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 Warrington region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Business Objects 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 Vendors for the Warrington 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Objects
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Business Objects 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warrington - - -
As % of the Vendors category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £360 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
+2.85% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.89 £17.50 £21.75
% change year-on-year
+76.51% -19.54%
All Vendors
Warrington
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
74 54 51
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warrington 57.81% 56.25% 60.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 24 19
Average daily rate £438 £355 £346
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+23.23% +2.52%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £313 £229 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £443 £401
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 2
Average hourly rate £13.75 £21.25 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-35.29% +11.84%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
- -7.31%
Business Objects
Cheshire

Business Objects
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Warrington 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 Warrington region.

Warrington Business Objects Daily Rate Trend

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 Warrington region.

Warrington Business Objects Hourly Rate Trend

Business Objects
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warrington 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 6 (85.71%) SAP
1 6 (85.71%) Business Intelligence
1 6 (85.71%) BusinessObjects
1 6 (85.71%) SAP BW
1 6 (85.71%) SAP BI
2 5 (71.43%) Primavera
3 2 (28.57%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (14.29%) Unit Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Data Validation
4 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
4 1 (14.29%) BC Cleared
4 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
4 1 (14.29%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (14.29%) SAP Data Services
4 1 (14.29%) Document Management
4 1 (14.29%) Freedom of Information
4 1 (14.29%) Statistical Analysis
4 1 (14.29%) Freedom of Information Act
4 1 (14.29%) Project Management
4 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
4 1 (14.29%) Validation
4 1 (14.29%) Migration
4 1 (14.29%) SAP PS
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
4 1 (14.29%) ODBC
4 1 (14.29%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (14.29%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
4 1 (14.29%) SQL
4 1 (14.29%) T-SQL

Business Objects
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warrington 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 1 (14.29%) ODBC
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) SAP PS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (85.71%) BusinessObjects
1 6 (85.71%) SAP BW
1 6 (85.71%) SAP BI
2 2 (28.57%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (14.29%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (14.29%) SAP Data Services
3 1 (14.29%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (14.29%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Consultant
1 4 (57.14%) Business Intelligence Consultant
2 3 (42.86%) SAP Business Consultant
2 3 (42.86%) SAP Consultant
2 3 (42.86%) Business Consultant
2 3 (42.86%) SAP BI Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) SAP BW Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Freedom of Information
1 1 (14.29%) Freedom of Information Act
1 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (14.29%) Unit Testing
2 1 (14.29%) Data Validation
2 1 (14.29%) Document Management
2 1 (14.29%) Statistical Analysis
2 1 (14.29%) Project Management
2 1 (14.29%) Validation
2 1 (14.29%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
1 1 (14.29%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) BC Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) SAP
2 5 (71.43%) Primavera
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 1 (14.29%) Oracle