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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 784 771 873
Rank change year-on-year -13 +102 -189
Permanent jobs citing BusinessObjects 104 225 374
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.10% 0.22% 0.24%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.57% 1.04% 0.85%
Number of salaries quoted 76 159 254
10th Percentile £34,750 £35,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,390 £42,375 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £62,250 £77,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -5.66% +11.58% -

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 18,197 21,669 43,969
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.35% 21.34% 27.93%
Number of salaries quoted 12,547 13,515 21,192
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,725 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £76,250 £83,750 £79,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%

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 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for BusinessObjects in the UK

BusinessObjects
Top 15 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 8 May 2024. 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 -23 102 £50,000 -9.42% 37
UK excluding London -74 76 £50,000 -5.66% 29
Work from Home +62 52 £50,000 -13.04% 17
London +91 25 £57,500 -0.43% 13
North of England +47 23 £42,913 -29.65% 1
North West +21 17 £36,000 -55.00% 1
East of England +4 15 £50,000 -13.04% 5
Midlands -31 15 £55,000 +44.74% 9
South West -15 14 - - 4
West Midlands -20 13 £55,000 +44.74% 8
South East -15 8 £50,000 -16.67% 7
Yorkshire +70 5 £50,000 -18.03%
East Midlands -16 2 £43,430 -27.62% 1
North East - 1 £55,000 -
Wales - 1 £30,000 -

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 10 (9.62%) SAS
2 1 (0.96%) Confluence
2 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.96%) NetWeaver
2 1 (0.96%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 14 (13.46%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (11.54%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (8.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.92%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 13 (12.50%) Infor SunSystems
1 13 (12.50%) iTrent
2 2 (1.92%) SAP WM
3 1 (0.96%) SAP BPC
3 1 (0.96%) SAP R/3
3 1 (0.96%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.96%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 50 (48.08%) Power Platform
2 17 (16.35%) Azure
3 11 (10.58%) AWS
4 7 (6.73%) PowerApps
5 6 (5.77%) Power Automate
6 5 (4.81%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (2.88%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (1.92%) Snowflake
9 1 (0.96%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.96%) IaaS
9 1 (0.96%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (0.96%) PaaS
9 1 (0.96%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 11 (10.58%) Internet
2 2 (1.92%) SSH
3 1 (0.96%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (47.12%) Power BI
2 22 (21.15%) SQL Server
3 16 (15.38%) Data Warehouse
4 14 (13.46%) QlikView
4 14 (13.46%) Relational Database
5 11 (10.58%) Oracle Reports
6 10 (9.62%) Big Data
6 10 (9.62%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
6 10 (9.62%) Data Mining
6 10 (9.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 10 (9.62%) Tableau
7 9 (8.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 9 (8.65%) Text Mining
8 7 (6.73%) MySQL
8 7 (6.73%) Semantic Layer
9 6 (5.77%) SAP BW
10 5 (4.81%) Oracle Database
11 4 (3.85%) OLAP
11 4 (3.85%) OLAP Cube
11 4 (3.85%) PowerCenter
Development Applications
1 13 (12.50%) Visual Studio
2 7 (6.73%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 4 (3.85%) Toad
4 2 (1.92%) Git
5 1 (0.96%) JIRA
General
1 40 (38.46%) Analytical Skills
2 39 (37.50%) Finance
3 25 (24.04%) Social Skills
4 20 (19.23%) Legal
5 14 (13.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 10 (9.62%) Banking
7 9 (8.65%) Financial Institution
7 9 (8.65%) Investment Banking
7 9 (8.65%) Law
8 8 (7.69%) Local Government
9 7 (6.73%) Retail
10 4 (3.85%) Public Sector
11 3 (2.88%) Police
12 2 (1.92%) Advertising
12 2 (1.92%) Fire and Rescue
13 1 (0.96%) Games
13 1 (0.96%) German Language
13 1 (0.96%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.96%) Marketing
13 1 (0.96%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 23 (22.12%) Analyst
2 15 (14.42%) Developer
3 13 (12.50%) Financial Analyst
4 12 (11.54%) Support Specialist
5 10 (9.62%) Finance Systems Analyst
5 10 (9.62%) Systems Analyst
6 9 (8.65%) Account Manager
6 9 (8.65%) Data Scientist
6 9 (8.65%) Product Manager
7 8 (7.69%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 8 (7.69%) Consultant
8 6 (5.77%) Applications Support
8 6 (5.77%) Business Intelligence Specialist
9 5 (4.81%) Business Developer
9 5 (4.81%) Report Writer
9 5 (4.81%) Support Analyst
10 4 (3.85%) Business Intelligence Consultant
10 4 (3.85%) Data Manager
10 4 (3.85%) IT Support
10 4 (3.85%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (11.54%) HTML
2 9 (8.65%) .NET
2 9 (8.65%) XML
3 6 (5.77%) XSLT
4 5 (4.81%) .NET Framework
4 5 (4.81%) Entity Framework
5 3 (2.88%) Web Services
6 1 (0.96%) 802.1X
6 1 (0.96%) CSS
6 1 (0.96%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 14 (13.46%) Management Information System
2 10 (9.62%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (7.69%) Data Structures
4 2 (1.92%) Driving Licence
4 2 (1.92%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (0.96%) Digital Wallet
5 1 (0.96%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (0.96%) Private Cloud
5 1 (0.96%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.96%) Public Cloud
5 1 (0.96%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 18 (17.31%) Windows
2 14 (13.46%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (76.92%) Business Intelligence
2 41 (39.42%) Analytics
3 39 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
4 26 (25.00%) Visualisation
5 24 (23.08%) ETL
6 21 (20.19%) Business Analysis
6 21 (20.19%) Customer Service
7 20 (19.23%) Data Analysis
7 20 (19.23%) Decision-Making
8 19 (18.27%) Continuous Improvement
8 19 (18.27%) Data Analytics
8 19 (18.27%) Data Modelling
9 16 (15.38%) ITIL
10 14 (13.46%) Agile
10 14 (13.46%) Presales
11 13 (12.50%) Predictive Analytics
11 13 (12.50%) Release Management
11 13 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
12 12 (11.54%) Data Management
12 12 (11.54%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 44 (42.31%) SQL
2 15 (14.42%) Python
3 11 (10.58%) PL/SQL
4 10 (9.62%) R
5 7 (6.73%) C#
5 7 (6.73%) T-SQL
6 4 (3.85%) ABAP
6 4 (3.85%) C++
6 4 (3.85%) Java
6 4 (3.85%) VB
7 3 (2.88%) PowerShell
8 2 (1.92%) Bash
8 2 (1.92%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 26 (25.00%) Degree
2 3 (2.88%) DBS Check
3 1 (0.96%) AWS Certification
3 1 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (0.96%) SC Cleared
3 1 (0.96%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (12.50%) SLA
2 12 (11.54%) Data Quality
3 4 (3.85%) GDPR
4 1 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.96%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 1 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.96%) ITGC
4 1 (0.96%) PMO
4 1 (0.96%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.96%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.96%) Hyper-V
1 1 (0.96%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 39 (37.50%) SAP
2 35 (33.65%) Microsoft
3 27 (25.96%) Oracle
4 20 (19.23%) Cognos
5 15 (14.42%) Infor
6 4 (3.85%) Alteryx
6 4 (3.85%) Hyperion
6 4 (3.85%) IBM
6 4 (3.85%) Informatica
7 2 (1.92%) Blue Prism
7 2 (1.92%) Capita
7 2 (1.92%) Cyberscience
8 1 (0.96%) ESRI
8 1 (0.96%) Snow
8 1 (0.96%) VMware