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 Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Business Objects over the 3 months to 21 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 Hampshire 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Objects
Rank 103 82 92
Rank change year-on-year
-21 +10
Contract jobs citing Business Objects 2 13 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 0.128% 0.817% 0.767%
As % of the Vendors category 0.230% 1.489% 1.474%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 8
Average daily rate - £400 £391
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +2.23%
UK excluding London average daily rate £360 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
+2.85% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 2
Average hourly rate £13.35 £22.00 £13.54
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-39.31% +62.48%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.89 £17.50 £21.75
% change year-on-year
+76.51% -19.54%
All Vendors
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
870 873 950
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 55.70% 54.84% 52.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 467 415 339
Average daily rate £365 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.66% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £240 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 97 116 134
Average hourly rate £25.00 £27.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.40% +8.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.88 £13.38 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £41.30 £36.15
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
- -7.31%
Business Objects
South East

Business Objects
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire Business Objects Hourly Rate Trend

Business Objects
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 within the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Southampton -6 2 - -
Business Objects
South East

Business Objects
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 4 (40.00%) SQL Server
1 4 (40.00%) ETL
1 4 (40.00%) SAP
1 4 (40.00%) BusinessObjects
1 4 (40.00%) Telecoms
1 4 (40.00%) Data Transformation
2 2 (20.00%) SAP Smart Forms
2 2 (20.00%) BAPI
2 2 (20.00%) Web Dynpro
2 2 (20.00%) ABAP
2 2 (20.00%) Adobe
2 2 (20.00%) SQL
2 2 (20.00%) OOP
2 2 (20.00%) OO
3 1 (10.00%) MS Excel
3 1 (10.00%) Cognos
3 1 (10.00%) T-SQL
3 1 (10.00%) OLAP
3 1 (10.00%) MS Office
3 1 (10.00%) Windows
3 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (10.00%) SLA
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (10.00%) SAP Basis
3 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (10.00%) Crystal Analysis
3 1 (10.00%) SAP BW
3 1 (10.00%) Internet
3 1 (10.00%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (10.00%) Business Analysis

Business Objects
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 2 (20.00%) SAP Smart Forms
1 2 (20.00%) BAPI
1 2 (20.00%) Web Dynpro
2 1 (10.00%) SAP Basis
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (10.00%) MS Office
1 1 (10.00%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (40.00%) SQL Server
1 4 (40.00%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (10.00%) OLAP
2 1 (10.00%) Crystal Analysis
2 1 (10.00%) SAP BW
2 1 (10.00%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
General
1 4 (40.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Developer
1 4 (40.00%) SQL Server Developer
1 4 (40.00%) SQL Developer
2 2 (20.00%) Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Business Developer
2 2 (20.00%) Consultant
2 2 (20.00%) Business Objects Developer
2 2 (20.00%) SAP Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) ABAP Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Report Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Data Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Support Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Business Objects Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) SAP Support
3 1 (10.00%) SAP Support Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Business Objects Specialist
3 1 (10.00%) Development Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) ETL
1 4 (40.00%) Data Transformation
2 2 (20.00%) OOP
2 2 (20.00%) OO
3 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (10.00%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (10.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (10.00%) Performance Improvement
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) ABAP
1 2 (20.00%) SQL
2 1 (10.00%) T-SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) SAP
2 2 (20.00%) Adobe
3 1 (10.00%) Cognos
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft