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 Midlands 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 Midlands 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 21 27 31
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +4
Contract jobs citing Business Objects 5 1 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 2.907% 0.376% 1.458%
As % of the Vendors category 5.882% 0.621% 2.427%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £525 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £359 £340 £375
% change year-on-year
+5.51% -9.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
Average hourly rate - - £23.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £18.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year
+13.88% -20.00%
All Vendors
Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
85 161 206
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 49.42% 60.53% 60.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 32 40
Average daily rate £375 £400 £445
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.25% -10.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £300 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £565 £575 £580
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 9 38
Average hourly rate £32.00 £32.50 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.53% +35.41%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
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 Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands 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 Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands 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 Midlands 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 5 (55.56%) SAP
1 5 (55.56%) BusinessObjects
2 3 (33.33%) NetWeaver
2 3 (33.33%) Migration
3 2 (22.22%) Configuration Management
3 2 (22.22%) SAP BW
3 2 (22.22%) SQL
3 2 (22.22%) ABAP
3 2 (22.22%) QlikView
3 2 (22.22%) Data Migration
3 2 (22.22%) SAP GRC
3 2 (22.22%) SAP Data Services
3 2 (22.22%) SAP HANA
4 1 (11.11%) Business Analytics
4 1 (11.11%) Kimball Methodology
4 1 (11.11%) Analytics
4 1 (11.11%) Data Visualisation
4 1 (11.11%) Tableau
4 1 (11.11%) Data Governance
4 1 (11.11%) Xcelsius
4 1 (11.11%) Visualisation
4 1 (11.11%) Data Architecture
4 1 (11.11%) Quantitative Analysis
4 1 (11.11%) Risk Analysis
4 1 (11.11%) SAP HCM
4 1 (11.11%) BusinessObjects XI
4 1 (11.11%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
4 1 (11.11%) Dimensional Modelling
4 1 (11.11%) BODI
4 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Architecture

Business Objects
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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 1 (11.11%) SAP Basis
1 1 (11.11%) SAP XI
Application Platforms
1 3 (33.33%) NetWeaver
2 1 (11.11%) SAS
Business Applications
1 2 (22.22%) SAP GRC
2 1 (11.11%) SAP HCM
2 1 (11.11%) SAP ERP
2 1 (11.11%) SAP CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (55.56%) BusinessObjects
2 2 (22.22%) SAP BW
2 2 (22.22%) QlikView
2 2 (22.22%) SAP Data Services
2 2 (22.22%) SAP HANA
3 1 (11.11%) Xcelsius
3 1 (11.11%) BusinessObjects XI
3 1 (11.11%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
3 1 (11.11%) BODI
3 1 (11.11%) Spotfire
3 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
3 1 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (11.11%) Data Mining
3 1 (11.11%) SAP BI
General
1 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Consultant
1 4 (44.44%) SAP Consultant
2 2 (22.22%) Data Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Business Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Developer
2 2 (22.22%) Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Business Developer
2 2 (22.22%) Data Migration Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Business Objects Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Business Data Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Business Objects Developer
3 1 (11.11%) SAP Business Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) SAP Basis Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Business Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Business Objects Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Visualisation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Migration
2 2 (22.22%) Configuration Management
2 2 (22.22%) Data Migration
3 1 (11.11%) Business Analytics
3 1 (11.11%) Kimball Methodology
3 1 (11.11%) Analytics
3 1 (11.11%) Data Visualisation
3 1 (11.11%) Data Governance
3 1 (11.11%) Data Architecture
3 1 (11.11%) Quantitative Analysis
3 1 (11.11%) Risk Analysis
3 1 (11.11%) Dimensional Modelling
3 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (11.11%) CRM
3 1 (11.11%) ERP
3 1 (11.11%) SOA
3 1 (11.11%) ETL
3 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery
3 1 (11.11%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) SQL
1 2 (22.22%) ABAP
2 1 (11.11%) Java
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) SAP
2 1 (11.11%) Tableau
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle
2 1 (11.11%) Sybase
2 1 (11.11%) MicroStrategy
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) TIBCO