The first table below looks at the demand for Oracle Applications skills in IT contracts advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Oracle Applications 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 of the Business Applications category for the Edinburgh 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 Applications (Oracle Apps)
Rank 52 63 60
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -3
Contract jobs citing Oracle Applications 5 2 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.611% 0.182% 0.925%
As % of the Business Applications category 15.63% 5.000% 18.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 7
Average daily rate £425 £400 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.25% +77.77%
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £394 £350
% change year-on-year
+7.93% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £50.00 £56.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-10.71% +220.00%
All Business Applications
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
32 40 64
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 3.907% 3.646% 4.934%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 22 34
Average daily rate £425 £330 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+28.78% -17.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £460 £480 £533
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £438 £420
% change year-on-year
-2.85% +4.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £15.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £21.96
% change year-on-year
+68.00% +2.45%
Oracle Applications
Scotland

Oracle Applications
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh Oracle Applications Jobs Demand Trend

Oracle Applications
Daily Rate Trend

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

Edinburgh Oracle Applications Daily Rate Trend

Oracle Applications
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region citing Oracle Applications 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 Applications.

1 12 (100.00%) Oracle
1 12 (100.00%) Oracle EBS
2 7 (58.33%) Oracle EBS R12
3 6 (50.00%) UNIX
4 5 (41.67%) Windows
4 5 (41.67%) LDAP
4 5 (41.67%) TCP/IP
4 5 (41.67%) DNS
4 5 (41.67%) SQLPlus
4 5 (41.67%) ERP
4 5 (41.67%) Oracle RMAN
4 5 (41.67%) Data Guard
4 5 (41.67%) Oracle RAC
4 5 (41.67%) Oracle BI EE
5 4 (33.33%) Finance
5 4 (33.33%) Oracle HRMS
5 4 (33.33%) Oracle Payroll
5 4 (33.33%) RDBMS
5 4 (33.33%) Oracle 11i
5 4 (33.33%) PL/SQL
5 4 (33.33%) SQL
6 3 (25.00%) WebLogic
6 3 (25.00%) Oracle Financials
6 3 (25.00%) Shell Script
6 3 (25.00%) Oracle Application Server
6 3 (25.00%) SRDF
7 2 (16.67%) Banking
7 2 (16.67%) Oracle Exadata
7 2 (16.67%) SOA
7 2 (16.67%) Essbase

Oracle Applications
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region citing Oracle Applications 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 Applications. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (8.333%) Middleware
1 1 (8.333%) Oracle Fusion
Application Platforms
1 3 (25.00%) WebLogic
1 3 (25.00%) Oracle Application Server
2 1 (8.333%) SAS
Business Applications
1 12 (100.00%) Oracle EBS
2 7 (58.33%) Oracle EBS R12
3 4 (33.33%) Oracle HRMS
3 4 (33.33%) Oracle Payroll
3 4 (33.33%) Oracle 11i
4 3 (25.00%) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
1 5 (41.67%) LDAP
1 5 (41.67%) TCP/IP
1 5 (41.67%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (41.67%) SQLPlus
1 5 (41.67%) Oracle BI EE
2 4 (33.33%) RDBMS
3 2 (16.67%) Oracle Exadata
3 2 (16.67%) Essbase
4 1 (8.333%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (8.333%) Oracle Forms
1 1 (8.333%) Oracle APEX
General
1 4 (33.33%) Finance
2 2 (16.67%) Banking
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Oracle Consultant
1 6 (50.00%) Consultant
2 5 (41.67%) Analyst
3 4 (33.33%) Oracle Analyst
3 4 (33.33%) Payroll Consultant
3 4 (33.33%) Oracle Functional Consultant
3 4 (33.33%) Oracle Payroll Consultant
3 4 (33.33%) Oracle Payroll Functional Consultant
3 4 (33.33%) Functional Consultant
4 3 (25.00%) Oracle DBA
4 3 (25.00%) Oracle Applications DBA
4 3 (25.00%) Business Analyst
4 3 (25.00%) DBA
4 3 (25.00%) Functional Analyst
5 2 (16.67%) E-Business Consultant
5 2 (16.67%) Business Consultant
6 1 (8.333%) Oracle HR Functional Consultant
6 1 (8.333%) Technical Analyst
6 1 (8.333%) Oracle HRMS Consultant
6 1 (8.333%) Oracle HR Consultant
Operating Systems
1 6 (50.00%) UNIX
2 5 (41.67%) Windows
3 2 (16.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) ERP
2 2 (16.67%) SOA
3 1 (8.333%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 4 (33.33%) PL/SQL
1 4 (33.33%) SQL
2 3 (25.00%) Shell Script
3 1 (8.333%) Java
System Software
1 5 (41.67%) Oracle RMAN
1 5 (41.67%) Oracle RAC
2 3 (25.00%) SRDF
Systems Management
1 5 (41.67%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 12 (100.00%) Oracle
2 1 (8.333%) Pegasus