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The table below looks at the demand for Oracle Financials skills within the West Midlands 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 Financials over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkOracle Financials
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank116108
Rank change on same period last yearDown-8
Matching contract IT job ads732
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.009 %0.032 %
As % of the category below5.072 %11.72 %
Daily rates quoted18
Average minimum daily rate£350£369
Average daily rate£400£384
% change on same period last year+4.06 %
Average maximum daily rate£450£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£488£377
% change on same period last year+29.56 %
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£36.25-
% change on same period last year-
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
West Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads138273
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.187 %0.269 %
Daily rates quoted3185
Average minimum daily rate£396£387
Average daily rate£438£420
% change on same period last year+4.36 %
Average maximum daily rate£481£453
UK excluding London average daily rate£443£425
% change on same period last year+4.42 %
Hourly rates quoted64
Average minimum hourly rate£22.00£23.79
Average hourly rate£25.14£26.96
% change on same period last year-6.74 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.29£30.13
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.03£26.50
% change on same period last year+5.75 %
Oracle Financials EnglandOracle Financials
England

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 Financials
Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Oracle Financials Demand Trend

Oracle Financials
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Oracle Financials across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Oracle Financials Daily Rate Trend

Oracle Financials
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Oracle Financials Hourly Rate Trend

Oracle Financials
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle Financials within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BirminghamUp+92£400-
StaffordshireDown-151--
Oracle Financials EnglandOracle Financials
England

Oracle Financials
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Oracle Financials 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 Financials.

116 (100.00 %)Oracle
116 (100.00 %)Finance
28 (50.00 %)PL/SQL
28 (50.00 %)SQL
36 (37.50 %)Oracle 10g
45 (31.25 %)Oracle Applications
45 (31.25 %)Oracle 11i
54 (25.00 %)Oracle EBS
63 (18.75 %)Oracle Forms
63 (18.75 %)Oracle Reports
63 (18.75 %)Oracle 9i
72 (12.50 %)Oracle Discoverer
81 (6.250 %)Migration
81 (6.250 %)CIMA
81 (6.250 %)E-business
81 (6.250 %)Microsoft
81 (6.250 %)Sun
81 (6.250 %)ProC
81 (6.250 %)ACCA
81 (6.250 %)MS Excel
81 (6.250 %)MS Access
81 (6.250 %)TOAD
81 (6.250 %)Business Intelligence
81 (6.250 %)VB
81 (6.250 %)XML
81 (6.250 %)UNIX
81 (6.250 %)Retail
81 (6.250 %)Logistics
81 (6.250 %)General Ledger
81 (6.250 %)Supplier Management

Oracle Financials
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Oracle Financials 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 Financials. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (6.250 %)XML
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (6.250 %)MS Excel
11 (6.250 %)MS PowerPoint
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
15 (31.25 %)Oracle 11i
15 (31.25 %)Oracle Applications
24 (25.00 %)Oracle EBS
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (37.50 %)Oracle 10g
23 (18.75 %)Oracle Reports
23 (18.75 %)Oracle 9i
32 (12.50 %)Oracle Discoverer
41 (6.250 %)MS Access
41 (6.250 %)TOAD
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (18.75 %)Oracle Forms
21 (6.250 %)ProC
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
116 (100.00 %)Finance
21 (6.250 %)Retail
21 (6.250 %)General Ledger
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (37.50 %)Consultant
25 (31.25 %)Oracle Consultant
34 (25.00 %)Programmer
34 (25.00 %)Oracle Financials Consultant
43 (18.75 %)Analyst
43 (18.75 %)Oracle Analyst
52 (12.50 %)Oracle Functional Consultant
52 (12.50 %)Oracle Financials DBA
52 (12.50 %)Oracle Analyst Programmer
52 (12.50 %)Oracle Applications DBA
52 (12.50 %)DBA
52 (12.50 %)Analyst Programmer
52 (12.50 %)Developer
52 (12.50 %)Functional Consultant
52 (12.50 %)Oracle DBA
52 (12.50 %)Oracle Developer
61 (6.250 %)Technical Analyst
61 (6.250 %)Analyst Developer
61 (6.250 %)Project Manager
61 (6.250 %)Business Consultant
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (6.250 %)Portuguese Language
11 (6.250 %)Spanish Language
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (6.250 %)UNIX
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (6.250 %)Business Intelligence
11 (6.250 %)E-business
11 (6.250 %)Migration
11 (6.250 %)Logistics
11 (6.250 %)Supplier Management
11 (6.250 %)Data Migration
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
18 (50.00 %)PL/SQL
18 (50.00 %)SQL
21 (6.250 %)VB
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (6.250 %)ACCA
11 (6.250 %)CIMA
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
116 (100.00 %)Oracle
21 (6.250 %)Microsoft
21 (6.250 %)Sun