BusinessObjects Contract Job Trends in the North of England

SAP BusinessObjects (SAP BO, BOBJ)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring BusinessObjects skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 205 160 181
Rank change year-on-year -45 +21 +52
Contract jobs citing BusinessObjects 3 1 6
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.064% 0.028% 0.13%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.40% 0.20% 0.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 6
10th Percentile - - £413
25th Percentile £513 - £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +23.46%
75th Percentile £538 - £572
90th Percentile - - £588
England median daily rate £450 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -12.20% +2.50% +7.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £66.50 -
England median hourly rate £30.58 £22.27 £62.50
% change year-on-year +37.29% -64.37% +193.43%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
North of England

BusinessObjects falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 754 506 651
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 16.05% 14.08% 14.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 536 317 468
10th Percentile £316 £325 £304
25th Percentile £372 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.16% -2.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £540 £575 £600
90th Percentile £650 £700 £664
England median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 11 17
10th Percentile £39.20 £22.72 £17.79
25th Percentile £53.75 £23.48 £21.31
Median hourly rate £64.50 £27.50 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +134.55% -40.45% -18.98%
75th Percentile £81.50 £49.38 £53.75
90th Percentile £85.20 £65.00 £59.00
England median hourly rate £43.50 £37.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year +16.00% -18.80% -10.76%

BusinessObjects
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing BusinessObjects relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

BusinessObjects job vacancy trend in the North of England

BusinessObjects
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing BusinessObjects.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing BusinessObjects

BusinessObjects
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing BusinessObjects.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing BusinessObjects

BusinessObjects
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BusinessObjects within the North of England region over the 6 months to 17 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West -27 2 - - 1
Yorkshire - 1 £525 -
BusinessObjects
England

BusinessObjects
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (33.33%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (33.33%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) IP Telephony
1 1 (33.33%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Data Mining
1 1 (33.33%) Electronic Patient Records
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Database
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Discoverer
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Business Data Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Data Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Data Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Incident Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Mainframe
1 1 (33.33%) NHS
1 1 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Apple iOS
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) ETL
2 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) Data Transformation
2 1 (33.33%) Facilities Management
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Problem Management
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Programme Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Service Management
2 1 (33.33%) Statistical Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (33.33%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Certification
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Apple
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle
2 1 (33.33%) Palantir