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This section looks at the demand for Business Objects BusinessObjects (BO) skills within the Yorkshire 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 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBusiness Objects BusinessObjects (BO)
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank78110
Rank change on same period last yearUp+32
Matching contract IT job ads4630
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.061 %0.030 %
As % of the category below6.638 %4.342 %
Daily rates quoted144
Average minimum daily rate£269£325
Average daily rate£284£346
% change on same period last year-18.01 %
Average maximum daily rate£299£368
UK excluding London average daily rate£366£348
% change on same period last year+4.96 %
Hourly rates quoted41
Average minimum hourly rate£15.25£10.02
Average hourly rate£19.00£10.02
% change on same period last year+89.62 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.75£10.02
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.83£33.43
% change on same period last year-22.74 %
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads693691
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.924 %0.689 %
Daily rates quoted10768
Average minimum daily rate£287£335
Average daily rate£308£351
% change on same period last year-12.30 %
Average maximum daily rate£328£367
UK excluding London average daily rate£349£358
% change on same period last year-2.41 %
Hourly rates quoted7558
Average minimum hourly rate£28.65£28.00
Average hourly rate£30.58£29.43
% change on same period last year+3.90 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.52£30.87
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.15£32.12
% change on same period last year+0.11 %
BusinessObjects EnglandBusinessObjects
England

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 Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire BusinessObjects Daily Rate Trend

BusinessObjects
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing BusinessObjects across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

Yorkshire BusinessObjects Daily Rate Histogram

BusinessObjects
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Yorkshire BusinessObjects Hourly Rate Trend

BusinessObjects
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing BusinessObjects across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

Yorkshire BusinessObjects Hourly Rate Histogram

BusinessObjects
Contract Locations

This section 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 29 August 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
West YorkshireUp+1427£289-39.17 %
South YorkshireUp+88£271-1.36 %
North YorkshireUp+12--
East YorkshireNew entry-1--
BusinessObjects EnglandBusinessObjects
England

BusinessObjects
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, 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.

1102 (100.00 %)Business Objects
234 (33.33 %)Oracle
333 (32.35 %)SQL
424 (23.53 %)Datawarehouse
520 (19.61 %)BusinessObjects XI
618 (17.65 %)SQL Server
717 (16.67 %)Finance
816 (15.69 %)Crystal Reports
915 (14.71 %)PL/SQL
915 (14.71 %)Oracle Reports
915 (14.71 %)NHS
1014 (13.73 %)Microsoft
1014 (13.73 %)Business Intelligence
1112 (11.76 %)MS Excel
1112 (11.76 %)VB
1112 (11.76 %)Business Analysis
1211 (10.78 %).NET
1211 (10.78 %)UNIX
139 (8.824 %)ASP.NET
139 (8.824 %)C#
148 (7.843 %)Migration
148 (7.843 %)ITIL
148 (7.843 %)Oracle Forms
157 (6.863 %)Oracle 8/8i
157 (6.863 %)Oracle 9i
157 (6.863 %)HP
166 (5.882 %)Data Analysis
166 (5.882 %)Retail
166 (5.882 %)Oracle 10g
166 (5.882 %)Data Migration

BusinessObjects
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, 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.

Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
111 (10.78 %).NET
29 (8.824 %)ASP.NET
34 (3.922 %)WCF
34 (3.922 %)LINQ
42 (1.961 %)ASP
51 (0.980 %).NET Framework
51 (0.980 %)HTML
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (3.922 %)SharePoint
14 (3.922 %)BizTalk Server
14 (3.922 %)CMS
14 (3.922 %)SharePoint Server 2007
22 (1.961 %)SAS
22 (1.961 %)Lotus Notes
31 (0.980 %)IIS
31 (0.980 %)Content Management Server
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
112 (11.76 %)MS Excel
24 (3.922 %)MS Visio
33 (2.941 %)MS Office
42 (1.961 %)CA Clarity
42 (1.961 %)Spreadsheet
51 (0.980 %)MS Project
51 (0.980 %)MS PowerPoint
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (1.961 %)MAXIMO
12 (1.961 %)Academy Housing
21 (0.980 %)arcHouse
21 (0.980 %)assyst
21 (0.980 %)Siebel Analytics
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (2.941 %)SSH
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
124 (23.53 %)Datawarehouse
220 (19.61 %)BusinessObjects XI
318 (17.65 %)SQL Server
416 (15.69 %)Crystal Reports
515 (14.71 %)Oracle Reports
67 (6.863 %)Oracle 8/8i
67 (6.863 %)Oracle 9i
76 (5.882 %)Oracle 10g
76 (5.882 %)BODI
85 (4.902 %)TOAD
93 (2.941 %)SQL Server 2000
93 (2.941 %)MS Access
93 (2.941 %)Oracle OWB
102 (1.961 %)Data Cleansing
102 (1.961 %)SQLPlus
102 (1.961 %)SQL Server 2005
102 (1.961 %)OLAP
102 (1.961 %)ETL
111 (0.980 %)SQL Navigator
111 (0.980 %)RDBMS
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
18 (7.843 %)Oracle Forms
21 (0.980 %)Visual Studio
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
117 (16.67 %)Finance
26 (5.882 %)Retail
34 (3.922 %)Health
43 (2.941 %)Government
52 (1.961 %)Banking
52 (1.961 %)Insurance
52 (1.961 %)International Banking
52 (1.961 %)Telecoms
61 (0.980 %)Graphic Design
61 (0.980 %)Local Government
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
147 (46.08 %)Developer
235 (34.31 %)Analyst
325 (24.51 %)Business Developer
325 (24.51 %)Business Objects Developer
415 (14.71 %)Business Analyst
59 (8.824 %)Consultant
68 (7.843 %)Oracle Developer
68 (7.843 %)Information Analyst
77 (6.863 %)Business Consultant
77 (6.863 %)Business Objects Consultant
86 (5.882 %)SQL Developer
95 (4.902 %)Business Objects Analyst
95 (4.902 %)NHS Information Analyst
95 (4.902 %)PL/SQL Developer
104 (3.922 %).NET Developer
104 (3.922 %)Data Analyst
104 (3.922 %)Developer Analyst
113 (2.941 %)Analyst Developer
113 (2.941 %)Report Writer
113 (2.941 %)Report Analyst
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
115 (14.71 %)NHS
21 (0.980 %)NPfIT
21 (0.980 %)Management Information System
21 (0.980 %)Statistics
21 (0.980 %)Informatics
21 (0.980 %)Data Extraction
21 (0.980 %)Data Integration
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
111 (10.78 %)UNIX
21 (0.980 %)Windows
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
114 (13.73 %)Business Intelligence
212 (11.76 %)Business Analysis
38 (7.843 %)ITIL
38 (7.843 %)Migration
46 (5.882 %)Data Analysis
46 (5.882 %)Data Migration
55 (4.902 %)PRINCE2
55 (4.902 %)UML
64 (3.922 %)Unit Testing
64 (3.922 %)Time Management
73 (2.941 %)Incident Management
73 (2.941 %)Service Management
73 (2.941 %)Data Modelling
82 (1.961 %)E-Commerce
82 (1.961 %)Validation
82 (1.961 %)GAP Analysis
82 (1.961 %)System Testing
91 (0.980 %)Performance Management
91 (0.980 %)Dimensional Modelling
91 (0.980 %)Requirements Management
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
133 (32.35 %)SQL
215 (14.71 %)PL/SQL
312 (11.76 %)VB
49 (8.824 %)C#
55 (4.902 %)VB.NET
63 (2.941 %)VBA
63 (2.941 %)Shell Script
63 (2.941 %)VB6
72 (1.961 %)JavaScript
81 (0.980 %)PHP
81 (0.980 %)Transact-SQL
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (2.941 %)Degree
22 (1.961 %)ITIL Certification
31 (0.980 %)PRINCE2 Certification
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (0.980 %)QA
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (0.980 %)Oracle RAC
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (0.980 %)OpenView
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1102 (100.00 %)Business Objects
234 (33.33 %)Oracle
314 (13.73 %)Microsoft
47 (6.863 %)HP
53 (2.941 %)Hyperion
53 (2.941 %)Anite
62 (1.961 %)Lotus
62 (1.961 %)Northgate
62 (1.961 %)Capita
62 (1.961 %)Orchard
62 (1.961 %)Cognos
71 (0.980 %)Siebel
71 (0.980 %)IBM
71 (0.980 %)CA
71 (0.980 %)Sun
71 (0.980 %)Civica
71 (0.980 %)Comino
71 (0.980 %)Altiris
71 (0.980 %)Lagan