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 Northampton region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Business Objects 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 Vendors for the Northampton 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Objects
Rank - 28 21
Contract jobs citing Business Objects 0 3 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northampton - 1.271% 1.667%
As % of the Vendors category - 4.762% 4.688%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 2
Average daily rate - £113 £498
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -77.38%
UK excluding London average daily rate £359 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
+2.50% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.89 £18.25 £21.75
% change year-on-year
+69.26% -16.09%
All Vendors
Northampton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
43 63 64
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northampton 31.39% 26.69% 35.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 42 36
Average daily rate £314 £355 £200
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.54% +77.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £215 £153
10% offered a daily rate of more than £390 £475 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 7
Average hourly rate £13.50 £10.00 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+35.00% -47.36%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Business Objects
Northamptonshire

Business Objects
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northampton 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 Northampton region.

Northampton Business Objects Daily Rate Trend

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 Northampton region.

Northampton Business Objects Hourly Rate Trend

Business Objects
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northampton 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 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) MS Project
2 2 (66.67%) MS Office
2 2 (66.67%) Change Control
3 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) SQL
3 1 (33.33%) T-SQL
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
3 1 (33.33%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (33.33%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (33.33%) Change Management
3 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
3 1 (33.33%) Legal
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (33.33%) Systems Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (33.33%) Unit Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Integration Testing
3 1 (33.33%) BusinessObjects XI
3 1 (33.33%) Xcelsius

Business Objects
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Applications
1 2 (66.67%) MS Project
1 2 (66.67%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
1 1 (33.33%) Crystal Reports
1 1 (33.33%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (33.33%) BusinessObjects XI
1 1 (33.33%) Xcelsius
General
1 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
1 1 (33.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Data Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Change Control
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Systems Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Unit Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
1 1 (33.33%) T-SQL
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft