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This section looks at the demand for Oracle Applications (Oracle Apps) skills within the Thames Valley region with a comparison to our Business Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Oracle Applications over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkOracle Applications (Oracle Apps)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank-54
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads01
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.000 %2.041 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£424£399
% change on same period last year+6.14 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£23.75
% change on same period last year-
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
Thames Valley
Matching contract IT job ads4849
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.063 %0.049 %
Daily rates quoted81
Average minimum daily rate£463£400
Average daily rate£485£400
% change on same period last year+21.24 %
Average maximum daily rate£507£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£443£421
% change on same period last year+5.08 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.70£24.63
% change on same period last year+12.49 %
Oracle Applications South EastOracle Applications
South East

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Oracle Applications
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Oracle Applications across the Thames Valley region as a proportion of the total demand within the Business Applications category.

Thames Valley Oracle Applications Demand Trend

Oracle Applications
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Oracle Applications across the Thames Valley region.

Thames Valley Oracle Applications Daily Rate Trend

Oracle Applications
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Thames Valley 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.

13 (100.00 %)Oracle
22 (66.67 %)Oracle Financials
22 (66.67 %)Finance
31 (33.33 %)Oracle ERP
31 (33.33 %)ERP
31 (33.33 %)Oracle Forms
31 (33.33 %)Oracle Reports
31 (33.33 %)PL/SQL
31 (33.33 %)SQL

Oracle Applications
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Thames Valley 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.

Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (66.67 %)Oracle Financials
21 (33.33 %)Oracle ERP
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (33.33 %)Oracle Reports
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (33.33 %)Oracle Forms
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (66.67 %)Finance
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (33.33 %)Oracle DBA
11 (33.33 %)Oracle Developer
11 (33.33 %)Oracle Applications DBA
11 (33.33 %)Oracle Financials DBA
11 (33.33 %)Functional Analyst
11 (33.33 %)Oracle Analyst
11 (33.33 %)Developer
11 (33.33 %)Analyst
11 (33.33 %)DBA
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (33.33 %)ERP
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (33.33 %)PL/SQL
11 (33.33 %)SQL
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (100.00 %)Oracle