The first table below looks at the demand for BusinessObjects skills in IT contracts advertised for the South Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited BusinessObjects over the 3 months to 21 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 Wales 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP BusinessObjects
Rank 24 42 46
Rank change year-on-year
+18 +4
Contract jobs citing BusinessObjects 11 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 3.385% 0.506% 0.250%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 16.92% 2.667% 1.053%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 2 0
Average daily rate £400 £338 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.51% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £416 £438
% change year-on-year
+2.10% -4.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £16.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+28.12% -20.00%
All Database & Business Intelligence
South Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
65 75 95
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 20.00% 18.99% 23.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 40 45
Average daily rate £338 £350 £328
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.57% +6.87%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £313 £275 £310
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £425 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £333 £335
% change year-on-year
-2.25% -0.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 8
Average hourly rate £14.12 £26.50 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-46.70% -37.64%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £26.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+3.77% -18.46%
BusinessObjects
Wales

BusinessObjects
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales 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 Wales region.

South Wales BusinessObjects Daily Rate Trend

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 Wales region.

South Wales 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 Wales region over the 3 months to 21 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
Cardiff +15 10 £400 +23.07%
BusinessObjects
Wales

BusinessObjects
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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 22 (100.00%) Business Objects
1 22 (100.00%) SAP
2 21 (95.45%) SAP BW
3 18 (81.82%) Business Intelligence
4 15 (68.18%) SAP Data Services
5 12 (54.55%) Finance
6 10 (45.45%) Data Modelling
6 10 (45.45%) ABAP
7 8 (36.36%) Data Extraction
8 7 (31.82%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
8 7 (31.82%) Xcelsius
9 6 (27.27%) BusinessObjects XI
10 5 (22.73%) Data Analysis
11 4 (18.18%) Data Management
11 4 (18.18%) Agile Software Development
12 1 (4.545%) COBOL
12 1 (4.545%) Migration
12 1 (4.545%) SQL Server
12 1 (4.545%) MS Office
12 1 (4.545%) ETL
12 1 (4.545%) MS Excel
12 1 (4.545%) ERP
12 1 (4.545%) Welsh Language
12 1 (4.545%) SAP ERP
12 1 (4.545%) DWR
12 1 (4.545%) Billing
12 1 (4.545%) Data Migration
12 1 (4.545%) Data Cleansing
12 1 (4.545%) Data Mapping
12 1 (4.545%) SQL Server 2008

BusinessObjects
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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 1 (4.545%) DWR
Applications
1 1 (4.545%) MS Office
1 1 (4.545%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (4.545%) SAP ERP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (95.45%) SAP BW
2 15 (68.18%) SAP Data Services
3 7 (31.82%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
3 7 (31.82%) Xcelsius
4 6 (27.27%) BusinessObjects XI
5 1 (4.545%) SQL Server
5 1 (4.545%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 12 (54.55%) Finance
2 1 (4.545%) Welsh Language
2 1 (4.545%) Billing
Job Titles
1 17 (77.27%) Developer
2 12 (54.55%) SAP Developer
2 12 (54.55%) SAP BW Developer
3 5 (22.73%) Analyst
4 4 (18.18%) Consultant
5 3 (13.64%) SAP BW Consultant
5 3 (13.64%) SAP Consultant
5 3 (13.64%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 2 (9.091%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 2 (9.091%) Business Developer
6 2 (9.091%) Business Analyst
7 1 (4.545%) Report Analyst
7 1 (4.545%) Analyst Developer
7 1 (4.545%) Business Consultant
7 1 (4.545%) Business Objects Consultant
7 1 (4.545%) ETL Developer
7 1 (4.545%) Business Objects Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 8 (36.36%) Data Extraction
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (81.82%) Business Intelligence
2 10 (45.45%) Data Modelling
3 5 (22.73%) Data Analysis
4 4 (18.18%) Data Management
4 4 (18.18%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (4.545%) Migration
5 1 (4.545%) ETL
5 1 (4.545%) ERP
5 1 (4.545%) Data Migration
5 1 (4.545%) Data Cleansing
5 1 (4.545%) Data Mapping
Programming Languages
1 10 (45.45%) ABAP
2 1 (4.545%) COBOL
Vendors
1 22 (100.00%) Business Objects
1 22 (100.00%) SAP