The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Business Objects products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Business Objects over the 3 months to 24 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 Birmingham region.

The figures below represent the IT job market in general and are NOT representative of salaries within SAP Business Objects.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Objects
Rank 63 88 61
Rank change year-on-year
+25 -27
Permanent jobs citing Business Objects 55 12 30
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 3.235% 0.810% 2.232%
As % of the Vendors category 5.561% 1.667% 4.071%
Number of salaries quoted 39 12 30
Average salary £50,000 £40,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+25.00% -23.80%
90% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £35,500 £32,400
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £59,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+5.88% -
All Vendors
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
989 720 737
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 58.18% 48.58% 54.84%
Number of salaries quoted 806 616 618
Average salary £45,000 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,500 £26,250
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £62,500 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Business Objects
West Midlands

Business Objects
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham Business Objects Jobs Demand Trend

Business Objects
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Business Objects across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham Business Objects Salary Trend

Business Objects
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Business Objects across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Birmingham Business Objects Salary Histogram

Business Objects
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Business Objects.

1 65 (67.01%) Business Intelligence
2 62 (63.92%) BusinessObjects
2 62 (63.92%) SAP
3 53 (54.64%) SAP BW
4 41 (42.27%) Finance
4 41 (42.27%) ETL
5 32 (32.99%) Retail
6 31 (31.96%) SQL
6 31 (31.96%) SAP BI
7 29 (29.90%) Data Modelling
7 29 (29.90%) SAP BPC
8 25 (25.77%) Manufacturing
9 23 (23.71%) Publishing
9 23 (23.71%) SAP HANA
10 21 (21.65%) Xcelsius
11 19 (19.59%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
12 18 (18.56%) ABAP
13 13 (13.40%) Oracle
13 13 (13.40%) SQL Server
14 10 (10.31%) CRM
14 10 (10.31%) Data Warehouse
14 10 (10.31%) Oracle Reports
14 10 (10.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 10 (10.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 10 (10.31%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 9 (9.278%) SQL Server 2008
15 9 (9.278%) Migration
15 9 (9.278%) Windows
15 9 (9.278%) T-SQL
15 9 (9.278%) SAP Certification

Business Objects
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Business Objects. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (8.247%) MDX
2 6 (6.186%) OLE DB
2 6 (6.186%) ODBC
3 5 (5.155%) SAP Basis
4 2 (2.062%) .NET
5 1 (1.031%) SAP XI
5 1 (1.031%) J2EE
5 1 (1.031%) ADO
5 1 (1.031%) ASP
5 1 (1.031%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 7 (7.216%) SAS
2 5 (5.155%) NetWeaver
3 2 (2.062%) SAP Portal
4 1 (1.031%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (8.247%) PowerPivot
2 6 (6.186%) MS Office
3 5 (5.155%) SPSS
4 2 (2.062%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 29 (29.90%) SAP BPC
2 8 (8.247%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (8.247%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (2.062%) SAP GRC
4 1 (1.031%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (1.031%) assyst
4 1 (1.031%) SAP CO
4 1 (1.031%) SAP FI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.031%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (63.92%) BusinessObjects
2 53 (54.64%) SAP BW
3 31 (31.96%) SAP BI
4 23 (23.71%) SAP HANA
5 21 (21.65%) Xcelsius
6 19 (19.59%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
7 13 (13.40%) SQL Server
8 10 (10.31%) Data Warehouse
8 10 (10.31%) Oracle Reports
8 10 (10.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 10 (10.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 10 (10.31%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 9 (9.278%) SQL Server 2008
10 8 (8.247%) MOLAP
10 8 (8.247%) ROLAP
10 8 (8.247%) Crystal Reports
10 8 (8.247%) HOLAP
10 8 (8.247%) SQL Server 2012
11 5 (5.155%) SAP Data Services
11 5 (5.155%) DB2 UDB
Development Applications
1 1 (1.031%) Introscope
General
1 41 (42.27%) Finance
2 32 (32.99%) Retail
3 25 (25.77%) Manufacturing
4 23 (23.71%) Publishing
5 6 (6.186%) Banking
6 3 (3.093%) Investment Banking
7 2 (2.062%) General Ledger
8 1 (1.031%) German Language
8 1 (1.031%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.031%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.031%) Law
8 1 (1.031%) Legal
Job Titles
1 54 (55.67%) Consultant
2 50 (51.55%) SAP Consultant
3 21 (21.65%) Analyst
4 20 (20.62%) SAP BW Consultant
5 15 (15.46%) Business Objects Consultant
6 12 (12.37%) Developer
7 10 (10.31%) Business Consultant
8 9 (9.278%) Report Analyst
8 9 (9.278%) Business Analyst
9 8 (8.247%) Business Intelligence Analyst
10 7 (7.216%) SAP Business Consultant
10 7 (7.216%) SAP BW Developer
10 7 (7.216%) SAP Developer
11 6 (6.186%) Business Intelligence Consultant
11 6 (6.186%) SAP BI Consultant
12 5 (5.155%) MIS Manager
12 5 (5.155%) Statistical Analyst
12 5 (5.155%) SAP Basis Consultant
12 5 (5.155%) Senior Consultant
13 4 (4.124%) Business Developer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.186%) Management Information System
1 6 (6.186%) Statistics
1 6 (6.186%) Mobile App
2 5 (5.155%) Mathematics
3 2 (2.062%) PMI
3 2 (2.062%) Data Extraction
3 2 (2.062%) Credit Risk
3 2 (2.062%) Economics
3 2 (2.062%) Informatics
3 2 (2.062%) Computer Science
4 1 (1.031%) Data Integration
4 1 (1.031%) SWIFT
4 1 (1.031%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 9 (9.278%) Windows
2 8 (8.247%) Windows Server 2003
2 8 (8.247%) UNIX
2 8 (8.247%) Windows XP
2 8 (8.247%) Windows Server 2008
2 8 (8.247%) Windows 7
3 5 (5.155%) AIX
4 4 (4.124%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (67.01%) Business Intelligence
2 41 (42.27%) ETL
3 29 (29.90%) Data Modelling
4 10 (10.31%) CRM
5 9 (9.278%) Migration
6 8 (8.247%) ITIL
6 8 (8.247%) Validation
7 7 (7.216%) Balanced Scorecard
8 3 (3.093%) Data Migration
8 3 (3.093%) Data Cleansing
8 3 (3.093%) Analytics
8 3 (3.093%) Business Analysis
8 3 (3.093%) Project Management
9 2 (2.062%) PRINCE2
9 2 (2.062%) Waterfall
9 2 (2.062%) SAP Security
9 2 (2.062%) Performance Management
9 2 (2.062%) Project Planning
9 2 (2.062%) Enterprise Architecture
10 1 (1.031%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 31 (31.96%) SQL
2 18 (18.56%) ABAP
3 9 (9.278%) T-SQL
4 3 (3.093%) Perl
5 2 (2.062%) Java
6 1 (1.031%) PL/SQL
6 1 (1.031%) C
6 1 (1.031%) C#
6 1 (1.031%) VBScript
6 1 (1.031%) VB
Qualifications
1 9 (9.278%) SAP Certification
2 8 (8.247%) Degree
3 4 (4.124%) Security Cleared
4 2 (2.062%) ACCA
4 2 (2.062%) PMI Certification
4 2 (2.062%) CIMA
5 1 (1.031%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 6 (6.186%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.031%) BladeLogic
1 1 (1.031%) CA Wily
Vendors
1 62 (63.92%) SAP
2 13 (13.40%) Oracle
3 7 (7.216%) Microsoft
4 5 (5.155%) Cognos
4 5 (5.155%) HP
5 2 (2.062%) Cisco
5 2 (2.062%) Citrix
5 2 (2.062%) Avaya
5 2 (2.062%) Genesys
6 1 (1.031%) Metastorm
6 1 (1.031%) Teradata
6 1 (1.031%) Northgate
6 1 (1.031%) Civica
6 1 (1.031%) Informatica
6 1 (1.031%) IBM
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
You will have excellent communication skills and very strong knowledge of SAP BusinessObjects... Strong knowledge of; DATA SERVICES DATA INTEGRATOR, DATA QUALITY, SQL SERVER ETL, DESIGNER (UNIVERSE DEVELOPMENT),...
Oxbridge Answers
Salary: 60-70,000
Posted: 21 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
The suitable person will ideally be working within an data analysis or application support role and have some exposure to reporting services including Crystal reports, Business objects and/...
ITF Solutions
Salary: £21500 - £25500 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
I'm currently recruiting for a Compliance Officer based in theMidlandsfor a permanent position. The purpose of the role is to monitor retail conduct risk as part of...
Real Staffing
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
Paying between £45,000-£55,000 per annum (experience dependent), the ideal candidate will have experience of leading a team with Business Objects, SAS and Crystal experience... Main...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + Bonus, Healthcare, Pension
Posted: 9 May 2013
Birmingham
The MIS Production Manager is responsible for the smooth and effective delivery of products and services by the MIS team to their customers.Products include reporting packs, decks...
Scope AT
Salary: £0 - £120,000+ per year
Posted: 13 May 2013