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 Watford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Business Objects over the 3 months to 17 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 Watford 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Objects
Rank 10 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Business Objects 5 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Watford 7.463% - -
As % of the Vendors category 20.83% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
Average daily rate £369 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £359 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
+2.50% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.89 £18.25 £21.75
% change year-on-year
+69.26% -16.09%
All Vendors
Watford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
24 54 46
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Watford 35.82% 49.54% 60.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 12 20
Average daily rate £414 £378 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.60% +7.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £245 £279
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £450 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 2
Average hourly rate - £12.50 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -26.47%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Business Objects
Hertfordshire

Business Objects
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Watford 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 Watford region.

Watford Business Objects Daily Rate Trend

Business Objects
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Business Objects across the Watford region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Watford Business Objects Daily Rate Histogram

Business Objects
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Watford 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 5 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (80.00%) ETL
2 4 (80.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 4 (80.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 3 (60.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (60.00%) SQL
3 3 (60.00%) T-SQL
3 3 (60.00%) .NET
4 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
4 1 (20.00%) MSI
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement

Business Objects
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Watford 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 3 (60.00%) .NET
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (80.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 4 (80.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 3 (60.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MSI
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Developer
1 3 (60.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence Specialist
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (80.00%) ETL
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) SQL
1 3 (60.00%) T-SQL