Oracle EBS Jobs in England
 
Demand Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Oracle EBS skills in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Oracle EBS 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 England region.

Location
 3 months to
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle E-Business Suite (OEBS)
Rank 265 271 331
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +60
Permanent jobs citing Oracle EBS 1005 1039 801
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.994% 0.917% 0.680%
As % of the Business Applications category 13.45% 12.53% 8.530%
Number of salaries quoted 783 849 670
Average salary £55,000 £55,500 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-0.90% +0.90%
90% offered a salary of more than £38,142 £40,000 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year
-4.76% -4.54%
Search 113 Oracle EBS jobs in England
All Business Applications
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category		 7470 8295 9390
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 7.386% 7.317% 7.971%
Number of salaries quoted 5889 6943 7737
Average salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.09% +4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £34,000 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £77,500 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
Oracle EBS
UK

Oracle EBS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Oracle EBS Jobs Demand Trend

Oracle EBS
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Oracle EBS across the England region.

England Oracle EBS Salary Trend

Oracle EBS
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Oracle EBS across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England Oracle EBS Salary Histogram

Oracle EBS
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle EBS within the England 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads		 Average Salary
Last 3 Months		 Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
London -22 392 £57,500 -6.50%
South East +22 166 £60,000 +25.00%
North West +92 142 £50,000 -
East of England +75 106 £50,000 +38.40%
South West -5 90 £42,500 -
Yorkshire +21 58 £40,000 -6.97%
West Midlands +17 55 £60,000 -
East Midlands -26 32 £53,750 +7.50%
Midlands +24 8 £75,000 +25.00%
North East -5 1 £40,000 -15.78%
Oracle EBS
UK

Oracle EBS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing Oracle EBS 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Oracle EBS.

1 2006 (100.00%) Oracle
2 1135 (56.58%) Finance
3 1042 (51.94%) Oracle EBS R12
4 710 (35.39%) SQL
5 616 (30.71%) Business Intelligence
6 503 (25.07%) ERP
7 490 (24.43%) Oracle Applications
8 477 (23.78%) PL/SQL
9 443 (22.08%) Oracle BI EE
10 374 (18.64%) Oracle Financials
11 371 (18.49%) Oracle Reports
12 320 (15.95%) Oracle 11i
13 314 (15.65%) Oracle 11g
14 260 (12.96%) Hyperion
15 243 (12.11%) Oracle 8/8i
16 222 (11.07%) ETL
17 219 (10.92%) Degree
18 216 (10.77%) Data Warehouse
19 209 (10.42%) Retail
20 205 (10.22%) Oracle Workflow
21 200 (9.970%) Workflow
22 199 (9.920%) Oracle Discoverer
23 193 (9.621%) SOA
24 192 (9.571%) Informatica
25 187 (9.322%) Oracle ERP
25 187 (9.322%) Project Management
26 180 (8.973%) Security Cleared
27 177 (8.824%) Oracle iProcurement
28 168 (8.375%) Oracle 10g
28 168 (8.375%) Siebel

Oracle EBS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing Oracle EBS also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Oracle EBS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 139 (6.929%) Middleware
2 135 (6.730%) Oracle Fusion
3 100 (4.985%) XML
4 54 (2.692%) EDI
5 22 (1.097%) XSLT
6 15 (0.748%) CGI
7 12 (0.598%) J2EE
8 11 (0.548%) CSS
9 10 (0.499%) WebCenter
10 9 (0.449%) Web Services
10 9 (0.449%) FIX Protocol
11 8 (0.399%) .NET
12 7 (0.349%) HTML
13 5 (0.249%) SOAP
14 4 (0.199%) Apache CXF
14 4 (0.199%) Java EE
14 4 (0.199%) LAMP
14 4 (0.199%) JMS
15 3 (0.150%) XSD
15 3 (0.150%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 205 (10.22%) Oracle Workflow
2 83 (4.138%) WebLogic
3 69 (3.440%) ESB
4 43 (2.144%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 26 (1.296%) SharePoint
6 20 (0.997%) Oracle 10gAS
7 18 (0.897%) Oracle Service Bus
8 17 (0.847%) AquaLogic
9 10 (0.499%) Oracle Coherence
9 10 (0.499%) Apache
10 9 (0.449%) Oracle Application Server
11 7 (0.349%) SAS
12 5 (0.249%) Oracle UPK
12 5 (0.249%) Captiva
13 4 (0.199%) Tomcat
14 3 (0.150%) MS Exchange
14 3 (0.150%) WebLogic Portal
14 3 (0.150%) Exchange Server 2010
14 3 (0.150%) SharePoint 2010
15 2 (0.100%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 50 (2.493%) MS Excel
2 39 (1.944%) MS Office
3 17 (0.847%) MS Visio
4 12 (0.598%) MS Project
5 6 (0.299%) SPSS
6 3 (0.150%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1042 (51.94%) Oracle EBS R12
2 490 (24.43%) Oracle Applications
3 374 (18.64%) Oracle Financials
4 320 (15.95%) Oracle 11i
5 187 (9.322%) Oracle ERP
6 177 (8.824%) Oracle iProcurement
7 124 (6.181%) Hyperion Planning
8 113 (5.633%) Oracle HRMS
9 91 (4.536%) Oracle iRecruitment
10 56 (2.792%) HFM
11 53 (2.642%) Oracle Payroll
12 48 (2.393%) Oracle ASCP
13 46 (2.293%) Oracle SCM
14 27 (1.346%) Siebel Analytics
15 22 (1.097%) Oracle General Ledger
16 21 (1.047%) Oracle BPM
17 20 (0.997%) Oracle Retail
18 19 (0.947%) Oracle Financial Analyzer
19 18 (0.897%) Dynamics AX
20 10 (0.499%) Oracle iStore
Communications & Networking
1 20 (0.997%) SAN
2 15 (0.748%) Internet
3 13 (0.648%) NAS
4 11 (0.548%) TCP/IP
5 10 (0.499%) WAN
5 10 (0.499%) LAN
6 7 (0.349%) Intranet
7 4 (0.199%) VoIP
8 3 (0.150%) SSL
8 3 (0.150%) ATM
9 2 (0.100%) HTTP
9 2 (0.100%) VPN
10 1 (0.050%) LDAP
10 1 (0.050%) DNS
10 1 (0.050%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 443 (22.08%) Oracle BI EE
2 371 (18.49%) Oracle Reports
3 314 (15.65%) Oracle 11g
4 243 (12.11%) Oracle 8/8i
5 216 (10.77%) Data Warehouse
6 199 (9.920%) Oracle Discoverer
7 168 (8.375%) Oracle 10g
8 140 (6.979%) Essbase
9 99 (4.935%) TOAD
10 83 (4.138%) SQL Server
11 82 (4.088%) SQLPlus
12 74 (3.689%) Oracle 9i
13 42 (2.094%) Oracle OLAP
13 42 (2.094%) OLAP
14 40 (1.994%) Oracle Exadata
15 37 (1.844%) Big Data
16 29 (1.446%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 27 (1.346%) Data Mining
18 19 (0.947%) RDBMS
18 19 (0.947%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 160 (7.976%) Oracle Forms
2 96 (4.786%) JDeveloper
3 17 (0.847%) ProC
4 16 (0.798%) Oracle APEX
5 11 (0.548%) JIRA
6 7 (0.349%) ERwin
7 5 (0.249%) QuickTest Pro
7 5 (0.249%) Team Foundation Server
8 4 (0.199%) Hudson
9 3 (0.150%) Eclipse
General
1 1135 (56.58%) Finance
2 209 (10.42%) Retail
3 149 (7.428%) Manufacturing
4 135 (6.730%) Telecoms
5 100 (4.985%) General Ledger
6 61 (3.041%) Advertising
7 48 (2.393%) Billing
8 45 (2.243%) Publishing
9 36 (1.795%) Marketing
10 32 (1.595%) Banking
11 20 (0.997%) Electronics
12 19 (0.947%) Aerospace
12 19 (0.947%) Military
13 10 (0.499%) Local Government
14 7 (0.349%) Back Office
14 7 (0.349%) Pharmaceutical
15 4 (0.199%) German Language
15 4 (0.199%) Legal
16 3 (0.150%) Games
17 2 (0.100%) French Language
Job Titles
1 650 (32.40%) Consultant
2 563 (28.07%) Oracle Consultant
3 359 (17.90%) Analyst
4 256 (12.76%) Oracle Analyst
5 231 (11.52%) DBA
6 215 (10.72%) Oracle DBA
7 190 (9.472%) Functional Consultant
8 178 (8.873%) Oracle Functional Consultant
9 177 (8.824%) Developer
10 146 (7.278%) Support Analyst
11 127 (6.331%) Functional Analyst
12 120 (5.982%) Oracle Applications DBA
13 116 (5.783%) Architect
14 112 (5.583%) Oracle Support Analyst
15 103 (5.135%) Oracle Financials Consultant
16 98 (4.885%) Oracle Developer
17 89 (4.437%) Business Intelligence Consultant
18 87 (4.337%) Project Manager
19 83 (4.138%) Team Leader
20 80 (3.988%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 80 (3.988%) Management Information System
2 32 (1.595%) Oracle Exalogic
3 31 (1.545%) Oracle Exalytics
4 29 (1.446%) FMCG
5 24 (1.196%) Clustering
6 19 (0.947%) Chip and PIN
7 18 (0.897%) Enterprise Software
8 16 (0.798%) Statistics
9 15 (0.748%) SaaS
10 14 (0.698%) Digital Media
10 14 (0.698%) Computer Science
11 13 (0.648%) PMI
12 10 (0.499%) NHS
12 10 (0.499%) Mainframe
13 9 (0.449%) Reference Data
13 9 (0.449%) Data Conversion
13 9 (0.449%) Credit Risk
14 8 (0.399%) CLARiiON
14 8 (0.399%) Life Science
14 8 (0.399%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 157 (7.827%) UNIX
2 101 (5.035%) Linux
3 35 (1.745%) Windows
4 32 (1.595%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (0.449%) Solaris
6 8 (0.399%) AIX
7 6 (0.299%) Oracle Linux
8 5 (0.249%) Windows Server 2008
9 3 (0.150%) Windows XP
9 3 (0.150%) Windows Server 2003
9 3 (0.150%) Windows 7
10 2 (0.100%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 616 (30.71%) Business Intelligence
2 503 (25.07%) ERP
3 222 (11.07%) ETL
4 200 (9.970%) Workflow
5 193 (9.621%) SOA
6 187 (9.322%) Project Management
7 151 (7.527%) Analytics
8 142 (7.079%) CRM
9 133 (6.630%) User Acceptance Testing
10 116 (5.783%) Migration
11 100 (4.985%) Stakeholder Management
12 98 (4.885%) Cash Management
13 89 (4.437%) BPEL
14 83 (4.138%) ITIL
15 82 (4.088%) Performance Management
16 81 (4.038%) PRINCE2
17 80 (3.988%) Time Management
18 74 (3.689%) Data Modelling
19 73 (3.639%) E-Commerce
20 68 (3.390%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 710 (35.39%) SQL
2 477 (23.78%) PL/SQL
3 95 (4.736%) Shell Script
4 82 (4.088%) Java
5 51 (2.542%) C
6 19 (0.947%) XQuery
7 12 (0.598%) R
8 7 (0.349%) VBA
8 7 (0.349%) JavaScript
9 6 (0.299%) C++
10 4 (0.199%) Uniface
10 4 (0.199%) PHP
10 4 (0.199%) VB
10 4 (0.199%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.150%) VBScript
12 2 (0.100%) XPath
12 2 (0.100%) C#
13 1 (0.050%) Perl
13 1 (0.050%) Korn
13 1 (0.050%) VB6
Qualifications
1 219 (10.92%) Degree
2 180 (8.973%) Security Cleared
3 92 (4.586%) SC Cleared
4 38 (1.894%) Oracle Certification
5 25 (1.246%) ACCA
6 18 (0.897%) CIMA
7 14 (0.698%) PMI Certification
8 13 (0.648%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 13 (0.648%) ISEB
8 13 (0.648%) OCP
9 9 (0.449%) ISTQB
10 8 (0.399%) MBA
11 7 (0.349%) HND
11 7 (0.349%) CISSP
11 7 (0.349%) QiCA
11 7 (0.349%) CISA
11 7 (0.349%) CISM
12 6 (0.299%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (0.199%) VTSP
14 3 (0.150%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 100 (4.985%) SLA
2 80 (3.988%) QA
3 16 (0.798%) ISO 9001
4 11 (0.548%) COBIT
5 7 (0.349%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (0.249%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (0.150%) Basel II
7 3 (0.150%) GAAP
8 1 (0.050%) GMP
System Software
1 113 (5.633%) Oracle RAC
2 57 (2.841%) Oracle RMAN
3 17 (0.847%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.249%) Active Directory
5 4 (0.199%) XenServer
6 3 (0.150%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 66 (3.290%) Data Guard
2 21 (1.047%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 10 (0.499%) HP Quality Center
4 7 (0.349%) ServiceCenter
5 2 (0.100%) Oracle Identity Manager
5 2 (0.100%) Oracle Identity Management
6 1 (0.050%) Control-M
Vendors
1 2006 (100.00%) Oracle
2 260 (12.96%) Hyperion
3 192 (9.571%) Informatica
4 168 (8.375%) Siebel
5 89 (4.437%) Hitachi
6 86 (4.287%) Fujitsu
7 59 (2.941%) Microsoft
8 53 (2.642%) Pegasus
9 51 (2.542%) Cognos
10 46 (2.293%) PeopleSoft
10 46 (2.293%) SAP
11 43 (2.144%) JD Edwards
12 38 (1.894%) Business Objects
13 32 (1.595%) ATG
13 32 (1.595%) Red Hat
14 26 (1.296%) IBM
15 23 (1.147%) HP
16 21 (1.047%) Salesforce.com
17 19 (0.947%) VMware
18 16 (0.798%) Endeca
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