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 contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 564 477 478
Rank change year-on-year -87 +1 +87
Contract jobs citing BusinessObjects 37 52 112
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.091% 0.17% 0.25%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.56% 0.91% 1.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 31 70
10th Percentile £268 £296 £365
25th Percentile £405 £363 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £513 £488
Median % change year-on-year -12.20% +5.13% +2.63%
75th Percentile £500 £530 £562
90th Percentile £588 £638 £586
UK excluding London median daily rate £420 £477 £488
% change year-on-year -11.95% -2.15% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 4
10th Percentile - £20.66 £31.53
25th Percentile - - £51.44
Median hourly rate £20.66 £22.27 £71.25
Median % change year-on-year -7.23% -68.74% -
75th Percentile - - £80.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £20.66 £19.59 £71.25
% change year-on-year +5.46% -72.51% -

All Database & BI 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 6,653 5,702 7,185
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 16.34% 18.51% 16.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,563 3,816 5,100
10th Percentile £340 £350 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £650
90th Percentile £700 £763 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 127 90 174
10th Percentile £18.25 £19.81 £16.04
25th Percentile £29.00 £24.81 £21.64
Median hourly rate £54.00 £38.31 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +40.97% -9.87% -24.01%
75th Percentile £74.68 £64.93 £62.88
90th Percentile £85.10 £70.38 £77.21
UK excluding London median hourly rate £54.85 £30.00 £40.25
% change year-on-year +82.83% -25.47% -28.04%

BusinessObjects
Job Vacancy Trend

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

BusinessObjects job vacancy trend 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 19 February 2026.

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 19 February 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
England -86 31 £438 -14.63% 14
UK excluding London -62 18 £420 -11.95% 13
Work from Home -33 14 £450 -12.62% 5
London -59 14 £475 -7.54% 4
West Midlands -58 7 £438 -8.28% 1
Midlands -65 7 £438 -8.28% 2
South East -30 4 £420 -32.80% 5
North of England -69 4 £468 -33.21% 4
North West -25 3 £410 -41.43% 2
South West -20 2 £265 -29.33%
Scotland +2 1 £275 +44.74%
Yorkshire - 1 £525 - 2

BusinessObjects
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (8.11%) CMS
2 1 (2.70%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (2.70%) Apache Spark
2 1 (2.70%) Confluence
2 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.70%) NetWeaver
2 1 (2.70%) SAP Portal
2 1 (2.70%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (10.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (2.70%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (2.70%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 3 (8.11%) iTrent
2 1 (2.70%) Maximo
2 1 (2.70%) NEC Housing
2 1 (2.70%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (2.70%) SAP FI-CA
Cloud Services
1 11 (29.73%) Power Platform
2 6 (16.22%) Azure
3 2 (5.41%) Azure Data Factory
3 2 (5.41%) GCP
3 2 (5.41%) SaaS
4 1 (2.70%) AWS
4 1 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.70%) Azure Key Vault
4 1 (2.70%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (2.70%) dbt
4 1 (2.70%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (2.70%) GitHub
4 1 (2.70%) GitHub Copilot
4 1 (2.70%) PowerApps
4 1 (2.70%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.70%) Firewall
1 1 (2.70%) FTP
1 1 (2.70%) IP Telephony
1 1 (2.70%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (29.73%) Power BI
2 7 (18.92%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (16.22%) BusinessObjects XI
4 5 (13.51%) SAP Data Services
5 4 (10.81%) SQL Server
6 3 (8.11%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
6 3 (8.11%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
6 3 (8.11%) Crystal Reports
6 3 (8.11%) NoSQL
7 2 (5.41%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (5.41%) BigQuery
7 2 (5.41%) MongoDB
7 2 (5.41%) MS Access
7 2 (5.41%) Oracle Database
7 2 (5.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (5.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (2.70%) IBM InfoSphere
8 1 (2.70%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (2.70%) SAP HANA
8 1 (2.70%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (10.81%) Git
1 4 (10.81%) JIRA
2 1 (2.70%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 1 (2.70%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 10 (27.03%) Finance
2 8 (21.62%) Social Skills
3 7 (18.92%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (8.11%) Public Sector
5 2 (5.41%) Local Government
6 1 (2.70%) Banking
6 1 (2.70%) Billing
6 1 (2.70%) Digital Healthcare
6 1 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (16.22%) Data Engineer
1 6 (16.22%) Developer
2 5 (13.51%) Analyst
3 4 (10.81%) Administrator
3 4 (10.81%) Business Developer
3 4 (10.81%) SAP Administrator
4 3 (8.11%) Consultant
4 3 (8.11%) Data Analyst
4 3 (8.11%) Project Manager
4 3 (8.11%) SAP BusinessObjects Developer (SAP BO Developer)
5 2 (5.41%) HR Analyst
5 2 (5.41%) Lead
5 2 (5.41%) Migration Manager
5 2 (5.41%) Migration Project Manager
5 2 (5.41%) Report Analyst
5 2 (5.41%) SAP BusinessObjects Consultant (SAP BO Consultant)
5 2 (5.41%) SAP Consultant
5 2 (5.41%) Senior
6 1 (2.70%) Data Manager
6 1 (2.70%) SAP Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.41%) XML
2 1 (2.70%) ADO
2 1 (2.70%) ebXML
2 1 (2.70%) Kafka
2 1 (2.70%) ODBC
2 1 (2.70%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.11%) NHS
2 2 (5.41%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (5.41%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.70%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.70%) Data Fabric
3 1 (2.70%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.70%) Data Structures
3 1 (2.70%) Mainframe
3 1 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.11%) Windows
2 1 (2.70%) Apple iOS
2 1 (2.70%) Linux
2 1 (2.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (2.70%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (62.16%) Business Intelligence
2 9 (24.32%) Data Modelling
3 8 (21.62%) ETL
4 6 (16.22%) Analytics
4 6 (16.22%) Decision-Making
4 6 (16.22%) Migration
4 6 (16.22%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (13.51%) Visualisation
6 4 (10.81%) Data Transformation
6 4 (10.81%) DevOps
6 4 (10.81%) Disaster Recovery
6 4 (10.81%) Performance Tuning
6 4 (10.81%) Test Automation
7 3 (8.11%) CI/CD
7 3 (8.11%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (8.11%) Data Engineering
7 3 (8.11%) Data Governance
7 3 (8.11%) Data-Driven Decision Making
7 3 (8.11%) Performance Monitoring
7 3 (8.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 15 (40.54%) SQL
2 2 (5.41%) ABAP
2 2 (5.41%) Python
2 2 (5.41%) T-SQL
2 2 (5.41%) VB
2 2 (5.41%) VBA
3 1 (2.70%) Java
3 1 (2.70%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.70%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (8.11%) SC Cleared
1 3 (8.11%) Security Cleared
2 2 (5.41%) Degree
3 1 (2.70%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (2.70%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.70%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (18.92%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.70%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (2.70%) GDPR
2 1 (2.70%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.70%) Docker
1 1 (2.70%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (5.41%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 14 (37.84%) SAP
2 9 (24.32%) Microsoft
3 4 (10.81%) Oracle
3 4 (10.81%) ServiceNow
4 2 (5.41%) IBM
4 2 (5.41%) Remedy
5 1 (2.70%) Apple
5 1 (2.70%) Citrix
5 1 (2.70%) Databricks
5 1 (2.70%) Informatica
5 1 (2.70%) NEC
5 1 (2.70%) Netezza
5 1 (2.70%) Palantir
5 1 (2.70%) Red Hat
5 1 (2.70%) Snow