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

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 781 763 883
Rank change year-on-year -18 +120 -208
Permanent jobs citing BusinessObjects 109 214 370
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.22% 0.23%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.60% 1.00% 0.82%
Number of salaries quoted 79 160 250
10th Percentile £34,750 £35,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £44,337 £42,000 £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 £72,188
90th Percentile £61,450 £77,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -5.66% +11.58% +2.70%

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 18,257 21,342 45,094
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.27% 21.52% 28.06%
Number of salaries quoted 12,529 13,306 21,042
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 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,539 £103,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%

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 18 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 18 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 +1 107 £50,000 -9.42% 36
UK excluding London -79 81 £50,000 -5.66% 29
Work from Home +65 54 £50,000 -13.04% 11
London +77 25 £57,500 - 13
North of England +59 23 £42,913 -29.65% 1
Midlands -40 20 £55,000 +44.74% 9
West Midlands -16 18 £55,000 +44.74% 7
North West +20 17 £36,000 -55.00% 1
East of England -4 15 £50,000 -13.04% 7
South West -14 14 - - 2
South East -22 8 £50,000 -16.67% 6
Yorkshire +74 5 £50,000 -18.03%
East Midlands -11 2 £43,430 -27.62% 2
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 (9.17%) SAS
2 1 (0.92%) Confluence
2 1 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.92%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 14 (12.84%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (11.01%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (8.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.83%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 13 (11.93%) Infor SunSystems
1 13 (11.93%) iTrent
2 2 (1.83%) SAP WM
3 1 (0.92%) SAP BPC
3 1 (0.92%) SAP R/3
3 1 (0.92%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 56 (51.38%) Power Platform
2 20 (18.35%) Azure
3 12 (11.01%) AWS
4 8 (7.34%) PowerApps
5 7 (6.42%) Power Automate
6 6 (5.50%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (3.67%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (1.83%) Snowflake
9 1 (0.92%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.92%) IaaS
9 1 (0.92%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (0.92%) PaaS
9 1 (0.92%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 11 (10.09%) Internet
2 2 (1.83%) SSH
3 1 (0.92%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (50.46%) Power BI
2 23 (21.10%) SQL Server
3 21 (19.27%) Data Warehouse
4 14 (12.84%) QlikView
4 14 (12.84%) Relational Database
5 11 (10.09%) Oracle Reports
6 10 (9.17%) Big Data
6 10 (9.17%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
6 10 (9.17%) Data Mining
6 10 (9.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 10 (9.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 10 (9.17%) Tableau
7 9 (8.26%) Semantic Layer
7 9 (8.26%) Text Mining
8 8 (7.34%) MySQL
9 5 (4.59%) Oracle Database
9 5 (4.59%) SAP BW
10 4 (3.67%) OLAP
10 4 (3.67%) OLAP Cube
10 4 (3.67%) PowerCenter
Development Applications
1 14 (12.84%) Visual Studio
2 7 (6.42%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 4 (3.67%) Toad
4 2 (1.83%) Git
5 1 (0.92%) JIRA
General
1 44 (40.37%) Analytical Skills
2 39 (35.78%) Finance
3 27 (24.77%) Social Skills
4 20 (18.35%) Legal
5 14 (12.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 10 (9.17%) Banking
6 10 (9.17%) Local Government
7 9 (8.26%) Financial Institution
7 9 (8.26%) Investment Banking
7 9 (8.26%) Law
8 7 (6.42%) Retail
9 6 (5.50%) Public Sector
10 3 (2.75%) Police
11 2 (1.83%) Advertising
11 2 (1.83%) Fire and Rescue
12 1 (0.92%) Games
12 1 (0.92%) German Language
12 1 (0.92%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.92%) Marketing
12 1 (0.92%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 23 (21.10%) Analyst
2 19 (17.43%) Developer
3 13 (11.93%) Financial Analyst
4 12 (11.01%) Support Specialist
5 10 (9.17%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 10 (9.17%) Finance Systems Analyst
5 10 (9.17%) Systems Analyst
6 9 (8.26%) Account Manager
6 9 (8.26%) Data Scientist
6 9 (8.26%) Product Manager
7 8 (7.34%) Consultant
8 6 (5.50%) Applications Support
8 6 (5.50%) Business Intelligence Specialist
8 6 (5.50%) Data Engineer
9 5 (4.59%) Business Developer
9 5 (4.59%) Report Writer
9 5 (4.59%) Support Analyst
10 4 (3.67%) Business Consultant
10 4 (3.67%) Business Intelligence Consultant
10 4 (3.67%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (11.01%) HTML
2 10 (9.17%) .NET
2 10 (9.17%) XML
3 7 (6.42%) XSLT
4 6 (5.50%) .NET Framework
4 6 (5.50%) Entity Framework
5 4 (3.67%) Web Services
6 1 (0.92%) 802.1X
6 1 (0.92%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 14 (12.84%) Management Information System
2 10 (9.17%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (8.26%) Data Structures
4 2 (1.83%) Driving Licence
4 2 (1.83%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (0.92%) Digital Wallet
5 1 (0.92%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (0.92%) Private Cloud
5 1 (0.92%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.92%) Public Cloud
5 1 (0.92%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 18 (16.51%) Windows
2 14 (12.84%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (78.90%) Business Intelligence
2 45 (41.28%) Analytics
3 40 (36.70%) Problem-Solving
4 28 (25.69%) Visualisation
5 25 (22.94%) ETL
6 22 (20.18%) Data Modelling
7 21 (19.27%) Business Analysis
7 21 (19.27%) Customer Service
7 21 (19.27%) Decision-Making
8 20 (18.35%) Data Analysis
8 20 (18.35%) Data Analytics
9 19 (17.43%) Continuous Improvement
10 16 (14.68%) Agile
10 16 (14.68%) ITIL
11 14 (12.84%) Data Management
11 14 (12.84%) Presales
12 13 (11.93%) Predictive Analytics
12 13 (11.93%) Release Management
12 13 (11.93%) Root Cause Analysis
13 12 (11.01%) Data Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 48 (44.04%) SQL
2 15 (13.76%) Python
3 11 (10.09%) PL/SQL
4 10 (9.17%) R
5 8 (7.34%) C#
6 7 (6.42%) T-SQL
7 4 (3.67%) C++
7 4 (3.67%) VB
8 3 (2.75%) ABAP
8 3 (2.75%) Java
8 3 (2.75%) PowerShell
9 2 (1.83%) Bash
9 2 (1.83%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 29 (26.61%) Degree
2 3 (2.75%) DBS Check
3 2 (1.83%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.92%) AWS Certification
4 1 (0.92%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (0.92%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.92%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (12.84%) Data Quality
2 13 (11.93%) SLA
3 4 (3.67%) GDPR
4 1 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.92%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 1 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.92%) ITGC
4 1 (0.92%) PMO
4 1 (0.92%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.92%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.92%) Hyper-V
1 1 (0.92%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 39 (35.78%) SAP
2 36 (33.03%) Microsoft
3 28 (25.69%) Oracle
4 20 (18.35%) Cognos
5 15 (13.76%) Infor
6 4 (3.67%) Alteryx
6 4 (3.67%) Hyperion
6 4 (3.67%) IBM
6 4 (3.67%) Informatica
7 2 (1.83%) Blue Prism
7 2 (1.83%) Capita
7 2 (1.83%) Cyberscience
8 1 (0.92%) Databricks
8 1 (0.92%) ESRI
8 1 (0.92%) Snow
8 1 (0.92%) VMware