The first table below looks at the demand for Oracle ERP 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 ERP 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 Business 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 Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
Rank 490 489 524
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +35
Contract jobs citing Oracle ERP 51 76 62
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.110% 0.130% 0.100%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.280% 1.451% 1.064%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 33 32
Average daily rate £425 £450 £360
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.55% +25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £316 £271
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £685 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £450 £375
% change year-on-year
-5.55% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
Average hourly rate £187.50 £17.50 £135.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+971.42% -87.03%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £17.50 -
All Business Applications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
3984 5236 5828
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 8.598% 8.970% 9.390%
Number of daily rates quoted 1980 2543 2852
Average daily rate £445 £450 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.11% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £295 £300 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £438 £420
% change year-on-year
-2.85% +4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 79 60 104
Average hourly rate £37.80 £25.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+51.20% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £11.00 £15.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £62.50 £56.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+68.00% -10.00%

Oracle ERP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oracle ERP Jobs Demand Trend

Oracle ERP
Daily Rate Trend

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

Oracle ERP Daily Rate Trend

Oracle ERP
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Oracle ERP Daily Rate Histogram

Oracle ERP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Oracle ERP Hourly Rate Trend

Oracle ERP
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle ERP 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 +13 42 £425 -5.55%
London +29 30 £401 -19.90%
South East +7 7 £425 -20.00%
City of London +19 6 £294 -32.85%
South West +24 4 £425 -
Swindon -3 4 £425 -2.85%
Wiltshire -3 4 £425 -
Scotland - 3 £300 -
Buckinghamshire +6 2 £450 -
Hampshire -5 2 £298 -35.67%
Milton Keynes - 2 £450 -
West Midlands +8 1 - -
Berkshire - 1 £400 -
Wembley - 1 £400 -
Edinburgh - 1 £325 -
Birmingham - 1 - -

Oracle ERP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 94 (100.00%) Oracle
1 94 (100.00%) ERP
2 34 (36.17%) Finance
3 29 (30.85%) Oracle EBS R12
4 25 (26.60%) Oracle EBS
5 18 (19.15%) Project Management
6 14 (14.89%) Oracle Reports
7 13 (13.83%) Microsoft
8 12 (12.77%) Stakeholder Management
8 12 (12.77%) Oracle BI EE
9 11 (11.70%) MS Excel
10 10 (10.64%) SQL
10 10 (10.64%) Oracle Workflow
10 10 (10.64%) E-Procurement
10 10 (10.64%) Workflow
11 9 (9.574%) PRINCE2
11 9 (9.574%) Business Intelligence
11 9 (9.574%) Analytics
12 8 (8.511%) SOA
12 8 (8.511%) Hyperion
12 8 (8.511%) SAP
12 8 (8.511%) Oracle Applications
13 7 (7.447%) Change Management
13 7 (7.447%) Management Information System
13 7 (7.447%) PL/SQL
13 7 (7.447%) Oracle iProcurement
14 6 (6.383%) Java
14 6 (6.383%) ITIL
14 6 (6.383%) Linux
14 6 (6.383%) PMP

Oracle ERP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 4 (4.255%) Oracle Fusion
1 4 (4.255%) Middleware
2 3 (3.191%) J2EE
2 3 (3.191%) XSLT
2 3 (3.191%) Java EE
2 3 (3.191%) WebSphere
3 2 (2.128%) JSP
3 2 (2.128%) XML
3 2 (2.128%) EDI
3 2 (2.128%) EDIFACT
3 2 (2.128%) Oracle ADF
Application Platforms
1 10 (10.64%) Oracle Workflow
2 5 (5.319%) SAS
3 4 (4.255%) ESB
4 3 (3.191%) WebSphere MQ
4 3 (3.191%) WebSphere Message Broker
5 2 (2.128%) Oracle UPK
Applications
1 11 (11.70%) MS Excel
2 5 (5.319%) MS Office
3 4 (4.255%) MS Project
4 2 (2.128%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (2.128%) Adobe Captivate
Business Applications
1 29 (30.85%) Oracle EBS R12
2 25 (26.60%) Oracle EBS
3 8 (8.511%) Oracle Applications
4 7 (7.447%) Oracle iProcurement
5 5 (5.319%) Oracle Financials
6 4 (4.255%) Oracle Payroll
7 3 (3.191%) Oracle 11i
8 2 (2.128%) Oracle Retail
8 2 (2.128%) Hyperion Planning
8 2 (2.128%) Oracle SCM
8 2 (2.128%) Oracle HRMS
8 2 (2.128%) Oracle Manufacturing
9 1 (1.064%) SAP CRM
9 1 (1.064%) SAP ERP
9 1 (1.064%) Dynamics NAV
9 1 (1.064%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.064%) Firewall
1 1 (1.064%) Internet
1 1 (1.064%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (14.89%) Oracle Reports
2 12 (12.77%) Oracle BI EE
3 5 (5.319%) Essbase
4 3 (3.191%) DB2
4 3 (3.191%) Oracle 8/8i
5 2 (2.128%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (2.128%) MS Access
5 2 (2.128%) Oracle 9i
5 2 (2.128%) Oracle 10g
6 1 (1.064%) SQL Server
6 1 (1.064%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (1.064%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 5 (5.319%) JDeveloper
2 3 (3.191%) Oracle Forms
2 3 (3.191%) Subversion
3 1 (1.064%) Oracle APEX
General
1 34 (36.17%) Finance
2 5 (5.319%) Retail
3 3 (3.191%) Telecoms
3 3 (3.191%) Manufacturing
3 3 (3.191%) Billing
4 2 (2.128%) Corporate Banking
4 2 (2.128%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (2.128%) Advertising
4 2 (2.128%) Banking
5 1 (1.064%) Legal
Job Titles
1 15 (15.96%) Project Manager
2 9 (9.574%) Administrator
2 9 (9.574%) Architect
2 9 (9.574%) Programme Manager
2 9 (9.574%) Analyst
3 8 (8.511%) Solutions Architect
4 7 (7.447%) Consultant
4 7 (7.447%) Developer
5 6 (6.383%) Oracle Architect
5 6 (6.383%) Oracle Solutions Architect
5 6 (6.383%) Applications Manager
6 5 (5.319%) Oracle Project Manager
7 4 (4.255%) Oracle Programme Manager
7 4 (4.255%) Procurement Administrator
7 4 (4.255%) Business Analyst
7 4 (4.255%) Oracle Consultant
7 4 (4.255%) Delivery Manager
8 3 (3.191%) Systems Manager
8 3 (3.191%) Development Manager
8 3 (3.191%) Applications Development Manager
Miscellaneous
1 7 (7.447%) Management Information System
2 3 (3.191%) Life Science
3 2 (2.128%) SWIFT
3 2 (2.128%) Computer Science
3 2 (2.128%) E-Learning
4 1 (1.064%) Data Conversion
4 1 (1.064%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 6 (6.383%) Linux
2 5 (5.319%) UNIX
3 3 (3.191%) Windows
3 3 (3.191%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.064%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (100.00%) ERP
2 18 (19.15%) Project Management
3 12 (12.77%) Stakeholder Management
4 10 (10.64%) E-Procurement
4 10 (10.64%) Workflow
5 9 (9.574%) PRINCE2
5 9 (9.574%) Business Intelligence
5 9 (9.574%) Analytics
6 8 (8.511%) SOA
7 7 (7.447%) Change Management
8 6 (6.383%) ITIL
8 6 (6.383%) Migration
9 5 (5.319%) ETL
9 5 (5.319%) CRM
9 5 (5.319%) BPEL
9 5 (5.319%) Performance Management
9 5 (5.319%) User Acceptance Testing
10 4 (4.255%) Release Management
10 4 (4.255%) PRINCE
11 3 (3.191%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (10.64%) SQL
2 7 (7.447%) PL/SQL
3 6 (6.383%) Java
4 5 (5.319%) Shell Script
5 3 (3.191%) XQuery
6 1 (1.064%) VB
Qualifications
1 6 (6.383%) PMP
1 6 (6.383%) PMI Certification
2 5 (5.319%) Security Cleared
3 3 (3.191%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (2.128%) MOS
4 2 (2.128%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.128%) DV Cleared
4 2 (2.128%) Degree
5 1 (1.064%) ISEB
5 1 (1.064%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (1.064%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.064%) GxP
Vendors
1 94 (100.00%) Oracle
2 13 (13.83%) Microsoft
3 8 (8.511%) Hyperion
3 8 (8.511%) SAP
4 4 (4.255%) JD Edwards
5 3 (3.191%) Informatica
5 3 (3.191%) Red Hat
5 3 (3.191%) IBM
5 3 (3.191%) PeopleSoft
5 3 (3.191%) Siebel
6 2 (2.128%) Adobe
6 2 (2.128%) CA
7 1 (1.064%) Business Objects
7 1 (1.064%) Altova
7 1 (1.064%) RedPrairie
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