North West Oracle Applications Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Oracle Applications (Oracle Apps) skills within the North West 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 Applications over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Oracle Applications (Oracle Apps)
Location Aberdeen Basingstoke Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Cardiff Cheshire Chester City of London County Antrim Croydon Derby Derbyshire Docklands, London Dundee East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Glasgow Gloucestershire Hampshire Hertfordshire Huddersfield Ipswich Lancashire Leeds Liverpool London Luton Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands North East North West North Yorkshire Northern Ireland Oxfordshire Peterborough Reading Runcorn Scotland Sheffield South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Suffolk Sunderland Surrey Swindon Tewkesbury Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warwick Warwickshire West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire York Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	114	99
Rank change on same period last year	-15
Matching contract IT job ads	30	34
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.040 %	0.036 %
As % of the category below	8.929 %	13.65 %
Daily rates quoted	7	12
Average minimum daily rate	£407	£309
Average daily rate	£425	£319
% change on same period last year	+33.24 %
Average maximum daily rate	£443	£329
UK excluding London average daily rate	£436	£402
% change on same period last year	+8.57 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£40.00	£29.63
% change on same period last year	+35.02 %
Business Applications North West
Matching contract IT job ads	336	249
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.443 %	0.264 %
Daily rates quoted	71	65
Average minimum daily rate	£413	£408
Average daily rate	£434	£427
% change on same period last year	+1.85 %
Average maximum daily rate	£456	£446
UK excluding London average daily rate	£448	£446
% change on same period last year	+0.56 %
Hourly rates quoted	19	6
Average minimum hourly rate	£27.88	£24.13
Average hourly rate	£31.08	£26.88
% change on same period last year	+15.65 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£34.29	£29.63
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£31.25	£27.60
% change on same period last year	+13.20 %
Oracle Applications 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 Applications
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Oracle Applications across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Business Applications category.

Oracle Applications
Daily Rate Trend

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

Oracle Applications
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Oracle Applications across the North West region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

Oracle Applications
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Oracle Applications
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Oracle Applications within the North West region over the 3 months to 4 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
Manchester	-20	11	£408	+32.79 %
Cheshire	-20	5	£483	+43.20 %
Merseyside	-15	2	-	-
Lancashire	+3	1	-	-

Oracle Applications England

Oracle Applications
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 55 (100.00 %) Oracle 2 23 (41.82 %) PL/SQL 2 23 (41.82 %) SQL 3 22 (40.00 %) Oracle 11i 4 21 (38.18 %) Finance 5 19 (34.55 %) Oracle Reports 6 16 (29.09 %) Oracle Forms 6 16 (29.09 %) Oracle 9i 6 16 (29.09 %) Security Cleared 7 15 (27.27 %) Oracle Application Server 8 12 (21.82 %) Government 8 12 (21.82 %) Unix 8 12 (21.82 %) QA 9 10 (18.18 %) CRM 10 9 (16.36 %) Java

11 8 (14.55 %) XML 11 8 (14.55 %) BC Cleared 12 7 (12.73 %) Oracle RAC 12 7 (12.73 %) HTML 12 7 (12.73 %) Solaris 12 7 (12.73 %) Oracle 10g 13 6 (10.91 %) Oracle Workflow 13 6 (10.91 %) Oracle iRecruitment 13 6 (10.91 %) Workflow 14 5 (9.091 %) Oracle EBS 14 5 (9.091 %) Middleware 15 4 (7.273 %) Change Management 15 4 (7.273 %) Sun 15 4 (7.273 %) Oracle 8/8i 15 4 (7.273 %) Linux

Oracle Applications
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 8 (14.55 %) XML 2 7 (12.73 %) HTML 3 5 (9.091 %) Middleware 4 2 (3.636 %) J2EE 5 1 (1.818 %) Struts 5 1 (1.818 %) Hibernate	Application Platforms 1 15 (27.27 %) Oracle Application Server 2 6 (10.91 %) Oracle Workflow 3 4 (7.273 %) Oracle 10gAS
Applications 1 2 (3.636 %) MS Project 1 2 (3.636 %) MS Visio 1 2 (3.636 %) MS PowerPoint	Business Applications 1 22 (40.00 %) Oracle 11i 2 6 (10.91 %) Oracle iRecruitment 3 5 (9.091 %) Oracle EBS 4 3 (5.455 %) Oracle Financials 5 2 (3.636 %) Oracle HRMS 6 1 (1.818 %) Oracle Payroll 6 1 (1.818 %) Hyperion Enterprise
Database & Business Intelligence 1 19 (34.55 %) Oracle Reports 2 16 (29.09 %) Oracle 9i 3 7 (12.73 %) Oracle 10g 4 4 (7.273 %) Oracle 8/8i 5 3 (5.455 %) Oracle Discoverer 6 2 (3.636 %) Datawarehouse 7 1 (1.818 %) Hyperion Essbase	Development Applications 1 16 (29.09 %) Oracle Forms
General 1 21 (38.18 %) Finance 2 12 (21.82 %) Government 3 1 (1.818 %) Manufacturing 3 1 (1.818 %) Banking 3 1 (1.818 %) Retail 3 1 (1.818 %) General Ledger 3 1 (1.818 %) Local Government 3 1 (1.818 %) Pensions	Job Titles 1 31 (56.36 %) Developer 2 30 (54.55 %) Oracle Developer 3 16 (29.09 %) Oracle Applications Developer 4 15 (27.27 %) Applications Developer 5 8 (14.55 %) DBA 5 8 (14.55 %) Oracle DBA 6 7 (12.73 %) Consultant 6 7 (12.73 %) Oracle Consultant 7 6 (10.91 %) Administrator 8 3 (5.455 %) Functional Consultant 8 3 (5.455 %) Applications Support 8 3 (5.455 %) Applications Consultant 8 3 (5.455 %) Analyst 8 3 (5.455 %) Architect 8 3 (5.455 %) Oracle Functional Consultant 8 3 (5.455 %) Oracle Applications Consultant 8 3 (5.455 %) Oracle Applications Support 9 2 (3.636 %) Oracle Applications Support Analyst 9 2 (3.636 %) Oracle Analyst 9 2 (3.636 %) Oracle Support Analyst
Miscellaneous 1 2 (3.636 %) Client/Server 2 1 (1.818 %) Management Information System 2 1 (1.818 %) Data Integration	Operating Systems 1 12 (21.82 %) Unix 2 7 (12.73 %) Solaris 3 4 (7.273 %) Linux 3 4 (7.273 %) Windows 4 2 (3.636 %) AIX 4 2 (3.636 %) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies 1 16 (29.09 %) Security Cleared 2 10 (18.18 %) CRM 3 8 (14.55 %) BC Cleared 4 6 (10.91 %) Workflow 5 4 (7.273 %) Change Management 6 3 (5.455 %) E-business 7 2 (3.636 %) Systems Analysis 7 2 (3.636 %) Business Analysis 7 2 (3.636 %) SC Cleared 8 1 (1.818 %) Requirements Management 8 1 (1.818 %) Technical Architecture 8 1 (1.818 %) Resource Management 8 1 (1.818 %) Problem Management 8 1 (1.818 %) User Acceptance Testing 8 1 (1.818 %) Migration 8 1 (1.818 %) Information Management 8 1 (1.818 %) Data Analysis 8 1 (1.818 %) UML 8 1 (1.818 %) SSADM 8 1 (1.818 %) E-Commerce	Programming Languages 1 23 (41.82 %) PL/SQL 1 23 (41.82 %) SQL 2 9 (16.36 %) Java 3 3 (5.455 %) C 4 1 (1.818 %) C++ 4 1 (1.818 %) JavaScript
Qualifications 1 2 (3.636 %) CIMA 2 1 (1.818 %) Degree 2 1 (1.818 %) HND	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 12 (21.82 %) QA
System Software 1 7 (12.73 %) Oracle RAC 2 4 (7.273 %) Oracle RMAN 3 2 (3.636 %) NetBackup	Systems Management 1 1 (1.818 %) AutoSys
Vendors 1 55 (100.00 %) Oracle 2 4 (7.273 %) Sun 3 2 (3.636 %) HP 3 2 (3.636 %) Microsoft 3 2 (3.636 %) VERITAS 4 1 (1.818 %) Hyperion 4 1 (1.818 %) Informatica