North West BusinessObjects XI Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Business Objects BusinessObjects XI (BO XI) 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 XI over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Business Objects BusinessObjects XI (BO XI)
Location Aberdeen Ayr Berkshire Bradford Bristol Canary Wharf Chesterfield City of London Coventry Derbyshire Docklands, London Dorset East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Guildford Hertfordshire Ipswich Kent Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool London Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Norfolk North East North West Northern Ireland Norwich Poole Renfrewshire Scotland South Ayrshire South East South West Suffolk Surrey Sussex Thames Valley Tunbridge Wells UK Watford West Midlands West Yorkshire Wirral Yorkshire	3 months to 10 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	104	130
Rank change on same period last year	+26
Matching contract IT job ads	23	17
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.032 %	0.017 %
As % of the category below	2.781 %	1.682 %
Daily rates quoted	9	3
Average minimum daily rate	£380	£317
Average daily rate	£380	£342
% change on same period last year	+11.27 %
Average maximum daily rate	£380	£367
UK excluding London average daily rate	£341	£365
% change on same period last year	-6.54 %
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	-	£47.65
% change on same period last year	-
Database & Business Intelligence North West
Matching contract IT job ads	827	1011
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.164 %	1.022 %
Daily rates quoted	154	164
Average minimum daily rate	£294	£325
Average daily rate	£304	£340
% change on same period last year	-10.53 %
Average maximum daily rate	£314	£355
UK excluding London average daily rate	£341	£350
% change on same period last year	-2.64 %
Hourly rates quoted	98	97
Average minimum hourly rate	£26.99	£27.02
Average hourly rate	£29.10	£29.37
% change on same period last year	-0.91 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£31.21	£31.72
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.04	£31.90
% change on same period last year	-5.83 %
BusinessObjects XI 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 XI
Demand Trend

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

BusinessObjects XI
Daily Rate Trend

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

BusinessObjects XI
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing BusinessObjects XI across the North West region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

BusinessObjects XI
Hourly Rate Trend

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

BusinessObjects XI
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BusinessObjects XI within the North West region over the 3 months to 10 October 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	+7	8	£373	-
Manchester	-	1	-	-

BusinessObjects XI England

BusinessObjects XI
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing BusinessObjects XI 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 XI.

1 45 (100.00 %) Business Objects 1 45 (100.00 %) BusinessObjects 2 26 (57.78 %) SQL Server 3 23 (51.11 %) ETL 4 18 (40.00 %) DTS 5 17 (37.78 %) SQL 6 16 (35.56 %) Datawarehouse 7 12 (26.67 %) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 8 11 (24.44 %) SQL Server 2000 9 9 (20.00 %) Informatica 9 9 (20.00 %) Business Intelligence 10 8 (17.78 %) Performance Management 11 7 (15.56 %) Government 11 7 (15.56 %) Oracle 11 7 (15.56 %) Crystal Reports

12 6 (13.33 %) Microsoft 13 4 (8.889 %) Dimensional Modelling 13 4 (8.889 %) Business Analysis 13 4 (8.889 %) Local Government 13 4 (8.889 %) PowerCenter 14 3 (6.667 %) PL/SQL 14 3 (6.667 %) ITIL 14 3 (6.667 %) Data Mart 15 2 (4.444 %) Oracle OWB 15 2 (4.444 %) SC Cleared 15 2 (4.444 %) Security Cleared 15 2 (4.444 %) HPUX 15 2 (4.444 %) RUP 15 2 (4.444 %) Client/Server 15 2 (4.444 %) MS Office

BusinessObjects XI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing BusinessObjects XI 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 XI. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications 1 2 (4.444 %) MS Office	Database & Business Intelligence 1 45 (100.00 %) BusinessObjects 2 26 (57.78 %) SQL Server 3 23 (51.11 %) ETL 4 18 (40.00 %) DTS 5 16 (35.56 %) Datawarehouse 6 12 (26.67 %) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 7 11 (24.44 %) SQL Server 2000 8 7 (15.56 %) Crystal Reports 9 4 (8.889 %) PowerCenter 10 3 (6.667 %) Data Mart 11 2 (4.444 %) Oracle OWB 12 1 (2.222 %) BODI 12 1 (2.222 %) SQL Server 2005
General 1 7 (15.56 %) Government 2 4 (8.889 %) Local Government 3 1 (2.222 %) Finance 3 1 (2.222 %) Manufacturing	Job Titles 1 30 (66.67 %) Developer 2 25 (55.56 %) Business Developer 2 25 (55.56 %) Business Objects Developer 3 8 (17.78 %) Programmer 4 7 (15.56 %) Solutions Designer 5 5 (11.11 %) Solutions Architect 5 5 (11.11 %) Architect 5 5 (11.11 %) Business Architect 6 3 (6.667 %) Informatica Developer 7 2 (4.444 %) ETL Developer 7 2 (4.444 %) Database Designer 8 1 (2.222 %) Coordinator 8 1 (2.222 %) Consultant 8 1 (2.222 %) Report Developer 8 1 (2.222 %) Business Consultant 8 1 (2.222 %) Business Objects Consultant
Miscellaneous 1 2 (4.444 %) Client/Server	Operating Systems 1 2 (4.444 %) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies 1 9 (20.00 %) Business Intelligence 2 8 (17.78 %) Performance Management 3 4 (8.889 %) Dimensional Modelling 3 4 (8.889 %) Business Analysis 4 3 (6.667 %) ITIL 5 2 (4.444 %) RUP 5 2 (4.444 %) SC Cleared 5 2 (4.444 %) Security Cleared 6 1 (2.222 %) Configuration Management	Programming Languages 1 17 (37.78 %) SQL 2 3 (6.667 %) PL/SQL 3 1 (2.222 %) Java 3 1 (2.222 %) VBA
Qualifications 1 1 (2.222 %) ITIL Certification	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (2.222 %) SLA
Vendors 1 45 (100.00 %) Business Objects 2 9 (20.00 %) Informatica 3 7 (15.56 %) Oracle 4 6 (13.33 %) Microsoft 5 2 (4.444 %) HP 5 2 (4.444 %) Genesys 6 1 (2.222 %) Remedy