BusinessObjects Contract Job Trends
SAP BusinessObjects (SAP BO, BOBJ)
UK
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs citing BusinessObjects skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 6 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 622 | 548 | 466 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -74 | -82 | +67 |
| Contract jobs citing BusinessObjects | 74 | 26 | 85 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 0.13% | 0.075% | 0.23% |
| As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category | 0.89% | 0.42% | 1.32% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 46 | 16 | 53 |
| 10th Percentile | £313 | £249 | £363 |
| 25th Percentile | £399 | £386 | £463 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | £475 | £513 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.26% | -7.32% | +2.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £554 | £541 | £575 |
| 90th Percentile | £844 | £595 | £624 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £481 | £450 | £477 |
| % change year-on-year | +6.94% | -5.66% | -4.60% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £22.37 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £25.25 | £24.94 | - |
| Median hourly rate | £25.50 | £30.58 | £19.59 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -16.60% | +56.07% | +0.46% |
| 75th Percentile | £34.81 | £37.57 | £44.67 |
| 90th Percentile | £51.13 | £40.96 | £59.72 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.00 | £20.66 | £19.59 |
| % change year-on-year | +200.10% | +5.46% | +0.46% |
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 citing database or business intelligence skills.
| 6 months to 6 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies citing database or business intelligence skills | 8,305 | 6,237 | 6,434 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 15.06% | 18.02% | 17.61% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 5,511 | 4,235 | 4,284 |
| 10th Percentile | £358 | £331 | £345 |
| 25th Percentile | £420 | £413 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £513 | £500 | £527 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.50% | -5.12% | -1.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £619 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | £725 | £775 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £480 | £475 | £488 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.05% | -2.56% | -2.50% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 331 | 89 | 89 |
| 10th Percentile | £17.17 | £20.73 | £17.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £23.00 | £29.00 | £21.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £40.18 | £43.50 | £30.59 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.63% | +42.20% | -35.60% |
| 75th Percentile | £57.50 | £65.00 | £53.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £74.68 | £83.60 | £66.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £38.38 | £41.75 | £30.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -8.08% | +39.17% | -35.04% |
BusinessObjects Job Vacancy Trend
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing BusinessObjects relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.
BusinessObjects Daily Rate Trend
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 6 November 2026.
BusinessObjects Hourly Rate Trend
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing BusinessObjects.
BusinessObjects Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution for jobs citing BusinessObjects over the 6 months to 6 November 2026.
BusinessObjects Top 13 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 6 November 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | -88 | 64 | £450 | -5.26% | 18 |
| UK excluding London | -67 | 36 | £481 | +6.94% | 11 |
| Work from Home | -46 | 32 | £440 | -2.33% | 11 |
| London | -68 | 28 | £450 | -14.29% | 10 |
| Midlands | -27 | 15 | £527 | +10.95% | 2 |
| West Midlands | -32 | 13 | £535 | +12.63% | |
| South East | -57 | 9 | £400 | +15.44% | 7 |
| Yorkshire | -29 | 5 | £519 | -1.19% | |
| North of England | -60 | 5 | £519 | +1.22% | 1 |
| Wales | - | 3 | - | - | 1 |
| Scotland | - | 3 | - | - | |
| East Midlands | - | 2 | £213 | - | 2 |
| East of England | -28 | 1 | - | - |
BusinessObjects Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Database & Business Intelligence
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Power BI | 35.1% | 26 |
| 2 | SAP Data Services | 20.3% | 15 |
| 3 | MongoDB | 10.8% | 8 |
| 3 | MySQL | 10.8% | 8 |
| 3 | Pentaho | 10.8% | 8 |
| 6 | SAP BW | 9.5% | 7 |
| 7 | Oracle Database | 8.1% | 6 |
| 7 | Oracle Reports | 8.1% | 6 |
| 9 | SQL Server | 6.8% | 5 |
| 10 | Data Warehouse | 5.4% | 4 |
| 10 | Metadata | 5.4% | 4 |
| 10 | Tableau | 5.4% | 4 |
| 13 | BusinessObjects Business Intelligence | 4.1% | 3 |
| 13 | BusinessObjects Web Intelligence | 4.1% | 3 |
| 13 | Enterprise Data Warehouse | 4.1% | 3 |
| 13 | Power Query | 4.1% | 3 |
| 13 | Qlik Sense | 4.1% | 3 |
| 13 | QlikView | 4.1% | 3 |
| 13 | SAP HANA | 4.1% | 3 |
| 13 | Semantic Layer | 4.1% | 3 |