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 Gloucester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Business Objects over the 3 months to 24 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 Gloucester 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Objects
Rank - 30 18
Contract jobs citing Business Objects 0 14 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucester - 5.556% 1.099%
As % of the Vendors category - 12.39% 2.128%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 14 0
Average daily rate - £380 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £359 £340 £375
% change year-on-year
+5.51% -9.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £18.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year
+13.88% -20.00%
All Vendors
Gloucester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
19 113 47
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucester 26.76% 44.84% 51.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 78 21
Average daily rate £130 £400 £195
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-67.50% +105.12%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £110 £350 £168
10% offered a daily rate of more than £378 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 9 2
Average hourly rate £11.00 £37.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-70.66% +108.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Business Objects
Gloucestershire

Business Objects
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucester 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 Gloucester region.

Gloucester Business Objects Daily Rate Trend

Business Objects
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucester 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 5 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
1 5 (100.00%) Oracle
1 5 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (80.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 4 (80.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 4 (80.00%) C#
2 4 (80.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 4 (80.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 4 (80.00%) Data Architecture
2 4 (80.00%) Team Foundation Server
2 4 (80.00%) Stochastic Modelling
2 4 (80.00%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (80.00%) Oracle Reports
2 4 (80.00%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (80.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (80.00%) Crystal Reports
2 4 (80.00%) Visual Studio
2 4 (80.00%) MCP
2 4 (80.00%) T-SQL
2 4 (80.00%) VB.NET
2 4 (80.00%) .NET
3 3 (60.00%) QA
4 2 (40.00%) MS Excel
5 1 (20.00%) Migration
5 1 (20.00%) SAS
5 1 (20.00%) TOAD
5 1 (20.00%) UNIX

Business Objects
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucester 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 4 (80.00%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (40.00%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (80.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 4 (80.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 4 (80.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 4 (80.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 4 (80.00%) Oracle Reports
1 4 (80.00%) Data Warehouse
1 4 (80.00%) SQL Server
1 4 (80.00%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (20.00%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 4 (80.00%) Team Foundation Server
1 4 (80.00%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Developer
1 5 (100.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
2 2 (40.00%) Business Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (80.00%) Data Architecture
2 4 (80.00%) Stochastic Modelling
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
2 4 (80.00%) C#
2 4 (80.00%) T-SQL
2 4 (80.00%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (80.00%) MCP
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Oracle
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft