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 Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Business Objects over the 3 months to 20 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 Yorkshire 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Objects
Rank 98 73 75
Rank change year-on-year
-25 +2
Contract jobs citing Business Objects 17 43 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.901% 1.871% 1.069%
As % of the Vendors category 1.961% 4.076% 2.654%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 29 6
Average daily rate £325 £318 £306
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.36% +3.67%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £241 £200 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £367 £426 £363
UK excluding London average daily rate £360 £345 £375
% change year-on-year
+4.34% -8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Average hourly rate £17.00 - £10.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.89 £17.88 £21.75
% change year-on-year
+72.81% -17.81%
All Vendors
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
867 1055 716
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 45.97% 45.91% 40.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 421 528 297
Average daily rate £325 £310 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.83% -4.61%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £185 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £474 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 69 72
Average hourly rate £13.71 £15.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-8.60% -25.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.48 £10.30 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.00 £35.00 £31.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Business Objects
England

Business Objects
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Yorkshire Business Objects Daily Rate Histogram

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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire Business Objects Hourly Rate Trend

Business Objects
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Objects within the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 20 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
West Yorkshire -15 16 £325 -7.14%
South Yorkshire -3 1 £375 -31.81%
Business Objects
England

Business Objects
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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 17 (45.95%) SQL
2 14 (37.84%) Business Intelligence
3 13 (35.14%) Finance
4 12 (32.43%) Oracle
5 11 (29.73%) Management Information System
6 10 (27.03%) VBA
6 10 (27.03%) Data Warehouse
6 10 (27.03%) ETL
7 8 (21.62%) Data Analysis
8 7 (18.92%) BusinessObjects
8 7 (18.92%) SAP
8 7 (18.92%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
9 6 (16.22%) Oracle Reports
9 6 (16.22%) MS Office
10 5 (13.51%) SQL Server
10 5 (13.51%) Data Modelling
10 5 (13.51%) SAP BW
10 5 (13.51%) Informatica
11 4 (10.81%) Degree
11 4 (10.81%) Oracle 11g
11 4 (10.81%) Telecoms
11 4 (10.81%) NHS
11 4 (10.81%) Microsoft
11 4 (10.81%) MS Excel
12 3 (8.108%) UNIX
12 3 (8.108%) ERP
12 3 (8.108%) Shell Script
12 3 (8.108%) Data Management
12 3 (8.108%) Stakeholder Management
12 3 (8.108%) User Acceptance Testing

Business Objects
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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 (2.703%) SAP XI
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.703%) SAS
1 1 (2.703%) CMS
Applications
1 6 (16.22%) MS Office
2 4 (10.81%) MS Excel
3 3 (8.108%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (5.405%) MS Visio
5 1 (2.703%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (2.703%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 3 (8.108%) SAP ERP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.703%) HTTP
1 1 (2.703%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (27.03%) Data Warehouse
2 7 (18.92%) BusinessObjects
2 7 (18.92%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
3 6 (16.22%) Oracle Reports
4 5 (13.51%) SQL Server
4 5 (13.51%) SAP BW
5 4 (10.81%) Oracle 11g
6 2 (5.405%) BusinessObjects XI
6 2 (5.405%) Crystal Reports
6 2 (5.405%) SQLPlus
6 2 (5.405%) Oracle BI EE
7 1 (2.703%) SQL Server 2008
7 1 (2.703%) Xcelsius
7 1 (2.703%) SAP Data Services
7 1 (2.703%) ProClarity
7 1 (2.703%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 1 (2.703%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (2.703%) Data Mart
7 1 (2.703%) BODI
7 1 (2.703%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (8.108%) Oracle APEX
2 2 (5.405%) ERwin
General
1 13 (35.14%) Finance
2 4 (10.81%) Telecoms
3 1 (2.703%) Law
3 1 (2.703%) Legal
3 1 (2.703%) Publishing
3 1 (2.703%) Banking
3 1 (2.703%) Investment Banking
3 1 (2.703%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 20 (54.05%) Analyst
2 7 (18.92%) Developer
3 5 (13.51%) Consultant
3 5 (13.51%) Business Intelligence Consultant
3 5 (13.51%) Report Analyst
3 5 (13.51%) Solutions Consultant
4 4 (10.81%) MI Analyst
4 4 (10.81%) Data Analyst
5 3 (8.108%) Database Developer
5 3 (8.108%) Information Analyst
6 2 (5.405%) Business Objects Developer
6 2 (5.405%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (5.405%) Test Analyst
6 2 (5.405%) Business Developer
6 2 (5.405%) Quality Analyst
6 2 (5.405%) Business Consultant
6 2 (5.405%) Senior Reporting Analyst
6 2 (5.405%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 2 (5.405%) Technical Leader
6 2 (5.405%) Data Quality Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 11 (29.73%) Management Information System
2 4 (10.81%) NHS
3 2 (5.405%) Reference Data
4 1 (2.703%) Data Integration
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.108%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (37.84%) Business Intelligence
2 10 (27.03%) ETL
3 8 (21.62%) Data Analysis
4 5 (13.51%) Data Modelling
5 3 (8.108%) ERP
5 3 (8.108%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (8.108%) Data Management
5 3 (8.108%) User Acceptance Testing
5 3 (8.108%) Data Governance
5 3 (8.108%) Master Data Management
6 2 (5.405%) Metadata Management
6 2 (5.405%) Migration
6 2 (5.405%) Quality Management
7 1 (2.703%) Change Management
7 1 (2.703%) Information Management
7 1 (2.703%) Change Control
7 1 (2.703%) Analytics
7 1 (2.703%) Performance Management
7 1 (2.703%) Financial Modelling
7 1 (2.703%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 17 (45.95%) SQL
2 10 (27.03%) VBA
3 3 (8.108%) Shell Script
4 2 (5.405%) VB
5 1 (2.703%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (10.81%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.108%) Solvency II
2 2 (5.405%) Data Quality
2 2 (5.405%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 2 (5.405%) Basel II
Systems Management
1 2 (5.405%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 12 (32.43%) Oracle
2 7 (18.92%) SAP
3 5 (13.51%) Informatica
4 4 (10.81%) Microsoft
5 2 (5.405%) HP
5 2 (5.405%) Siebel
5 2 (5.405%) DataFlux
6 1 (2.703%) IBM
6 1 (2.703%) Cognos
6 1 (2.703%) Teradata
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