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 Reading 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 Reading 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 105 129 39
Rank change year-on-year
+24 -90
Permanent jobs citing Business Objects 27 6 92
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 1.257% 0.265% 4.794%
As % of the Vendors category 2.200% 0.517% 9.209%
Number of salaries quoted 27 6 64
Average salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.00% -4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £45,000 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £70,000 £68,500
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+5.88% -
All Vendors
Reading
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1227 1161 999
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 57.12% 51.21% 52.06%
Number of salaries quoted 992 1017 805
Average salary £45,000 £44,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.27% -2.22%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £28,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £65,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Business Objects
Berkshire

Business Objects
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading Business Objects Salary Trend

Business Objects
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Business Objects across the Reading region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Reading Business Objects Salary Histogram

Business Objects
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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 34 (61.82%) Business Intelligence
2 27 (49.09%) SQL
3 22 (40.00%) BusinessObjects
4 21 (38.18%) SAP
5 18 (32.73%) Oracle
6 16 (29.09%) Xcelsius
7 15 (27.27%) Data Warehouse
8 14 (25.45%) SQL Server
9 13 (23.64%) Finance
9 13 (23.64%) QlikView
10 12 (21.82%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
10 12 (21.82%) Data Modelling
11 11 (20.00%) Cognos
11 11 (20.00%) SAP BI
11 11 (20.00%) SAP HANA
12 10 (18.18%) SAP BW
12 10 (18.18%) ETL
12 10 (18.18%) SAP BPC
12 10 (18.18%) Retail
13 9 (16.36%) Manufacturing
13 9 (16.36%) Publishing
14 8 (14.55%) PL/SQL
14 8 (14.55%) Crystal Reports
15 7 (12.73%) MicroStrategy
15 7 (12.73%) SAS
15 7 (12.73%) Data Architecture
15 7 (12.73%) Data Management
15 7 (12.73%) Data Governance
15 7 (12.73%) Data Quality
16 6 (10.91%) Talend

Business Objects
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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 3 (5.455%) Web Services
1 3 (5.455%) BAPI
2 2 (3.636%) SAP PI
3 1 (1.818%) .NET
3 1 (1.818%) ASP.NET
3 1 (1.818%) MDX
Application Platforms
1 7 (12.73%) SAS
2 6 (10.91%) SharePoint
3 5 (9.091%) Documentum
Applications
1 6 (10.91%) MS Excel
2 2 (3.636%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.818%) MS Project
3 1 (1.818%) MS Office
3 1 (1.818%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (18.18%) SAP BPC
2 5 (9.091%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (1.818%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (1.818%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.818%) Intranet
1 1 (1.818%) Internet
1 1 (1.818%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (40.00%) BusinessObjects
2 16 (29.09%) Xcelsius
3 15 (27.27%) Data Warehouse
4 14 (25.45%) SQL Server
5 13 (23.64%) QlikView
6 12 (21.82%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
7 11 (20.00%) SAP BI
7 11 (20.00%) SAP HANA
8 10 (18.18%) SAP BW
9 8 (14.55%) Crystal Reports
10 6 (10.91%) BusinessObjects XI
10 6 (10.91%) Oracle OWB
10 6 (10.91%) DB2
10 6 (10.91%) DataStage
11 4 (7.273%) SAP Data Services
11 4 (7.273%) Data Mining
11 4 (7.273%) Oracle Reports
12 2 (3.636%) Star Schema
12 2 (3.636%) Oracle 10g
13 1 (1.818%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 6 (10.91%) Talend Open Studio
2 5 (9.091%) Eclipse
General
1 13 (23.64%) Finance
2 10 (18.18%) Retail
3 9 (16.36%) Manufacturing
3 9 (16.36%) Publishing
4 5 (9.091%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.818%) Legal
Job Titles
1 32 (58.18%) Consultant
2 16 (29.09%) Business Consultant
3 13 (23.64%) Analyst
3 13 (23.64%) SAP Consultant
4 8 (14.55%) Report Analyst
4 8 (14.55%) Developer
5 7 (12.73%) Architect
6 6 (10.91%) Business Objects Consultant
6 6 (10.91%) Business Intelligence Consultant
7 5 (9.091%) Solutions Architect
7 5 (9.091%) IT Consultant
7 5 (9.091%) Service Analyst
7 5 (9.091%) Principal Consultant
7 5 (9.091%) Business Intelligence Architect
7 5 (9.091%) Data Consultant
8 4 (7.273%) Data Warehouse Consultant
8 4 (7.273%) Developer Analyst
8 4 (7.273%) Business Analyst
8 4 (7.273%) Senior Consultant
8 4 (7.273%) Technical Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (1.818%) Reference Data
1 1 (1.818%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (61.82%) Business Intelligence
2 12 (21.82%) Data Modelling
3 10 (18.18%) ETL
4 7 (12.73%) Data Architecture
4 7 (12.73%) Data Management
4 7 (12.73%) Data Governance
5 6 (10.91%) Metadata Management
5 6 (10.91%) Information Management
6 5 (9.091%) ITSM
7 4 (7.273%) Statistical Analysis
7 4 (7.273%) Migration
8 2 (3.636%) Kimball Methodology
9 1 (1.818%) Project Management
9 1 (1.818%) Data Security
9 1 (1.818%) Performance Management
9 1 (1.818%) Data Migration
9 1 (1.818%) Strategic Planning
9 1 (1.818%) Use Case
9 1 (1.818%) Stakeholder Management
9 1 (1.818%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 27 (49.09%) SQL
2 8 (14.55%) PL/SQL
3 6 (10.91%) T-SQL
4 3 (5.455%) ABAP
5 2 (3.636%) VBA
5 2 (3.636%) Java
6 1 (1.818%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.818%) C
6 1 (1.818%) C#
6 1 (1.818%) VB
6 1 (1.818%) VB6
Qualifications
1 1 (1.818%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (12.73%) Data Quality
2 3 (5.455%) QA
3 1 (1.818%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (1.818%) GAAP
Vendors
1 21 (38.18%) SAP
2 18 (32.73%) Oracle
3 11 (20.00%) Cognos
4 7 (12.73%) MicroStrategy
5 6 (10.91%) Talend
5 6 (10.91%) Netezza
5 6 (10.91%) Tableau
5 6 (10.91%) Ab Initio
5 6 (10.91%) Teradata
5 6 (10.91%) Sybase
5 6 (10.91%) Informatica
6 5 (9.091%) Remedy
7 1 (1.818%) Microsoft
7 1 (1.818%) OutlookSoft
7 1 (1.818%) Kalido
Reading, Berkshire
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),...
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