The first table below looks at the demand for Oracle UPK skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Oracle UPK over the 3 months to 20 June 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 Application Platforms category for the South East 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle User Productivity Kit
Rank 214 241 246
Rank change year-on-year
+27 +5
Contract jobs citing Oracle UPK 3 1 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.037% 0.010% 0.019%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.216% 0.066% 0.114%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
Average daily rate - - £281
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £455 £363
% change year-on-year
-6.59% +25.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Platforms
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
1391 1515 1758
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 17.09% 15.42% 16.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 734 737 793
Average daily rate £355 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.23% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £200 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £340
% change year-on-year
- -4.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 87 146
Average hourly rate £18.50 £23.00 £18.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-19.56% +24.32%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £12.50 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.00 £40.00 £42.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +5.26%
Oracle UPK
England

Oracle UPK
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Oracle UPK across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

South East Oracle UPK Jobs Demand Trend

Oracle UPK
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Oracle UPK across the South East region.

South East Oracle UPK Daily Rate Trend

Oracle UPK
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Oracle UPK 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 UPK.

1 11 (100.00%) Oracle
2 5 (45.45%) Oracle EBS R12
3 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
3 4 (36.36%) MS Office
3 4 (36.36%) SQL
4 3 (27.27%) ERP
4 3 (27.27%) CA
4 3 (27.27%) MicroStrategy
4 3 (27.27%) Management Information System
4 3 (27.27%) E-Learning
4 3 (27.27%) Niku
4 3 (27.27%) Project Management
4 3 (27.27%) Finance
4 3 (27.27%) MS PowerPoint
4 3 (27.27%) Project Planning
4 3 (27.27%) Open Workbench
4 3 (27.27%) CA Clarity
5 2 (18.18%) Adobe Captivate
5 2 (18.18%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (18.18%) Adobe
5 2 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (9.091%) Oracle Discoverer
6 1 (9.091%) PL/SQL
6 1 (9.091%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (9.091%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (9.091%) Oracle 8/8i
6 1 (9.091%) SQLPlus
6 1 (9.091%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (9.091%) Telecoms
6 1 (9.091%) Workflow

Oracle UPK
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Oracle UPK 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 UPK. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (9.091%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 4 (36.36%) MS Office
2 3 (27.27%) MS PowerPoint
2 3 (27.27%) Open Workbench
3 2 (18.18%) Adobe Captivate
Business Applications
1 5 (45.45%) Oracle EBS R12
2 3 (27.27%) CA Clarity
3 2 (18.18%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (9.091%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (9.091%) Oracle HRMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.091%) Oracle Discoverer
1 1 (9.091%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (9.091%) Oracle 8/8i
1 1 (9.091%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 1 (9.091%) Oracle Forms
General
1 3 (27.27%) Finance
2 1 (9.091%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Developer
2 4 (36.36%) Oracle Developer
2 4 (36.36%) Trainer
3 3 (27.27%) Consultant
3 3 (27.27%) Oracle Trainer
3 3 (27.27%) Clarity Consultant
4 1 (9.091%) Technical Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Management Information System
1 3 (27.27%) E-Learning
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (27.27%) ERP
1 3 (27.27%) Project Management
1 3 (27.27%) Project Planning
2 2 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (9.091%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 4 (36.36%) SQL
2 1 (9.091%) PL/SQL
Vendors
1 11 (100.00%) Oracle
2 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
3 3 (27.27%) CA
3 3 (27.27%) MicroStrategy
3 3 (27.27%) Niku
4 2 (18.18%) Adobe