Scotland BusinessObjects XI Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Business Objects BusinessObjects XI (BO XI) skills within the Scotland 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Business Objects BusinessObjects XI (BO XI)
Location Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheshire Chester City of London Dorset East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Glasgow Guildford Hampshire Johnstone Kent Leeds Leicester Leicestershire London M4 Corridor Middlesex Midlands Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Norfolk North East North West Norwich Poole Reading Renfrewshire Scotland Slough South East South Wales South West Surrey Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warrington West Midlands West Yorkshire Winchester Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	85	125
Rank change on same period last year	+40
Matching contract IT job ads	15	3
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.020 %	0.003 %
As % of the category below	2.525 %	0.346 %
Daily rates quoted	5	2
Average minimum daily rate	£336	£300
Average daily rate	£357	£325
% change on same period last year	+9.84 %
Average maximum daily rate	£378	£350
UK excluding London average daily rate	£363	£351
% change on same period last year	+3.29 %
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	£30.88	£43.50
% change on same period last year	-29.02 %
Database & Business Intelligence Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads	594	866
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.792 %	0.876 %
Daily rates quoted	107	171
Average minimum daily rate	£303	£305
Average daily rate	£323	£320
% change on same period last year	+0.86 %
Average maximum daily rate	£343	£335
UK excluding London average daily rate	£348	£355
% change on same period last year	-1.92 %
Hourly rates quoted	27	30
Average minimum hourly rate	£27.27	£33.23
Average hourly rate	£29.78	£34.89
% change on same period last year	-14.63 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£32.30	£36.55
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.85	£31.30
% change on same period last year	+4.96 %
BusinessObjects XI UK

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 Scotland 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 Scotland region.

BusinessObjects XI
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing BusinessObjects XI across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 25 July 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 Scotland region.

BusinessObjects XI
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BusinessObjects XI within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 25 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
Renfrewshire	-	6	£364	-
Edinburgh	-	4	-	-
Glasgow	+12	4	-	-

BusinessObjects XI UK

BusinessObjects XI
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 42 (100.00 %) Business Objects 1 42 (100.00 %) BusinessObjects 2 19 (45.24 %) Datawarehouse 3 15 (35.71 %) Migration 4 13 (30.95 %) Oracle 5 8 (19.05 %) SQL Server 6 6 (14.29 %) Oracle 10g 6 6 (14.29 %) Finance 7 5 (11.90 %) Clustering 7 5 (11.90 %) SQL Server 2000 8 4 (9.524 %) SQL Server 2005 8 4 (9.524 %) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 9 3 (7.143 %) Business Intelligence 9 3 (7.143 %) Oracle 8/8i 10 2 (4.762 %) Windows

10 2 (4.762 %) DTS 10 2 (4.762 %) Microsoft 11 1 (2.381 %) Data Integration 11 1 (2.381 %) Oracle RAC 11 1 (2.381 %) Banking 11 1 (2.381 %) Data Management 11 1 (2.381 %) Business Analysis 11 1 (2.381 %) BODI 11 1 (2.381 %) GIS 11 1 (2.381 %) Windows Server 2003 11 1 (2.381 %) SQL Server 7 11 1 (2.381 %) Project Management 11 1 (2.381 %) SQL 11 1 (2.381 %) Active Directory 11 1 (2.381 %) ROLAP

BusinessObjects XI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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.

Application Platforms 1 1 (2.381 %) Apache 1 1 (2.381 %) SharePoint	Database & Business Intelligence 1 42 (100.00 %) BusinessObjects 2 19 (45.24 %) Datawarehouse 3 8 (19.05 %) SQL Server 4 6 (14.29 %) Oracle 10g 5 5 (11.90 %) SQL Server 2000 6 4 (9.524 %) SQL Server 2005 6 4 (9.524 %) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 7 3 (7.143 %) Oracle 8/8i 8 2 (4.762 %) DTS 9 1 (2.381 %) ROLAP 9 1 (2.381 %) GIS 9 1 (2.381 %) BODI 9 1 (2.381 %) SQL Server 7
Development Applications 1 1 (2.381 %) Oracle Forms	General 1 6 (14.29 %) Finance 2 1 (2.381 %) Banking
Job Titles 1 20 (47.62 %) Developer 1 20 (47.62 %) Business Objects Developer 2 18 (42.86 %) Business Developer 3 6 (14.29 %) Consultant 3 6 (14.29 %) DBA 3 6 (14.29 %) Oracle DBA 4 4 (9.524 %) Business Consultant 4 4 (9.524 %) Business Objects Consultant 5 2 (4.762 %) Infrastructure Specialist 5 2 (4.762 %) Business Analyst 5 2 (4.762 %) Datawarehouse Consultant 5 2 (4.762 %) Business Objects Analyst 5 2 (4.762 %) Analyst 5 2 (4.762 %) Business Objects Specialist 6 1 (2.381 %) Senior Consultant 6 1 (2.381 %) Architect 6 1 (2.381 %) Project Manager 6 1 (2.381 %) Support Analyst 6 1 (2.381 %) Webmaster 6 1 (2.381 %) Senior Datawarehouse Consultant	Miscellaneous 1 5 (11.90 %) Clustering 2 1 (2.381 %) Data Integration
Operating Systems 1 2 (4.762 %) Windows 2 1 (2.381 %) Windows Server 2003	Processes & Methodologies 1 15 (35.71 %) Migration 2 3 (7.143 %) Business Intelligence 3 1 (2.381 %) Project Management 3 1 (2.381 %) Data Management 3 1 (2.381 %) Business Analysis
Programming Languages 1 1 (2.381 %) SQL	System Software 1 1 (2.381 %) Active Directory 1 1 (2.381 %) Oracle RAC
Vendors 1 42 (100.00 %) Business Objects 2 13 (30.95 %) Oracle 3 2 (4.762 %) Microsoft