BusinessObjects Job Trends in the South East

SAP BusinessObjects (SAP BO, BOBJ)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring BusinessObjects skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 261 288 288
Rank change year-on-year +27 0 +57
Permanent jobs citing BusinessObjects 6 6 3
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.058% 0.067% 0.034%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.64% 0.37% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 5 5 2
10th Percentile £37,350 £38,580 -
25th Percentile £39,000 £39,750 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £41,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.41% -17.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £56,250 £65,000 -
90th Percentile £58,500 £74,900 -
England median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +9.52% -16.00% +13.64%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 935 1,618 1,665
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 8.98% 18.01% 18.92%
Number of salaries quoted 537 843 1,247
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £69,840 £75,000 £69,125
90th Percentile £83,750 £86,160 £83,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -6.08%

BusinessObjects
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

BusinessObjects job vacancy trend in the South East

BusinessObjects
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing BusinessObjects.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing BusinessObjects

BusinessObjects
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing BusinessObjects in the South East over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for BusinessObjects in the South East

BusinessObjects
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing BusinessObjects within the South East region over the 6 months to 15 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
Thames Valley +18 5 £47,500 -33.57% 1
Buckinghamshire - 5 £47,500 -
Surrey +3 1 £40,000 -3.61%
BusinessObjects
England

BusinessObjects
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 1 (16.67%) CMS
1 1 (16.67%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (50.00%) Power BI
1 3 (50.00%) Tableau
2 2 (33.33%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
3 1 (16.67%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
3 1 (16.67%) QlikView
3 1 (16.67%) Relational Database
3 1 (16.67%) SAP Data Services
3 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Automotive
3 1 (16.67%) Banking
3 1 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (16.67%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (16.67%) Publishing
3 1 (16.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Administrator
2 2 (33.33%) Tableau Administrator
3 1 (16.67%) Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Data Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Power BI Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Report Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Report Writer
3 1 (16.67%) SAP Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Data Structures
1 1 (16.67%) FMCG
1 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (50.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (33.33%) Analytics
3 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 2 (33.33%) Visualisation
4 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) Data Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) Data Governance
4 1 (16.67%) Data Security
4 1 (16.67%) Data Visualisation
4 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (16.67%) High Availability
4 1 (16.67%) Information Security
4 1 (16.67%) Load Balancing
4 1 (16.67%) Logistics
4 1 (16.67%) Performance Monitoring
4 1 (16.67%) Server Monitoring
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (16.67%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (16.67%) VBA
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) SAP
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft