The first table below looks at the demand for Oracle Applications 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 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 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle Applications (Oracle Apps)
Rank 72 79 69
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -10
Contract jobs citing Oracle Applications 1 10 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 0.106% 0.769% 0.496%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.087% 7.407% 4.505%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 8 4
Average daily rate £500 £350 £330
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+42.85% +6.04%
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £394 £350
% change year-on-year
+7.93% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £50.00 £56.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-10.71% +220.00%
All Business Applications
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
92 135 111
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 9.746% 10.38% 11.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 72 47
Average daily rate £410 £425 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.52% -5.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £302 £310
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £700 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £438 £420
% change year-on-year
-2.85% +4.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 15
Average hourly rate £13.25 £37.00 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-64.18% +105.55%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.10 £37.00 £17.70
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £37.00 £18.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £21.96
% change year-on-year
+68.00% +2.45%
Oracle Applications
North West

Oracle Applications
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester Oracle Applications Daily Rate Trend

Oracle Applications
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 6 (100.00%) Oracle
2 4 (66.67%) Oracle EBS R12
3 3 (50.00%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (33.33%) SQL
4 2 (33.33%) Oracle Retail
4 2 (33.33%) Finance
4 2 (33.33%) Retail
5 1 (16.67%) General Ledger
5 1 (16.67%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (16.67%) System Testing
5 1 (16.67%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (16.67%) Cash Management
5 1 (16.67%) PL/SQL
5 1 (16.67%) Workflow
5 1 (16.67%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (16.67%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (16.67%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (16.67%) Oracle 8/8i
5 1 (16.67%) Oracle 11i
5 1 (16.67%) CRM
5 1 (16.67%) TOAD
5 1 (16.67%) Oracle Discoverer
5 1 (16.67%) ProC

Oracle Applications
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle Workflow
Business Applications
1 4 (66.67%) Oracle EBS R12
2 3 (50.00%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (33.33%) Oracle Retail
4 1 (16.67%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (16.67%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (16.67%) Oracle 11i
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle 8/8i
1 1 (16.67%) TOAD
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle Discoverer
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle Forms
1 1 (16.67%) ProC
General
1 2 (33.33%) Finance
1 2 (33.33%) Retail
2 1 (16.67%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Consultant
1 2 (33.33%) Developer
1 2 (33.33%) Test Manager
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle Applications Functional Consultant
1 2 (33.33%) Applications Consultant
1 2 (33.33%) Functional Consultant
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle Developer
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle Consultant
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle Functional Consultant
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle Applications Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle Applications Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Business Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Applications Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) System Testing
1 1 (16.67%) Cash Management
1 1 (16.67%) Workflow
1 1 (16.67%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) SQL
2 1 (16.67%) PL/SQL
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Oracle