The first table below looks at the demand for BusinessObjects skills in IT contracts advertised for the Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited BusinessObjects 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 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.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP BusinessObjects
Rank 21 - 32
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing BusinessObjects 3 0 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 1.765% - 1.153%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 13.04% - 7.018%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £650 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £403 £420 £444
% change year-on-year
-4.16% -5.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £23.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £16.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+28.12% -20.00%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
23 41 57
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 13.53% 14.91% 16.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 21 14
Average daily rate £350 £350 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £255 £200 £270
10% offered a daily rate of more than £650 £605 £445
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £333 £338
% change year-on-year
-2.25% -1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 10
Average hourly rate - - £24.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -15.38%
BusinessObjects
England

BusinessObjects
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Midlands BusinessObjects Jobs Demand Trend

BusinessObjects
Daily Rate Trend

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

Midlands BusinessObjects Daily Rate Trend

BusinessObjects
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Midlands BusinessObjects Hourly Rate Trend

BusinessObjects
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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.

1 4 (100.00%) Business Objects
1 4 (100.00%) SAP
2 3 (75.00%) NetWeaver
3 2 (50.00%) SAP HANA
3 2 (50.00%) Configuration Management
3 2 (50.00%) ABAP
3 2 (50.00%) SAP BW
3 2 (50.00%) SAP GRC
4 1 (25.00%) Visualisation
4 1 (25.00%) SAP Data Services
4 1 (25.00%) Data Visualisation
4 1 (25.00%) Tableau
4 1 (25.00%) Java
4 1 (25.00%) Sybase
4 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (25.00%) QA
4 1 (25.00%) Spotfire
4 1 (25.00%) SAP ERP
4 1 (25.00%) Quantitative Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) Risk Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) SAP HCM
4 1 (25.00%) Data Architecture
4 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
4 1 (25.00%) Change Management
4 1 (25.00%) Identity Management
4 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (25.00%) Workflow
4 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (25.00%) Migration
4 1 (25.00%) SAP CRM

BusinessObjects
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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.

Application Development
1 1 (25.00%) SAP Basis
Application Platforms
1 3 (75.00%) NetWeaver
2 1 (25.00%) SAS
Business Applications
1 2 (50.00%) SAP GRC
2 1 (25.00%) SAP CRM
2 1 (25.00%) SAP ERP
2 1 (25.00%) SAP HCM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) SAP BW
1 2 (50.00%) SAP HANA
2 1 (25.00%) Data Mining
2 1 (25.00%) SAP BI
2 1 (25.00%) Spotfire
2 1 (25.00%) SAP Data Services
General
1 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Consultant
1 3 (75.00%) SAP Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) SAP Basis Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Visualisation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Configuration Management
2 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Change Management
2 1 (25.00%) Identity Management
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (25.00%) Workflow
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Quantitative Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Data Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Data Visualisation
2 1 (25.00%) Business Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) CRM
2 1 (25.00%) ERP
2 1 (25.00%) SOA
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) ABAP
2 1 (25.00%) Java
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Business Objects
1 4 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) MicroStrategy
2 1 (25.00%) TIBCO
2 1 (25.00%) Tableau
2 1 (25.00%) Sybase