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 Oxford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Business Objects over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Oxford 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Objects
Rank 24 26 24
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -2
Contract jobs citing Business Objects 9 10 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxford 4.206% 3.226% 1.136%
As % of the Vendors category 8.036% 5.556% 2.353%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 1
Average daily rate £300 £438 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-31.42% +2.94%
UK excluding London average daily rate £360 £350 £370
% change year-on-year
+2.85% -5.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £18.25 £17.00
% change year-on-year
+12.32% +7.35%
All Vendors
Oxford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
112 180 85
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxford 52.34% 58.06% 48.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 94 45
Average daily rate £340 £438 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-22.28% +59.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £254 £300 £120
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £550 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 23 15
Average hourly rate £15.00 £14.00 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -39.13%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.19 £10.00 £12.05
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.00 £20.06 £28.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.26 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -5.00%
Business Objects
Oxfordshire

Business Objects
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford 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 Oxford region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford Business Objects Hourly Rate Trend

Business Objects
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford 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 9 (81.82%) SQL Server
2 8 (72.73%) SQL
3 7 (63.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 7 (63.64%) BusinessObjects XI
3 7 (63.64%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 7 (63.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 6 (54.55%) Lagan
5 2 (18.18%) Web Development
5 2 (18.18%) Financial Modelling
5 2 (18.18%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (18.18%) Finance
5 2 (18.18%) .NET
5 2 (18.18%) Oracle
5 2 (18.18%) C#
5 2 (18.18%) Java
5 2 (18.18%) Hyperion
6 1 (9.091%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (9.091%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (9.091%) Open Source
6 1 (9.091%) Oracle EBS

Business Objects
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford 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 2 (18.18%) .NET
Business Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (9.091%) Oracle EBS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (81.82%) SQL Server
2 7 (63.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 7 (63.64%) BusinessObjects XI
2 7 (63.64%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 7 (63.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (9.091%) Crystal Reports
General
1 2 (18.18%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Administrator
1 5 (45.45%) Systems Administrator
2 3 (27.27%) DBA
2 3 (27.27%) SQL DBA
3 2 (18.18%) SQL Server DBA
3 2 (18.18%) Developer
4 1 (9.091%) Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) Business Developer
4 1 (9.091%) Consultant
4 1 (9.091%) Business Objects Developer
4 1 (9.091%) SQL Developer
4 1 (9.091%) Technical Consultant
4 1 (9.091%) Report Developer
4 1 (9.091%) Financial Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) Oracle Financials Consultant
4 1 (9.091%) SQL Server Developer
4 1 (9.091%) Oracle Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.091%) Open Source
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (18.18%) Web Development
1 2 (18.18%) Financial Modelling
2 1 (9.091%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 8 (72.73%) SQL
2 2 (18.18%) C#
2 2 (18.18%) Java
Vendors
1 6 (54.55%) Lagan
2 2 (18.18%) Oracle
2 2 (18.18%) Hyperion