The first table below looks at the demand for Oracle EBS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Oracle EBS over the 3 months to 20 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Business Applications category for the Bedfordshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle E-Business Suite (OEBS)
Rank 26 32 40
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +8
Contract jobs citing Oracle EBS 3 4 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 1.493% 1.563% 0.405%
As % of the Business Applications category 25.00% 15.38% 3.571%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £413 £450 £375
% change year-on-year
-8.33% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £50.70 £35.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year
+44.84% -41.66%
All Business Applications
Bedfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
12 26 28
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 5.970% 10.16% 11.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 11 12
Average daily rate £525 £280 £305
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+87.50% -8.19%
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £400
% change year-on-year
- +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £34.50 £25.00 £29.25
% change year-on-year
+38.00% -14.52%
Oracle EBS
East of England

Oracle EBS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Oracle EBS across the Bedfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Business Applications category.

Bedfordshire Oracle EBS Jobs Demand Trend

Oracle EBS
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Oracle EBS across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire Oracle EBS Daily Rate Trend

Oracle EBS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle EBS within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Luton - 2 - -
Oracle EBS
East of England

Oracle EBS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing Oracle EBS also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Oracle EBS.

1 11 (100.00%) Oracle
2 8 (72.73%) Finance
3 6 (54.55%) Oracle EBS R12
4 5 (45.45%) Retail
5 4 (36.36%) TOGAF
5 4 (36.36%) VMware
5 4 (36.36%) SQL Server
5 4 (36.36%) IIS
5 4 (36.36%) MS Visio
5 4 (36.36%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 4 (36.36%) Cisco
5 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
5 4 (36.36%) Nortel
5 4 (36.36%) Windows
5 4 (36.36%) Citrix
5 4 (36.36%) XenApp
5 4 (36.36%) XenDesktop
5 4 (36.36%) Windows 7
5 4 (36.36%) VMware Server
5 4 (36.36%) IVR
5 4 (36.36%) Nortel Meridian
5 4 (36.36%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (27.27%) User Acceptance Testing
7 2 (18.18%) Oracle Payroll
7 2 (18.18%) Mercator
7 2 (18.18%) Oracle Financials
8 1 (9.091%) ERP
8 1 (9.091%) Hyperion
8 1 (9.091%) Project Management
8 1 (9.091%) ISEB

Oracle EBS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing Oracle EBS also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Oracle EBS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 4 (36.36%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (36.36%) MS Visio
2 1 (9.091%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 6 (54.55%) Oracle EBS R12
2 2 (18.18%) Oracle Payroll
2 2 (18.18%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (9.091%) Oracle iRecruitment
3 1 (9.091%) Oracle HRMS
3 1 (9.091%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (9.091%) Oracle General Ledger
Communications & Networking
1 4 (36.36%) Nortel Meridian
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (36.36%) SQL Server
2 1 (9.091%) Essbase
2 1 (9.091%) Oracle BI EE
General
1 8 (72.73%) Finance
2 5 (45.45%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Architect
2 3 (27.27%) Oracle Consultant
2 3 (27.27%) Oracle Analyst
2 3 (27.27%) Analyst
2 3 (27.27%) Consultant
3 2 (18.18%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (18.18%) Test Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Technical Architect
4 1 (9.091%) Business Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) Programme Manager
4 1 (9.091%) Oracle Payroll Consultant
4 1 (9.091%) E-Business Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) Oracle HR Consultant
4 1 (9.091%) Oracle Programme Manager
4 1 (9.091%) Testing Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) Oracle HRMS Consultant
4 1 (9.091%) Payroll Consultant
4 1 (9.091%) Business Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) IVR
2 1 (9.091%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (36.36%) Windows
1 4 (36.36%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) TOGAF
2 3 (27.27%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (9.091%) ERP
3 1 (9.091%) Project Management
3 1 (9.091%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (9.091%) Test Scripting
3 1 (9.091%) Analytics
3 1 (9.091%) Programme Management
3 1 (9.091%) Revenue Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.091%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (9.091%) ISEB
1 1 (9.091%) ISTQB
System Software
1 4 (36.36%) XenApp
1 4 (36.36%) XenDesktop
1 4 (36.36%) VMware Server
1 4 (36.36%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (36.36%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 11 (100.00%) Oracle
2 4 (36.36%) VMware
2 4 (36.36%) Cisco
2 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
2 4 (36.36%) Nortel
2 4 (36.36%) Citrix
3 2 (18.18%) Mercator
4 1 (9.091%) Hyperion