BusinessObjects XI Contract Job Trends

SAP BusinessObjects XI (BOXI)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring BusinessObjects XI skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 570 556 597
Rank change year-on-year -14 +41 +228
Contract jobs citing BusinessObjects XI 7 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.019% 0.005% 0.007%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.11% 0.031% 0.039%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile £320 - -
25th Percentile £388 - £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 - £510
Median % change year-on-year - - -21.54%
75th Percentile £475 - £515
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 - -

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK

BusinessObjects XI 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 6,383 6,516 7,614
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 17.67% 17.76% 16.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,367 4,297 5,340
10th Percentile £330 £346 £350
25th Percentile £410 £425 £432
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £530 £534
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% -0.75% -2.91%
75th Percentile £607 £650 £650
90th Percentile £713 £775 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £494 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% -1.20% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 89 89 146
10th Percentile £21.02 £18.00 £16.62
25th Percentile £29.00 £22.48 £21.86
Median hourly rate £46.50 £33.93 £46.84
Median % change year-on-year +37.05% -27.56% -2.30%
75th Percentile £69.25 £55.75 £66.50
90th Percentile £85.00 £65.20 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £54.85 £30.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year +82.83% -35.04% +13.38%

BusinessObjects XI
Job Vacancy Trend

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

BusinessObjects XI job vacancy trend in the UK

BusinessObjects XI
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing BusinessObjects XI.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing BusinessObjects XI

BusinessObjects XI
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing BusinessObjects XI over the 6 months to 27 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for BusinessObjects XI in the UK

BusinessObjects XI
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing BusinessObjects XI.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing BusinessObjects XI

BusinessObjects XI
Top 7 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BusinessObjects XI within the UK over the 6 months to 27 November 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
England - 6 £450 - 4
UK excluding London -38 5 £425 - 4
Midlands - 4 £438 - 4
West Midlands - 4 £438 - 4
London - 2 £450 -
Work from Home +7 1 £450 - 1
Scotland -2 1 £275 -

BusinessObjects XI
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (14.29%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (71.43%) BusinessObjects
2 3 (42.86%) Power BI
General
1 1 (14.29%) Finance
1 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Developer
2 3 (42.86%) Analyst
2 3 (42.86%) Data Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) Business Developer
3 2 (28.57%) Data Migration Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) HR Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) HR Data Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) Migration Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) Project Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) Senior
3 2 (28.57%) Senior Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) Senior Data Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 1 (14.29%) SAP BusinessObjects Developer (SAP BO Developer)
4 1 (14.29%) SAP Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (28.57%) Data Discovery
2 2 (28.57%) Data Migration
2 2 (28.57%) Data Modelling
2 2 (28.57%) Data Pipeline
2 2 (28.57%) Data Transformation
2 2 (28.57%) Decision-Making
2 2 (28.57%) ERP
2 2 (28.57%) Migration
2 2 (28.57%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Databricks
1 2 (28.57%) SAP
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft