The first table below looks at the demand for Oracle EBS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Oracle EBS over the 3 months to 17 May 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 Birmingham 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle E-Business Suite (OEBS)
Rank 39 50 -
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -
Contract jobs citing Oracle EBS 4 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.913% 0.489% -
As % of the Business Applications category 5.882% 5.769% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
Average daily rate £550 £498 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.55% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £450 £400
% change year-on-year
-5.55% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £50.00 £15.75 £37.50
% change year-on-year
+217.46% -58.00%
All Business Applications
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
68 52 54
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 15.53% 8.483% 10.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 25 37
Average daily rate £363 £420 £361
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.69% +16.26%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £181 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £560 £530
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £438 £420
% change year-on-year
-2.85% +4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £175.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.92 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+64.92% +14.60%
Oracle EBS
West Midlands

Oracle EBS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham Oracle EBS Daily Rate Trend

Oracle EBS
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Oracle EBS across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham Oracle EBS Hourly Rate Trend

Oracle EBS
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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 4 (100.00%) Oracle
2 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 3 (75.00%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (25.00%) Database Tuning
3 1 (25.00%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (25.00%) High Availability
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle RMAN
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) ERP
3 1 (25.00%) OCP
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle Certification

Oracle EBS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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.

Business Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle Applications
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) DBA
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle DBA
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle Applications DBA
2 1 (25.00%) Business Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle Solutions Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Business Solution Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) ITIL
1 1 (25.00%) ERP
1 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (25.00%) Database Tuning
1 1 (25.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (25.00%) High Availability
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) OCP
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle Certification
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle RMAN
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle RAC
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Oracle