BusinessObjects Job Trends

SAP BusinessObjects (SAP BO, BOBJ)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring BusinessObjects skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 564 558 583
Rank change year-on-year -6 +25 +119
Permanent jobs citing BusinessObjects 82 158 111
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.27% 0.22%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.23% 1.54% 1.04%
Number of salaries quoted 64 47 83
10th Percentile £41,709 £31,250 £39,000
25th Percentile £48,750 £36,250 £50,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £63,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -16.67% +14.55%
75th Percentile £63,750 £73,886 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £86,250 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £41,500 £58,125
% change year-on-year +32.53% -28.60% +16.25%

All Database and Business Intelligence 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 permanent job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 6,671 10,272 10,691
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.48% 17.61% 21.64%
Number of salaries quoted 4,276 5,945 8,289
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £36,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,549
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £63,900 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.10% +6.50% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £113,979 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,555 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.10% -4.45% -

BusinessObjects
Job Vacancy Trend

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

BusinessObjects job vacancy trend in the UK

BusinessObjects
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing BusinessObjects.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing BusinessObjects

BusinessObjects
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing BusinessObjects over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Salary histogram for BusinessObjects in the UK

BusinessObjects
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing BusinessObjects within the UK over the 6 months to 14 December 2025. 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
England +23 79 £57,500 +10.58% 15
UK excluding London +26 60 £55,000 +32.53% 10
East of England +38 25 £57,500 +9.52% 2
Work from Home +61 24 £57,500 +27.78% 4
London +51 21 £82,500 +22.68% 9
North of England +11 15 £62,500 +92.31% 2
South East +43 9 £45,500 +9.64% 4
Yorkshire +2 8 £62,500 +92.31%
Midlands -1 8 £35,500 -11.25% 2
North West +17 7 £50,000 +11.11% 2
West Midlands +3 5 £52,500 +31.25% 2
East Midlands -3 3 £35,500 -
Scotland +13 2 £47,500 +61.61%
South West +8 1 £50,000 -30.55%

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 6 (7.32%) Confluence
2 4 (4.88%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (1.22%) Apache Spark
3 1 (1.22%) CMS
3 1 (1.22%) SAS
Applications
1 15 (18.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (13.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (9.76%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (7.32%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (4.88%) iTrent
2 4 (4.88%) NEC Housing
3 3 (3.66%) Exchequer
4 1 (1.22%) Endur
4 1 (1.22%) SAP CO
4 1 (1.22%) SAP FI
4 1 (1.22%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 28 (34.15%) Power Platform
2 13 (15.85%) Azure
3 11 (13.41%) AWS
4 4 (4.88%) Snowflake
5 3 (3.66%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (3.66%) SaaS
6 1 (1.22%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (1.22%) Power Automate
6 1 (1.22%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (32.93%) Power BI
2 23 (28.05%) MySQL
3 19 (23.17%) Amazon Redshift
4 18 (21.95%) SQL Server
5 14 (17.07%) Tableau
6 11 (13.41%) SAP Data Services
7 10 (12.20%) Crystal Reports
8 5 (6.10%) Data Mining
8 5 (6.10%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (6.10%) MS Access
9 3 (3.66%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
9 3 (3.66%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
9 3 (3.66%) EDRMS
9 3 (3.66%) Geospatial Data
9 3 (3.66%) GIS
9 3 (3.66%) Relational Database
9 3 (3.66%) SAP HANA
9 3 (3.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (2.44%) Qlik Sense
10 2 (2.44%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 7 (8.54%) JIRA
2 4 (4.88%) Toad
3 1 (1.22%) Visual Studio
General
1 38 (46.34%) Social Skills
2 28 (34.15%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (28.05%) Finance
4 10 (12.20%) Retail
5 7 (8.54%) Organisational Skills
5 7 (8.54%) Public Sector
5 7 (8.54%) Publishing
6 6 (7.32%) Automotive
6 6 (7.32%) Banking
6 6 (7.32%) Pharmaceutical
7 4 (4.88%) Local Government
8 3 (3.66%) Back Office
8 3 (3.66%) Law
8 3 (3.66%) Legal
9 1 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 23 (28.05%) Analyst
2 21 (25.61%) Developer
3 12 (14.63%) Report Developer
4 10 (12.20%) Applications Support
5 9 (10.98%) Consultant
5 9 (10.98%) Senior
6 8 (9.76%) SAP Consultant
6 8 (9.76%) Support Engineer
7 7 (8.54%) Business Intelligence Analyst
7 7 (8.54%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 7 (8.54%) Data Engineer
7 7 (8.54%) Lead
8 6 (7.32%) Administrator
8 6 (7.32%) Principal Consultant
9 5 (6.10%) Principal SAP Consultant
9 5 (6.10%) SAP BusinessObjects Consultant (SAP BO Consultant)
9 5 (6.10%) Tableau Administrator
9 5 (6.10%) Technical Leader
10 4 (4.88%) Power BI Specialist
10 4 (4.88%) SAP Business Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (8.54%) .NET
2 4 (4.88%) REST
2 4 (4.88%) SAP Fiori
3 3 (3.66%) SAP Basis
3 3 (3.66%) SAPUI5
4 2 (2.44%) XML
5 1 (1.22%) .NET Framework
5 1 (1.22%) Entity Framework
5 1 (1.22%) HTML
5 1 (1.22%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 14 (17.07%) Product Ownership
2 6 (7.32%) FMCG
2 6 (7.32%) Management Information System
3 5 (6.10%) Data Structures
4 4 (4.88%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (3.66%) Onboarding
5 3 (3.66%) Replication
5 3 (3.66%) Virtual Team
6 2 (2.44%) Low-Code
6 2 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.22%) Distributed Computing
7 1 (1.22%) Freedom of Information
7 1 (1.22%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 8 (9.76%) Windows
2 7 (8.54%) Windows Server
3 4 (4.88%) Linux
3 4 (4.88%) Unix
4 3 (3.66%) SUSE
4 3 (3.66%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (67.07%) Business Intelligence
2 24 (29.27%) Agile
2 24 (29.27%) ETL
3 23 (28.05%) Decision-Making
4 22 (26.83%) Visualisation
5 20 (24.39%) Problem-Solving
6 18 (21.95%) Data Visualisation
7 17 (20.73%) ETL Development
8 15 (18.29%) Continuous Improvement
9 14 (17.07%) Analytics
9 14 (17.07%) Data Modelling
10 13 (15.85%) Data Analysis
10 13 (15.85%) Data Management
10 13 (15.85%) ITIL
11 9 (10.98%) Logistics
11 9 (10.98%) Migration
11 9 (10.98%) Translating Business Requirements
12 8 (9.76%) Process Improvement
12 8 (9.76%) Stakeholder Management
13 7 (8.54%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 54 (65.85%) SQL
2 8 (9.76%) PowerShell
3 6 (7.32%) Shell Script
3 6 (7.32%) VB
4 5 (6.10%) VBA
5 4 (4.88%) Bash
5 4 (4.88%) Python
6 2 (2.44%) JavaScript
7 1 (1.22%) C#
7 1 (1.22%) C++
7 1 (1.22%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (13.41%) Degree
2 3 (3.66%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (2.44%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.22%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.22%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.66%) GDPR
2 1 (1.22%) COBIT
2 1 (1.22%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 52 (63.41%) SAP
2 14 (17.07%) Microsoft
3 7 (8.54%) NEC
4 5 (6.10%) Oracle
5 4 (4.88%) Facebook
6 3 (3.66%) Capita
6 3 (3.66%) Civica
6 3 (3.66%) Salesforce
6 3 (3.66%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.22%) Blue Prism