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 Milton Keynes region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Business Objects over the 3 months to 22 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 Milton Keynes 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Objects
Rank 45 23 43
Rank change year-on-year
-22 +20
Contract jobs citing Business Objects 9 43 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 1.714% 6.014% 2.010%
As % of the Vendors category 3.766% 11.85% 4.669%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 27 5
Average daily rate £213 £315 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-32.53% -7.35%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £269 £289
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £416 £345
UK excluding London average daily rate £356 £345 £375
% change year-on-year
+3.26% -8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.70 £18.13 £21.75
% change year-on-year
+41.76% -16.66%
All Vendors
Milton Keynes
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
239 363 257
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 45.52% 50.77% 43.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 125 137 98
Average daily rate £325 £315 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.17% -3.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £212 £152
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £400 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 31 43
Average hourly rate £13.00 £13.50 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.70% -3.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.04 £13.00 £9.74
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.96 £47.50 £19.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Business Objects
Buckinghamshire

Business Objects
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Business Objects across the Milton Keynes region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes Business Objects Hourly Rate Trend

Business Objects
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 7 (53.85%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (46.15%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (46.15%) ETL
2 6 (46.15%) SQL
3 5 (38.46%) SAP
3 5 (38.46%) BusinessObjects
3 5 (38.46%) SAP BW
3 5 (38.46%) NetWeaver
3 5 (38.46%) SAP BI
3 5 (38.46%) SAP Data Services
4 3 (23.08%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
4 3 (23.08%) Finance
4 3 (23.08%) CRM
4 3 (23.08%) SAP Certification
5 2 (15.38%) Oracle Workflow
5 2 (15.38%) Replication
5 2 (15.38%) Oracle
5 2 (15.38%) Sybase
5 2 (15.38%) SAP HANA
5 2 (15.38%) Management Information System
5 2 (15.38%) Workflow
5 2 (15.38%) SAP BPC
5 2 (15.38%) Data Management
5 2 (15.38%) Data Analysis
5 2 (15.38%) Logistics
6 1 (7.692%) Business Analysis
6 1 (7.692%) Software Testing
6 1 (7.692%) MS PowerPoint
6 1 (7.692%) BODI
6 1 (7.692%) SQL Server Integration Services

Business Objects
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 (7.692%) WebSphere
1 1 (7.692%) BPEL4WS
1 1 (7.692%) SOAP
1 1 (7.692%) WSDL
Application Platforms
1 5 (38.46%) NetWeaver
2 2 (15.38%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (7.692%) ESB
Applications
1 1 (7.692%) MS PowerPoint
1 1 (7.692%) Spreadsheet
1 1 (7.692%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (15.38%) SAP BPC
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.692%) Symposium
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (46.15%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (38.46%) BusinessObjects
2 5 (38.46%) SAP BW
2 5 (38.46%) SAP BI
2 5 (38.46%) SAP Data Services
3 3 (23.08%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
4 2 (15.38%) SAP HANA
5 1 (7.692%) BODI
5 1 (7.692%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (7.692%) BusinessObjects XI
5 1 (7.692%) SQL Server
5 1 (7.692%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (7.692%) Oracle Discoverer
5 1 (7.692%) DTS
General
1 3 (23.08%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Analyst
1 5 (38.46%) Consultant
1 5 (38.46%) Business Intelligence Consultant
1 5 (38.46%) SAP Consultant
1 5 (38.46%) SAP BI Consultant
2 2 (15.38%) Business Analyst
2 2 (15.38%) Developer
2 2 (15.38%) Business Objects Developer
3 1 (7.692%) Report Developer
3 1 (7.692%) Team Leader
3 1 (7.692%) Development Team Leader
3 1 (7.692%) Forecast Analyst
3 1 (7.692%) HR Data Analyst
3 1 (7.692%) Data Analyst
3 1 (7.692%) Test Analyst
3 1 (7.692%) Business Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Replication
1 2 (15.38%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (46.15%) ETL
3 3 (23.08%) CRM
4 2 (15.38%) Workflow
4 2 (15.38%) Data Management
4 2 (15.38%) Data Analysis
4 2 (15.38%) Logistics
5 1 (7.692%) Business Analysis
5 1 (7.692%) Software Testing
5 1 (7.692%) WFM
5 1 (7.692%) Information Management
5 1 (7.692%) Capacity Planning
5 1 (7.692%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (7.692%) Analytics
5 1 (7.692%) Test Strategy
5 1 (7.692%) Performance Management
5 1 (7.692%) Fault Management
5 1 (7.692%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (7.692%) Test Scripting
5 1 (7.692%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 6 (46.15%) SQL
2 1 (7.692%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) SAP Certification
2 1 (7.692%) CIPD
2 1 (7.692%) ISEB Practitioner
2 1 (7.692%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.692%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.692%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) SAP
2 2 (15.38%) Oracle
2 2 (15.38%) Sybase
3 1 (7.692%) HP
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