England Oracle EBS Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) skills within the England region with a comparison to our Business Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Oracle EBS over the last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS)
Location Aberdeen Basingstoke Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Blackpool Bracknell Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Chertsey Cheshire Chester City of London County Antrim Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England England Glasgow Gloucestershire Gwent Hampshire Havant Home Counties Ipswich Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool London M4 Corridor Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport North East North West Northern Ireland Oxford Oxfordshire Portsmouth Reading Scotland Sheffield South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Suffolk Surrey Swindon Tewkesbury Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warwickshire West Midlands West Yorkshire Westminster Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 16 May 2008	Same period last year
Rank	346	297
Rank change on same period last year	-49
Matching contract IT job ads	239	354
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.307 %	0.398 %
As % of the category below	4.539 %	5.845 %
Daily rates quoted	67	91
Average minimum daily rate	£386	£425
Average daily rate	£409	£451
% change on same period last year	-9.38 %
Average maximum daily rate	£431	£477
UK excluding London average daily rate	£391	£441
% change on same period last year	-11.26 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	6
Average minimum hourly rate	£30.00	£49.50
Average hourly rate	£35.00	£49.92
% change on same period last year	-29.88 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£40.00	£50.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	£30.00
% change on same period last year	-
Business Applications England
Matching contract IT job ads	5265	6056
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	6.755 %	6.804 %
Daily rates quoted	1636	1617
Average minimum daily rate	£442	£445
Average daily rate	£478	£475
% change on same period last year	+0.54 %
Average maximum daily rate	£513	£506
UK excluding London average daily rate	£431	£445
% change on same period last year	-3.20 %
Hourly rates quoted	126	91
Average minimum hourly rate	£29.70	£33.88
Average hourly rate	£33.13	£35.99
% change on same period last year	-7.94 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£36.56	£38.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£31.76	£33.91
% change on same period last year	-6.33 %
Oracle EBS UK

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Oracle EBS
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing Oracle EBS across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Business Applications category.

Oracle EBS
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing Oracle EBS across the England region.

Oracle EBS
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Oracle EBS across the England region over the past 3 months.

Oracle EBS
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing Oracle EBS across the England region.

Oracle EBS
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle EBS within the England region over the past 3 months.

Rank	Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
1	London	-77	65	£430	-9.30 %
2	South East	+25	51	£371	-17.18 %
3	North West	-2	42	£447	+2.07 %
4	East of England	+11	32	£317	-30.62 %
5	North East	+13	13	-	-
6	South West	+3	11	£388	+11.24 %
7	West Midlands	-12	8	£483	+18.36 %
8	Yorkshire	+3	6	-	-
9	Midlands	-4	4	-	-
10	East Midlands	-10	2	£338	-

Oracle EBS UK

Oracle EBS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the England region citing Oracle EBS also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Oracle EBS.

1 522 (100.00 %) Oracle 2 149 (28.54 %) Finance 3 131 (25.10 %) SQL 4 123 (23.56 %) Oracle Applications 5 98 (18.77 %) PL/SQL 6 96 (18.39 %) Oracle Reports 7 82 (15.71 %) Government 8 76 (14.56 %) Oracle Discoverer 9 74 (14.18 %) Oracle 11i 10 70 (13.41 %) Oracle 10g 11 66 (12.64 %) Oracle Financials 12 59 (11.30 %) Oracle Forms 13 57 (10.92 %) Workflow 13 57 (10.92 %) Oracle Workflow 14 56 (10.73 %) Java

15 48 (9.195 %) ERP 16 40 (7.663 %) Unix 17 39 (7.471 %) HTML 18 37 (7.088 %) XML 18 37 (7.088 %) CRM 19 36 (6.897 %) Oracle 9i 20 33 (6.322 %) Data Modelling 21 32 (6.130 %) User Acceptance Testing 22 31 (5.939 %) JDeveloper 23 27 (5.172 %) JSP 24 26 (4.981 %) Oracle 8/8i 24 26 (4.981 %) Oracle HRMS 25 24 (4.598 %) ISEB 26 23 (4.406 %) Oracle Payroll 27 22 (4.215 %) Oracle ADF

Oracle EBS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the England region citing Oracle EBS also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Oracle EBS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 39 (7.471 %) HTML 2 37 (7.088 %) XML 3 27 (5.172 %) JSP 4 22 (4.215 %) Oracle ADF 4 22 (4.215 %) JSF 5 17 (3.257 %) WebServices 6 16 (3.065 %) .NET 7 11 (2.107 %) J2EE 8 8 (1.533 %) XHTML 8 8 (1.533 %) WinForms 9 7 (1.341 %) ASP.NET 9 7 (1.341 %) .NET Framework 9 7 (1.341 %) WCF 9 7 (1.341 %) WF 9 7 (1.341 %) ASP.NET 2.0 10 5 (0.958 %) J2SE 10 5 (0.958 %) Servlets 11 3 (0.575 %) Middleware 12 2 (0.383 %) WebSphere 13 1 (0.192 %) AJAX	Application Platforms 1 57 (10.92 %) Oracle Workflow 2 19 (3.640 %) SharePoint 3 12 (2.299 %) Oracle 10gAS 4 8 (1.533 %) LiveLink 5 7 (1.341 %) BizTalk Server 5 7 (1.341 %) SharePoint Server 2007 6 4 (0.766 %) Lotus Notes 7 3 (0.575 %) Oracle HTTP Server 8 2 (0.383 %) MS Exchange 8 2 (0.383 %) Oracle Application Server 8 2 (0.383 %) Exchange Server 2003 9 1 (0.192 %) ESB 9 1 (0.192 %) Apache 9 1 (0.192 %) Tomcat 9 1 (0.192 %) Oracle Collaboration Suite
Applications 1 7 (1.341 %) InfoPath 2 6 (1.149 %) MS Visio 3 4 (0.766 %) MS Project 4 1 (0.192 %) MS Office 4 1 (0.192 %) MS Excel 4 1 (0.192 %) MS PowerPoint 4 1 (0.192 %) Adobe Captivate 4 1 (0.192 %) CA Clarity	Business Applications 1 123 (23.56 %) Oracle Applications 2 74 (14.18 %) Oracle 11i 3 66 (12.64 %) Oracle Financials 4 26 (4.981 %) Oracle HRMS 5 23 (4.406 %) Oracle Payroll 6 12 (2.299 %) Oracle ERP 7 10 (1.916 %) Oracle CRM 8 7 (1.341 %) Microsoft CRM 8 7 (1.341 %) Dynamics CRM 9 2 (0.383 %) Oracle iRecruitment 9 2 (0.383 %) Navision 9 2 (0.383 %) MAXIMO 10 1 (0.192 %) Pivotal CRM 10 1 (0.192 %) Siebel Analytics 10 1 (0.192 %) Oracle Manufacturing
Communications & Networking 1 4 (0.766 %) Internet 2 3 (0.575 %) HTTP 3 2 (0.383 %) TCP/IP 3 2 (0.383 %) VPN 3 2 (0.383 %) DNS 3 2 (0.383 %) ATM 3 2 (0.383 %) DHCP 3 2 (0.383 %) SAN 3 2 (0.383 %) VLAN 4 1 (0.192 %) 3G 4 1 (0.192 %) SSL	Database & Business Intelligence 1 96 (18.39 %) Oracle Reports 2 76 (14.56 %) Oracle Discoverer 3 70 (13.41 %) Oracle 10g 4 36 (6.897 %) Oracle 9i 5 26 (4.981 %) Oracle 8/8i 6 18 (3.448 %) SQL Server 7 15 (2.874 %) RDBMS 8 11 (2.107 %) BusinessObjects 9 9 (1.724 %) Datawarehouse 9 9 (1.724 %) SQL Server 2005 10 8 (1.533 %) SQL Server Integration Services 10 8 (1.533 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 10 8 (1.533 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 10 8 (1.533 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 10 8 (1.533 %) TOAD 11 5 (0.958 %) BusinessObjects XI 11 5 (0.958 %) GIS 12 4 (0.766 %) Oracle OWB 12 4 (0.766 %) ETL 13 3 (0.575 %) MySQL
Development Applications 1 59 (11.30 %) Oracle Forms 2 31 (5.939 %) JDeveloper 3 11 (2.107 %) TestDirector 4 4 (0.766 %) LoadRunner 4 4 (0.766 %) VSS/SourceSafe 5 3 (0.575 %) Oracle APEX 6 2 (0.383 %) PVCS 7 1 (0.192 %) WinRunner	General 1 149 (28.54 %) Finance 2 82 (15.71 %) Government 3 22 (4.215 %) General Ledger 4 16 (3.065 %) Manufacturing 4 16 (3.065 %) Local Government 5 11 (2.107 %) Back Office 6 5 (0.958 %) Retail 7 4 (0.766 %) Legal 8 3 (0.575 %) Financial Institution 8 3 (0.575 %) Insurance 8 3 (0.575 %) Publishing 9 2 (0.383 %) Billing 9 2 (0.383 %) Marketing 9 2 (0.383 %) Pharmaceutical 10 1 (0.192 %) Criminal Justice 10 1 (0.192 %) Home Office 10 1 (0.192 %) Banking 10 1 (0.192 %) Front Office 10 1 (0.192 %) Telecoms 10 1 (0.192 %) Education
Job Titles 1 153 (29.31 %) Consultant 2 126 (24.14 %) Oracle Consultant 3 101 (19.35 %) Developer 4 73 (13.98 %) Analyst 4 73 (13.98 %) Oracle Developer 5 67 (12.84 %) Functional Consultant 6 58 (11.11 %) Oracle Functional Consultant 7 31 (5.939 %) DBA 8 29 (5.556 %) Oracle DBA 9 28 (5.364 %) Architect 10 27 (5.172 %) Business Analyst 11 25 (4.789 %) Oracle Analyst 12 18 (3.448 %) E-Business Consultant 12 18 (3.448 %) Project Manager 12 18 (3.448 %) Technical Consultant 13 17 (3.257 %) Technical Analyst 13 17 (3.257 %) Business Consultant 13 17 (3.257 %) Oracle Technical Consultant 13 17 (3.257 %) Oracle Financials Consultant 14 16 (3.065 %) Oracle HR Consultant	Miscellaneous 1 14 (2.682 %) Data Integration 2 12 (2.299 %) E-Learning 3 4 (0.766 %) Mathematics 3 4 (0.766 %) German Language 4 3 (0.575 %) Asset Management 4 3 (0.575 %) Replication 4 3 (0.575 %) Data Conversion 5 2 (0.383 %) Data Extraction 6 1 (0.192 %) Clustering 6 1 (0.192 %) Equities 6 1 (0.192 %) Freedom of Information 6 1 (0.192 %) Polish Language
Operating Systems 1 40 (7.663 %) Unix 2 19 (3.640 %) Windows 3 14 (2.682 %) Linux 4 13 (2.490 %) AIX 5 9 (1.724 %) Solaris 6 4 (0.766 %) zOS 7 1 (0.192 %) HPUX	Processes & Methodologies 1 57 (10.92 %) Workflow 2 48 (9.195 %) ERP 3 37 (7.088 %) CRM 4 33 (6.322 %) Data Modelling 5 32 (6.130 %) User Acceptance Testing 6 21 (4.023 %) Project Management 7 19 (3.640 %) Business Intelligence 8 14 (2.682 %) Migration 9 13 (2.490 %) Performance Management 10 12 (2.299 %) GAP Analysis 10 12 (2.299 %) Change Management 11 11 (2.107 %) PRINCE2 11 11 (2.107 %) Release Management 12 10 (1.916 %) Integration Testing 13 9 (1.724 %) Test Management 13 9 (1.724 %) Data Migration 13 9 (1.724 %) Business Analysis 13 9 (1.724 %) BPR 13 9 (1.724 %) Service Delivery 14 7 (1.341 %) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages 1 131 (25.10 %) SQL 2 98 (18.77 %) PL/SQL 3 56 (10.73 %) Java 4 8 (1.533 %) C 5 7 (1.341 %) C# 6 6 (1.149 %) Shell Script 7 3 (0.575 %) Perl 7 3 (0.575 %) PHP 8 2 (0.383 %) JavaScript 9 1 (0.192 %) COBOL 9 1 (0.192 %) Transact-SQL 9 1 (0.192 %) VB.NET	Qualifications 1 24 (4.598 %) ISEB 2 18 (3.448 %) Degree 3 6 (1.149 %) ISEB Practitioner 4 4 (0.766 %) ISTQB 5 1 (0.192 %) Oracle Certification 5 1 (0.192 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 19 (3.640 %) QA 2 1 (0.192 %) ISO27001	System Software 1 6 (1.149 %) Oracle RMAN 2 3 (0.575 %) Oracle RAC 2 3 (0.575 %) Active Directory 3 2 (0.383 %) VMware GSX 3 2 (0.383 %) VMware ESX 3 2 (0.383 %) Backup Exec
Systems Management 1 14 (2.682 %) AutoSys 2 6 (1.149 %) Tivoli Storage Manager 3 1 (0.192 %) Oracle Enterprise Manager	Vendors 1 522 (100.00 %) Oracle 2 22 (4.215 %) Microsoft 3 14 (2.682 %) Informatica 4 11 (2.107 %) Business Objects 5 9 (1.724 %) Siebel 6 8 (1.533 %) Tridion 6 8 (1.533 %) Open Text 6 8 (1.533 %) Primavera 7 6 (1.149 %) VMware 7 6 (1.149 %) Pegasus 8 5 (0.958 %) Citrix 9 4 (0.766 %) CA 9 4 (0.766 %) Lotus 9 4 (0.766 %) PeopleSoft 10 3 (0.575 %) JD Edwards 10 3 (0.575 %) webMethods 11 2 (0.383 %) Hyperion 11 2 (0.383 %) IBM 12 1 (0.192 %) iSOFT 12 1 (0.192 %) Sybase