London Oracle EBS Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) skills within the London region with a comparison to our Business Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Oracle EBS over the 3 months to 8 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS)
Location Aberdeen Basingstoke Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Blackpool Bristol Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cardiff Cheshire Chester City of London County Antrim Dorset East Midlands East of England England Glasgow Gloucestershire Hampshire Ipswich Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool London Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne North East North West Northern Ireland Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Reading Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Shropshire South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Suffolk Swindon Telford Tewkesbury Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wales West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 8 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	335	303
Rank change on same period last year	-32
Matching contract IT job ads	64	190
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.084 %	0.199 %
As % of the category below	2.662 %	5.544 %
Daily rates quoted	24	50
Average minimum daily rate	£405	£494
Average daily rate	£417	£518
% change on same period last year	-19.34 %
Average maximum daily rate	£430	£541
UK excluding London average daily rate	£393	£453
% change on same period last year	-13.14 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	4
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£49.75
Average hourly rate	-	£52.00
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£54.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£38.21	£30.00
% change on same period last year	+27.38 %
Business Applications London
Matching contract IT job ads	2404	3427
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	3.169 %	3.584 %
Daily rates quoted	802	1041
Average minimum daily rate	£458	£461
Average daily rate	£490	£500
% change on same period last year	-2.05 %
Average maximum daily rate	£522	£539
UK excluding London average daily rate	£450	£442
% change on same period last year	+1.91 %
Hourly rates quoted	49	40
Average minimum hourly rate	£32.53	£28.74
Average hourly rate	£39.29	£31.89
% change on same period last year	+23.20 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£46.05	£35.04
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£31.07	£27.81
% change on same period last year	+11.73 %
Oracle EBS England

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 beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Oracle EBS across the London 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 IT contract jobs citing Oracle EBS across the London region.

Oracle EBS
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Oracle EBS across the London region over the 3 months to 8 July 2008.

Oracle EBS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Oracle EBS
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Oracle EBS within the London region over the 3 months to 8 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

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
City of London	-34	6	£400	-20.11 %

Oracle EBS England

Oracle EBS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Oracle EBS 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 EBS.

1 148 (100.00 %) Oracle 2 64 (43.24 %) Finance 3 50 (33.78 %) Oracle Applications 4 47 (31.76 %) Oracle Reports 5 43 (29.05 %) SQL 6 40 (27.03 %) Oracle Discoverer 7 37 (25.00 %) Government 8 33 (22.30 %) PL/SQL 9 28 (18.92 %) Oracle Forms 10 26 (17.57 %) XML 11 25 (16.89 %) Oracle Financials 12 24 (16.22 %) Java 13 21 (14.19 %) Oracle Workflow 13 21 (14.19 %) Workflow 14 20 (13.51 %) Unix

15 19 (12.84 %) ERP 16 18 (12.16 %) Data Modelling 17 16 (10.81 %) Oracle 10g 17 16 (10.81 %) Security Cleared 18 15 (10.14 %) Local Government 19 13 (8.784 %) Oracle 8/8i 20 12 (8.108 %) Microsoft 21 11 (7.432 %) Linux 22 10 (6.757 %) PRINCE2 22 10 (6.757 %) Business Intelligence 22 10 (6.757 %) RDBMS 22 10 (6.757 %) QA 23 9 (6.081 %) Performance Management 23 9 (6.081 %) E-Learning 23 9 (6.081 %) Oracle 11i

Oracle EBS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Oracle EBS 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 EBS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 26 (17.57 %) XML 2 8 (5.405 %) .NET 2 8 (5.405 %) WebServices 2 8 (5.405 %) WinForms 3 7 (4.730 %) HTML 4 1 (0.676 %) WebSphere 4 1 (0.676 %) J2EE	Application Platforms 1 21 (14.19 %) Oracle Workflow 2 8 (5.405 %) LiveLink 2 8 (5.405 %) SharePoint 3 2 (1.351 %) MS Exchange 3 2 (1.351 %) Exchange Server 2003 4 1 (0.676 %) Oracle Application Server 4 1 (0.676 %) Oracle 10gAS 4 1 (0.676 %) Tomcat 4 1 (0.676 %) Apache
Applications 1 3 (2.027 %) MS Visio 2 2 (1.351 %) MS Office 3 1 (0.676 %) MS PowerPoint 3 1 (0.676 %) MS Excel 3 1 (0.676 %) MS Project	Business Applications 1 50 (33.78 %) Oracle Applications 2 25 (16.89 %) Oracle Financials 3 9 (6.081 %) Oracle 11i 4 8 (5.405 %) Oracle ERP 5 7 (4.730 %) Oracle HRMS 6 5 (3.378 %) Oracle Payroll 7 2 (1.351 %) Oracle iRecruitment 8 1 (0.676 %) Siebel Analytics 8 1 (0.676 %) Oracle CRM
Communications & Networking 1 2 (1.351 %) DHCP 1 2 (1.351 %) TCP/IP 1 2 (1.351 %) VPN 1 2 (1.351 %) SAN 1 2 (1.351 %) DNS 1 2 (1.351 %) VLAN 2 1 (0.676 %) Internet	Database & Business Intelligence 1 47 (31.76 %) Oracle Reports 2 40 (27.03 %) Oracle Discoverer 3 16 (10.81 %) Oracle 10g 4 13 (8.784 %) Oracle 8/8i 5 10 (6.757 %) RDBMS 6 9 (6.081 %) SQL Server 7 8 (5.405 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 7 8 (5.405 %) SQL Server Integration Services 7 8 (5.405 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 7 8 (5.405 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 8 5 (3.378 %) Oracle OWB 8 5 (3.378 %) ETL 9 4 (2.703 %) TOAD 10 3 (2.027 %) BusinessObjects 11 2 (1.351 %) Datawarehouse 11 2 (1.351 %) Oracle 9i 12 1 (0.676 %) Oracle BI EE 12 1 (0.676 %) Oracle OLAP 12 1 (0.676 %) Oracle 11g 12 1 (0.676 %) OLAP
Development Applications 1 28 (18.92 %) Oracle Forms 2 4 (2.703 %) PVCS 3 3 (2.027 %) Oracle APEX 3 3 (2.027 %) LoadRunner 4 1 (0.676 %) JDeveloper 4 1 (0.676 %) WinRunner	General 1 64 (43.24 %) Finance 2 37 (25.00 %) Government 3 15 (10.14 %) Local Government 4 9 (6.081 %) Manufacturing 5 4 (2.703 %) Front Office 6 3 (2.027 %) Investment Banking 6 3 (2.027 %) Banking 7 2 (1.351 %) Back Office 7 2 (1.351 %) Pharmaceutical 7 2 (1.351 %) Insurance 8 1 (0.676 %) General Ledger 8 1 (0.676 %) Billing 8 1 (0.676 %) Home Office 8 1 (0.676 %) Criminal Justice
Job Titles 1 49 (33.11 %) Consultant 2 41 (27.70 %) Oracle Consultant 3 32 (21.62 %) Developer 4 22 (14.86 %) Oracle Developer 5 19 (12.84 %) Functional Consultant 6 17 (11.49 %) Oracle Functional Consultant 7 16 (10.81 %) Oracle Technical Consultant 7 16 (10.81 %) Technical Consultant 7 16 (10.81 %) Analyst 8 14 (9.459 %) Oracle Financials Consultant 9 9 (6.081 %) DBA 10 8 (5.405 %) Oracle DBA 10 8 (5.405 %) E-Business Consultant 11 7 (4.730 %) Oracle HR Consultant 11 7 (4.730 %) Oracle Analyst 11 7 (4.730 %) Business Analyst 11 7 (4.730 %) Solutions Designer 12 6 (4.054 %) Applications Developer 13 5 (3.378 %) Oracle HR Functional Consultant 13 5 (3.378 %) Oracle Applications DBA	Miscellaneous 1 9 (6.081 %) E-Learning 2 3 (2.027 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 3 2 (1.351 %) Management Information System 3 2 (1.351 %) Mathematics 4 1 (0.676 %) Data Extraction 4 1 (0.676 %) German Language 4 1 (0.676 %) Equities
Operating Systems 1 20 (13.51 %) Unix 2 11 (7.432 %) Linux 3 9 (6.081 %) Windows 4 5 (3.378 %) Solaris 5 1 (0.676 %) AIX 5 1 (0.676 %) HPUX	Processes & Methodologies 1 21 (14.19 %) Workflow 2 19 (12.84 %) ERP 3 18 (12.16 %) Data Modelling 4 16 (10.81 %) Security Cleared 5 10 (6.757 %) PRINCE2 5 10 (6.757 %) Business Intelligence 6 9 (6.081 %) Performance Management 7 8 (5.405 %) Change Management 7 8 (5.405 %) CRM 7 8 (5.405 %) CTC Cleared 8 7 (4.730 %) Project Management 9 6 (4.054 %) Migration 9 6 (4.054 %) SC Cleared 10 5 (3.378 %) User Acceptance Testing 10 5 (3.378 %) Unit Testing 11 4 (2.703 %) Data Migration 11 4 (2.703 %) Systems Analysis 12 3 (2.027 %) Supplier Management 12 3 (2.027 %) Release Management 12 3 (2.027 %) ITIL
Programming Languages 1 43 (29.05 %) SQL 2 33 (22.30 %) PL/SQL 3 24 (16.22 %) Java 4 7 (4.730 %) C 5 6 (4.054 %) Shell Script 6 1 (0.676 %) COBOL 6 1 (0.676 %) JavaScript	Qualifications 1 3 (2.027 %) ISEB 2 1 (0.676 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 10 (6.757 %) QA	System Software 1 3 (2.027 %) Active Directory 2 2 (1.351 %) VMware GSX 2 2 (1.351 %) VMware ESX 2 2 (1.351 %) Backup Exec 2 2 (1.351 %) Oracle RAC 2 2 (1.351 %) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management 1 3 (2.027 %) CONTROL-M	Vendors 1 148 (100.00 %) Oracle 2 12 (8.108 %) Microsoft 3 8 (5.405 %) Open Text 3 8 (5.405 %) Tridion 4 6 (4.054 %) Siebel 5 5 (3.378 %) Pegasus 6 4 (2.703 %) Reuters 6 4 (2.703 %) Sybase 7 3 (2.027 %) Sun 7 3 (2.027 %) Murex 7 3 (2.027 %) PeopleSoft 7 3 (2.027 %) Business Objects 7 3 (2.027 %) JD Edwards 8 2 (1.351 %) Citrix 8 2 (1.351 %) VMware 9 1 (0.676 %) Comino 9 1 (0.676 %) Fujitsu 9 1 (0.676 %) GGP 9 1 (0.676 %) Serena 9 1 (0.676 %) EMC