The first table below looks at the demand for Oracle APEX skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Oracle APEX 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 Development Applications category.

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 Application Express (APEX)
Rank 484 504 534
Rank change year-on-year
+20 +30
Contract jobs citing Oracle APEX 57 61 52
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.123% 0.105% 0.084%
As % of the Development Applications category 1.118% 1.145% 0.794%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 32 40
Average daily rate £433 £350 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+23.57% -12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £312 £261 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £373 £350 £328
% change year-on-year
+6.42% +6.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £25.00 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +38.88%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £25.00 -
All Development Applications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
5098 5328 6545
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 11.00% 9.128% 10.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 3210 3142 3691
Average daily rate £375 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £269 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £550 £585
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 142 221 320
Average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.66 £23.88 £25.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -

Oracle APEX
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Oracle APEX within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

Oracle APEX Jobs Demand Trend

Oracle APEX
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Oracle APEX within the UK.

Oracle APEX Daily Rate Trend

Oracle APEX
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Oracle APEX within the UK over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Oracle APEX Daily Rate Histogram

Oracle APEX
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Oracle APEX within the UK.

Oracle APEX Hourly Rate Trend

Oracle APEX
Top 27 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle APEX within the UK 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
England +38 48 £413 +17.85%
London +36 19 £500 +26.98%
South East +23 17 £354 +2.90%
City of London +32 15 £500 +33.33%
Hampshire +3 14 £354 +4.04%
Andover +5 6 £343 -
North West +12 5 £288 -24.34%
Scotland -13 5 £388 +52.89%
Manchester - 4 £288 -
South West +27 3 - -
Yorkshire -3 3 £389 +5.06%
South Lanarkshire - 3 - -
East Kilbride - 3 - -
Surrey - 3 - -
West Yorkshire -1 2 £440 +18.91%
Bristol - 2 - -
Bradford - 2 £440 -
Gloucestershire +29 1 - -
Edinburgh +8 1 £450 +22.13%
Glasgow -28 1 £325 +91.17%
Farnborough - 1 £325 -
Northern Ireland - 1 £425 -
South Yorkshire - 1 £338 -
Lancashire - 1 - -
Tewkesbury - 1 - -
Sheffield - 1 £338 -
Hounslow - 1 £450 -

Oracle APEX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Oracle APEX 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 APEX.

1 107 (100.00%) Oracle
2 79 (73.83%) SQL
3 66 (61.68%) PL/SQL
4 55 (51.40%) Oracle 11g
5 41 (38.32%) Oracle 10g
6 31 (28.97%) Oracle Reports
7 26 (24.30%) Data Warehouse
8 25 (23.36%) Linux
8 25 (23.36%) Oracle BI EE
8 25 (23.36%) Security Cleared
9 23 (21.50%) UNIX
9 23 (21.50%) Windows
9 23 (21.50%) Finance
10 21 (19.63%) Oracle EBS
10 21 (19.63%) Oracle Forms
11 20 (18.69%) SQL Server
12 19 (17.76%) Oracle 8/8i
12 19 (17.76%) Microsoft
12 19 (17.76%) Migration
12 19 (17.76%) Oracle OWB
12 19 (17.76%) SC Cleared
13 18 (16.82%) SQL Server 2008
13 18 (16.82%) SQL Server 2005
13 18 (16.82%) Oracle RAC
14 16 (14.95%) Shell Script
14 16 (14.95%) Java
14 16 (14.95%) JavaScript
15 15 (14.02%) Business Intelligence
15 15 (14.02%) HP
16 14 (13.08%) HTML

Oracle APEX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Oracle APEX 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 APEX. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 14 (13.08%) HTML
2 11 (10.28%) Ajax
3 10 (9.346%) CSS
4 9 (8.411%) jQuery
5 8 (7.477%) XML
6 6 (5.607%) .NET
7 4 (3.738%) Oracle Fusion
7 4 (3.738%) ASP
7 4 (3.738%) Web Services
7 4 (3.738%) Middleware
8 3 (2.804%) SOAP
9 2 (1.869%) Visualforce
9 2 (1.869%) COM
9 2 (1.869%) XHTML
10 1 (0.935%) ASP.NET
10 1 (0.935%) J2EE
10 1 (0.935%) Apache Flex
10 1 (0.935%) JSON
10 1 (0.935%) .NET Framework
10 1 (0.935%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 12 (11.21%) Oracle Application Server
1 12 (11.21%) SharePoint
2 7 (6.542%) IIS
3 6 (5.607%) WebLogic
4 4 (3.738%) Oracle Workflow
5 3 (2.804%) Apache
6 2 (1.869%) SharePoint Server
6 2 (1.869%) Oracle Service Bus
6 2 (1.869%) SAS
7 1 (0.935%) LiveCycle
7 1 (0.935%) Force.com
7 1 (0.935%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 14 (13.08%) MS Excel
2 6 (5.607%) MS Office
3 3 (2.804%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 21 (19.63%) Oracle EBS
2 14 (13.08%) Oracle EBS R12
3 10 (9.346%) Oracle Applications
4 9 (8.411%) Oracle 11i
5 6 (5.607%) Oracle Financials
6 3 (2.804%) Oracle BPM
7 2 (1.869%) RMDS
7 2 (1.869%) ION MarketView
8 1 (0.935%) Oracle ERP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.869%) SSH
1 2 (1.869%) LAN
1 2 (1.869%) FTP
1 2 (1.869%) HTTP
1 2 (1.869%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.935%) Internet
2 1 (0.935%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (51.40%) Oracle 11g
2 41 (38.32%) Oracle 10g
3 31 (28.97%) Oracle Reports
4 26 (24.30%) Data Warehouse
5 25 (23.36%) Oracle BI EE
6 20 (18.69%) SQL Server
7 19 (17.76%) Oracle 8/8i
7 19 (17.76%) Oracle OWB
8 18 (16.82%) SQL Server 2008
8 18 (16.82%) SQL Server 2005
9 9 (8.411%) SQL Server 2000
9 9 (8.411%) TOAD
9 9 (8.411%) MS Access
10 7 (6.542%) Oracle Discoverer
11 6 (5.607%) SQL Server 2012
12 5 (4.673%) SQLPlus
12 5 (4.673%) RDBMS
12 5 (4.673%) Oracle Exadata
13 4 (3.738%) SQL Server 7
14 2 (1.869%) Oracle OLAP
Development Applications
1 21 (19.63%) Oracle Forms
2 8 (7.477%) QuickTest Pro
3 7 (6.542%) LoadRunner
4 5 (4.673%) Subversion
5 3 (2.804%) PVCS
6 2 (1.869%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.935%) JDeveloper
7 1 (0.935%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.935%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.935%) Hudson
7 1 (0.935%) NetBeans
7 1 (0.935%) Jenkins
General
1 23 (21.50%) Finance
2 7 (6.542%) Retail
3 6 (5.607%) General Ledger
4 4 (3.738%) Billing
5 3 (2.804%) Military
5 3 (2.804%) Banking
6 1 (0.935%) Financial Institution
6 1 (0.935%) Corporate Banking
6 1 (0.935%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 49 (45.79%) Developer
2 38 (35.51%) Oracle Developer
3 24 (22.43%) DBA
4 15 (14.02%) Analyst
5 14 (13.08%) Oracle DBA
6 10 (9.346%) Consultant
7 6 (5.607%) Test Analyst
8 5 (4.673%) Oracle Consultant
8 5 (4.673%) Test Consultant
9 4 (3.738%) Data Migration Analyst
9 4 (3.738%) Database Developer
9 4 (3.738%) Data Consultant
9 4 (3.738%) Oracle Applications DBA
9 4 (3.738%) SQL DBA
9 4 (3.738%) Data Analyst
9 4 (3.738%) SQL Server DBA
9 4 (3.738%) Architect
10 3 (2.804%) Author
10 3 (2.804%) Technical Author
10 3 (2.804%) Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (2.804%) NHS
2 2 (1.869%) Fixed Income
2 2 (1.869%) Computer Science
2 2 (1.869%) Data Conversion
2 2 (1.869%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (0.935%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 25 (23.36%) Linux
2 23 (21.50%) UNIX
2 23 (21.50%) Windows
3 7 (6.542%) Windows Server 2003
4 5 (4.673%) Oracle Linux
5 4 (3.738%) Solaris
5 4 (3.738%) AIX
5 4 (3.738%) Windows NT
6 2 (1.869%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (1.869%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.935%) HPUX
7 1 (0.935%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (17.76%) Migration
2 15 (14.02%) Business Intelligence
3 12 (11.21%) Validation
4 11 (10.28%) Configuration Management
4 11 (10.28%) ITIL
5 10 (9.346%) Data Cleansing
5 10 (9.346%) Data Validation
6 9 (8.411%) Data Modelling
6 9 (8.411%) ETL
7 8 (7.477%) Test Scripting
7 8 (7.477%) Data Migration
8 7 (6.542%) Test Management
8 7 (6.542%) Performance Testing
8 7 (6.542%) Test Automation
8 7 (6.542%) Penetration Testing
8 7 (6.542%) Performance Improvement
9 4 (3.738%) Workflow
9 4 (3.738%) System Testing
9 4 (3.738%) CRM
9 4 (3.738%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 79 (73.83%) SQL
2 66 (61.68%) PL/SQL
3 16 (14.95%) Shell Script
3 16 (14.95%) Java
3 16 (14.95%) JavaScript
4 6 (5.607%) C
5 5 (4.673%) Perl
6 3 (2.804%) VBScript
7 2 (1.869%) Apex Code
7 2 (1.869%) VB
7 2 (1.869%) PHP
7 2 (1.869%) C#
7 2 (1.869%) C++
7 2 (1.869%) VBA
8 1 (0.935%) Python
8 1 (0.935%) VB.NET
8 1 (0.935%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.935%) WebLogic Scripting Tool
8 1 (0.935%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 25 (23.36%) Security Cleared
2 19 (17.76%) SC Cleared
3 7 (6.542%) ISEB
3 7 (6.542%) ISEB Practitioner
4 6 (5.607%) HP AIS
5 3 (2.804%) Oracle Certification
5 3 (2.804%) Degree
6 2 (1.869%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.869%) PMP
6 2 (1.869%) PMI Certification
6 2 (1.869%) OCP
7 1 (0.935%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (0.935%) Sun Certification
7 1 (0.935%) BC Cleared
7 1 (0.935%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.477%) QA
2 3 (2.804%) Solvency II
3 1 (0.935%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 18 (16.82%) Oracle RAC
2 11 (10.28%) Active Directory
3 9 (8.411%) Oracle RMAN
4 7 (6.542%) Terminal Services
5 5 (4.673%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (3.738%) VMware ESX
7 1 (0.935%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 9 (8.411%) Data Guard
1 9 (8.411%) HP Quality Center
2 8 (7.477%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 3 (2.804%) OpenView
3 3 (2.804%) OVSD
4 1 (0.935%) SCCM
Vendors
1 107 (100.00%) Oracle
2 19 (17.76%) Microsoft
3 15 (14.02%) HP
4 13 (12.15%) VMware
5 8 (7.477%) Red Hat
6 7 (6.542%) Serena
7 5 (4.673%) Informatica
7 5 (4.673%) Business Objects
8 3 (2.804%) Mercator
8 3 (2.804%) Perforce
9 2 (1.869%) ION Trading
9 2 (1.869%) Sybase
9 2 (1.869%) Salesforce.com
9 2 (1.869%) Citrix
9 2 (1.869%) Sun
10 1 (0.935%) Adobe
10 1 (0.935%) Pegasus
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