The first table below looks at the demand for Oracle EBS 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 EBS over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle E-Business Suite (OEBS)
Rank 41 61 57
Rank change year-on-year
+20 -4
Contract jobs citing Oracle EBS 16 2 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 1.921% 0.184% 0.849%
As % of the Business Applications category 53.33% 5.128% 17.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 1 6
Average daily rate £425 £400 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.25% +77.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £357 £400 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £460 £400 £288
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
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
30 39 62
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 3.601% 3.588% 4.788%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 21 31
Average daily rate £425 £325 £406
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+30.76% -20.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £225 £224
10% offered a daily rate of more than £485 £450 £505
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £430 £420
% change year-on-year
-1.16% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £15.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+68.00% -10.00%
Oracle EBS
Scotland

Oracle EBS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Oracle EBS Daily Rate Trend

Oracle EBS
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Oracle EBS across the Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Edinburgh Oracle EBS Daily Rate Histogram

Oracle EBS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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 34 (100.00%) Oracle
2 13 (38.24%) Oracle EBS R12
2 13 (38.24%) PL/SQL
2 13 (38.24%) SQL
2 13 (38.24%) UNIX
3 12 (35.29%) Finance
3 12 (35.29%) Oracle Applications
4 11 (32.35%) Oracle RAC
5 10 (29.41%) Oracle BI EE
5 10 (29.41%) Data Guard
5 10 (29.41%) ERP
6 9 (26.47%) Shell Script
6 9 (26.47%) Oracle RMAN
7 8 (23.53%) Banking
8 7 (20.59%) TCP/IP
8 7 (20.59%) DNS
8 7 (20.59%) SQLPlus
8 7 (20.59%) RDBMS
8 7 (20.59%) Oracle Reports
8 7 (20.59%) LDAP
9 6 (17.65%) Windows
9 6 (17.65%) Oracle Forms
9 6 (17.65%) WebLogic
9 6 (17.65%) Oracle 8/8i
9 6 (17.65%) Oracle Payroll
9 6 (17.65%) Oracle HRMS
9 6 (17.65%) Service Delivery
9 6 (17.65%) Oracle Discoverer
9 6 (17.65%) Oracle Application Server
10 5 (14.71%) Oracle Exadata

Oracle EBS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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.

Application Development
1 4 (11.76%) XML
2 1 (2.941%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (2.941%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 6 (17.65%) WebLogic
1 6 (17.65%) Oracle Application Server
2 3 (8.824%) Oracle Workflow
2 3 (8.824%) SAS
Business Applications
1 13 (38.24%) Oracle EBS R12
2 12 (35.29%) Oracle Applications
3 6 (17.65%) Oracle Payroll
3 6 (17.65%) Oracle HRMS
4 5 (14.71%) Oracle 11i
5 3 (8.824%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (5.882%) Taleo
7 1 (2.941%) Oracle ERP
Communications & Networking
1 7 (20.59%) TCP/IP
1 7 (20.59%) DNS
1 7 (20.59%) LDAP
2 2 (5.882%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (29.41%) Oracle BI EE
2 7 (20.59%) SQLPlus
2 7 (20.59%) RDBMS
2 7 (20.59%) Oracle Reports
3 6 (17.65%) Oracle 8/8i
3 6 (17.65%) Oracle Discoverer
4 5 (14.71%) Oracle Exadata
5 4 (11.76%) Essbase
6 2 (5.882%) Oracle 11g
7 1 (2.941%) MS Access
7 1 (2.941%) SQL Server
7 1 (2.941%) DB2
Development Applications
1 6 (17.65%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (2.941%) Oracle APEX
General
1 12 (35.29%) Finance
2 8 (23.53%) Banking
3 2 (5.882%) Investment Banking
4 1 (2.941%) Retail
Job Titles
1 16 (47.06%) Consultant
1 16 (47.06%) Oracle Consultant
2 7 (20.59%) E-Business Consultant
2 7 (20.59%) Business Consultant
3 6 (17.65%) Functional Consultant
3 6 (17.65%) Oracle Payroll Consultant
3 6 (17.65%) Payroll Consultant
4 5 (14.71%) Oracle Functional Consultant
4 5 (14.71%) Analyst
5 4 (11.76%) DBA
5 4 (11.76%) Oracle DBA
5 4 (11.76%) Oracle Payroll Functional Consultant
5 4 (11.76%) Oracle Analyst
6 3 (8.824%) Technical Leader
6 3 (8.824%) Functional Analyst
6 3 (8.824%) Oracle Applications DBA
6 3 (8.824%) Business Analyst
7 2 (5.882%) Developer
7 2 (5.882%) Oracle Developer
8 1 (2.941%) Technical Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.76%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.941%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 13 (38.24%) UNIX
2 6 (17.65%) Windows
3 3 (8.824%) Linux
4 1 (2.941%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (29.41%) ERP
2 6 (17.65%) Service Delivery
3 4 (11.76%) Configuration Management
3 4 (11.76%) Project Management
4 3 (8.824%) Workflow
4 3 (8.824%) SOA
5 2 (5.882%) ETL
5 2 (5.882%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (5.882%) Risk Management
5 2 (5.882%) Change Management
5 2 (5.882%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (5.882%) Asset Management
5 2 (5.882%) Investment Management
6 1 (2.941%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (2.941%) Resource Management
6 1 (2.941%) Incident Management
6 1 (2.941%) Operations Management
6 1 (2.941%) Business Analysis
6 1 (2.941%) Content Management
6 1 (2.941%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 13 (38.24%) PL/SQL
1 13 (38.24%) SQL
2 9 (26.47%) Shell Script
3 1 (2.941%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (11.76%) Degree
System Software
1 11 (32.35%) Oracle RAC
2 9 (26.47%) Oracle RMAN
3 3 (8.824%) SRDF
Systems Management
1 10 (29.41%) Data Guard
2 2 (5.882%) Oracle Statspack
Vendors
1 34 (100.00%) Oracle
2 4 (11.76%) PeopleSoft
2 4 (11.76%) SAP
3 1 (2.941%) Teradata
3 1 (2.941%) Informatica
3 1 (2.941%) MicroStrategy
3 1 (2.941%) Pegasus