The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Oracle products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Belfast region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Oracle over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Vendors for the Belfast 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within the Oracle Corporation.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle
Rank 6 12 21
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +9
Contract jobs citing Oracle 21 14 18
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Belfast 13.13% 9.091% 6.207%
As % of the Vendors category 35.59% 18.67% 14.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 5 3
Average daily rate £363 £320 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.28% -8.57%
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.00 £31.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+16.12% -11.42%
All Vendors
Belfast
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
59 75 123
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Belfast 36.88% 48.70% 42.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 19 39
Average daily rate £375 £268 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+40.18% -17.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £256 £224 £261
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £403 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 11
Average hourly rate - - £13.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.26 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -5.00%
Oracle
County Antrim

Oracle
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Belfast Oracle Jobs Demand Trend

Oracle
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Oracle across the Belfast region.

Belfast Oracle Daily Rate Trend

Oracle
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Oracle across the Belfast region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Belfast Oracle Daily Rate Histogram

Oracle
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Belfast Oracle Hourly Rate Trend

Oracle
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Belfast region citing Oracle 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.

1 31 (67.39%) SQL
2 22 (47.83%) Sybase
3 18 (39.13%) SQL Server
3 18 (39.13%) .NET
4 17 (36.96%) C#
4 17 (36.96%) WinForms
5 16 (34.78%) WCF
5 16 (34.78%) WPF
5 16 (34.78%) WF
5 16 (34.78%) UML
6 15 (32.61%) VB
7 11 (23.91%) UNIX
7 11 (23.91%) Linux
8 10 (21.74%) J2EE
8 10 (21.74%) Java
9 8 (17.39%) Finance
10 7 (15.22%) Web Services
11 6 (13.04%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 6 (13.04%) Oracle RMAN
11 6 (13.04%) Oracle 10g
11 6 (13.04%) Data Guard
12 5 (10.87%) Oracle RAC
12 5 (10.87%) OO
12 5 (10.87%) Oracle 9i
13 4 (8.696%) Windows
13 4 (8.696%) Integration Testing
13 4 (8.696%) WebSphere
13 4 (8.696%) Agile Software Development
14 3 (6.522%) Degree
14 3 (6.522%) Computer Science

Oracle
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Belfast region citing Oracle 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 18 (39.13%) .NET
2 17 (36.96%) WinForms
3 16 (34.78%) WCF
3 16 (34.78%) WPF
3 16 (34.78%) WF
4 10 (21.74%) J2EE
5 7 (15.22%) Web Services
6 4 (8.696%) WebSphere
7 3 (6.522%) XML
8 2 (4.348%) STL
9 1 (2.174%) Spring
9 1 (2.174%) .NET Framework
9 1 (2.174%) XSLT
9 1 (2.174%) ASP.NET
9 1 (2.174%) EJB
9 1 (2.174%) Hibernate
Application Platforms
1 3 (6.522%) WebLogic
2 2 (4.348%) ESB
3 1 (2.174%) TIBCO EMS
Applications
1 1 (2.174%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (4.348%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (2.174%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (2.174%) Oracle 11i
2 1 (2.174%) BusinessWorks
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.174%) SSH
1 1 (2.174%) FTP
1 1 (2.174%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (39.13%) SQL Server
2 6 (13.04%) Oracle 10g
3 5 (10.87%) Oracle 9i
4 3 (6.522%) RDBMS
4 3 (6.522%) MySQL
4 3 (6.522%) OLTP
5 2 (4.348%) Crystal Reports
5 2 (4.348%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (4.348%) Oracle 8/8i
6 1 (2.174%) DB2
Development Applications
1 3 (6.522%) JUnit
2 1 (2.174%) Subversion
2 1 (2.174%) Oracle APEX
General
1 8 (17.39%) Finance
2 2 (4.348%) Banking
3 1 (2.174%) General Ledger
3 1 (2.174%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 28 (60.87%) Developer
2 17 (36.96%) C# Developer
3 9 (19.57%) DBA
4 8 (17.39%) Oracle DBA
5 7 (15.22%) Java Developer
6 4 (8.696%) Senior Oracle DBA
6 4 (8.696%) Senior DBA
7 3 (6.522%) Linux Specialist
7 3 (6.522%) Technical Specialist
7 3 (6.522%) Administrator
8 2 (4.348%) Analyst
8 2 (4.348%) C++ Developer
9 1 (2.174%) AIX Administrator
9 1 (2.174%) TIBCO Consultant
9 1 (2.174%) Senior Programmer
9 1 (2.174%) Senior Analyst Programmer
9 1 (2.174%) WebSphere Administrator
9 1 (2.174%) Developer Analyst
9 1 (2.174%) Web Administrator
9 1 (2.174%) Senior Java Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.522%) Computer Science
2 2 (4.348%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.174%) Data Conversion
3 1 (2.174%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 11 (23.91%) UNIX
1 11 (23.91%) Linux
2 4 (8.696%) Windows
3 1 (2.174%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (2.174%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (2.174%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (34.78%) UML
2 5 (10.87%) OO
3 4 (8.696%) Integration Testing
3 4 (8.696%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (4.348%) Performance Testing
4 2 (4.348%) Unit Testing
4 2 (4.348%) Electronic Trading
4 2 (4.348%) Automated Testing
5 1 (2.174%) Financial Modelling
5 1 (2.174%) Resource Management
5 1 (2.174%) Multithreading
5 1 (2.174%) Financial Analysis
5 1 (2.174%) Demand Management
5 1 (2.174%) ERP
5 1 (2.174%) SOA
5 1 (2.174%) Configuration Management
5 1 (2.174%) Project Management
5 1 (2.174%) Risk Management
5 1 (2.174%) Workflow
5 1 (2.174%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 31 (67.39%) SQL
2 17 (36.96%) C#
3 15 (32.61%) VB
4 10 (21.74%) Java
5 3 (6.522%) PL/SQL
6 2 (4.348%) Shell Script
6 2 (4.348%) C++
7 1 (2.174%) Delphi
7 1 (2.174%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 3 (6.522%) Degree
1 3 (6.522%) Oracle Certification
2 1 (2.174%) SC Cleared
2 1 (2.174%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.174%) QA
1 1 (2.174%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (13.04%) Oracle RMAN
2 5 (10.87%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (2.174%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (13.04%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 6 (13.04%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 22 (47.83%) Sybase
2 1 (2.174%) Netezza
2 1 (2.174%) Greenplum
2 1 (2.174%) 3PAR
2 1 (2.174%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.174%) Business Objects
2 1 (2.174%) TIBCO
2 1 (2.174%) Hyperion
2 1 (2.174%) Red Hat
2 1 (2.174%) HP
2 1 (2.174%) VMware
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