The first table below looks at the demand for Oracle Applications skills in IT contracts advertised for the Southampton region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Oracle Applications 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 Business Applications category for the Southampton 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 Applications (Oracle Apps)
Rank 37 31 26
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -5
Contract jobs citing Oracle Applications 1 3 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 0.294% 1.195% 2.083%
As % of the Business Applications category 2.857% 14.29% 28.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 3
Average daily rate £325 £375 £130
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.33% +188.46%
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £416 £325
% change year-on-year
+2.10% +28.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.50 £56.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-75.89% +220.00%
All Business Applications
Southampton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
35 21 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 10.29% 8.367% 7.292%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 15 7
Average daily rate £419 £375 £130
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.66% +188.46%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £355 £120
10% offered a daily rate of more than £489 £500 £578
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £400
% change year-on-year
- +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
Average hourly rate £20.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £34.50 £25.00 £29.25
% change year-on-year
+38.00% -14.52%
Oracle Applications
Hampshire

Oracle Applications
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton Oracle Applications Daily Rate Trend

Oracle Applications
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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 4 (100.00%) Oracle
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
1 4 (100.00%) Hyperion
2 3 (75.00%) Linux
2 3 (75.00%) WebLogic
2 3 (75.00%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (75.00%) Telecoms
2 3 (75.00%) General Ledger
2 3 (75.00%) Digital Media
3 1 (25.00%) SOA
3 1 (25.00%) Middleware

Oracle Applications
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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 1 (25.00%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 3 (75.00%) WebLogic
Business Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Oracle EBS
General
1 3 (75.00%) Telecoms
1 3 (75.00%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Support Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle Applications Support
2 1 (25.00%) Applications Support
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) SOA
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Oracle
1 4 (100.00%) Hyperion