SAP BusinessObjects (SAP BO, BOBJ)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for BusinessObjects skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited BusinessObjects over the 6 months to 4 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 606 694 739
Rank change year-on-year +88 +45 -246
Permanent jobs citing BusinessObjects 135 406 371
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.25% 0.33% 0.29%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.19% 1.41% 1.06%
Number of salaries quoted 90 282 264
10th Percentile £39,000 £35,625 £34,475
25th Percentile £50,000 £42,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 £55,000 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.36% +14.58% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £65,589 £66,563
90th Percentile £83,750 £81,250 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £58,125 £48,253 £45,000
% change year-on-year +20.46% +7.23% -5.26%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK

BusinessObjects is in the Databases and Business Intelligence category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 11,310 28,707 34,865
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 21.25% 23.16% 27.19%
Number of salaries quoted 8,502 17,521 22,585
10th Percentile £37,000 £36,750 £35,704
25th Percentile £46,906 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +6.84% +6.36%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% +2.04%

BusinessObjects
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing BusinessObjects as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for BusinessObjects in the UK

BusinessObjects
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing BusinessObjects.

Salary trend for BusinessObjects in the UK

BusinessObjects
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing BusinessObjects over the 6 months to 4 December 2023.

Salary histogram for BusinessObjects in the UK

BusinessObjects
Top 17 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 4 December 2023. 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 +97 124 £65,000 +18.18% 35
UK excluding London +75 71 £58,125 +20.46% 27
London +192 57 £63,000 -5.85% 14
Work from Home +168 54 £60,000 +9.09% 14
North of England +132 23 £75,000 +57.89% 4
Midlands +46 17 £75,000 +66.67% 8
Yorkshire +78 15 £75,000 +66.67% 3
West Midlands +68 13 £75,000 +69.49% 7
East of England +121 12 £50,000 -11.11% 3
South West +84 9 £46,791 -
North West +101 8 £71,750 +51.05% 1
East Midlands +29 4 £80,500 +78.89% 1
Scotland +52 3 - - 2
Northern Ireland +34 3 £30,000 -33.33%
Channel Islands - 2 - -
South East +90 1 - - 9
Wales +20 1 - - 2

BusinessObjects
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 14 (10.37%) WebSphere
1 14 (10.37%) WebSphere Application Server
2 11 (8.15%) NetWeaver
3 2 (1.48%) MS Exchange
3 2 (1.48%) SAS
3 2 (1.48%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.74%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.74%) Confluence
Applications
1 20 (14.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (4.44%) MS Visio
4 4 (2.96%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (2.22%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (8.89%) Oracle ERP
1 12 (8.89%) SAP S/4HANA
1 12 (8.89%) SAP SD
2 6 (4.44%) SAP ERP
2 6 (4.44%) SAP MM
3 5 (3.70%) iTrent
3 5 (3.70%) Oracle General Ledger
4 4 (2.96%) HFM
5 2 (1.48%) SAP BPC
5 2 (1.48%) SAP CO
5 2 (1.48%) SAP FI
5 2 (1.48%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.74%) SAP GTS
6 1 (0.74%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.74%) SAP SEM
Cloud Services
1 61 (45.19%) Power Platform
2 23 (17.04%) Azure
3 17 (12.59%) AWS
4 14 (10.37%) GCP
5 12 (8.89%) Amazon S3
6 5 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (2.96%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (2.96%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (2.96%) Snowflake
8 2 (1.48%) Entra ID
8 2 (1.48%) IaaS
8 2 (1.48%) PaaS
9 1 (0.74%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.74%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.74%) H2O.ai
9 1 (0.74%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.48%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (45.19%) Power BI
2 30 (22.22%) SQL Server
3 24 (17.78%) Tableau
4 23 (17.04%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
5 20 (14.81%) Amazon QuickSight
5 20 (14.81%) SAP BW
6 17 (12.59%) Data Warehouse
7 15 (11.11%) Amazon Redshift
8 13 (9.63%) Amazon Athena
8 13 (9.63%) Amazon RDS
8 13 (9.63%) DynamoDB
9 10 (7.41%) SAP HANA
9 10 (7.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 9 (6.67%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
10 9 (6.67%) Oracle Reports
11 8 (5.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 7 (5.19%) Data Mining
13 5 (3.70%) Power Query
13 5 (3.70%) Semantic Layer
14 4 (2.96%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 17 (12.59%) JIRA
2 14 (10.37%) Git
2 14 (10.37%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (0.74%) LSMW
3 1 (0.74%) MLflow
3 1 (0.74%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.74%) Visual Studio
General
1 46 (34.07%) Finance
2 40 (29.63%) Analytical Skills
3 38 (28.15%) Social Skills
4 13 (9.63%) Law
5 10 (7.41%) Presentation Skills
6 7 (5.19%) Banking
7 5 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (2.96%) Manufacturing
8 4 (2.96%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.48%) Legal
10 1 (0.74%) Automotive
10 1 (0.74%) Back Office
10 1 (0.74%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.74%) German Language
10 1 (0.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.74%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.74%) Local Government
10 1 (0.74%) Retail
10 1 (0.74%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 50 (37.04%) Analyst
2 23 (17.04%) Architect
2 23 (17.04%) Developer
3 19 (14.07%) Data Architect
3 19 (14.07%) Solutions Architect
4 15 (11.11%) Applications Support
4 15 (11.11%) Applications Support Analyst
4 15 (11.11%) Consultant
4 15 (11.11%) Support Analyst
5 12 (8.89%) Data Analyst
6 11 (8.15%) SAP Analyst
6 11 (8.15%) SAP Consultant
7 9 (6.67%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 8 (5.93%) Data Engineer
9 6 (4.44%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 6 (4.44%) SAP FI Analyst
9 6 (4.44%) Senior
9 6 (4.44%) SQL Developer
9 6 (4.44%) SQL Server Developer
10 5 (3.70%) SAP Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (11.85%) .NET
2 11 (8.15%) SAP PI
3 6 (4.44%) SAP Fiori
4 3 (2.22%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (1.48%) 802.1X
6 1 (0.74%) BAPI
6 1 (0.74%) IDoc
6 1 (0.74%) Middleware
6 1 (0.74%) REST
6 1 (0.74%) SAP Basis
6 1 (0.74%) scikit-learn
6 1 (0.74%) XGBoost
Miscellaneous
1 18 (13.33%) Public Cloud
2 12 (8.89%) Enterprise Software
2 12 (8.89%) Renewable Energy
3 8 (5.93%) Management Information System
4 7 (5.19%) Product Ownership
5 3 (2.22%) NHS
6 2 (1.48%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.48%) Driving Licence
6 2 (1.48%) Private Cloud
6 2 (1.48%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.74%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.74%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.74%) Reinsurance
7 1 (0.74%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 15 (11.11%) Windows
1 15 (11.11%) Windows Server
2 14 (10.37%) Unix
3 6 (4.44%) Solaris
4 1 (0.74%) Linux
4 1 (0.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (68.15%) Business Intelligence
2 43 (31.85%) Analytics
3 39 (28.89%) Agile
4 33 (24.44%) Data Modelling
5 31 (22.96%) ETL
6 27 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
7 26 (19.26%) Visualisation
8 25 (18.52%) Data Architecture
9 20 (14.81%) Data Governance
9 20 (14.81%) DevOps
10 19 (14.07%) Data Analysis
10 19 (14.07%) Root Cause Analysis
11 17 (12.59%) ITSM
11 17 (12.59%) Migration
11 17 (12.59%) Performance Tuning
11 17 (12.59%) Project Delivery
11 17 (12.59%) Roadmaps
11 17 (12.59%) Strategic Thinking
12 16 (11.85%) Data Science
12 16 (11.85%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 71 (52.59%) SQL
2 25 (18.52%) Java
3 20 (14.81%) Python
4 18 (13.33%) PL/SQL
5 16 (11.85%) PowerShell
6 14 (10.37%) ABAP
7 11 (8.15%) T-SQL
8 5 (3.70%) R
9 2 (1.48%) C#
9 2 (1.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.74%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 18 (13.33%) Degree
1 18 (13.33%) SC Cleared
1 18 (13.33%) Security Cleared
2 14 (10.37%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (1.48%) DBS Check
4 1 (0.74%) ACCA
4 1 (0.74%) Azure Certification
4 1 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (0.74%) CIMA
4 1 (0.74%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (10.37%) QA
2 8 (5.93%) Data Quality
3 3 (2.22%) PMO
4 2 (1.48%) GAAP
System Software
1 2 (1.48%) Active Directory
1 2 (1.48%) Hyper-V
1 2 (1.48%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.74%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 75 (55.56%) SAP
2 36 (26.67%) Oracle
3 34 (25.19%) Microsoft
4 14 (10.37%) ServiceNow
5 6 (4.44%) Red Hat
6 5 (3.70%) Hyperion
7 4 (2.96%) Anaplan
7 4 (2.96%) Cognos
7 4 (2.96%) Informatica
7 4 (2.96%) Talend
8 3 (2.22%) Palantir
9 2 (1.48%) Avaya
9 2 (1.48%) BMC
9 2 (1.48%) VMware