The first table below looks at the demand for the Oracle Consultant role in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Oracle Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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 Job Titles advertised for the Cheshire 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle Consultant
Rank 51 63 71
Rank change year-on-year
+12 +8
Contract jobs requiring an Oracle Consultant 12 3 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 1.633% 0.373% 0.514%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.788% 0.409% 0.561%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 0
Average daily rate £450 £465 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.22% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £450 £450
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Average hourly rate £51.39 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £51.39 - £30.00
All Job Titles
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
671 734 892
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 91.29% 91.18% 91.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 288 375 492
Average daily rate £375 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.00% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £240 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £481 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 20 36
Average hourly rate £37.50 £25.00 £15.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+50.00% +61.29%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.50 £9.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £34.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Oracle Consultant
North West

Oracle Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Oracle Consultant across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Cheshire Oracle Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Oracle Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheshire Oracle Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Oracle Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cheshire Oracle Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

Oracle Consultant
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle Consultant within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 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
Warrington 0 6 £450 -3.22%
Chester - 2 - -
Oracle Consultant
North West

Oracle Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region that cited Oracle Consultant in their job title 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 with Oracle Consultant in their job title.

1 18 (100.00%) Oracle
2 15 (83.33%) Oracle EBS R12
3 12 (66.67%) Finance
4 11 (61.11%) Security Cleared
4 11 (61.11%) SC Cleared
5 10 (55.56%) Oracle Applications
5 10 (55.56%) Oracle Payroll
5 10 (55.56%) PL/SQL
5 10 (55.56%) SQL
6 7 (38.89%) UNIX
6 7 (38.89%) Oracle Financials
6 7 (38.89%) Oracle EBS
7 5 (27.78%) Business Intelligence
8 4 (22.22%) CRM
8 4 (22.22%) PRINCE2
8 4 (22.22%) Local Government
9 3 (16.67%) DV Cleared
10 2 (11.11%) Linux
10 2 (11.11%) EDI
10 2 (11.11%) IBM
10 2 (11.11%) Identity Management
10 2 (11.11%) Project Planning
10 2 (11.11%) Oracle 11g
10 2 (11.11%) Test Scripting
11 1 (5.556%) Supply Chain Management
11 1 (5.556%) Oracle Application Server
11 1 (5.556%) Supplier Management
11 1 (5.556%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 1 (5.556%) Oracle Discoverer
11 1 (5.556%) Oracle 8/8i

Oracle Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region that cited Oracle Consultant in their job title 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 with Oracle Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (11.11%) EDI
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.556%) Oracle Application Server
1 1 (5.556%) Oracle Workflow
Business Applications
1 15 (83.33%) Oracle EBS R12
2 10 (55.56%) Oracle Applications
2 10 (55.56%) Oracle Payroll
3 7 (38.89%) Oracle Financials
3 7 (38.89%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (5.556%) Oracle 11i
4 1 (5.556%) Oracle HRMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.11%) Oracle 11g
2 1 (5.556%) Oracle Discoverer
2 1 (5.556%) Oracle 8/8i
2 1 (5.556%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (5.556%) Oracle Forms
General
1 12 (66.67%) Finance
2 4 (22.22%) Local Government
3 1 (5.556%) Legal
Operating Systems
1 7 (38.89%) UNIX
2 2 (11.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (27.78%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (22.22%) CRM
2 4 (22.22%) PRINCE2
3 2 (11.11%) Identity Management
3 2 (11.11%) Project Planning
3 2 (11.11%) Test Scripting
4 1 (5.556%) Supply Chain Management
4 1 (5.556%) Supplier Management
4 1 (5.556%) Workflow
4 1 (5.556%) Change Management
4 1 (5.556%) E-business
4 1 (5.556%) GAP Analysis
4 1 (5.556%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 10 (55.56%) PL/SQL
1 10 (55.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (61.11%) Security Cleared
1 11 (61.11%) SC Cleared
2 3 (16.67%) DV Cleared
3 1 (5.556%) PRINCE2 Certification
Vendors
1 18 (100.00%) Oracle
2 2 (11.11%) IBM