The first table below looks at the demand for Oracle UPK skills in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Oracle UPK over the 3 months to 22 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 Application Platforms category for the City of London 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle User Productivity Kit
Rank 204 214 240
Rank change year-on-year
+10 +26
Contract jobs citing Oracle UPK 1 1 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.016% 0.013% 0.010%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.090% 0.083% 0.070%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £525 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £301 £450 £480
% change year-on-year
-33.05% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Platforms
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
1108 1212 1421
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 17.23% 15.19% 14.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 772 816 1005
Average daily rate £400 £400 £438
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -8.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £260 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 36 61
Average hourly rate £39.51 £20.00 £20.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+97.52% -2.43%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £15.00 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £40.03 £52.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -2.43%
Oracle UPK
London

Oracle UPK
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Oracle UPK across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

City of London Oracle UPK Jobs Demand Trend

Oracle UPK
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Oracle UPK across the City of London region.

City of London Oracle UPK Daily Rate Trend

Oracle UPK
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Oracle UPK 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 UPK.

1 3 (100.00%) Oracle
2 2 (66.67%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (66.67%) Banking
2 2 (66.67%) Oracle BI EE
3 1 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) PeopleSoft
3 1 (33.33%) PeopleSoft Financials
3 1 (33.33%) Hyperion

Oracle UPK
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Oracle UPK 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 UPK. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Business Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (33.33%) PeopleSoft Financials
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle BI EE
General
1 2 (66.67%) Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Developer
2 2 (66.67%) Trainer
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle
2 1 (33.33%) PeopleSoft
2 1 (33.33%) Hyperion