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 Kent 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 Kent 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 71 58 70
Rank change year-on-year
-13 +12
Permanent jobs citing Business Objects 16 14 32
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 1.383% 1.953% 3.010%
As % of the Vendors category 3.008% 4.011% 5.289%
Number of salaries quoted 12 14 29
Average salary £36,000 £40,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.00% -11.11%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+5.88% -
All Vendors
Kent
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
532 349 605
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 45.98% 48.68% 56.91%
Number of salaries quoted 457 317 539
Average salary £42,500 £37,500 £38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.33% -1.31%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,000 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £47,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Business Objects
South East

Business Objects
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent Business Objects Salary Trend

Business Objects
Salary Histogram

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

Kent Business Objects Salary Histogram

Business Objects
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Objects within the Kent region over the 3 months to 24 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Maidstone - 2 £64,000 -
Folkestone +9 1 - -
Business Objects
South East

Business Objects
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent 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 23 (60.53%) SQL
2 20 (52.63%) Oracle
3 17 (44.74%) Data Modelling
4 16 (42.11%) ETL
4 16 (42.11%) Data Warehouse
4 16 (42.11%) Business Intelligence
4 16 (42.11%) XML
5 15 (39.47%) Finance
6 14 (36.84%) BODI
6 14 (36.84%) Marketing
6 14 (36.84%) Load Balancing
6 14 (36.84%) XSLT
6 14 (36.84%) Web Services
6 14 (36.84%) OOA/OOD
6 14 (36.84%) B2B
6 14 (36.84%) Cognos
6 14 (36.84%) SOA
6 14 (36.84%) XML Schema
6 14 (36.84%) Informatica
7 12 (31.58%) Mainframe
8 11 (28.95%) CA Endevor
8 11 (28.95%) Capacity Planning
8 11 (28.95%) CICS
8 11 (28.95%) FTP
8 11 (28.95%) BusinessObjects
8 11 (28.95%) MQSeries
8 11 (28.95%) J2EE
8 11 (28.95%) DB2
9 10 (26.32%) Sybase
9 10 (26.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services

Business Objects
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent 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 16 (42.11%) XML
2 14 (36.84%) XSLT
2 14 (36.84%) Web Services
2 14 (36.84%) XML Schema
3 11 (28.95%) J2EE
4 8 (21.05%) SAP XI
5 3 (7.895%) EJB
5 3 (7.895%) JAXB
5 3 (7.895%) JAX-WS
5 3 (7.895%) JMX
5 3 (7.895%) JSF
6 2 (5.263%) HTML
7 1 (2.632%) .NET
7 1 (2.632%) EDI
7 1 (2.632%) XML Messaging
7 1 (2.632%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 11 (28.95%) CICS
1 11 (28.95%) MQSeries
2 4 (10.53%) Tomcat
3 3 (7.895%) GlassFish
4 1 (2.632%) Apache
Applications
1 4 (10.53%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (7.895%) Prophet
Communications & Networking
1 11 (28.95%) FTP
2 2 (5.263%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (42.11%) Data Warehouse
2 14 (36.84%) BODI
3 11 (28.95%) BusinessObjects
3 11 (28.95%) DB2
4 10 (26.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 9 (23.68%) Oracle 11g
6 8 (21.05%) BusinessObjects XI
7 5 (13.16%) SQL Server
8 2 (5.263%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (5.263%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (2.632%) Crystal Reports
9 1 (2.632%) QlikView
General
1 15 (39.47%) Finance
2 14 (36.84%) Marketing
3 8 (21.05%) Investment Banking
3 8 (21.05%) Banking
4 6 (15.79%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 17 (44.74%) Architect
2 16 (42.11%) Developer
3 14 (36.84%) Solutions Architect
4 10 (26.32%) Report Developer
5 7 (18.42%) Team Leader
6 6 (15.79%) SQL Developer
7 4 (10.53%) Analyst
8 3 (7.895%) Mainframe Architect
9 2 (5.263%) Lead Architect
9 2 (5.263%) Senior Analyst
9 2 (5.263%) Technical Leader
9 2 (5.263%) Senior Programmer
9 2 (5.263%) Service Analyst
9 2 (5.263%) Senior Analyst Programmer
9 2 (5.263%) Services Delivery Analyst
9 2 (5.263%) Business Intelligence Architect
9 2 (5.263%) Technical Architect
9 2 (5.263%) Analyst Programmer
9 2 (5.263%) Programmer
10 1 (2.632%) Support Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 12 (31.58%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 5 (13.16%) Solaris
2 3 (7.895%) UNIX
3 2 (5.263%) Windows
3 2 (5.263%) Linux
4 1 (2.632%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (44.74%) Data Modelling
2 16 (42.11%) ETL
2 16 (42.11%) Business Intelligence
3 14 (36.84%) Load Balancing
3 14 (36.84%) OOA/OOD
3 14 (36.84%) B2B
3 14 (36.84%) SOA
4 11 (28.95%) Capacity Planning
5 9 (23.68%) UML
6 6 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (15.79%) Performance Management
6 6 (15.79%) Dimensional Modelling
7 3 (7.895%) ITIL
7 3 (7.895%) ERP
7 3 (7.895%) Document Management
8 2 (5.263%) Project Management
8 2 (5.263%) Service Delivery
8 2 (5.263%) Kimball Methodology
8 2 (5.263%) Analytics
8 2 (5.263%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 23 (60.53%) SQL
2 9 (23.68%) COBOL
2 9 (23.68%) JCL
3 6 (15.79%) C#
4 4 (10.53%) T-SQL
5 3 (7.895%) Java
6 2 (5.263%) Perl
6 2 (5.263%) VBA
Qualifications
1 2 (5.263%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (2.632%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.263%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (7.895%) OpenSSO
Systems Management
1 11 (28.95%) CA Endevor
Vendors
1 20 (52.63%) Oracle
2 14 (36.84%) Cognos
2 14 (36.84%) Informatica
3 10 (26.32%) Sybase
4 8 (21.05%) SAP
5 5 (13.16%) Microsoft
6 3 (7.895%) Sun
7 2 (5.263%) IBM
7 2 (5.263%) Remedy
7 2 (5.263%) MicroStrategy
8 1 (2.632%) BMC
8 1 (2.632%) Citrix
8 1 (2.632%) Pega