Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for BusinessObjects skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited BusinessObjects over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Database & Business Intelligence category for the London region.

 Business Objects BusinessObjects (BO)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank11784101
Rank change year-on-year
Down-33Up+17
Matching contract IT job ads373314590
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London1.440 %1.902 %1.610 %
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category6.521 %10.22 %7.960 %
Daily rates quoted210135221
Average daily rate£425£400£416
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.250 %-3.900 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£288£252£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£525£500£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£348£375
% change year-on-year
-6.470 %-7.330 %
Hourly rates quoted141328
Average hourly rate£25.00£29.00£19.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.79 %+50.64 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£17.00£16.56£6.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£50.00£40.00£26.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.00£21.75£29.75
% change year-on-year
-8.040 %-26.89 %
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryAll Database & Business Intelligence
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
572030737412
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London22.08 %18.62 %20.23 %
Daily rates quoted308012502890
Average daily rate£425£400£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.250 %-
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£275£250£265
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£575£525£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£320£350
% change year-on-year
-6.250 %-8.570 %
Hourly rates quoted131132364
Average hourly rate£32.00£28.50£30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.28 %-5.000 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£17.00£18.00£16.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£50.00£42.50£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.50£26.50£32.00
% change year-on-year
+3.770 %-17.18 %
BusinessObjects EnglandBusinessObjects
England

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.

BusinessObjects
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing BusinessObjects across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

London BusinessObjects Demand Trend

BusinessObjects
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing BusinessObjects across the London region.

London BusinessObjects Daily Rate Trend

BusinessObjects
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing BusinessObjects across the London region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

London BusinessObjects Daily Rate Histogram

BusinessObjects
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing BusinessObjects across the London region.

London BusinessObjects Hourly Rate Trend

BusinessObjects
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing BusinessObjects across the London region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

London BusinessObjects Hourly Rate Histogram

BusinessObjects
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BusinessObjects within the London region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
City of LondonDown-19148£450+4.34 %
Docklands, LondonDown-95£363-9.37 %
Canary WharfDown-282£463-
RomfordNew entry-2£375-
UxbridgeNew entry-2£350-
TwickenhamNo change01--
IlfordNew entry-1--
BusinessObjects EnglandBusinessObjects
England

BusinessObjects
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing BusinessObjects 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 BusinessObjects.

1781 (100.00 %)Business Objects
2372 (47.63 %)SQL
3265 (33.93 %)Oracle
4212 (27.14 %)Banking
5211 (27.02 %)Finance
6189 (24.20 %)BusinessObjects XI
7187 (23.94 %)Datawarehouse
8186 (23.82 %)Business Intelligence
9153 (19.59 %)SQL Server
10144 (18.44 %)Investment Banking
11107 (13.70 %)ETL
12103 (13.19 %)BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
1388 (11.27 %)SAP
1478 (9.987 %)PL/SQL
1566 (8.451 %)Microsoft
1566 (8.451 %)Business Analysis
1665 (8.323 %)MS Excel
1762 (7.939 %)UNIX
1861 (7.810 %)Cognos
1861 (7.810 %)Migration
1959 (7.554 %)VBA
2058 (7.426 %)SQL Server 2005
2155 (7.042 %)Data Modelling
2155 (7.042 %)Data Analysis
2254 (6.914 %)Crystal Reports
2351 (6.530 %)Java
2449 (6.274 %)Oracle Reports
2545 (5.762 %).NET
2545 (5.762 %)Retail
2644 (5.634 %)SQL Server Integration Services

BusinessObjects
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing BusinessObjects 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 BusinessObjects. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
145 (5.762 %).NET
242 (5.378 %)XML
319 (2.433 %)J2EE
416 (2.049 %)ASP.NET
515 (1.921 %)Middleware
515 (1.921 %)WebSphere
613 (1.665 %)HTML
712 (1.536 %)Spring
88 (1.024 %)Java EE
88 (1.024 %)XSL
97 (0.896 %)SAP XI
106 (0.768 %)JDBC
106 (0.768 %)JSF
106 (0.768 %)XML Messaging
115 (0.640 %)JMS
124 (0.512 %)MDX
124 (0.512 %)EJB
124 (0.512 %)Web Services
124 (0.512 %)CORBA
124 (0.512 %)Swing
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
139 (4.994 %)SharePoint
231 (3.969 %)SAS
320 (2.561 %)Documentum
419 (2.433 %)CMS
510 (1.280 %)WebLogic
510 (1.280 %)Apache
69 (1.152 %)IIS
69 (1.152 %)WebSphere Application Server
78 (1.024 %)Tomcat
85 (0.640 %)IBM HTTP Server
94 (0.512 %)SharePoint Server 2007
94 (0.512 %)WebSphere MQ
94 (0.512 %)Lotus Notes
94 (0.512 %)Oracle HTTP Server
103 (0.384 %)Oracle Workflow
103 (0.384 %)Oracle Application Server
103 (0.384 %)NetWeaver
103 (0.384 %)ESB
103 (0.384 %)Oracle Service Bus
112 (0.256 %)WebSphere Transformation Extender
London IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
165 (8.323 %)MS Excel
225 (3.201 %)MS Office
324 (3.073 %)MS PowerPoint
418 (2.305 %)MS Visio
59 (1.152 %)MS Project
67 (0.896 %)SPSS
73 (0.384 %)Spreadsheet
82 (0.256 %)CA Clarity
London IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
19 (1.152 %)Summit
28 (1.024 %)SAP HR
28 (1.024 %)WebTrends
35 (0.640 %)CODA-Financials
44 (0.512 %)SAP BPC
44 (0.512 %)Remedy ITSM
44 (0.512 %)Remedy AR System
44 (0.512 %)Google Analytics
44 (0.512 %)Oracle EBS
53 (0.384 %)Oracle Financials
53 (0.384 %)PeopleSoft HRMS
53 (0.384 %)Cerner Millennium
53 (0.384 %)Oracle General Ledger
62 (0.256 %)GL Clearvision
62 (0.256 %)Oracle BPM
62 (0.256 %)SalesLogix
62 (0.256 %)Siebel Analytics
62 (0.256 %)SAP R/3
62 (0.256 %)Endur
62 (0.256 %)Oracle Applications
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
17 (0.896 %)HTTP
25 (0.640 %)BIG-IP
25 (0.640 %)SAN
25 (0.640 %)Intranet
33 (0.384 %)Firewall
42 (0.256 %)SMTP
42 (0.256 %)SSL
51 (0.128 %)TCP/IP
51 (0.128 %)LAN
51 (0.128 %)WAN
51 (0.128 %)Internet
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1189 (24.20 %)BusinessObjects XI
2187 (23.94 %)Datawarehouse
3153 (19.59 %)SQL Server
4107 (13.70 %)ETL
5103 (13.19 %)BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
658 (7.426 %)SQL Server 2005
754 (6.914 %)Crystal Reports
849 (6.274 %)Oracle Reports
944 (5.634 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1043 (5.506 %)BODI
1140 (5.122 %)Oracle 10g
1237 (4.738 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1334 (4.353 %)SAP BW
1432 (4.097 %)MS Access
1530 (3.841 %)OLAP
1629 (3.713 %)DB2
1728 (3.585 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1728 (3.585 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1827 (3.457 %)SQL Server 2000
1926 (3.329 %)Xcelsius
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
113 (1.665 %)Subversion
113 (1.665 %)Oracle Forms
28 (1.024 %)LoadRunner
28 (1.024 %)Eclipse
37 (0.896 %)Visual Studio
45 (0.640 %)WinRunner
53 (0.384 %)ClearCase
53 (0.384 %)Rational Rose
53 (0.384 %)JUnit
53 (0.384 %)QuickTest Pro
53 (0.384 %)PowerBuilder
53 (0.384 %)JIRA
62 (0.256 %)PeopleTools
62 (0.256 %)InstallShield
62 (0.256 %)Ant
62 (0.256 %)Maven
71 (0.128 %)JDeveloper
71 (0.128 %)FlexUnit
London IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1212 (27.14 %)Banking
2211 (27.02 %)Finance
3144 (18.44 %)Investment Banking
445 (5.762 %)Retail
531 (3.969 %)Back Office
625 (3.201 %)Front Office
724 (3.073 %)Insurance
823 (2.945 %)Marketing
917 (2.177 %)Government
1014 (1.793 %)Legal
1110 (1.280 %)Financial Institution
1110 (1.280 %)Education
127 (0.896 %)Retail Banking
136 (0.768 %)Telecoms
144 (0.512 %)Corporate Banking
144 (0.512 %)Pensions
144 (0.512 %)Construction
153 (0.384 %)Health
153 (0.384 %)Police
153 (0.384 %)Local Government
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1279 (35.72 %)Developer
2252 (32.27 %)Analyst
3121 (15.49 %)Business Analyst
495 (12.16 %)Business Developer
593 (11.91 %)Business Objects Developer
680 (10.24 %)Consultant
744 (5.634 %)Data Analyst
838 (4.866 %)SQL Developer
932 (4.097 %)Oracle Developer
1029 (3.713 %)Business Consultant
1128 (3.585 %)Business Objects Consultant
1225 (3.201 %)Business Intelligence (BI) Developer
1324 (3.073 %)SAP Consultant
1423 (2.945 %)Analyst Developer
1522 (2.817 %)Project Manager
1621 (2.689 %)Architect
1719 (2.433 %)Systems Analyst
1817 (2.177 %)Support Analyst
1817 (2.177 %)Applications Support
1817 (2.177 %)Data Warehouse (DWH) Developer
London IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
134 (4.353 %)Credit Risk
229 (3.713 %)Fixed Income
328 (3.585 %)Derivative
425 (3.201 %)NHS
524 (3.073 %)Management Information System
613 (1.665 %)Equities
613 (1.665 %)Computer Science
712 (1.536 %)Visualisation
810 (1.280 %)Statistics
810 (1.280 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
98 (1.024 %)Mainframe
98 (1.024 %)STB
98 (1.024 %)Economics
107 (0.896 %)Interest Rate Derivative
107 (0.896 %)IBM Mainframe
116 (0.768 %)Data Integration
116 (0.768 %)N-Tier
125 (0.640 %)Client/Server
134 (0.512 %)Market Risk
134 (0.512 %)Replication
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
162 (7.939 %)UNIX
227 (3.457 %)Windows
315 (1.921 %)Solaris
411 (1.408 %)Linux
411 (1.408 %)Windows Server 2003
57 (0.896 %)Windows 2000
65 (0.640 %)Red Hat Linux
65 (0.640 %)Windows Server 2008
72 (0.256 %)Windows XP
81 (0.128 %)Windows NT
81 (0.128 %)AIX
81 (0.128 %)MVS
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1186 (23.82 %)Business Intelligence
266 (8.451 %)Business Analysis
361 (7.810 %)Migration
455 (7.042 %)Data Modelling
455 (7.042 %)Data Analysis
541 (5.250 %)Project Management
635 (4.481 %)Data Migration
731 (3.969 %)CRM
829 (3.713 %)User Acceptance Testing
927 (3.457 %)ITIL
1026 (3.329 %)Workflow
1124 (3.073 %)Risk Management
1223 (2.945 %)UML
1318 (2.305 %)Scrum
1415 (1.921 %)Agile Software Development
1513 (1.665 %)Investment Management
1612 (1.536 %)Use Case
1612 (1.536 %)IT Governance
1612 (1.536 %)PRINCE2
1612 (1.536 %)Validation
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1372 (47.63 %)SQL
278 (9.987 %)PL/SQL
359 (7.554 %)VBA
451 (6.530 %)Java
533 (4.225 %)T-SQL
533 (4.225 %)C#
628 (3.585 %)VB
727 (3.457 %)Perl
821 (2.689 %)Shell Script
919 (2.433 %)C
1018 (2.305 %)JavaScript
118 (1.024 %)VB6
127 (0.896 %)VB.NET
127 (0.896 %)ABAP
135 (0.640 %)C++
135 (0.640 %)C-shell
144 (0.512 %)Korn
153 (0.384 %)COBOL
153 (0.384 %)PowerHouse
162 (0.256 %)Bourne shell
London IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
133 (4.225 %)Security Cleared
232 (4.097 %)Degree
321 (2.689 %)SC Cleared
47 (0.896 %)CIMA
56 (0.768 %)ACCA
64 (0.512 %)CTC Cleared
64 (0.512 %)Microsoft Certification
64 (0.512 %)ITIL Certification
73 (0.384 %)PMI Certification
73 (0.384 %)CFA
73 (0.384 %)DV Cleared
82 (0.256 %)A+ Certification
82 (0.256 %)ISEB
82 (0.256 %)MCSE
91 (0.128 %)CIPFA
91 (0.128 %)MCDBA
91 (0.128 %)MCP
91 (0.128 %)PMP
91 (0.128 %)ISTQB
London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
123 (2.945 %)Basel II
217 (2.177 %)QA
315 (1.921 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
412 (1.536 %)COBIT
53 (0.384 %)SLA
London IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
13 (0.384 %)VMware Infrastructure
22 (0.256 %)VMware ESX
31 (0.128 %)Active Directory
London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
116 (2.049 %)AutoSys
23 (0.384 %)Foglight
23 (0.384 %)NetBackup
23 (0.384 %)Tivoli
23 (0.384 %)CONTROL-M
32 (0.256 %)HP Quality Center
41 (0.128 %)Norton AntiVirus
41 (0.128 %)CA SiteMinder
London IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1781 (100.00 %)Business Objects
2265 (33.93 %)Oracle
388 (11.27 %)SAP
466 (8.451 %)Microsoft
561 (7.810 %)Cognos
642 (5.378 %)Informatica
740 (5.122 %)Sybase
823 (2.945 %)Remedy
922 (2.817 %)IBM
1013 (1.665 %)HP
1111 (1.408 %)MicroStrategy
1111 (1.408 %)Salesforce.com
1210 (1.280 %)PeopleSoft
139 (1.152 %)JBoss
148 (1.024 %)Google
148 (1.024 %)Hyperion
157 (0.896 %)ProClarity
157 (0.896 %)Cerner
166 (0.768 %)BMC
166 (0.768 %)SmartStream