The first table below looks at the demand for BusinessObjects skills in IT contracts advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited BusinessObjects 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 of the Database & Business Intelligence category 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.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP BusinessObjects
Rank 109 115 94
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -21
Contract jobs citing BusinessObjects 2 1 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.105% 0.044% 0.168%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.387% 0.189% 0.704%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
Average daily rate £438 £235 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+86.17% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £416 £438
% change year-on-year
+2.10% -4.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £16.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+28.12% -20.00%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
517 530 426
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 27.11% 23.20% 23.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 282 313 195
Average daily rate £300 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £200 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £425 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £333 £335
% change year-on-year
-2.25% -0.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 13 17
Average hourly rate £22.00 £17.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+29.41% -43.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.40 £12.10 £20.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £32.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £26.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+3.77% -18.46%
BusinessObjects
England

BusinessObjects
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire BusinessObjects Jobs Demand Trend

BusinessObjects
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing BusinessObjects across the Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire BusinessObjects Daily Rate Trend

BusinessObjects
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing BusinessObjects across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Yorkshire BusinessObjects Daily Rate Histogram

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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 21 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 +3 1 £500 +112.76%
South Yorkshire - 1 £375 -
BusinessObjects
England

BusinessObjects
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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.

1 8 (100.00%) Business Objects
1 8 (100.00%) SAP
2 7 (87.50%) Business Intelligence
3 6 (75.00%) Finance
4 5 (62.50%) Management Information System
4 5 (62.50%) Data Analysis
4 5 (62.50%) SAP BW
4 5 (62.50%) VBA
5 4 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (37.50%) ERP
6 3 (37.50%) SAP ERP
7 2 (25.00%) Data Integration
7 2 (25.00%) SAP Data Services
7 2 (25.00%) BODI
7 2 (25.00%) SQL Server
7 2 (25.00%) SQL
7 2 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (12.50%) SAP XI
8 1 (12.50%) Data Management
8 1 (12.50%) T-SQL
8 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2
8 1 (12.50%) MS Excel
8 1 (12.50%) ETL
8 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
8 1 (12.50%) PRINCE
8 1 (12.50%) Project Management
8 1 (12.50%) Master Data Management
8 1 (12.50%) Xcelsius
8 1 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
8 1 (12.50%) BusinessObjects XI

BusinessObjects
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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.

Application Development
1 1 (12.50%) SAP XI
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (37.50%) SAP ERP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (62.50%) SAP BW
2 2 (25.00%) SAP Data Services
2 2 (25.00%) BODI
2 2 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (12.50%) Xcelsius
3 1 (12.50%) BusinessObjects XI
3 1 (12.50%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
General
1 6 (75.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) Technical Leader
1 2 (25.00%) Developer
1 2 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Business Developer
2 1 (12.50%) Excel Developer
2 1 (12.50%) Excel Specialist
2 1 (12.50%) MI Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Data Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Business Objects Developer
2 1 (12.50%) Business Project Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Business Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Project Manager
2 1 (12.50%) SAP Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) SAP Data Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) Management Information System
2 2 (25.00%) Data Integration
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (62.50%) Data Analysis
3 4 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (37.50%) ERP
5 1 (12.50%) Data Management
5 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2
5 1 (12.50%) ETL
5 1 (12.50%) PRINCE
5 1 (12.50%) Project Management
5 1 (12.50%) Master Data Management
5 1 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) VBA
2 2 (25.00%) SQL
3 1 (12.50%) T-SQL
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Business Objects
1 8 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
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