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 Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Business Objects over the 3 months to 23 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 Midlands 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Objects
Rank 15 13 37
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +24
Permanent jobs citing Business Objects 11 33 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Midlands 5.288% 10.51% 1.278%
As % of the Vendors category 9.565% 17.93% 1.754%
Number of salaries quoted 0 29 0
Average salary - £47,500 -
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+5.88% -
All Vendors
Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
115 184 228
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Midlands 55.29% 58.60% 72.84%
Number of salaries quoted 61 157 161
Average salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
90% offered a salary of more than £34,000 £40,000 £40,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £67,500 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Business Objects
England

Business Objects
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands Business Objects Salary Trend

Business Objects
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Midlands 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 12 (85.71%) Oracle
1 12 (85.71%) Business Intelligence
2 11 (78.57%) Data Analysis
3 10 (71.43%) QlikView
3 10 (71.43%) Oracle BI EE
3 10 (71.43%) Customer Engagement
3 10 (71.43%) Change Control
4 6 (42.86%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (42.86%) Six Sigma
4 6 (42.86%) SLA
5 5 (35.71%) Finance
6 4 (28.57%) Project Management
6 4 (28.57%) Oracle Financials
7 2 (14.29%) DB2
7 2 (14.29%) SQL
7 2 (14.29%) SAP
7 2 (14.29%) Data Modelling
7 2 (14.29%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (7.143%) OLE DB
8 1 (7.143%) Migration
8 1 (7.143%) SAP Basis
8 1 (7.143%) Data Protection
8 1 (7.143%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
8 1 (7.143%) Systems Analysis
8 1 (7.143%) eTOM
8 1 (7.143%) DB2 UDB
8 1 (7.143%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (7.143%) Xcelsius
8 1 (7.143%) Mobile App
8 1 (7.143%) SAP BW

Business Objects
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Midlands 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 1 (7.143%) OLE DB
1 1 (7.143%) SAP Basis
1 1 (7.143%) ODBC
Application Platforms
1 1 (7.143%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 6 (42.86%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (28.57%) Oracle Financials
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (71.43%) QlikView
1 10 (71.43%) Oracle BI EE
2 2 (14.29%) DB2
2 2 (14.29%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (7.143%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
3 1 (7.143%) DB2 UDB
3 1 (7.143%) Xcelsius
3 1 (7.143%) SAP BW
3 1 (7.143%) Informix
3 1 (7.143%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (7.143%) MySQL
3 1 (7.143%) SQL Server
3 1 (7.143%) Crystal Reports
General
1 5 (35.71%) Finance
Job Titles
1 10 (71.43%) Head of Business Intelligence
2 4 (28.57%) Head of Development
3 2 (14.29%) Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Systems Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Consultant
3 2 (14.29%) SAP Consultant
4 1 (7.143%) Business Consultant
4 1 (7.143%) Business Objects Consultant
4 1 (7.143%) SAP Basis Consultant
4 1 (7.143%) NetWeaver Consultant
4 1 (7.143%) SAP Business Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.143%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (7.143%) Mobile App
1 1 (7.143%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.143%) UNIX
1 1 (7.143%) AIX
1 1 (7.143%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (85.71%) Business Intelligence
2 11 (78.57%) Data Analysis
3 10 (71.43%) Customer Engagement
3 10 (71.43%) Change Control
4 6 (42.86%) Six Sigma
5 4 (28.57%) Project Management
6 2 (14.29%) Data Modelling
7 1 (7.143%) Migration
7 1 (7.143%) Data Protection
7 1 (7.143%) Systems Analysis
7 1 (7.143%) eTOM
7 1 (7.143%) ETL
7 1 (7.143%) Quality Management
7 1 (7.143%) CMMI
7 1 (7.143%) Change Management
7 1 (7.143%) Data Security
7 1 (7.143%) ITIL
7 1 (7.143%) UML
7 1 (7.143%) RUP
7 1 (7.143%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (42.86%) SLA
2 1 (7.143%) TickIT
System Software
1 1 (7.143%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 12 (85.71%) Oracle
2 2 (14.29%) SAP
3 1 (7.143%) HP
3 1 (7.143%) Sybase