BusinessObjects Contract Job Trends in Scotland

SAP BusinessObjects (SAP BO, BOBJ)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring BusinessObjects skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 115 121
Rank change year-on-year +7 +6 +35
Contract jobs citing BusinessObjects 1 5 10
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.061% 0.30% 0.44%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.33% 1.46% 2.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 6
10th Percentile - £154 £145
25th Percentile - £168 £156
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £190 £195
Median % change year-on-year +44.74% -2.56% -57.56%
75th Percentile - £194 £200
90th Percentile - £196 £347
UK median daily rate £450 £513 £488
% change year-on-year -12.20% +5.13% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £18.25
Median hourly rate - £19.59 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year - +0.46% -
75th Percentile - - £20.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £20.66 £22.27 £71.25
% change year-on-year -7.23% -68.74% -

All Database & BI Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 307 342 399
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 18.85% 20.64% 17.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 179 230 283
10th Percentile £313 £300 £325
25th Percentile £363 £385 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £453 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.31% -4.74% -4.30%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £575
90th Percentile £582 £590 £663
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 4 3
10th Percentile £17.32 - £18.93
25th Percentile - £19.59 £19.95
Median hourly rate £50.00 £23.05 £21.64
Median % change year-on-year +116.97% +6.49% -27.87%
75th Percentile £55.00 £27.91 £37.70
90th Percentile £64.00 £28.19 £47.33
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £30.00 £40.25
% change year-on-year +66.67% -25.47% -32.92%

BusinessObjects
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

BusinessObjects job vacancy trend in Scotland

BusinessObjects
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing BusinessObjects.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing BusinessObjects

BusinessObjects
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing BusinessObjects.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing BusinessObjects

BusinessObjects
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BusinessObjects within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 14 March 2026. 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
Edinburgh - 1 £275 - 3
BusinessObjects
UK

BusinessObjects
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) BusinessObjects XI
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft