BusinessObjects Contract Job Trends in the South West

SAP BusinessObjects (SAP BO, BOBJ)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring BusinessObjects skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 126 122 148
Rank change year-on-year -4 +26 +30
Contract jobs citing BusinessObjects 3 4 3
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.13% 0.19% 0.10%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.29% 1.45% 0.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 3
10th Percentile £248 - -
25th Percentile £248 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £258 £375 £400
Median % change year-on-year -31.33% -6.25% -27.27%
75th Percentile £274 £388 £431
90th Percentile £279 - £435
England median daily rate £450 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -12.20% +2.50% +9.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £20.66 - -
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
South West

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 South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 233 276 381
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 10.06% 13.07% 12.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 160 187 267
10th Percentile £334 £390 £375
25th Percentile £413 £450 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £676 £675
90th Percentile £695 £754 £729
England median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 6 18
10th Percentile £34.47 £22.54 £14.36
25th Percentile £62.38 £25.26 £17.10
Median hourly rate £65.00 £27.13 £57.28
Median % change year-on-year +139.63% -52.64% +0.73%
75th Percentile - £29.75 £78.00
90th Percentile £66.40 £47.25 £83.14
England median hourly rate £45.00 £36.25 £46.18
% change year-on-year +24.14% -21.50% -10.76%

BusinessObjects
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

BusinessObjects job vacancy trend in the South West

BusinessObjects
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing BusinessObjects.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing BusinessObjects

BusinessObjects
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing BusinessObjects.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing BusinessObjects

BusinessObjects
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BusinessObjects within the South West region over the 6 months to 18 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
Bristol - 1 - -
Devon - 1 £250 -
Somerset - 1 £265 -
BusinessObjects
England

BusinessObjects
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Power BI
General
1 1 (33.33%) Local Government
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Business Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Data Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Developer
1 1 (33.33%) HR Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Report Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) SAP BusinessObjects Developer (SAP BO Developer)
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Benchmarking
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Data Collection
2 1 (33.33%) Data Entry
2 1 (33.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Metrics
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) SAP