The first table below looks at the demand for BusinessObjects skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited BusinessObjects over the 3 months to 20 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 of the Database & Business Intelligence category for the West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP BusinessObjects
Rank 156 176 149
Rank change year-on-year
+20 -27
Permanent jobs citing BusinessObjects 48 10 23
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.973% 0.222% 0.562%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.085% 0.662% 1.722%
Number of salaries quoted 45 10 22
Average salary £50,000 £50,000 £57,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -13.04%
90% offered a salary of more than £40,600 £35,500 £31,600
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £62,250 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year
-4.76% -4.54%
All Database & Business Intelligence
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
1556 1510 1336
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 31.55% 33.45% 32.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1380 1354 1216
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £26,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £60,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
BusinessObjects
England

BusinessObjects
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing BusinessObjects across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

West Midlands BusinessObjects Jobs Demand Trend

BusinessObjects
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing BusinessObjects across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands BusinessObjects Salary Trend

BusinessObjects
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing BusinessObjects across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

West Midlands BusinessObjects Salary Histogram

BusinessObjects
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing BusinessObjects within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Birmingham +13 34 £50,000 +40.84%
Warwickshire - 7 £40,000 -
Worcestershire - 5 £41,791 -
Coventry -14 1 £47,000 -10.47%
BusinessObjects
England

BusinessObjects
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing BusinessObjects 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 BusinessObjects.

1 84 (100.00%) Business Objects
1 84 (100.00%) SAP
2 68 (80.95%) SAP BW
3 58 (69.05%) Business Intelligence
4 41 (48.81%) ETL
5 37 (44.05%) SAP BI
6 36 (42.86%) ABAP
7 33 (39.29%) Data Modelling
8 28 (33.33%) Finance
8 28 (33.33%) SAP BPC
9 23 (27.38%) Manufacturing
10 22 (26.19%) Retail
11 21 (25.00%) Publishing
11 21 (25.00%) SAP HANA
12 19 (22.62%) Xcelsius
13 17 (20.24%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
13 17 (20.24%) SQL
14 14 (16.67%) SAP R/3
15 10 (11.90%) NetWeaver
15 10 (11.90%) Oracle
16 9 (10.71%) SAP Certification
16 9 (10.71%) Migration
17 8 (9.524%) BAPI
18 7 (8.333%) Data Extraction
18 7 (8.333%) SAP ALE
18 7 (8.333%) SAPscript
18 7 (8.333%) UNIX
18 7 (8.333%) DB2
18 7 (8.333%) SAP Portal
19 6 (7.143%) Mobile App

BusinessObjects
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing BusinessObjects 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 BusinessObjects. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (9.524%) BAPI
2 7 (8.333%) SAP ALE
3 6 (7.143%) SAP Basis
3 6 (7.143%) OLE DB
3 6 (7.143%) ODBC
4 4 (4.762%) SAP XI
5 3 (3.571%) SAP Smart Forms
6 1 (1.190%) Middleware
6 1 (1.190%) .NET
6 1 (1.190%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 10 (11.90%) NetWeaver
2 7 (8.333%) SAP Portal
3 1 (1.190%) WebLogic
3 1 (1.190%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (3.571%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.190%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 28 (33.33%) SAP BPC
2 14 (16.67%) SAP R/3
3 2 (2.381%) SAP GRC
4 1 (1.190%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (1.190%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (1.190%) Oracle 11i
4 1 (1.190%) SAP FI
4 1 (1.190%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (1.190%) Oracle HRMS
4 1 (1.190%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (1.190%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (1.190%) SAP CO
4 1 (1.190%) assyst
4 1 (1.190%) SAP HCM
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.762%) LAN
1 4 (4.762%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (80.95%) SAP BW
2 37 (44.05%) SAP BI
3 21 (25.00%) SAP HANA
4 19 (22.62%) Xcelsius
5 17 (20.24%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
6 7 (8.333%) DB2
7 6 (7.143%) Oracle Reports
7 6 (7.143%) DB2 UDB
8 4 (4.762%) SAP Data Services
9 3 (3.571%) Crystal Reports
9 3 (3.571%) BODI
10 2 (2.381%) Data Warehouse
11 1 (1.190%) Oracle 10g
11 1 (1.190%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (1.190%) SQL Server
11 1 (1.190%) Oracle 11g
11 1 (1.190%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 2 (2.381%) LSMW
2 1 (1.190%) ProC
2 1 (1.190%) Introscope
General
1 28 (33.33%) Finance
2 23 (27.38%) Manufacturing
3 22 (26.19%) Retail
4 21 (25.00%) Publishing
5 3 (3.571%) Banking
6 2 (2.381%) Marketing
6 2 (2.381%) Games
7 1 (1.190%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 48 (57.14%) Consultant
1 48 (57.14%) SAP Consultant
2 21 (25.00%) Developer
3 19 (22.62%) SAP BW Consultant
3 19 (22.62%) SAP Developer
4 13 (15.48%) Business Objects Consultant
5 11 (13.10%) SAP BW Developer
6 9 (10.71%) Analyst
7 7 (8.333%) Business Consultant
7 7 (8.333%) SAP Business Consultant
7 7 (8.333%) SAP Analyst
8 5 (5.952%) SAP BI Consultant
8 5 (5.952%) Team Leader
8 5 (5.952%) ABAP Developer
8 5 (5.952%) SAP Basis Consultant
8 5 (5.952%) Business Intelligence Consultant
8 5 (5.952%) SAP BW Analyst
9 4 (4.762%) SAP Team Leader
9 4 (4.762%) Developer Analyst
10 3 (3.571%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 7 (8.333%) Data Extraction
2 6 (7.143%) Mobile App
3 2 (2.381%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.381%) Economics
3 2 (2.381%) Informatics
3 2 (2.381%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 7 (8.333%) UNIX
2 6 (7.143%) AIX
3 5 (5.952%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (69.05%) Business Intelligence
2 41 (48.81%) ETL
3 33 (39.29%) Data Modelling
4 9 (10.71%) Migration
5 3 (3.571%) Data Migration
5 3 (3.571%) CRM
6 2 (2.381%) ITIL
6 2 (2.381%) Project Management
6 2 (2.381%) Enterprise Architecture
6 2 (2.381%) Project Planning
6 2 (2.381%) Performance Management
6 2 (2.381%) SAP Security
7 1 (1.190%) Budget Control
7 1 (1.190%) Waterfall
7 1 (1.190%) Data Transformation
7 1 (1.190%) Data Cleansing
7 1 (1.190%) Programme Management
7 1 (1.190%) Data Analysis
7 1 (1.190%) Systems Analysis
7 1 (1.190%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 36 (42.86%) ABAP
2 17 (20.24%) SQL
3 7 (8.333%) SAPscript
4 5 (5.952%) Java
5 1 (1.190%) C
5 1 (1.190%) C#
Qualifications
1 9 (10.71%) SAP Certification
2 4 (4.762%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.381%) Degree
4 1 (1.190%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 6 (7.143%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.190%) CA Wily
Vendors
1 84 (100.00%) Business Objects
1 84 (100.00%) SAP
2 10 (11.90%) Oracle
3 6 (7.143%) HP
4 5 (5.952%) Microsoft
5 1 (1.190%) Hyperion
5 1 (1.190%) Informatica
5 1 (1.190%) Pegasus
5 1 (1.190%) Cognos
5 1 (1.190%) IBM