Business Objects Contracts in Scotland
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

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 Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Business Objects over the 3 months to 24 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 Scotland 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
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Objects
Rank 92 62 72
Rank change year-on-year
-30 +10
Contract jobs citing Business Objects 26 49 40
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 1.066% 1.842% 1.448%
As % of the Vendors category 2.368% 4.693% 3.344%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 21 18
Average daily rate £309 £350 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.78% +9.37%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £260 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £364 £425 £401
UK excluding London average daily rate £359 £340 £375
% change year-on-year
+5.51% -9.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Average hourly rate - £16.00 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -23.80%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £18.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year
+13.88% -20.00%
Search 19 Business Objects jobs in Scotland
All Vendors
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category		 1098 1044 1196
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 45.02% 39.25% 43.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 507 469 514
Average daily rate £373 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.42% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £258 £214 £214
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 51 56
Average hourly rate £14.00 £25.00 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-44.00% +47.05%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.70 £10.00 £10.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.00 £34.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Business Objects
UK

Business Objects
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland 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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland Business Objects Hourly Rate Trend

Business Objects
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 within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Glasgow -29 9 £288 -20.13%
Aberdeen +1 4 - -
Edinburgh -3 4 £359 +15.72%
West Lothian +1 3 £360 -
Dundee +8 2 - -
Renfrewshire - 2 £285 -
Scottish Borders - 1 £250 -
Business Objects
UK

Business Objects
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 33 (57.89%) SQL
2 31 (54.39%) Business Intelligence
3 21 (36.84%) Data Warehouse
3 21 (36.84%) Oracle
4 16 (28.07%) Finance
5 13 (22.81%) BusinessObjects
5 13 (22.81%) SAP
5 13 (22.81%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
6 11 (19.30%) SQL Server
7 9 (15.79%) Microsoft
8 8 (14.04%) PL/SQL
8 8 (14.04%) Data Modelling
9 7 (12.28%) MS Excel
9 7 (12.28%) Management Information System
9 7 (12.28%) Banking
9 7 (12.28%) SAP Data Services
10 6 (10.53%) Kimball Methodology
10 6 (10.53%) BusinessObjects XI
10 6 (10.53%) User Acceptance Testing
10 6 (10.53%) SAS
10 6 (10.53%) VBA
11 5 (8.772%) MS Office
11 5 (8.772%) Project Management
11 5 (8.772%) Dimensional Modelling
11 5 (8.772%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 5 (8.772%) Continuous Improvement
11 5 (8.772%) Change Control
12 4 (7.018%) Xcelsius
12 4 (7.018%) BODI
12 4 (7.018%) Degree

Business Objects
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 (3.509%) SAP PI
1 2 (3.509%) SAP XI
1 2 (3.509%) MDX
1 2 (3.509%) Velocity
2 1 (1.754%) .NET
2 1 (1.754%) HTML
2 1 (1.754%) COM
Application Platforms
1 6 (10.53%) SAS
2 2 (3.509%) SharePoint 2013
2 2 (3.509%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.754%) MTS
Applications
1 7 (12.28%) MS Excel
2 5 (8.772%) MS Office
3 1 (1.754%) MS Project
3 1 (1.754%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (3.509%) SmartPlant
2 1 (1.754%) SAP SD
2 1 (1.754%) SAP CO
2 1 (1.754%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (1.754%) SAP GTS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (36.84%) Data Warehouse
2 13 (22.81%) BusinessObjects
2 13 (22.81%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
3 11 (19.30%) SQL Server
4 7 (12.28%) SAP Data Services
5 6 (10.53%) BusinessObjects XI
6 5 (8.772%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (7.018%) Xcelsius
7 4 (7.018%) BODI
8 3 (5.263%) SAP BI
8 3 (5.263%) Data Mining
8 3 (5.263%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (5.263%) SQL Server 2005
9 2 (3.509%) SQL Server 2012
9 2 (3.509%) InterSystems Cache
9 2 (3.509%) Oracle BI EE
9 2 (3.509%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 2 (3.509%) Oracle OLAP
9 2 (3.509%) QlikView
9 2 (3.509%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 1 (1.754%) ProC
General
1 16 (28.07%) Finance
2 7 (12.28%) Banking
3 2 (3.509%) Retail
3 2 (3.509%) Marketing
3 2 (3.509%) Telecoms
4 1 (1.754%) Aerospace
4 1 (1.754%) Law
4 1 (1.754%) Back Office
4 1 (1.754%) Billing
Job Titles
1 28 (49.12%) Analyst
2 13 (22.81%) Business Analyst
3 11 (19.30%) Developer
4 9 (15.79%) Consultant
5 6 (10.53%) Business Intelligence Analyst
5 6 (10.53%) Data Analyst
6 5 (8.772%) Business Developer
7 4 (7.018%) IT Business Analyst
7 4 (7.018%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 4 (7.018%) Business Consultant
7 4 (7.018%) Business Intelligence Consultant
8 3 (5.263%) Report Developer
8 3 (5.263%) Business Objects Developer
8 3 (5.263%) MI Analyst
8 3 (5.263%) MI Manager
9 2 (3.509%) Development Analyst
9 2 (3.509%) SAP Consultant
9 2 (3.509%) Data Warehouse Analyst
9 2 (3.509%) Report Analyst
9 2 (3.509%) Financial Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (12.28%) Management Information System
2 2 (3.509%) Visualisation
2 2 (3.509%) Data Conversion
2 2 (3.509%) Data Extraction
2 2 (3.509%) Data Integration
2 2 (3.509%) Mathematics
2 2 (3.509%) Ergonomics
2 2 (3.509%) Computer Science
3 1 (1.754%) Credit Risk
3 1 (1.754%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.263%) Windows
2 2 (3.509%) UNIX
3 1 (1.754%) Solaris
3 1 (1.754%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (54.39%) Business Intelligence
2 8 (14.04%) Data Modelling
3 6 (10.53%) Kimball Methodology
3 6 (10.53%) User Acceptance Testing
4 5 (8.772%) Project Management
4 5 (8.772%) Dimensional Modelling
4 5 (8.772%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (8.772%) Change Control
5 3 (5.263%) ETL
5 3 (5.263%) Data Management
5 3 (5.263%) Validation
5 3 (5.263%) Migration
5 3 (5.263%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (5.263%) Data Analysis
5 3 (5.263%) Business Analysis
6 2 (3.509%) Portfolio Management
6 2 (3.509%) Master Data Management
6 2 (3.509%) Metadata Management
6 2 (3.509%) Document Management
6 2 (3.509%) Process Management
Programming Languages
1 33 (57.89%) SQL
2 8 (14.04%) PL/SQL
3 6 (10.53%) VBA
4 2 (3.509%) T-SQL
5 1 (1.754%) Shell Script
5 1 (1.754%) VB.NET
5 1 (1.754%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 4 (7.018%) Degree
2 3 (5.263%) CIMA
2 3 (5.263%) SC Cleared
2 3 (5.263%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.263%) Basel II
2 2 (3.509%) HL7
Systems Management
1 3 (5.263%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 21 (36.84%) Oracle
2 13 (22.81%) SAP
3 9 (15.79%) Microsoft
4 2 (3.509%) Netezza
4 2 (3.509%) DataFlux
4 2 (3.509%) Cognos
4 2 (3.509%) Trillium
4 2 (3.509%) Informatica
4 2 (3.509%) MicroStrategy
4 2 (3.509%) InterSystems
5 1 (1.754%) Hyperion
5 1 (1.754%) Siebel
5 1 (1.754%) Teradata
BA
Livingston, West Lothian
Good understanding of the concepts of data warehousing. Proven business analysis experience and problem solving skills... Data analysis skills... Data-Modelling skills. Good SQL query skills... Business Objects.
Experis IT
Rate: £400 - £401 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
Business Objects Support
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
SAP and Maximo experience would be highly advantageous. Experience of creating reports in Business Objects... The Role: This contract will involve supporting and maintaining an existing Business Objects...
Net Talent
Posted: 23 May 2013
IT Business Analyst - Aberdeen
Aberdeen, Scotland
Chemical & Corrosion Management, Document Management, Production Allocation and reporting, Hand Held technologies, Real Time Plant Information System, Planning systems etc). Design, set up and maintain Business Objects Universes...
Computer Futures
Posted: 15 May 2013
Web Application Developer
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Knowledge of Visual Basic, C#, jQuery and source code control utilities, e.g. Git/Subversion/Tortoise, would be beneficial as would an understanding of networking protocols (TCP/IP)...
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Rate: From £21,176 to £27,625 per annum
Posted: 10 May 2013
Reporting & Data Solution Architect
Scotland
Reporting / Data Architect / MI / Design Assurance / Data Warehouse / Reporting Transformation... Our client is using Teradata as a DW and a number of different reporting tools such as SAS...
Sanderson
Posted: 23 May 2013
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