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 Southampton 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 Southampton 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 83 85 68
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -17
Permanent jobs citing Business Objects 3 4 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southampton 0.360% 0.435% 0.481%
As % of the Vendors category 0.676% 1.044% 1.038%
Number of salaries quoted 3 3 3
Average salary £47,500 £29,000 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+63.79% +5.45%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+5.88% -
All Vendors
Southampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
444 383 289
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southampton 53.24% 41.63% 46.31%
Number of salaries quoted 405 354 262
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £61,500 £62,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Business Objects
Hampshire

Business Objects
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton Business Objects Salary Trend

Business Objects
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Southampton 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 14 (77.78%) SQL
2 8 (44.44%) Oracle
3 7 (38.89%) Business Intelligence
4 6 (33.33%) BusinessObjects
4 6 (33.33%) T-SQL
4 6 (33.33%) Crystal Reports
4 6 (33.33%) SAP
5 5 (27.78%) VBA
5 5 (27.78%) SAP BW
5 5 (27.78%) Retail
5 5 (27.78%) QlikView
5 5 (27.78%) Data Cleansing
6 4 (22.22%) SAP HANA
6 4 (22.22%) Data Modelling
6 4 (22.22%) ETL
7 3 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (16.67%) MS Excel
7 3 (16.67%) Java
7 3 (16.67%) ABAP
7 3 (16.67%) ITIL
7 3 (16.67%) Windows
7 3 (16.67%) AIX
7 3 (16.67%) Identity Management
7 3 (16.67%) Finance
7 3 (16.67%) NetWeaver
7 3 (16.67%) SAP BI
7 3 (16.67%) SAP GRC
7 3 (16.67%) SAP Data Services
7 3 (16.67%) Oracle 11g
7 3 (16.67%) French Language

Business Objects
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Southampton 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 (5.556%) SAP Basis
Application Platforms
1 3 (16.67%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 3 (16.67%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (16.67%) SAP GRC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (33.33%) BusinessObjects
1 6 (33.33%) Crystal Reports
2 5 (27.78%) SAP BW
2 5 (27.78%) QlikView
3 4 (22.22%) SAP HANA
4 3 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (16.67%) SAP BI
4 3 (16.67%) SAP Data Services
4 3 (16.67%) Oracle 11g
4 3 (16.67%) Oracle 10g
5 2 (11.11%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
5 2 (11.11%) Oracle 8/8i
6 1 (5.556%) MS Access
6 1 (5.556%) SQL Server
6 1 (5.556%) OLAP
6 1 (5.556%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (5.556%) BusinessObjects XI
6 1 (5.556%) Oracle OLAP
6 1 (5.556%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 1 (5.556%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 5 (27.78%) Retail
2 3 (16.67%) Finance
2 3 (16.67%) French Language
Job Titles
1 10 (55.56%) Analyst
1 10 (55.56%) Report Analyst
2 5 (27.78%) Data Analyst
2 5 (27.78%) Performance Analyst
3 3 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
3 3 (16.67%) Senior Reporting Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) SAP Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Developer
5 1 (5.556%) Consultant
5 1 (5.556%) DBA
5 1 (5.556%) SAP Consultant
5 1 (5.556%) Crystal Reports Developer
5 1 (5.556%) Data Modeller
5 1 (5.556%) Report Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) Data Integration
Operating Systems
1 3 (16.67%) Windows
1 3 (16.67%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (38.89%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (27.78%) Data Cleansing
3 4 (22.22%) Data Modelling
3 4 (22.22%) ETL
4 3 (16.67%) ITIL
4 3 (16.67%) Identity Management
4 3 (16.67%) Problem Management
4 3 (16.67%) Information Management
5 1 (5.556%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 14 (77.78%) SQL
2 6 (33.33%) T-SQL
3 5 (27.78%) VBA
4 3 (16.67%) Java
4 3 (16.67%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 1 (5.556%) Degree
Vendors
1 8 (44.44%) Oracle
2 6 (33.33%) SAP
3 1 (5.556%) Microsoft