BusinessObjects Job Trends in the UK excluding London

SAP BusinessObjects (SAP BO, BOBJ)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring BusinessObjects skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 452 486 516
Rank change year-on-year +34 +30 +33
Permanent jobs citing BusinessObjects 54 86 51
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.13% 0.24% 0.15%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.44% 1.53% 0.74%
Number of salaries quoted 44 23 42
10th Percentile £42,780 £31,250 £32,750
25th Percentile £48,750 £37,025 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.78% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £59,063 £69,443 £77,500
90th Percentile £63,750 £73,886 £82,925
UK median annual salary £57,500 £54,344 £62,500
% change year-on-year +5.81% -13.05% +13.64%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 3,746 5,608 6,886
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 8.88% 15.63% 19.87%
Number of salaries quoted 2,371 2,907 5,276
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £42,500 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £82,500 £82,500
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 the UK excluding London

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

BusinessObjects job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

BusinessObjects
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing BusinessObjects.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing BusinessObjects

BusinessObjects
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing BusinessObjects in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for BusinessObjects in the UK excluding London

BusinessObjects
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing BusinessObjects within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 13 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 +40 26 £57,500 +19.79% 3
North of England +13 15 £62,500 +92.31% 2
Yorkshire -5 8 £62,500 +92.31%
North West +11 7 £50,000 +11.11% 2
South East +23 6 £42,500 +2.41% 3
West Midlands -1 4 £52,500 -2.21%
Midlands -4 4 £52,500 -2.21%
Scotland - 2 £47,500 -
South West +6 1 £50,000 -30.55%
BusinessObjects
UK

BusinessObjects
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (12.96%) Confluence
2 4 (7.41%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (1.85%) CMS
3 1 (1.85%) SAS
Applications
1 10 (18.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (9.26%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (9.26%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (7.41%) NEC Housing
3 2 (3.70%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 15 (27.78%) Power Platform
2 9 (16.67%) Azure
3 8 (14.81%) AWS
4 4 (7.41%) Snowflake
5 2 (3.70%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (33.33%) MySQL
2 16 (29.63%) Amazon Redshift
3 15 (27.78%) Power BI
4 11 (20.37%) Tableau
5 10 (18.52%) SQL Server
6 5 (9.26%) MS Access
6 5 (9.26%) SAP Data Services
7 4 (7.41%) Data Mining
8 3 (5.56%) Amazon QuickSight
8 3 (5.56%) Crystal Reports
8 3 (5.56%) SAP HANA
9 2 (3.70%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
9 2 (3.70%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
9 2 (3.70%) QlikView
9 2 (3.70%) Relational Database
10 1 (1.85%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (1.85%) NoSQL
10 1 (1.85%) OLAP
10 1 (1.85%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (1.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 7 (12.96%) JIRA
2 4 (7.41%) Toad
General
1 30 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 18 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (16.67%) Retail
4 8 (14.81%) Finance
5 5 (9.26%) Automotive
5 5 (9.26%) Banking
5 5 (9.26%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (9.26%) Pharmaceutical
5 5 (9.26%) Publishing
6 4 (7.41%) Local Government
6 4 (7.41%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 16 (29.63%) Developer
2 12 (22.22%) Report Developer
3 10 (18.52%) Analyst
4 8 (14.81%) Support Engineer
5 7 (12.96%) Business Intelligence Analyst
5 7 (12.96%) Data Engineer
5 7 (12.96%) Senior
6 6 (11.11%) Administrator
7 5 (9.26%) Applications Support
7 5 (9.26%) Tableau Administrator
8 4 (7.41%) Applications Engineer
8 4 (7.41%) Applications Support Engineer
8 4 (7.41%) Lead
8 4 (7.41%) Senior Applications Engineer
8 4 (7.41%) Senior Applications Support
8 4 (7.41%) Senior Support Engineer
8 4 (7.41%) Technical Leader
9 3 (5.56%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 3 (5.56%) Consultant
9 3 (5.56%) SAP Basis Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (9.26%) .NET
2 4 (7.41%) REST
3 3 (5.56%) SAP Basis
3 3 (5.56%) SAP Fiori
3 3 (5.56%) SAPUI5
4 1 (1.85%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (25.93%) Product Ownership
2 5 (9.26%) Data Structures
2 5 (9.26%) FMCG
3 3 (5.56%) Replication
4 2 (3.70%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.85%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.85%) Freedom of Information
5 1 (1.85%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (14.81%) Windows
2 7 (12.96%) Windows Server
3 4 (7.41%) Linux
3 4 (7.41%) Unix
4 3 (5.56%) SUSE
4 3 (5.56%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (70.37%) Business Intelligence
2 21 (38.89%) Decision-Making
3 20 (37.04%) Agile
4 17 (31.48%) ETL
4 17 (31.48%) Visualisation
5 15 (27.78%) ETL Development
6 13 (24.07%) Data Management
6 13 (24.07%) Data Visualisation
7 11 (20.37%) Problem-Solving
8 10 (18.52%) Continuous Improvement
8 10 (18.52%) Data Modelling
9 9 (16.67%) Translating Business Requirements
10 8 (14.81%) Migration
11 6 (11.11%) Analytics
11 6 (11.11%) ITIL
11 6 (11.11%) Process Improvement
11 6 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 5 (9.26%) Data Analysis
12 5 (9.26%) Logistics
12 5 (9.26%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 37 (68.52%) SQL
2 8 (14.81%) PowerShell
3 6 (11.11%) Shell Script
4 5 (9.26%) VB
4 5 (9.26%) VBA
5 4 (7.41%) Bash
6 3 (5.56%) Python
7 1 (1.85%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (12.96%) Degree
2 3 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.85%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 37 (68.52%) SAP
2 11 (20.37%) Microsoft
3 4 (7.41%) Facebook
3 4 (7.41%) NEC
3 4 (7.41%) Oracle