North West Business Objects Developer Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Business Objects Developer role in IT contracts within the North West region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Business Objects Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Business Objects Developer
Location Berkshire Bristol Canary Wharf Cheshire Chesterfield City of London Croydon Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Exeter Feltham Glasgow Ipswich Leicestershire London Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands North East North West Northern Ireland Reading Runcorn Scotland South East South West Staffordshire Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey Sussex Swindon Thames Valley UK Warwick Warwickshire West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Wirral Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 2 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	110	120
Rank change on same period last year	+10
Matching contract IT job ads	17	23
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.027 %	0.025 %
As % of the category below	0.561 %	0.567 %
Daily rates quoted	9	9
Average minimum daily rate	£389	£300
Average daily rate	£397	£319
% change on same period last year	+24.41 %
Average maximum daily rate	£406	£339
UK excluding London average daily rate	£351	£338
% change on same period last year	+3.90 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£10.00	-
Average hourly rate	£12.50	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£15.00	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£12.50	£29.25
% change on same period last year	-57.26 %
Job Titles North West
Matching contract IT job ads	3033	4058
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	4.873 %	4.358 %
Daily rates quoted	676	805
Average minimum daily rate	£320	£326
Average daily rate	£339	£342
% change on same period last year	-0.63 %
Average maximum daily rate	£359	£357
UK excluding London average daily rate	£352	£352
% change on same period last year	+0.07 %
Hourly rates quoted	437	479
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.06	£19.41
Average hourly rate	£21.74	£21.18
% change on same period last year	+2.65 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£23.43	£22.95
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.10	£24.04
% change on same period last year	-3.88 %
Business Objects Developer England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Business Objects Developer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Business Objects Developer across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Business Objects Developer across the North West region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Business Objects Developer across the North West region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

Business Objects Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Business Objects Developer across the North West region.

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Objects Developer within the North West region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Merseyside	-	5	£380	-
Cheshire	-	2	-	-
Manchester	-1	1	£375	+25.00 %

Business Objects Developer England

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited Business Objects Developer in their job title 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 with Business Objects Developer in their job title.

1 33 (100.00 %) Business Objects 1 33 (100.00 %) BusinessObjects 2 25 (75.76 %) BusinessObjects XI 3 18 (54.55 %) DTS 4 17 (51.52 %) SQL Server 5 14 (42.42 %) ETL 5 14 (42.42 %) Datawarehouse 6 11 (33.33 %) SQL 7 10 (30.30 %) Oracle 7 10 (30.30 %) SQL Server 2000 8 8 (24.24 %) Performance Management 9 7 (21.21 %) Xcelsius 10 4 (12.12 %) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 11 3 (9.091 %) Migration 11 3 (9.091 %) Business Intelligence

11 3 (9.091 %) Informatica 12 2 (6.061 %) PowerCenter 12 2 (6.061 %) Manufacturing 13 1 (3.030 %) Data Cleansing 13 1 (3.030 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 13 1 (3.030 %) Business Analysis 13 1 (3.030 %) BODI 13 1 (3.030 %) SQL Server 2005 13 1 (3.030 %) SQL Server Integration Services 13 1 (3.030 %) Finance 13 1 (3.030 %) Government 13 1 (3.030 %) Project Management 13 1 (3.030 %) DataStage 13 1 (3.030 %) VB.NET 13 1 (3.030 %) .NET

Business Objects Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited Business Objects Developer in their job title 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 with Business Objects Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 1 (3.030 %) .NET	Database & Business Intelligence 1 33 (100.00 %) BusinessObjects 2 25 (75.76 %) BusinessObjects XI 3 18 (54.55 %) DTS 4 17 (51.52 %) SQL Server 5 14 (42.42 %) ETL 5 14 (42.42 %) Datawarehouse 6 10 (30.30 %) SQL Server 2000 7 7 (21.21 %) Xcelsius 8 4 (12.12 %) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 9 2 (6.061 %) PowerCenter 10 1 (3.030 %) DataStage 10 1 (3.030 %) Data Cleansing 10 1 (3.030 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 10 1 (3.030 %) BODI 10 1 (3.030 %) SQL Server 2005 10 1 (3.030 %) SQL Server Integration Services 10 1 (3.030 %) Crystal Reports 10 1 (3.030 %) Oracle 8/8i
General 1 2 (6.061 %) Manufacturing 2 1 (3.030 %) Finance 2 1 (3.030 %) Government	Processes & Methodologies 1 8 (24.24 %) Performance Management 2 3 (9.091 %) Business Intelligence 2 3 (9.091 %) Migration 3 1 (3.030 %) Business Analysis 3 1 (3.030 %) Project Management
Programming Languages 1 11 (33.33 %) SQL 2 1 (3.030 %) VB.NET 2 1 (3.030 %) C# 2 1 (3.030 %) Java 2 1 (3.030 %) PL/SQL	Vendors 1 33 (100.00 %) Business Objects 2 10 (30.30 %) Oracle 3 3 (9.091 %) Informatica