The first table below looks at the demand for Oracle Financials 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 Financials over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle Financials
Rank 87 90 -
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -
Contract jobs citing Oracle Financials 8 13 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.490% 0.580% -
As % of the Business Applications category 4.571% 5.963% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 8 0
Average daily rate £450 £423 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.50% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £425 £350
% change year-on-year
+5.88% +21.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £50.70 - £30.00
All Business Applications
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
175 218 207
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 10.72% 9.723% 10.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 94 103
Average daily rate £450 £411 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.42% +2.81%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £250 £260
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £525 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £430 £420
% change year-on-year
-1.16% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 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 Financials
England

Oracle Financials
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 Jobs Demand Trend

Oracle Financials
Daily Rate Trend

This 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

This 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 24 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 +11 3 - -
Walsall +3 1 £450 -5.26%
Coventry - 1 - -
Oracle Financials
England

Oracle Financials
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

1 9 (100.00%) Oracle
1 9 (100.00%) Finance
2 5 (55.56%) Oracle EBS R12
3 4 (44.44%) SQL
3 4 (44.44%) ERP
4 3 (33.33%) JD Edwards
4 3 (33.33%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (22.22%) Dynamics GP
5 2 (22.22%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (22.22%) MS Excel
5 2 (22.22%) CIMA
5 2 (22.22%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (22.22%) Agresso
5 2 (22.22%) ACCA
6 1 (11.11%) Progress
6 1 (11.11%) HTTP
6 1 (11.11%) Oracle Discoverer
6 1 (11.11%) SLA
6 1 (11.11%) Pegasus
6 1 (11.11%) .NET
6 1 (11.11%) Java
6 1 (11.11%) PL/SQL
6 1 (11.11%) SAP
6 1 (11.11%) XML
6 1 (11.11%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (11.11%) Oracle 8/8i
6 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (11.11%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (11.11%) Banking
6 1 (11.11%) General Ledger

Oracle Financials
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 1 (11.11%) .NET
1 1 (11.11%) XML
Applications
1 2 (22.22%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (55.56%) Oracle EBS R12
2 3 (33.33%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (22.22%) Dynamics GP
3 2 (22.22%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (22.22%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (22.22%) Agresso
4 1 (11.11%) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle Discoverer
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle 8/8i
General
1 9 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Banking
2 1 (11.11%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Oracle Consultant
1 4 (44.44%) Consultant
2 3 (33.33%) Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Oracle Functional Consultant
2 3 (33.33%) Functional Consultant
2 3 (33.33%) Oracle Financials Consultant
2 3 (33.33%) Oracle Financials Functional Consultant
3 2 (22.22%) Financial Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Systems Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Management Consultant
4 1 (11.11%) Administrator
4 1 (11.11%) Test Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Functional Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Oracle Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) ERP
2 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (11.11%) Master Data Management
2 1 (11.11%) Resource Management
2 1 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) SQL
2 1 (11.11%) Java
2 1 (11.11%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) CIMA
1 2 (22.22%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) SLA
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Oracle
2 3 (33.33%) JD Edwards
3 1 (11.11%) Progress
3 1 (11.11%) Pegasus
3 1 (11.11%) SAP