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 Preston region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Business Objects over the 3 months to 21 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 Preston 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Objects
Rank 28 30 13
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -17
Permanent jobs citing Business Objects 1 1 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Preston 0.847% 0.787% 2.083%
As % of the Vendors category 1.563% 1.818% 3.571%
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 1
Average salary - £26,000 £22,964
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +13.22%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+5.88% -
All Vendors
Preston
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
64 55 28
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Preston 54.24% 43.31% 58.33%
Number of salaries quoted 58 53 23
Average salary £35,000 £34,750 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+0.71% +26.36%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,963 £27,000 £14,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £42,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Business Objects
Lancashire

Business Objects
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Preston 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 Preston region.

Preston Business Objects Salary Trend

Business Objects
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Preston 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 (60.00%) SQL
1 3 (60.00%) Validation
2 2 (40.00%) Project Management
2 2 (40.00%) Data Security
2 2 (40.00%) Logistics
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Automotive
2 2 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Crystal Reports
2 2 (40.00%) Cognos
2 2 (40.00%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (40.00%) Data Validation
3 1 (20.00%) Waterfall
3 1 (20.00%) Project Governance
3 1 (20.00%) Change Control
3 1 (20.00%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (20.00%) Citrix
3 1 (20.00%) Thin Client
3 1 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (20.00%) MS Project
3 1 (20.00%) SAP
3 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET
3 1 (20.00%) Web Services
3 1 (20.00%) XML
3 1 (20.00%) VB.NET
3 1 (20.00%) .NET
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle
3 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (20.00%) Data Migration

Business Objects
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Preston 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 (20.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (20.00%) Web Services
1 1 (20.00%) XML
1 1 (20.00%) .NET
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MS Project
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) Crystal Reports
1 2 (40.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (20.00%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
1 2 (40.00%) Automotive
2 1 (20.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Analyst
2 3 (60.00%) Business Analyst
3 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence Analyst
4 1 (20.00%) IT Manager
4 1 (20.00%) Systems Analyst
4 1 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (20.00%) Senior Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Thin Client
1 1 (20.00%) Fat Client
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Validation
2 2 (40.00%) Project Management
2 2 (40.00%) Data Security
2 2 (40.00%) Logistics
2 2 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (40.00%) Data Validation
3 1 (20.00%) Waterfall
3 1 (20.00%) Project Governance
3 1 (20.00%) Change Control
3 1 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (20.00%) Data Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Statistical Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Use Case
3 1 (20.00%) Security Management
3 1 (20.00%) Workflow
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) VB.NET
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Cognos
2 1 (20.00%) Citrix
2 1 (20.00%) SAP
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle