The first table below looks at the demand for Oracle APEX skills in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Oracle APEX 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 Development Applications category for the Manchester 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 Application Express (APEX)
Rank 71 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Oracle APEX 4 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 0.429% - -
As % of the Development Applications category 3.960% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £288 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £350 £328
% change year-on-year
-3.57% +6.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £25.00 -
All Development Applications
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
101 113 85
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 10.83% 8.746% 8.157%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 58 42
Average daily rate £300 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £258 £250 £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £357 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 9 0
Average hourly rate £112.50 £33.30 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+237.83% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
Oracle APEX
North West

Oracle APEX
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester Oracle APEX Jobs Demand Trend

Oracle APEX
Daily Rate Trend

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

Manchester Oracle APEX Daily Rate Trend

Oracle APEX
Top 16 Related IT Skills

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

1 5 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
1 5 (100.00%) Oracle
1 5 (100.00%) Oracle 11g
2 4 (80.00%) Java
2 4 (80.00%) Oracle 10g
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle OWB
3 1 (20.00%) Dimensional Modelling
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle BI EE
3 1 (20.00%) Kimball Methodology
3 1 (20.00%) Windows
3 1 (20.00%) Linux
3 1 (20.00%) RAD
3 1 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (20.00%) ETL
3 1 (20.00%) TOAD

Oracle APEX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) Oracle 11g
2 4 (80.00%) Oracle 10g
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle OWB
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle BI EE
3 1 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (20.00%) TOAD
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Developer
1 5 (100.00%) Oracle Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Data Warehouse Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle Data Warehouse Developer
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Dimensional Modelling
1 1 (20.00%) Kimball Methodology
1 1 (20.00%) RAD
1 1 (20.00%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
2 4 (80.00%) Java
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Oracle