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 Northampton 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 Northampton 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 52 52 52
Rank change year-on-year
0 0
Permanent jobs citing Business Objects 2 4 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northampton 0.508% 0.873% 2.321%
As % of the Vendors category 1.124% 2.500% 5.978%
Number of salaries quoted 2 4 11
Average salary £36,250 £46,250 £30,268
Average salary % change year-on-year
-21.62% +52.80%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,250 £42,500 £28,500
10% offered a salary of more than £41,250 £50,350 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+5.88% -
All Vendors
Northampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
178 160 184
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northampton 45.18% 34.93% 38.82%
Number of salaries quoted 163 152 166
Average salary £39,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.42% +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £24,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Business Objects
Northamptonshire

Business Objects
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northampton 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 Northampton region.

Northampton Business Objects Salary Trend

Business Objects
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northampton 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 3 (100.00%) MS Excel
2 2 (66.67%) MS Office
2 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 2 (66.67%) Crystal Reports
2 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (33.33%) MCTS
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (33.33%) MicroStrategy
3 1 (33.33%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Workflow
3 1 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Analysis Services
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (33.33%) IIS
3 1 (33.33%) C#
3 1 (33.33%) HTML
3 1 (33.33%) PL/SQL
3 1 (33.33%) T-SQL
3 1 (33.33%) VBA
3 1 (33.33%) .NET
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle
3 1 (33.33%) Visual Studio

Business Objects
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northampton 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 (33.33%) HTML
1 1 (33.33%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) IIS
1 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (100.00%) MS Excel
2 2 (66.67%) MS Office
2 2 (66.67%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (33.33%) MS Visio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
1 2 (66.67%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle 8/8i
2 1 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (33.33%) DTS
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Data Steward
1 1 (33.33%) Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Workflow
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) C#
2 1 (33.33%) PL/SQL
2 1 (33.33%) T-SQL
2 1 (33.33%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) MCTS
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) MicroStrategy
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle