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This section looks at the demand for Business Objects BusinessObjects (BO) 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 over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBusiness Objects BusinessObjects (BO)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank3262
Rank change on same period last yearUp+30
Matching contract IT job ads8470
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.112 %0.071 %
As % of the category below14.14 %8.083 %
Daily rates quoted2019
Average minimum daily rate£304£253
Average daily rate£331£264
% change on same period last year+25.02 %
Average maximum daily rate£357£276
UK excluding London average daily rate£371£352
% change on same period last year+5.16 %
Hourly rates quoted28
Average minimum hourly rate£22.50£33.63
Average hourly rate£24.25£34.81
% change on same period last year-30.34 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.00£36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.94£33.14
% change on same period last year-27.75 %
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads594866
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.792 %0.876 %
Daily rates quoted107171
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 quoted2730
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 UKBusinessObjects
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
Demand Trend

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

Scotland BusinessObjects Demand Trend

BusinessObjects
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland BusinessObjects Daily Rate Trend

BusinessObjects
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing BusinessObjects across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Scotland BusinessObjects Daily Rate Histogram

BusinessObjects
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland BusinessObjects Hourly Rate Trend

BusinessObjects
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing BusinessObjects across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Scotland BusinessObjects Hourly Rate Histogram

BusinessObjects
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BusinessObjects 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.

LocationRank 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
GlasgowUp+1932£370+55.43 %
EdinburghUp+1023£259-7.65 %
RenfrewshireNew entry-7£364-
West LothianNew entry-3--
HighlandsNew entry-2--
South LanarkshireNew entry-1--
BusinessObjects UKBusinessObjects
UK

BusinessObjects
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1157 (100.00 %)Business Objects
273 (46.50 %)Oracle
351 (32.48 %)Datawarehouse
450 (31.85 %)Finance
542 (26.75 %)BusinessObjects XI
633 (21.02 %)SQL
723 (14.65 %)SQL Server
820 (12.74 %)Migration
917 (10.83 %)Banking
1016 (10.19 %)Clustering
1016 (10.19 %)Oracle Reports
1016 (10.19 %)Business Intelligence
1115 (9.554 %)Oracle 10g
1212 (7.643 %)UNIX
1311 (7.006 %)User Acceptance Testing
1410 (6.369 %)Crystal Reports
1410 (6.369 %).NET
159 (5.732 %)PVCS
159 (5.732 %)VB
159 (5.732 %)Apache
168 (5.096 %)Oracle Financials
168 (5.096 %)CRM
168 (5.096 %)JavaScript
168 (5.096 %)WebServices
168 (5.096 %)XML
168 (5.096 %)Microsoft
168 (5.096 %)ETL
168 (5.096 %)Telecoms
168 (5.096 %)Cramer
177 (4.459 %)Network Planning

BusinessObjects
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing BusinessObjects 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
110 (6.369 %).NET
28 (5.096 %)WebServices
28 (5.096 %)XML
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
19 (5.732 %)Apache
26 (3.822 %)Content Management Server
26 (3.822 %)CMS
33 (1.911 %)SharePoint
41 (0.637 %)SAS
41 (0.637 %)Oracle 9iAS
41 (0.637 %)Oracle Application Server
41 (0.637 %)Oracle 10gAS
41 (0.637 %)Office Communications Server
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (3.185 %)MS PowerPoint
24 (2.548 %)MS Excel
33 (1.911 %)MS Office
41 (0.637 %)MS Project
41 (0.637 %)MS Visio
41 (0.637 %)Spreadsheet
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
18 (5.096 %)Oracle Financials
23 (1.911 %)Oracle Applications
32 (1.274 %)MAXIMO
41 (0.637 %)Siebel Analytics
41 (0.637 %)Oracle CRM
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (1.911 %)Internet
13 (1.911 %)Extranet
21 (0.637 %)WAN
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
151 (32.48 %)Datawarehouse
242 (26.75 %)BusinessObjects XI
323 (14.65 %)SQL Server
416 (10.19 %)Oracle Reports
515 (9.554 %)Oracle 10g
610 (6.369 %)Crystal Reports
78 (5.096 %)ETL
86 (3.822 %)SQL Server 2000
86 (3.822 %)Oracle 8/8i
95 (3.185 %)BODI
104 (2.548 %)SQL Server 2005
104 (2.548 %)BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
113 (1.911 %)Oracle BI EE
113 (1.911 %)DataStage
113 (1.911 %)SQL Server 7
122 (1.274 %)Oracle Discoverer
122 (1.274 %)Oracle 9i
122 (1.274 %)MS Access
122 (1.274 %)DTS
131 (0.637 %)RDBMS
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
19 (5.732 %)PVCS
27 (4.459 %)TestDirector
34 (2.548 %)LoadRunner
42 (1.274 %)Oracle APEX
51 (0.637 %)ERwin
51 (0.637 %)Oracle Forms
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
150 (31.85 %)Finance
217 (10.83 %)Banking
38 (5.096 %)Telecoms
45 (3.185 %)Government
45 (3.185 %)Retail
54 (2.548 %)Retail Banking
63 (1.911 %)Local Government
63 (1.911 %)Financial Institution
72 (1.274 %)Health
72 (1.274 %)General Ledger
81 (0.637 %)Pensions
81 (0.637 %)Billing
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
149 (31.21 %)Developer
247 (29.94 %)Analyst
327 (17.20 %)Business Developer
327 (17.20 %)Business Objects Developer
414 (8.917 %)Business Analyst
513 (8.280 %)Consultant
513 (8.280 %)DBA
513 (8.280 %)Oracle DBA
611 (7.006 %)MI Analyst
78 (5.096 %)Business Consultant
78 (5.096 %)Support Analyst
87 (4.459 %)Applications Support
87 (4.459 %)Webmaster
87 (4.459 %)Provisioning Engineer
96 (3.822 %)Business Objects Consultant
96 (3.822 %)Business Objects Analyst
96 (3.822 %)Software Developer
96 (3.822 %)Test Analyst
105 (3.185 %)Tester
105 (3.185 %)Applications Support Analyst
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
116 (10.19 %)Clustering
25 (3.185 %)Mainframe
32 (1.274 %)NHS
41 (0.637 %)Management Information System
41 (0.637 %)Replication
41 (0.637 %)Taxonomies
41 (0.637 %)Data Extraction
41 (0.637 %)Data Integration
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
112 (7.643 %)UNIX
24 (2.548 %)Windows
32 (1.274 %)Windows Server 2003
41 (0.637 %)Solaris
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
120 (12.74 %)Migration
216 (10.19 %)Business Intelligence
311 (7.006 %)User Acceptance Testing
48 (5.096 %)CRM
57 (4.459 %)Network Planning
66 (3.822 %)Test Scripting
75 (3.185 %)Business Analysis
75 (3.185 %)Risk Management
84 (2.548 %)Dimensional Modelling
93 (1.911 %)Test Management
93 (1.911 %)Data Modelling
102 (1.274 %)Data Analysis
102 (1.274 %)Load Balancing
111 (0.637 %)Project Planning
111 (0.637 %)Performance Management
111 (0.637 %)Performance Testing
111 (0.637 %)Data Mapping
111 (0.637 %)Information Security
111 (0.637 %)Data Management
111 (0.637 %)ITIL
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
133 (21.02 %)SQL
29 (5.732 %)VB
38 (5.096 %)JavaScript
44 (2.548 %)PL/SQL
51 (0.637 %)VBA
51 (0.637 %)Shell Script
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (3.185 %)Basel II
21 (0.637 %)ISO27001
21 (0.637 %)ISO9001
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
16 (3.822 %)Oracle RAC
21 (0.637 %)Active Directory
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1157 (100.00 %)Business Objects
273 (46.50 %)Oracle
38 (5.096 %)Microsoft
38 (5.096 %)Cramer
47 (4.459 %)Mapinfo
54 (2.548 %)Northgate
63 (1.911 %)Capita
63 (1.911 %)Informatica
63 (1.911 %)SAP
72 (1.274 %)IBM
72 (1.274 %)PeopleSoft
72 (1.274 %)Ascential
81 (0.637 %)Cognos
81 (0.637 %)Siebel
81 (0.637 %)Progress
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