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 Lancashire 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 Lancashire 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 28 42 30
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -12
Contract jobs citing Business Objects 2 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 1.020% 0.463% 0.446%
As % of the Vendors category 2.000% 1.010% 0.917%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Average daily rate - £475 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £359 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
+2.50% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.89 £18.25 £21.75
% change year-on-year
+69.26% -16.09%
All Vendors
Lancashire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
100 198 109
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 51.02% 45.83% 48.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 94 61
Average daily rate £300 £375 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% +25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £183 £155 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £398 £490 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 5 19
Average hourly rate £20.00 £25.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.56% -27.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.50 £20.00 £26.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £29.80 £30.00 £38.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Business Objects
North West

Business Objects
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire 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
Blackburn - 1 - -
Business Objects
North West

Business Objects
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 3 (75.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (50.00%) SAP
2 2 (50.00%) SQL
2 2 (50.00%) ABAP
2 2 (50.00%) MS Access
2 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) BusinessObjects
2 2 (50.00%) SAP BI
2 2 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 2 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (50.00%) Migration
2 2 (50.00%) BAPI
2 2 (50.00%) LSMW
2 2 (50.00%) Data Migration
2 2 (50.00%) SAP Data Services
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (25.00%) BusinessObjects XI
3 1 (25.00%) Informatica
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle
3 1 (25.00%) UNIX

Business Objects
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 (50.00%) BAPI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (50.00%) MS Access
2 2 (50.00%) BusinessObjects
2 2 (50.00%) SAP BI
2 2 (50.00%) SAP Data Services
3 1 (25.00%) BusinessObjects XI
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) LSMW
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle APEX
General
1 2 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 2 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Consultant
1 2 (50.00%) SAP Consultant
1 2 (50.00%) Data Consultant
1 2 (50.00%) SAP Data Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Integration Test Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Integration Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Business Objects Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Business Support Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Business Objects Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Support Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Test Analyst
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Migration
1 2 (50.00%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
1 2 (50.00%) ABAP
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) SAP
2 1 (25.00%) Informatica
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle