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The table below looks at the demand for Business Objects BusinessObjects (BO) skills within the Wales 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 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBusiness Objects BusinessObjects (BO)
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank6064
Rank change on same period last yearUp+4
Matching contract IT job ads72
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.009 %0.002 %
As % of the category below4.046 %1.389 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£360£347
% change on same period last year+3.96 %
Hourly rates quoted20
Average minimum hourly rate£37.50-
Average hourly rate£38.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£38.50-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.49£33.89
% change on same period last year-21.82 %
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
Wales
Matching contract IT job ads173144
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.234 %0.142 %
Daily rates quoted5426
Average minimum daily rate£317£413
Average daily rate£354£447
% change on same period last year-20.82 %
Average maximum daily rate£391£481
UK excluding London average daily rate£348£356
% change on same period last year-2.47 %
Hourly rates quoted113
Average minimum hourly rate£29.37£28.20
Average hourly rate£32.29£30.30
% change on same period last year+6.56 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.21£32.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.13£32.15
% change on same period last year-0.08 %
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 Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales BusinessObjects Daily Rate Trend

BusinessObjects
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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 Wales region over the 3 months to 5 September 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
South WalesDown-22--
North WalesNew entry-2--
BusinessObjects UKBusinessObjects
UK

BusinessObjects
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

129 (100.00 %)Business Objects
216 (55.17 %)Oracle
312 (41.38 %)Datawarehouse
411 (37.93 %)BusinessObjects XI
411 (37.93 %)SQL
510 (34.48 %)Oracle Reports
67 (24.14 %)Crystal Reports
67 (24.14 %)Migration
76 (20.69 %)BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
76 (20.69 %).NET
85 (17.24 %)VB
85 (17.24 %)UNIX
85 (17.24 %)Lotus Notes
85 (17.24 %)Lotus
85 (17.24 %)Finance
94 (13.79 %)Oracle Workflow
94 (13.79 %)Workflow
94 (13.79 %)Business Intelligence
94 (13.79 %)Oracle Discoverer
94 (13.79 %)ERP
94 (13.79 %)C
94 (13.79 %)PL/SQL
94 (13.79 %)QA
103 (10.34 %)ETL
103 (10.34 %)Microsoft
103 (10.34 %)Oracle 10g
103 (10.34 %)Informatica
103 (10.34 %)PowerCenter
103 (10.34 %)Business Analysis
103 (10.34 %)Oracle EBS

BusinessObjects
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (20.69 %).NET
21 (3.448 %)ASP
21 (3.448 %)XML
21 (3.448 %)ODBC
21 (3.448 %)HTML
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (17.24 %)Lotus Notes
24 (13.79 %)Oracle Workflow
31 (3.448 %)SAS
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (10.34 %)Oracle EBS
21 (3.448 %)Oracle Financials
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (3.448 %)Internet
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
112 (41.38 %)Datawarehouse
211 (37.93 %)BusinessObjects XI
310 (34.48 %)Oracle Reports
47 (24.14 %)Crystal Reports
56 (20.69 %)BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
64 (13.79 %)Oracle Discoverer
73 (10.34 %)ETL
73 (10.34 %)Oracle 10g
73 (10.34 %)PowerCenter
81 (3.448 %)SQL Server 7
81 (3.448 %)SQL Server 2000
81 (3.448 %)GIS
81 (3.448 %)Data Cleansing
81 (3.448 %)RDBMS
81 (3.448 %)SQL Server
81 (3.448 %)MS Access
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (17.24 %)Finance
21 (3.448 %)Government
21 (3.448 %)Banking
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
112 (41.38 %)Consultant
27 (24.14 %)Developer
27 (24.14 %)Analyst
27 (24.14 %)Business Consultant
36 (20.69 %)Business Objects Consultant
45 (17.24 %)Lotus Notes Consultant
53 (10.34 %)ETL Developer
62 (6.897 %)Business Developer
62 (6.897 %)Business Objects Developer
71 (3.448 %)Technical Analyst
71 (3.448 %)Systems Developer
71 (3.448 %)Senior Developer
71 (3.448 %)Programmer
71 (3.448 %)Support Analyst
71 (3.448 %)Applications Support
71 (3.448 %)3rd Line Support
71 (3.448 %)Applications Support Analyst
71 (3.448 %)Lotus Notes Support
71 (3.448 %)Oracle Analyst
71 (3.448 %)Oracle Support Analyst
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (17.24 %)UNIX
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (24.14 %)Migration
24 (13.79 %)ERP
24 (13.79 %)Business Intelligence
24 (13.79 %)Workflow
33 (10.34 %)Business Analysis
41 (3.448 %)Incident Management
41 (3.448 %)Web Development
41 (3.448 %)Data Migration
41 (3.448 %)ITIL
41 (3.448 %)PRINCE
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
111 (37.93 %)SQL
25 (17.24 %)VB
34 (13.79 %)C
34 (13.79 %)PL/SQL
41 (3.448 %)Java
41 (3.448 %)VB.NET
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (13.79 %)QA
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
129 (100.00 %)Business Objects
216 (55.17 %)Oracle
35 (17.24 %)Lotus
43 (10.34 %)Microsoft
43 (10.34 %)Informatica
52 (6.897 %)Teradata
61 (3.448 %)Hummingbird