The first table below looks at the demand for BusinessObjects skills 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 BusinessObjects 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 of the Database & Business Intelligence category 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.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP BusinessObjects
Rank 203 217 210
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -7
Contract jobs citing BusinessObjects 21 22 43
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.269% 0.217% 0.414%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.423% 1.263% 2.002%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 12 15
Average daily rate £438 £463 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.40% +34.05%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £396 £356 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £533 £500 £565
UK excluding London average daily rate £403 £413 £431
% change year-on-year
-2.42% -4.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £20.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.75 £16.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year
+23.43% -30.43%
All Database & Business Intelligence
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
1476 1742 2148
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 18.94% 17.17% 20.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 779 879 1025
Average daily rate £360 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £263 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £480 £475 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £330 £335
% change year-on-year
- -1.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 53 116
Average hourly rate £27.50 £26.00 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.76% -30.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.00 £16.50 £18.65
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £46.25 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £29.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-5.17% -10.76%
BusinessObjects
England

BusinessObjects
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East BusinessObjects Jobs Demand Trend

BusinessObjects
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East BusinessObjects Daily Rate Trend

BusinessObjects
Daily Rate Histogram

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

South East BusinessObjects Daily Rate Histogram

BusinessObjects
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East BusinessObjects Hourly Rate Trend

BusinessObjects
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BusinessObjects 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
Surrey +16 5 £444 -1.38%
Buckinghamshire +10 5 £400 +131.88%
Middlesex +9 3 £450 -
West Sussex - 2 £425 -
Berkshire +11 1 - -
Sussex +4 1 £450 -10.00%
East Sussex - 1 - -
BusinessObjects
England

BusinessObjects
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 61 (100.00%) Business Objects
2 58 (95.08%) SAP
3 33 (54.10%) Business Intelligence
4 19 (31.15%) SAP BW
5 16 (26.23%) Migration
6 13 (21.31%) Finance
7 12 (19.67%) NetWeaver
7 12 (19.67%) Project Management
7 12 (19.67%) Data Warehouse
8 11 (18.03%) SQL
8 11 (18.03%) SAP Data Services
9 10 (16.39%) Data Migration
10 9 (14.75%) ABAP
10 9 (14.75%) CRM
10 9 (14.75%) SAP BI
11 8 (13.11%) SharePoint
11 8 (13.11%) ETL
11 8 (13.11%) Microsoft
11 8 (13.11%) SAP Basis
12 7 (11.48%) Workflow
12 7 (11.48%) Stakeholder Management
13 6 (9.836%) SOA
13 6 (9.836%) Cognos
13 6 (9.836%) Siebel
13 6 (9.836%) ITIL
13 6 (9.836%) Data Architecture
13 6 (9.836%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
14 5 (8.197%) MS Office
14 5 (8.197%) Oracle
14 5 (8.197%) SQL Server

BusinessObjects
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 8 (13.11%) SAP Basis
2 4 (6.557%) Web Dynpro
2 4 (6.557%) SAP XI
3 3 (4.918%) SAP PI
3 3 (4.918%) Web Services
4 2 (3.279%) SAP Smart Forms
4 2 (3.279%) BAPI
4 2 (3.279%) BPEL4WS
4 2 (3.279%) Middleware
4 2 (3.279%) WSDL
4 2 (3.279%) SOAP
5 1 (1.639%) SAP ALE
5 1 (1.639%) XML
5 1 (1.639%) ODBC
5 1 (1.639%) COM
5 1 (1.639%) .NET
5 1 (1.639%) HTML
5 1 (1.639%) EDI
Application Platforms
1 12 (19.67%) NetWeaver
2 8 (13.11%) SharePoint
3 2 (3.279%) Oracle Workflow
3 2 (3.279%) LiveCycle
3 2 (3.279%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (1.639%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (8.197%) MS Office
2 4 (6.557%) MS Visio
2 4 (6.557%) MS Excel
2 4 (6.557%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (1.639%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 3 (4.918%) SAP PSCD
1 3 (4.918%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 2 (3.279%) SAP ERP
2 2 (3.279%) SAP BPC
3 1 (1.639%) SAP FI-CA
3 1 (1.639%) SAP IS-U
3 1 (1.639%) SAP FI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.279%) Wi-Fi
1 2 (3.279%) ADSL
1 2 (3.279%) Broadband
2 1 (1.639%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (31.15%) SAP BW
2 12 (19.67%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (18.03%) SAP Data Services
4 9 (14.75%) SAP BI
5 6 (9.836%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
6 5 (8.197%) SQL Server
7 4 (6.557%) Crystal Reports
7 4 (6.557%) BODI
8 3 (4.918%) SAP HANA
8 3 (4.918%) BusinessObjects XI
9 2 (3.279%) OLAP
9 2 (3.279%) Oracle Reports
9 2 (3.279%) QlikView
10 1 (1.639%) Base SAS
10 1 (1.639%) SAS Enterprise Guide
10 1 (1.639%) MS Access
10 1 (1.639%) MySQL
10 1 (1.639%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (1.639%) Crystal Analysis
Development Applications
1 1 (1.639%) NWDI
General
1 13 (21.31%) Finance
2 5 (8.197%) Telecoms
3 3 (4.918%) Automotive
4 2 (3.279%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.639%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 15 (24.59%) SAP Consultant
1 15 (24.59%) Consultant
2 11 (18.03%) Architect
3 9 (14.75%) Analyst
4 6 (9.836%) Systems Architect
4 6 (9.836%) SAP Support
4 6 (9.836%) Developer
5 5 (8.197%) SAP BI Consultant
5 5 (8.197%) Project Manager
5 5 (8.197%) Business Manager
5 5 (8.197%) Business Intelligence Consultant
6 4 (6.557%) Solutions Architect
6 4 (6.557%) SAP Project Manager
6 4 (6.557%) Business Objects Consultant
6 4 (6.557%) Business Objects Analyst
6 4 (6.557%) SAP Manager
6 4 (6.557%) Business Intelligence Manager
6 4 (6.557%) Business Intelligence Project Manager
7 3 (4.918%) SAP BW Project Manager
7 3 (4.918%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.918%) Smart Meter
2 2 (3.279%) Replication
2 2 (3.279%) SaaS
3 1 (1.639%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.639%) Data Extraction
3 1 (1.639%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.557%) Windows
2 3 (4.918%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (1.639%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (54.10%) Business Intelligence
2 16 (26.23%) Migration
3 12 (19.67%) Project Management
4 10 (16.39%) Data Migration
5 9 (14.75%) CRM
6 8 (13.11%) ETL
7 7 (11.48%) Workflow
7 7 (11.48%) Stakeholder Management
8 6 (9.836%) SOA
8 6 (9.836%) ITIL
8 6 (9.836%) Data Architecture
9 5 (8.197%) Logistics
9 5 (8.197%) Data Management
10 4 (6.557%) Service Delivery
10 4 (6.557%) ERP
10 4 (6.557%) PRINCE2
10 4 (6.557%) OOP
10 4 (6.557%) OO
10 4 (6.557%) SAP Implementation
11 3 (4.918%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 11 (18.03%) SQL
2 9 (14.75%) ABAP
3 4 (6.557%) Java
4 3 (4.918%) JavaScript
4 3 (4.918%) VB
5 1 (1.639%) VB.NET
5 1 (1.639%) C#
Qualifications
1 4 (6.557%) Degree
2 3 (4.918%) SAP Certification
3 2 (3.279%) ISEB Practitioner
3 2 (3.279%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (3.279%) ISEB
3 2 (3.279%) ISTQB
4 1 (1.639%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.918%) Data Quality
1 3 (4.918%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (4.918%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 61 (100.00%) Business Objects
2 58 (95.08%) SAP
3 8 (13.11%) Microsoft
4 6 (9.836%) Cognos
4 6 (9.836%) Siebel
5 5 (8.197%) Oracle
5 5 (8.197%) Sybase
5 5 (8.197%) Adobe
6 2 (3.279%) BT
6 2 (3.279%) HP
7 1 (1.639%) CA