The first table below looks at the demand for Oracle Financials 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 Oracle Financials 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle Financials
Rank 417 347 429
Rank change year-on-year
-70 +82
Contract jobs citing Oracle Financials 96 223 144
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.231% 0.418% 0.256%
As % of the Business Applications category 2.775% 4.880% 2.935%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 129 86
Average daily rate £450 £425 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.88% +6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £365 £280 £285
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £555 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £425 £350
% change year-on-year
+5.88% +21.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
Average hourly rate £50.70 - £82.50
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.14 - £40.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £51.25 - £124.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £50.70 - £30.00
All Business Applications
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
3459 4570 4907
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 8.320% 8.568% 8.733%
Number of daily rates quoted 1839 2338 2537
Average daily rate £450 £450 £463
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -2.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £290 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £430 £420
% change year-on-year
-1.16% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 52 90
Average hourly rate £37.80 £34.00 £22.98
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.17% +47.95%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.00 £15.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £62.50 £57.50 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+68.00% -10.00%
Oracle Financials
UK

Oracle Financials
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Oracle Financials Jobs Demand Trend

Oracle Financials
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Oracle Financials Daily Rate Trend

Oracle Financials
Daily Rate Histogram

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

England Oracle Financials Daily Rate Histogram

Oracle Financials
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Oracle Financials Hourly Rate Trend

Oracle Financials
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle Financials within the England region over the 3 months to 24 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 -41 41 £408 -6.32%
South East -25 16 £450 +6.82%
North West +17 12 £500 +42.85%
West Midlands +3 8 £450 +6.50%
Yorkshire +6 7 £338 -15.62%
South West +28 4 £504 +49.18%
East Midlands -2 4 £443 -19.54%
East of England +17 2 £401 -
Oracle Financials
UK

Oracle Financials
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Oracle Financials 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 Financials.

1 225 (100.00%) Oracle
1 225 (100.00%) Finance
2 133 (59.11%) Oracle EBS R12
3 100 (44.44%) Oracle EBS
4 53 (23.56%) SQL
5 45 (20.00%) Oracle Applications
6 41 (18.22%) PL/SQL
7 30 (13.33%) Oracle Reports
8 22 (9.778%) ERP
9 21 (9.333%) Business Intelligence
10 20 (8.889%) Oracle 11i
10 20 (8.889%) Migration
10 20 (8.889%) Oracle BI EE
11 19 (8.444%) General Ledger
11 19 (8.444%) Stakeholder Management
11 19 (8.444%) E-business
12 17 (7.556%) XML
13 16 (7.111%) Oracle Forms
13 16 (7.111%) Oracle Discoverer
13 16 (7.111%) Hyperion
13 16 (7.111%) User Acceptance Testing
14 14 (6.222%) SC Cleared
14 14 (6.222%) Security Cleared
14 14 (6.222%) Workflow
15 13 (5.778%) UNIX
15 13 (5.778%) Data Migration
15 13 (5.778%) Oracle Workflow
15 13 (5.778%) HFM
16 12 (5.333%) Oracle iProcurement
17 11 (4.889%) SOA

Oracle Financials
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Oracle Financials 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 Financials. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 17 (7.556%) XML
2 5 (2.222%) Middleware
3 4 (1.778%) Oracle Fusion
3 4 (1.778%) JSP
4 3 (1.333%) EDI
5 2 (0.889%) Oracle ADF
5 2 (0.889%) Web Services
5 2 (0.889%) ASP
6 1 (0.444%) COM
6 1 (0.444%) .NET
6 1 (0.444%) J2EE
6 1 (0.444%) WebCenter
Application Platforms
1 13 (5.778%) Oracle Workflow
2 2 (0.889%) WebLogic
2 2 (0.889%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.444%) ESB
3 1 (0.444%) Oracle 10gAS
3 1 (0.444%) Oracle Application Server
3 1 (0.444%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (0.444%) Oracle Service Bus
Applications
1 7 (3.111%) MS Excel
2 4 (1.778%) MS Office
3 2 (0.889%) MS Project
4 1 (0.444%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 133 (59.11%) Oracle EBS R12
2 100 (44.44%) Oracle EBS
3 45 (20.00%) Oracle Applications
4 20 (8.889%) Oracle 11i
5 13 (5.778%) HFM
6 12 (5.333%) Oracle iProcurement
7 7 (3.111%) Oracle General Ledger
8 5 (2.222%) Oracle HRMS
8 5 (2.222%) Oracle Payroll
8 5 (2.222%) Dynamics AX
9 4 (1.778%) Oracle ERP
9 4 (1.778%) Oracle CRM
10 3 (1.333%) Agresso
10 3 (1.333%) Hyperion Planning
11 2 (0.889%) Dynamics NAV
11 2 (0.889%) Dynamics GP
11 2 (0.889%) Line 50
11 2 (0.889%) Oracle Manufacturing
12 1 (0.444%) Oracle SCM
12 1 (0.444%) Oracle Financial Analyzer
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.222%) HTTP
2 1 (0.444%) FTP
2 1 (0.444%) Internet
2 1 (0.444%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (0.444%) Softphone
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (13.33%) Oracle Reports
2 20 (8.889%) Oracle BI EE
3 16 (7.111%) Oracle Discoverer
4 9 (4.000%) Oracle 11g
5 8 (3.556%) Oracle 8/8i
6 7 (3.111%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (2.667%) Oracle 10g
8 4 (1.778%) SQLPlus
8 4 (1.778%) TOAD
9 3 (1.333%) SQL Server
9 3 (1.333%) OLAP
9 3 (1.333%) BusinessObjects XI
9 3 (1.333%) Oracle OLAP
10 2 (0.889%) SQL Server 2012
10 2 (0.889%) Essbase
10 2 (0.889%) Oracle 9i
11 1 (0.444%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 16 (7.111%) Oracle Forms
2 6 (2.667%) Oracle APEX
3 5 (2.222%) JDeveloper
4 3 (1.333%) ProC
5 1 (0.444%) JIRA
General
1 225 (100.00%) Finance
2 19 (8.444%) General Ledger
3 8 (3.556%) Banking
3 8 (3.556%) Telecoms
4 7 (3.111%) Billing
5 4 (1.778%) Manufacturing
6 3 (1.333%) Law
6 3 (1.333%) Retail
6 3 (1.333%) Local Government
7 2 (0.889%) International Banking
7 2 (0.889%) Investment Banking
7 2 (0.889%) Legal
8 1 (0.444%) Front Office
8 1 (0.444%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 89 (39.56%) Consultant
2 80 (35.56%) Oracle Consultant
3 54 (24.00%) Oracle Financials Consultant
4 39 (17.33%) Analyst
5 38 (16.89%) Functional Consultant
6 33 (14.67%) Oracle Functional Consultant
7 20 (8.889%) Oracle Financials Functional Consultant
8 18 (8.000%) Oracle Analyst
9 16 (7.111%) Developer
9 16 (7.111%) Project Manager
10 14 (6.222%) Architect
11 11 (4.889%) Business Analyst
12 10 (4.444%) Support Analyst
12 10 (4.444%) Oracle Architect
13 9 (4.000%) Oracle Developer
14 8 (3.556%) Oracle Project Manager
14 8 (3.556%) Oracle Support Analyst
15 7 (3.111%) Systems Support
15 7 (3.111%) Support Consultant
15 7 (3.111%) Trainer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (0.889%) Computer Science
1 2 (0.889%) Management Information System
2 1 (0.444%) PMI
2 1 (0.444%) Mainframe
2 1 (0.444%) Data Integration
2 1 (0.444%) FMCG
2 1 (0.444%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 13 (5.778%) UNIX
2 2 (0.889%) Linux
3 1 (0.444%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (9.778%) ERP
2 21 (9.333%) Business Intelligence
3 20 (8.889%) Migration
4 19 (8.444%) Stakeholder Management
4 19 (8.444%) E-business
5 16 (7.111%) User Acceptance Testing
6 14 (6.222%) Workflow
7 13 (5.778%) Data Migration
8 11 (4.889%) SOA
9 10 (4.444%) PRINCE2
9 10 (4.444%) Cash Management
10 9 (4.000%) Project Management
11 8 (3.556%) CRM
12 6 (2.667%) Business Analysis
12 6 (2.667%) Service Delivery
12 6 (2.667%) ETL
13 5 (2.222%) BPEL
13 5 (2.222%) Test Scripting
13 5 (2.222%) Systems Analysis
14 4 (1.778%) Revenue Management
Programming Languages
1 53 (23.56%) SQL
2 41 (18.22%) PL/SQL
3 8 (3.556%) Java
4 4 (1.778%) Shell Script
5 2 (0.889%) R
6 1 (0.444%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (6.222%) SC Cleared
1 14 (6.222%) Security Cleared
2 6 (2.667%) Degree
3 5 (2.222%) ISEB
4 4 (1.778%) CIMA
4 4 (1.778%) ACCA
5 3 (1.333%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 3 (1.333%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (1.333%) BC Cleared
5 3 (1.333%) DV Cleared
5 3 (1.333%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.444%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.222%) SLA
2 1 (0.444%) QA
System Software
1 2 (0.889%) Oracle RAC
1 2 (0.889%) Oracle RMAN
2 1 (0.444%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (1.333%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.444%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 1 (0.444%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 225 (100.00%) Oracle
2 16 (7.111%) Hyperion
3 9 (4.000%) Pegasus
4 7 (3.111%) Microsoft
5 6 (2.667%) JD Edwards
5 6 (2.667%) SAP
6 3 (1.333%) Business Objects
6 3 (1.333%) Sage
7 2 (0.889%) HP
7 2 (0.889%) Kofax
7 2 (0.889%) Citrix
7 2 (0.889%) Informatica
8 1 (0.444%) Cognos
8 1 (0.444%) Siebel
8 1 (0.444%) PeopleSoft
8 1 (0.444%) Progress
8 1 (0.444%) Sun
8 1 (0.444%) CODA
8 1 (0.444%) Mercator
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