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 Glasgow region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Business Objects 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 Vendors for the Glasgow 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Objects
Rank 72 38 53
Rank change year-on-year
-34 +15
Contract jobs citing Business Objects 8 22 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 0.849% 2.850% 1.429%
As % of the Vendors category 1.814% 6.647% 2.681%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 10 7
Average daily rate £275 £360 £315
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-23.61% +14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £245 £241
10% offered a daily rate of more than £346 £428 £381
UK excluding London average daily rate £359 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
+2.50% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £16.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.89 £18.25 £21.75
% change year-on-year
+69.26% -16.09%
All Vendors
Glasgow
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
441 331 373
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 46.82% 42.88% 53.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 203 157 193
Average daily rate £338 £300 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% -14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £225 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £445 £449
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 28 12
Average hourly rate £14.00 £25.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-44.00% -37.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.25 £9.50 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.90 £35.00 £175.00
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 Glasgow region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow Business Objects Daily Rate Trend

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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow Business Objects Hourly Rate Trend

Business Objects
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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 13 (92.86%) Business Intelligence
2 7 (50.00%) SQL
3 5 (35.71%) Finance
4 4 (28.57%) VBA
4 4 (28.57%) Oracle
4 4 (28.57%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
5 3 (21.43%) Xcelsius
5 3 (21.43%) BusinessObjects XI
5 3 (21.43%) SQL Server
5 3 (21.43%) MS Office
6 2 (14.29%) SAP
6 2 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (14.29%) BusinessObjects
6 2 (14.29%) MS Excel
6 2 (14.29%) Cognos
6 2 (14.29%) Banking
7 1 (7.143%) MS PowerPoint
7 1 (7.143%) BODI
7 1 (7.143%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (7.143%) Operations Management
7 1 (7.143%) SAP Data Services
7 1 (7.143%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (7.143%) Change Control
7 1 (7.143%) Kimball Methodology
7 1 (7.143%) Dimensional Modelling
7 1 (7.143%) Oracle BI EE
7 1 (7.143%) SC Cleared
7 1 (7.143%) Security Cleared
7 1 (7.143%) SQL Server 2008
7 1 (7.143%) Siebel

Business Objects
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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 Platforms
1 1 (7.143%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (21.43%) MS Office
2 2 (14.29%) MS Excel
3 1 (7.143%) MS PowerPoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (28.57%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
2 3 (21.43%) SQL Server
2 3 (21.43%) Xcelsius
2 3 (21.43%) BusinessObjects XI
3 2 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (14.29%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (7.143%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (7.143%) BODI
4 1 (7.143%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (7.143%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (7.143%) Oracle BI EE
4 1 (7.143%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (7.143%) SAP Data Services
General
1 5 (35.71%) Finance
2 2 (14.29%) Banking
Job Titles
1 9 (64.29%) Analyst
2 5 (35.71%) Business Analyst
3 4 (28.57%) Developer
3 4 (28.57%) Business Intelligence Analyst
4 3 (21.43%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 3 (21.43%) Business Developer
5 2 (14.29%) MI Analyst
6 1 (7.143%) Financial Analyst
6 1 (7.143%) Incident Analyst
6 1 (7.143%) Designer
6 1 (7.143%) Consultant
6 1 (7.143%) Business Intelligence Consultant
6 1 (7.143%) Report Analyst
6 1 (7.143%) Data Analyst
6 1 (7.143%) Business Objects Developer
6 1 (7.143%) Business Consultant
6 1 (7.143%) Change Analyst
6 1 (7.143%) Data Warehouse Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.143%) NHS
1 1 (7.143%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (92.86%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (7.143%) Service Management
2 1 (7.143%) Service Delivery
2 1 (7.143%) Change Management
2 1 (7.143%) Data Analysis
2 1 (7.143%) Operations Management
2 1 (7.143%) Dimensional Modelling
2 1 (7.143%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (7.143%) Change Control
2 1 (7.143%) Kimball Methodology
2 1 (7.143%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 7 (50.00%) SQL
2 4 (28.57%) VBA
3 1 (7.143%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (7.143%) CIMA
1 1 (7.143%) SC Cleared
1 1 (7.143%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (28.57%) Oracle
2 2 (14.29%) SAP
2 2 (14.29%) Cognos
3 1 (7.143%) Siebel
3 1 (7.143%) Microsoft
3 1 (7.143%) Hyperion
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