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 South East 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 South East 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 119 108 117
Rank change year-on-year
-11 +9
Contract jobs citing Business Objects 108 149 144
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 1.386% 1.469% 1.388%
As % of the Vendors category 2.742% 2.984% 2.840%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 62 69
Average daily rate £348 £345 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.72% -13.75%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £201 £275 £245
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £510
UK excluding London average daily rate £359 £340 £375
% change year-on-year
+5.51% -9.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 7 12
Average hourly rate £17.75 £21.00 £13.54
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-15.47% +55.09%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.85 £17.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £48.15 £33.45 £39.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £18.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year
+13.88% -20.00%
All Vendors
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
3939 4993 5071
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 50.54% 49.21% 48.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1932 2185 1996
Average daily rate £350 £360 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.77% +2.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £220 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 315 378 421
Average hourly rate £19.63 £17.50 £21.79
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.14% -19.68%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.44 £11.48 £11.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £45.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Business Objects
England

Business Objects
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East 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 South East region.

South East Business Objects Hourly Rate Trend

Business Objects
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Business Objects across the South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East Business Objects Hourly Rate Histogram

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 South East 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
Berkshire +5 24 £200 -42.85%
Buckinghamshire -22 20 £363 +15.07%
Surrey +15 16 £435 +10.82%
Middlesex +14 8 £338 -
Oxfordshire -4 8 £238 -44.11%
West Sussex +20 7 £425 +39.34%
Home Counties - 3 £875 -
Hampshire -18 2 - -
Sussex +4 1 £450 -10.00%
Kent -1 1 - -
East Sussex - 1 - -
Thames Valley - 1 - -
Business Objects
England

Business Objects
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

1 104 (49.29%) SQL
2 61 (28.91%) BusinessObjects
3 58 (27.49%) Business Intelligence
3 58 (27.49%) SAP
4 50 (23.70%) SQL Server
5 40 (18.96%) Oracle
5 40 (18.96%) ETL
5 40 (18.96%) Telecoms
6 38 (18.01%) Data Warehouse
7 35 (16.59%) Microsoft
8 33 (15.64%) MS Excel
9 30 (14.22%) Finance
10 28 (13.27%) MS Office
11 24 (11.37%) Migration
12 23 (10.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 21 (9.953%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 21 (9.953%) BusinessObjects XI
14 20 (9.479%) Project Management
15 19 (9.005%) SAP BW
15 19 (9.005%) MS Visio
16 18 (8.531%) UNIX
17 17 (8.057%) Crystal Reports
17 17 (8.057%) SQL Server Analysis Services
18 16 (7.583%) SAP Data Services
19 15 (7.109%) ITIL
20 14 (6.635%) Stakeholder Management
20 14 (6.635%) .NET
20 14 (6.635%) SharePoint
21 12 (5.687%) NetWeaver
21 12 (5.687%) Cognos

Business Objects
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 14 (6.635%) .NET
2 8 (3.791%) SAP Basis
3 7 (3.318%) CSS
4 6 (2.844%) jQuery
5 5 (2.370%) HTML
6 4 (1.896%) SAP XI
6 4 (1.896%) Web Dynpro
6 4 (1.896%) ASP.NET
6 4 (1.896%) Web Services
6 4 (1.896%) XML
7 3 (1.422%) WSDL
7 3 (1.422%) SOAP
7 3 (1.422%) Ajax
7 3 (1.422%) JSON
7 3 (1.422%) BPEL4WS
7 3 (1.422%) SAP PI
8 2 (0.948%) SAP Smart Forms
8 2 (0.948%) BAPI
8 2 (0.948%) Middleware
9 1 (0.474%) EDI
Application Platforms
1 14 (6.635%) SharePoint
2 12 (5.687%) NetWeaver
3 10 (4.739%) SAS
4 6 (2.844%) MS Project Server
5 4 (1.896%) SharePoint 2010
5 4 (1.896%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (0.948%) LiveCycle
7 1 (0.474%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.474%) ESB
7 1 (0.474%) Moodle
Applications
1 33 (15.64%) MS Excel
2 28 (13.27%) MS Office
3 19 (9.005%) MS Visio
4 10 (4.739%) MS PowerPoint
5 6 (2.844%) MS Project
6 2 (0.948%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.474%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 4 (1.896%) Oracle EBS R12
2 3 (1.422%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 3 (1.422%) SAP PSCD
2 3 (1.422%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.948%) SAP ERP
3 2 (0.948%) SAP BPC
3 2 (0.948%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.474%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.474%) SAP FI-CA
4 1 (0.474%) SAP IS-U
Communications & Networking
1 11 (5.213%) LTE
2 9 (4.265%) 3G
3 7 (3.318%) Internet
3 7 (3.318%) Radio Access Network
4 6 (2.844%) 2G
4 6 (2.844%) IPv4
4 6 (2.844%) ATM
5 4 (1.896%) DMZ
5 4 (1.896%) Broadband
6 3 (1.422%) 4G
7 2 (0.948%) Intranet
7 2 (0.948%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.948%) ADSL
8 1 (0.474%) LDAP
8 1 (0.474%) Symposium
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (28.91%) BusinessObjects
2 50 (23.70%) SQL Server
3 38 (18.01%) Data Warehouse
4 23 (10.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 21 (9.953%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 21 (9.953%) BusinessObjects XI
6 19 (9.005%) SAP BW
7 17 (8.057%) Crystal Reports
7 17 (8.057%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 16 (7.583%) SAP Data Services
9 12 (5.687%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
10 11 (5.213%) MS Access
11 9 (4.265%) SAP BI
11 9 (4.265%) PostgreSQL
12 6 (2.844%) SQL Server 2008
12 6 (2.844%) BODI
13 5 (2.370%) DTS
13 5 (2.370%) Oracle Reports
13 5 (2.370%) QlikView
14 4 (1.896%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (2.844%) QuickTest Pro
2 1 (0.474%) ERwin
2 1 (0.474%) NWDI
General
1 40 (18.96%) Telecoms
2 30 (14.22%) Finance
3 4 (1.896%) Legal
4 3 (1.422%) Local Government
4 3 (1.422%) Automotive
5 2 (0.948%) Manufacturing
5 2 (0.948%) Billing
5 2 (0.948%) Marketing
6 1 (0.474%) General Ledger
6 1 (0.474%) Banking
6 1 (0.474%) Retail
6 1 (0.474%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 61 (28.91%) Developer
2 59 (27.96%) Analyst
3 21 (9.953%) Consultant
4 15 (7.109%) SAP Consultant
5 14 (6.635%) Business Objects Developer
5 14 (6.635%) Business Developer
6 12 (5.687%) Architect
7 11 (5.213%) Report Analyst
7 11 (5.213%) Report Developer
8 10 (4.739%) Data Analyst
9 9 (4.265%) Project Manager
10 8 (3.791%) MI Analyst
10 8 (3.791%) Programmer
11 7 (3.318%) Systems Analyst
11 7 (3.318%) Analyst Programmer
11 7 (3.318%) Business Analyst
11 7 (3.318%) Systems Architect
11 7 (3.318%) SQL Developer
12 6 (2.844%) SAP Support
12 6 (2.844%) PowerHouse Analyst Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (1.896%) Data Extraction
1 4 (1.896%) Open Source
1 4 (1.896%) Management Information System
2 3 (1.422%) PMI
2 3 (1.422%) Web 2.0
2 3 (1.422%) Smart Meter
3 2 (0.948%) SaaS
3 2 (0.948%) Replication
4 1 (0.474%) NHS
4 1 (0.474%) VLE
4 1 (0.474%) FMCG
4 1 (0.474%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (0.474%) SWIFT
Operating Systems
1 18 (8.531%) UNIX
2 12 (5.687%) Windows
3 9 (4.265%) Linux
4 4 (1.896%) Solaris
5 3 (1.422%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (27.49%) Business Intelligence
2 40 (18.96%) ETL
3 24 (11.37%) Migration
4 20 (9.479%) Project Management
5 15 (7.109%) ITIL
6 14 (6.635%) Stakeholder Management
7 11 (5.213%) Data Migration
7 11 (5.213%) Workflow
7 11 (5.213%) Data Analysis
8 10 (4.739%) CRM
9 9 (4.265%) Data Modelling
9 9 (4.265%) Service Delivery
9 9 (4.265%) Data Architecture
9 9 (4.265%) Continuous Improvement
10 8 (3.791%) Fault Management
10 8 (3.791%) Data Management
10 8 (3.791%) Service Management
11 7 (3.318%) PRINCE2
12 6 (2.844%) SOA
13 5 (2.370%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 104 (49.29%) SQL
2 12 (5.687%) T-SQL
3 11 (5.213%) Java
4 10 (4.739%) JavaScript
4 10 (4.739%) VB
5 9 (4.265%) ABAP
6 8 (3.791%) VBA
6 8 (3.791%) C
7 7 (3.318%) C#
7 7 (3.318%) Perl
7 7 (3.318%) PL/SQL
8 6 (2.844%) PowerHouse
9 3 (1.422%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.474%) Python
10 1 (0.474%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 8 (3.791%) Degree
2 3 (1.422%) ISEB
2 3 (1.422%) SAP Certification
2 3 (1.422%) PMI Certification
2 3 (1.422%) ISEB Practitioner
3 2 (0.948%) ISTQB
3 2 (0.948%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (0.474%) CIPD
4 1 (0.474%) APMP
4 1 (0.474%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.265%) SLA
2 4 (1.896%) Data Quality
2 4 (1.896%) QA
3 2 (0.948%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (0.474%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (1.896%) NetBackup
2 3 (1.422%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 58 (27.49%) SAP
2 40 (18.96%) Oracle
3 35 (16.59%) Microsoft
4 12 (5.687%) Cognos
5 9 (4.265%) Greenplum
6 7 (3.318%) Nokia Siemens Networks
7 6 (2.844%) Teradata
7 6 (2.844%) Citrix
7 6 (2.844%) Siebel
8 5 (2.370%) Adobe
8 5 (2.370%) Sybase
8 5 (2.370%) Lagan
9 4 (1.896%) F5
9 4 (1.896%) NEC
9 4 (1.896%) Huawei
9 4 (1.896%) Niku
9 4 (1.896%) Ericsson
10 3 (1.422%) Hyperion
10 3 (1.422%) Remedy
10 3 (1.422%) HP
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