The first table below looks at the demand for Oracle EBS 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 EBS 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 E-Business Suite (OEBS)
Rank 86 105 99
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -6
Contract jobs citing Oracle EBS 32 24 28
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 1.365% 0.769% 0.903%
As % of the Business Applications category 12.90% 7.477% 9.365%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 5 19
Average daily rate £415 £375 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.66% +15.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £303 £327 £261
10% offered a daily rate of more than £520 £510 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £450 £400
% change year-on-year
-5.55% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
Average hourly rate £50.70 - £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £50.00 £15.75 £37.50
% change year-on-year
+217.46% -58.00%
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 EBS
England

Oracle EBS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Oracle EBS Jobs Demand Trend

Oracle EBS
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Oracle EBS Daily Rate Trend

Oracle EBS
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Oracle EBS across the North West region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

North West Oracle EBS Daily Rate Histogram

Oracle EBS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Oracle EBS Hourly Rate Trend

Oracle EBS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle EBS 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
Manchester +19 14 £359 -
Cheshire +3 7 - -
Lancashire +12 5 £390 +4.00%
Oracle EBS
England

Oracle EBS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 59 (100.00%) Oracle
2 33 (55.93%) Oracle EBS R12
3 30 (50.85%) Finance
4 16 (27.12%) Oracle BI EE
5 14 (23.73%) Oracle Financials
6 12 (20.34%) Security Cleared
7 11 (18.64%) Oracle 11g
8 10 (16.95%) Oracle Applications
8 10 (16.95%) Migration
9 9 (15.25%) Workflow
9 9 (15.25%) Business Intelligence
9 9 (15.25%) Oracle Workflow
10 8 (13.56%) Oracle Payroll
10 8 (13.56%) SQL
11 7 (11.86%) PL/SQL
11 7 (11.86%) SC Cleared
12 6 (10.17%) Test Scripting
12 6 (10.17%) Systems Analysis
12 6 (10.17%) EDI
12 6 (10.17%) Middleware
13 5 (8.475%) Internet
13 5 (8.475%) RFID
13 5 (8.475%) Management Information System
13 5 (8.475%) Disaster Recovery
13 5 (8.475%) Hyperion
13 5 (8.475%) Data Migration
13 5 (8.475%) Oracle RAC
13 5 (8.475%) User Acceptance Testing
13 5 (8.475%) Enterprise Architecture
14 4 (6.780%) Finite Element Analysis

Oracle EBS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 6 (10.17%) EDI
1 6 (10.17%) Middleware
2 3 (5.085%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (3.390%) Web Services
3 2 (3.390%) XML
4 1 (1.695%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 9 (15.25%) Oracle Workflow
2 2 (3.390%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (1.695%) Oracle Application Server
Business Applications
1 33 (55.93%) Oracle EBS R12
2 14 (23.73%) Oracle Financials
3 10 (16.95%) Oracle Applications
4 8 (13.56%) Oracle Payroll
5 4 (6.780%) HFM
6 3 (5.085%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (5.085%) Oracle iProcurement
7 1 (1.695%) Oracle HRMS
7 1 (1.695%) Oracle 11i
7 1 (1.695%) Oracle General Ledger
Communications & Networking
1 5 (8.475%) Internet
1 5 (8.475%) RFID
2 4 (6.780%) Intranet
2 4 (6.780%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (27.12%) Oracle BI EE
2 11 (18.64%) Oracle 11g
3 4 (6.780%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (5.085%) Oracle 8/8i
4 3 (5.085%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (5.085%) Oracle OWB
5 2 (3.390%) Oracle Exadata
5 2 (3.390%) Oracle 10g
5 2 (3.390%) TOAD
6 1 (1.695%) OLTP
6 1 (1.695%) Oracle Discoverer
6 1 (1.695%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 1 (1.695%) ProC
1 1 (1.695%) Oracle Forms
General
1 30 (50.85%) Finance
2 4 (6.780%) Billing
3 2 (3.390%) Local Government
4 1 (1.695%) Back Office
4 1 (1.695%) Legal
4 1 (1.695%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 17 (28.81%) Consultant
2 15 (25.42%) Oracle Consultant
3 13 (22.03%) Functional Consultant
4 11 (18.64%) Oracle Functional Consultant
5 8 (13.56%) Developer
6 5 (8.475%) Architect
6 5 (8.475%) Oracle Financials Consultant
7 4 (6.780%) Payroll Consultant
7 4 (6.780%) Oracle Applications Consultant
7 4 (6.780%) Oracle DBA
7 4 (6.780%) Technical Leader
7 4 (6.780%) Oracle Applications Functional Consultant
7 4 (6.780%) Systems Support
7 4 (6.780%) Applications Consultant
7 4 (6.780%) DBA
8 3 (5.085%) Technical Architect
8 3 (5.085%) Oracle Payroll Consultant
8 3 (5.085%) E-Business Consultant
8 3 (5.085%) Oracle Developer
8 3 (5.085%) Oracle Financials Functional Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.475%) Management Information System
2 4 (6.780%) Mainframe
3 2 (3.390%) Oracle Exalogic
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.780%) UNIX
2 3 (5.085%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (16.95%) Migration
2 9 (15.25%) Workflow
2 9 (15.25%) Business Intelligence
3 6 (10.17%) Test Scripting
3 6 (10.17%) Systems Analysis
4 5 (8.475%) Disaster Recovery
4 5 (8.475%) Data Migration
4 5 (8.475%) User Acceptance Testing
4 5 (8.475%) Enterprise Architecture
5 4 (6.780%) Finite Element Analysis
5 4 (6.780%) Revenue Management
5 4 (6.780%) Zachman Framework
5 4 (6.780%) TOGAF
5 4 (6.780%) ERP
5 4 (6.780%) CRM
5 4 (6.780%) Project Management
6 3 (5.085%) E-business
6 3 (5.085%) PRINCE2
6 3 (5.085%) SOA
6 3 (5.085%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 8 (13.56%) SQL
2 7 (11.86%) PL/SQL
3 1 (1.695%) COBOL
3 1 (1.695%) Java
3 1 (1.695%) R
Qualifications
1 12 (20.34%) Security Cleared
2 7 (11.86%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.695%) ISEB
3 1 (1.695%) Degree
System Software
1 5 (8.475%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 2 (3.390%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 59 (100.00%) Oracle
2 5 (8.475%) Hyperion
3 2 (3.390%) Informatica
3 2 (3.390%) Red Hat
4 1 (1.695%) Cognos
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