The first table below looks at the demand for Oracle Applications skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Oracle Applications over the 3 months to 22 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 for the West Midlands 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle Applications (Oracle Apps)
Rank 96 104 92
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -12
Contract jobs citing Oracle Applications 3 6 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.179% 0.263% 0.379%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.695% 2.691% 3.431%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Average daily rate £365 £425 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.11% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £388 £350
% change year-on-year
+9.67% +10.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £50.00 £56.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-10.71% +220.00%
All Business Applications
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
177 223 204
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 10.55% 9.759% 11.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 94 101
Average daily rate £450 £410 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.75% +2.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £250 £258
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £525 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £433 £420
% change year-on-year
-1.73% +2.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 3 11
Average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £26.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+68.00% -15.09%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+68.00% -10.00%
Oracle Applications
England

Oracle Applications
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands Oracle Applications Daily Rate Trend

Oracle Applications
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Oracle Applications across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Oracle Applications Hourly Rate Trend

Oracle Applications
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle Applications within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 22 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
Birmingham +7 1 - -
Staffordshire - 1 £365 -
Oracle Applications
England

Oracle Applications
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 7 (100.00%) Oracle
2 4 (57.14%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (57.14%) Oracle RAC
3 3 (42.86%) Oracle 11g
3 3 (42.86%) Oracle BI EE
3 3 (42.86%) Oracle EBS R12
3 3 (42.86%) RDBMS
3 3 (42.86%) UNIX
4 2 (28.57%) AIX
4 2 (28.57%) Oracle Workflow
4 2 (28.57%) SQL
4 2 (28.57%) Oracle RMAN
4 2 (28.57%) Workflow
4 2 (28.57%) Shell Script
4 2 (28.57%) Oracle BPEL
4 2 (28.57%) BPEL
5 1 (14.29%) Problem Management
5 1 (14.29%) Data Guard
5 1 (14.29%) High Availability
5 1 (14.29%) Change Control
5 1 (14.29%) Finance
5 1 (14.29%) E-business
5 1 (14.29%) Clustering
5 1 (14.29%) Linux
5 1 (14.29%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (14.29%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (14.29%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (14.29%) Client/Server
5 1 (14.29%) ERP
5 1 (14.29%) SOA

Oracle Applications
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 Platforms
1 2 (28.57%) Oracle Workflow
1 2 (28.57%) Oracle BPEL
2 1 (14.29%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 4 (57.14%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (42.86%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (14.29%) Oracle Financials
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) Oracle 11g
1 3 (42.86%) Oracle BI EE
1 3 (42.86%) RDBMS
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle Forms
General
1 1 (14.29%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) DBA
1 4 (57.14%) Oracle DBA
2 3 (42.86%) Oracle Applications DBA
3 1 (14.29%) Oracle Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Oracle Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Oracle Technical Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Functional Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Oracle Financials Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Oracle Financials Functional Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Oracle Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Oracle Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Oracle Functional Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Clustering
1 1 (14.29%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) UNIX
2 2 (28.57%) AIX
3 1 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Workflow
1 2 (28.57%) BPEL
2 1 (14.29%) Problem Management
2 1 (14.29%) High Availability
2 1 (14.29%) Change Control
2 1 (14.29%) E-business
2 1 (14.29%) ERP
2 1 (14.29%) SOA
2 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) SQL
1 2 (28.57%) Shell Script
2 1 (14.29%) Java
2 1 (14.29%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) OCP
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (57.14%) Oracle RAC
2 2 (28.57%) Oracle RMAN
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Data Guard
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Oracle
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Pegasus