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 26 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 555 477 487
Rank change year-on-year -78 +10 +85
Contract jobs citing BusinessObjects 33 60 121
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.087% 0.19% 0.27%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.53% 1.04% 1.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 37 79
10th Percentile £245 £255 £365
25th Percentile £270 £420 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £513 £488
Median % change year-on-year -17.07% +5.13% +2.63%
75th Percentile £488 £588 £577
90th Percentile £603 £638 £614
UK excluding London median daily rate £410 £477 £488
% change year-on-year -14.05% -2.15% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 4
10th Percentile £22.37 £19.59 £31.53
25th Percentile £24.94 £20.26 £51.44
Median hourly rate £30.58 £22.27 £71.25
Median % change year-on-year +37.29% -68.74% -
75th Percentile £37.57 - £80.00
90th Percentile £40.96 - -
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 6,235 5,758 7,235
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 16.53% 18.41% 16.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,297 3,786 5,140
10th Percentile £335 £355 £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 £480 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 85 181
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.25 £15.89
25th Percentile £29.00 £24.50 £21.00
Median hourly rate £44.25 £35.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.43% -17.65% -25.26%
75th Percentile £74.58 £64.73 £62.50
90th Percentile £84.50 £66.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £48.72 £28.65 £40.00
% change year-on-year +70.05% -28.38% -28.48%

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 26 January 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
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing BusinessObjects over the 6 months to 26 January 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for BusinessObjects in the UK

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 26 January 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 £425 -17.48% 8
UK excluding London -60 20 £410 -14.05% 8
London -25 12 £575 +11.92%
Work from Home -27 9 £433 -16.02% 6
West Midlands -39 7 £438 -10.71% 1
Midlands -46 7 £438 -10.71% 1
South East -33 5 £342 -45.36% 3
North of England -46 4 £468 -33.21% 2
North West -18 3 £410 -41.43% 2
South West -18 3 £258 -31.33%
Scotland 0 1 £275 +64.13%
Yorkshire - 1 £525 -

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 (9.09%) CMS
2 1 (3.03%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (3.03%) Apache Spark
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (3.03%) NetWeaver
2 1 (3.03%) SAP Portal
2 1 (3.03%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (15.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (3.03%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (3.03%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 5 (15.15%) iTrent
2 1 (3.03%) Maximo
2 1 (3.03%) NEC Housing
2 1 (3.03%) SAP FI-CA
Cloud Services
1 9 (27.27%) Power Platform
2 4 (12.12%) Azure
3 2 (6.06%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (3.03%) AWS
4 1 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (3.03%) Azure Key Vault
4 1 (3.03%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (3.03%) dbt
4 1 (3.03%) GCP
4 1 (3.03%) GitHub
4 1 (3.03%) GitHub Copilot
4 1 (3.03%) SaaS
4 1 (3.03%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.03%) Firewall
1 1 (3.03%) IP Telephony
1 1 (3.03%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (27.27%) Power BI
2 6 (18.18%) BusinessObjects XI
2 6 (18.18%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (18.18%) SAP Data Services
3 5 (15.15%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
4 3 (9.09%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
4 3 (9.09%) Crystal Reports
4 3 (9.09%) NoSQL
4 3 (9.09%) SQL Server
5 2 (6.06%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (6.06%) MongoDB
5 2 (6.06%) MS Access
5 2 (6.06%) Oracle Database
5 2 (6.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (6.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (6.06%) Tableau
5 2 (6.06%) Tableau Desktop
5 2 (6.06%) Tableau Server
6 1 (3.03%) Data Vault
6 1 (3.03%) PolyBase
Development Applications
1 3 (9.09%) Git
1 3 (9.09%) JIRA
2 1 (3.03%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 1 (3.03%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 10 (30.30%) Finance
2 8 (24.24%) Social Skills
3 7 (21.21%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (6.06%) Local Government
4 2 (6.06%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.03%) Banking
5 1 (3.03%) Billing
5 1 (3.03%) Digital Healthcare
5 1 (3.03%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (18.18%) Analyst
1 6 (18.18%) Developer
2 5 (15.15%) Data Engineer
3 4 (12.12%) Administrator
3 4 (12.12%) Business Developer
3 4 (12.12%) Data Analyst
3 4 (12.12%) SAP Administrator
4 3 (9.09%) HR Analyst
4 3 (9.09%) SAP BusinessObjects Developer (SAP BO Developer)
5 2 (6.06%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 2 (6.06%) Consultant
5 2 (6.06%) Report Analyst
5 2 (6.06%) Senior
5 2 (6.06%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (6.06%) Systems Analyst
6 1 (3.03%) Architect
6 1 (3.03%) Azure Data Architect
6 1 (3.03%) Data Architect
6 1 (3.03%) Lead
6 1 (3.03%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.03%) Kafka
1 1 (3.03%) ODBC
1 1 (3.03%) SAP Fiori
1 1 (3.03%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.09%) NHS
2 1 (3.03%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (3.03%) Data Fabric
2 1 (3.03%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (3.03%) Data Structures
2 1 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (3.03%) Mainframe
2 1 (3.03%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (9.09%) Windows
2 1 (3.03%) Apple iOS
2 1 (3.03%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (63.64%) Business Intelligence
2 7 (21.21%) ETL
3 6 (18.18%) Analytics
3 6 (18.18%) Data Modelling
3 6 (18.18%) Decision-Making
4 5 (15.15%) Disaster Recovery
4 5 (15.15%) Performance Tuning
4 5 (15.15%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (12.12%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (12.12%) Data Transformation
5 4 (12.12%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 4 (12.12%) Migration
5 4 (12.12%) Visualisation
6 3 (9.09%) Data Governance
6 3 (9.09%) DevOps
6 3 (9.09%) Performance Monitoring
6 3 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (9.09%) Test Automation
6 3 (9.09%) User Acceptance Testing
7 2 (6.06%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 13 (39.39%) SQL
2 2 (6.06%) T-SQL
2 2 (6.06%) VB
2 2 (6.06%) VBA
3 1 (3.03%) ABAP
3 1 (3.03%) Java
3 1 (3.03%) JavaScript
3 1 (3.03%) PL/SQL
3 1 (3.03%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (6.06%) Degree
1 2 (6.06%) SC Cleared
1 2 (6.06%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.03%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (3.03%) Master's Degree
2 1 (3.03%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (15.15%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.03%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (3.03%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.03%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (3.03%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 14 (42.42%) SAP
2 7 (21.21%) Microsoft
3 4 (12.12%) Oracle
4 2 (6.06%) ServiceNow
5 1 (3.03%) Apple
5 1 (3.03%) NEC
5 1 (3.03%) Northgate
5 1 (3.03%) Palantir