The first table below looks at the demand for Oracle EBS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Oracle EBS over the 3 months to 17 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 Scotland 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle E-Business Suite (OEBS)
Rank 101 101 89
Rank change year-on-year
0 -12
Contract jobs citing Oracle EBS 19 4 25
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.779% 0.151% 0.891%
As % of the Business Applications category 17.27% 2.667% 10.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 3 12
Average daily rate £425 £450 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.55% +38.46%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £305 £410 £221
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £494
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £450 £400
% change year-on-year
-5.55% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £50.00 £15.75 £37.50
% change year-on-year
+217.46% -58.00%
All Business Applications
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
110 150 234
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 4.510% 5.663% 8.342%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 84 125
Average daily rate £425 £445 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.49% +11.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £304 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £493 £600 £515
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £438 £420
% change year-on-year
-2.85% +4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 11
Average hourly rate £12.50 £10.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -66.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.92 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+64.92% +14.60%
Oracle EBS
UK

Oracle EBS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland 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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland 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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 17 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
Edinburgh +22 14 £425 +6.25%
Glasgow -19 2 £425 -
Oracle EBS
UK

Oracle EBS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 46 (100.00%) Oracle
2 17 (36.96%) Finance
2 17 (36.96%) Oracle EBS R12
3 16 (34.78%) Oracle Applications
4 14 (30.43%) ERP
5 13 (28.26%) SQL
5 13 (28.26%) UNIX
6 12 (26.09%) PL/SQL
6 12 (26.09%) Oracle BI EE
7 11 (23.91%) Oracle RAC
8 10 (21.74%) Data Guard
9 9 (19.57%) Oracle RMAN
9 9 (19.57%) Oracle 11i
10 8 (17.39%) Oracle HRMS
10 8 (17.39%) Oracle Payroll
11 7 (15.22%) Banking
11 7 (15.22%) LDAP
11 7 (15.22%) Shell Script
11 7 (15.22%) SQLPlus
11 7 (15.22%) Oracle Reports
11 7 (15.22%) Oracle Financials
11 7 (15.22%) TCP/IP
11 7 (15.22%) DNS
11 7 (15.22%) RDBMS
12 6 (13.04%) Business Intelligence
12 6 (13.04%) Oracle Discoverer
12 6 (13.04%) Windows
12 6 (13.04%) WebLogic
12 6 (13.04%) Oracle Application Server
13 5 (10.87%) Oracle Exadata

Oracle EBS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 2 (4.348%) XML
1 2 (4.348%) Middleware
2 1 (2.174%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (2.174%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 6 (13.04%) WebLogic
1 6 (13.04%) Oracle Application Server
2 4 (8.696%) Oracle Workflow
3 3 (6.522%) SAS
Business Applications
1 17 (36.96%) Oracle EBS R12
2 16 (34.78%) Oracle Applications
3 9 (19.57%) Oracle 11i
4 8 (17.39%) Oracle Payroll
4 8 (17.39%) Oracle HRMS
5 7 (15.22%) Oracle Financials
6 3 (6.522%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (4.348%) Oracle SCM
7 2 (4.348%) Taleo
8 1 (2.174%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (2.174%) Agresso
8 1 (2.174%) Oracle iRecruitment
Communications & Networking
1 7 (15.22%) LDAP
1 7 (15.22%) TCP/IP
1 7 (15.22%) DNS
2 2 (4.348%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (26.09%) Oracle BI EE
2 7 (15.22%) Oracle Reports
2 7 (15.22%) RDBMS
2 7 (15.22%) SQLPlus
3 6 (13.04%) Oracle Discoverer
4 5 (10.87%) Oracle Exadata
4 5 (10.87%) Oracle 8/8i
5 4 (8.696%) Essbase
6 3 (6.522%) Oracle 11g
7 1 (2.174%) MS Access
7 1 (2.174%) SQL Server
7 1 (2.174%) DB2
Development Applications
1 5 (10.87%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (2.174%) Oracle APEX
General
1 17 (36.96%) Finance
2 7 (15.22%) Banking
3 1 (2.174%) Retail
3 1 (2.174%) Investment Banking
3 1 (2.174%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 17 (36.96%) Consultant
1 17 (36.96%) Oracle Consultant
2 9 (19.57%) Analyst
3 7 (15.22%) Functional Consultant
4 6 (13.04%) Business Analyst
4 6 (13.04%) Oracle Functional Consultant
4 6 (13.04%) Business Consultant
4 6 (13.04%) Oracle Payroll Consultant
4 6 (13.04%) E-Business Consultant
4 6 (13.04%) Oracle Analyst
4 6 (13.04%) Payroll Consultant
5 5 (10.87%) Oracle DBA
5 5 (10.87%) DBA
6 4 (8.696%) Oracle Payroll Functional Consultant
7 3 (6.522%) Technical Leader
7 3 (6.522%) Functional Analyst
7 3 (6.522%) Oracle Applications DBA
8 2 (4.348%) Administrator
8 2 (4.348%) Solutions Architect
8 2 (4.348%) Applications Support
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.348%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.174%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 13 (28.26%) UNIX
2 6 (13.04%) Windows
3 5 (10.87%) Linux
4 2 (4.348%) Solaris
5 1 (2.174%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (30.43%) ERP
2 6 (13.04%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (10.87%) Service Delivery
4 4 (8.696%) Workflow
5 3 (6.522%) E-business
5 3 (6.522%) SOA
5 3 (6.522%) ETL
6 2 (4.348%) Configuration Management
6 2 (4.348%) Project Management
6 2 (4.348%) Change Management
6 2 (4.348%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (4.348%) Business Analysis
6 2 (4.348%) Incident Management
6 2 (4.348%) Operations Management
7 1 (2.174%) Resource Management
7 1 (2.174%) User Acceptance Testing
7 1 (2.174%) Investment Management
7 1 (2.174%) QMS
7 1 (2.174%) Asset Management
7 1 (2.174%) Content Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (28.26%) SQL
2 12 (26.09%) PL/SQL
3 7 (15.22%) Shell Script
4 2 (4.348%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (6.522%) Degree
2 1 (2.174%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.174%) QA
System Software
1 11 (23.91%) Oracle RAC
2 9 (19.57%) Oracle RMAN
3 3 (6.522%) SRDF
Systems Management
1 10 (21.74%) Data Guard
2 2 (4.348%) Oracle Statspack
Vendors
1 46 (100.00%) Oracle
2 5 (10.87%) PeopleSoft
2 5 (10.87%) SAP
3 2 (4.348%) Pegasus
4 1 (2.174%) CODA
4 1 (2.174%) Teradata
4 1 (2.174%) Informatica
4 1 (2.174%) MicroStrategy
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Lorien Resourcing
Posted: 13 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
PL/SQL/ SQL/ Oracle/E-Business Having won more than 12 UK Best City Awards in 8 years - Edinburgh is an exciting place to work and live in.
Spring Technology
Rate: £300.00 - £400.00 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
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Direct experience managing and implementing Oracle e-Business Suite technical enhancements, expansions and upgrade projects... - Strong PL/SQL development skills... - Configuration management, key user management, stakeholder and service...
Randstad Technologies
Rate: £350.00 - £370 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013