The first table below looks at the demand for Oracle APEX skills in IT contracts advertised for the East Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Oracle APEX 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 Development Applications category for the East Midlands 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 Application Express (APEX)
Rank - 84 69
Contract jobs citing Oracle APEX 0 2 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands - 0.147% 0.439%
As % of the Development Applications category - 1.563% 4.615%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 3
Average daily rate - £310 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -4.61%
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £350 £328
% change year-on-year
+7.14% +6.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £32.50 -
All Development Applications
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
111 128 130
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 8.803% 9.377% 9.503%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 66 39
Average daily rate £308 £313 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.60% -2.26%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £276 £219 £214
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £475 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 29
Average hourly rate £35.00 £27.50 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+27.27% -15.38%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
Oracle APEX
England

Oracle APEX
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Oracle APEX across the East Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

East Midlands Oracle APEX Jobs Demand Trend

Oracle APEX
Daily Rate Trend

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

East Midlands Oracle APEX Daily Rate Trend

Oracle APEX
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region citing Oracle APEX 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 APEX.

1 3 (100.00%) Oracle
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle EBS
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle Applications
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Configuration Management
2 2 (66.67%) PL/SQL
2 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) Oracle Financials
2 2 (66.67%) ETL
2 2 (66.67%) Billing
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle BI EE
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (33.33%) Mercator
3 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
3 1 (33.33%) Project Management

Oracle APEX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region citing Oracle APEX 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 APEX. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Business Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle EBS
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle Applications
2 2 (66.67%) Oracle Financials
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle BI EE
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Billing
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Project Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Systems Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) ETL
1 2 (66.67%) Configuration Management
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) PL/SQL
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle
2 1 (33.33%) Mercator