The first table below looks at the demand for Oracle Applications skills in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Oracle Applications over the 3 months to 23 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 North West 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle Applications (Oracle Apps)
Rank 104 106 113
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +7
Contract jobs citing Oracle Applications 14 23 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.597% 0.737% 0.451%
As % of the Business Applications category 5.645% 7.165% 4.682%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 14 10
Average daily rate £450 £333 £328
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+35.33% +1.52%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £300 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £483 £350 £385
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £394 £344
% change year-on-year
+7.93% +14.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Average hourly rate £51.39 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £50.00 £56.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-10.71% +220.00%
All Business Applications
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
248 321 299
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 10.58% 10.28% 9.642%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 133 137
Average daily rate £425 £425 £428
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -0.58%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £290 £294 £268
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £650 £590
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £438 £420
% change year-on-year
-2.85% +4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 3 17
Average hourly rate £50.00 £37.00 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+35.13% +105.55%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.25 £37.00 £17.90
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £51.39 £47.40 £36.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+68.00% -10.00%
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 North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Business Applications category.

North West 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 North West region.

North West Oracle Applications Daily Rate Trend

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 North West region.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 23 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
Cheshire +7 9 £450 +38.46%
Merseyside +3 2 £425 +41.66%
Manchester +3 1 £500 +42.85%
Oracle Applications
England

Oracle Applications
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, 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 28 (100.00%) Oracle
2 20 (71.43%) Oracle EBS R12
3 19 (67.86%) Finance
4 16 (57.14%) SQL
5 15 (53.57%) PL/SQL
6 10 (35.71%) UNIX
6 10 (35.71%) Oracle Financials
6 10 (35.71%) Oracle EBS
7 9 (32.14%) Security Cleared
7 9 (32.14%) SC Cleared
8 8 (28.57%) Oracle Payroll
9 5 (17.86%) CRM
10 4 (14.29%) PRINCE2
10 4 (14.29%) Local Government
11 3 (10.71%) Oracle Workflow
11 3 (10.71%) DV Cleared
11 3 (10.71%) Oracle 11g
11 3 (10.71%) Workflow
11 3 (10.71%) Oracle Forms
11 3 (10.71%) Oracle Reports
11 3 (10.71%) Oracle 8/8i
11 3 (10.71%) Oracle 11i
11 3 (10.71%) Business Intelligence
12 2 (7.143%) Oracle Discoverer
12 2 (7.143%) Oracle 10g
12 2 (7.143%) Oracle Retail
12 2 (7.143%) Project Planning
12 2 (7.143%) System Testing
12 2 (7.143%) Retail
13 1 (3.571%) Supply Chain Management

Oracle Applications
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, 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 Platforms
1 3 (10.71%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (3.571%) Oracle Application Server
Business Applications
1 20 (71.43%) Oracle EBS R12
2 10 (35.71%) Oracle Financials
2 10 (35.71%) Oracle EBS
3 8 (28.57%) Oracle Payroll
4 3 (10.71%) Oracle 11i
5 2 (7.143%) Oracle Retail
6 1 (3.571%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (3.571%) Oracle HRMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.71%) Oracle 11g
1 3 (10.71%) Oracle Reports
1 3 (10.71%) Oracle 8/8i
2 2 (7.143%) Oracle Discoverer
2 2 (7.143%) Oracle 10g
3 1 (3.571%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 3 (10.71%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (3.571%) ProC
General
1 19 (67.86%) Finance
2 4 (14.29%) Local Government
3 2 (7.143%) Retail
4 1 (3.571%) General Ledger
4 1 (3.571%) Legal
Job Titles
1 16 (57.14%) Consultant
1 16 (57.14%) Oracle Consultant
2 9 (32.14%) Functional Consultant
3 6 (21.43%) Oracle Functional Consultant
4 5 (17.86%) Oracle Payroll Consultant
4 5 (17.86%) Payroll Consultant
5 4 (14.29%) Applications Consultant
5 4 (14.29%) Oracle Financials Consultant
5 4 (14.29%) Oracle Applications Functional Consultant
5 4 (14.29%) Oracle Applications Consultant
6 3 (10.71%) Oracle Developer
6 3 (10.71%) Business Consultant
6 3 (10.71%) Oracle Architect
6 3 (10.71%) Administrator
6 3 (10.71%) Architect
6 3 (10.71%) Developer
6 3 (10.71%) Test Manager
7 2 (7.143%) DBA
7 2 (7.143%) Applications Manager
7 2 (7.143%) Oracle Financials Functional Consultant
Operating Systems
1 10 (35.71%) UNIX
2 1 (3.571%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (17.86%) CRM
2 4 (14.29%) PRINCE2
3 3 (10.71%) Workflow
3 3 (10.71%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (7.143%) Project Planning
4 2 (7.143%) System Testing
5 1 (3.571%) Supply Chain Management
5 1 (3.571%) Resource Management
5 1 (3.571%) Performance Testing
5 1 (3.571%) Cash Management
5 1 (3.571%) Migration
5 1 (3.571%) E-business
5 1 (3.571%) GAP Analysis
Programming Languages
1 16 (57.14%) SQL
2 15 (53.57%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (32.14%) Security Cleared
1 9 (32.14%) SC Cleared
2 3 (10.71%) DV Cleared
3 1 (3.571%) PRINCE2 Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (3.571%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 28 (100.00%) Oracle