The first table below looks at the demand for Oracle Applications skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Oracle Applications over the 3 months to 17 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 Yorkshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle Applications (Oracle Apps)
Rank 90 78 59
Rank change year-on-year
-12 -19
Contract jobs citing Oracle Applications 1 16 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 0.079% 0.989% 1.338%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.885% 11.11% 17.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 3
Average daily rate - £388 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +19.23%
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £400 £350
% change year-on-year
+6.25% +14.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £56.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £50.00 £56.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-10.71% +220.00%
All Business Applications
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
113 144 87
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 8.905% 8.900% 7.761%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 63 37
Average daily rate £340 £425 £405
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% +4.93%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £175 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £540 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £438 £420
% change year-on-year
-2.85% +4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 1
Average hourly rate £35.50 £56.00 £11.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-36.60% +386.95%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.92 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+64.92% +14.60%
Oracle Applications
Yorkshire

Oracle Applications
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire Oracle Applications Daily 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Bradford -4 1 - -
Oracle Applications
Yorkshire

Oracle Applications
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 9 (100.00%) Oracle
2 6 (66.67%) Oracle 11g
3 5 (55.56%) Finance
4 4 (44.44%) SQL
4 4 (44.44%) UNIX
4 4 (44.44%) Oracle 8/8i
5 3 (33.33%) Oracle 9i
5 3 (33.33%) Solaris
5 3 (33.33%) WAN
5 3 (33.33%) VPN
5 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
5 3 (33.33%) Oracle 10g
5 3 (33.33%) SQL Server
5 3 (33.33%) Sun
5 3 (33.33%) SQL Server 2000
5 3 (33.33%) EAM
5 3 (33.33%) Firewall
5 3 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
5 3 (33.33%) Oracle Application Server
5 3 (33.33%) SQL Server 2005
6 2 (22.22%) Degree
6 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
6 2 (22.22%) Asset Management
6 2 (22.22%) BPEL
6 2 (22.22%) Oracle EBS R12
6 2 (22.22%) WebCenter
6 2 (22.22%) Oracle BPM
6 2 (22.22%) Test Scripting
6 2 (22.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (22.22%) Oracle EBS

Oracle Applications
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 Development
1 2 (22.22%) XML
1 2 (22.22%) XSL
1 2 (22.22%) Oracle ADF
1 2 (22.22%) WebCenter
Application Platforms
1 3 (33.33%) Oracle Application Server
2 2 (22.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (11.11%) Oracle Workflow
Business Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (22.22%) Oracle EBS R12
1 2 (22.22%) Oracle BPM
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle Retail
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) WAN
1 3 (33.33%) VPN
1 3 (33.33%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (66.67%) Oracle 11g
2 4 (44.44%) Oracle 8/8i
3 3 (33.33%) Oracle 9i
3 3 (33.33%) Oracle 10g
3 3 (33.33%) SQL Server 2000
3 3 (33.33%) SQL Server
3 3 (33.33%) SQL Server 2005
3 3 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (22.22%) GIS
5 1 (11.11%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (11.11%) Oracle BI EE
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) JDeveloper
General
1 5 (55.56%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
2 1 (11.11%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) DBA
1 4 (44.44%) Oracle DBA
2 2 (22.22%) Oracle Developer
2 2 (22.22%) Management Consultant
2 2 (22.22%) Developer
2 2 (22.22%) Consultant
2 2 (22.22%) Oracle Consultant
2 2 (22.22%) Enterprise Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Oracle Applications DBA
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 4 (44.44%) UNIX
2 3 (33.33%) Solaris
3 2 (22.22%) Windows
4 1 (11.11%) HPUX
4 1 (11.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) EAM
2 2 (22.22%) SOA
2 2 (22.22%) Asset Management
2 2 (22.22%) BPEL
2 2 (22.22%) Test Scripting
3 1 (11.11%) Incident Management
3 1 (11.11%) RDF
3 1 (11.11%) Change Management
3 1 (11.11%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) SQL
2 2 (22.22%) Java
3 1 (11.11%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle RAC
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Oracle
2 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (33.33%) Sun
3 1 (11.11%) HP