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 London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Business Objects over the 3 months to 18 June 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 London 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Objects
Rank 134 138 114
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -24
Contract jobs citing Business Objects 359 371 548
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 1.557% 1.393% 1.741%
As % of the Vendors category 3.456% 3.099% 3.804%
Number of daily rates quoted 223 246 339
Average daily rate £450 £411 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.42% -8.61%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £320 £280 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £525 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £360 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
+2.85% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 9 1
Average hourly rate £21.38 £22.00 £30.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.80% -27.86%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £18.25 £17.00
% change year-on-year
+12.32% +7.35%
All Vendors
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
10387 11971 14407
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 45.04% 44.95% 45.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 6537 7224 8747
Average daily rate £425 £425 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £274 £250 £280
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £600 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 295 307 400
Average hourly rate £22.00 £19.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.82% -7.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £35.50 £40.95
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.63 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-3.18% -1.87%
Business Objects
England

Business Objects
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London Business Objects Daily Rate Trend

Business Objects
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Business Objects across the London region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

London Business Objects Daily Rate Histogram

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 London region.

London Business Objects Hourly Rate Trend

Business Objects
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Business Objects across the London region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

London Business Objects Hourly Rate Histogram

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 London region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
City of London -2 123 £425 -5.55% 28
Canary Wharf +17 12 £588 -
Brentford - 6 £495 -
Kingston Upon Thames 0 1 - -
Docklands, London 0 1 £450 +20.00%
Feltham - 1 £360 -
New Malden - - - -
Twickenham - - - - 4
Ealing - - - -
Westminster - - - -
Osterley - - - -
Greenwich - - - -
Paddington - - - -
Southwark - - - -
Hammersmith - - - -
Business Objects
England

Business Objects
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

1 325 (46.03%) SQL
2 236 (33.43%) Business Intelligence
3 231 (32.72%) Oracle
4 221 (31.30%) Finance
5 202 (28.61%) BusinessObjects
6 197 (27.90%) SAP
7 182 (25.78%) BusinessObjects XI
8 165 (23.37%) Data Warehouse
9 161 (22.80%) Banking
10 155 (21.95%) SQL Server
11 139 (19.69%) ETL
12 108 (15.30%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
13 89 (12.61%) Data Modelling
14 83 (11.76%) Investment Banking
15 79 (11.19%) MS Excel
15 79 (11.19%) PL/SQL
15 79 (11.19%) QlikView
16 70 (9.915%) VBA
17 64 (9.065%) SAP Data Services
18 63 (8.924%) Migration
19 62 (8.782%) OLAP
19 62 (8.782%) Cognos
20 61 (8.640%) SharePoint
20 61 (8.640%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
21 60 (8.499%) SAP BW
21 60 (8.499%) Java
22 57 (8.074%) SQL Server Integration Services
23 56 (7.932%) Informatica
24 55 (7.790%) C#
25 53 (7.507%) Sybase

Business Objects
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 41 (5.807%) .NET
2 35 (4.958%) MDX
3 28 (3.966%) SAP XI
4 19 (2.691%) XML
5 15 (2.125%) WPF
6 13 (1.841%) Middleware
7 12 (1.700%) ASP.NET
8 11 (1.558%) WCF
9 10 (1.416%) Silverlight
10 9 (1.275%) Java EE
11 8 (1.133%) Struts
12 7 (0.992%) J2EE
12 7 (0.992%) HTML
12 7 (0.992%) JSP
12 7 (0.992%) .NET Framework
12 7 (0.992%) OOXML
13 6 (0.850%) WebSphere
13 6 (0.850%) Web Services
14 5 (0.708%) ASP
15 3 (0.425%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 61 (8.640%) SharePoint
2 24 (3.399%) IIS
3 22 (3.116%) SAS
4 19 (2.691%) Apache
4 19 (2.691%) Tomcat
5 15 (2.125%) WebLogic
6 13 (1.841%) SharePoint 2010
7 12 (1.700%) Oracle Workflow
8 10 (1.416%) ESB
9 7 (0.992%) BizTalk Server
10 3 (0.425%) MS Exchange
11 2 (0.283%) Documentum
11 2 (0.283%) NetWeaver
11 2 (0.283%) WebSphere Application Server
11 2 (0.283%) IBM HTTP Server
11 2 (0.283%) Exchange Server 2007
11 2 (0.283%) SharePoint Server
12 1 (0.142%) Confluence
12 1 (0.142%) Exchange Server 2010
12 1 (0.142%) Apache Pig
Applications
1 79 (11.19%) MS Excel
2 26 (3.683%) MS Office
3 15 (2.125%) MS PowerPoint
4 9 (1.275%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (0.708%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.425%) MS Project
7 2 (0.283%) SPSS
7 2 (0.283%) PowerPivot
Business Applications
1 18 (2.550%) SAP BPC
2 10 (1.416%) Oracle EBS R12
3 9 (1.275%) Global One
4 8 (1.133%) Oracle EBS
4 8 (1.133%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 6 (0.850%) RMDS
5 6 (0.850%) 3000 Xtra
6 5 (0.708%) HFM
7 4 (0.567%) ResourceLink
7 4 (0.567%) Google Analytics
8 3 (0.425%) FLEXCUBE
8 3 (0.425%) Dynamics CRM
8 3 (0.425%) SAP HR
9 2 (0.283%) SAP FI
9 2 (0.283%) Oracle Applications
9 2 (0.283%) SAP Payroll
9 2 (0.283%) SAP FI/CO
9 2 (0.283%) Taleo
9 2 (0.283%) SAP CO
9 2 (0.283%) SAP ERP
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.125%) HTTP
2 8 (1.133%) Firewall
3 7 (0.992%) LDAP
4 6 (0.850%) ADSL
4 6 (0.850%) Broadband
4 6 (0.850%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (0.708%) Internet
6 3 (0.425%) Intranet
7 2 (0.283%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.142%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.142%) SSL
8 1 (0.142%) SAN
8 1 (0.142%) LAN
8 1 (0.142%) Kerberos
8 1 (0.142%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 202 (28.61%) BusinessObjects
2 182 (25.78%) BusinessObjects XI
3 165 (23.37%) Data Warehouse
4 155 (21.95%) SQL Server
5 108 (15.30%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
6 79 (11.19%) QlikView
7 64 (9.065%) SAP Data Services
8 62 (8.782%) OLAP
9 60 (8.499%) SAP BW
10 57 (8.074%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 53 (7.507%) SQL Server 2008
12 49 (6.941%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 44 (6.232%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 42 (5.949%) Crystal Reports
15 39 (5.524%) TOAD
15 39 (5.524%) Oracle OLAP
16 37 (5.241%) SAP BI
17 35 (4.958%) Xcelsius
18 31 (4.391%) SQLPlus
18 31 (4.391%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 19 (2.691%) JIRA
2 14 (1.983%) LSMW
3 7 (0.992%) ERwin
4 6 (0.850%) JUnit
4 6 (0.850%) Talend Open Studio
4 6 (0.850%) Microsoft Blend
5 5 (0.708%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.425%) Oracle Forms
6 3 (0.425%) Rational Rose
6 3 (0.425%) Team Foundation Server
6 3 (0.425%) Subversion
6 3 (0.425%) PowerDesigner
7 2 (0.283%) JDeveloper
8 1 (0.142%) TestDirector
8 1 (0.142%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.142%) RequisitePro
8 1 (0.142%) XDE
8 1 (0.142%) PVCS
8 1 (0.142%) InterDev
8 1 (0.142%) FrontPage
General
1 221 (31.30%) Finance
2 161 (22.80%) Banking
3 83 (11.76%) Investment Banking
4 41 (5.807%) Retail
5 24 (3.399%) Front Office
6 19 (2.691%) Retail Banking
7 16 (2.266%) Telecoms
8 15 (2.125%) Financial Institution
9 11 (1.558%) Marketing
10 9 (1.275%) Legal
11 6 (0.850%) Back Office
12 5 (0.708%) Manufacturing
13 4 (0.567%) Advertising
13 4 (0.567%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (0.567%) Local Government
14 3 (0.425%) Billing
15 2 (0.283%) General Ledger
15 2 (0.283%) Law
15 2 (0.283%) Games
16 1 (0.142%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 312 (44.19%) Developer
2 149 (21.10%) Analyst
3 146 (20.68%) Business Developer
4 140 (19.83%) Business Objects Developer
5 79 (11.19%) Business Analyst
6 71 (10.06%) Consultant
7 36 (5.099%) SAP Consultant
8 34 (4.816%) Architect
8 34 (4.816%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 29 (4.108%) Support Analyst
10 28 (3.966%) Business Objects Consultant
11 25 (3.541%) Report Developer
12 23 (3.258%) SQL Developer
13 22 (3.116%) Senior Analyst
14 21 (2.975%) Business Consultant
15 20 (2.833%) Oracle Developer
16 19 (2.691%) Project Manager
16 19 (2.691%) Data Warehouse Developer
17 18 (2.550%) Data Analyst
18 16 (2.266%) Applications Support
Miscellaneous
1 61 (8.640%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 50 (7.082%) Derivative
3 33 (4.674%) Market Risk
4 32 (4.533%) Management Information System
5 28 (3.966%) Visualisation
6 26 (3.683%) Data Integration
6 26 (3.683%) Fixed Income
6 26 (3.683%) NHS
7 22 (3.116%) Credit Derivative
8 20 (2.833%) Computer Science
9 18 (2.550%) Credit Risk
10 16 (2.266%) Equities
11 7 (0.992%) Clustering
12 6 (0.850%) Data Extraction
12 6 (0.850%) Reference Data
12 6 (0.850%) FMCG
13 5 (0.708%) Ergonomics
13 5 (0.708%) Client/Server
14 4 (0.567%) Replication
14 4 (0.567%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 40 (5.666%) Windows
2 39 (5.524%) UNIX
3 10 (1.416%) Windows Server 2008
4 8 (1.133%) Linux
5 3 (0.425%) Solaris
6 2 (0.283%) AIX
7 1 (0.142%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.142%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.142%) Windows 8
7 1 (0.142%) Windows XP
7 1 (0.142%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 236 (33.43%) Business Intelligence
2 139 (19.69%) ETL
3 89 (12.61%) Data Modelling
4 63 (8.924%) Migration
5 47 (6.657%) Risk Management
6 44 (6.232%) Data Analysis
7 42 (5.949%) Business Analysis
8 41 (5.807%) Analytics
9 39 (5.524%) Data Migration
10 33 (4.674%) Software Engineering
10 33 (4.674%) Stakeholder Management
10 33 (4.674%) Asset Management
10 33 (4.674%) Project Management
11 31 (4.391%) Waterfall
12 30 (4.249%) Kimball Methodology
13 29 (4.108%) User Acceptance Testing
13 29 (4.108%) Data Management
14 27 (3.824%) Dimensional Modelling
15 26 (3.683%) PRINCE2
16 24 (3.399%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 325 (46.03%) SQL
2 79 (11.19%) PL/SQL
3 70 (9.915%) VBA
4 60 (8.499%) Java
5 55 (7.790%) C#
6 42 (5.949%) T-SQL
7 27 (3.824%) VB
8 19 (2.691%) Shell Script
9 17 (2.408%) C
10 15 (2.125%) R
11 10 (1.416%) ABAP
12 9 (1.275%) JavaScript
12 9 (1.275%) VBScript
13 8 (1.133%) VB6
14 5 (0.708%) VB.NET
14 5 (0.708%) Perl
15 3 (0.425%) PHP
15 3 (0.425%) Python
15 3 (0.425%) PHP5
16 2 (0.283%) Korn
Qualifications
1 44 (6.232%) Degree
2 6 (0.850%) Security Cleared
3 5 (0.708%) CCNA
3 5 (0.708%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (0.708%) ITIL Certification
4 4 (0.567%) PMI Certification
4 4 (0.567%) SC Cleared
5 3 (0.425%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 3 (0.425%) NVQ Level 4
5 3 (0.425%) ISEB
6 2 (0.283%) PMP
6 2 (0.283%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (0.283%) SAP Certification
6 2 (0.283%) ACCA
6 2 (0.283%) MBA
6 2 (0.283%) MCTS
6 2 (0.283%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 2 (0.283%) MBCS
7 1 (0.142%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.142%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (1.700%) QA
2 11 (1.558%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 6 (0.850%) SLA
4 5 (0.708%) Data Quality
4 5 (0.708%) Basel II
4 5 (0.708%) COBIT
5 1 (0.142%) Basel III
5 1 (0.142%) Solvency II
5 1 (0.142%) FATCA
System Software
1 12 (1.700%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.425%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.142%) XenApp
3 1 (0.142%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 1 (0.142%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 12 (1.700%) HP Quality Center
2 10 (1.416%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 5 (0.708%) Control-M
4 1 (0.142%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 231 (32.72%) Oracle
2 197 (27.90%) SAP
3 62 (8.782%) Cognos
4 56 (7.932%) Informatica
5 53 (7.507%) Sybase
6 48 (6.799%) Microsoft
7 29 (4.108%) MicroStrategy
8 26 (3.683%) Hyperion
9 16 (2.266%) IBM
9 16 (2.266%) Teradata
10 15 (2.125%) Netezza
11 14 (1.983%) Tableau
12 11 (1.558%) VMware
12 11 (1.558%) Citrix
12 11 (1.558%) Remedy
13 10 (1.416%) JBoss
14 8 (1.133%) InterSystems
14 8 (1.133%) UC4
15 7 (0.992%) Cadis
15 7 (0.992%) Google
City of London
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Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £170 - £180 per day
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Posted: 29 May 2013
London
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Logic Engagements Ltd
Rate: £375 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
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Venturi
Rate: £0.00 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
London
Progressive Recruitment
Posted: 7 June 2013
London
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £450.00 - £500.00 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
London
Aston Carter
Rate: £500 - £575 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
Sidcup, Kent
Senitor Associates
Rate: £175 - £225 per day
Posted: 12 June 2013
City, London
Nicoll Curtin
Rate: £450 - £550 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
City, London
Experis IT
Rate: £300.00 - £350.00 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
City, London
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
City of London
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
Central London / West End
Adstream
Rate: Circa £40,000 + benefits
Posted: 6 June 2013
City of London
Real Staffing
Rate: £400 - £500 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
London
Brightred Resourcing Limited
Rate: From £450 to £500 per annum This is an initial 3 mth contract.
Posted: 14 June 2013
Lonsdon, London
Brightred Resourcing
Rate: £450 - £500+ per day. 3 mths initial
Posted: 14 June 2013
London
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Posted: 28 May 2013
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Huxley Associates
Rate: £449 - £450 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
London
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £450.00 per day
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City of London
Orgtel
Rate: £550 - £600 per day
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