The first table below looks at the demand for Oracle Applications skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Oracle Applications over the 3 months to 21 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 London 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle Applications (Oracle Apps)
Rank 356 350 372
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +22
Contract jobs citing Oracle Applications 33 55 58
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.150% 0.204% 0.189%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.840% 2.501% 2.215%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 19 20
Average daily rate £475 £410 £468
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.85% -12.29%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £324 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £675 £703
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £394 £350
% change year-on-year
+7.93% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £10.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £50.00 £56.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-10.71% +220.00%
All Business Applications
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
1793 2199 2618
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 8.139% 8.150% 8.535%
Number of daily rates quoted 1056 1197 1570
Average daily rate £463 £450 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.77% -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £300 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £625 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £438 £420
% change year-on-year
-2.85% +4.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 7 23
Average hourly rate £32.58 £40.00 £29.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-18.55% +36.75%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £15.80 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £87.50 £52.50 £62.85
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £21.96
% change year-on-year
+68.00% +2.45%
Oracle Applications
England

Oracle Applications
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Oracle Applications Jobs Demand Trend

Oracle Applications
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Oracle Applications Daily Rate Trend

Oracle Applications
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Oracle Applications across the London region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

London Oracle Applications Daily Rate Histogram

Oracle Applications
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Oracle Applications Hourly Rate Trend

Oracle Applications
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle Applications within the London region over the 3 months to 21 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
City of London +16 9 £525 +16.66%
Oracle Applications
England

Oracle Applications
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Oracle Applications 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 Applications.

1 70 (100.00%) Oracle
2 33 (47.14%) Finance
3 26 (37.14%) Oracle EBS R12
4 24 (34.29%) Oracle EBS
5 17 (24.29%) Oracle Financials
6 16 (22.86%) Oracle 11g
7 14 (20.00%) SQL
8 13 (18.57%) SOA
9 12 (17.14%) Business Intelligence
10 11 (15.71%) Hyperion
10 11 (15.71%) ERP
11 10 (14.29%) Oracle Reports
11 10 (14.29%) Middleware
11 10 (14.29%) Oracle 10g
12 9 (12.86%) UNIX
12 9 (12.86%) PL/SQL
13 8 (11.43%) Oracle Forms
13 8 (11.43%) Oracle Discoverer
13 8 (11.43%) HFM
13 8 (11.43%) Essbase
13 8 (11.43%) E-business
13 8 (11.43%) Oracle BI EE
13 8 (11.43%) Data Guard
14 7 (10.00%) Security Cleared
14 7 (10.00%) Oracle RMAN
14 7 (10.00%) Migration
14 7 (10.00%) Oracle HRMS
14 7 (10.00%) Banking
14 7 (10.00%) CRM
14 7 (10.00%) Siebel

Oracle Applications
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Oracle Applications 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 Applications. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 10 (14.29%) Middleware
2 5 (7.143%) Oracle Fusion
3 3 (4.286%) XML
4 2 (2.857%) JSP
4 2 (2.857%) Oracle ADF
5 1 (1.429%) WebCenter
5 1 (1.429%) SAP Basis
Application Platforms
1 4 (5.714%) Oracle Workflow
1 4 (5.714%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 2 (2.857%) WebLogic
2 2 (2.857%) Oracle Application Server
2 2 (2.857%) Oracle 10gAS
3 1 (1.429%) Oracle Service Bus
Applications
1 2 (2.857%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (1.429%) MS Project
2 1 (1.429%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 26 (37.14%) Oracle EBS R12
2 24 (34.29%) Oracle EBS
3 17 (24.29%) Oracle Financials
4 8 (11.43%) HFM
5 7 (10.00%) Oracle HRMS
6 6 (8.571%) Oracle 11i
6 6 (8.571%) Hyperion Planning
7 4 (5.714%) Oracle CRM
8 3 (4.286%) Oracle iProcurement
8 3 (4.286%) Oracle Payroll
9 2 (2.857%) Oracle ERP
9 2 (2.857%) Oracle Manufacturing
9 2 (2.857%) Oracle BRM
10 1 (1.429%) Oracle General Ledger
10 1 (1.429%) Oracle Retail
10 1 (1.429%) Misys Midas
10 1 (1.429%) Oracle SCM
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.714%) SAN
1 4 (5.714%) SNMP
1 4 (5.714%) DNS
1 4 (5.714%) DHCP
2 1 (1.429%) HTTP
2 1 (1.429%) SSL
2 1 (1.429%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (22.86%) Oracle 11g
2 10 (14.29%) Oracle Reports
2 10 (14.29%) Oracle 10g
3 8 (11.43%) Oracle Discoverer
3 8 (11.43%) Essbase
3 8 (11.43%) Oracle BI EE
4 5 (7.143%) Oracle Exadata
5 4 (5.714%) Oracle 8/8i
6 3 (4.286%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (4.286%) Oracle 9i
7 2 (2.857%) SQLPlus
7 2 (2.857%) TOAD
7 2 (2.857%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
8 1 (1.429%) RDBMS
8 1 (1.429%) DataStage
Development Applications
1 8 (11.43%) Oracle Forms
2 5 (7.143%) JDeveloper
3 2 (2.857%) Subversion
4 1 (1.429%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (1.429%) ProC
General
1 33 (47.14%) Finance
2 7 (10.00%) Banking
3 3 (4.286%) Telecoms
3 3 (4.286%) General Ledger
3 3 (4.286%) Billing
4 2 (2.857%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.429%) Law
5 1 (1.429%) Investment Banking
5 1 (1.429%) Retail
Job Titles
1 25 (35.71%) Consultant
2 17 (24.29%) Oracle Consultant
3 16 (22.86%) DBA
3 16 (22.86%) Oracle DBA
4 13 (18.57%) Oracle Applications DBA
5 11 (15.71%) Architect
6 8 (11.43%) Oracle Functional Consultant
6 8 (11.43%) Functional Consultant
7 7 (10.00%) Solutions Architect
7 7 (10.00%) Hyperion Consultant
8 6 (8.571%) Analyst
8 6 (8.571%) Oracle Financials Consultant
9 5 (7.143%) Oracle Architect
10 4 (5.714%) Oracle Financials Functional Consultant
10 4 (5.714%) Infrastructure Architect
10 4 (5.714%) Solutions Designer
10 4 (5.714%) Designer
11 3 (4.286%) Payroll Consultant
11 3 (4.286%) Applications Manager
11 3 (4.286%) Oracle Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.714%) iSeries
2 2 (2.857%) Computer Science
3 1 (1.429%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 9 (12.86%) UNIX
2 6 (8.571%) Linux
3 4 (5.714%) Windows
4 2 (2.857%) AIX
4 2 (2.857%) Solaris
4 2 (2.857%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (18.57%) SOA
2 12 (17.14%) Business Intelligence
3 11 (15.71%) ERP
4 8 (11.43%) E-business
5 7 (10.00%) Migration
5 7 (10.00%) CRM
6 6 (8.571%) BPEL
7 4 (5.714%) Workflow
8 3 (4.286%) Cash Management
8 3 (4.286%) Disaster Recovery
8 3 (4.286%) Business Continuity
8 3 (4.286%) Project Management
8 3 (4.286%) BCP
9 2 (2.857%) Configuration Management
9 2 (2.857%) PRINCE2
9 2 (2.857%) Performance Testing
9 2 (2.857%) Test Scripting
9 2 (2.857%) Revenue Management
10 1 (1.429%) Kimball Methodology
10 1 (1.429%) Database Security
Programming Languages
1 14 (20.00%) SQL
2 9 (12.86%) PL/SQL
3 6 (8.571%) Shell Script
4 2 (2.857%) Java
4 2 (2.857%) R
Qualifications
1 7 (10.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (7.143%) SC Cleared
3 3 (4.286%) Degree
3 3 (4.286%) BC Cleared
4 1 (1.429%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.429%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.857%) SLA
1 2 (2.857%) QA
System Software
1 7 (10.00%) Oracle RMAN
2 4 (5.714%) VMware ESX
2 4 (5.714%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (5.714%) Oracle RAC
2 4 (5.714%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 8 (11.43%) Data Guard
2 3 (4.286%) HP Quality Center
2 3 (4.286%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 70 (100.00%) Oracle
2 11 (15.71%) Hyperion
3 7 (10.00%) Siebel
4 6 (8.571%) HP
5 5 (7.143%) IBM
6 4 (5.714%) EMC
6 4 (5.714%) Citrix
6 4 (5.714%) VMware
6 4 (5.714%) Brocade
7 2 (2.857%) Red Hat
7 2 (2.857%) SAP
7 2 (2.857%) Business Objects
8 1 (1.429%) Cognos
8 1 (1.429%) Pegasus
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