The first table below looks at the demand for Oracle Retail 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 Retail over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle Retail
Rank 466 513 531
Rank change year-on-year
+47 +18
Contract jobs citing Oracle Retail 44 45 41
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.106% 0.084% 0.073%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.265% 0.988% 0.833%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 7 16
Average daily rate £413 £475 £413
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.15% +15.15%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £333 £402 £208
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £475 £413
% change year-on-year
-15.78% +15.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £14.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £14.00 -
All Business Applications
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
3479 4553 4922
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 8.369% 8.534% 8.723%
Number of daily rates quoted 1863 2339 2543
Average daily rate £450 £450 £463
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -2.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £295 £300 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £438 £420
% change year-on-year
-2.85% +4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 79 55 90
Average hourly rate £37.80 £34.00 £19.88
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.17% +71.06%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.60 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £62.50 £57.50 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.92 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+64.92% +14.60%
Oracle Retail
UK

Oracle Retail
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Oracle Retail Jobs Demand Trend

Oracle Retail
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Oracle Retail Daily Rate Trend

Oracle Retail
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Oracle Retail across the England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

England Oracle Retail Daily Rate Histogram

Oracle Retail
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Oracle Retail Hourly Rate Trend

Oracle Retail
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle Retail within the England region over the 3 months to 17 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
South East +42 19 £425 +18.05%
London +27 11 £550 -
Yorkshire -20 10 £418 -16.50%
West Midlands - 2 £350 -
East Midlands - 1 £425 -
Oracle Retail
UK

Oracle Retail
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Oracle Retail 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 Retail.

1 79 (100.00%) Oracle
1 79 (100.00%) Retail
2 13 (16.46%) Oracle 8/8i
3 10 (12.66%) PL/SQL
3 10 (12.66%) SQL
3 10 (12.66%) Retek
4 9 (11.39%) UNIX
5 8 (10.13%) J2EE
5 8 (10.13%) Oracle Applications
5 8 (10.13%) Oracle RAC
6 7 (8.861%) Oracle 11g
6 7 (8.861%) RDF
7 6 (7.595%) Back Office
7 6 (7.595%) E-Commerce
7 6 (7.595%) ERP
7 6 (7.595%) Linux
7 6 (7.595%) Oracle Workflow
7 6 (7.595%) Workflow
8 5 (6.329%) XML
8 5 (6.329%) HPUX
8 5 (6.329%) HP
8 5 (6.329%) Oracle Discoverer
8 5 (6.329%) Change Management
9 4 (5.063%) Shell Script
9 4 (5.063%) JDA
9 4 (5.063%) SAS
9 4 (5.063%) CRM
10 3 (3.797%) Incident Management
10 3 (3.797%) Oracle EBS R12
10 3 (3.797%) Data Guard

Oracle Retail
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Oracle Retail 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 Retail. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (10.13%) J2EE
2 5 (6.329%) XML
3 2 (2.532%) JSP
3 2 (2.532%) Struts
3 2 (2.532%) Middleware
3 2 (2.532%) Hibernate
3 2 (2.532%) Spring
3 2 (2.532%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (1.266%) Swing
Application Platforms
1 6 (7.595%) Oracle Workflow
2 4 (5.063%) SAS
3 2 (2.532%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (1.266%) WebLogic
4 1 (1.266%) Oracle 10gAS
Applications
1 1 (1.266%) MS Project
1 1 (1.266%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 8 (10.13%) Oracle Applications
2 3 (3.797%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (1.266%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (1.266%) Oracle ERP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (16.46%) Oracle 8/8i
2 7 (8.861%) Oracle 11g
3 5 (6.329%) Oracle Discoverer
4 3 (3.797%) Oracle 10g
5 2 (2.532%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (2.532%) Oracle BI EE
6 1 (1.266%) RDBMS
6 1 (1.266%) Oracle 9i
Development Applications
1 3 (3.797%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (1.266%) ProC
General
1 79 (100.00%) Retail
2 6 (7.595%) Back Office
3 2 (2.532%) Telecoms
3 2 (2.532%) Retail Banking
3 2 (2.532%) Banking
4 1 (1.266%) French Language
4 1 (1.266%) Spanish Language
4 1 (1.266%) Finance
4 1 (1.266%) Law
Job Titles
1 42 (53.16%) Consultant
2 35 (44.30%) Oracle Consultant
3 10 (12.66%) Technical Consultant
4 7 (8.861%) Architect
4 7 (8.861%) DBA
4 7 (8.861%) Oracle DBA
4 7 (8.861%) Oracle Technical Consultant
4 7 (8.861%) Oracle Architect
5 6 (7.595%) Analyst
6 4 (5.063%) Functional Analyst
6 4 (5.063%) Functional Consultant
6 4 (5.063%) Technical Analyst
7 3 (3.797%) Developer
7 3 (3.797%) Technical Leader
7 3 (3.797%) Business Analyst
7 3 (3.797%) Solutions Architect
7 3 (3.797%) Oracle Solutions Architect
8 2 (2.532%) Operations Manager
8 2 (2.532%) Management Consultant
8 2 (2.532%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (1.266%) PMI
1 1 (1.266%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 9 (11.39%) UNIX
2 6 (7.595%) Linux
3 5 (6.329%) HPUX
4 1 (1.266%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (8.861%) RDF
2 6 (7.595%) E-Commerce
2 6 (7.595%) ERP
2 6 (7.595%) Workflow
3 5 (6.329%) Change Management
4 4 (5.063%) CRM
5 3 (3.797%) Incident Management
5 3 (3.797%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (2.532%) Business Analysis
6 2 (2.532%) Operations Management
6 2 (2.532%) Release Management
6 2 (2.532%) Change Control
6 2 (2.532%) Project Management
6 2 (2.532%) Service Management
6 2 (2.532%) Migration
6 2 (2.532%) Logistics
6 2 (2.532%) SOA
6 2 (2.532%) ITIL
7 1 (1.266%) PRINCE2
7 1 (1.266%) PRINCE
Programming Languages
1 10 (12.66%) PL/SQL
1 10 (12.66%) SQL
2 4 (5.063%) Shell Script
3 3 (3.797%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (2.532%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (1.266%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.532%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (10.13%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (1.266%) Oracle RMAN
Systems Management
1 3 (3.797%) Data Guard
2 1 (1.266%) MOM
2 1 (1.266%) BMC PATROL
Vendors
1 79 (100.00%) Oracle
2 10 (12.66%) Retek
3 5 (6.329%) HP
4 4 (5.063%) JDA
5 3 (3.797%) SAP
6 2 (2.532%) Siebel
6 2 (2.532%) ATG
6 2 (2.532%) Endeca
7 1 (1.266%) BMC
7 1 (1.266%) Microsoft
West Yorkshire
Oracle Technical Consultant / Analyst The client is offering a 6 month contract to a Oracle Technical Consultant / Analyst who will be responsible for providing technical expertise and support...
Rate: £450 - £500 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
Bradford, Yorkshire
Oracle Retail DBA / Oracle Retek Expert The client is offering an attractive 8 month contract to an Oracle Retail DBA / Oracle Retek Expert who will be part of...
Rate: £500 - £600 per day
Posted: 3 May 2013
Bradford, West Yorkshire
Skills: *Proven Technical Orientation *Experience of Oracle WMS *Proven experience in the following: PL/SQL, Oracle Forms, SQL queries, UNIX. *High level understanding of the Oracle database 10g...
Fruition IT Resources Limited
Rate: £1 per day + market rate
Posted: 13 May 2013
West Yorkshire
Oracle Technical Consultant / DeveloperThe client is offering a 6 month contract to a Oracle Technical Consultant / Developer who will be responsible for providing technical expertise and support to...
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
Experience in Data Migration, Roll outs. Should have hands on experience in the development / customization of the following Oracle store applications ORPOS,ORBO,ORCO Expertise in Java, JSP,...
Posted: 8 May 2013