The first table below looks at the demand for Essbase skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Essbase 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 Database & Business Intelligence category for the England 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 Essbase
Rank 439 484 388
Rank change year-on-year
+45 -96
Contract jobs citing Essbase 75 86 183
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.178% 0.159% 0.330%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.857% 0.826% 1.614%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 38 118
Average daily rate £475 £413 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.08% -13.10%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £344 £307 £310
10% offered a daily rate of more than £538 £608 £561
UK excluding London average daily rate £500 £318 £420
% change year-on-year
+57.48% -24.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 0
Average hourly rate - £26.28 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £26.28 -
All Database & Business Intelligence
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
8756 10415 11337
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 20.74% 19.20% 20.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 5377 6138 6447
Average daily rate £400 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £255 £260 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £529 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £333 £338
% change year-on-year
-2.25% -1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 214 244 362
Average hourly rate £25.00 £27.50 £31.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.09% -12.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.31 £13.50 £16.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.75 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-0.90% -14.61%
Essbase
UK

Essbase
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Essbase across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

England Essbase Jobs Demand Trend

Essbase
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Essbase Daily Rate Trend

Essbase
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Essbase across the England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

England Essbase Daily Rate Histogram

Essbase
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Essbase Hourly Rate Trend

Essbase
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Essbase within the England region over the 3 months to 22 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
London +39 52 £450 -11.33%
South East +20 9 £488 +50.00%
South West +29 7 - -
North East - 4 £550 -
Yorkshire - 2 £338 -
Essbase
UK

Essbase
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Essbase 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 Essbase.

1 147 (85.47%) Hyperion
2 101 (58.72%) Oracle
3 86 (50.00%) Finance
4 75 (43.60%) Hyperion Planning
5 39 (22.67%) SQL
6 31 (18.02%) Business Intelligence
7 29 (16.86%) RDBMS
7 29 (16.86%) Oracle BI EE
8 27 (15.70%) OLAP
9 26 (15.12%) WebLogic
10 25 (14.53%) Data Warehouse
10 25 (14.53%) HFM
11 23 (13.37%) Oracle 11g
11 23 (13.37%) User Acceptance Testing
12 20 (11.63%) PL/SQL
13 17 (9.884%) Migration
13 17 (9.884%) Teradata
13 17 (9.884%) MS Office
13 17 (9.884%) ERP
14 15 (8.721%) Microsoft
14 15 (8.721%) Unit Testing
15 14 (8.140%) Oracle OLAP
16 12 (6.977%) Oracle EBS
16 12 (6.977%) IIS
17 11 (6.395%) J2EE
17 11 (6.395%) Data Modelling
17 11 (6.395%) Banking
18 10 (5.814%) Stakeholder Management
18 10 (5.814%) DRM
18 10 (5.814%) ETL

Essbase
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Essbase 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 Essbase. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 11 (6.395%) J2EE
2 7 (4.070%) Middleware
3 6 (3.488%) CSS
3 6 (3.488%) HTML
4 4 (2.326%) Spring
4 4 (2.326%) JRules
4 4 (2.326%) Java EE
4 4 (2.326%) XML
4 4 (2.326%) XSLT
5 3 (1.744%) MDX
5 3 (1.744%) Oracle Fusion
6 2 (1.163%) WebCenter
6 2 (1.163%) WSH
6 2 (1.163%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 26 (15.12%) WebLogic
2 12 (6.977%) IIS
3 5 (2.907%) Tomcat
4 4 (2.326%) TIBCO EMS
5 2 (1.163%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.581%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.581%) PowerExchange
Applications
1 17 (9.884%) MS Office
2 1 (0.581%) MS Project
2 1 (0.581%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.581%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 75 (43.60%) Hyperion Planning
2 25 (14.53%) HFM
3 12 (6.977%) Oracle EBS
4 9 (5.233%) Oracle EBS R12
5 8 (4.651%) Oracle Applications
6 5 (2.907%) Oracle 11i
6 5 (2.907%) Oracle ERP
7 4 (2.326%) BusinessWorks
8 2 (1.163%) Khalix
8 2 (1.163%) LongView
8 2 (1.163%) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.744%) SAN
2 2 (1.163%) NAS
2 2 (1.163%) LDAP
3 1 (0.581%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (16.86%) RDBMS
1 29 (16.86%) Oracle BI EE
2 27 (15.70%) OLAP
3 25 (14.53%) Data Warehouse
4 23 (13.37%) Oracle 11g
5 14 (8.140%) Oracle OLAP
6 9 (5.233%) Oracle 10g
7 6 (3.488%) Star Schema
7 6 (3.488%) Oracle 8/8i
7 6 (3.488%) SQL Server
8 4 (2.326%) TOAD
9 3 (1.744%) Oracle 9i
9 3 (1.744%) Oracle Discoverer
10 2 (1.163%) SQL Server 2008
10 2 (1.163%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (1.163%) SQL Server 2005
10 2 (1.163%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (1.163%) Oracle Exadata
10 2 (1.163%) SQLPlus
10 2 (1.163%) DB2
Development Applications
1 6 (3.488%) Subversion
2 4 (2.326%) TeamCity
2 4 (2.326%) Ant
2 4 (2.326%) JUnit
3 2 (1.163%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 1 (0.581%) Oracle Forms
General
1 86 (50.00%) Finance
2 11 (6.395%) Banking
3 5 (2.907%) Publishing
4 4 (2.326%) Investment Banking
5 3 (1.744%) Retail
6 2 (1.163%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 58 (33.72%) Developer
2 45 (26.16%) Consultant
3 30 (17.44%) Hyperion Consultant
4 20 (11.63%) Hyperion Developer
4 20 (11.63%) DBA
5 13 (7.558%) Administrator
6 12 (6.977%) Essbase Developer
6 12 (6.977%) Oracle Consultant
7 11 (6.395%) Hyperion Administrator
8 9 (5.233%) Essbase Consultant
9 8 (4.651%) Analyst
10 7 (4.070%) Data Warehouse Developer
10 7 (4.070%) Lead Developer
11 6 (3.488%) OBIEE Developer
11 6 (3.488%) Architect
11 6 (3.488%) Systems Accountant
12 5 (2.907%) Oracle Developer
12 5 (2.907%) Programme Manager
13 4 (2.326%) Teradata Developer
13 4 (2.326%) Oracle BI Developer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (4.070%) Data Integration
2 5 (2.907%) Management Information System
3 2 (1.163%) FMCG
3 2 (1.163%) NHS
4 1 (0.581%) Computer Science
4 1 (0.581%) Spread Betting
4 1 (0.581%) Data Extraction
Operating Systems
1 9 (5.233%) Linux
2 8 (4.651%) UNIX
3 5 (2.907%) Windows
4 2 (1.163%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (1.163%) OS/390
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (18.02%) Business Intelligence
2 23 (13.37%) User Acceptance Testing
3 17 (9.884%) Migration
3 17 (9.884%) ERP
4 15 (8.721%) Unit Testing
5 11 (6.395%) Data Modelling
6 10 (5.814%) Stakeholder Management
6 10 (5.814%) DRM
6 10 (5.814%) ETL
7 7 (4.070%) Project Management
8 6 (3.488%) Business Analysis
8 6 (3.488%) Capacity Planning
8 6 (3.488%) Kimball Methodology
8 6 (3.488%) Workflow
9 5 (2.907%) CRM
9 5 (2.907%) GAP Analysis
10 4 (2.326%) TDD
10 4 (2.326%) Workflow Management
10 4 (2.326%) Systems Analysis
10 4 (2.326%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 39 (22.67%) SQL
2 20 (11.63%) PL/SQL
3 5 (2.907%) Java
3 5 (2.907%) C
3 5 (2.907%) Shell Script
4 4 (2.326%) XPath
4 4 (2.326%) Perl
5 3 (1.744%) VB
5 3 (1.744%) Korn
6 2 (1.163%) JCL
6 2 (1.163%) VBA
7 1 (0.581%) VBScript
7 1 (0.581%) Bourne shell
7 1 (0.581%) Bash shell
7 1 (0.581%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (2.907%) CIMA
1 5 (2.907%) Security Cleared
2 4 (2.326%) DV Cleared
3 2 (1.163%) Oracle Certification
4 1 (0.581%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.070%) QA
2 3 (1.744%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.163%) HL7
System Software
1 5 (2.907%) Oracle RMAN
2 3 (1.744%) Oracle RAC
3 2 (1.163%) SRDF
3 2 (1.163%) NFS
Systems Management
1 3 (1.744%) Data Guard
1 3 (1.744%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (1.163%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 1 (0.581%) Oracle Statspack
Vendors
1 147 (85.47%) Hyperion
2 101 (58.72%) Oracle
3 17 (9.884%) Teradata
4 15 (8.721%) Microsoft
5 8 (4.651%) IBM
5 8 (4.651%) Informatica
6 5 (2.907%) Siebel
7 4 (2.326%) ION Trading
7 4 (2.326%) TIBCO
7 4 (2.326%) SAP
8 3 (1.744%) HP
8 3 (1.744%) Cognos
9 2 (1.163%) MicroStrategy
9 2 (1.163%) JD Edwards
9 2 (1.163%) PeopleSoft
9 2 (1.163%) Business Objects
10 1 (0.581%) Brio
10 1 (0.581%) Alias
Basingstoke, South East
Hyperion Planning Consultant (EPM)My client is searching for a well seasoned Hyperion Planning Consultant (EPM) who will be responsible for the Hyperion Planning Administration across their applications...
Rate: £450 - £525 per day
Posted: 10 May 2013
Bedfordshire, South East
Principal responsibilities will include: Working with clients to design and implement Hyperion Essbase applications using Oracle Essbase Studio... The desired background will typically include either: Strong hands-on...
clearedgeconsulting
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 2 May 2013
Hampshire, South East
Responsibilities include: First line point of contact for any technical issues or queries regarding the Oracle Hyperion environment... Technical troubleshooting and problem management. Suitable candidates will have the...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £250.00 - £350.00 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
City of London
They are currently looking for an Oracle Business Intelligence Consultant(Oracle BI/OBIEE/OBI/ODI/Essbase/Hyperion) to join their Enterprise Data Management and Analytics department's growing...
Annapurna HR
Rate: £400.00 - £500 per day
Posted: 25 April 2013
City of London
My prestigious financial client in London is looking for 4 Hyperion Essbase Developers / Architects to join an exciting Greenfield project.
Huxley Associates
Rate: £650 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
London
Ability to Provide suggestions on OBIEE reports design and enhancements - Understanding of design/development/enhancements as per Oracle recommended leading practices - Ability to manage Repository rollouts to TEST,...
Axica Recruitment
Rate: Up to £500 Per Day
Posted: 1 May 2013
City, London
We are looking for candidates, ideally from a banking background, to support the set-up of an OBIEE & Essbase reporting enviroment with their informatica expertise. Power Exchange and...
TEKsystems
Posted: 16 May 2013