BusinessObjects Contract Job Trends

SAP BusinessObjects (SAP BO, BOBJ)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring BusinessObjects skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 521 494 539
Rank change year-on-year -27 +45 +32
Contract jobs citing BusinessObjects 36 67 113
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.18% 0.22%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.61% 0.98% 1.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 36 80
10th Percentile £275 £406 £385
25th Percentile £437 £459 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £519 £500
Median % change year-on-year +6.02% +3.75% -
75th Percentile £601 £613 £628
90th Percentile £607 £656 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £23.96 -
25th Percentile £37.77 £30.51 -
Median hourly rate £40.49 £43.05 -
Median % change year-on-year -5.94% - -
75th Percentile £43.21 £57.21 -
90th Percentile - £64.73 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £43.05 -

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 5,867 6,839 8,511
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 18.08% 17.93% 16.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,918 4,724 5,924
10th Percentile £338 £350 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £533 £542
Median % change year-on-year -6.19% -1.66% -1.45%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £800 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £482 £500
% change year-on-year -1.45% -3.60% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 86 165
10th Percentile £22.85 £17.50 £20.93
25th Percentile £30.55 £20.88 £31.69
Median hourly rate £40.25 £35.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.99% -36.36% +22.66%
75th Percentile £65.00 £61.19 £73.75
90th Percentile £80.00 £73.25 £78.45
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.00 £30.00 £54.50
% change year-on-year +20.00% -44.95% +55.71%

BusinessObjects
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing BusinessObjects as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for BusinessObjects in the UK

BusinessObjects
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

BusinessObjects
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing BusinessObjects over the 6 months to 15 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for BusinessObjects in the UK

BusinessObjects
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

BusinessObjects
Top 12 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 within the UK over the 6 months to 15 September 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 -8 36 £550 +6.02% 44
London +1 20 £585 +8.33% 20
UK excluding London -6 15 £475 -5.00% 37
Work from Home +13 10 £450 -11.11% 23
South East +29 5 £550 - 12
West Midlands -15 4 £433 -24.78% 10
Midlands -20 4 £433 -17.62% 11
North of England -15 3 £500 - 6
North West -12 2 £500 - 1
East of England - 2 £475 - 2
South West +24 1 £250 -33.33% 2
Yorkshire - 1 - - 5

BusinessObjects
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (8.33%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 2 (5.56%) WebLogic
3 1 (2.78%) CMS
3 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (2.78%) NetWeaver
3 1 (2.78%) SAP Portal
3 1 (2.78%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (19.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (13.89%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (11.11%) iTrent
2 3 (8.33%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (8.33%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (2.78%) NEC Housing
3 1 (2.78%) SAP Convergent Charging
3 1 (2.78%) SAP CRM
3 1 (2.78%) SAP FI-CA
3 1 (2.78%) SAP MDG
3 1 (2.78%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 15 (41.67%) Power Platform
2 4 (11.11%) Azure
2 4 (11.11%) Fivetran
2 4 (11.11%) Snowflake
3 2 (5.56%) Azure Data Factory
3 2 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (5.56%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (2.78%) GCP
4 1 (2.78%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.78%) Firewall
1 1 (2.78%) IP Telephony
1 1 (2.78%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (41.67%) Power BI
2 7 (19.44%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (16.67%) SQL Server
3 6 (16.67%) Tableau
4 5 (13.89%) Relational Database
5 4 (11.11%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
5 4 (11.11%) MS Access
5 4 (11.11%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (8.33%) Crystal Reports
6 3 (8.33%) SAP Data Services
7 2 (5.56%) SAP HANA
7 2 (5.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (2.78%) BigQuery
8 1 (2.78%) Oracle Database
8 1 (2.78%) Power Query
8 1 (2.78%) Qlik Sense
8 1 (2.78%) QlikView
8 1 (2.78%) SAP BW
8 1 (2.78%) Tableau Desktop
8 1 (2.78%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 4 (11.11%) GitLab
1 4 (11.11%) Liquibase
General
1 9 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (13.89%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (13.89%) Finance
3 4 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (2.78%) Billing
5 1 (2.78%) Legal
5 1 (2.78%) Local Government
5 1 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (2.78%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (22.22%) Developer
2 7 (19.44%) Consultant
3 6 (16.67%) Architect
4 5 (13.89%) Data Architect
4 5 (13.89%) SAP Consultant
5 4 (11.11%) Analyst
5 4 (11.11%) Solutions Architect
6 3 (8.33%) Data Engineer
6 3 (8.33%) Power BI Developer
7 2 (5.56%) Automation Developer
7 2 (5.56%) Business Developer
7 2 (5.56%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 2 (5.56%) HR Analyst
7 2 (5.56%) Oracle Analyst
7 2 (5.56%) Robotic Process Automation Developer
7 2 (5.56%) SAP BusinessObjects Developer (SAP BO Developer)
7 2 (5.56%) Senior
7 2 (5.56%) SQL Developer
8 1 (2.78%) Oracle Consultant
8 1 (2.78%) SAP BusinessObjects Consultant (SAP BO Consultant)
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (11.11%) Web Services
2 2 (5.56%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (2.78%) Middleware
3 1 (2.78%) ODBC
3 1 (2.78%) SAML
3 1 (2.78%) SAP Basis
3 1 (2.78%) SAP BSP
3 1 (2.78%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.89%) Data Structures
2 3 (8.33%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (5.56%) Clustering
4 1 (2.78%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.78%) Mainframe
4 1 (2.78%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.33%) Linux
1 3 (8.33%) Windows
2 1 (2.78%) Apple iOS
2 1 (2.78%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (44.44%) Business Intelligence
2 12 (33.33%) Analytics
3 9 (25.00%) Data Transformation
4 7 (19.44%) Data Analysis
4 7 (19.44%) Decision-Making
4 7 (19.44%) Migration
4 7 (19.44%) Visualisation
5 6 (16.67%) Data Analytics
5 6 (16.67%) ETL
5 6 (16.67%) Requirements Gathering
6 5 (13.89%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (13.89%) Data Architecture
6 5 (13.89%) Data Integration
7 4 (11.11%) Dashboard Development
7 4 (11.11%) Data Governance
7 4 (11.11%) Data Protection
7 4 (11.11%) Data Visualisation
7 4 (11.11%) Performance Tuning
7 4 (11.11%) Validation
7 4 (11.11%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 19 (52.78%) SQL
2 5 (13.89%) PL/SQL
3 3 (8.33%) Python
4 2 (5.56%) ABAP
4 2 (5.56%) Java
4 2 (5.56%) R
5 1 (2.78%) ANSI SQL
5 1 (2.78%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (2.78%) VBA
Qualifications
1 2 (5.56%) Degree
2 1 (2.78%) Master's Degree
2 1 (2.78%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.33%) GDPR
1 3 (8.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 2 (5.56%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.78%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.78%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (2.78%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 24 (66.67%) SAP
2 5 (13.89%) Oracle
3 4 (11.11%) Microsoft
3 4 (11.11%) Talend
4 2 (5.56%) Blue Prism
4 2 (5.56%) ServiceNow
5 1 (2.78%) Aderant
5 1 (2.78%) Apple
5 1 (2.78%) Ariba
5 1 (2.78%) Cognos
5 1 (2.78%) Google
5 1 (2.78%) MicroStrategy
5 1 (2.78%) NEC
5 1 (2.78%) Northgate