The first part of the table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Business Objects products and/or services in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Business Objects over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Vendors currently tracked.
 Business Objects |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 90 | 74 | 97 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -16 |  +23 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 851 | 736 | 1343 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 1.762 % | 1.866 % | 1.634 % |
| As % of the Vendors category | 4.016 % | 4.227 % | 3.769 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 378 | 238 | 429 |
| Average daily rate | £388 | £388 | £400 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £250 | £215 | £250 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £500 | £525 | £501 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £348 | £375 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 33 | 42 | 62 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.00 | £22.50 | £22.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £14.20 | £14.00 | £8.20 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £46.60 | £30.40 | £44.44 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £20.00 | £21.75 | £29.75 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category | 21192 | 17410 | 35634 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 43.87 % | 44.13 % | 43.35 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 9143 | 5083 | 10163 |
| Average daily rate | £400 | £375 | £400 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £230 | £220 | £250 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £575 | £525 | £600 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £330 | £350 | £360 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1216 | 1366 | 3140 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.00 | £21.50 | £21.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £10.46 | £11.50 | £12.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £36.46 | £40.00 | £40.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £19.00 | £21.00 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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.
These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within Business Objects SA.
The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Business Objects within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.
