %
BusinessObjects XI UK

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.

BusinessObjects XI
Demand Trend

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

BusinessObjects XI
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing BusinessObjects XI across the England region.

BusinessObjects XI
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing BusinessObjects XI across the England region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

BusinessObjects XI
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing BusinessObjects XI across the England region.

BusinessObjects XI
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BusinessObjects XI within the England region over the 3 months to 10 October 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
London	+34	81	£420	+8.08 %
South East	+9	29	£320	-13.81 %
North West	+26	23	£380	+11.27 %
East Midlands	+6	12	£347	-7.38 %
East of England	+30	11	£307	-9.66 %
South West	+13	8	£319	-10.77 %
North East	-28	5	-	-
Midlands	+14	4	-	-
Yorkshire	+8	4	£400	+6.66 %
West Midlands	+3	2	-	-

BusinessObjects XI UK

BusinessObjects XI
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

1 333 (97.94 %) Business Objects 1 333 (97.94 %) BusinessObjects 2 125 (36.76 %) SQL 3 121 (35.59 %) Oracle 4 108 (31.76 %) SQL Server 5 107 (31.47 %) Business Intelligence 6 99 (29.12 %) ETL 6 99 (29.12 %) Datawarehouse 7 81 (23.82 %) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 8 49 (14.41 %) BODI 9 42 (12.35 %) Finance 10 38 (11.18 %) Microsoft 11 30 (8.824 %) Oracle 10g 11 30 (8.824 %) Crystal Reports 12 29 (8.529 %) OLAP

13 28 (8.235 %) PL/SQL 14 27 (7.941 %) SQL Server Integration Services 14 27 (7.941 %) Banking 14 27 (7.941 %) SAP 14 27 (7.941 %) NHS 15 26 (7.647 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 16 25 (7.353 %) Government 16 25 (7.353 %) Data Mart 17 21 (6.176 %) MS Excel 18 20 (5.882 %) DTS 18 20 (5.882 %) Data Modelling 18 20 (5.882 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 18 20 (5.882 %) Dimensional Modelling 19 19 (5.588 %) Security Cleared 19 19 (5.588 %) SQL Server 2005

BusinessObjects XI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England 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 15 (4.412 %) SAP XI 2 12 (3.529 %) WebServices 3 7 (2.059 %) .NET 4 6 (1.765 %) J2EE 4 6 (1.765 %) CSS 5 5 (1.471 %) XHTML 6 4 (1.176 %) WebSphere 7 3 (0.882 %) XML 7 3 (0.882 %) HTML 7 3 (0.882 %) ASP.NET 8 2 (0.588 %) JMS	Application Platforms 1 7 (2.059 %) IIS 2 6 (1.765 %) WebLogic 2 6 (1.765 %) SAS 3 4 (1.176 %) WebSphere Application Server 4 3 (0.882 %) SharePoint 5 1 (0.294 %) MS Exchange 5 1 (0.294 %) Exchange Server 2003
Applications 1 21 (6.176 %) MS Excel 2 4 (1.176 %) MS Office 3 1 (0.294 %) MS Project 3 1 (0.294 %) Spreadsheet	Business Applications 1 4 (1.176 %) SAP MDM 1 4 (1.176 %) Summit 2 2 (0.588 %) ZaiNet 3 1 (0.294 %) Academy Housing 3 1 (0.294 %) arcHouse 3 1 (0.294 %) Remedy ITSM 3 1 (0.294 %) Remedy AR System 3 1 (0.294 %) FLEXCUBE 3 1 (0.294 %) Microsoft CRM 3 1 (0.294 %) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking 1 5 (1.471 %) LAN 1 5 (1.471 %) WAN 2 4 (1.176 %) TCP/IP 3 2 (0.588 %) Internet 4 1 (0.294 %) Firewall 4 1 (0.294 %) DNS 4 1 (0.294 %) Intranet 4 1 (0.294 %) DHCP 4 1 (0.294 %) SNMP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 333 (97.94 %) BusinessObjects 2 108 (31.76 %) SQL Server 3 99 (29.12 %) Datawarehouse 3 99 (29.12 %) ETL 4 81 (23.82 %) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 5 49 (14.41 %) BODI 6 30 (8.824 %) Oracle 10g 6 30 (8.824 %) Crystal Reports 7 29 (8.529 %) OLAP 8 27 (7.941 %) SQL Server Integration Services 9 26 (7.647 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 10 25 (7.353 %) Data Mart 11 20 (5.882 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 11 20 (5.882 %) DTS 12 19 (5.588 %) SQL Server 2005 13 17 (5.000 %) Oracle OLAP 14 16 (4.706 %) SQL Server 2000 15 13 (3.824 %) Oracle 9i 15 13 (3.824 %) DB2 15 13 (3.824 %) RDBMS
Development Applications 1 2 (0.588 %) ERwin 1 2 (0.588 %) ClearQuest 1 2 (0.588 %) JMeter	General 1 42 (12.35 %) Finance 2 27 (7.941 %) Banking 3 25 (7.353 %) Government 4 14 (4.118 %) Insurance 5 13 (3.824 %) Investment Banking 6 6 (1.765 %) Retail 6 6 (1.765 %) Local Government 7 5 (1.471 %) Manufacturing 8 4 (1.176 %) Automotive 9 3 (0.882 %) Construction 9 3 (0.882 %) Health 9 3 (0.882 %) Pensions 9 3 (0.882 %) Telecoms 10 2 (0.588 %) Legal 10 2 (0.588 %) Pharmaceutical 11 1 (0.294 %) Front Office 11 1 (0.294 %) Back Office 11 1 (0.294 %) Publishing 11 1 (0.294 %) Games 11 1 (0.294 %) Retail Banking
Job Titles 1 160 (47.06 %) Developer 2 131 (38.53 %) Business Developer 3 111 (32.65 %) Business Objects Developer 4 51 (15.00 %) Consultant 5 45 (13.24 %) Analyst 6 44 (12.94 %) Business Consultant 6 44 (12.94 %) Business Objects Consultant 7 28 (8.235 %) Business Intelligence Developer 8 16 (4.706 %) Information Analyst 9 15 (4.412 %) Business Analyst 10 13 (3.824 %) Architect 10 13 (3.824 %) Programmer 10 13 (3.824 %) Business Objects Analyst 11 12 (3.529 %) Report Writer 12 10 (2.941 %) Business Objects Specialist 13 7 (2.059 %) Business Architect 13 7 (2.059 %) Solutions Designer 14 6 (1.765 %) Project Manager 14 6 (1.765 %) Tester 14 6 (1.765 %) Systems Tester	Miscellaneous 1 27 (7.941 %) NHS 2 9 (2.647 %) Data Extraction 3 4 (1.176 %) Management Information System 3 4 (1.176 %) Equities 4 3 (0.882 %) Data Integration 5 2 (0.588 %) Derivative 5 2 (0.588 %) Client/Server 6 1 (0.294 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 6 1 (0.294 %) Credit Derivative 6 1 (0.294 %) AS400 6 1 (0.294 %) Fixed Income 6 1 (0.294 %) Interest Rate Derivative 6 1 (0.294 %) Statistics 6 1 (0.294 %) Mathematics 6 1 (0.294 %) Credit Risk
Operating Systems 1 14 (4.118 %) Windows 2 13 (3.824 %) Windows Server 2003 3 11 (3.235 %) UNIX 4 9 (2.647 %) Linux 5 6 (1.765 %) Solaris 6 2 (0.588 %) AIX 6 2 (0.588 %) HPUX 7 1 (0.294 %) Windows XP 7 1 (0.294 %) Red Hat Linux	Processes & Methodologies 1 107 (31.47 %) Business Intelligence 2 20 (5.882 %) Data Modelling 2 20 (5.882 %) Dimensional Modelling 3 19 (5.588 %) Security Cleared 4 18 (5.294 %) SC Cleared 5 15 (4.412 %) Business Analysis 6 14 (4.118 %) Performance Management 7 10 (2.941 %) Data Analysis 7 10 (2.941 %) PRINCE2 8 9 (2.647 %) Migration 8 9 (2.647 %) Data Management 9 6 (1.765 %) Service Management 9 6 (1.765 %) ITIL 10 5 (1.471 %) Project Management 10 5 (1.471 %) User Acceptance Testing 11 4 (1.176 %) ERP 11 4 (1.176 %) Quality Management 11 4 (1.176 %) Service Delivery 11 4 (1.176 %) QMS 11 4 (1.176 %) DV Cleared
Programming Languages 1 125 (36.76 %) SQL 2 28 (8.235 %) PL/SQL 3 12 (3.529 %) Java 4 9 (2.647 %) Transact-SQL 5 8 (2.353 %) VB 6 5 (1.471 %) JavaScript 7 4 (1.176 %) VBA 8 2 (0.588 %) C# 9 1 (0.294 %) C 9 1 (0.294 %) Shell Script	Qualifications 1 10 (2.941 %) Degree 2 3 (0.882 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 3 2 (0.588 %) ISEB 4 1 (0.294 %) PRINCE2 Certification 4 1 (0.294 %) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 4 (1.176 %) GLP 1 4 (1.176 %) GxP 1 4 (1.176 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 2 3 (0.882 %) QA 3 1 (0.294 %) Basel II 3 1 (0.294 %) ISO27001 3 1 (0.294 %) SLA 3 1 (0.294 %) BS7799 3 1 (0.294 %) ISO9000	Systems Management 1 1 (0.294 %) OpenView 1 1 (0.294 %) Tivoli 1 1 (0.294 %) CONTROL-M 1 1 (0.294 %) Foglight
Vendors 1 333 (97.94 %) Business Objects 2 121 (35.59 %) Oracle 3 38 (11.18 %) Microsoft 4 27 (7.941 %) SAP 5 16 (4.706 %) Informatica 6 7 (2.059 %) IBM 7 6 (1.765 %) Sagent 7 6 (1.765 %) BEA 8 4 (1.176 %) Hyperion 8 4 (1.176 %) Sun 8 4 (1.176 %) HP 9 3 (0.882 %) Remedy 9 3 (0.882 %) Kalido 10 2 (0.588 %) Netezza 10 2 (0.588 %) Citrix 10 2 (0.588 %) Genesys 10 2 (0.588 %) Cognos 11 1 (0.294 %) Anite 11 1 (0.294 %) Ab Initio 11 1 (0.294 %) Brio