North West BusinessObjects Web Intelligence Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Business Objects BusinessObjects Web Intelligence (WEBI) skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Database & Business Intelligence category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited BusinessObjects Web Intelligence over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Business Objects BusinessObjects Web Intelligence (WEBI)
Location Canary Wharf Cheshire Chester City of London Docklands, London Dorset East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Hertfordshire Leicester Leicestershire London Midlands Norfolk North West Norwich Scotland South West UK Wales West Midlands	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	137	131
Rank change on same period last year	-6
Matching contract IT job ads	6	7
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.008 %	0.007 %
As % of the category below	0.817 %	0.706 %
Daily rates quoted	0	1
Average minimum daily rate	-	£400
Average daily rate	-	£400
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£400
UK excluding London average daily rate	£300	£353
% change on same period last year	-14.96 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£21.75	£43.81
% change on same period last year	-50.35 %
Database & Business Intelligence North West
Matching contract IT job ads	734	991
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.978 %	1.003 %
Daily rates quoted	118	225
Average minimum daily rate	£298	£333
Average daily rate	£316	£351
% change on same period last year	-10.10 %
Average maximum daily rate	£334	£370
UK excluding London average daily rate	£348	£355
% change on same period last year	-1.92 %
Hourly rates quoted	91	67
Average minimum hourly rate	£27.09	£24.31
Average hourly rate	£30.02	£27.34
% change on same period last year	+9.81 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£32.95	£30.36
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.85	£31.30
% change on same period last year	+4.96 %
BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 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.

BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing BusinessObjects Web Intelligence across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing BusinessObjects Web Intelligence across the North West region.

BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing BusinessObjects Web Intelligence across the North West region.

BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BusinessObjects Web Intelligence within the North West region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
Cheshire	-13	3	-	-

BusinessObjects Web Intelligence England

BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 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 Web Intelligence.

1 8 (100.00 %) SQL Server 1 8 (100.00 %) Business Objects 1 8 (100.00 %) BusinessObjects 1 8 (100.00 %) BusinessObjects XI 2 7 (87.50 %) Business Intelligence 2 7 (87.50 %) Crystal Reports 2 7 (87.50 %) SQL 3 4 (50.00 %) Microsoft 3 4 (50.00 %) Government 3 4 (50.00 %) Business Analysis 3 4 (50.00 %) Local Government 4 3 (37.50 %) Data Mart 4 3 (37.50 %) Dimensional Modelling 5 2 (25.00 %) Datawarehouse 5 2 (25.00 %) ETL

6 1 (12.50 %) Oracle

BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 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 Web Intelligence. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Database & Business Intelligence 1 8 (100.00 %) SQL Server 1 8 (100.00 %) BusinessObjects 1 8 (100.00 %) BusinessObjects XI 2 7 (87.50 %) Crystal Reports 3 3 (37.50 %) Data Mart 4 2 (25.00 %) Datawarehouse 4 2 (25.00 %) ETL	General 1 4 (50.00 %) Government 1 4 (50.00 %) Local Government
Job Titles 1 4 (50.00 %) Architect 1 4 (50.00 %) Solutions Architect 1 4 (50.00 %) Solutions Designer 1 4 (50.00 %) Business Architect 2 1 (12.50 %) Business Objects Developer 2 1 (12.50 %) Developer 2 1 (12.50 %) Business Developer	Processes & Methodologies 1 7 (87.50 %) Business Intelligence 2 4 (50.00 %) Business Analysis 3 3 (37.50 %) Dimensional Modelling
Programming Languages 1 7 (87.50 %) SQL	Vendors 1 8 (100.00 %) Business Objects 2 4 (50.00 %) Microsoft 3 1 (12.50 %) Oracle