The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Oracle products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Oracle 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 Vendors for the Berkshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle
Rank 12 18 19
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +1
Contract jobs citing Oracle 211 194 204
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 8.810% 6.169% 6.855%
As % of the Vendors category 17.32% 12.36% 13.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 79 77
Average daily rate £425 £375 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.33% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £283 £269 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £450 £485
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 5
Average hourly rate £66.25 £12.50 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+430.00% -68.75%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £61.25 £12.50 £23.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £71.25 £12.50 £47.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.00 £29.16 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+23.45% -10.27%
All Vendors
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1218 1569 1553
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 50.86% 49.89% 52.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 485 537 551
Average daily rate £363 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.57% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £225 £217
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £475 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 81 90
Average hourly rate £20.50 £20.00 £32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.50% -37.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.85 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.80 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Oracle
South East

Oracle
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region.

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region.

Berkshire Oracle Hourly Rate Trend

Oracle
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle within the Berkshire 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
Reading +2 62 £400 +12.67%
Bracknell +6 35 £570 +65.21%
Slough -1 21 £298 -8.46%
Newbury +1 13 £425 +16.43%
Maidenhead -2 9 £503 +34.00%
Windsor -3 1 - -
Oracle
South East

Oracle
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire 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.

1 156 (40.41%) SQL
2 78 (20.21%) SQL Server
3 76 (19.69%) UNIX
3 76 (19.69%) Telecoms
4 73 (18.91%) Windows
5 66 (17.10%) PL/SQL
6 61 (15.80%) Migration
7 57 (14.77%) Security Cleared
8 54 (13.99%) .NET
9 52 (13.47%) Finance
9 52 (13.47%) Retail
10 51 (13.21%) Oracle 8/8i
11 49 (12.69%) SC Cleared
12 46 (11.92%) Linux
12 46 (11.92%) Java
13 45 (11.66%) Perl
14 43 (11.14%) Business Intelligence
15 42 (10.88%) Microsoft
16 41 (10.62%) ETL
16 41 (10.62%) Oracle Retail
17 36 (9.326%) VMware
18 34 (8.808%) Data Warehouse
19 33 (8.549%) Windows Server 2008
20 29 (7.513%) Windows Server 2003
20 29 (7.513%) Oracle 10g
20 29 (7.513%) Oracle 11g
20 29 (7.513%) VMware Infrastructure
21 27 (6.995%) Degree
21 27 (6.995%) MS Excel
21 27 (6.995%) XML

Oracle
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire 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 54 (13.99%) .NET
2 27 (6.995%) XML
3 21 (5.440%) J2EE
4 17 (4.404%) Web Services
5 12 (3.109%) HTML
6 11 (2.850%) ASP.NET
7 10 (2.591%) Middleware
7 10 (2.591%) WebSphere
8 9 (2.332%) Oracle Fusion
9 8 (2.073%) CSS
10 6 (1.554%) JSP
11 5 (1.295%) ASP.NET MVC
11 5 (1.295%) ASP.NET MVC 3
11 5 (1.295%) .NET Framework
11 5 (1.295%) jQuery
11 5 (1.295%) Hibernate
11 5 (1.295%) SOAP
12 4 (1.036%) XHTML
12 4 (1.036%) Flash
12 4 (1.036%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 22 (5.699%) Tomcat
2 19 (4.922%) Apache
3 18 (4.663%) IIS
4 15 (3.886%) WebLogic
5 12 (3.109%) Oracle Workflow
6 7 (1.813%) Oracle UPK
7 6 (1.554%) ArcGIS
7 6 (1.554%) Oracle HTTP Server
7 6 (1.554%) IBM HTTP Server
8 5 (1.295%) Oracle Spatial
8 5 (1.295%) Lotus Notes
8 5 (1.295%) WebLogic Portal
9 4 (1.036%) WebSphere Application Server
10 3 (0.777%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 3 (0.777%) WebSphere MQ
11 2 (0.518%) GlassFish
12 1 (0.259%) Resin
12 1 (0.259%) WebSphere Message Broker
12 1 (0.259%) FileNet
12 1 (0.259%) SharePoint
Applications
1 27 (6.995%) MS Excel
2 14 (3.627%) MS Office
3 11 (2.850%) MS PowerPoint
3 11 (2.850%) MS Visio
4 5 (1.295%) MS Project
5 3 (0.777%) Open Workbench
Business Applications
1 41 (10.62%) Oracle Retail
2 25 (6.477%) Oracle EBS
3 20 (5.181%) Oracle EBS R12
4 16 (4.145%) Oracle Applications
5 6 (1.554%) Oracle Financials
6 5 (1.295%) Oracle 11i
7 4 (1.036%) Oracle SCM
8 3 (0.777%) Oracle BPM
8 3 (0.777%) CA Clarity
8 3 (0.777%) HFM
8 3 (0.777%) Oracle HRMS
9 2 (0.518%) Agresso
9 2 (0.518%) Oracle ERP
9 2 (0.518%) Oracle Payroll
9 2 (0.518%) Oracle BRM
9 2 (0.518%) Hyperion Planning
10 1 (0.259%) Oracle iProcurement
10 1 (0.259%) Oracle General Ledger
10 1 (0.259%) JDE EnterpriseOne
10 1 (0.259%) SAP SRM
Communications & Networking
1 25 (6.477%) LAN
2 24 (6.218%) 3G
3 22 (5.699%) Radio Access Network
4 18 (4.663%) 2G
5 17 (4.404%) Firewall
5 17 (4.404%) SAN
6 16 (4.145%) WAN
6 16 (4.145%) TCP/IP
7 12 (3.109%) TELNET
7 12 (3.109%) HTTP
8 11 (2.850%) Internet
9 9 (2.332%) Network Security
10 8 (2.073%) BSS
11 6 (1.554%) IPv4
11 6 (1.554%) ATM
11 6 (1.554%) LTE
12 5 (1.295%) Nokia NetAct
12 5 (1.295%) SSL
13 4 (1.036%) GSM
13 4 (1.036%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (20.21%) SQL Server
2 51 (13.21%) Oracle 8/8i
3 34 (8.808%) Data Warehouse
4 29 (7.513%) Oracle 10g
4 29 (7.513%) Oracle 11g
5 23 (5.959%) MySQL
6 21 (5.440%) PostgreSQL
6 21 (5.440%) DataStage
7 9 (2.332%) Oracle Reports
7 9 (2.332%) TOAD
8 7 (1.813%) Oracle BI EE
8 7 (1.813%) Oracle Discoverer
9 6 (1.554%) GIS
9 6 (1.554%) RDBMS
9 6 (1.554%) Oracle 9i
9 6 (1.554%) Oracle Exadata
10 5 (1.295%) DB2
11 4 (1.036%) BusinessObjects XI
11 4 (1.036%) NoSQL
11 4 (1.036%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 11 (2.850%) LoadRunner
2 10 (2.591%) Subversion
3 8 (2.073%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 7 (1.813%) Oracle Forms
4 7 (1.813%) ProC
5 5 (1.295%) Visual Studio
6 4 (1.036%) ERwin
6 4 (1.036%) Maven
7 3 (0.777%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.777%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (0.777%) MSTest
8 1 (0.259%) QADirector
8 1 (0.259%) LSMW
8 1 (0.259%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.259%) QuickTest Pro
8 1 (0.259%) PeopleTools
General
1 76 (19.69%) Telecoms
2 52 (13.47%) Finance
2 52 (13.47%) Retail
3 14 (3.627%) Back Office
4 5 (1.295%) Billing
5 3 (0.777%) Manufacturing
5 3 (0.777%) Banking
6 2 (0.518%) Automotive
6 2 (0.518%) Electronics
6 2 (0.518%) German Language
7 1 (0.259%) Portuguese Language
7 1 (0.259%) General Ledger
7 1 (0.259%) Marketing
7 1 (0.259%) Legal
7 1 (0.259%) Publishing
7 1 (0.259%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 79 (20.47%) Developer
2 66 (17.10%) Consultant
3 43 (11.14%) Oracle Consultant
4 36 (9.326%) Analyst
5 32 (8.290%) Architect
6 27 (6.995%) DBA
7 25 (6.477%) Oracle DBA
8 21 (5.440%) Senior Developer
9 18 (4.663%) Project Manager
10 17 (4.404%) Tester
11 14 (3.627%) Oracle Developer
11 14 (3.627%) Team Leader
12 13 (3.368%) Solutions Architect
13 12 (3.109%) Business Analyst
14 11 (2.850%) Administrator
14 11 (2.850%) Test Analyst
15 10 (2.591%) Technical Leader
15 10 (2.591%) OSS Engineer
16 9 (2.332%) Test Manager
16 9 (2.332%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (3.368%) Management Information System
2 9 (2.332%) CESG
3 7 (1.813%) Computer Science
3 7 (1.813%) Clustering
4 6 (1.554%) Mainframe
4 6 (1.554%) iSeries
4 6 (1.554%) Data Integration
5 5 (1.295%) Open Source
5 5 (1.295%) Mathematics
5 5 (1.295%) CESG CLAS
6 4 (1.036%) AS400
6 4 (1.036%) Statistics
6 4 (1.036%) Wiki
6 4 (1.036%) IBM Mainframe
7 3 (0.777%) Mobile App
7 3 (0.777%) Oracle Exalogic
7 3 (0.777%) FMCG
7 3 (0.777%) RMADS
7 3 (0.777%) Data Conversion
7 3 (0.777%) CLARiiON
Operating Systems
1 76 (19.69%) UNIX
2 73 (18.91%) Windows
3 46 (11.92%) Linux
4 33 (8.549%) Windows Server 2008
5 29 (7.513%) Windows Server 2003
6 20 (5.181%) Solaris
7 18 (4.663%) Windows 7
8 16 (4.145%) Windows XP
9 14 (3.627%) HPUX
10 6 (1.554%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.777%) Oracle Linux
12 2 (0.518%) Windows 2000
13 1 (0.259%) Android
13 1 (0.259%) SUSE
13 1 (0.259%) OpenBSD
13 1 (0.259%) AIX
13 1 (0.259%) FreeBSD
13 1 (0.259%) Windows CE
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (15.80%) Migration
2 43 (11.14%) Business Intelligence
3 41 (10.62%) ETL
4 27 (6.995%) Disaster Recovery
5 26 (6.736%) Project Management
5 26 (6.736%) ITIL
6 24 (6.218%) Validation
7 22 (5.699%) Web Development
8 21 (5.440%) Data Migration
9 20 (5.181%) ERP
9 20 (5.181%) Test Scripting
10 17 (4.404%) CRM
11 16 (4.145%) PRINCE2
11 16 (4.145%) Network Management
12 15 (3.886%) Workflow
12 15 (3.886%) Regression Testing
13 14 (3.627%) Data Modelling
14 13 (3.368%) TOGAF
15 12 (3.109%) Service Delivery
15 12 (3.109%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 156 (40.41%) SQL
2 66 (17.10%) PL/SQL
3 46 (11.92%) Java
4 45 (11.66%) Perl
5 23 (5.959%) C#
6 22 (5.699%) Shell Script
7 18 (4.663%) C++
8 16 (4.145%) C
9 15 (3.886%) JavaScript
10 12 (3.109%) PHP
11 6 (1.554%) RPG
12 5 (1.295%) Korn
12 5 (1.295%) VB
12 5 (1.295%) Python
13 3 (0.777%) Bash shell
13 3 (0.777%) RPG IV
14 2 (0.518%) VBA
14 2 (0.518%) PowerShell
15 1 (0.259%) Scala
15 1 (0.259%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 57 (14.77%) Security Cleared
2 49 (12.69%) SC Cleared
3 27 (6.995%) Degree
4 7 (1.813%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (1.813%) CCNA
5 6 (1.554%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 5 (1.295%) CISSP
6 5 (1.295%) CISA
6 5 (1.295%) CISM
7 3 (0.777%) Oracle Certification
7 3 (0.777%) CIMA
7 3 (0.777%) ACCA
8 2 (0.518%) OCP
8 2 (0.518%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (0.518%) PMP
8 2 (0.518%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.518%) ISEB
8 2 (0.518%) HNC
9 1 (0.259%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.259%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.332%) PCI DSS
1 9 (2.332%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (2.073%) SLA
3 5 (1.295%) QA
4 2 (0.518%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.259%) JTAG
System Software
1 29 (7.513%) VMware Infrastructure
2 22 (5.699%) Active Directory
3 13 (3.368%) VMware ESX
4 12 (3.109%) Oracle RAC
5 7 (1.813%) VMware Workstation
6 6 (1.554%) Xen
7 4 (1.036%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.777%) SRDF
8 3 (0.777%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 2 (0.518%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.259%) OpenSSO
10 1 (0.259%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 1 (0.259%) VirtualBox
10 1 (0.259%) Postfix
10 1 (0.259%) Sendmail
10 1 (0.259%) Oracle RMAN
10 1 (0.259%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 14 (3.627%) HP Quality Center
2 13 (3.368%) Tivoli
3 6 (1.554%) HP SIM
4 5 (1.295%) SCOM
5 4 (1.036%) Foglight
5 4 (1.036%) Data Guard
6 3 (0.777%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 3 (0.777%) Netcool
6 3 (0.777%) Tivoli Storage Manager
7 2 (0.518%) Netcool/OMNIbus
7 2 (0.518%) MOM
8 1 (0.259%) Splunk
8 1 (0.259%) Oracle Identity Manager
8 1 (0.259%) Oracle Identity Management
8 1 (0.259%) SCCM
8 1 (0.259%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.259%) OpenView
Vendors
1 42 (10.88%) Microsoft
2 36 (9.326%) VMware
3 25 (6.477%) Ericsson
4 24 (6.218%) HP
5 23 (5.959%) SAP
6 22 (5.699%) IBM
7 21 (5.440%) Nokia Siemens Networks
7 21 (5.440%) Greenplum
8 19 (4.922%) Business Objects
9 18 (4.663%) Siebel
10 17 (4.404%) Red Hat
10 17 (4.404%) Cognos
11 15 (3.886%) CA
12 14 (3.627%) Nortel
13 12 (3.109%) Informatica
14 10 (2.591%) JBoss
14 10 (2.591%) Ab Initio
15 8 (2.073%) Teradata
15 8 (2.073%) Huawei
16 7 (1.813%) Citrix
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