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 Somerset region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Business Objects over the 3 months to 17 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 Somerset 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Objects
Rank 64 49 51
Rank change year-on-year
-15 +2
Permanent jobs citing Business Objects 1 7 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Somerset 0.157% 1.587% 0.839%
As % of the Vendors category 0.448% 3.535% 2.000%
Number of salaries quoted 1 7 4
Average salary £28,000 £37,500 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-25.33% -37.50%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+5.88% -
All Vendors
Somerset
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
223 198 200
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Somerset 35.01% 44.90% 41.93%
Number of salaries quoted 199 191 186
Average salary £42,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.33% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £24,500 £23,400
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Business Objects
South West

Business Objects
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset Business Objects Salary Trend

Business Objects
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Somerset 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 24 (100.00%) SQL
2 23 (95.83%) ETL
2 23 (95.83%) Data Warehouse
3 21 (87.50%) Oracle
4 18 (75.00%) OLAP
4 18 (75.00%) UNIX
4 18 (75.00%) Java
4 18 (75.00%) PHP
4 18 (75.00%) PL/SQL
4 18 (75.00%) Business Intelligence
4 18 (75.00%) Oracle OLAP
5 15 (62.50%) QlikView
5 15 (62.50%) Software Engineering
5 15 (62.50%) Change Control
5 15 (62.50%) Finance
5 15 (62.50%) Validation
5 15 (62.50%) Agile Software Development
5 15 (62.50%) Data Management
5 15 (62.50%) Salesforce.com
5 15 (62.50%) Internet
6 8 (33.33%) Digital Media
7 6 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 6 (25.00%) SQL Server
8 5 (20.83%) T-SQL
8 5 (20.83%) Degree
8 5 (20.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (20.83%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 5 (20.83%) Dimensional Modelling
9 4 (16.67%) Project Management
10 3 (12.50%) Cognos

Business Objects
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Somerset 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 (4.167%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.167%) BizTalk Server
Communications & Networking
1 15 (62.50%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (95.83%) Data Warehouse
2 18 (75.00%) OLAP
2 18 (75.00%) Oracle OLAP
3 15 (62.50%) QlikView
4 6 (25.00%) SQL Server
4 6 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (20.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 5 (20.83%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (4.167%) SQL Server 2008
6 1 (4.167%) WhereScape RED
6 1 (4.167%) SQL Server 2005
6 1 (4.167%) Star Schema
6 1 (4.167%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 1 (4.167%) BusinessObjects XI
6 1 (4.167%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
General
1 15 (62.50%) Finance
2 3 (12.50%) Telecoms
3 1 (4.167%) Advertising
3 1 (4.167%) Retail
Job Titles
1 18 (75.00%) DBA
1 18 (75.00%) Administrator
2 13 (54.17%) Oracle DBA
3 5 (20.83%) Data Warehouse Developer
3 5 (20.83%) Developer
4 1 (4.167%) Technical Architect
4 1 (4.167%) Architect
4 1 (4.167%) SQL Developer
4 1 (4.167%) Business Intelligence Architect
4 1 (4.167%) SQL Server Data Warehouse Developer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (33.33%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 18 (75.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (95.83%) ETL
2 18 (75.00%) Business Intelligence
3 15 (62.50%) Change Control
3 15 (62.50%) Validation
3 15 (62.50%) Agile Software Development
3 15 (62.50%) Data Management
3 15 (62.50%) Software Engineering
4 5 (20.83%) Dimensional Modelling
5 4 (16.67%) Project Management
6 2 (8.333%) Data Modelling
7 1 (4.167%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 24 (100.00%) SQL
2 18 (75.00%) Java
2 18 (75.00%) PHP
2 18 (75.00%) PL/SQL
3 5 (20.83%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (20.83%) Degree
Vendors
1 21 (87.50%) Oracle
2 15 (62.50%) Salesforce.com
3 3 (12.50%) Cognos
4 1 (4.167%) Microsoft
4 1 (4.167%) Informatica