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 Manchester 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 Manchester 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 66 69 64
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -5
Contract jobs citing Business Objects 9 14 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 0.965% 1.084% 0.768%
As % of the Vendors category 2.362% 2.131% 1.843%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 9 4
Average daily rate £320 £375 £460
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.66% -18.47%
UK excluding London average daily rate £359 £340 £375
% change year-on-year
+5.51% -9.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £22.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £18.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year
+13.88% -20.00%
All Vendors
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
381 657 434
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 40.84% 50.85% 41.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 293 177
Average daily rate £313 £325 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.84% -13.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £200 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £520
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 35 45
Average hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £13.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-8.57% +27.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.77 £12.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.40 £25.00 £22.15
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 Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester Business Objects Hourly Rate Trend

Business Objects
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 11 (52.38%) Business Intelligence
2 9 (42.86%) SQL
3 8 (38.10%) SQL Server
4 7 (33.33%) Migration
5 6 (28.57%) Microsoft
6 5 (23.81%) BusinessObjects
6 5 (23.81%) SAP
6 5 (23.81%) MS Excel
6 5 (23.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (23.81%) BusinessObjects XI
6 5 (23.81%) Data Migration
6 5 (23.81%) SQL Server 2008
7 4 (19.05%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 4 (19.05%) Finance
7 4 (19.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (19.05%) T-SQL
7 4 (19.05%) VBA
7 4 (19.05%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (19.05%) Data Modelling
8 3 (14.29%) BizTalk Server
8 3 (14.29%) Middleware
8 3 (14.29%) OLAP
8 3 (14.29%) JavaScript
8 3 (14.29%) MS Access
8 3 (14.29%) CRM
8 3 (14.29%) XML
8 3 (14.29%) Data Management
8 3 (14.29%) Business Analysis
8 3 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
8 3 (14.29%) Management Information System

Business Objects
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 3 (14.29%) Middleware
1 3 (14.29%) XML
2 2 (9.524%) MDX
2 2 (9.524%) .NET
3 1 (4.762%) SAP XI
3 1 (4.762%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 3 (14.29%) BizTalk Server
2 2 (9.524%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (23.81%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (14.29%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (9.524%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (9.524%) Unica Affinium
3 1 (4.762%) SAP R/3
3 1 (4.762%) assyst
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (38.10%) SQL Server
2 5 (23.81%) BusinessObjects
2 5 (23.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 5 (23.81%) BusinessObjects XI
2 5 (23.81%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (19.05%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 4 (19.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 4 (19.05%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (14.29%) OLAP
4 3 (14.29%) MS Access
4 3 (14.29%) SAP Data Services
4 3 (14.29%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
4 3 (14.29%) QlikView
5 2 (9.524%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
5 2 (9.524%) SQL Server 2005
5 2 (9.524%) SQL Server 2000
6 1 (4.762%) SAP BW
6 1 (4.762%) DTS
Development Applications
1 2 (9.524%) Visual Studio
General
1 4 (19.05%) Finance
2 3 (14.29%) Marketing
3 2 (9.524%) Retail
4 1 (4.762%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (4.762%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 8 (38.10%) Analyst
2 6 (28.57%) Developer
3 5 (23.81%) Business Analyst
3 5 (23.81%) Report Developer
4 4 (19.05%) Business Developer
4 4 (19.05%) Consultant
4 4 (19.05%) Business Objects Developer
5 3 (14.29%) Business Objects Consultant
5 3 (14.29%) Business Consultant
6 2 (9.524%) Campaign Analyst
6 2 (9.524%) CRM Analyst
6 2 (9.524%) SAP Consultant
6 2 (9.524%) SQL Developer
6 2 (9.524%) SQL Server Developer
6 2 (9.524%) CRM Business Analyst
6 2 (9.524%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 1 (4.762%) Business Intelligence Analyst
7 1 (4.762%) Business Manager
7 1 (4.762%) MI Analyst
7 1 (4.762%) Business Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.762%) Data Extraction
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.762%) UNIX
1 1 (4.762%) Windows
1 1 (4.762%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (52.38%) Business Intelligence
2 7 (33.33%) Migration
3 5 (23.81%) Data Migration
4 4 (19.05%) Data Modelling
5 3 (14.29%) CRM
5 3 (14.29%) Data Management
5 3 (14.29%) Business Analysis
5 3 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
6 2 (9.524%) Direct Marketing
6 2 (9.524%) Customer Engagement
6 2 (9.524%) Customer Insight
6 2 (9.524%) Dimensional Modelling
6 2 (9.524%) ETL
7 1 (4.762%) Project Management
7 1 (4.762%) PRINCE2
7 1 (4.762%) Strategic Management
7 1 (4.762%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (4.762%) Service Management
7 1 (4.762%) Service Delivery
7 1 (4.762%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (42.86%) SQL
2 4 (19.05%) T-SQL
2 4 (19.05%) VBA
3 3 (14.29%) JavaScript
4 2 (9.524%) VB.NET
5 1 (4.762%) ABAP
5 1 (4.762%) PL/SQL
Vendors
1 6 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 5 (23.81%) SAP
3 2 (9.524%) Unica
3 2 (9.524%) RedPrairie
3 2 (9.524%) Cognos
3 2 (9.524%) Baan