The first table below looks at the demand for BusinessObjects XI skills in IT contracts advertised for the Merseyside region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited BusinessObjects XI 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 of the Database & Business Intelligence category for the Merseyside 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.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP BusinessObjects XI (BOXI)
Rank - 37 -
Contract jobs citing BusinessObjects XI 0 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside - 0.769% -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category - 2.597% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £358 £315 £375
% change year-on-year
+13.49% -16.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £16.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £45.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year
- +5.88%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Merseyside
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
56 77 59
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 26.79% 29.62% 22.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 32 26
Average daily rate £350 £300 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.66% +3.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £250 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £325 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £333 £338
% change year-on-year
-2.25% -1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 8 5
Average hourly rate £14.79 £21.86 £18.73
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-32.35% +16.71%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.08 £12.05 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.50 £25.00 £25.66
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -15.38%
BusinessObjects XI
North West

BusinessObjects XI
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing BusinessObjects XI across the Merseyside region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Merseyside BusinessObjects XI Jobs Demand Trend

BusinessObjects XI
Daily Rate Trend

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

Merseyside BusinessObjects XI Daily Rate Trend

BusinessObjects XI
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside region citing BusinessObjects XI 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 XI.

1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) Crystal Reports
1 2 (100.00%) Business Objects
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle 8/8i
1 2 (100.00%) Intel
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle 11g
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 2 (100.00%) Xcelsius

BusinessObjects XI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside region citing BusinessObjects XI 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 XI. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) Crystal Reports
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle 8/8i
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle 11g
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 2 (100.00%) Xcelsius
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Crystal Reports Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Report Developer
2 1 (50.00%) MI Developer
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
1 2 (100.00%) Business Objects
1 2 (100.00%) Intel