Scotland Business Objects Contracts

This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Business Objects products and/or services in IT contracts within the Scotland region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Business Objects over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Basildon Basingstoke Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Bradford Brentford Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Chatham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield City of London County Antrim Coventry Croydon Derbyshire Docklands, London Dorset East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh England Essex Fareham Feltham Folkestone Glasgow Gloucestershire Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Highlands Hull Inverness Johnstone Kent Kingston Upon Thames Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Letchworth Liverpool Livingston London Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oswestry Oxford Oxfordshire Poole Potters Bar Preston Reading Renfrewshire Romford Rugby Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Shrewsbury Shropshire Slough Somerset South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Staines Surbiton Surrey Swindon Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwickshire West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Weybridge Whyteleafe Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Wirral Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	33	63
Rank change on same period last year	+30
Matching contract IT job ads	87	74
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.115 %	0.078 %
As % of the category below	7.045 %	4.771 %
Daily rates quoted	16	19
Average minimum daily rate	£312	£269
Average daily rate	£338	£284
% change on same period last year	+19.24 %
Average maximum daily rate	£365	£298
UK excluding London average daily rate	£374	£347
% change on same period last year	+7.79 %
Hourly rates quoted	4	10
Average minimum hourly rate	£24.00	£30.30
Average hourly rate	£24.70	£31.40
% change on same period last year	-21.33 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.40	£32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.76	£30.37
% change on same period last year	-21.74 %
Vendors Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads	1235	1551
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.629 %	1.645 %
Daily rates quoted	229	315
Average minimum daily rate	£314	£303
Average daily rate	£334	£315
% change on same period last year	+6.18 %
Average maximum daily rate	£355	£327
UK excluding London average daily rate	£360	£356
% change on same period last year	+1.15 %
Hourly rates quoted	82	111
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.66	£20.36
Average hourly rate	£22.21	£21.71
% change on same period last year	+2.32 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£23.77	£23.07
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.91	£25.10
% change on same period last year	-8.72 %
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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.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within Business Objects SA.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Business Objects across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Business Objects across the Scotland region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Business Objects across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Business Objects across the Scotland region.

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Business Objects across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Business Objects within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 4 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
Glasgow	+19	31	£370	+57.58 %
Edinburgh	+15	25	£272	-2.85 %
Highlands	-	5	-	-
Renfrewshire	-	5	£353	-
West Lothian	-1	3	-	-
South Lanarkshire	-	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, 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.

1 166 (100.00 %) BusinessObjects 2 66 (39.76 %) Oracle 3 52 (31.33 %) Datawarehouse 4 47 (28.31 %) Finance 4 47 (28.31 %) BusinessObjects XI 5 29 (17.47 %) SQL 6 27 (16.27 %) SQL Server 7 20 (12.05 %) Business Intelligence 7 20 (12.05 %) Migration 8 15 (9.036 %) Unix 9 14 (8.434 %) Oracle Reports 9 14 (8.434 %) Clustering 10 13 (7.831 %) Oracle 10g 11 12 (7.229 %) Banking 12 10 (6.024 %) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence

12 10 (6.024 %) Apache 12 10 (6.024 %) .NET 13 9 (5.422 %) VB 13 9 (5.422 %) ETL 14 8 (4.819 %) Microsoft 14 8 (4.819 %) JavaScript 14 8 (4.819 %) Crystal Reports 14 8 (4.819 %) WebServices 14 8 (4.819 %) XML 14 8 (4.819 %) CRM 15 7 (4.217 %) PVCS 15 7 (4.217 %) TestDirector 15 7 (4.217 %) SQL Server 2000 15 7 (4.217 %) Cramer 15 7 (4.217 %) Telecoms

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, 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 10 (6.024 %) .NET 2 8 (4.819 %) WebServices 2 8 (4.819 %) XML 3 1 (0.602 %) ASP 3 1 (0.602 %) JSP	Application Platforms 1 10 (6.024 %) Apache 2 6 (3.614 %) Content Management Server 2 6 (3.614 %) CMS 3 3 (1.807 %) SharePoint 4 1 (0.602 %) SAS 4 1 (0.602 %) Oracle 9iAS 4 1 (0.602 %) Tomcat 4 1 (0.602 %) Oracle Application Server 4 1 (0.602 %) Oracle 10gAS 4 1 (0.602 %) Office Communications Server
Applications 1 5 (3.012 %) MS Excel 1 5 (3.012 %) MS PowerPoint 2 3 (1.807 %) MS Office 3 2 (1.205 %) MS Visio 4 1 (0.602 %) MS Project	Business Applications 1 6 (3.614 %) Oracle Financials 2 3 (1.807 %) Oracle Applications 3 2 (1.205 %) MAXIMO 3 2 (1.205 %) Siebel Analytics 4 1 (0.602 %) Oracle CRM
Communications & Networking 1 3 (1.807 %) Internet 1 3 (1.807 %) Extranet 2 1 (0.602 %) WAN	Database & Business Intelligence 1 166 (100.00 %) BusinessObjects 2 52 (31.33 %) Datawarehouse 3 47 (28.31 %) BusinessObjects XI 4 27 (16.27 %) SQL Server 5 14 (8.434 %) Oracle Reports 6 13 (7.831 %) Oracle 10g 7 10 (6.024 %) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 8 9 (5.422 %) ETL 9 8 (4.819 %) Crystal Reports 10 7 (4.217 %) SQL Server 2000 11 6 (3.614 %) Oracle 8/8i 12 5 (3.012 %) SQL Server 2005 13 4 (2.410 %) Oracle BI EE 13 4 (2.410 %) BODI 14 3 (1.807 %) DataStage 14 3 (1.807 %) SQL Server 7 15 2 (1.205 %) Oracle Discoverer 15 2 (1.205 %) Oracle 9i 15 2 (1.205 %) MS Access 15 2 (1.205 %) DTS
Development Applications 1 7 (4.217 %) TestDirector 1 7 (4.217 %) PVCS 2 4 (2.410 %) LoadRunner 3 3 (1.807 %) ERwin 4 2 (1.205 %) Oracle APEX 5 1 (0.602 %) Oracle Forms	General 1 47 (28.31 %) Finance 2 12 (7.229 %) Banking 3 7 (4.217 %) Telecoms 4 5 (3.012 %) Financial Institution 4 5 (3.012 %) Government 4 5 (3.012 %) Retail 5 4 (2.410 %) Retail Banking 6 3 (1.807 %) Local Government 7 2 (1.205 %) Health 8 1 (0.602 %) Pensions 8 1 (0.602 %) Billing
Job Titles 1 59 (35.54 %) Developer 2 42 (25.30 %) Analyst 3 39 (23.49 %) Business Developer 3 39 (23.49 %) Business Objects Developer 4 16 (9.639 %) Consultant 5 15 (9.036 %) Business Analyst 6 11 (6.627 %) DBA 6 11 (6.627 %) Business Consultant 6 11 (6.627 %) Oracle DBA 6 11 (6.627 %) MI Analyst 7 9 (5.422 %) Business Objects Consultant 8 8 (4.819 %) Business Objects Analyst 8 8 (4.819 %) Support Analyst 9 7 (4.217 %) Applications Support 9 7 (4.217 %) Webmaster 10 6 (3.614 %) Software Developer 10 6 (3.614 %) Provisioning Engineer 10 6 (3.614 %) Report Developer 11 5 (3.012 %) Applications Support Analyst 11 5 (3.012 %) Performance Analyst	Miscellaneous 1 14 (8.434 %) Clustering 2 3 (1.807 %) Mainframe 3 2 (1.205 %) NHS 4 1 (0.602 %) Management Information System 4 1 (0.602 %) Replication 4 1 (0.602 %) Taxonomies 4 1 (0.602 %) Data Extraction 4 1 (0.602 %) Data Integration
Operating Systems 1 15 (9.036 %) Unix 2 4 (2.410 %) Windows 3 2 (1.205 %) Windows Server 2003 4 1 (0.602 %) Solaris 4 1 (0.602 %) Linux 4 1 (0.602 %) Windows NT	Processes & Methodologies 1 20 (12.05 %) Business Intelligence 1 20 (12.05 %) Migration 2 8 (4.819 %) CRM 3 6 (3.614 %) Network Planning 3 6 (3.614 %) User Acceptance Testing 4 5 (3.012 %) Business Analysis 4 5 (3.012 %) Data Modelling 5 4 (2.410 %) Test Scripting 5 4 (2.410 %) Dimensional Modelling 6 3 (1.807 %) Performance Testing 6 3 (1.807 %) Test Management 6 3 (1.807 %) Data Analysis 6 3 (1.807 %) Data Management 7 2 (1.205 %) Risk Management 7 2 (1.205 %) E-business 7 2 (1.205 %) Load Balancing 8 1 (0.602 %) Project Planning 8 1 (0.602 %) Data Mapping 8 1 (0.602 %) Performance Management 8 1 (0.602 %) GAP Analysis
Programming Languages 1 29 (17.47 %) SQL 2 9 (5.422 %) VB 3 8 (4.819 %) JavaScript 4 4 (2.410 %) PL/SQL 5 1 (0.602 %) Java 5 1 (0.602 %) VBA 5 1 (0.602 %) Shell Script	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (1.205 %) Basel II 2 1 (0.602 %) ISO27001 2 1 (0.602 %) ISO9001
System Software 1 6 (3.614 %) Oracle RAC 2 1 (0.602 %) Active Directory	Vendors 1 66 (39.76 %) Oracle 2 8 (4.819 %) Microsoft 3 7 (4.217 %) Cramer 4 6 (3.614 %) Mapinfo 5 4 (2.410 %) Informatica 6 3 (1.807 %) SAP 6 3 (1.807 %) Capita 7 2 (1.205 %) Northgate 7 2 (1.205 %) PeopleSoft 7 2 (1.205 %) Siebel 8 1 (0.602 %) Progress 8 1 (0.602 %) Cognos