BusinessObjects Job Trends in England

SAP BusinessObjects (SAP BO, BOBJ)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring BusinessObjects skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 535 541 570
Rank change year-on-year +6 +29 +85
Permanent jobs citing BusinessObjects 74 133 108
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.14% 0.28% 0.22%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.26% 1.53% 1.11%
Number of salaries quoted 59 36 89
10th Percentile £42,780 £31,250 £47,250
25th Percentile £49,375 £39,263 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,094 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.30% -15.05% +13.64%
75th Percentile £68,750 £73,886 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,750 £83,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +13.64%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
England

BusinessObjects falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 5,852 8,668 9,732
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 11.13% 17.96% 20.19%
Number of salaries quoted 3,865 4,882 7,774
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £36,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £96,539
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.00%

BusinessObjects
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

BusinessObjects job vacancy trend in England

BusinessObjects
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing BusinessObjects.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing BusinessObjects

BusinessObjects
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing BusinessObjects in England over the 6 months to 9 January 2026.

Salary histogram for BusinessObjects in England

BusinessObjects
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing BusinessObjects within the England region over the 6 months to 9 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
East of England +36 26 £57,500 +19.79% 3
London +35 21 £82,500 +24.06% 6
North of England -3 15 £62,500 +92.31% 2
Yorkshire -4 8 £62,500 +92.31%
North West +5 7 £50,000 +11.11% 2
South East +27 6 £42,500 +2.41% 3
West Midlands +1 5 £52,500 -2.21%
Midlands -2 5 £52,500 -2.21%
South West +1 1 £50,000 -30.55%
BusinessObjects
UK

BusinessObjects
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 7 (9.46%) Confluence
2 4 (5.41%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (1.35%) Apache Spark
3 1 (1.35%) CMS
3 1 (1.35%) SAS
Applications
1 13 (17.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (12.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (6.76%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (8.11%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (5.41%) NEC Housing
3 2 (2.70%) iTrent
4 1 (1.35%) Endur
4 1 (1.35%) SAP CO
4 1 (1.35%) SAP FI
4 1 (1.35%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 21 (28.38%) Power Platform
2 12 (16.22%) Azure
3 11 (14.86%) AWS
4 3 (4.05%) Snowflake
5 2 (2.70%) SaaS
6 1 (1.35%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (1.35%) Power Automate
6 1 (1.35%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (31.08%) MySQL
2 20 (27.03%) Amazon Redshift
2 20 (27.03%) Power BI
3 14 (18.92%) SQL Server
4 13 (17.57%) Tableau
5 11 (14.86%) SAP Data Services
6 5 (6.76%) Crystal Reports
6 5 (6.76%) Data Mining
6 5 (6.76%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (5.41%) MS Access
8 3 (4.05%) Amazon QuickSight
8 3 (4.05%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
8 3 (4.05%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
8 3 (4.05%) Relational Database
8 3 (4.05%) SAP HANA
9 2 (2.70%) Qlik Sense
9 2 (2.70%) QlikView
10 1 (1.35%) OLAP
10 1 (1.35%) SAP BW
10 1 (1.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 8 (10.81%) JIRA
2 4 (5.41%) Toad
3 1 (1.35%) Visual Studio
General
1 37 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 24 (32.43%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (24.32%) Finance
4 10 (13.51%) Retail
5 7 (9.46%) Organisational Skills
5 7 (9.46%) Publishing
6 6 (8.11%) Automotive
6 6 (8.11%) Banking
6 6 (8.11%) Pharmaceutical
7 4 (5.41%) Local Government
7 4 (5.41%) Public Sector
8 3 (4.05%) Back Office
9 1 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 20 (27.03%) Developer
2 17 (22.97%) Analyst
3 12 (16.22%) Report Developer
4 10 (13.51%) Senior
5 9 (12.16%) Consultant
6 8 (10.81%) SAP Consultant
7 7 (9.46%) Business Intelligence Analyst
7 7 (9.46%) Data Engineer
7 7 (9.46%) Lead
7 7 (9.46%) Support Engineer
8 6 (8.11%) Administrator
8 6 (8.11%) Applications Support
8 6 (8.11%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 6 (8.11%) Principal Consultant
9 5 (6.76%) Principal SAP Consultant
9 5 (6.76%) SAP BusinessObjects Consultant (SAP BO Consultant)
9 5 (6.76%) Tableau Administrator
9 5 (6.76%) Technical Leader
10 4 (5.41%) Power BI Specialist
10 4 (5.41%) Senior Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (9.46%) .NET
2 4 (5.41%) SAP Fiori
3 3 (4.05%) REST
3 3 (4.05%) SAP Basis
3 3 (4.05%) SAPUI5
4 2 (2.70%) XML
5 1 (1.35%) .NET Framework
5 1 (1.35%) Entity Framework
5 1 (1.35%) HTML
5 1 (1.35%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 14 (18.92%) Product Ownership
2 6 (8.11%) FMCG
3 5 (6.76%) Data Structures
4 3 (4.05%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (4.05%) Onboarding
4 3 (4.05%) Replication
4 3 (4.05%) Virtual Team
5 2 (2.70%) Low-Code
5 2 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.35%) Distributed Computing
6 1 (1.35%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.35%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 8 (10.81%) Windows
2 7 (9.46%) Windows Server
3 4 (5.41%) Linux
3 4 (5.41%) Unix
4 3 (4.05%) SUSE
4 3 (4.05%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (63.51%) Business Intelligence
2 25 (33.78%) ETL
3 24 (32.43%) Agile
4 22 (29.73%) Decision-Making
4 22 (29.73%) Visualisation
5 18 (24.32%) ETL Development
6 17 (22.97%) Data Visualisation
7 15 (20.27%) Data Modelling
7 15 (20.27%) Problem-Solving
8 13 (17.57%) Analytics
8 13 (17.57%) Data Management
9 12 (16.22%) Continuous Improvement
10 10 (13.51%) Data Analysis
11 9 (12.16%) ITIL
11 9 (12.16%) Logistics
11 9 (12.16%) Migration
11 9 (12.16%) Translating Business Requirements
12 8 (10.81%) Process Improvement
12 8 (10.81%) Stakeholder Management
13 7 (9.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 49 (66.22%) SQL
2 7 (9.46%) PowerShell
3 5 (6.76%) Python
3 5 (6.76%) Shell Script
3 5 (6.76%) VB
3 5 (6.76%) VBA
4 3 (4.05%) Bash
5 2 (2.70%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.35%) C#
6 1 (1.35%) C++
6 1 (1.35%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (14.86%) Degree
2 3 (4.05%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.35%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.35%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.35%) COBIT
1 1 (1.35%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 52 (70.27%) SAP
2 13 (17.57%) Microsoft
3 5 (6.76%) Oracle
4 4 (5.41%) Facebook
4 4 (5.41%) NEC
5 1 (1.35%) Blue Prism
5 1 (1.35%) ServiceNow